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PREFACE.
Whem Dr. Aikin published, in the year 1820, the Select Works of the
British Poets, I observed, upon the publishers presenting me with a copy
of the book, that, if I had been the compiler, it should'have ended just
where it now began. No one will suppose that this casual observation
was meant to disparage the contents of that volume ; what it implied was,
aa opinion that the poets whose worlis were thus brought together had
been, and were still, frequently reprinted in various forms*; but that
the elder poets, the fathers of our poetry, were some very scarce, and
others to be obtained only in the general collections of Dr. Anderson and
Mr. Chalmers.
Some years afterwards the publishers reminded me of what I had said,
and asked me to edit such a volume as I had then wished for. It was an
indispensable part of their plan that the Faery Queen and the Poly-olbion
should lie included; and la^e as the volume is, the introduction of these
poems made it necessary to curtail the selection which I would willingly
have made from other authors. The reader will, however, find in it
Hawes's Pastime of Reasure, which, not having been reprinted since the
middle of the sixteenth century, had become extremely rare. The whole
of Tusser is here also ; the greater part of Lord Brooke's poems ; some
selections from Wither (which should have been much more copious if
my limitfl had allowed) ; and some from Lovelace : none of these are in
either of the general collections. Skellon, Gascoigne, and Habington,
are not in Dr. Anderson's : Sackville not in Mr. Chalmers's.
It is not to be supposed that I could afford either time or eyesight for
correcting the proof sheets of such a volume. But there are two errors
of my own which 1 take this opportunity of acknowlei^ing.
I have said " itis certain that Chaucer wrote rhythmically rather than
metrically." Dr. Nott has, in my judgement, proved this, and I entertain
* The publishers beg to saj that thii eridence of the popularity of Ibese poenw
iBdnccJ them to detire di«r being fonned into a collection in ■ lingle volume to b« gold
« > low price.
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iv PREFACE.
no doubt of it whatever myself. But as the question is disputed, I ought
to have expressed myself less positively ; especially since my old school-
fellow and pleasant acquaintance, James Boswell the younger, was of a
different opinion. His opinion upon any point of old English literature
should be of great weight ; and I speak of him now, as I shall always
think, with a friendly feeling of respect for his many good qualities,
and of regret for his lose. 4
The other error is of a different kind. I expressed a hope that the
lost poems of William Browne might yet be found, not knowing at
that time that they had been recovered, and printed in a very beautiful
form by SirEgerton Brydges:.— one of the many services which he has
rendered to tlie literature of hig country.
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CONTENTS.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER.
Thi CinteittHTy Ttkln.
Tb« Prolagae
The Knighto Tal«
Tbc Maa of Laweg Tale
Tbe Clnk« Tale
The Squtera Tsle
Hk AsemUjof Foirli....
Of tbc Cuckow and tbe Nightingale
Hk Fknrer ood the Leaf
Good Coumail of Chaucer
To tail empty Purw ,
JOHN SKELTON.
The Bokeof Coljn Clout
Tbe Boke of Pbjlip ^wow
STEPHEN HAWES.
TbePMtiineDf Flesure
HENBY HOWARD,
Domptiou of the rertlen State of a Louer..,
DeKTiptioo of Spring
ComplauK of a Louer
DevriptiiHi and Praise of his Loue Geraldine
tbt Frailtie and Hurtfulness of Bcautie ....
A Complaint of tbe Louer not betoued >,.,.»
How eche Thing laue the Irfiuer in Spring
ifuiuilh to Plvaiure
CotDplairtt .„- ,
Riquot to hii Lone
PiiuDer in Windsor
A Pniv of his Loue
THOMAS SACKVILLE,
Inductian to a Mirrour for Ma|;irtrates
lU Compl^Dt of Henrye Duke of Buvking-
THOMAS TUSSER.
File Hundred Fcrinta of good Huabandrjr....
Tbe Points of Huswifer;
fw Men a perfect Warning, Ac,
l^ncription of a Woman'a Age
The Innholder's Poay
Certain Table Leuoni
Lessons for Waiting Serranta
Husbandly Powes for the Hall
Posies for the Parlour
Posies for the Guest's Chamber
thine own Bedchamber
Sonnet lo the Lady Paget
Principal Points of Religion
The Author's Belief
Of the Omnipotence of God, and Debility of
Man
Eleemosyna prodist Hominl in Vita, in
Morte, et post Mortem
Of two Sorti of Men, tbe one good, tlie other
St. Barnard's Vereea ...,!..".!.r.'..!. !!!.!!..!.!!
Of Ibe Author'! Linked Versea
ITie Author'* Life
GEORGE OASCOIGNE.
The Arraigment of a Louer
The Lullabie of a Louer
Gascoigne's Good Morrow
Gascoigne's Good Night ;
Introduction (o the Psatme of de Profundi* .
Gascoigne's De Profundia
Gasctagnea Memories
Epiuphvpon Captaine Bourcher. •
The Fruitea of Warre
Gascoigne's Gardenings
Gascoigne's Voyage into HoUande
The Sleek Glas.7. ;
EDMUND SPENSER.
The Faerie Queen.
Book I
n :,;; ;
III :
IV. ;:.„;;;::; ;
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Two Canloe of Mutabilitie
FULKE GREVILE,
A IVeatie of Humane Learning gig
Inquigition upon Fame and Honour S23
A Trearie erf' Wsrres 533
A Treatise of Monarchie 531
A Trealitieof Religion 56^
SAMUEL DANIEL.
A Funenl Poem upoD tbe Death of the Ute
nobU Earl of DoTOiuhire
A PuiegjTic Congratulitor]' to the King's
most eicclleat Migestj
To Sir TTloinaa Egerton, Knighl ___
To the Lord Henry Howard... S8g
To tbe Lady Margaret, Counteu of Cuni-
To tbe Lady Lucy, Counlen of Bedford .... _ _
To the Lady Anne Clifford JS4
To Henry Wriotbedy Earl of SouthunplOD 5B5
Sfuaophilu* ib.
To the Angel Spirit of the most eicellent Sir
Philip Sidney 594
To tbe Right Reierend Father in God, Jamea
Montague Bishop of Winchester S9S
MICHAEL DRAYTON.
Nymphidia: The Court of Fairy 596
FolyAilbioD 603
SIR JOHN DAVIES.
On tbe Immortality of the Soul fiSe
Orcbestia; or, a Poem on Uancinf; 706
JOHN DONNE.
Tlie Annivemiy 714
Tbe Bait 715
The Will ib.
The Funeral iU
The Relique 716
Upon the Lon of hit Mistress's Chain ib.
To Sir Henry Goodyere- 717
To tbe Coniilew of Bedford ib.
To Mr. J. W 718
To Mr. B. B ib.
To Sir Henry Wootton ib.
To Mm M. H 719
Aiutomy of the World ib.
A Funeral Elegy 723
An El^y on the untimely Death of the in-
comparable Prince Henry 724
Obsequies on the Lord HaninglOD, ftc 7S5
On tbe Lady MarVham 797
On Mistress Boulstred ib.
On the Same 73S
Sonnets ib.
Ode 730
A Hymn to Cbrist TSl
THOMAS CAREW.
Ingiatelul Beauty threatened 7.1S
Disdain returned ib.
To Saxham ib.
Epitaph* 733
An Elegy upon tbe Death of Dr. Donne ... 734
To my Friend, G. N _ ib.
A New Year's Gift 735
^B» the Queen 736
'wter George Sands ib.
I On Sight of a Gentlewoman'! Pace 73fi
Songs „ 737
ITiB Primrose ib.
The Protestation „ ik
Cielum Britannicum ib.
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
Tie Purple Island „ -749
WILLIAM DRUMMOND.
P«rt 1 798
II 799
Urania r. ib.
Flowers of Sion ib.
Sonnet '„. eos
To Sir William Aleiandei ib.
Song ib.
An Elegy _ 804
Tears on the Death oifMteliadea 805
GILES FLETCHER.
Christ's Victofy in Heaven 807
Christ's Triumph mi Earth 819
Christ's Triumph over DeMb 818
Christ's Triumph after Death 823
GEORGE WITHER.
The Sbepbeards Hunting 8S8
WILLIAM BROWNE,
ania's Pastorals.
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT.
GoodibeM.
Book J
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WILLIAM HABINGTON.
utara. Parti. A Mitlrees
To Castara. A Sacrifice
To Castara, {^raying
To Roses in (h.^ Bosome of Caslam
To Castara. A Vow
To Caslara, of his being in Loie
To Mr. Endymion Porter
To Castara
To Castara, lofUy singing to her selfe
To a Wanton
To Uie Honourable H. B. Esqujrc
To Castara, inquiring why I loved her ....
To Castara, looking upon him
To tbe Bight Hon. the Counlesse of Ar...
Vpon Caslara'a Fmimeor Smile
In Castara, all Fortunes „.
Vpon thought Castara may dye
On Sight of Castara
To a Friend inquiring her Name, whom he
A Dialogue betmm Hope and Fear I
To Cupid, upon > Dimple in Cutan's
Cheek
Vp«a Cupid's Death and Burial in Cw-
laia-a Cbeeke <
To Fame
A Dialogue betreen Araphill and Cattuv
To Castaia, intending a Journey into tiie
ComitiT i
Vpon Caalara's Departure
To CaslBia, upon a trembling Kia* at De.
On CaHan lotting backe at her Departing
Vpoa CaslBia's AbMncc
To Cadaia, complaining her Abwnce in
Ifae CouDtiT -
To Thamw
To (be Right Hon. the Earle of Shrewss !
To Cvpid, wiihing a apeedf Paaiage to
To Castan, of Lore
To the Sfiring, Tpon the uncertainty of
Caataia's abode !
Ta Reason, Tpon Castara's Absence
An Aniwere to Caitar*'* Queilion
To Castaia, vpon tbedisguising his Afiection !
To the Honourable Mr. G. T
Eccbo to KardaauE, in pniie of CaUara'i
(tiicTete Xjotc -.-.>- .-
To Castaia, bang debait'd her Presence...
To Sefcaon, the House in which Cutara
Dred
lb the Dew, in hope to see Cutara walking
ToCaMam
To Caataia, ventring to waike too farre in
the nei^ibauriiig Woods
Vpoa Castara's Departure
A Dialogue between Night and Araphil...
To (be Right Honourable the Lady
E. P.
To Caataia, departing upon the Approach
of ITigttt _
An Apparition
To the Honourable Hr. Wm, E.
To Castara, tiie Vanity of ATBfiee
To R. St Esquire
To IheWorid. The Perfb^ion of Lore...
To the Winter
Upon a ^sit to Castani in the Night
To Castva. On the Chaitit? of hia Lore
Tbe Description of Castaia
Castara. Partll. A Wife
To Castan, now poeeeet of twr in Mar-
riage
To Castaia, upon tbemntusll LoTeof their
Hajeslies
TbZepbin
IV Castaia m a IVsnce ...
To Death, Caataia being ai>
To Csstara, inviting her to sleepe •
Tpon Castara's Reonerie
~ ■ Friend, inriting him to a Meeting
upon Promise ...
TaC>tt«ta,wbecetr
ToCMara
Ts Castara, Tpon tbe Death of a Lady ..
To Cotata, being to take a Journey
To Castan, weefdng
To Cssura, vpoR a S|^
Psae
To the Right Honourable the Ladj F. ... 991
To Cutara, against Opinion „.,.. ib.
To Castara, vpoa Beautie ib.
To Castara, melancholly MS
A DialMue between Aiaf^iill and Castaia ib.
To the Right Honourable Lord M ib.
To a Tombe ib.
To Castan, upon Thought of Age and
Death 993
To tlie Right Honoursble the Lord P. ... ib.
His Muse speaks to him ib.
To Taine Hope ib.
To Castara. How happy, thou^ in an
obscure Fortune ib.
To Castam tb.
On tbe Doth of the Right Honouiable
George Earl of 8. 994
To my worthy Cousin, Ur. £. C, in Praise
of the DtvLife, in the long Vacation.... ib.
Love's Anoiversarie. To tbe Suane ib.
Against them who lay Unchastity to the
Sei of Women Ib.
To the Rigfat Honourable William Earl
of 8t 995
To Caataia. Upon an Eml»ace ib.
To the Honourable G. T. ib.
To Castara. The Reward of innocent
Love ib.
To Sir L P. Knight 996
To tbe Right Honourable Archibald Earle
of Ar ib.
Elegy upon the Honourable Henry Cam.
bell, Sonne to the Earle of At. 997
To Castani ib.
To Castara. Of what we were before our
Creation ib.
To the Moment last past ib.
To Castara. Of the Knowledge of Lots 998
To the Right Honourable the Countease
oTC ib.
TheHarmony of Lore.... ib.
To Sir Ed. P. Knight ib.
To Castara 999
To Castara. Of true Delight ib.
To L C. Esquire ib.
To Castara. What Loven will say when
he and she aie dead .................. ,,... 1000
To his Muse ib.
A Friend ib.
Tbe Funerals of the Honourable George
Talbot, Esq. ib.
Castara. Part III. A Holy Man 1009
Nomine Labia mea aperies I0O4
Vena est in Luctum Cythan mea ib.
Ferdam Sapientiam Sapientum. To the
Right Honouiable tbe Lord Windsor... 1005
Paudtatem Dierum meonun nunda mihi ib.
Non nobis Domine t006
Solum mibi superest Sepulcfarum ib.
Et Aigit velut Umbra. To tbe Ri|^t
Hononrable the Lord Kintyre ib.
Noi Nocti indicat Sdentiani loOT
Et alta a longe cognosdt ib.
Vnivenum SMtum qus renuti in Infiimi-
tate qua 1008
Laudale Dominmn deCwlis ib.
Qui quasi Flos ^jreditur. To tbe Bight
Honound>letheLad^Cat.T. 1009
QuidgloriaritinMalicia? i<-
Deiu Deui meui
Quoninii ego in Flagella pintua aum
Milidn eat Vlu Homids. To ,Sr Hen.
Per. .
19 Dorntne demonstr* mihl . .
Et eialUTiC Humites
Doniinua Dominuitium
Cogitabo pro FeCCBbiineo
Recogitabotibi omnes AnDos meos .
Cupio dissolri
RICHARD LOVELACE,
The Dedicition. To the Riglit HonounbU
the Lady Ann Lovelace , 101-1
Song. To LucastB, going beyond Ihc Seas ib.
Song. To LucMta, going to the Wars ,„. 1015
The Gressfaopper. To my noble Frisiid,
Mr. Charlat CoUon tb.
On the Death of Mn. Eliiabeth Filnier. .
An Ela^cal Epitaph .',.. ib.
To Luca*ta. From FrUon 1016
Song. To Alttacft. From Prtun ib.
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER.
A. D. 13S8— MOO.
Sovs &Cla hkve bceo preiemd concerning the
pBaonal tuiuvy of Chiucer, but there U no deuiled
mComiBtion. We leaiii from himself Ihsl be waa
biBii ID Ixmdixi, which ID thoce agss was tboogbl
■B hoDOur ; and it is certain that be wsa neither of
Ugh nor of low both. Uia writings aflbrd soiue
bidieatiai that he receJTed part of his educatina at
f^mtindn, and lha« is a tradition that he studied
at Oifim alio, unds- WickliOe, when that great
1^ WB Warden of Canterbuij College. He had
an annui^ of twen^ marks from Edward III., as
nlei or yeoman of dw palace, an intermediate rank
batweeu squire and groom. Afterwards he was
made comptroller of the custom of wood, with the
liartiarom injunction, that *' the said Geoffrey write
viih his own band bis rolls touching the said office,
in his own proper perwn, and not b)r his substitute. "
He waa also appointed comptroller of the unall
tustotoi of wine in the port of Loodon, and had
a grant far liie of a pitcher of wine dailf, which
■aa aubsequentlj conunuted for twen^ marks a
jear. John of Gaunt paQtmiaed him, and gare
htm RnlippB Rouet in marriage, sister to hia own
iiiisiiiM. and daughter to a knight of Hainault
At tfai* Unie, his offlcea and the gnats which he
bat fiar of £dwa(d't mgn, be was sent on a
nwHijirraTi ot bis connection with the Lollards,
waa brotigbt into danger. He fled to the continent ;
waa imptiaooed on bis return ; and after sooie ill
a party, and some riffour on the part
did n
! Without loss and
But though.
gfania from Richard II., which were confirmed bj
I Ihe nanrper Heni;, it is said that his latter days
I w*e embittered by diflleutties. He died on the
2^1 of October, 1400, ami was buried in that part
! of Wc^minster Abbey, which has since, in respect
to hin^ been coDKcnted by the remains of many
I, BagUsh poett, and the momimeitt* of more.
Chaucer is not merely the ackoowledged £uber
of English poetry, be is also one of our greatest
poets. His proper nation is in the lirst class,
with Speoser, and Siakspeare, and Milton ; and
Shakspeare alone has equalled him in variety and
Tersatility of genius. In no other country has any
writer eflccted so much with a half-furmed lan-
guage: retaining what wan popular, and rejecting
what was bariiarous, he at once refined and enriched
it ; and though it ia certain that his poetry is written
rhythmically rather than metric^y, his ear led Iiim
to that cadence and those forms of verse, which,
after all subaeqaent eipeiiments, have been found
moat agreeable to tlie general taste, and may,
therefore, be deemed best adapted to the character
of our speech. In some of liia smaller piecea, he
has condescended to use the ornate style whidi
began to be aJTected in his age ; Lut he has only
used it as if to show that he had deliberately re-
jected it in all his greater and better works. He
drew largely from French and Italian authors; but
in all his tnuialalioQs there is the stamp of bis own
power; and bis original works are distinguished by
a life, and streng^ and iiTadty, which nothing
but original genius, and that of the highest order,
can impart. Whoever aspirea to a lasting naioe
among the English poets must go to the writings
of Chaucer, and drink at the well-head.
The Canterbury Tales have been excellently
edited by Tyrwhitt ; his other works have been left
to chance, and published without any otlier care
than what Che oarrector of the press might please
to beato* upon them.
It should be remembered that Chaucer eipresses
contrition for such of Ids writings as " sounen unto
sin," and prays Christ of hia mercy to forgive him
for the guilt he had incurred thereby. He is said '
I have cried out repeatedly un his death-bed.
Woe is me, that I cannot recall and annul these
things 1 but, alas, they are continued from iimn to
and I cannot do what I desire. "
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THE CANTERBURY TALES.
\V KAKHi that April with his ■houm aotc
Tbe dmughte of Much hath perced to tbc roC«,
And bathed ever; veine in swiche licnur,
or whJche veitue engendied is the flour ;
Whan Zephinu eke with hia Kite brethe
Enspiied hatb in every bolt and betbe
Tbe tendre croppes, and Che yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram tjs halfe cours yronne.
And BniaJe foule* maJcen melodic,
That alepen alle nigbt with open eye.
So priketh hem nature in hir coiages ;
Than longen folk to gon on pilgrinutges,
And palmers for to neken sbango strondeOi
To serve halwea couthe in sondry landes ;
And specially, from every shirea endo
Of Englelond, to Canterijury they wende.
The holy bUtful martyr for to seke,
Tliat bem hath holpcn, wtian that they were aekc,
Befelle, that, in that seson on a day.
In Southwells at the lUiard as I lay,
Red^ to weodcn on my pilgrimage
To Canterbury with devoute comge.
At night was come into that boslelrie
Wei nine and twenty in a cxnupagnie
or sondry folk, by aventure yftlle
In felaw^p, and pilgrimes were they alle,
That toward Canterbury wolden ride-
The chambres and the stables weren wide.
And wel we weten eaed atte begte.
And shortly, whan the sonne was gon to reste.
So hadde I spoken with hem everich on.
That I was of hir feUwship anon.
And made forword erly for to rise.
To take oure way ther as I you derae.
But nathelea, while I have time and space,
Or that 1 forther in this tale pace.
Me thinketh it accordant to reson.
To tellen you alle the condition
Of eche of bem, so aa it semed me.
And wtdche they weren, and of what degre ;
And eke in what arue that they were inne :
And at ■ knight thau wol I finte beginite,
A KmoBT ther was, and that b worthy man.
That fhi the time that be ftrate began
To riden out, he loved chevalrie,
Troulhe and honour, fredom and curtene.
Ful worthy was he in bis loidea werre,
And therto hadde be ridden, no man ferre,
Ab wel in Crislendom as in Hethenesae,
And ever bonauivd for his wortbinesse.
At Alisandre he was whan it was wonne.
Ful often time he hadde the bord b^onne
Aboven alia nations in Pruce.
In Lettowe hadde be reysed, and in Ruce,
No ciiilen man bo ode of his degre.
Id Gemade at the liege An hadde be be
Of Alge«r, and ridden in Belmarie.
At Leyes was he, and at Satalie,
Whan they were wonne ; and in the Crete see
At many a noble armee hadde he be.
,, An moital bataillcs hadde he ben fiftene,
' oi^bten for our fiuth at Tramisscne
In Ustcs Ibriet, and ay alain his fo.
This like worthy knight hadde ben also
Somtime with tbe lord of Palalie,
Agen another bethen in Turkic :
And evermore he hadde a sovereine pris.
And though that he was worthy he was wiie.
And of his port as meke as is a mayde.
He never yet no viianie oe nyde
In alle his tif, unto no manere wight.
He was a veray parfit gentil knight.
But for to tellen you of bis araie,
Hia hors was good, but he ne was not gaie.
Of fuBtian he wered a gipon,
Alle beamotred with his habergeon,
For he was late ycome fro his viage.
And wente for to don his pilgrimage.
With him ther was hia sone a yonge Sutriia,
A lover, and a lusty bacbeler.
With lockes crull as they were laide in preae.
Of twenty yere of age he was I gesse.
or his Btaturebe was of even lei^^.
And wonderly deliver, and grete of strengtiw.
And he hailde be somtinie in cbevachie,
In Flaundres, in Artoii, and in Kcardie,
And borne him wel, as of so Utel space.
In hope to slonden in his ladies grace.
Embrouded was be, as it were a mede
Alle ful of freshe floures, white and rede.
Singing he was, or floyting all tbe day.
He was as freshe aa is the moneth of May.
Short was his goune, with sieves long and wide.
Wel coude he sitte on hora, and fayre ride.
He coude songes make, and wel endite,
JuBte and eke dance, and wel pouitraie and write.
So bote he loved, that by nigbtertale
He slep no more than doth the lUghlingale.
Curteis he was, lowly, and servuable^
And carf before his fader at the table.
A Te»ih hadde he, and serranles no mo
At that time, for him luste to tide so ;
And he was cladde in cote and bode of grena
A sheft of peacock arwes bright and kene
Under his belt he bare ful thriiUly.
Wel coude be dreaae his takel yemanly :
His arwes drouped not with fetheres lowe. '
And in his bond he bare a mighty bowe.
A not-hed hadde he, witii a broune visage.
Of wood-craft coude he wet atle the usage.
Upon his arme he bare a gaie bracer.
And by his side a swerd and a bokeler.
And on that other side a gaie daggere,
Hameised wel, and sharpe aa point of apere:
A Cristofre on his breBte of silver shene.
An home he bare, the baudrik waa of giene.
A forster was lie aothely as 1 gesae.
This was also a Nonne, a Puoanai,
That of hire smiling was ful simple and coy ;
Hire gretest othe n'as but by Seint Etoy ;
And she was cleped madame Eglentine,
Ful wel she sajige the service devine,
Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ;
And Frvuche she spake ful fayre and fetisly.
After the scole of Stratford atte bowe.
For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
THE PROLOGUE.
At nwce waa die itel jtan^lle whhalla;
Smb lette DO mcffflel from hizv lippes &jlei
Ne •■-ette hire fingres in hire uuee depe.
Wei coude she carie a nuH^, and wel kape,
Tbtftc DD drope ne fell upon hire birat*
In curteaa waa aeoe ful mocbe hire laaL
Hire (TTer lippe wiped ahe ao clene,
Thai in hire cuppe waa uo teiihing lezie
Of grea^ wbaa she dronkcn hadde Ure draoght.
Ful aonelj Bfta- hire mele ibe rauglit.
And nkerlj abe waa of giele di^HHt,
And All plesant, and aouable of pert.
And peined hire to contrefeten cbere
Of court, and ben eatatelich of maoer^
And to ben h<^den digne of reroeoce-
But fot to tpekea of hire oonadoux^
Sbe ns ao chaiilaUe and ao plloua.
She voids vepe if that ahe «<r a moiu
Canghte in » trafipe, if it were ded or bledde.
Of amale boundea badde ibe, Uwt dw tedde
With roated Beih, aod milk, and waald brede.
But gore wept she if en of bem were dede.
Fill aetnel; hire wimple ypinched was ;
Hire noae tretii ; her ejen gre; aa glaa ;
Hire mouth ful Emale, and tbuto boA and red ;
Bnt aifcerlf ibe badde a bjn forehed.
It was olinost a apasDe brode I Crowe ;
For haidily ihe waa not undeigTOwe.
Fat fetiae waa hire cloke, aa 1 waa wan^
Of nnale conll aboute hire arm abe ban
. glided all w
IE a brocbe of g<
Oa whicbe was fint ywriten a crouned A,
And after, jtmor trmdl omma.
Another NoinrB alao with bin badde ibe
Tbat waa hire cbqi^ciD^ and Fasnru ihre.
A UoSK ther w
afi^n lor the m
Cinadingio
And de » li
, to ben an lUiot able,
ante hoia badde be in stable :
rode, men mighte Ma bridel here
I whittling wind m clcre,
loads, aa dMb the chapell belle,
TVr •. tW. lead wa. keper of the celle.
The reule rf aeint Haure and of udnt Beneit,
Because thrt it waa olde and amndele atreit.
lUa iike mook lette olde tluDges pwx,
And held alter the newe world Ibe tnoe.
He Tare not of the text a pulled hen.
Ne tbat It monk, whan he a rekkelea.
la Eke to a fiab that ia walerlea ;
Tlea ia to a*}, a monk out of tua clMMre.
Tin iike text held be not woith an oiatre.
Aad I ^ U. oianicm waa good.
Vl-t dinlde 1. atudie, and make UmtelTen wood.
Upgai a bonk in eb^atre alw^ to pore.
Ornrinken with bia hondea, and laboure.
M Auatin bit? how thai tbe world be aerred?
Let Aoadn bate bia awink to him reaerved.
Tboftre be WM « piickaaoure a right ;
GreOKmnde. be badde aa awift as foul of flight ;
Of pricking n>d of hunting fla^ the hare
Vaa an bU luK, far no OKt wtOde ba apWB.
1 Bw tm alena pnrfiled at the hood
^ab gii», and that the fiDM ofOie load.
And for to fiuten bi* hood under hii i-iitinui
He hadde of gold ywrought a curioua pinne :
A love-knotte in the greter endc tfafr waa.
Ilia bed waa balled, and ahone aa anj glaa.
And eke his face, aa it hadde ben anmnt.
He waa a lord ful bt and io good pmnL
Hia eyen atepe, and rolling in hia bed,
That Uemed aa • forneia of ■ ted.
His bootea aouple, his bois in gret eita^
Now certainly he waa a byre pielat.
He wai not pale m a fbrpined goat.
A bt swan loved he beat of any mat.
Hia palfrey waa as broune as ll • beiy.
A Fai
ful aolempne man-
In all the ordtea foure is non tbat can
So moche of daliancc and fayn langags.
He hadde ymade ful many a xnariagA
Of yonge wimmen, at hia onen com.
Until his ordn be was a noble poM.
Ful wel beloTcd, and tamitieT' waa hs
With fiankeleina orer all in bia contree,
And Ae with worthy wimmen of the toun :
For he had power of confenion,
Aa aalde himaelfe, more than a curat.
For of his oidre be was licentiat.
Ful swetely herde be confession.
And plesant was his absolution.
He was an eaj man to giie penance,
Ther as he wiate to ban a good pitaoce i
For unto a poure ordre for to give
la signe that a man is wel yahrive.
For if he gave, be dorsle make avsnt.
He wiate tbat a man waa repentant.
For many a inau so haid is of his herte,
Therfore in stede of weping and praierea,
Men mote give silver to the poure freres.
His tippet was ay &ned ful of knives.
And pinnea, lor to given fiyrt wives.
And certainly he hadde a meiy note.
Wel coude be nnga and plaien on a iota.
Of yeddingt* Iw bare utteriy the piia.
His nekke waa white aa the Aour de lis.
Tberto he (trong was as a ^tampioun.
And knew wel the tavemes in ever; toun.
And every liosteler and gay t^Mtcre,
Better than a laaax or a beggere.
For imto swtche a worthy man as be
Accoideth nought, aa by hia faculte.
To haven with siiui laaua atqualntailBe.
It is not boncM, it may not avance.
As for to delen with no swiche pouraiUe,
But all with riche, and tellers of vitaiUe.
And over all, tfaer as profit ahuld aiiia,
Curtns he vtas, and lowly of aerviae.
Ther n'as no man no wher so vertuons.
He was the beste b^ger in all bii hout :
And gave a ceitaine ferme for the grants
Non of his bretbcien came in hit hsunL
For though a widewe hadde but a shoo,
(So plesant was bis In prindpil/)
Yet wold he have a ferthing or he went.
His pourchas was wel better than his rent.
And rage bs coude aa it badde ben a whelp.
In lovedayes, ther coude be mochet help.
Fiv tbet was he nat like a ' ' -
Wth ttmdbarc cope, as is a p<
B S
But be was like a wisui or a pope,
or double wonted *>■ hia aetnicope.
That round was h a belle out oT the prenc.
Snmwhat be lisped for his wantonoene,
To make his Bnf^liali swete upon his tonge ;
And in his harping, wbaD that he hadde songe.
His eyen Ewinkeled En his hed angttt
As d(Ui the sterres in a tVosty night.
This worthy limiunir waa cicpcd Hubeid.
A MAKcaAMT was ther with a forked herd,
In mottdee, and higbe on faois he nat.
And on his bed a Flaundrish bewr hat.
His bootea elapsed fayre and fetialy.
His mona sp^e be tu\ solempnel;,
Souning alway the encrese of his winning.^
He wold the see were kept for any thing
Betwixen Middelburgh and Oreweli.
Wei coud be ia eacbanges sheldea aelle.
This worthy man fill wel his wit beaette ;
Ther wiate no wight that he was in dette,
80 stedebatly diiUe he hii goremance.
With his bo^eines, and with bii cheTiaance.
Foraotbe be was a worthy man witballe,
But aoth to nyn, I n'ot how men him calle.
A CuaK tber was of Oxenforde alio.
Tint unto logUe badde long ygo.
Aa lene woa his hon as is a rake.
And be was not right tU, I undertake ;
But loked holwe, and therto soberly.
Pul thredbare was hia orereit courtepy.
For be hadde getea him yet no beneftce,
Ne was nought worldly to have an office.
For him was leiET han at his beddea bed
Twentv bokes clothed in blake or red.
Of Aristotle, and hia philoaophie,
"Diaii mbea riche, or fide), or sautrie.
But all be that he waa a pbiloaophre,
Yet hadde be but lilel gold in cofre.
But all that be might of his (rendes bente.
On bokei and on lenung he it spenle,
And beaily gao for tlie soulea piaie
Of hem, tliat yave him wherwitb to soolaie.
Of atudie toke be moste cure and hedc.
Not a word spake be more than was nede ;
And that was aaid in fbime and reverence,
And abort and qnfte, and ful of high sentence.
Souning in moral vertue was his specbe,
And gladly wolde he leme, and gladly tecbe.
A SiaaiAHT or ma la we ware and wise,
That often hadde yben at the paniia,
Tber waa alao, ful ricbe of eiceUencc
Diacreta he waa, and of giet rereicnce : _
He semed swicbe, hia wordes were so wise.
Justice he was fol often in assise.
By patent, and by pleinc commisaiouu j
For hia science, and for bis high renaun,
Of ftes and robes had he many on.
So grete a pourcbasour was no wbar non-
All was fee nmple to bim in effect,
Hia pourchaaing might iv>t beo in auipect.
No wher so beay a man ■■ be tber n'as.
And yet he seined bener than be was.
In tenoea badde he caa and domes alle,
That flxitba time of king WilL weren falle.
Therta he coude endits, and utake a thing,
Ther CDtide no wight pinche at his writing.
And.eieiy stntuie coude be plaloe by rote.
He rode but homely in a medlee cote.
Girt with a seint of silk, with barres snale ;
or bis array tell I no lenger tale.
A FaAHcnaiH waa in thia eompagnie 1
White was his berd, ob is the d^esie.
Of his complexion be was sanguin.
Wel lored be by the morwe a sop in win.
To liien in delit was ever hia wone,
That held opinion^ that plein delit
Waa versily felidte parfite.
An houaholder, and that a giele was he ;
Seint Julian be was in his ctmtree.
His brede, hii ale, waa alway after on;
A better envyned man was no wher non.
Witfaouten bake mete never was hia boua.
Of fish and flesh, and that so plenteous.
It snewed in his boua of mete and drinke.
Of alle drinteei that men coud at thinke.
After the sondry sesons of the yere.
So changed be hia mete and his (oupare.
Pul many a Eu paitrich hadde be in mewe.
And many a breme, and many a luce in atewe.
Wo was hii coke, but if his sauce were
Poinant and abaipe, and redy all bis gerb
Hia table dormant in his halle aliray
Stode redy covered alle the longe day.
At sessions ther iras he Iprd and sire,
Ful often time be was knight of the ahire.
An anelace and a gipciei« all of silk,
Heng at bis girdel, white ah morwe inilh,
A aheraie hadde he brai, and a countour.
Waa no wher swicbe a worthy Tavasour.
An HABBanaaHBa, and a CAanirna,
A W.nu, a Darxa, and a TAnsaa,
Were alle yclotbed in o livere,
Of a solsnpne and grete fVatemile.
Pul fresbe and newe bir gen ypiked was. '
Hir knivea were ychaped not with biws
But all with silver, wrought ful clene and we1>
Hir girdeles and hir pouches every del.
Wel aemed ecbe of hem a &yre buigo^
To ntlen in a gild halle, on the deis.
Everich for the wisdom that be can,
Waa shapelicb for to ben an atdermaii.
For catel badden they ynough and rent.
And eke hir wives wolde it wel aaaent :
And ellee cfrtainly they were to blame.
It is ful fayre to ben ydepcd madame,
Aikd for to gon to vigilea all before.
And have a mantel inUich ybore.
A Con they hadden with hem fer tlw noiws.
To bmle the chikenes and the marie bones,
And poudre marcbani, tart and galingale.
We] coude he knowe a draught of London ale.
He coude roste, and sethe, and broile, and &ie,
Maken mortrewea, and wel bake a pie.
But gret harm was it, aa it thoughle me,
lliat on hia sfainne a monnal hadde he.
For blanc manger tbat made be with the bast
A SianUH was tber, woned fer by West;
For ought I wote, be waa of Dertanouth.
He rode upon a rouncie, as he coutbe.
All in a goune of Aiding to the knee.
A dagger hanging by a las hadde bee
THE PROLOGUE.
AboBt lu* ndike nndar his wm sdoun.
^M bote aocnmeT haddn nude his hewe wl broun-
Aod cotainlj be wm ■ good felaw.
Fill many m dnuight of win be hadde dnv
P^am Burcieui wwd, while tb>t the chapmen ileiw.
Of nice conacience toke be do kepe.
Ifthu be bugbl, and halde the higher band.
Hub.
dhii
Tha warn non awiche, from Hull unto Catt^^e.
Had; he wm, and wIk, 1 undertake :
Wiifa man; a teoipeit hadde hit herd be ihdie.
He knew wel alle the hatens, a* they were,
Pro Godaod, to the Cape de Gnistere,
And e»eij crcke in Brelagne and in Spaioe ;
Hb barge jdeped waa the Magddune.
WiM> Ds tber waa ■ Doint>oa or Phudi^
He kept bia patient a ful gret del
In hoiirea by hia magike natureL
Wd coode he fortunen the aacendent
Of hk imagei for bia patient-
He koew tbe cauae of every maladie,
Went it of cold, or bote, or ntoist, or diie.
And wbo' engoidied, aiid of what humour.
He waa • ntf parflte practiiour.
The (wna yknow^ andt^hU harm the rote,
AnoB be gtn to Ibe nke man hia bola.
FdI red; badde he hk ^Mthecariea
To aend him dragges, and his lettuariea,
For edie of hem made other for to winne :
Hir fiendahip n'aa not newe to beginne.
Wd knew be the <^d Eaculapiua,
And Vitmconiea, and eke Rufua ;
Old Hippoeraa, Half, and Gallien ;
Saafioa, Rarii, and Ancen ;
Arenns, Dameacene, and Conatsntin ;
Bctnard and Galiaden, and Gilbertin.
n of Iprca, ao
In all the patMi wif ne waa tber non,
Th^ to the oOring befiire hire AuJde gon,
Asd if tber did, cotain ao wroth waa abe,
TbK ibc waa out of alle cbatitee.
Htic eoTenehieft wetcn ful fine erf' ground ;
I dame rwtn^ tbey wejeden a pound i
TkM on the Sooday were upon hire hede.
Bite hnam weren of fne scarlet rede,
Fn] nelle iteyed, and ■hooo ful mmat and newi
Bold w« hire bee, and layTe and rede of hew,
*" woitlij womaa aD hire Un,
Witbouten other ompagnie in youtbe.
But therof nedeth not to apeke ai nouttae.
And Ihriei hadde she beti at Jeruaaleme.
She hadde passed many a strange itreme.
At Rome sbe hadde ben, and at Boloine,
In Calice at Seint James, and at Coloine.
She coude mocbe of wandiing by the way.
Gat-lotbed was she, sothly for to aay.
Upon an ambler esily she «t,
Ywimpled wel, and on hire bede an hat.
As brode as is a bokeler, or a tsrge.
A fote mantel about hire bippei large,
And on hire fete a pair of sporres sharpe.
In felawship wel csude she laughe and carpa.
Of remedies of lore she knew parcbance.
For of that arte (be coude the olde dance.
A good man tber was of rriigioun.
That was a poure Piasona of a toun i
But liche be was at holy thought and werk.
He waa also a iemed man, a clerk.
That Criates gospel trawely wol^ preche.
His parisbens deroutly wolde he teche.
Benigne he was, and wonder diligent.
And in adrenite ful patient :
And swiche he waa yprered often sithes.
Ful loch were him to cursen for hi* tithes.
But rather wolde he yeren out of doute.
Unto his poure parishena idMul>i
Of his oflHng, and eke of Us substaiMe.
He coude In Htd thing bare suffiaance.
Wide waa his pati^ ud houaea far aaonder,
But he ne left nought for no rain ne thonder,
In sikenene and in mischief to nsite
Tbe ftrresi in hia parish, mocbe and lite,
Upon his fete, and in his hand a staf.
This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf,
That first he wrought, and aftra-ward he taught,.
Out of the gospel be the wordes caught.
And this figure he added yet therto,
That if gold niste, what ahuld iren do ?
For if a preest be foule, on whom we trust.
No wonder is a lewed man to rust i
And shame it i^ if that a preest take kepe,
To see a sbitlen shepherd, and dene shepe :
Wel ought a preen ensample (or to yere.
By his clenencaae, bow bis shepe shulde lire.
He sette not his benefice to hire.
And lette his shepe ocombred in the mir^
And ran unto London, unto Seint PouIcb,
lim a chonterie for aoulca.
Or with a brotbeibede to be withoJd :
But dwelt ai borne, and kepte wel bia fold.
So that the wolf ne made it not miacaiie.
He was a shepherd, and no menxnaiie.
And though he holy were, and rertuoua,
He waa to siiiAil men not dispitous,
Ke of bis npeche dangerous ne digne.
But in his teching discrete and benigne-
To drawen folk to beren, with birenewe.
By good ensampte was his beainease :
What ao be were of higfae or low ealat.
Him wolde be anibben sharply for the ncMies.
A better preest I trowe that no wber non is.
He waited after no pompe ne rererence,
Ne maked him no spiced conscience.
But Crisles lore, and his a^Kistles twelve.
He taught, htit first be folwed it btniselTO.
WnHhlm tberma a PwmuH, wu hfa bratber,
That hadde j]tii of dong At) mao; a fothsr.
A trewe swinker, and a good was be,
Urii^ in pees, and paifile chaiitee.
God loTcd he beMe with alle bU herte
At alle liines, were it gain or smertei
And than hia n«ghebour right as hinxelve.
He wolde thresh, and tberto dike, and delve.
For Ciistea soke, for every poure wight,
Withoulen hire, if il lay in hla might,
Hia tithes ptued he ftU fayre and wel
Both of his propre swiuke, and hia cateL
In ■ tabard be rode upon a mere.
Tber was also a reve, and a millere,
A sompnour, and a pardoner also,
A manciple, and myself, tber n'ere no mo.
TBI Miu-iB was a stout at\ for the nones,
Ful bigge he was of braun, and eke of bones ;
That proved wet, for over all tber he came.
At wrastling he wold here away the ma.
He was dioit shuldered brode, a tlukke gnarre,
Ther n'as no doie, that ha n'alde heve of barre.
Or brake it at a renning with his bede.
His herd as any sowe or fox was rede.
And theito brode, as though it were a ^ade.
Upon the cop ri^it of his nose he hade
A weit, and theion stode a tnfte of heres,
Rede as the bristles of a sowes eres.
His nose^irles blacke were and wide.
A swerd and bokeler, bore be by his side.
His mouth as wide was a> a fomeis.
He was a jangter, and a gollardeis,
And that was most of sinne, and harlotries.
Wd coude be stelen come, and tcdlen thiies.
And yet he had a thomb of gold parde. "
A white cole and a blew hade wered be.
A baggepipe wel coude he blowe and soune.
And therwittuU he brought ui out of toune.
A gentil IffAHCirLi wvs ther of a temple.
Of whidi achatours mighten take Muemple
For to ben wise In bylng of vitaille.
For whether that he paide, or toke by taiUe,
Algate he wwted so in his achate.
That he was ay befbre in good estate.
Now is not that of Ood a ful fayre grace,
Tliat swiche a Icwed mannes wit shal pace
TIm wisdom of an hepe of lered men ?
Of maisten had he mo than thries ten.
That were of lawe Expert and curious :
or which ther was a dossn In tint hous.
Worthy to ben stewardes of rent and lond
Of any Ind that is in Englelond,
To maken bim lire by his propre good,
In honour dettdes, but if be were wood.
Or live as scanly, as him list desire ;
And able for to helpen all a slure
la any eas that mighte taSra or happe ;
And yet this manciple sette hir alter cappe.
Titt Rcvi was a slendre colerike nian,
His berd was shave as neighe as ever he can.
Hia here was by his eres round yshome.
Hia top was do^ed like a preest befomc.
Ful longe were hia legges, and ful lene,
YUke a staff*, ther was no calf ysene.
Wel coude he kepe a ^mer and a Wnne :
Ther was non auditotir coude on him winne.
Wel wist« he by tha drought, and by the ina,
Hw yelding of his seed, and of hia grain,
'ordes sbepe, his nete, and his dorie,
.wine, his honi, his store, and his pultrie*
Were holly in this reres governing.
And by his covenant yave he rekening,
"' 'lat his lord was twenty yeic of age ;
Tlier cDude no man bring him in aietsge,
Ther n'as baillif, ne herde, ne other bine.
That he ne knew his sleight and his cnvine :
They were adradde of him, aa of the delh.
His wonning was ful ttjre upon an helh.
With grcne trees yshadewed was his place.
He coude better than bis lord pourChace.
Ful riche be was ystored privily.
His lord wel coude he plesen subtiUy,
To yeve and lene him of his owen good.
And have a thank and yet a cote and bood.
In youthe he lemed hadde a good mistere.
He was a wel good Wright, a carpentere.
"^ ' reve aate upon a right good sCot,
That was all pometee grey and higbte Scot,
A long surcote of peree upcm he hade.
And by liis side lie bare a rus^ blade
Of Norfolk was this reve, of which I tell,
le a loun, men elepeu Baldeswell.
Tucked he was, as is a &ere aboute.
And ever he rode the hindereat of the route.
A Soumooa was ther with us in tliat place,
Ttut hadde a fire.red cberubinnes ftoc,
■atisefleroc be was, with eyen narwe.
As bote he was, and likerous as a sparwe.
With Bcalled browes blake, and pilled berd :
Of hia visage children were sore aferd.
Ther n'as quiksiWer "■ ...
«le of ta
It that wolde dense or Ute,
Ne.
That him might Itelpeu of his whelkes whiter
Ne of the knobbes sitting on hia chekea,
Wel loved he garlike, onions, and lekea,
And for to drinke strong irin as rede as blood.
Than wolde he apeke, and crie as he wen wooi
And whan thst he wel dronken had the win.
Than wold he apeken no word but Latin.
! leimes coude he, tvro or three.
That he had temed out of som decree ;
No wonder is, he herd it all the day.
And eke ye knowen wet, how that a jay
Can ctepen watte, as vicl ss can tlie pope.
But who so wotde In other tUng him gn^e,
Tban hadde he apent all his philosophies
Ay, Quettio gvidjurii, wotde he crie.
He was a genlil harlot and s kind ;
A better felaw shulde a man not And.
He wdde suSre tar a quart of wine,
A good felaw to tiave lus concubine
A twelve montli, and eicuse him at the f\ilL
Ful privety a finch eke coude be pulL
And if he found o where a good felawe.
He wotde techen him to tiave ntm awe
In swiche a cas of the archedekenes curse ;
But if a mannes saute were in liis purse t
For in his putse be shulde ypunished be.
Puise ia the archedekenes lielte, said lie.
But wel I wote, he lied right in dede ;
Of cursing ought eche gitty man him drede.
For curse wot sle right as aasoiling saveth.
And also ware bim of a tigai/lauit.
THE PBOLOOUE.
In danger badda he at hii owen giM
^M jnngc p^ of the diocisBi
And knew hir caaaal, and wu of fair rede.
A gcHond hadde he sette upon hii bede,
At gnt m H were for an alstake :
A bokeler hadde be made bun of a cake.
WrtH Um tba rode a gmlil Pitnomvt
or H«uiionaU, bU &end and hu campen,
Tbmi Mrdt ni comen ftnn the coiut of Bane.
Pol loude be lang, Cone hither, lore, to me.
TUs BCKiip^inr bare to Mm a Miffburdaun,
Was aem trooape cd half lo gret a soun.
Tbia paniooer had here aa jelwe as wax.
But sluth it heng, ai doth a strike of flu :
B; vncB beng his loUces that he hadde,
And tberwitfa be his sfaulden orenpradde.
Fnl thinne it lay, b; culpom on and on,
But bode for joHtc^ ne wered he lun.
For it was truncd up in his wallet.
Him tluM^lit he roik al of tbe uewe get,
DidieTele, sauf hii ct^ipe, be rode all baie.
Swidie glariiig ejen hadde he, as an hare.
A T^micle hadde he sewed upon bit cappe.
Hia irallct laj beJbme him in his l^pe,
Bfct.Jul of pardon eonte fema Rome al bote.
A mis be badde, aa imale has bath a gole.
No berd hadde be, ne mner non shuld have,
Aa vnotbe it waa as it were newe abare ;
I ln>we be were a gelding ra a mare.
But erf' his ciaft, fro Bswike unto Ware,
Ne was tfaer iwich an otfaer paidonere.
For in hii male he hadde a pilwebere,
Wbidi, as he Mide, was our lodiea veil :
He laide, he badde a gobbet of tbe aeyl
Whidw Seiqt Peter had, whan that he went
Upon tbe see, till Jeau Crist him bent.
He bwl acrossfrf'laton full of stoiMa,
And in a glaa he hadde piggea bones-
Bat with these relikei, whanne that be fond
A pDure peiwme dwelling up tm loud,
UpoD a ^7 be gat him more montae
Tban that tbe penone gat in monethca tweie*
And thus with fiuiwd Battering and japes,
He made tiie pemme, and tbe peple, bis apca.
But trEwel7 to tellin atte last.
He was in diircbe a noble ecdeaiaaL
Wei coude be lede a lenon or a storie.
For wel he wiile, whan that song was songe,
He most preche, and wel afile bis tonge,
To wiune dlier, as be light wel conde :
llaribn he gang tbe meiier and loada.
Now hate I told jou sbntljr in a dauae,
IVeatal, tb'anie, tbe nombre, and eke the caus
Whj that anembled was thia compaguie
In Southwcik at this gentil bostelrie,
That bigfale tbe Tabatd, bate by the Belle.
But mw is time to you for to telle,
How that we baren us that like night,
Whan we were in that hoalelrie alight
AlHl after wol I teUe of our '
n jou Ur wordv and bir cbere ;
He tbough I ^eke hir wordea proprelf .
F«i lUi re knowtn al to wel as I,
Oretcl
And loth
Who to shall u
He moete refaer
Ererich word, if it
All ipekt he oeier so rudely and so large ;
Or ellea he moate tellen his tale uuttewe.
Or feinen tbiogts, or fioden wordea newe.
He niaj not spare, although he were hia brother.
Criit spake himself ful brode in boly writ,
And wel ye wote no vilanie is it.
Eke Plato sayeth, who so can him rede,
Tbe wordeii moate ben coon to the dede^
Also I praic you to fow»e it me.
All bate I not selte folk m bir d^ree.
Here in this tale, as that they shulden stoitde.
My wit is ahoit, ye may w ' '
oade oure hoatc us ererich on,
per sette he us anon :
with vilulle of ibe beate.
Strong was tbe win, and wel lo diiuke us leste.
A eemely man our hoste was with alle,
A large man he waa with eyen nape,
A fairer burgeis is ther non in Cbepe 1
Bold of bis speche, and wise and wel ytnighl,
And of manhood him lacked lighte naught.
Eke tberto was he right a meiy man,
A nd aAer aouper plaien be began.
And spake of mirthe amonges other tbingea,
Whan that we hadden made our rekeningea ;
And saide thus ; " Now, toidingea, trewdy
Ye ben to me welcome right bertily :
For by my trouthe, if that I ahal not Ue,
I saw nat this yere ewiche a cinnpagnie
At ones in tbia herbewe, aa ia now.
Fayn wolde I do you mirthe, and I wiata how.
And of a mirthe I am right now bethought.
To don you ese, and it shall coste you nought.
Ye gon to Canterbury ; Cod you spede,
Tbt bliiAil martyr quite you your mede ;
And wel I wot, as ye gon by the way.
Ye si
in and to play ;
For trewely comfort ne mirtfae i
To liden by the way dombe as the ston ;
And tberfore wold I maken you disport,
As I said erst, end don you some comfort.
And if you liketh alle by on aasent
Now for to aUinden at my jugement :
And for lo werchen aa I shal you say.
To-morwe, when ye tiden on the way.
Now by my fader* aoula that is ded,
But ye be mery, imiteth of my bed.
Hold up your bondes witbouten more apecbi.'."'
Our ciHiBeil waa not longe for to seche i
Us thought it waa not worth to make it wise,
And granted him witbouten more aiiae,
And bad bim say bia verdit, as him leste.
"Lordinges," (quod he) "now herkenetii for.
tbe beste;
But take it nat, I pray you, in disdain ;
This is tbe point, to sp^e it plat and plain,
Tlat eche of you to shorten with youte way,
In this viage, shall tellen tales Cway,
To Canterbury word, I mene it so.
And homeward he shall tellen other two.
Of aventures that whilom han befalle.
And which of you that beretfa him baat of olle.
That is to tayn, that telletb in this ras
Tales of bcM sentence and moat sol*^
B 4
Shal have ■ louper at four dler eott .
Here in this place mttiug b; thi* pwt.
Whan that je comen a^n from Canterbuiy.
And for to maken you the more mery,
I wol mj hItui gladly with yon ri^
Rigfat at min owea coat, and be your pie-
And who that wol my jugement witluay,
Sbal pay Tor alle we apenden by the way.
And if ye voucheaauf that it be w.
Telle me aaon withouten worded mo*
And I wol erljF ahafwn me therfore."
This thbg was graijted, and our othes twore
With fill glad berte, and piaiden him alao,
That he wold TouchcHuf tor to don so,
And that he wolde ben our gOTeniour,
And of our talea juge and reportour.
And sctte a aouper at a certain ptis {
And we wol ruled ben at hia dmae.
In highe and lowe ; and thus by iHi aaseiit,
We ben acci»-ded to his jugement.
And thenipon the win was fette anon.
We dronken, and to rests wenlen eche 00,
Withouten any lenger tarrying.
A morwe whan the day began to apring.
Up rose our hoste, and was our allet cok.
And gaderd ui togeder in a flok.
And forth we liden a litel more tlian paa.
Unto the watering of Saint Thomai :
And ther our hoste began his hois aiest,
And saide ; " lordes, berlteneth if you lest.
Ye wete your forwordi and I it record.
If eien song and morwe song accmd.
Let se now who sfaal telle the finte tale.
As ever mote I drinkeo win or aiet
Who to ia rdwl to my jugemenl,
Shal pay for alle that by Che way ia iqient.
Now dniweth cutte, or that ye farther twinne.
He which that hath the shoitest shal beginne.
'■ Sire knight," (ijuod he) '* my mwler and my
Now draweth cutle, for that is min accord, [lord,
Cometh nete " (quod he) " my lady priorease.
And ye nre clerk, let be your shameftcednesae,
Ne Btudia nought ; lay hand to, every man."
Anon to drawen every wight began.
And ahortly for to tellen as b wea.
Were it by avenlure, or sort, or caa,
The sothe is this, the cutle felle on the knight.
Of which ful blith and glad was every wight ;
And tell he must hia tale as was reson.
By forword, and by coni)K»itioD,
As ye ban herd ; what nedeth wordes mo ?
And whan this good man aaw that it was so,
At he that wise was and obecUent
To iepe Ilia forword by his fiee aaient,
He aaide ; " Sithen I shal begin this game.
What, welcome be the cutle a Goddes name.
Now let us ride, and hericcneth what I say.*^
And with that word we liden forth our way ;
And he b^an wilh righl a mery cbete,
His tale anon, and aside as ye abul here.
' THE KNIGHTES TALE.
Whujik, as olda stories telten us,
Ther WK a duk that highle Tbeseus.
Of Atbenea he wsa lord and govcrnour.
And in hia lime twiche a conquerour,
Tliat greter was ther non under the sonne.
Ful many a liche contrre had lie woiine.
What with Us wiadom and bis ch«Tiliie,
He conquerd all the regne of Feminie,
Tliat whilom was ydeped Scythia ;
And wedded the freahe quene Ipolita,
And brought hire home with him to bis coDbBe
With mocbel glorie and gnrt aolnninutee.
And eke hire yonge suster Kmelje.
And thus with victorie and with melodic
Let I thit worthy duk to Atboiea ride.
And all his boat, in aimes him beside.
And certes, if it n'ere to long to lier^
I wolde have told you fully the manne.
How wonuen was the legne of Feminie,
By Tlieseus, and by hia chevalrie ;
And of the grele bataille for the nonea
Betwix Athene* and the Amasones ;
And how asseged was Ipolita
Hie &ire hardy quene of Scythia ;
And of the feMe, that waa at hire wedding.
And of the temple at hire borne coming.
But all this thing 1 moste as now fortiere.
I liave, God wot, a targe feld to ere ;
And weke ben the oxen in my plow.
The remenant of my tale is long ynow.
I will not letlan eke uon of this route.
Let every felaw telle his tale aboute.
And let se now who shal the soupei winne.
Ther ai I left, I wU agen beginne.
This duk, of whom I made mentioun.
Whan he was comen almost to the touD,
In all bia wele and in his moste pride.
He was ware, at he caste his eye aside,
Wher that ther kneled in the high wey
A compagnie of ladies, twey and Iwey,
Eche after other, clad in clothes blake -.
But awiche a crie and swich a wo they make,
Tliat in this world n^ creffure living.
That ever herd awit^ another waimendng.
And of this crie ne wolde they never alenten,
im they the reines of his bridel henten.
" Wliat folk be ye that at min licone coming
Perturben so my fete with crying ? "
Quod.Theseui; " have ye so grete cnvie
Of min honour, that thus complaine and die ?
Or who hath you misboden, or offended ?
Do telle me, if that it may be amended (
And why ye be thus dotbed alle in blake ? "
Tlie oldot lady of hem all then spake.
Whan she had swonned with a dedly chcre,
That it wsa nuthe for to seen and here.
She aayde ; " Lord, to whom fortune bath yeven
Victorie, and aa a conquerour to liven.
Nought gieveth us your glorie and your honour :
But we beseke you of merde and aocour.
Have mende on our woe and our distreaae.
Some drope of pitee^ thui^ thy gentillesae
Upon us wretclied winunen let now falle.
For certes, lord, ther n'ia nan of ua alle.
That she n'hath ben a duchoee or a queie ;
Now we be caitives. aa it is wel sene :
Thanked be fortune, and hire false whele.
That non estat enaureth to be wele.
And certea, lord, to abiden your presence
Here in this temple of the goddesse Clemenoe
We ban ben waiting all Uiis fourleni^t :
Now belpc us, lord, iiin Ji lieth in thy might.
" I wretched wight, that wepe and waile tbiM,
Waa wliilom wif to king Capaneus,
That atarfe at Thebes, cursed be that day i
And atle we that bm in this alay.
THE KNIGHTES TALE.
While that tbe Kge thenbouteo Uj.
And fit DOW the olde Creoa, wala «m !
That tont is now of Thebes the dtee,
Fokfiiled of ire and of iniquitee,
He for deaph, and for his tynmnie.
To lion the ded bodies a TiLanieT
Of alle OUT lordes, wUch that ben jslawe,
Hath alls the bodies on an hepe ydnwe.
And irill not suSieu hem by noB assent
Veytbs' to ben jberied, ne jbrenti
But ma^eth boiindes ete hern In despite."
And Kith that word, aritboulen more istpile
TbFf fiiUen gmff, and crien pilotuly ;
And let OUT sorwe sinken in thin herte. "
This gcntil duk doun trom bis courser ilnte
With bate pilous, whan he herd hem speke.
Him thougfate that hia herte wolde alt to-breke.
Whan he saw hem so piCous and h mate.
That whiloai weren of so gret estate.
And in hia annes be hem all up hente,
And hem coroforted in ful good entente.
And swore hii oth, as he was ticwe knight,
He wolde dcm lo ferfbrthly his might
Upon the tyrant Creon hem to wreke,
That all the peple of Giece ihulde speke.
How CrBon was of Theseus yserved,
Ai be that luth hia deth ful wel deeerved-
And ri^ht anon withouten more abode
His banrMV he displaide, and forth be rode
To ThdwB ward, and all his host beside ;
No Der Atfaenea n'olde he go oe tide,
Ne tdu bis eae fultj half a day.
Bat onward on bis •ray tbu night be lay ;
Aad sent anon Ipolila the queue.
And Eraelie hire yonge sister shene
Unto tbe toun of Athenea for to dwell :
And forth be rit ; tber a'is no more lo lelL
The red statue of Han with spers and targe
&t shinetb in his white banner large.
That all tbe feldra glitercn up and doun :
And by his banner borne is his penon
Of gold fill licbe, in which ther was ybete
The Minotaure which that he slew in Crete.
Thni rit this duk, thus lit this ctmquerour,
And in hia host of cberBliie the flour,
Tl that fie came to Thebes, and alight
Fayre in a frld, ther aa he thought to fighL
But sboTtty fcr to speken of this ttung,
With Creon, which that was of Tbeba king,
Ue fou^it, and slew him manly aa a knight
In plaine hataiJle, and put his folk to flight :
And by assaut be mm the dtee after,
And rent adoun bathe wall and sparre, and rafter :
And to the ladiea he restored again
Tke bodiea of bir housbcmdes that were slain.
To don the obsequies, as was tho the gise.
But it were all l» toi^ for to derise
The grete damaar, and the waimenting,
VUdie that the Wies made at the hrenning
Of the bodies, and the gi«t honotir.
That Theseus the noble omquefDur
Dsth to the ladies, whan they from him wente :
But shortly for to telle is min ^(eate.
Wban that this wtvthy duk, thia Theseus,
Bath Creon staine, and wannen Tliebcs thus,
Sdll in the feld he toke all night his reste,
And did with all the coiilree *a him leste.
To lansake in the tas of bodies ded.
Hem for to strip;! of hameu and of wede,
The piltours dide her bednesse and cure,
After the bataille and discomfitun.
And BO befell, that in the tse they found,
Thur^ gin with many a grerous blody woun^
Two yonge knightes hgging by and by
Bothe in on aimes, wrought ful richely
Of whiche two, Arrita higbtc that on.
And he that odier highte Palamon.
Not fully quik, ne fully ded they were.
But by hir cote armure, and by hir gere.
Hie heraudes knew hem wel in speoal.
As tho that weren of the blod real
or Thebes, and of sustren two ybome.
Out of the tas the piUours ban hem tome.
And ban bem caried toft unto the tente
Of Theseus, and be iiil sone bem sente
To Atheues, for to dwellen in prison
Ferpetuel, he n'olde no raunson.
And whan this worthy duk had thus ydoD,
He take his host, and borne he rit anon
With lauier crouned as a conqueroiu' ;
And ther be livetb in joye and in honour
Tenne of his lif ; what nedeth wordes mo?
And in a tour, in anguish and in wo
Dwellcn this iUamon, and eke Arcite,
For eTermo, ther may no gold hem quite»
'iliUB passeth yere by yere, and day by day,
'nil it felle ones in a morwe of May
That Emelie,*that hyrer was to sene
Than ia the lilie upon hia staike giene.
And fmher than the May with floures new^
(For with the rose colour strof hire hewe;
I n'ot which was the finer of hem two)
£r it was day, as she was wont to do.
She was arisen, and alt redy dight.
For May wot have no slogardie a night.
The seson priketh ereiy gentil faerte.
And n^etb turn out ik his slepe to sterle.
And saytb, " Arise, and do thin Dt>servance."
Thia niakath Emelie tun remembrance
To don honour to May, and for to rise.
YclDthed was she fresbe for to devise.
Hire yelwe here was bnaded in a tresse,
Beliitid hire tiack, a yerde long I gesse.
And in the gsrdin at the sonne uprist
She walketb up and doun wber aa hire list.
She gathereth floures, partie white and red.
To make a sotel gerlond for hire hed.
And as an angel, hevenlich she song.
The gicte tour, tliat was eo thikke and strong.
Which of the caatel was the chef dongeon,
(Wber aa these kniglites wcren in prison.
Of wtueh I totde you, and tellen ahal)
Was ereo JMnant lo the gardin wall,
Ther as this Emetie had hire pUying.
Bright was the sonne, and clere that morwenini^
And Pslsmon, this wofiil prisoner,
Aa was his wone, 1^ leve of his gsylar
Was risen, and romed in a chambre on liigh.
In wliich he all Ihe noble dtee sigh,
And eke the gardin, tul of branches grene,
Tber as this &eshe Emelia the sbene
Was in hire walk, and romed up and doun.
This Borwrful prisoner, tliis Palamon
Ooth in his chambre roming lo and tn.
And to himselfe complaining of his wo;
That he was bonie ful oft he sayd, alas !
And so befell, by avanture or cas.
And saide, " Cdkui min, what ejletfa linee.
That ut no pale and dedly for to aee ?
Why cridest tbou ? who bath thee don odbnce ?
For Goddes love, take all in patience
Our piison, for it may Don otiker be.
Fortune hath yeven lu thit advenita.
Som wikke pspecl □
Of Si
B,by«
Huh 3'even u« this, although we had it nrrni.
So mood the heven whan that we wen bom,
We moste endure : this ii the ahort and plain."
This Palamon aniwerde, and aajde again ;
■' Conn, fbraoth of thia opinion
Thou haat a vaine imaginarifm
Hiia prinon cauaed me not for to die.
But I wu hurt light now tfaurghout min eya
Jnto min.heite, that wol my bane be.
The taymeiw of a Udy that I »e
Tond in the Kardin roming to and fro,
I* cauae of aU my crying and my wo.
1 n^ot wheY ahe be woman or goddeaae.
But Venus is it, aothly, as I gesae."
And therwlthall on knees adoun he fill.
And aayde : *■ Venua, if it be your will
Tou in tlua gardin thus to tiwiafigure,
Befom me sorweful wrMcfaed cmture,
Out of thia piiaon helpe thM we m^ scape.
And if w be our deatine be ah^e
By etenn word to dien in prison.
Of our lignage haTe aom compaaion,
HiM is ao tow ybrought t^ tyranuie."
And with that won! Atdla gan e^io
Wher as thii lady romed to and fro.
And with that aigfat hire beaute butt him ao,
That if that Palamon were wounded sore,
Arcite i» butt aa moche aa he, or more.
And with a aigb be aayde pilously :
" Tiie freahe beaute deth me aodenly
Of hire that rometh in the yonder place.
And hut I have hire merde and hire grace,
Hiat I may seen hire at the leate way,
I n'am but ded ; tbra- n'ia no more to <ay."
nlig PalamoD, whan be theae wordea bod,
IMqiitously he loked, and answerd i
'■ 'Whether aayesl thou this in emest or in play 1"
" Nay," quod Arcdte, " in emest by my &y.
Ood helpe me so, me lust full yvel pley."
This Palamon gan knit hii browes twey.
" It were," quod be, " to thee no giet honour
For to be fidae, ne for to be traytour
To me, that am thy CDun and thy brother
Yswonie ful depe, and eche of ua to other,
That never for lo dien in the peine.
Til that the deth depatten ahal us tweine,
Neyther of us in love to hindie other,
Ne in non other cas, my leve brother ;
But that thou ahuldest trewely forther me
In every cas, as I ihuld forther thee.
Thia WB* thin oth, and min also certain ;
I wot it wel, thou darat it not withsain.
Thua art thou of my conieil out of doute.
And now thou woldeat falaiy ben aboutc
To love my lady, whom I love and terre,
And «<r«r sbal, 1)1 that mm bnts starre.
" Now certea, fidae Ardte, thou ahah no
loved hire Crate, and tolde thee my wo
s to my consol, and my brother swome
To forther me, as I have told befome.
For which thou art ybounden aa a kni^t
To helpen me, if it lie in thy mighty
Or ellea art thou lalie, 1 dare wel aain."
This ArdU full proudly apake again.
« Thou ibalt," quod be, " be ratber &be th
And tbou art ftlse, I tell thee utterly.
For par oninir I loved hiie Gnt or tbou.
What woh tbou aayn ? thou wis
Whether ahe were a woman or i
Thin is aSeOJon of bolineaae.
And min is love, as to a creature :
For which I tolde thee min aventure
As to my coaa, and my brother sw<»ne.
" I poee, that tbou lovedest hire befcmie :
Woat thou not wel the olde deilcea aawe.
That who ahall give a lover any Iswe ?
Love is a greter lawe by my pan,
Then may be yeven of any erthly man :
And therfoie positif lawe, and swiche decree
Is broken all day for love in eebe degree.
A man moste nedes love maugre his hed.
He may not fleen it, though he shuld,be dcd.
All be ahe maid, or widewe, or eUes wif.
" And eke it is not likely all thy lif
To stonden in hire grace, no more shal I :
For wel thou wost thy setven veraily.
That thou and I be damned to prison
Peipeluel, ua gaineth no nunion.
" We strive, as did the boundea for the bone.
They fought all day, and yet hir part was none.
Ther came s kyte, while that thej were so wrotb%
And bare away the bone betwii hem botbe.
And therfore at the kingea court, my tmitber,
Eche man for himself, ther ia nan other.
Love if thee luat ) for I love and ay ahal i
And aothly, leve brother, this ia aL
Here in this piiaon moeten we endure,
And everich of us take his aventure."
Gret was the strif, and long betwii hem twcy.
If that I hadde leiaer for to sey ;
But to th' effect, it hqiped on a day,
(To lell it you aa ahortly aa I may)
A worthy duk that highte Perithoua,
That felaw was to this duk Theseus
3in Ihilkc day that they were children lite,
Was come to Atheois, bis felaw to visile.
And for to play, aa he vras wont to do.
For in thia world he loved no man so :
And he loved him as lendrely again.
So wel they loved, aa olde bokes aain.
That whan that on waa ded, BotHy to tell.
Hit f^law wenle and sought him doun in hell :
But of that itorie list me not to write.
Duk Perithoua loved wel Ardte,
And him knowe at Thebea yere by yere :
And Bnally at request and praiere
Of Perithoua, withoulen any raunson
Duk Tbeaeus him let out of prison,
Frety lo gon, wher that him list over all,
In swiche a giae, mi I jou tellen shall.
This was me fbrwonl, plainly for to uidite,
Betwixen Theaeus and him Ardte :
That if BO were, that Arcite were yfbund
Ever in bia lif, by day or night, o stotmd
In any otmtree of this Theseus,
And he wave caught, it was •ccwdad Ihos,
THE KNIOHTES TALE.
Let hini bemn, big nekke lieth to wedde.
How grrt ■ Kirwe nflsvth now Ardtc ?
The ititb he feleth Iburgh his berte imite ;
He wepeth, wuleth, ciicth pitoiuly ;
To Ueen himself he wuteth priTcly*
He said ; " Alas the day that I wn bane '.
Now ii my piuon wene than befiKivB :
Now is me shape etemillj to dwells
N<A only in piuntinie, but in belle.
Alas > that ever I knew Fctilhoiia.
For elles had I dwelt whb Thaena
Tfbtered in hia praon erermo.
Tlan bad I ben in bliaae, and not in wo.
Only the aight of hire, whom that I aerve,
Though that I neier hire grace nuy deurve,
Wold haie sufficed right ynough for me.
■' O dere cosin Palanum," quod he,
" Tfain b the Tictorie of this aTenture.
Ful bliaful in prisoB maicat thou endure ;
In priKHi 7 certea nay, but in pandiae.
Wei hath fortune ytumed thee the dise,
Tlial hast the aight of hire, and I th'abaencc.
For pOKible ia, do thou haat hire presence,
And art a knight, a worthy jmd an able.
That by aom caa, sn fattuoe is changeable.
Thou maicat to thy denr somtime atteine.
Bm I that am exiled, and bandne
Of alle grace, and in so gret deqiaiBe,
That ther uSa eRhe, wuer, Ere, ne aire,
Ne creature, that of hem maked is.
That may me bele, or don comfbrt in thia,
Wei ought I aterre in wanhope and djatresse.
Farewclmy lif, my lost, and my glodnesse.
** Alae, why plaiueu men ao ixi com
Of purreiance of God, or of fortune,
Thai yeieth bem (ul oft in many a giae
Wtj better than they can hemaelf derise 7
Satn man desireth for to have richceae.
That cause is of his muidre or gret aikneaae.
And aom niao wold out of hii prison foyn
"Hiat in his bouse is of bis meynie slain.
We wote not what thing that we pnden here.
We &ren at be that dronke n as a mous.
A (faonken man wot wel be hath on boua.
But he ne wot wluch is the right way thider,
And to a drunken man the way is alider.
And certea in thia world so hna we.
** We aeken bsi after felidle.
But we go wrwig ful often liewely.
TlitB we nuy layen alle, and namely I,
lliat wende, and had a gret opinion,
That if I might eicapen fro prison
Than had I ben in joye and parflte hele,
Tita npw 1 am exiled fro my weJe.
Sn that I may not aeen you, Emdie,
I n'un but ded ; ther n'is no remedie."
Upon that other aide Palamon,
Whan that he wiat Arcita was agon,
Siriche aorwe be maketh, that the greta (our
Rcaouned of his yelling and clamour.
'Hie pure fetters on his ahinnes grete
Vere of his bitter salte teres wete.
" Alas ! " quod be, '■ Andta coun min,
Of all OUT (tiif, Ood wot, the frute is thin.
Thou walkot now in Tbebes at thy large,
And of my watbouyeveM litelclMrge.
Thau maiat, atfa thou boat wisdom and maohed
Asaembleo all the folk of our v !«■—<-,
And make a «eire ao ahaipe on thia contree,
That by Dom aTeuture, or aom tretee.
Thou maiit have bile to lady and to wif.
For whom that I must nedea leae my lif.
For as by way of poaaibilitee,
Sitfa thou art at thy large of piisoa Bna,
And art a lOTd, gret is thin avantoge.
More than ia min, that sterre here in a cage.
For I may wepe and waile, while that I Ut^
With all the wo that prison nuy me yere.
And eke with peioe ttkat love me yevetb also,
That doubleth all my tourment and my wo."
Therwich the fire of jalouaie up sterte
Within his breit, and hent him by the hette
So woodly, that he like WM to behold
Tlie boi-tre^ or the aahen ded and cold.
Than aaid fae i '■ O cruel goddes, that goreme
Thia world with binding of your word eteise,
And wrilHi in the table irf'athamant
Tour parltment and your eterae gnnt.
What is mankind more unto you ybold
Than ia the ahepe, that rouketh in the fold?
For slain is man, right as another beeM,
And dweUeth eke in prison, end arrest,
And bath siknease, and gret adrerBte,
And often times gilteles parde.
" What governance is it "
That gilteles tuimenteth ii
And yet encreaeth this all
That man is bounden to h
For Goddee sake to leten of his will,
Ther as a beest may all his lust fulfilL
And whan a beeat is ded, he hath no peine ;
But man after hit deth mote wepe and plelue.
Though in this world he haTe care and wo i
Withoulen doule it nuye stonden so.
■' The answer of this lete I to dinnaa.
But wel I wote, that in this world gret pine is.
Alas ! 1 see • serpent or a theie.
That many a trewe man bath do meachofa,
Gon at his large, and wbar him lust may turn.
But I moste ben in prison tfaurgh Satuni,
And eke thurgh Juno, jaloua and eke wood.
That hath wel neye destnded all the blood
Of Thebes, mtb his waste wallea wide.
And Venua aleeth me on that other side
For jalouaie, and ten of him Ardta."
Now wol 1 stent of Palamon a lite.
And leten him in his prism still dwejle.
And of Ardta forth 1 wol you telle.
The sommer paaeeth, and the nightea loi^
Encresen double wise the peines strong
Both of the lorer, and of the prisooer.
I n'ot which hath the wofuller mistere-
For shortly for to say, this Palamon
Ferpetuelly is danmed to prison.
In chaines and in fetters to ben ded j
And Ardte is exited on his hed
Fat<
itofth
be abal hii lady see.
You lovers aie I iu>w thia question.
Who hath the werae, Ardte or Falanum 7
Hiat on may se bis Isdy day by day.
But in prison moste be dwdlen alway.
That other wber him lust may ride or go,
But sen his lady sbal be never mo.
Now demeth as you Uste, ye that can.
For I wol tell you forth oa I bqan.
12 ■ CHJ
. Wban that An^ta to "Hiebea comen wu,
Ful oft H da; he swelt and aud >laa.
For Ben his ladjr sbal he never mo.
And ibortly to concluden all his wo.
So mocfael sorwc hulde never creature.
That is or.Bhal be, while the world aiaj dure.
His alepe, bis mete, his drinke i> liim byraft.
That lene he wei, and drie as is a shaft.
Mis efea holwe, and grisly to behold,
Hia hewe blwe, and pale as ashen cold,
And solitary be was, and ever alooe.
And wailing all the ni^hl, making his mone*
And if he herde song or instrument.
Than wold he wepe, he mighte not be ilent.
So feble were bis spiritea, at)d so low.
And changed bo, that no man coude know
His apeche ne his voia, though men it herd.
And in hia gere, for all the world he ferd
Thought only like the lovers maladie
Of Eraos, but rather ylikc manie,
Engendted of hmnouni melancolike,
B«fome hia bed in his ceUe bntastike.
And ahortly turned was all up so doun
Both btbit and eke dispoaitioun
Of iuiDt this woful lover dan Arate.
What shuld I all day of his WD endite ?
Wlian he endured had a yere or two
This cruel torment, and this peine and wo,
At Thebis, in his contree, as I said.
Upon a night in slepe as he him laid,
Him thought how that the winged god Mercury
Bi-fame him stood, and bad him lo be mery.
Hia slepy yerde in hond he bare upright ;
And hat he wered upon his herea bright.
Amied was this god (as he toke kepe)
As be was whan that Argus toke bis slepe ;
And said bim thus : " To Athens shalt thou
Ther is thee shapen of thy wo an ende." [wende ;
And with that word Ardte awoke and stett.
" Now trewely how aore that ever me nnert,"
Quod he, " lo Athenea right now wo] I ftre.
Ne for no drede of deth ihal I not apare
To se m; lady, that I love and serve ;
In hire presence I rekke not to sterve."
And with that word he caught a gret mirrour.
And saw that changed wag all his colour,
And saw his visage all in another kind.
And right anon it ran him in his mind,
That sith his face was so disfigured
Of maladie the which be had endured.
He migbte wel, if that be bare him lowe,
Live in Atbeng eiennore unknowe.
And sen his lady wel nigh day by day.
And right anon be changed bis aray,
And clad him as a poiire labourer.
And all alone, save only a aquier,
That knew his privite and all his at,
"Which was disguised pourely as he was.
To Athenea '
Andtd
It upon a day.
And at the gale he proffered his ae
To drugge and draw, what so men wold devil
And «h«tly of this matere for to sayn.
He fell in office with a chamberlain.
The whicb that dwelling wh with Emclic.
For he wai wise, and cmide aone eapie
Of every aervani, which that served hire.
Wel coude he bewen wood, and vratet here,
Fto' he was yonge and nu^iR for the nones.
And theno he was itniiig and big of bonea
To don that any wight can him derise.
A yere or two he was in this service.
Page of (he chambre of Emelie the bright ;
And Philoatrmte be nyde that he bight.
But half so wel beloved a man as he,
Ne was ther never in court of bis d^re.
He was so gentil of conditioun.
That tburghout all the court waa bia renoun.
Tbey sayi^ that it wers a cbarite
That Theseua wold enhaunaen his degie.
And putten him in wcHsbipful service,
Ther as he might his vettuei eier^3se.
And thus within a while hia name is spronge
Both of bis dedes, and of bis good tonge,
That TheseuB hath taken him so ner
That of his chambre he made him a aquier.
And gave bim gold to maintdne his degre ;
And eke men brougbt bim out of his centre
Fro yere to yere fuT prively his rent
But boneally and aleighly he it ipent,
That no man wondred how that he it hadde^
And thre yere in this wise his lif he ladde.
And bare him so in pees and eke in werre,
Tber n'aa no man that Theaeus hath derrb
And in this blisBe let I now Ardte,
And apeke I wol of Palamon a lite.
In derkenease and horrible and strong ptuon
This seven yere hath sitten Pahunon,
Forpined, what for love, and Ibr diatresae.
Who feleth double aorwe and hevineua
But Palamon ? that love distraineth ao.
That wood out of hia wit be goth for wo,.
And eke therto he ia a prisonere
Perpetuell, not only for a yere.
Who coude rime in F-ngH»h proprely
His nianirdom ? forsoth it am not I,
Hierfore I passe as lightly as 1 may.
It fell that in the seventh yere in May
The tfaridde itight, (as olde bakes aayn.
That all this atorie tellen more plain)
Were it by aventure or deatinee,
(As whan a thing is ahapen, it shal be,)
That sofie after die midnight, Palamon
By helping of a &end brake his ptiaon.
And Beeth the die Gute as he may go.
For he had yaven drinke hia gayler ao
Of aclarre, made of a certain wine.
With Narcotikcs and Opie of Thebes fine,
That all Ibe night Ihough that men wcdd him sbak^
The gailer shipt, he rnigbta not awake.
And thus he fleatb as fiute as ever he may.
The night was abort, and bale by the <bty.
That iKdes coat de moate hiroaelven hide.
And to a grave (aste ther bedde
With dretUul fbot than ttalketfa Falamoo.
For aboitly tUi waa hia opirdon.
That in that grove be wold bim bide all d^i
And in the lught than wold he take his way
To Thebes ward, his frendea fbr to preie
On llteaeus to belpen bim werreie-
Aiul shortly, ey^ier he wold leae Ms lif,
Or winnen Emelie unto his wif.
This ia the effect, and bis enlenle pMn.
Now wol I lumen to Areite agean,
That Utel vrist how neighe was his care,
'ortune had brought him in the aoaie.
The beay larke, the maaaager of day,
Saleweth in hire song the morwe gray ;
And firy PbebuB riielh up so bci^t,
I That all the caieot laogbctfa of the aight.
THE KNIGHTES TALE.
WKh Tbaeiu tbe Hjuier prindpaJ,
h naea, and lokc4h on the mery daj.
And for to don his obwrvuice to Ma;,
H«iDeaibriiig on the poitit of his desire,
Ht oa bifl onmer, atertiiig aa the fire,
h ridden to the feldes him to pltj.
Out of tlw court, wtre it k mile or twej.
And to the grove of vhich that J jou told,
Bj iTenture hia way he gaii to hold.
To nulen him a gerWd of the givrea,
Were ii of woodlHnd or of hauthom lerca.
And loud be aong agen the Bonoe ahene,
" O Uaye, wiih all th; flourei and thy grene.
Right welcome be thou Aire (mhe Hay,
I hope that I aame grene here gotten may."
And bum faia oouner, with a luMy heite
iDtD the grove Ail haMilj he Merte,
And in a path be ramed up aiiddaun,
Tha m by •Tcoture Ibii Patamon
Wk in a btiah, that do man might him ae,
Fs me afored of his detli was he.
NMhisg ne knew be that it was Ardte.
Got wot be wold bare tniwed it ful lite.
But RMh ia laid, giHi sithen are many yeres,
llat Md hath eyen, and the wood hath ere*.
It B ful hin a man to beie him even,
Fcr al da; meten men at unset Steven.
Fid KhI wote Ardte of his feUw,
llisl ms so neigh to berfcoi of his saw.
For in the bosh he tilteth now ful still.
Whan that Ardte had romed all hu fill.
And aoogen all the roundel lustily,
iOo s smdie he fell sodenly.
As don tbeke kivcn in hir queintc geres.
No* in the aop, and now douD in tha brerti,
Kn up, now doun, as boket in a weU.
Bi^ aa the FViday, aothly for to tell.
Mm dnneih il, and now H raioelh &M,
Bight M) can gery Venus oyataa
The hertea of hire fidk, right as hire day
I* Rofnll, light ao changctb she arn.
Sride U the Friday all the weke ylike.
Whan Ardte hadde jracaige, he gaa to ake.
And sit him doun witlwuten any moie i
"Alas I " quod be, " the daj that I was bore !
How longe, Juno, thurgh thy crueltee
Vih thou werrden lliebes Ih« ritee 7
Alss ? ybnnight is to concision
"On blood rod of Cadme and Ampbion ;
Of Csdmus, which that was tba Ante man,
1W Thebes built, or firste the toun began,
Aad rf the dlee Grate was cronned king.
Of Us linage am I, and lua ol^ning
% nray luM, a* of the atck rati:
iai DDw I am so caitif and to thral,
1W he that is my mortal enemy,
1 tore him aa his squicr pourely.
And }K doth Jnno me w^ more ahame,
Fn 1 dare not beknowe min Owen name,
^ Iher aa I was wont to highte Accite,
K» fai^ite I PhUiMtrat, not worth a mite.
us! tlMm Ul Han, alM '. thou Juno,
Ikibath yODT ire our linage all fordo,
«<• only mt, and wretched {Uaoaon,
AM Theaeua martinth in prison.
Aid orar aU thii, la ilea me utto^,
wi halfa its try dart so bmuiiiigly
' Ysdked thurgh my trewe csrefiil bert,
' That shapcQ was my deth em than my ihert.
Ye sleo me with your eyen, Emelie ;
Ye ben the cause wherfure that I die.
Of all the remenant of niiu other care
Ne set I not the mountance of s tare.
So that 1 coud don ought to your plesance."
And Hitb that word he fell doun in a tranca
A longe time ; and afterward u)> slerte
This PatamoQ, that thought thurghout his herle
He felt a cold awerd Bodenly glide ;
For ire be quoke, no lenger wolde he hide.
And whan that he had herd Arcites tale.
As he were wood, with &ce ded and pale.
He sterte him up out of the bushes thikke.
And sayde: « False Ardte, folse traitour wicke.
Now' art thou hent, that loveat my lady wo.
For whom that 1 have all this pcdne and wo.
And art my blood, and to my conseil sworn.
As I ful oft have told thee fara^befom.
And batt beii^ here duk Theseus,
And falsely changed hast thy name thus ;
I wol be ded, or elles thou ihalt die.
Thou ihalt not tove my lady Emelie,
But I wol lore hire otily and no mo.
For I am Palamon thy mortal fo.
And though that I no wepen have in this place.
But out of prison am aitert by grace,
I drede nought, that eytber thou ahalt die,
Or thou ne ahalt nat loven Emelie.
Cbese which thou wolt, for thou shslt not aeterle."
This Arcite tho, with ful diipitous beite.
Whan he him knew, and had his tale herd,
A« fen al a leon, pulled out a iwerd,
And sayde thus -. " Sy God that litteth ahor^
N'ere it that thou art nke, and wood for love.
And eke that thou no wepen hast in this place,
That thou ne sbuldest diai of min bond.
For I defie the suretee and the bond,
Which that thou sain that I have made to tbee.
What? veray fool, thinke wel that love is free,
Artd I wol love hire maugre all thy taigbt.
But fbr thou art s worthy geutil knight.
And wilnest to damuDe hire by bat^Ule,
Have here my trouth, to-morwe I will not jaill^ ■
Withouten weting of any other wight,
Tliat here I wol be founden a* a knight.
And bringen hareeis right ynough for thee ;
And cbese the beste, and leve the werste for me."
And mete and drinke this night wol I bring
Ynoi^h for thee, and clothes for thy bedding.
And if ao be that thou my lady win.
And sle me in this wode, ther I am in,
hou maist wel have thy lady as for me."
Tfaig Palamon answdd, ■< 1 grant it thee."
And thus they ben deiiarted til a morwe.
Whan ache of bem huh laid hia &ith to borwe.
O Cupide, out of alle charitee I
regne, that wolt no felaw have widi thee !
Ful Both ia aayde, that love ne lordship
Wol nat hia thankes have no felawsbip.
Wel finden that Arcite and Palamon.
Ardte ia ridden anon unto the toun.
And on the morwe, or it were day light,
Ful prively two harneis hath be digbt.
Both suffisant and mete to darrcioe
The bataille in the feU betwli hem twduc.
And on hia hora, alone as he was borne,
He CBiieth all this bameis him befome ;
- U CHA
And in lbs gfore, at time and place yteoe,
llus Anate uid this PaUmon ben mette.
Tho changen gan the colour in hir fcce.
Right aa the hunter in the regne of Trace
That slondeth at a gappe with a spere.
Whan hunted is the lion or the here.
And beteth him come rushing in (he greves.
And breking bothe the boughea and the levei,
And thinketh, here comclh laj mortai enemy,
Witbouten faille, he must be ded or I j
For eyther I mote den him at the g^pe ;
Or be note slen me, if that me miahappe :
80 ferden they, in clianging of hir hewe,
Aa fer as eytber of hem other knewe.
llier n'a* no good day, ne no aaliung.
But aCreit withouten vordea rehersing,
Everich of bem haipe to annen other,
Aa fVendly, as he were his owen brother.
And after (hat, with aharpe speres strong
They foineden eche at other wonder long,
Tbon mightest wenen, that this Palamoa
In hii fighting were as a wood leon.
And aa ■ cruel tigre was Ardte :
Ab wilde bores gan they togeder smite,
That irothen while us fbme for ire wood.
Up to the ancle foughte tliey in hir blood.
And in this wise I let hem fightiag dwelle.
And forth r wol of Theseus you telle.
The destinee, ministre genenl.
That eiecuteth in the world over al
^The purraance, that God hath sen befome ;
So strong it is, that though the world had swome
The contrary of a thing by ya or nay.
Yet aomtime it shall fallen on a day
That folleth nal efle in a thousand yere.
For certainly our appetites here,
Beit of wetie, or pees, or hate, or lore.
All is tfaia ruled by the right above.
This tnene I now by tntgbty Hieseus,
That ibr to hunten is so desirous.
And namely at the grete hart in itmj.
That in hi> bed tber daweth him no day.
Hut he nis clad, and ledy for to ride
With hunte end home, and houndei him beside.
For in hin hunting hath he awiche delite,
lliat it ia all hisjoye and appetite
To ben himaelf the grete hartes hue.
For alter Man he serveth now Diane.
Clere waa the day, aa I Itare told or this,
And Theseus, with alle joye and blis.
With hla Ipolita, the fayte quene.
And Emelie, yclothed til in grene.
On bunting ben they ridden really.
And to the grore, that stood ther fiutc by.
In which ther was an hart aa men him told,
Duk Theseus the Mreite way hath hold.
And to the launde he rideth him fill light,
Ther was tlw hart ywimt to have his flight.
And orer a brooke, and so forth on his »ey.
This duk wol have a coun at him or twey
With houndes, swiche as him lust to commaunde.
And when this duk waa comen to tbe louitd^
Under tbe sonne he loked, and anon
Be was wan of Ardte and Falnjion,
That foughlen bteme, as it were holies two.
The brighle swcrdes wenten to and fro
80 hidouily, that with the leste Mioke
It semed that it wolde Calle an dee.
But what they weren, nothing he ne wote.
■ duk hia.couner with hii aporrca smote.
And at a stert be was betwit bem two.
And pulled out a swerd, and cried, " Ho !
No more, up peine of leang of your bed.
By mighty Mars, he shal anon be ded.
That smiteth any stroke, that I may sen.
But lellcth me what miitere men ye ben.
That ben so hardy for to figbten here
Withouten any juge other officere.
As though it were in liatea really."
This Palamon answered hastily.
And aside : " Stre, what nedeth worde* mo?
We have the deth deeerred botlie two.
Two woful wretches ben we, two caitives.
That ben accombred of our owen hves.
And aa thou art a rightful lord and juge,
Ne yere us neytber merda ne refuge.
And sle me first, for sdnte charitee.
But sle mj felaw eke aa wel as me.
Or ale him first, for though thou know it Ute,
This is thy mortal fo, this is Ardte,
That fro thy lond is banished on his bad,
For which he halh deaened to be ded.
For this la he that came unto thy gate
And sayde, that he highte Fhilostrate.
II1US hath he j^ted thee ful many a yere-
And thou hut maked him thy cliief squiere.
And thia is he, that loveth EmeUe.
" For aith the day is come that I shal die
I make plaioly my omieasion.
That I am tbilke woiiil Palamon,
That hath thy prison broken wilfully.
I am thy mortal to, and it am 1
That loTBth so hot Emelie the bright.
That 1 wold dien present in hire tight.
Therfbre I aie deth and my iewiae.
But ale my felaw in the same wise.
For both we have deserved to be alain."
This worthy duk answer! anon again.
And sayd, '■ Thia is a short oonduuon.
Your owen mouth, by your confeaaion
Hath damned you, and I wol it recorde.
It nedeth not to pdne you with tlie corde.
Ye ahul be ded by mighty Mars the rede."
The quene anon for veray womanbede
Gan for to wepe, and so did Emelie,
And all tbe ladies in the compagnie.
Gret pite was it. as it thought hem alle.
That ever swiche a chance shulde be&lle.
For gentil men they were of gret estat.
And nothing but fbr love waa this debot.
And BBwe hir blody woundea wide and aore ;
And alle criden bothe lesae and more.
And on hir bore knees adoun they falle.
And wold have kist his feet ther as be stood,
Till at the last, aalaked waa his mood )
( For |Htee renneth sone in gentil berta)
And though be first for ire quoke and state.
He hath considered shortly in a clause
The tiespas of hem both, and eke the cause :
And although that his ire hir gilt accuaed.
Yet in hia reson he hem both excused ;
Aa thus ; he thoughte wel that every man
Wol helpe himself in love if that he can,
And eke debver himself out of prison.
And eke hia berte bad compasaon
Of wimmen, for they wepten ever in on :
And in his gentil bote he tbotighte anon.
And soft unto himself be aayed-: "Fie
I Upon a lord that wol have no merde.
THE KNIGHTE8 TALE.
15
But ba > leon both in word and dede.
To hem that (no in icpentance and dnde.
As wel as to • proud dupiloiu man,
Tlat wol nuinleiaen that he first began.
That lord hadi lilel of Sacredoa,
That in nriche oh can no divkton :
But wai^eth pride and biiuibleue after on."
And abortlj, whan hii ire is Ihiw agon.
He gan to loken op with eyen light,
Aikd ipake these nme woides all on hight.
" TTie god of loTe, a ! imofeiw,
How mwhlj and how grete a lord i« he ?
Apiu hu might tlier gainen non obitacles.
He may be deped a God for his miraflei.
For be can makm at hla owen giae
or emjcfa herte, as that him liM deriie.
** Lo here this Arcite, and this Palamon
That quilely wewn out of my prison,
And ntigfat have lived in Theties really,
And wvten I am bir mortal enony,
And that bir detb lilb in my might alx^
And yet hatb lore, maugre hir eyen two,
TbnHigfat hem hither bothe for to die.
Now lokMh, ii not this an heigh folie ?
Who maje ben a fool but if be love ?
Beliold tar Goddea nke that atteth above,
8e bow they blede ! be they not wel anied?
TliuB bath bir lord, the god of lore, hem paied
Hir wages, and hir fees for hir service.
And yet they wenen for to be ful wi»e.
Tint aerven love, for ougbt that may befklle.
And yet b this the beste game of alle.
That she, for whom they have this jolite.
Con hem theifiire as mochel thank as me.
Sbe wot no more of aUe this bote fare
By Ood, than wot ■ cuckow or an hart.
^«t aU mote ben anaied bote or cold ;
A man mote ben a fool otlier jonge or old ;
I wot it by myself ful yore agon :
nmya
And theifbre aith I know of loies pane.
And wot how sore it can a man dtstreine,
Ai he that <A hath ben caught in fail las,
1 yoci foiywe all holly this trespas.
At request of the quene that knelcth here,
And ^e of Etnelie, tny susler dere.
And ye sfaul bothe anon uoto me swere.
That never mo ye shul my contree dere,
Ne makan werre upon me night ne day.
But ben my fiendes in alle that ye may,
I yon foryeve this treepu every del."
And they him sware his aiing fayr and wel.
And him ot Inadship and of mer^e praid,
And be hem granted grace, and thus he said :
" To spAe of real linage and ricbesse,
"naugb that sbe wen a queue or a princene,
Eebe of yon bothe is wonfay doutelei
To weddeD wban time is, bat natbelea
I tpA* aa ftiT my suster Emelie,
F« whom ye have this stiif and jalousie,
Te wot yomaelf, sbe may not wedd«] two
At ones, tbougfa ye fighlen evenno :
Bst on of you, al be bim loth or lefe.
He mot gon pipen in an ivy lefe :
This ■> to say, she may not have you bothe,
Al ba ye never so Jaloiu, ne so wrothe.
And toniij I you put in this degree,
Hiat ache of you diall have his destinee,
Ai him ia sh^>e, and herknetb in what wise ;
L0 ban your ende of that I thai devise.
" My wiU ia this for plat c<
Vilhouten tny replication,
If that you liketb, take it for the beste.
That everich of you shaj gon wher him leste
Freely withoulen rauoson or dangere ;
And this day fifty wekes, ferre ne nere,
£vericfa of you shal bring an hundred kntghles,
Armed for listes up at alle rightea
Alle redy to darrdn hire by balaille.
And this behete I you withouteo faille
Upon my trouth, and as I am a knigbt,
That whether of you bothe hath that might.
This is to sayn, that whether be or thou
May witb his hundred, as I spake of now,
Sle his contrary, or out of listes drive.
Him sh^l I yeven Emelie to wive,
To whom that fortune yeveth so (tyr a grace,
" The listes shal I nuken in this plat^
And God so wisly on my soule rewe.
As I shal even juge ben, and treire.
Ye shal non other ende with me nuken
Hut on of you ne shal be ded or taken.
And if ;ou thinketh this is wel ysald,
Saith your avis, and boldetb you apsid.
This is your ende, and your conclusion."
Wbo loketb lightly now but Pdamon 7
Who springeth up for joye but Arcite ?
Who coud it tell, or wbo coud it endita,
The joye that is nuked in tbe place
When HieaeuB hatb doo so fkyre a grace 7
But doun on knees went every maoere wight.
And thanked bim witb all hir hertes might.
And namely these Thebanes often sith.
And thus with good hope and witb heite blith
They taken hir leve, and homeward gan tbey ride
To Thebes, with his olde walles wide.
I ffowe men wolde deme it negligence.
If I foryete to tellen the dispence
Of TheseUB, tlut goth so bealy
To nuken up tbe listes really.
That swiche a noble theatre as it was,
I dare wel sayn, in all this worlde tber n'aa.
The circuile a mile was aboute.
Waited of stone, and diched aU witboute.
Round was the sbi^te, in nunere of a compaa
Ful of degrees, tbe hight of ijily pas.
That wban a nun was set on o decree
He letted not bis felaw for to see,
Sstward ther stood a gate of marbel white.
Westward right swicbe another in th' opposite.
And shortly to concluden, swiche a place
Was never in erthe, in so litel a space.
For in the lond ther n'as no crafles man,
That geometrie, or arsmetrike can,
Ne portretour, ne kerver of images,
'Hiat Tlwseus ne yaf ^irn mete and wages
Tbe theatre for to nuken and devise.
And for to don his rite and sacrifice,
Hb estward hath upon tbe gate diove,
In worship of Venus goddesse of love,
Don loake an auter and an oncorie;
And westward in the minde and in meroorie
Of Man he maked bath right swiche another,
That coste largely of gold a Ibther.
And northward, in a toutet on tbe wall.
Of alabastre while and ted cotall
In worship of Diane of chastitae, O
Hath Theseus don vnought in noble wise.
But yel had I fbryetten to devise
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Tlie nolile kerving, and the ponniturM
The ihape, the contcnuice of the Agufo
That wereD in these oratories thiea.
Fint in the temple oT Veniu nuiMthou we
Wrought on the wull, ful pitaui to beholde.
The broken slepes, uid the sikea colde.
The ncred teres, and the waimentjngec.
The flry atrokes oT the desuingtt.
That tovea lervaiitB in this lif onduren ;
The othes, that hir covenanu asniren.
Plesance sad hope, desire, foolhardineue,
' Beaute and youdie, baudrie and ricbesw,
Cbannes and force, lesnges and flatsrie,
Dispence, beaiiiease, and jaloude,
TbMl wered of jelne goldea a gerlond,
And badde a cuckow ntting on hire hond,
Feitet, inttrxunentea, and caroles antl dances,
Liul and amy, and all the circuinalances
or love, wliich that I reken and reken shall,
B; ordre weren peinted on the >rall.
And mo than I can make of mention.
For sothly all the mount of Citheron,
Ther Venua hath hire principal dwelling,
Waa shewed on the wall in purtreying.
With all ibe zardia, and the liutinesie.
Nought WM loryetten the porter idelneaw,
Ne Narcisaus the fayre of yore agon,
Ne yet the folie of king Salomon,
Ne yet the grete Mrengthe of HerculeSt
Th' enchantment of Medea and Circes,
Ne of Tumua the hardy fiers conge,
The riche Cresua caitif in servsge.
Thus may ye seen, that wisdome ae ricbeste,
Bestite ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardinesae,
Ne may with Venus holden champartie,
For as hire lists the world may she p£,
Lo, all these folk >o caught were in hire las
"ni they fbr wo fid often add alas.
Sufficetfa here ouunplea on or two.
And yet I coude reken a tbouaand mo.
The statue of Venus glorious for to see
Was naked fleting in the lai^ see,
And fro the navel doun all covered was
With waves grene, and bright ss sny glas.
A dtole in hire right hand hadde she.
And on hire hed, ful semely for to see,
A rose gerlond fressh, and wel smelling
Above hire hed hire doves fleckering.
Before hire stood biie sone Cupido,
Upon his shoulders winges had he two ;
And blind be was, as it is often sene ;
A bow he bare and srwes bright and kene.
Why shulde I not ss wel eke tell yau all
The purtreiture, that was upon the wall
Within the temple of mighty Mars the rede?
AU peinted wss the wall in length and brede
Uke to the estrea of the grisly place.
That highte the gret temple of Mars in Trace,
In thiJke colde and frosty r^on,
Thar as Msrs bath his sovereine mansiDn.
First on the wall was peinted a forest.
In which ther wonneth neylher man ne bes^
With knot^ knarry bamdn trees old
Of stubbas sbaips and hidiMiB to behold i
In which there ran a romble and a iwoogh.
As though a storme shuld bresten every bough :
And dounward from an hill under a ben^
Thar stood the temple of Mars armipotent.
Wrought ail of burned stele, of which th' entree
Waa longe and alreite, and gaslly fbr to bcv.
And t2ierout came a rage and Swirhe a rise, '
That it made all [he gales for to rise.
. Tba northern light in at the dore shone,
For window on the wsll ne wss ther none,
Thureh which men mightea any light diacenie.
The dare was all of athamant eteme,
Yclenched ovothwart and endelong
With yren tough, and for to Tnake it stroog.
Ever; piler the temple to sustene
Was tannc-gi«t, of yren bright and shene.
Tlier saw I first the derice imagining
Of felonie, and alle the compassing ;
The cruel ire, red as any glede,
The pikepurse, and eke the pale drede ;
The smiler with the kmf tmder the claike.
The ebepen brenniog with the biske smijce ;
He trewn of the mordring in the bedde.
The open werre, with woundee all bebledde ;
Conteke with bloody knif, and sharp manace.
All full of chirking was that sory place.
The sleer of himself yet saw I there.
His herte blood hath bathed all bis here :
The nail ydriven in the shode on hight.
The colde deth, with mouth gaping upright,
Amiddes of the temple sate miscliancc,
With discomfort and Eory countenance.
Yet saw I woodnesse Uughing in his rage.
Armed complaint, outhees, and fleis outrage ;
llie carraiOB in the bush, with throta ycorven,
A thousand slain, and not of quahne yslorven ;
The Cirant, with the prey by force yrsii (
The toun destnued, ther was nothing laft.
Yet saw I brent tlie ahippes faoppestetes.
The hunte ystrsngled with the wilde beres :
The sow freling the child right in the cradel ;
The coke yscalled, for all his long Udel.
Nought was foryete by th' iofortune of Marts
The carter overridden with his carte ;
Under the wheel ful low he lay adoun.
Ther were also of Martea division,
Th' armerer, and tbe bowyer, and the smith.
That forgeth tharpe BWerdes on his stith.
And all above depcinted in a totir
Saw I conquest, sitting in gret honour.
With tbilke sharpe swerd over Us bed
Vhanging by a subtil twined tbred.
Depeint^ was the slaughter of Julius,
Ofgret Neio, and of Antonius:
All be that thiike lime they were unbonw^
Yet was hii deth depeinted ther befcmc.
By manacing of Mars, right by figure.
So was it shewed in that purtreiture
Aa ia depeinted in the cenJes sbove.
Who shal be slaine or elles ded for love.
Sufficeth on enssmple in stories olde,
I may not reken bera alle, though I wolde.
The statue of Mars upon a arte stood
Armed, and loked grim as he were wood,
And over his hed Cher shinen two figures
Of steiTes, that ben cleped in scriptures.
That on Puella, that other Rubeua.
This Eod of annas was araied thus :
A wtdf Iher stood beforae him at his fete
With eyen red, and of a man he ete :
Vfittt subtil poisil peinted was this stmie,
In redoutina of Mars and of his glorie.
Now to the temple of Diane the chaste
As shortly as I can I wol me haste.
To tellen you of the descriptioun,
Depeinted by the walles up and doun.
THE KNIGHTES TALE.
Whan tbM Diaae agrtTed wm with here,
Wbi turned fiom ■ wonuui dl a here,
And after wai the made the lodaitetTe ;
Tbn% waa it peinted, I can aaj no fene ;
Hire aone is eke a stem as men maj <ee.
TVr Kw I Dane ytumed til ■ tree,
I meoe t>o« hire the goddeaae Diane,
But Peneus dau^lCT, which that higlite Dane.
I nere aaw I AtteoD an bait jmaki-d,
' For TCDgcance (bat he saw Kane all naked :
llmrhoir that his boundsB bale hkn cau^it,
I And ficten him, fbr diat the; knew him naujjrt.
I Tit panted was a litel forfheraicn,
I Bow Athnlante hunted the wilde hore,
I lad MeleagT^ and many another mo,
j Fv irtacli Diane wn>ughto hem care and wo.
TVr (aw I many another wonder stone.
The ariiich me Uste not drawen to memoiie.
nil goddease on an hart ful heje aete,
Witfa cnvle houod^ all aboute Mn fete.
And ondemethe liire Teet she hadde ■ mone,
Wciii^ it was, and ihulde wanen M>iie.
la gaudy grene hire statue clothed was,
ttidi btnr in bond, and arwes in a caa.
sjCD Casta she fill low adoun,
Tka Pluto hath hi* derice regioun.
A woman tniailling was hire befbme,
Sm tor lure diilde so longe was unixHue
Fol [HtoDsIy Lucina gan she call,
Aodaayed; " Helper fbr thou mayMbeMe of alL"
Wei coude he peinteo lifly thai it wnu^it,
"^-^ many a BoKin be the faewei boaght
Tfatf at Ilia grele a
t arraied ttaus
Whan it was don, liim liked wonder wel.
I wdI of Tbeseoa a lite,
And qieke of Palatnon and of Ardle.
The day aiipracbeth of hir returning,
That erericb shuld an hundred knigfates bring,
de bAtaille to damine, as I you told ;
AhI til Atbenes, fair rovenant for to bold.
Hath ereriiA of hem brouj^ an hundnd knigbles,
Wel armed for the werre at alle rif^nea.
And ako'ly, ther trowed many a man,
That never tithen that the worid began.
As fbr to qieke of knighthood of fair IhhkI,
A* fcr as God bath maked see and lond,
ITaa, of ao tewe, so noble a compagnie.
Fsr every wight tint lored chevalne.
And wold, his thanko, han a passant name.
Hath piaied, tbat he migiit ben of Ifaat game,
And wel was him, tbat tberto chosen was.
For if dier fell to-minwe, iwiche a as,
Te fcnowen wel, that erery lusty kiught,
Tbat lo*elfa par amour, and hath his might.
Woe it in Englelond, or elleswher,
Tbey Wfdd, hir ibsnkes, wiUen to b« ther.
Tofi^t for a lady, a{ tetiedicite,
' were a lusty aighte for to se.
And right so fodsn tbey widi FalamoD.
^th faim tb^ wcnien kn^^tca many oo.
Ssn wol ben aimed in anhabargeon,
* - ' ' — bicst plate, and in a gipon ;
w(d hare a pair of {dates large)
vatarge;
Tixt n^ no uwe guae, that it n'ss olil.
Armed they weren, as I haTc you told,
EvErich after his opinion.
Hier maist thou se coming with Palamon
Ijcnrge himself, the gicte king of Tisce i
Bloke WIS hia herd, and manly was his hcf.
The eercles of his eyon in his hed
Tbey gloweden betwiien yelwe and red.
And like a grifTon loked be about,
With kemp«l hens on his browes stout ;
His limmea gret, his braunes hard and stronge.
His sbouldrts brode, his armes round and longe.
And as the guise was in his coatree,
Ful highe upon a char of gold stood he.
With faun white holies in the trais.
Instcde of cote armuie on his hamais.
With nayles yelwe, and bright as any gold.
He badde a beres skin, cole-blake for old.
His longe here was kempt behind his bak.
As any menes fether it shone for blake.
A wr«h of gold arm-gret, of huge wei^t.
Upon his bed sate ful of stones bright,
Of fine rubins and of dismants.
About his char ther wenten while alauns.
Twenty and mo, aJ gret as sny stciv.
To hunten at the leon, or the dere.
And folwed him, with moset fast yijound,
Colered with gold, and torettes filed round.
An hundred lordes had he in his mute
Armed full wel, with bertes sleme end stoute.
With Arcita, in sloiies as men Sod,
The gnl Emetiius the king of Inde,
Upon a Btede bay, bapped in stele,
Covered with chrth of gold diapred wele.
Came riding like the god of annes Man.
His cote aimure was of a cloth of Tan,
Couched with perles, while, and round and grete.
His sadel was of brent gold new ybete ;
A mantelet upon his shouldics hanging
Brct-ful of rubies red, as fire sparkling.
His crispe here like ringes was yronne,
And Chat was yelwe, and glitered as the Sonne.
His nose was high, his eyen bright citrin.
His lippes round, his colour was sangmn,
A fewe iraknes in his face yspreint,
Betwixen yelwe and blake somdel ymeint.
And as a leon he his loUng caste.
Of file and twenty yen his age I caste.
His herd wai wel b^onnen for to spring ;
His Tois was as a Irompe thonderii^
Upon hia hed he wered of laurer gnne
A gerloud freaahe and lu^ fur to srae.
Upon bis bond be bare fiir his deduit
An egle tome, as any lily whit.
An hundred lordes had he with him there.
All armed nBve hir hedes in aL hir gere,
Ful riitely in alle manere thinges.
For trusteth wd, that eries, dukes, kingea
Were gathered in this noble compagnle.
For love, and for encreae of chevoliK
About ttas king ther nin on every part
Ful many a lame leon and leopart.
And in this wise, these lordes all and some
Ben on the Sonday to the dice come
Abouten prime, and in the toun alight.
This Tfaeseus, this duk, this worthy knight.
Whan he had brought hem into his dlee.
And inned liem, everich at Ina d^nve, I
He featetfa hem, and doth fo gretlabo^l C
To esen hem, and don bam all honour.
J
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Of ODD esCat ne coud unenden it.
The minMralde, the service Ht the fate.
The grete Jrttes to the moBt and lede.
The liche array of TfaeHciu paleis,
Ne wlio sate first, ne last upon the deis,
'What ladies fayrest ben or best dancing.
Or which of hem can catole best or ling,
Ne who niinl fehugl; speketb of love ;
What haukn sittvD on the perche above.
What houndee liggen on the floor adoun.
Of all this now nuke 1 no mentiouii ;
But of the effect j that thioketh me the beats ;
Now Cometh the point, ajid herkeoeth if you leste
llie Sonday night, or day began to spiing,
"Whan PahiTnon the lorke herde sing.
Although it n'ere not day by hourea two.
Yet sang the lorke, and FnUmoD rj^t tho
With holy herte, and nith on high coiage
He rose, to wenden on hia pilgrtmage
Unto the blisful Citherea beuigne,
I mene Venus, honourable and digne.
And in hire houre, he walked forth a pas
Unto the listcs, ther hire temple was.
And doun he kneleth, and with bumble chere
And herte sore, he sayde as ye shul here.
" Fajreat of fayre, o lady min Venus,
Daughter to Jotc, and apouse of Vulcanus,
Thou gloder of the mount of Citheron,
For tl^ke toie thou hitddeet to Adon
Have ]utee on my bitter teres Hmert,
And take myn humble ptaier at thin herte.
" Alas ! I ne have no language to tell
The eflecle, ae the torment of min hell ;
Min herte may min hannes not bewrey :
I un so confuse, that 1 cannot say.
But mercy, lady bright, that knowest wele
My thought, and seest what harmes that I fele.
Consider all this, and rue upon my loie.
As wisly aa I shall fbr erermare,
Emibrlh tny mighl^ thy trewe serront be.
And holden werrc olway nith chastite :
That make I min avow, so ye me helpe.
I kepe nought of armes for to yelpe.
No ai I nat to-morwe to hare yictorie,
Of pris of Brmes, blowen up and doun.
But I wold have fully poesessioun
Of Emelie, and die in hir« aerrise ;
Find tliou the manere how, and in what wise.
I rekke not, but it may better be.
To have victorie of liem, oi they of me.
So tliat I have my lady in min armes.
For though BO be that Man Is god of armes.
Your vertue is so grete in heven abore.
That if you liate, I ahal wel hare my love.
TTiy temple wol I worship evermo.
And on t)un auter, wher I ride or go,
I wol don BOcriSce, and fira bete.
And if ye wol not so, my lady swele.
Than pray I you, to-morwe with a qiere
That Arcila me thui^h the herte here.
Ulan rekke I not, whan I have Ion my lif.
Though that Ardia win hire to his wi£
This is the elfecte and ende of my praiere ;
YevB'me my love, thou blisftil lady dere."
Whan the orison waa don of Palamon,
Hia HcriBce be did, and that anon,
Pull pitoaaly, with alle circumstanccB,
All tell I not » now hia ofawmnces.
But at the last the statue of Veoui ihoke.
And made a aigne, wherby that be toke.
That his praiere accepted was that day.
For though the agne shewed a delay.
Yet wist he wel that granted was his bone;
And with glad herte he went him home ful a
The Ihridde houre inequal that Falamon
Began to Venus temple for to gon.
Up rose the aonne, and up rose Emelie,
And to the temple of Diane gan hie.
Hire maydens, that she thider with hire laddc
Ful redily with hem the fire they hadde.
That to the sacrifice longeo aball.
The homes ful of mede, as was the gise,
Ther Iskked nought to don hire sacriHse.
Smoking the temple, ful of clothes E^yre,
This Emelie vrith herte debonajre
Hire body wesahe with water of a well.
But how she did hire Hte 1 dare not t^ ;
But it be any thing in general ;
And yet it were a game to heren all ;
To h
Hire
le of a grene oke ceriol
Upon hire bed waa set ful fayie and mete.
Two fires on the auter gan she bete.
And did hire ihingea, as men may behold
In Stace of Thebes, and these boka old.
Whan kindled waa the fire, with pitoui tJiere
Unto Diane she spake, aa ye may here.
" O chaste goddesse of the wades grene.
To whom both heven and erthe and see is aene.
Queue of the n^ne of Pluto, doke and lowe,
Goddesse of maydena, that min herte hast knowe
Ful many a yere, and wost what I deaire,
As kepe me fro thy vengeance and thin ire,
That Atteon aboughta cruelly ;
Chaste goddesse, wel woteat thou that I
Deaire to ben a mayden all my lif,
Nb never wol I be no love ne wif.
I am (thou wost) yet of thy comp^nie,
A mayde, and love hunting and venerie,
And fbr to walken In the wodes nilde.
And not to ben a wif, and be with childe.
Nought wol I knowen compagnie of man.
Now helpe me lady, aith ye may and can.
For tho three formes that thou hast in thee.
And Falamon, ttiat hath awicbe lore to me,
And eke Ardte, that loveth me ao sore.
This grace I praie thee withouten mon i
As sende love and pees betwli hem two :
And fro me tome away hir hertes so.
That all hir bote love, and hir desirv,
And all hir besy torment, and hir fire
Be qudnte, or tomed in another place.
And if so be thou wolt not do me grace.
Or if my destinee be shapen so,
That I shall nedes have on of hem two,
As sende me him that most deiareth me.
" Beholde, goddesse of clene chastHe,
Tbe bitter teres, that on my cb^es fall.
Sin thou art mayde, and keper of tu all.
My nuiydenbed thou kepe and wel
And while I live, a mayde I wol thee sei
The Sres l>reone upon the auter clera,
While Emelie wai thus in hire praiere :
But Bodenly she saw a sighte qusntc.
For right anon on of the Ares queiiua.
THE KNIGHTES TALE.
And qniked again, and after that anon
Ibtt otber fire waa queiiitc, and all agon :
Aad aa it qnonte, it made n whiMeling,
Ai don tli^ brooda iret in hir bmuung.
And at the brvoda ende outran anon
Aa it were blotij drapes many on :
For wbidi » aort agait waa Emelie,
Thai ilw wu vel aagb mad, and gao to crie.
For dw ne wiste what it signified ;
Bol ml; for tile fere thia she cried.
And wept, that it waa pitee for to lise.
And therwitliall Dituie gan appere
Willi bowe in bond, right as an huntfnate.
And Bayde ; ^^ Dougbtir, sdnt thin herineaab
Among the godd^a highe lE is affeimed.
And bj eteme woni written and confenned,
Thoa (bait be wedded unto on of tbo,
Tbat hau for thee w mochel cars and wo :
But unto which of liem I may not telL
Faiewd, for here I may no longer dwelL
'nie fiiea which that on min aut£r brcnnet
Sba] tlwe declaren n that (hou go henne.
Thin arenture of Tove, as in thig cas."
And with tliat word, the arwei in the cai
Of tlie goddeaae datteren fait and ring,
And fotth she went, and nude a vanishing.
For which this Emelie astonied waa.
And fajde ; " What amouoteth this, alaa !
1 potte me in th; protection,
Diane, and in thy diapoadon. '^
And hisne ibe goth anon the nexte way*
Thia ia the e&ecte, tber n'ia no more to say.
The ncite home of Mara folwing tiiis
Ardte nnto the temple walked ia
Of Bnce Uan, to don hia lacrifiae
'With al! the righta of hia payen wiae.
With pilDUB heitc and high dcTotion,
B^fat ibua to Hara he sayde his oriaon,
" O atninge god, that in the regno cold
Of Trace honoured art, and lonl jhold.
And haat in e'rery regne and ereiy lond
Ofannea all the bridel in thin hond.
And hem fbrtunesi as thee lin deriae.
Accept of me my fHtoua aadifiae.
If lo be that my youthe may deaerrt.
And that m; inigbt be wor^y for to aerre
Thy godhcd, that I may ben on of thine,
Than pmia 1 Ifaee to lewe upon my pint.
For tlnlke peine, and thilke hote fiie.
In which than whilom bnndeat for denrc
Vfaanne tfatt thou naedcat the beautee
Of (ayic yonge Venua, fieabe and ttte.
And haJdfW hue in annes at th; wille -.
AUmn^U
Wlm Vok
Whan Vokanua bad caught thee in his laa.
And fimd. thee ligging by hia wif , alaa \
For Oalke Hicwe that was tho in tbio herte.
Hare rvnthe as wel upon my peine* noertc
■■ I am yonge and unkonning, as thou woet.
And, a* I trow, with love ofieiided moat.
For die, that dodi me all thia wo en(|ure,
Ne reccctfa nenr, whether I linke or date.
And wri I wot, or dw me metcy bete,
I moBle with «i«nglhc win hire in the place :
And «d 1 wot, whhotiten helps or grac^
Of thee, ne may my Mimgth not anulle :
ThB belpe me, lod, to^norwe in my bMaille,
Vtw ildlke fin that whilom brenned thee,
A* w<*l ■> that tliii Are now bt«i)netb m* ;
And do, that I
Min be the travaille, and thin be the gloiie.
lliy aoreiaine temple wol I most bonauren
' Of ony place, and alway moat labouren
In thy plesance and in thy crattes strong.
And in thy temple I wol my baner bong.
And all the annes of my compagnie.
And erermore, until that day I die,
Eteme fire I wol hefome thee find,
And eke to thia avow I wol me bind.
Hy herd, my here that hangeth long adoon.
That never yet felt non oSensioun
Of raaour ne of ihere, I wol thee yext.
And ben thy Irewe servant while I live.
Now, lord, have reuthc upon my sorwea soie,
Yeve me the viclorie, I aie thee no more."
Tlie praJer stint of Arcita the stronge.
The ringes on the temple dore that b^ge.
And eke the dores clattereden f\il fast.
Of which Ardu sDrowhat him agsst.
The fires brent upon the auter bright.
That it gan all the temple for to tight ;
A swete smelt anon the ground up yaf.
And Arcita anon hia hond up haf.
And more encense into the fire he east.
With other rites nw, and at the last
The statue of Mais began his hauberlce ring ;
And with that aoun he herd a muimuriT^
Ful low and dim, that sayde thus, ■< Victorie."
For which he yaf to Mars honour and glorie.
And thus with joye, and hope wel to fare.
lohisi
is fare,
Aa &yn as foul is of the brigbie sonne.
And right anon swiche strif dwr is begotinu
For thilke granting, in the heven above,
Betwiien Venul the goddesse of love,
Aod Mais the Meme God ormipotent.
That Jupiter w«s besy it to stent:
Til that the pale Satumus the colde.
That knew so many of aventure* olde.
Fond in his old experience and art,
Ttcu he ful sone hath plesed every part.
As sooth is sayd, elde hath gret avan^fc.
In elde is botbe wiidom and usage :
Men may the old out-renne, but not out-rede.
Satume anon, to stcaten Btrif and drede,
Al be it that it is again his kind,
Ofall this strif began a remedy find.
" My dere doughter Venus," quod Satume,
■■ My CouiB, that bath so wide for to turae.
Hath more power than wot any man.
Min is the drenching in the see so wan,
Min is the prison in the derke cote,
Min i< tbe itionget and hanging by the throle-
Tbe murmure, and the cherles rebelling.
The groyning, and the prive empoysoning.
I do vengeance and pleine correctioi).
While I dwell in the agne of the Leon.
Min is the mine of the highe hallea.
The faUing of the toures and of the wallea
Upon the minour, or the carpenter :
I slew Samson in shaking the piler.
tSia ben also the maladies colde,
^e derke tresons, and the csalea olde :
ah lokingia the fader of pestileoce.
nSw wepe no more, I shall do diligence,
ThM PaUunon, that is thin Owen knight,
Shal have hia lady, aa thou host him hight.
Thc^h Mais ohal help his kni^t yet nathelea.
Betwiien yoji tber mot somtime be pee* :
C 3
All be ye DM of o complexion,
That isuaeth all cU; iwiche divliton.
I am tbin a;el, niy at thy idll ;
Wepe now no mare, I shri thy lust AilGU."
Now wol 1 stenten of the goddea atwre.
Of Man, and ot Venus goddesH of lore.
And telleD you as plainly as I can
The gret effect, for which that I began.
Gret was the fesle in Athene* thilke day.
And eke the lusty leson of that May
Made every wigbt Co ben in swicbe pleMUce,
Hiat all that Monday juMen they and dance.
And spcnden it in Venus high nerriie.
But by the cause that they ahulden rise
Erly B-iDorwe for to seen tlie fight.
Unto bir rest* wenten thpy at night.
And on the morwe whan the day gan spring.
Of hon and hutieis noiiie and ckttering
Ther waa in the hostelrie? all aboute :
And to the poleia rode ther many a route
Of lordea, upon tteda and palfrda.
Ther mayat (hou see devising of bameii
80 tmcouth and ao riche, and wrought » wele
Of goldimithry, of brouding, and of atele ;
The sheldes brighCe, testerea, and trappura ;
Gold-hewen helraes, hauberkea, cote armtirea ;
Lordei in parementes on bir coimerea,
Knigbtes of retenue, and eke squieres.
Nailing the iperea, and bclmes bokeling,
GniiUng of abeldes, with lainers lacing;
Ther as nede is, they werm nothing idel :
The fomy atedei on the golden bijdct
Gnawing, and ttit the annurerea also
With file and hammer priking 10 and IVo ;
With sborte staves, thicke aa they may gon ;
I^pes, trompea, nakeres, and clariounes,
That in the bataille blowen blody BOunes ;
Tfae paleis ful of peple up and doun,
Here three, ther ten, holding hir questioun,
Duvining of these Thcban knightes two.
Som aayden thus, som sayde it shat be so ;
Som he! den with him vrith Che blacke herd,
Som with the balled, som with the thick herd ;
Sum saide he loked grim, and wolde Aghte :
He hath a sparth of twenty pound of wigbte.
Thus was the halle full of devining
I.ong alWr that the sonne gan up apting.
Tile gret Thewus that of his slepe is waked
With minstialde and noise that was maked.
Held yet the chimbre of his paleis ricbe,
Til Chat the Theban knightes bothe yliche
Honoured were, and to the paleia fette.
Duk Theseus is at s window sette,
Anied right as he were a god in trone :
The peple -presetb thiderward ful lone
Him for to seen, and don high reverence.
And eke (o herken faia heste and his sentence.
An beiBud on a scalTold made an O,
HI that the nmse of the peple was ydo :
And whan he saw the peple of noise al still.
Thus shewed he the mighty dukes will.
" The lord hath of his high disciedon
Considered, that it were destruclioa
To gentil blood, to fighten in the gtse
Of mortal liatallle now in this empiise :
Wheifore to sbapeo that they rtiul not dfe.
He wol Jiis fiiste puipos modiflb
" No man theifore, up p«ne of losae of Uf,
No ifloner dlot, ne polios, ne short knif
ot thider biii^
Ne short Bwerd for b> stike with point biting
^* le draw, ne here it by bis side.
in sbal unto his feUw ride
o couis, with a aharpe ygrounden apa« ;
Foin if hi
n foot, h
And he that is at mescbief, shall be lake.
And not sLiine, but be brought unto the stake.
That shal ben ordeined on eyther side,
Thider he shal by force, and ther abide»
And if so &U, the cbeveCain be take
On eyther side, or elles sleth his nuke,
No longer shal the tourneying ylast.
God spede you ; goth forth and lay on fast.
Witli long swerd and with mase fighceth your fill,
Goth now your way ; this is the lorde* vrilL"
The VOLS of the peple touched to the heven.
So loude crjeden they with mery Steven :
" God save swicbe a lord that is so good.
He wilneth no destruction of blood."
Up gon the Qrnnpes and the melodie.
And Co the listes rit the compagnie
By ordinance, thurghout the cite large,
Hanged with cloth of gold, and not with soj^i^
Ful like a lord this noble duk gan ride.
And these two Thebans upon eyther side :
And after rode the quene and Emelie,
And after that another compagnie
Of on and other, after hir degree.
And thus tfaey paasen thurghout the cilee.
And to the listet comeo they be time :
It n'as not of tfae day yet fully prime.
Whan set wai Theseus ful rich and hie,
TpoliCa die quene, and Hmelie,
And tuber ladies in degrees abouce,
Unto the Seles preaeth all the route.
And westward, thur^h the gates under Mart,
Arcite, and elce the hundred of bis part.
With baner red, is entred right aoonj
And in the selve moment Falamon
Is, under Vanus, estward in the plac^
With baner white, and hardy chere and face-
In all the worid, to seken up and doun.
For Cher was non so wise that coude sey.
That any badde of other avantage
Of worthinesae, ne of eilat, ne age.
So even irere they chosen for to gesae.
And in two renges tayre they hem dnjae.
Whan that hir names red were everich on,
That in hir nomhre gile were ther non,
Tbo were the galea shette, and cried waa loude;
" Do now your devcar, yonge knightss proude."
The heraudes left bir priking up and doun.
Now ringen Qompefl loud and clarioun.
Ther is no more to say, but est and west
In gon the aperes aodty in the rest ;
In goth the sharpe spore into the side.
Ther see men who can juste, and wlio can ridei
Ther sbiveren shaftea upon sbeldes thieke ;
He feleth thurgh the berte-spone the pricke.
Up sptingen spetea twenty foot on bights ;
Out gon tlie swerdes as die ulver brighie.
The helmea they to-hewen, and co-shrede ;
Out brest the blod, with steioo stremes rede.
With mighty maces the bones they lo-breite.
He thurgh the thickest of Che throng gan thresCc.
Tlier stomblen stedes Mrong, and doun gMh alL
He rollelh under foot as doth a ball.
THE KMIGHTES TALE.
Rc fianelb on hli f Ao with ■ tranchoon.
And be bim himletfa wjifa hii tun ■douu.
He tfaugti ibe body is hurt, uid lilh jtake
Mmizpv bii bed, uid brought unto tbe st^e)
Ai farword wms, right ther be Diust abidei
Another lad is on ibat oiber udc
And wmtiiiie doth hem Theseus to nst.
Hem to refrcsll, and drioken if him le«.
Ful oft B day ban thiike Thdwiies two
TogedcT met, and wrought eche other no :
Ushoned bath ecbe other of hem twej.
Ther n'as no tigre in tbe Tale of Galapbey,
'Whan that hire vhe]pe ii Hole, whan it ia lite.
So cruel on the hunt, ai ii Arcite
For jaioos bene upcai this Palamon :
Ne in Befanarie ther n'ii so fell Icon,
Hiat hunted is, or (hr his bungei wood.
Me of hi* prey daeiretb so tbe blood.
At Palamon to ileen hia foo Amte.
ThejaloiH stroke* on bir helmes Inlv;
Out miaetb blood on both hir sides rede*
Thesi
lekingE
olhen
Ho* Falamoik, as be fougiit with Ardta,
And made his iwerd depe in his flesh to bile.
And by tbe forte of twenty is be take
Unyolden, andydrawen to the stake.
And in the rescous of tliis Falan»n
Hw stntnge king Ucur^ is borne ailoua :
And king Emetriua for all his strengthe
' Is bume out of his sadel a swerdes iengtbe.
So hette him Palamon or he were take ;
But all for oougbt, be was brought to the stake ;
Hu haidy bertc might him helpen naugbt,
Uc moGte alnden, whan that be was caught,
By foree, and eke by compodtioD.
Who sOTweth now but woful Palamon 7
That mnste do more gon again to fight.
And wliui tbM TbeaeuB h*d eeen that si^l,
Unto tbe (bik that Ibughten thus eche on.
He a
U-Ho!
1 woJ be trewe juge, and not parde.
Arciie of Tbttes shal have Emelie,
That by bis fortune bath hire byre ywotine."
Aqosi tber is a noise of peple b^onne
For joy of tbis, so loud and high wilball.
It seemed that the kistes sbulden &1L
What can now fayie Ven
What aaitfa she now? what
But wepeth so, f«
Til thM hire teres ii
She Hyde: "lam
nting of hire wUl,
aabamed doutelees.^
^ " Daughter, bold thy peek **
Han hath his will, his knight hath all his bone.
And b^ min bed ihou shalt ben esed tone.
Tbe tnxnpoures with the loude minstralde.
The '"""'*—, that so loude yell and crie,
Ben in bir jc>ye for wele of Dan Arcite.
Bol berkeneth me, and slentetb uoise a lite,
Whiche a minKie tber befell anon.
This fierce Arcite bath of his hclme ydon.
Awl on a courser fur to she* his bee
He priketb eodeiong the large place,
Ijiking upward upon this Emelic i
And she again him cast a friendlich eye,
( For woBien, as to qwken in commune.
They folwen all the braur of fortune)
Aad vas all bis in cbere, as his in heite.
Out at the ground ■ fiiry infernal Merte,
From Ptuto sent, at requeite of Satume,
For which his bon for fere gan to tume.
And lepte aside, and foundred aa he lepe ;
And er that Arcite may take any k^ie.
He pight him on the pomel of liis bed.
That in the phu* he hiy as he wore ded.
His brcst to-brosten with his tadel bow.
As blake he lay as any cole or crow,
So was the blood yronnen in bis face.
Anon be was ybome out of the placa
With berte s«e, lo Theseus paleis.
Tbo was he corren out of his hameis,
And in a bed ybrought ful fayre and bhve.
For he was yet in memorie, uul live.
And alway crying after Emelie.
Duk Tbeseus. with all his compagnie,
Is comen home to Atbenea his due,
With alle blisse and gret solempnite.
Al be it that this aventure was falle,
He n'olde not discomfbrten. hem aUe.
Men sayden eke, that Arcite shal not £»,
He ihal ben beled of hia maladie.
And of another thing Ibey were as Ikfo,
That of hem alle was tber non yilain,
Al were they sore yburt, and namely on.
That with a spere was thirled hia brcat bone.
To other woundea, and to broken aimcs,
8am hadden salve*, and som badden chamMi ;
And fermacieB of beibea, aikd eke save
lliey dronken, for they wold hir Uvea have.
For which this noble duk, aa he wel can,
Comforteth and honouivlb every man,
And made revel all tbe longe night,
Unto the itrange lordes, as was right.
Ne ther n'aa balden no discomforting.
But as at juste* or a toumeyina |
For Botbly ther n'ai no discomBtura,
For Uling n'is not but an av^Uurc.
Ne to be Ud by force unto a stake
Unyolden, and with twea^ kai^ites take^
O penon all alone, witbouten mo.
And haried forth by anoea, fbot, and too.
And eke bi* Nede driven forth with staves.
With fbotmen, hothe yemen and eke knaves,
It was aietted him no vilanie :
Tlier nwy no man clepen it cowerdie.
For which anon duk Theseus let crie.
To stenten alle nncour and envis,
The gree aa wel of o dde aa of other,
And eyther side ylike, as otben brother :
And yave hem gifles after hir degree.
And helde a feste fully dayes three :
And conveyed the kinges woKhily
Out of hia loun a journee largely.
And home went every man the righte way,
Tber n'aa no more, but farewel, have good day.
Of thia balaille 1 wol no mon endite.
But tpeke of Palamon and of Ardte.
Swelleth the brest of Ardte, and the sore,
Encreaetb at bis herte more and more.
The clotered blood, for any leche-cfaft
Comunpeth, and i* in his bouke ylaf^
That neytber veine-blood, ne venlouaing,
Ne drinke of herbea nuy ben Ills helping.
llie venue expulsif, ck' animal.
Pro thilke vertue deped natural,
Ne may the venime voiden, ne eipell. i
The ^pea of his longes gan to swell,0 | C
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Him guiuth neyther, ibr to-get hU Uf,
Vomit upward^ Ti£ dotrnwHrd laialif ;
All U to-brostea Ihilke r^ion ;
Nature hath noif no dominaliaii.
And certainty thar nature ml not wercbe,
Farewel physike ; go here the man to ebacbe.
This is all and torn, that Ardcc moKe die.
Pot which he sendeth aller Emelie,
And Palaman, that waA his cxnin d«v.
Than uyd be thus, hs ye ahulii aiUr here.
" Nought may the wofiil spirit iu myn hert«
Declare o poiat of all my lorwcs amerte
To you, my lady, that I love most;
But I bequethe the service of my gost
To you aboven erery creature,
Sin that my lif ne ntay no lenger dure.
" Alas the wo I alas the peinei strong.
That I for you have aunered, and bo longe !
Alas the deth ! alaa min Emelie !
Alas departing of our compagnie '.
Alas min hertei quene i alas my wif [
Min hertes ladJe, ender of my lif !
WhM is Ihii world? what aren men to have ?
Now with his loye, now in lus colde grave
Alone withouten any compagnie.
Farewel my iwete, farewel min Emelie,
Aod BoAe take me in your annes twey.
For love of God, and hcrkeneth what I >ey.
" I have here with my cosin Patamon
Had Btrif and rancour many a day agon
For love of you, and for my jalouue.
And Jupiter so wis my soulr gie.
To apeken of a servant proprely.
With slle drcumstaQces trewely,
Tbat is to sayn, bouth, honour, and knighthede,
"WiBdom, humblesae, estat, and high kinrede,
Frcdom, and all that longeth to that ait.
So Jupiter have of my loulu part,
Ai in this world right now nc know I oon.
So worthy to be loved as PalatDon,
Hat serveth you, and wol don all his lif.
And if that ever ye shal ben a wif,
Foryete not Fslunon, the gentil man."
Aod with that word his ipeche faille b^an.
For from his feet up to his hrest was otme,
The cold of deth, that had him ovemome.
And yet moreover in big aimes two
The vital strength is lost, and ^1 ago.
Only the intellect, withouten more.
That dwelled in his herte sike and aore.
Gan &illen, whan the herte felte deth ;
Dusked his eyen two, and billed his breth.
But on his ladie yet cast he his eye j
His last word was ; " Mercy, £meUe '. "
His ainrit chained hous, and wente ther,
Aod as I came never I cannot telleD wber.
llierfore I stent, I am no divinistre :
Of soules find I not in this n
th'o
oteUe
Of hem, though that they wiiten wber they dwelle.
Arcite is cold, ther Mars bia soule gie.
Now wol I speken forth of Emelie.
ShrigHt Emelie, and houleth Palamon,
And Theseus his aister toke anon
Swouning, and bare hire from the corps away.
What belpcth it to tarien forth the day,
To tellen how she wep both even and morwe ?
For in swicbe caa wimmen have awiche sorwe,
Whan that hir housbonds ben fro bem ago,
That for the mote part they soiwen so.
Or *Ues bUen In awiche maladie,
Thai atte laste certainly they die.
Infioite ben the sarwes and the terea
Of olde folk, and folk of lendre jeres,
In all the toun for deth of this Hieban :
For him ther wepeth bathe childe and man.
So gt^ a weping was ther non certain.
Whan Hector vras ybroughl, all fresh yslain
To Troy, alas ! the pilee that was there,
Crelching of cbekes, rending eke of here.
" Why woldesl thou be ded?" thiae womea etie,
" And haddest gold ynough, and Emelie."
No nian mi^t gUden this duk Tbeaeua,
Saving his olde fader Egeu^
That knew this vrorldes transmutatiouil.
As he had seen it chaungen up and doun,
Joye after wo, and wo after gladnesae ;
And shewed him ensample and Hkeneasb
" Right as ther died never man " quod he,
" That be ne lived in erthe in som degnB,
Right so ther lived never loan '* be seyd
" In all this world, that aomtime be ne dcyd.
lliis world n'ia but a thurgbfare fid of wo.
And ire ben pilgrimes, passing to and fro i
Deth is an end of every worldes sore."
And over all this yet said he mochel moTO
To this effect, till wisely to enhort
The peple, that they ahutd hem recomftirt.
Duk Theseus with all his besy cure
He castetb now, wber that the sepulture
Of good Arcite may best ymaked be.
And eke most Iionoursbte in his degree.
And at the last be toke conclusion.
That ther as first Arcite and Palamon
Hadden for love the bstaille bem betwene.
Thai in that aelve grove, sote and gnne,
Ther as he badde his amorous desires.
His complaint, and for love his bote fires.
He wolde make a fire, in which the office
Of funeral he might all accomplise j
And lete anon commande to hack and hewe
The okes old. and lay hem on a rew
In culpons, wel araied for to brenne.
His officers with swifte feet they tenne
And ride anon at his commandcment.
And after this, this Theseua hath sent
After a here, and it all overspradde
With cloth of gold, the richest that he hadde ;
And of the same suit he cladde Arcite.
Upon his hoodea w^re his gloves white.
Eke on his bed a croime of laurtr grene.
And in his bond a swerd ful bright and kene.
He laid him bare the visage on tiie here,
Tberwith he wept that pitec was to hoe.
And for the peple shulde seen him alle.
Whan it was day he brought him to the h^l^
That roieth of the crying and (he soun.
Tho came this woful Thehan Palamon
With flotery berd, and ruggy ashy here^
In clothes blake, ydropped ail vrith teres.
And (passing over of weping Emelie)
The reufullest of all the compagnie.
And in as much aa the service shuld be
The more noble and riche in his degree,
Duk Theseus let forth three stedes bring.
That trapped were in stele all glittering.
And covered vrith the aimea of Dan Arcite.
And eke upon these stedea giet and while
Hier saten folk, of which on bare bis sbeld.
Another his spere up in his bondet hdd i
THE K»IGBTES TALE.
Hk tfaridds tms with'lilm his bow Toifceta,
Of brent gold wu the cas and dia hamda :
Aod liden forth ■ pai with (orwcful cbera
TowBid die grtm, aa ye iliiit after here*
TIk noblot of the Grekea thai ther veie
Upon hir ihuldna cairieden the bere.
With Uacke pai, and eyen red and wetc,
'niur^iinit the dice, by the maiatcr atntc,
TIbI aprad waa all with black, and wonder hie
Bi^ of the lanw is all the strete ywrie.
Upon tbe ligbt hand went olde E^us,
Aul on that other nde duk Tbeaeiu,
With Tcseto in hb- hood of gold fill fine.
All fill of bony, milk, and blood, and wine ;
Eke Falamon, with tnl grel comp«gnie ;
And iAer that came voful Emelie,
With fin in hood, w wag that time the gin,
To (kn tbe office of fuoeral serrice.
High labour, and fill grpt sppandliing
Waa at tbe aenice of that fire making,
Tbat with hia grene top the bevcn taught,
And twenty fadom of bt«de the armea atrauglit :
TUs ia to -lain, the bougbea were 90 btnle.
Of ilie first ther waa laied many a lode.
But bow the fire waa maked up on hij^te.
And Ax tbe name* bow the tnm highte,
Ai oke, fir, biieb, aifie, alder, balm, poplere,
Wilow, eim, plane, aah, boi, cheatein, lind, laurerc,
kbqtle, tham, becbe, hasel, ew, whipultn.
How tbey were feld, ahal not be told for me ;
Ne bow tbe goddea tannen up and douo
DiAerited of her habilatiaun.
In whid ^hey wooeden in rest and peca,
Ninphea, Faimea, and Aniadriadea;
"He how tbe bestea, and the briddes aile
Fleddm for fere, whan the wood gen falle ;
Ne how the ground agaat waa of the liffht^
7W waa not wont to we the aonne bright ;
Ke bow tbe fire waa couched firtt with sire.
And than with diie stickes cloven a-thre.
And than with grene wood and spicetie.
And than with cloth of gold and with perrie,
And gerlonda hanging with ful inany a Aour.
The miire, th'en
lie bow Ardta lay amoilK i
Ne what ridxase about his
alltl
nelie, aa waa the gise,
Put in tbe fire of funeral service ;
Ne bow >be awouned whan i^be made the fire,
Ne what abe spake, ne what waa hire desire i
Ne what jewelles men in the fire caste,
Wban tbat the fire waa gret aj]d brenCc faste ;
Ne how >om caat hir slield, and som hir spere.
And of Ur •estimentes, which they were,
And cuppes ftitl of wine, and milk, and blood.
Into the fii«, that brent as it were wood ;
Ne bow the Grekea with a huge route
Time timca riden all tbe Gie abouce
Upon tbe left bond, with a loud ahouting.
And Ihriee with hit speree cistering ;
And Cbriea bow the ladies gan Co crie ;
Ne bow tbat led waa homeward Epielic ;
Kc hotw Ajcite ia brent to ashen cold ^
Ne bmr tbe tkbe-wake was yhold
All (baike lu^it, ne bow the Grekea play,
nie wake-plaies ne kepe I not to aay ;
Who wrcaded best naked, with oile enoint,
Ne who tbat bate Urn best in no diijoinl.
I wdU not tellai eke bow thej all gon
UcMD* til AttMDn whan the piny ia don ;
But shortly to the point now wol I wendc.
And maken of my longe tale an ende.
By proceaae and by lengdie of certain yere*
Of Grekea, by on general aaaent.
Than aemeth me ther was a parlement
At Athenes, upon certain point* and caa -.
Amongea the which poinla yspiAen wa*
To iMTe with certun contma alliance.
And have of Thebanea fully obeiance.
For which thii noble Tbeaeua anon
Let eenden after gentU Palamon,
Unwist of him, iriiat waa tbe ause and why :
But in bis blacke cbrtbta aorwefull;
He came at his coonnaDdanient on Ha ;
Tho aente Theaeu* for Emelie.
Whan they were aet, and huaht wa* el tbe plact
Aud Theaeua ahiden hath a ap«e.
Or any wisd came from hifl wise brest
Hia eyco set be Iher M waa bia lest.
And with a sad «iaage be tiked adll.
And after that tight Ihua he aayd his will.
" The finte mover of tbe cause above
Whan be firtte nude tbe fayre chaine of lore,
Gret was th' effect, and high waa bia entent;
Wei vrist be why, and what tberof he ment -.
For with that byre chaine of love he bond
The fire, the air, the walre, and tbe lond
In certain botidea, that diey may not flee ;
T^iat same prince and mover eke " quod he
" Hath atabliabt, in thia wretched world adoun.
Certain of dayes and duratjon
To all that are engendied in this place,
Over the which day they ne mow not pace,
Al mow they yet the dayes wel abrege-
llier nedetb non autoritee allege.
For it ia preved by experience,
Than may men by this ordre wel diacerue,
That thilke mover liable ia and e<
iVelm
nen knov
I but it be a fool,
Tbat every part deoveth Irom his 1
For nature hath not taken bia beginning
Of no partie ne cantel of a thing.
But of a thing that parfit is and stable,
Descending so, til it be corrumpabJe.
And Iherfore of his irise purveyance
He hath so wel beaet his ordinance,
Thaiipecea of th
Shulien enduren
And not eteme, withouten any lie :
This maieit thou understand and aeen at eye.
Lo tbe oke, tbat hath ao long a norishing
For the time that rt ginneth firat to spring.
And hath ao long a lif, aa ye may see.
Yet at the laste wasted i* tbe tree.
ConHdereth eke, how that the barde stone
Under our feet, on which we trede and gon.
It wastclh, aa it lieth by tbe wey.
Tbe brode river aomtime weieth drey.
Tbe grete lounes see we wane and wende.
Than may ye see that all thing bath an ende.
Of man and vroman see we wel alao,
That nedea in on of tbe termes two,
That u to layn, in youthe or elle* age.
He mote be ded, tbe king as shall a page ;
Som in bis bed, som in the depe see,
Som in the large field, aa ye may see :
Ther belpeth notighl, all goih tint ilko wey :
Ilyui may I aayn that ^c thing mole dey.
S4
What makelh this but Jupiter tlie king ?
The which is prince, and cauw of alia thing,
Converting aUe unto his propte wiile.
From which it is derived, Mlh to telle.
And here-againefl no cxvature on UfC
Of no degree ariutleUi for to Mrive.
Than 11 it wisdom, as it thinketh me,
To maken rertue of necodte,
Aad take it wel, that we ma^ not etthewe.
And PBindy that to us all is dewe.
And who to grutcbeth ought, he doth iblie>
And rebel is to him that al) ma; gie.
And certainly a man hath tnost honour
To dien in his eicellence and flour.
Whan he is dker of hi« goode name.
Than hath he don Iiis Trend, ne him, no shan
And glader ougbl his &end ben of his detb.
Whan with honour is yolden up hii breth.
Than whan his name appalled is fbr age ;
For all foryetten is hi> vasaallage.
Than is it best, as for ■ worthy famt.
To dien whan a man is b«t (^name.
The contrary of al! thi) is wilfuhiene.
Why grulcben we? why haie we bennene.
That good Ardle, of chivalTy the flour.
Departed is, with dutee and honour.
Out of this foule prison of this lif ?
Why grutcben here his cosn and his wif
Of his welfare, that loven him so wel ?
Can he hem thank 7 nay, God wot, nei
That both his soule, and eke I
And yet Ihey mow hir luste* not amend.
" What may I conclude of this longe seiie.
But after aorwe I rede ns to be merie,
And tbanken Jupiter of all bi« grace.
And er that we departen from this place,
I rede that we make of sorwes two
O parflt joye lasting erenno :
And loketh now wher most aorwe is berein,
Ther wol I finte amenden and begin.
" iHster," quod he " this is my full assent.
With all th' avis here of my parlenwnt.
That gentil Palamon, your owen knight.
That serceth you with will, and herle, and might.
And ever hath don, sin ye first bim knew,
TbtX ye thai] of your grace upon him rew.
And taken him for busbond and for lord:
I<ene me your hand, for this is oure accord.
" Let see now of your womanly pitee.
He h a kingea brothers sone pardee.
And though he were ■ poive badwlere,
Sn he hath served you so many a jrere.
And bad for you so giet adtenite.
It most* bea oonnd^ed, levetfa me.
Kot gentil mercy oweth to paiseu right."
Tban sayd he thus to Palanton tlw knighl ;
" I trow tber nedetb lilel sermoning
To maken you asaenten to this thing.
Cometh ner, and take your lady by the hond."
Bctwiien hem was maked anon the bond,
That hi^u matrimoine or nuriage.
By all tiie con«eil of the baronage.
And thus with alle blisae and melodie
Hath Falamon ywedded Gmelie.
And Cod that all this wide world halb wrought.
Send him his love, thai bath it doe ybought
For DOW is Patamon in alle wele,
living in bllMe, in ricbeaae, and in bele.
And Umelie him loveth so tendrely.
And he liire Ecrveth al so gentilly.
That Dtfrer wn Qht do word bea iMtm
Of Jalou^e, ae of non other tene.
Thus endetb Palamon and Emetle ;
And God save all this fayre a
MAN OF LAWES TALE.
O tCATBrnL harm, condition of poverte.
With thirst, with cold, with hunger so conTouiida^
To asken heipe thee shameth in chin hcrte.
If thou noQ ask, so sore art than ywounded.
That veray nede unwrappeth al thy wound hid.
Maugre thin hed thou must for indigence
Or stele, or begge, or borwe thy diapence.
Thou blameat Crist, and sayR ftd bitteriy,
He misdeparteth ricbesae tempiMal ;
Thy neighebour tbou witent sinfully.
And aayst, tbou bsM to litel, and be hatb all ;
Parby (sayst thou) somtime he reken ihall.
Whan that his Uyl >bal brennen in tbe gledc,
For be nought helpeth needful in hir neda.
Herken what is the sentence of tbe wise.
Bet is to dien than have indigence-
Thy selve nei^ebour wol thee deapiae.
If tbou be poure, &rewel tby merenceL
If thou be poure, thy brother haleth tlwe,
And all thy Amdes fleen fro thee, alas !
O rtche mardiants, ful of wele ben y^
O noble, o prudent folk, as in this cas.
Your b^ggea ben not filled with ambea as.
But with sis dnk, that tcnneth for your diance ;
At Cristenmasse, meiy may ye dance.
d and SI
iforj
IDIUDgeS,
AS wise folk ye kuawen all th' eatat
Of regnes, ye ben fathers of tidinges.
And tales, both of pees and of d^ati
I were right now of tales desolat,
N'eie that a marchant, gon is many ■ yere.
Me taught a tale, which that ye ahull here.
In Surric whilom dwell a compagnie
Of chiquDen rich, and therto sad and OtWt
That wide where senten hir spicerie,
Clothea of gold, >nd satins ricbe of hewe.
Hir ebatCae was so ihrilty and so newe.
That every wiglit balh deinlee (o efaaffan
Witb hem, and eke to sellen hem hir ware.
Now fell it, (hat t>W maistera of bat aort
Han shapen hem ti Rome for to weikde.
Were it for diapmanhood, or tat disport.
Nod otber meaaage wtdd they ihider sende,
But comen hemtelf to Rome, this is tbe ende ;
And In swiche place as thought hem avanti^
For hire entente, tbey Ukcn hir heibergag*.
THE MAN OF LAWES TALE.
SaJaDmed ban theM vuuAuala in tbit tonn
A cenmin time, *« fell to bir plesaoee :
And w befell. Hut tbB eicellent rencnm
Of tlie ODp^nHiEes dooghter dune CiutoncB
Reported wu, with erery drcvimstuiee.
Unto tb«e Snirien nurdwnta, in swiche wiM
Fid 6aj to daf , ta I ihal jrou derise.
To rekm u od bin goodneMc u bewile.
** In Ih>« is high beuitc widioutni pride,
Toutlie, withouten g
To cIl hire werkes ii
Home to Suirie bea tbej went ful &;ti.
And don fair nedes, as Ibej iiaii don yore.
And Bven in wele, I can laj you no more.
Nov fidi it, that Awn mai'diaDtg itaod in graco
Of Um that was the Soudan of Surrie :
For whan thqr came from an; itniige place
He wold of lua bcnigne curtcaie
Milu hem good dure, and benl; e*|Ma
Tifngi of luodi; i^nes, for to lera
IIk wondeTB that they mighle seen or here.
Ano^ca oUier ihinge* ■pedaUy
TfaCK mardiaiiM ban him told of dome Cuitance
So giEt iwbleMc, in enwM seHoual;,
TIhI tiiis Soudan hath caught ao giM plennce
To han hire figure in hia Eemembiance^
Ttm all hi» lint, and all lua bei; cure
Wat tar to lore hire, while liia lif ma; dure,
I^nrentme in ddlke large book,
WUch that nwn clepc the heren, ywriten waa
Wtlh iterTes whan that he hii birtbe took,
Tfatf be for lore riiuld han bii deth, alaa!
Par in the Merrei, clerer than is gl».
Is wiitcii, God wot, who BO cond it rede,
Tk dcth at ererjt man widtonten dredai
Was writ tbe deth of Hector, Addttes,
Of Fampc;, Julius, or they were bom ;
Thesiiif of Thebes; and of Hercules
Of Saropaon, Tumui, and of Socrates
The deth ; but roeimes wittes ben «o dull,
That lu wight can wel lede it at the iiill.
Tbis Soudan for hi* priie coimcd leM,
And duttly of thii matere fbr to psce,
He halfa to hem dedaied bis enlen^
And sajd hem certain, but he miglit have (p
> but ded, and charged hem in hie
DiTene men, dirana dilngei MidoD ;
'Hwy argumenles castoi up and doim ;
Many a subdl reson forth they latden ;
They apeken of magike, and abosioD ;
But fiiwlty, as in coQclusioo,
Tbey cannot seen in that mm atanlaga,
Se in noD other way, save maiiag*.
Than saw they therin awiche difflcultea
By way of reson, for to apeke all plain.
Because Iher wag swiche dheisitce
Betwcne hir bothe lawes, that they asyn.
They trowen that no Cristen prince wold &yii
Wedden his child under our lawe swete.
That us waa yeren by Mahound our pcophete.
Cuttaoco, I wol be cristened doutslei :
I mote b«a hirei, I may noo other ebeaa,
I pn^ you bold your arguinenta in peca^
SaTcdi my 11^ and betb not recchels
To ^eten bin that halfa my lif in cura.
For in tlui wo I may not Umg endure."
What nedeth grctar dilatadon 7
I Bay, by tretJaa and anibMiatria^
And by the pope* mediatioD,
And all tbe <^rdw, and all tbe dwralrie^
That in destruction of MaumetiJe,
And in encrese of Cristas lawe dtfia,
Tbey ban accorded so as ye may here ;
How that the Soudan and taa baronage.
And oil hia liagei ahuld yctistened b^
And he sbal ban Cualance in maiiuc.
And certain gidd, 1 n'ot what quantilae.
And hereto Gnden suffliant nirctce.
The same accord is awome on eyther side [
Now, &ii Cuilaaoe, Almighty God tbae gida.
Now wotdea iom men wailen, as I gen^
That I ihuld tellen all the purvesanc^
Tbe whidi that the emperour of his noblewe
Hath sfaapen for his doughter dame Custance,
Wel may men know that so gret ordinance
May no man leUen in a litel clause.
As was arraied for so high a cause.
Biahopes ben alupen with hire for to wende,
Lordes, ladies, and knightes of renoun,
And other folk ynow, this is tbe end.
Aod notified is tburgbout si the toim,
Tbtit every wight with giet derotioua
Siiuld piayen Crist, that be this manage
ReceiTe in gna, and apede this viage.
Tbe day is comen of hire departing^
I Bay the woful day fatal ia come.
That tha- may be no longer tarying,
Cuataoce, that waa with sorw
Ful pale ariat, and dreaaeth hire (o wende.
For wel she seth tber o'is non other ends.
Alas ! what wonder ii it though she wept ?
Hiat ahal be >ent to stiaunge nation
Fro fivndes, that so tendrely hire kept.
And to be bounds under aubjection
Of on, sbe knoweth not his condition.
Hou^HMides ben all good, and ban bca yon^
Ulat knowcn wina, I daiv aay no nKm.
" Fader," ibe uid, " thy wretched child CiuUuue,
Til; yonge dougbter, foMered up «a *aft.
And je, my moder, mj> sorenine plesaoca
Over all thing, (out tsken Criit on loft)
CuitulcB your dlild hire recommendeth oft
Unlo youi gimce ; for I thai to Surrie,
N« ahsl I never Ken jov more with ejt.
" Alaa '. unto the B*rt>are nation
I nnute gon, lin that it is jrour will :
But Criat, that ■torfe for our redemption.
So reve me grace hii heates to fulfill,
I wretched woman no force though I spill ;
Women am borne to thraldom and penance.
And to ben under mannea goremance."
I tnlwe at Trof* lAan Fimu brake Oe wall.
Or Ilion brent, or Thebes the dtee,
Ne at Rome for the harm thurgh Hanniball,
lliat Ronuu hadi renquedked times three,
N^ herd awidie icndte weping for pitee,
Ai in the chambre wsa for hire parting.
Bat fbrth the mole, wheder she wepe <»' sing.
O Ante moving cruel firmament.
With thy i^urnal swegh (list croudeM af,
And hurtlen all from est (ill Occident,
That natuially woU hold another way ;
Illy crouding Bet the heven in ewicbe array
At the beginning of this fierce viage,
That cruel Man hath shun this marriage.
Infortuiut ascendent (nituoua,
Of wUch the loid is helpele* bll, alas !
Out of his angle into the derlcett hou*.
O Man, a Atyxar, as in this cas ;
O feble Mone, unhappy ben thy pas,
Hiou knitteHt thee ther thou art not rec^ved.
Titer thou were wsl fro thennes art thou weived.
Imprudent emperour of Rome, alai !
Was tber no philosophre in al thy toun ?
Is no time bet than other in swidie caa?
Ofviage is thm- non electioun.
Namely to folk of high condidoun,
Nat whan a rote ii of a binli yknowe?
Alas ! we ben to lewed, or to stow.
To ship is brought this woful faiie maid
Solempnely, with every circumstance :
" Now Jeau Ciist be with you all," she said.
"Tier n'is no more, but " Farewel, fair Custance."
She peineih hire to make good countenance.
And forth 1 let hire eayle in this manent,
And tuTue 1 wol ogaine to my matere.
And right anon ihe for her conseil aente,
And they ben comen, to know what she mente,
And whan onemhled was this folk in fere.
She set hire doun, and sayd as ye shul here-
*' Lordea," liie sayd, " ye koowen ererich on,
How that my aone in point is for to lete
The holy lawea of our Alkaron,
Yeren l^ Goddea measager Mahomete :
But on avow to grete God I hete,
TSe lif shal rather out of m; body Xcrte,
Than JUabometm Uwe out of myn berte.
" What diuld us tlden of (his newe law
But thraldom to our bodies and penano
And afterward in helle to ben drawe,
For WE tended Mahound our creauce 7
But, lordes, wol ye maken assurance.
As I ahal say, assenting to my lore?
And I shal make us aau' '
Tliey Bworen, and aatented every man
To live with hire and die, and by hire itimd :
And eveiich on, in the best wise be can,
To strengthen hire shal al his freodes fond-
And she hatli this emprise ytalten in hotid.
Which ;e shuU heren that I shal devise.
And to hem all she apake right in this vise-
" We shul fint ^ne as Cristendom to take ;
Cold water sbal not greve us but a lite :
And I shal swiche a feste and revel make.
That, as 1 trow, 1 shal the Soudan quite.
For tho his wif be criatened never so white.
She ahal have nede to wash away the reds.
Though ihe a font of water with hire lede."
O Soudamicsae, role 'of iniquitee,
Vingo thou Semyramee the seoHid,
O serpent under Ihmininitee,
like to the serpent depe in helle ybound :
O feined woman, all that may ctHifound
Vertue and innocence, thurgh thy malice
Is bred in thee, as nest of every vice.
O Satban enrious, sin ihilke day
Tliat thou were cliaaed trtna our beritagge,
Wei knowest thou to wonan the aide way.
Hou niadeat Eva bring ua in servage.
Thou wolt fbidofl thia criiten mariage :
Thin instrument ao (wala wa the while !)
Hakest thou of women wtian thou wolt begile.
This Soudannesse, whom I thus blame and wariie.
Let prively hire consdl gon hir way :
What sliuld I in this tale longer tarie ?
She rideth to Ihe Soudan on a day.
And sayd him, that ihe wold reneie hire lay,
And Cristendom of preetes bondea fong.
Repenting hire she betben was ao long ;
Beaecfaing him to don hire that honour,
That she might ban the Cristen folk to feet ;
" To pleaen hem I wol do my labour."
The Soudan saith, ** 1 wol don at your best,"
And kneling, thanked hire of that request j
So glad ha was, he n'iste not what to say.
She kist hire sone, and home she goth hue way.
Arrived ben these Cristen folk to lend
In Surrie, with a giet solempne route.
And hastily thia Soudan sent his sond.
First to his mother, and all the regne abcule.
And aajd, hia wif was comen out of doule.
And praide hem for to riden again the quene.
The honour of hia regno to sustene.
Grel was the preaae, and riche was th' array
Of Surriena and Romanes met in fere.
Hie mother of the Soudan riche and gay
llecBved hire with all so glad a cbere.
As any mother might hire doughter den i
And to the neile dtee ther bnddc I ^'Jl'^
A soAe pm solempnely they ride.
THE MAN OF LAWES TALE.
I, thii wicked giM,
for all hire ftittEriiig
Chi aodcr tin* fUl inoittUf to tdng.
Tbt Soudan cometli hin«lf sone after this
8d TBtilj, that wonder ii [o tell ;
And wekometfa hire with alle jojt and blu.
And Ifaiu in mirtli uid joje 1 let hem dwelL
Tbe tnut of this matEre ii that I telL
Whan tine came, men thought it for the beat
Hm terei stint, and men go to hir nat.
The time come it, thii olde Sondanoaae
Oidoiwd hath tbe &Me of which I tolde,
Aod to tbe feste Ciiiten folk hem dmae
In genoal, ja bolhe jonge and olde.
Tia mar '°*^ f*^ >°d nsllEc bebolde,
And dfinleea mo than I can you derlae.
But all to den tfaej ijought it or tbej riaa.
To world); blis, apivjnt is with bittemewe
n* ende of tbe jofo of our worldly labour :
Wb occupieth the fyn of our gUdnene.
Hoken this conaeil for thy (jkemeHe :
Vpno Ihy glade day bare in thy minde
Ibe onwve WD of hazm, that camath b^nnda-
Fvihoftly brtotellen at* word,
"Dm Soudan and tbe Cnsten ererich on
Bn all tu-bewe, and stiked at the bord.
Bat it me only dame Cuatance alone.
Has aide SoudaiUKiae, this nmed crone,
" d> vitb hire rrendei don this cuned dede.
For ihc hiitadf wold all the c
e Soudan v
lede.
verted.
IW of the conaeil of tfa
llBt be n-ai all to-hewe
AadCustance ban they taken anon loteJKit,
And in a >hip all stereies ( God wot)
Tbey han hire set, and bidden ture lenw sayle
Ont of Sunie againward to Ilaille.
& CBtain traor thnt she thither ladde,
Aad Mth to aayn, vitaille grel plentee,
IWy han hire yeren, and clothes eke *be badde,
Aad bnfa ibe sayletb in the lalte see :
0 ay Curtancc, full of benignitee,
0 tonperourea yooge doughtur dere,
Ht ihM is lord of fntune be thy Mere.
B> H^rth hiie, and with ful pitoui tois
I!i^ tbe cnw of Crist thus sayde ibe.
" 0 cftre, o weleflil auler, holy crois,
Btd of tbe lambes blood ftil of pitee,
Tbn wnh Ibe world fm the old iniquitee,
Ut fte the (ende, and fro his clawea kepe,
llac imy that I ahal drenchen in the dcpe.
1^ inly woMhy were for to here
^ Uig of heren, with his woundes n
IV «Ut« lamb, that hurt was with a s
^liBa of dndei, out of him and here
^ wbidi thy limmei faithfully extendi
« ^w, and yere me might my lif to
Yens and dayea fiaet thii owtuw
Thurghout the aaa of Otm*, unto tb« atiBila
Of Uarac, aa it was hire BTontarc :
On many a lory mele now may she baite,
AJtet hire deth ful often m« ibe waita.
Or that tbe wilde wares wol hire drive
Unto the place ther as she shal arire.
Men migbteo atken, why >ba wm not ilain ?
Eke at Sie fests wbo mi^tt hire body late?
And 1 antwer to that dnnand again.
Who saved Daniel in the Itorribla caTe,
Ther every wight, save ha, master or knave,
Wu with the leon frette, or he Mterte ?
No wight but God, that be ban in his bote.
God list to shew his wonderful minde
In hire, for we ahuld seen his nugfaty werkei ;
Crist, iriuch that is to every harm triacl^
By certain menei (rfl, as knowen clerkea,
Dotta thing for certain ende, that ful dark* is
To mannea wit, that fol
Ne can nat know bis [v
Now nth dia ww not at the fsste yikwe.
Who kepte hire fro the drenching in tbe aae 7
Who kepte Jonu in tbe fishes mawe.
Til he was (pouted up at Hinivee 7
Wei may men know, it was no wight but hs
That kept the peple Ebraike tto drenching.
With drya het thurghout the see pasuig.
Who bade tbe firore ipirita of temptM,
That power ban to anoyen lond and see.
Both north and south, and also west and aat,
Sotbly the commander of that was be
That fto tbe tempest ay thii woman kepte.
As wel wban abe awoke aa wban ibe elepte.
Wber might this woman mats and drinke have ?
Three yere and more, bow laMeth hire vitaille ?
Who fed the Egyptian Mwy in the cave
Or in desert? no wight but Ctat ibtu faUll.
Five thousand folk it was as gret marvailla
Wtb love* five and flsbe* two to fede :
God tent his fbyson at hire gteta nede.
3he driveth forth into our ocean
Thurghout our wide see, til at the last
Under an bold, that nempnen I nc can,
Fer in Nortbumbeilond, tbe wave hire cast.
And in tbe sand bite ship stiked so ftst.
That thoines wolde it not in all a tide :
The wille of CiiM was that ibs shulde alxde.
'Dte constable of the caatle doun is tare
To seen this wrccke, and al the ship lie soughtt
And fond this wery woman full of care ;
He fond also the tresour that she brought i
In hire langage mercy she besought,
The lif out of hire body for to twinne.
Hire to deliver of wo IliM tbe was inne.
But algale theiby was she undintond.
The constable, whan him list no lenger eecbe.
This wofal woman brought he to the lend.
She kneleth doun, and tfaanketh Goddes sand;
But what riie was, she wtddc no man seye
For foule ue blie, though that abe thukU deye.
She uid, iha ns so mued in the tee.
That ihg forgste hire minde, b; hire troulh.
Tbe coniUble bath of hire bo gret pitce
And eke his wif, tiut they wepen for routh '.
She was >a diligent withouten sloulb
To Bene uid plnen everich in that place,
That all hire love, that loken in hire bee.
The conitable and dame Hennegild hii wif
Were pajrenea. and that contree eTer; wber ;
But Henuegild laved distance as liire Iff;
And Cuatance liath so long sojourned ther
la orisons, with many a bitter tere,
111 Jeiu hath conTcned thurgh lus grare
Dame Hermegild, cousUbleue of that place.
In all that lond no CriMen dorste route ;
All Cristen folk ben Bed ^ that cnotree
Thurgh pajenes, that cooqueredan all aboDte
Tbe plages of the Docth b; lond and aae.
To Wales Bed the Criatiaiutee
Of olde Bretons, dwelling in thit lie ;
Ther was hir refuge for the mene while.
But ;et n'ere Cristea Bretons to eiUed,
Hut ther n'ere som which in hir priiitee
Honoured Crist, and hethen folk begiled ;
And neigh the ctnle swiche ther dwelten three :
That on of licm was blind, and might not see.
But it were with thiike e;en of hiB minde,
With which men moiren ace whan tbef ben blinde.
Bright was tbe tonne, as in thai soniiiMn day.
For which tbe conitahle and his wif also
And Custance, ban ylake the righte way
Toward the see, a furlong way or two.
To plaien, and to romea to and fro ;
And in hir walk this blinde man the; mette,
Croked and olde, with eyen fast yihMte.
" In the nune of Crisl," cried this blinde Bretmi,
" Dame Hermegild, yCTe me my ^ht again. "
This lady wexe aAaied of that bouo.
Lest that hire husbond, shortly for to Bain,
Wold hire for Jeau Crtstes love have slain,
111 Custance made lure bold, and bad hire wercbe
The will of Crist, as doughter of holy cberche.
The constable weie abashed of that ^ght.
And sayde ; " What amounteth all this fare ?"
Custance antwered ; " ^re, it is Cristes might,
Tbmt helpeth folk out of the fendes BUore i "
And so feiforlh she gon our lay declare,
That dw tbe onutabl^ er that it irere eve,
CoDveited, and on Ciut made turn beler*.
TUa constable was not lord (rf the place
Of which I qteks, Ibar aa be Cuatance fond,
But kept it strongly many a winter ^Mce,
Under Alia, king of Northumberlond,
That was ful wise, and worthy of his bond
Againe the Scotlea, at men tnay wel here ;
But toutne I wol againe to my matere.
Sathan, that erer us waiteth to begile.
Saw of Custance all hire perfeclioun.
And cast anon how be might quite hire wile.
And made a yonge knight, that dwelt in that toun,
Love hire so bote of fbule afiectioun.
That veiaily him thought that he thuld BpJUe,
But be of hire might ouei ban hit wille.
He woeth hire, but it araileth nought.
She wolde do no sinne by no wey ;
And for despit, he compassed bin thought
To maken hire on shameful deth to dey.
He WHLietb whan the constable is away.
And prively upon a night he crepte
In Bermcgildes cbam^ while she slepta.
And cut thelhrote of Herm^de atvni,
Aud tayd tbe Uody knif by Dsme CusUnce,
And went hit way, ther Gijd yeve bun mischance.
Sone aAer comelh this constable home again.
And eke Alia, that king was of thai lond.
And aaw his wife despitously yslain,
For which ful oft he wept and wrong Ms bond ;
And in the bed the blody knif be fond
By dame CuMance, alas ! what might the aay ?
For Teray wo hire wit waa all away.
To king Alia was told all this mischance.
And eke the time, and wber, and in what wii^
That in a ship was fonden this Custance,
As here before ye ban herd me devise :
The kinges herte of |Htee gan agrise.
Whan be saw so beiugne ■
Falle in dlssse and ir ~ "
For as the lamb toward his detb is brought.
So stani this innocent befom the king :
IluE false knight, that hath this ataon wroughli
Bereth hire in bond that she hath don tins thing :
But natheles ther was gret murmuring
Among the peple, and sayn they cannot gesae
That she had don ao gret a wickedneaie.
For they ban seen hire ever so vertuous.
And loving Hennegitd right as lure Uf t
Of this bore witnease everich in that bous.
Save he that Hetmegild alow with his knif:
This gentil king hath caught a gret motif
or this witness, and thought he wold enquere
Deper in this cas, trouthe tor to lere.
Alas ! Custance, thou hast no champion,
Ne fighten const thou not, so wala wa !
But he that storf for our redemption,
And bond Sathan, and yet Uth ther be lay,
So be thy stronge champion this day :
For but if Crist on thee miracle kithe,
Wilbmiten gill thou ahalt be tloine as swiCbe.
She set hire doun ou knees, and thus she sayde ;
" Immortal God, that savedest Susanne
Fro &lse blame, and thou merciful mayde^
Mary I mene, doughter to seint Anne,
Befom wboa child angels singen Osaiuie,
If I be gilteles of this felonie.
My aocouT be, or ellea dad I die."
Have ye not seen somtime a pale fiue
(Among a preei) of liim that halh been lad
Toward his deth, whcr at he geleth no grace,
And swicbe a colour in his face hath hod.
Men migbtcn know him that was to beslad,
Amongcs all the faces in that route.
So stant Custance, and lokelh hire aboutc.
THE MAN OF LAWES TALE.
O qataa UTing in proiparitee,
OutAaaea, and je laditis ererich i
Hsreth Biiii routhe on hire adven
Sbe iMth no wight to wbom to nuke hire mone ;
O blood iebI, Ih^ itondist in thia dre^,
Fd ben tl^ 6enda in tb^ grete nede.
TIbi AUa kiog hath 4wid>e compuBOun,
A( gBitil beRais rulGUud of pitee,
Thai fin hii eyea ran the wateT doun.
" Now hutily do fecche ■ booli," quod he ;
" And if this knight wol iwaen, how that she
Thk wmnan elov, jet wol we ua ^Tiset
Whom that we wol that shai ben our justice.*^
A Breton book, written with Enngilet,
Wai fet, and on tfaii book be awoie anon
Ok ^Itif was, and in tls mene whilei
An hood him nnote upon tlie nebke bone.
Thai doun he fell M ones ai a atooe :
And both his ejren Ihym out of hia iiice
In ti^it of trerj bodf in that place.
A nxi was herd, in general audience,
TIM mjd ; " Tbou haic dcscUndered gillelM
Ibe daoKfater of bol; chirche in high prt«ence ;
Tbio has* tbou don, and ;et bold I my peea. "
Of tins mervaille agaEt waa all the pneBr
Aa iiiaaiil folk they atoiiden ererich on
For dndc of wredie, aave Custance alone.
Grct wa* the dnde and eke the repentance
Of faeni that hadden wronge auapeclim
(TpoD this (d; innaccnt Cuatanoe ;
And IfM- thia nuiactai in conduaian.
And bj CuManoea nudiatioD,
The king, and man; anotber in that plac^
Coanstad was, tfaaidud be Ctialea grace.
Has fiUae kni^it was alam for bis nntrouthe
Bj jugement of A lis hastily ;
And jet distance had of hia deth giet routhe;
And after tUa Jnus of hia mercy
Ha^ Alia wedden full aolempnely
Una holy woman, that is so bright and abene.
And thua halli Ciiat ymade Custance a quene.
Bat wbo was wofiil (if 1 sbal not lie)
or this wedding but Donegild and no mo.
The kingvs moth^, ful of tjrannie ?
He list not of Ibe chaf ne of the stre
Makaai so knig a tale, as of Ibe corn.
Wliat Aulik I tellen of the reiltee
Of thia manage, or which coun gotfa befom.
Who bloireth in a tnnnpc or in an boni ?
He frait of erery tale is fer lo say ;
They eta and drinke, and dance, and aing, and play.
They gon to bed, la it
Ta talk dial ban ywedded bem with ringes.
And lay a lite hir bolineaic aside
At te the time, it may no bet belid*.
On hire be gst a kiUTe cfailde anon,
And to a bishop, and hia conatable eke
He toke fais wif to kepe, when he ia gon
To Scotland ward, his fomen for to svke.
Now fsire Custance, that it so humble and mek^
So lone is gon with childe til that still
She hdt h^ cbambre, aUding Cilstea will.
The time is come, a knSTe cUld the here ;
Mauridus St the fbntitone tiiey him call*.
This conituble doth forth come ■ mesasger,
And wrote unto hia king thsl cleped was Alle,
Uow that this bliaful tiding ia belUle,
And other tidinga spedefui for to asy.
He bath the lettre, and forth be gotfa liia way.
This messager, to don hia aTantsge,
Uato the kinges mother rideth tirithe,
And ulueth hire ful &ire in his Isngage.
" Msdsme," quod be, " ye may be glad snd blithe,
And thsnken God an hundred thousand sithe ;
My lady quene hath child, withouten doutc,
Tojoyeandblisseof all this regne sboute.
" I.O here the lettre seled of this thing,
That I most here in all the liast I may :
If ye wol ought unto your sone the king,
I am your serrant bollie night snd day."
Donegjlde answered, " As now at this time naj ;
But here I wol all night thou take thy reat,
To-morwe wol I My thee wimx me lest."
This messager drank sadly ale and wine.
And Ktolen were bis lettres prively
Out of Ilia boi, while be slept u a awine ;
And contrefeted was ful subEilly
Another lettre, wrought ful ainfully.
Unto the king directe of this matere
Fro hia consttble, as ye abat alter here.
This lettre spake, the quene delivered was
Of so horrible a fbidL'cbe creature.
That in the castle ooa to hsrdy was
That any while donte therein endure :
The mother waa an eife by arenture
Ycome, by channea or by soicerie.
And eveiich man baleth hire comp^nie.
Wo waa thia king whan he tliis lettre had sein.
But to no wight he told Ins sorwee sore.
But of his owes hand he wrote sgain ;
'• Welcome tbe sonde of Crist for cTermore
To me, that am now lemed in hia lore :
Lord, welcome be thy Inst and thy pUaance,
My luBt I put all in thyn mdinsnca.
" Kepeth this child, al be it foule or &ire.
And eke my wif, unto min home coming ;
Crist whan him list may aenden me an h^re.
More agreabte than this to my liking."
Thia lettre he seled, priTcly weping.
Which to the messager was taken (one.
And forth he goth, ther is no more to done,
O meassger, fulfilled of dronkennesse,
Strang is thy breth, thy limmes bllren ay.
And thou bewreiesi
Thy face ii tmimed in a new array ;
Ther dronkenesse regnetfa in any route,
Ther ia no consail hid withouten doute.
30 CH.
O Donepld, I ne ban dod Engluh djgnc
Unto thy nuilice, toA thy tinnnle:
And theifore to the teade I tbcs roigiie.
Let bim mditen ot tby tnitorie.
Py munniih. fy ; o nay by God 1 lia ;
Fy fendliclie spirit, for I due wel telle,
Thaugh tbou here wolke, thy ^iiit ii in b«lle.
"niis mnatgiai cometh &o tbe king again.
And M the kinges modieB court he light.
And ahe wai of this mewager ful fkyn.
And plesed him in all that ever she might.
He dranke, and wel hii girdel underpight j
He alepelb, and he snoreih in his gise
AU lught, until the sonne gan ariae.
Eft veie hia letCre* stolen evericb on.
And contiefeled letms in thia wise.
The king conunandcd his constable aoou
Up peine of banging and of high jewise,
That he ne shulde soflien in no viae
Ctutance within his regne for to abide
Three dales, and a quarter of a tide ;
But in the some ship at he hire fond,
Hire and hire yonge soiie, and all hire gere
Ha shulde put, and croude hire fro tbe land,
And charge hire, that she nerer eft come there.
O my Custance, wel may thy gboat haie (en.
And sleping in thy dreme ben in penance,
Whan Donegild oM all thii ordinance.
This mesnger on morwe whan he awoke,
Utito tbe CBBtel halt the neile way ;
And to the constable be tbe leCtre toke ;
And whan chat he this pitous lettre ley,
Ful oft he sayd " Alas, and wala wa ; fdun
Lord Crist," quod he, " how may this woild ei
So ful of liuue i* many a creature.
" O mighty God, if that it be tby will.
Sin thou art rightful juge, bow may it be
That thou wolt soSren innocence to spill.
And wicked folk r^ne in proaperitee?
A 1 good CuMaocs, alas ! so wo is me.
That I mote be thy turmentour, or dey
On ihamei delb, ther is non other wey."
Wepen both youg and old In al that places
Whan that tbe king thia cuned lettie sent ;
And Custance with a dedly pale fkce
Tbe fburttie day toward tbe ship she went :
But natheleg she taketh in good entent
Tbe will 1^ Crist, and kneluig on the stnmd
She sajde, '■ Loid, ay weleooie be tby eond.
■' He that me kepte fro the fU*e blame.
While I waa in titr loud amaoget you.
He can me kqM fro hanue and eke fn> shame
In the salt see, although I ae not bow :
Hire litel child lay weping in hire aim.
And knding pitously to him she said,
" Fees, litel sone, I wol do thee no barm : "
With that hire couierchief of hire bed the braid.
And over hi* litd eyen she it laid.
And in hire arme ib« lulleth it ful fiut.
And into the bcveo hit* eyen up *b« nW.
nd majdcB bri^t Maii^
Mankind was lome, and damned ay to die.
Fur which tby cZiild was on a croii yient :
Thy blisflil eyen saw all his tuimeot.
Than is ther no comparison betwene
Thy wo, and any wo man ma; suatoie.
" Thou saw thy child yalain before thin eyen.
And yet now liveth my litel child par&y;
Now, lady bright, to whom all woful crian.
Thou glory of womanhed. tbou bire May,
Tbou baien of refute, bright stetie of day.
Hew on my child, that of thy gentiUeaae
Aewest on every rewful in distreaM.
" O litel child, alas I what is thy gilt,
Tliat nerer wroughtesl sinne aa yet parde ?
Why wol thin bank &tber hare tb«e quit?
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Therwith she loketh backwai^ to the lond.
And saide ; " Farewel, bouabond routheles !
And up she rist. and walketb doun (he ttnmd
Toward tbe ship, hire folowetb all tbe preea :
And ever she praieth hire child to hold his pee*^
And taketh hire leve, end with an holy entent
She bleeseth hire, aod into tbe ship ^^ weot^
Vitailled wa* the ship, it ia no dredo,
Habundanlly for hire a fUl long space :
And other Decessariea that shuU nede
She had ynow, heiied be Goddea grace ;
For wind and wether, Almighty God
And bring hire home, I can no beCIer _j
But in the see she driveth ibrth hire vray.
Alia the king oometh borne sone after th
Unto his cBsiel, of the which I ttdd.
And asketh wher his wif and his child is
And plainly i
As ye ban herd, I can tell it no better,
And shewed tbe king his <ete and hia letter ;
And sayde ; " I.ocd, aa ya commanded me
Up pone (^ deth, so have I don certain."
This mesaaget tunnented was, til be
Moste beknowe, and tellen plat and plain.
Fro night to niKbt in what place be had lain ■.
And thus by wit and subtil enquering
Imagined waa by whom this harm gan qning.
Hie hand was knowen that the-leore wrote.
And all the venuoe of this cuned dede ;
But in what wiae, cotainly I n'ot
The effect it this, that AUa out of drede
His moder slew, that moun men plainly nAt,
For that she traitour waa to hire ligeance :
Thus endeth thia old Donegild with meachance.
The aorwe that this Alia night and day
Makelh for hia wif and for hia child alao,
Ther ig no tonge that it tellen may.
But now wol I agen to Custance go.
That fleleth in tbe see in peine and wo
FlTe yere and more, at liked Crittn sonde,
Or that hire aUp approched to the loodc.
THE MAN OF LAWES TALE.
Undar an bctben fWtl u the Um,
(Of wliich tiw Duue in m; text I DM Odd)
CuEtBDce and de bin clulfl the amt up cavU
Almightf God, that nved oil mankind,
Have OD Ciutauoe and on hire child acini mind.
That fijleu is in hetben bond eftaone
In point Id apill, aa I ihal t^ you toaa,
Ooan fro tbc c«td cometb llier manf a wi^C
To gauren on this ship, and on CuMance :
But tbottlf fro the castel on a night
The lordes atewant (God yen b'
A tbacf, that had mwjed our ci
Came into the ihip aJone, and aaid, he wolde
Hire lemnian be, ithetbtr abe wolde or a'olde.
Wa waa tfaia wretched woman tbo b^oo.
Hire childe cried, and ihe died pituuily :
But bliafiil Mary halpe hire right anon,
For with hire Mmgling vel and mightily
The theef fell o>er bord al lodenly,
And in the see he drenched for vengeance.
And tlnia hath Criit unwemmed kept Cuatance.
O fonle luat of luxurie, la thin ende,
Nal only that thou fojnlest muuiea mind.
But Temily thou wait his body thende.
1h' ende of tby wcrk, or of thy luitei blind.
That not for werk wmtime, but for di' entent
To doo thii ainne, ben other ilain or ibent.
n ban tlw urength
Haw msy thn
Hire to (fefeni
O Gotias, UDineaurable of lengdi.
Haw mi^Ue D*Tid maken thee » mate ?
Sa yoi^, and ofannure to desolate,
How d«t be loke upon thy dndfii] Ace!
Wd mn men aeeii it was but Goddet grace.
So leat he might and Tigour to CuEtanoe.
Fordi goth hire ship tburghout the narwe moath
Of Juballere and Septe, drinng alway,
Somliiije weit, and lomtinie north and south.
And aoiiltinie eat, ful many a wery day :
TD Ciiirte* moder (blened be she ay)
Hath ahapen thurgh hire endelea goodneaae
To make an end of all hire herineaae.
Now let ns atiiit of Cuatance but a throw.
And speke we of the Romaiie emperour,
llirt out of Sunie bath In Itttrca knowe
liatai folk, and diibonour
lath tent anoD
. r, with nal ordinance,
And other Itndea, God wole, many on.
On Surriena to taken high vengeance ;
lliey brennen, aleen, and bring hem to meschance
Fol many a day : but ifaoitly thia ia th' ende,
Hoanraid to Borne they shi^en bem lo wende.
Thii tenatout repaired with Tictoria
To Rome ward, aayling ful really.
And met the ihip driniig, as aaith the Horie,
In which Cuatence HUeth fill pitoualy :
Notbing ne knew be what she was, ne why
She was in swiche array, ne she will «ey
Of hire eatat, though that she ataulde dey.
He bringeth hire to Borne, and to bis wif
He yaf hire, and hire yonge sane also :
And with the senatour <ihe lad hire Uf*
Thus can our lady bringen out of wo
Woful Cuatance, and many another mo :
And longe time dwelled she in that place.
In holy werkes ever, aa waa bin gmce.
The senaUiures wif hira aunta was*
But for oil that she knew bira never the moie;
I wol no longer (alien in this cai.
But to king AUa, which 1 spake of yore.
That for his vrif vrepeth and sjketh sore,
I wol retume, and let I wol Cuatance
Under the seaatoures gwreraanc^
King A Ua, which that bad bia moder slain.
Upon a day fell in swiche repenlance.
That if I shortly tellen sbal and plain.
To Rome he cometb to recare his penanc^
And putte him in the popea ordinance
In Ugh and low, and jeau Crist besought
Foryeve bis wicked werkes that be had wrought.
The fame anon thurgfaout Ihe louD ia bora.
How Alia king ibal come on pilgtimage.
By beibageoun that wenten him beforn.
Rode him ^aine, and nuny of bis linue.
As we] to shewen his high magnificence,
Gret Chen doth this noble senatour
To king Alia, and he to him also ;
Everich of bem doth other gret honour ;
And so befell, that in a day or two
This senatour ii to king Alia go
To feat, and shortly, if I shal not lie,
Cuatances sane went in his
ScHD men wuld sain at n
This senatour hath lad t)
1 may not tellen every d
Be as be may, tber waa he at toe lone :
But Both is this, that at his mothers beste
Befom Alia, during the metes space.
The diUd stood, loking in the kingea face.
This Alia king hatb of this child gret wonder.
And to tbe senatour he uid anon,
" WhoB is that faire child that slondeth yonder?"
" I n'ot," quod he, " by God and by 8<ant Jtdia ^
A moder he hath, but Rsder lutb be noo,
Tliat I of wote : " but shortly in a stound
He told AUa bow that this child waa found,
'* But God wot," quod this aenatour also,
" 80 Tertuous a liver in all my Uf
Ne saw I never, as she, ne bod of mo
Of worldly woman, maiden, widevre or wif:
I dare welsayn hire hadde lever a knif
Thunbout hire brest, than ben ■ woman wikke,
Tber la no man coudc bring bite to that prikke."
sa en
Now «u thit cbild m lika unto Ciutanca
Ai poaiibU IB ■ cremture to be i
This Alia huh the Ikce in remembnnca
Of dame Cusouice, and tlwion miued be,
ir that the chitdes moder wbiire augbt the
Thai U bis *ir, and prirdj be ligbte.
And fed him fro tbc table that be mighte.
■' Parby," thought be, " bntome ia in min bed.
I ought to deme of ikiUiil jngement,
Hiat in the nlte see my wif is ded."
And afterward he made his argument ;
" What wot I, ir that Crist have hider MM
My wif by see, aa wel as he hire lent
To my contree, Aro thennea that ibe went?"
And after noon borne with the senalour
Goth Alia, for to see this wonder chance.
This seoatour doth Alia gret honour,
Ai)d lustily he sent after Cuitance :
But tnuteth wcl, hire luite not to dance.
TnwD that ibe wiMe wberfore was that fonde,
Unnelhe upon hire ieet die mighte Monde.
Whan Alia saw his wif, fure he hire grette.
And wept, that it was muthe fbr to see.
For at the Ante look be on hite sette
He knew wel veraily that it was she :
Twies she swouneth in bis owen sight.
He wepeth and him eicuseth pitously :
^' Now God," quod he, " and all his halves bright
So willy on my soule as hare mercy.
That of yoore banne as gilteles am I,
As ie Maurice my sone, so like your bee,
EUes the Had me fetcbe out of this place."
Long was the sobbing and the letter pein%
Or that hir woful bertes mighten ceie,
Giet was the pitee for to bete bem pldne,
Tburgh whiche pteinta gan bir wo encrese.
I pray you all my labour to relcse,
I may not tell hir wo until to-morwe,
1 am M> wary for to speke of sorwe.
But finely, wban that the soth is wist.
That Alia gilteles was of hire wo,
I trow an hundred times ban they kist.
And iwiche a blisse is ther belwii hem two.
That Mve tbe joye tbat laslcth eiermo,
llierian ■•' ■
Hathie
tbejoye tbat 1
n Ifte, that ai
M the world ni
Tbo praied she hire husband mrkely
In rcleef of hire longe pitoui [une,
Tbat be wold pny Ur bder specially.
That of lui mageatee he wold encline
To voncheaauf sam day with him to dine :
She pmied bim eke, be shulde by do way
Unto hire (kder bo word of biie say.
To him that is so soveraine of honour.
As he that is of Cristen folk the flour.
Send any child, but it is bet to deme
This onperour hath gnuted gendlly.
To come to dinner, as he him besoughtc :
And wel lede I, he loked bedly
Upon this child, and on his daughter thou^it.
Alia goth to his inne, and as him ought
Armied for this feate in every wise,
Aa ferforth ai his conning may suffice.
lite morwe came, and Alia gan bim drene,
And eke hia wif, this emperour to mete :
And forth they ride in joye and in gladnesae ,
And whan she saw hire fader in the stiete.
She light adoun and talleth him to fete.
" Fader," quod she, " your yonge child Cualuice
la now All clene out Ot your remembnncc
" I am your dooghter, your Cuitanee," quod ifa^
" That whilom ye ban tent into Sunie ;
It am I, bder, that in the aalte see
Was put akme, and dampned for to die.
Now, goode fiwler, I you n
But tbanketb mj lord hi
Who can the intoua joye tellen all
Betwii bem thre, an they ben tbui ymette?
But of my tale moke an eode I aball.
The day goth fast, I wol no longer lette,
lliise gli^ folk to dinner ben ysettr.
In joye and blisse at mete I let bem dwell,
A tfaounnd fcdd wel mom than I can tell.
His child Maurice was dthen empeniur
Made by the pope, and lived Cristenly,
To Criatea cMrche did he gret honour :
But I let all hia storie paisen by,
Of Custance ia my tale specially,
In (he olde R«mane geates men may find
Mauiicea lif, I here it not in niind.
lUs king Alia, whan be his time aey.
With hia Custance, hi* holy wif ao aweta^
To Englond ben they come the rights w«y,
Ther aa tb^ live in joye and In quiele.
But litel while it lasletb I you hel^
Joye of thia wotM for time wol not aUdc^
Fill day to aight it cbangctb aa the tide.
Who lived ever in swicbe delight o day.
That him ne meved other conscience.
Or iie, or talent, or aom kin afllny,
Envie, or pride, or pesoon, or oSence ?
I ne say but for this end this sentence.
That lild while in joye or In pleaance
L^teth the blisK of Alia with Custance.
For Deth, that taketh of hie and low Ma rente.
Whan paaaed was a yere, even as I gease.
Out of this world tlua king Alia he bente.
For whom Custance hath ful giet hevinesse.
Now let us praien God hia aoule blesoe i
And dame Custance, finally to say,
Towaid the toun of Rome goth hire way.
To Rome is cotne (his holy neatnre.
And flndeth ther hire frendes bole and aound :
Now ia ahe acaped all hire aventure ;
And wban that ahe hire fader bath yfound.
THE CLERKES TALE.
In Totue sih) id holy iifaneaM dcde
"nej liTen idle, and nerer ■landar weode ;
13 detfa deputed ban, Oaa UTtfw; lede:
And bnib DOW wel, mj talc is at an cndc
Now Jesu CriM, that of his might may (ende
/oje after wo, gorerne ui ia Mb grace,
Aadkepe m alle that ben hi tUs plac*.
THE CLERKES TALE.
Tna s right at the w«t ade of [tailla
Dann at llw rate of Vnulua the ndd,
A lust} plain, habuudant (tf ritaiUe,
*IhtT manj a toon and tour thou maist bdM^dt
TliBi founded ware in tiiae of btben old.
And maiiT anotber delitable sighle,
And Salucea thii noble amine higfata.
A maiUi whilom lord wai of that land.
As wrre his wixifaj dden bim before.
And obeynnt, aj redj to his hood.
Woe all his li^es, botbe lesK and mon :
Tlua in dclit be livelh, and huh don jcae,
Bdond and drad, tburgfa &Tour of fortune.
Both of hislonka,aadof hi* oaminuiie.
Hietwith be was, to spcken of linage.
The gentileit jbamt of Lumbardie,
A G)Ue pcTvm, and itiong, and Jong of age,
AmA fal of honour and of curtcaie :
DBcret jnougb. bii coatiee for to gie,
&uf in Mm thingeg that he was to blame,
And Walts' was this fonge lordes nam^
1 blame him thus, dut be considered nougfat
Id time coiniog what migbt bim betide.
But on bis hist yiuseiit was all hii thought.
And fiv to hauke and bunt on every nde :
Vel nogfa all otho' cures let he slide,
And tke ltcn'old(and that was worst of all)
Wcdden no wif for ought that might befalL
Ontj that p«nt his peple bare so loie,
Tliat flockmcJ as a dtij to bim they went,
And oo of hem, that wtaeat was of lore,
(Or elles that the loid wold best astent
mat be ahnid tell hint what the peple ment,
<V rilea cnud be wd shew iwicfae malere)
He to the markis said as ye shuU bere-
" O noble markis, your bumanitee
Assnreth u« and yereth us hardinesse.
As oA aa time is of necessitee,
Hiat we to you mow lell our bevinesse :
Aceeptetb, lord, than of your gentillesse,
Tlast we with pitoos hata unto you ptaine.
And let jonr eres nat my vols diadaine.
" Al bnve I not to don in this matere
More thna ■■*«*>'*^ man bath in this pl^css
Tet tar aa moch SB ye, my lord so doe,
Bbi alwsy ibewed me ^our and giaoei
m j„_ .•._ 1^.— -lieof youa^iBce
Awl J*, my lonl, to dm right n yoo ba.
" Pot cartes, lord, id wel u« llEeth you
And oil your werke, and e*er ha*e don, that w
Ne couden not ounelf derisen how
We mighlen Ure in more felicitee :
8aTe o thing, lord, if it your wille be,
That for to be a wedded man you lest,
Huui were your peple in sorenin hertes leA
■' Bowetb your ttekks under the blisful yok
Which that men clepen spoutaile or wedlok :
And thinketh, lord, among your thougbtcs wii^
How that our dayes paste in londry wise i
For though we slepa, or wake, or rome, or ridi^
" And though your giene yaudie floure as yet.
In crepeth age alway as still as ston,
And detta manasatb ercry «ge, and smit
In edie estu, for tber taapelh non :
And al so certaioi as we knowe eche on
That we shut die, as uncertain we all
Ben of that day whan detfa dial on us ftll.
" Aceeptetb than of us the trewe entent,
That neter yet refuseden your heat,
And we wol, lord, if that ye wol a»ent,
Chese you a wife in short time at the mes^
Borne of the g«itillest and of the best
or all d& lond, so that it oughte seme
Honour to God and you, aa wc can dema.
" Deliver us out of all diis beay drede.
And take a wif, for highe Coddes sake :
For if it so befell, aa God forbede,
That Ihurgh your deth youi linage shulde slake,
And dut a strange successour shuld take
Your heritage, o ! wo were us on live :
WhEiibre we pray you haitfly to wive."
Hir meke praiere and hir pitous chere
Msde the markis for to ban pitee.
" Ye wol," quod he, " min owen peple dert^
To that I never er thought nuutrainen me.
I me rejoyced of my bbertee,
Than seldeo time is found in manage ;
Ther I was fiee, I moate b«i in serraga
'■ But natheles I see your trewe entent,
And tmit upon your wit, and have don ay ;
Wherfore of my free vrill I wol assent
To wedilen me, as sone as ever I may.
But tber ss ye bui profred me lo-day
To chesen me a wif, 1 you relcse
That cboii, and pray you of that prefer ceee.
" For God it wot, that children often ben
Unlike hir worthy eldrei hem before,
Bountee comech ai of God, not of the siren
Of which they ben ygendred and ybore :
I trust in Goddes bountee, and therfore
My maiiage, and min estat, and test
I him bet^e, be may don as him lest.
" Let me atone in chesiiig of my wif,
llut charge upon my bak I wol endure ;
But I you pray, and charge upiHi your Ut,
That what wif that I take, ye me Msure
To worship hire while that hire [if may dure.
In word and weHi both here and elles where.
As she an emperoiuea doughter were.
" And forthennore thia ihu]n yo anere, that ye
Again my cbiui sfaul never gnitch ne strive.
"" "'' ' hsl forgo my liliertee
And but je irol m,,^,,^
I pray yua spelie no n
'With hertly will they swomi and sssenlcD
To all this thing, ther uide not o wight nay :
Basechiog him of gnce, or that tbcy wenten.
That he wold gninten hem a certain day
He gnnted bem a day. Bwidie oa him lot,
Oo which be wold be wedded sjlierly.
And «aid he did all thia at hir request ;
And they with humble Iwrte ful huiumly
Kneling upon hir hneeft fill reverently
Him thonkcn all, and thus they ban an end
Of hir entente, and home agen they wen^
ja offlceres
And hereupon ne to ma omceres
Commandeth for the feite to purray.
A ,*A •« ujj privee knigfates and a^iii/'
Swiche chai^ lie yave, aa him liit on 1
And they, to hia commandement obey.
And eche of hem doth ai bis diligence
list on bem lay :
the teste al reverence.
NouaUT fer fro thiike palcis honourable,
AVber as this markis shope bis manage,
Ther stood a thorpc, of aighte delitahle.
In whicli that poure foHi of that village
Hadden hir bestes and hir herbergage,
And of hir labour take hir sustenance,
Af^ that the erthe yave bem habundance.
Among this poure folk ther dwdt a man,
Wliich tliat was holden poureat of bem all i
Itut bighe God aonitime senden can
His grace unto a lltel oiea stall ;
Janieula men of that tborpe him calL
A douginer bad he, faire ynough to sigh^
And Grinldis Ihia yonge maiden hjgbt.
But for to speke of vertuoua bcouter,
Than was ahe on the fairest under ranne :
Ful pourely yfoatred up was she :
No likerous lust was in hire herte yronne ;
Wei ofter of the well than of Hie tonne
She dranke, and for ahe wolde vertue pluse.
She knew wel labour, but nan idel ese.
But though this mayden tendre were of age.
Yet in the brest of hire virgiiiitee
Ther was enclosed sad and Hpe corage :
And in gret reverence and cbaiitee
Hire old poure tkder fbstred she :
A ftw sheep spinning on the feld abe kept^
She wolde not ben idel til ahe ilept
The which she shred and aetbe for' hire living.
And made hire bed ful hard, and nothing aoft :
And ay ahe kept hire fadrcs lif on loft
With every obeiaaoce and diligence.
That child may don to &dres rarerence.
Upon Grisilde, this poure aestu*,
Ful often rithe this markia aette h^ eye,
Ab he on hunting rode paraventure:
And whan it fell that he might tare eapia,
offolie
isadwiae
Commending in bis herte hire w
And eke hire vertue, passing any wight
Of ao yong age, *a wel in rhere as dede.
For though the people have no giet insight
In vertue, be considered ful right
Hire bountee, and disposed that he wold
Wedde hire only, if ever he wedden ahold.
1^ day of wedding came, but no wight can
Tellen what woman that it sliulde be.
For which mervaille wondred many a mati.
And saiden, whan they were in privit<«,
" Wol not our lord yet leve hU vanitee ?
'Wol he not wedde? aUs, alaa the while !
Wbj wol be thus himself and uabegile?"
But natheles this markis hath do make
Of geinniea,.sette in gold and in aaure,
Broches and ringes, ^r Grisildes sake.
And of hire clothing toke he the mesure
or a maiden like unto hire ataturc.
And eke of other otnamentes all.
That unto swiche a weddbig sbulde fslL
The time of undeme of the asme day
Approcheih, that this wedding ahulde be.
And all the paleia put was in array.
Both balle and chambrea, eche in Ida d^reei
Houaea of olfice atuffed with plentee
llwr mayst thou tee of deinteous vitaille.
That may be found, aa fer as laateth Itaille.
Thia real markia ricbely amide,
Ijordes and ladies in bia compagnie.
The which unto the feste weren praide.
And of bis retenue the bachelerie.
With many a aoun of sondry melodie,
Unto the village, of the which I told,
lu Ihia array the righte way they bold.
Gridlde of this ( God wot) ful
That for hire ahapen was all this array.
To fetcben wster at a uclle is went.
And Cometh home as sone aa ever she may.
For wel she hsd herd say, that (hiike day
The markis shulde wedde, and, if she might.
She vrolde faya ban seen aom of that sight.
She thought, " I wol with other maidens stond,
"Hiat ben my felawes, in our dore, and we
The markiaeaae, and therto wol i fond
To don at home, as aone as it may be.
The labour wbicb thai hngetb unto me.
And than I may at Maer Un bdiold,
Ifihc this w^ oiKo tbs cmMI bold."
THE CLEHKES TALE.
And at ibe wolde over the (famwold goo,
Tbe Qurkis cvnte sod gan hire for to allj
Aad alie act doun hire wUer-poc anon
Boide the threswold in an ore* Mali,
And douD Dpon hire knee* iJw gan to fall,
And with sad countenaace kneleth atill,
im Ae had herd irhal was the lorde* will.
This thMightfuI mnkii tftkt unto thii mail
Ful tdberljt and «aid in this manere :
•• VTher ii jrour bder, Grisildia ?" he laid.
And she wiih rererenn in huioble chere
Answered, " Ixnl, he ii al red; here."
And in the goth wilhouten lenger Lettc,
And to the '"■**■" ibe hire bder fette.
He by the bond than uAt this poure man,
Lowetthe idaance Dfini
nhertehide,
Tbj doxght.^ wol I tnLe
or that I wtnd
Y n/iff unto hire lire
end.
■■ Ihou h)T«t me, that wot I wel certuni
And att iny &ithfiil liegeman jpbore.
And all tbat liketh me, I dare wel lain
It liketh thee, wid speciall; theribrc
Tdl BK that point, that I have uid before.
If that thou wolt unto this puipoa dirnwe,
To taluo me M for thf ion in lawe."
TUmdm caa this man astoncd ao,
That nd be wei, abaist, and al quakiug
He nood, uiuethea uid he wordea mo,
Bat mly thui ; " Lord," quod b^ " my willing
Uatjt wol, ne a^iu your liking
1 wdI no thing, nun oweD lord ao dere,
Ri^ ■> you lilt, goremeth Ihia mateie."
" "nun wol I," quod this markis wftely,
" Tbal in thy <:hainbre, I, and thou, and abe.
Hare a coUation, and woM thou why ?
F«r I wol wik hire, if it hire wlUe be
To be my wif, and reule hire after me :
And all this tbti be don in thy preience,
I will not spcke out of thin audience-"
And in tbc chambre, while they were aboute
Tbe tretee, whicb » ye ihul after here,
TbB pepla came into the bous witboute.
And wondied bem, in how honest manere
^otcotifl J abe kept hire foder deie :
Bat atlcily Grisldia wonder might,
Fm- nerer ml ne a«w she awicbe a light.
No wander i« though that she be aaloned.
To aec ao gret a geat come in that place,
Sie ne^er waa to non swiche gestes woned.
For wlBcb ihe h^ed with ful pale face.
Bat ihonly fcffth thii matere for to cliace,
^oae am the wordea that the markji uid
To thn benigne, Teray, fiuthfiil maid.
** Grisldai'' be aaid, " ye ihuln wel undentond,
It liketh to your ftder and to me.
That I you wedde. and eke it may to atond
" I ny this, be ye ledy with good herta
To all my lust, and that I freely m^
Aa me best thinketh do you lai^ or smerte,
And never ya to grulchen, night ne day.
And eke wban I lay ya, ye say not nay.
Neither by word, ne frouning countenance T
Swere this, and here I (were our alliance."
Wondfing upon thia thing, quaking for dredi^
She iBide ; " Lord, indigne and unworthy
Am I, to thilke honour, that ye me bede,
IS ye wol younelf, ri^t *o wol I :
here I swere, that nerer williugly
In werk, ne thought, I ni^ll you disobeie
o be ded, though me were lotfa to deie."
is is yoough, Grinlde nun," quod fae:
And forth he goth with a ful aobre chere.
Out at the dore, and after than came she,
~ to the peplu he said in thia manere :
is is my wif," quod be, " that stondeth here
Honourelb her, and toielh hire, I pray,
so me loieth, tber n'is no more to aay."
And for that nothing of hire olde gere
She shulde bring into hia hous, be bad
That nvmea shuld de«poilen hire right therei
Of which thise todies weren nothing glad
To handle hire clothes wherin she wu clad ;
oatbelea this maiden bright of hew
Fro foot to bed they clothed han all new.
beres han they kempt, that lay unOvaaed
rudely, and with hir fingrea smal
Toune on hire bed they haa ydretaed.
And selte hire ful of nouches gtet and smal :
Of hire arrey what shuld I make a tale ?
Unneth the peple hire knew for hire faimesse.
Whan ahe traramewed wai in awiche richesae.
This markis hath hire spoused with a ting
Brought for tbe same cause, and tlun hire setts
Upon sn hors snow-wbiie, and wei ambling.
And to his paleia, or be lenger lette,
(With joyful peple, that hire lad and mette)
DTeyed hire, and thus tbe day they spends
revel, til the sonne gan deacende.
And shortly forth this tale fw
God hath swiche favi
ch«:e.
It DOuriihed in
To every
mperaures
halL
Ight she waxen is so dcre.
Ana worsmpfui, tliat folk ther she was bore,
And tro hire birihe knew hire yere by yeie,
Unnelhes trowed they, but dorgt ban swore.
That to Janicle, of wtiicb I spake before.
She doughtei o'tt, for as by conjecture
Hem thoughle she was anoilier creature.
For though that ever vertuous was abe.
She was encresed in &wiche excellence
Of thewes good, yiel in high bountee,
Ind so discrete, aud (aire of eloquence,
lo benigne, and so digne of reverence,
ind coude so the peplea herte embrace.
That echs hire lorcth that lokeCh on hire ikes.
D a
Not onlj of SbIuOk in (he loun
Published was the bountee of hJre name.
But eke beside in many a re^un,
It' on saith wel, uioChcr saith th« wme :
So upredeth of hire hie bount« the Gune,
Tliat men and womfn, jrong as wel u old.
Got! to Salucea upgn hire to behold.
Thus Walter lowly, nay but really.
Wedded with fortunat lioneatelee.
In Goddes pecs liveth ful «ily
At home, and gi«™ ynough outward liad he ;
And for lie saw tliat undei low degree
Was honeM venue hid, the peple liim held
A prudent toui, and that is seen ful scld.
Not only this Grialdis thurgb hiie wit
Coude all the fete of wiSy horolinease.
But eke whan that (he cas required it.
The comune profit coude she redresse :
Ther n'as ditcord, rancour, ne heTinesae
In sll the tond, that ahe ne coude appese.
And wisely bring hem all In hertes e«.
Though that hire hmbond absent were or ncm.
If gendlmen, or other of thai contiee
Were vrotb, she wolde bringen hem at on.
So wise and ripe wordes hadde she.
And jugBmeni of bo grel equiteo.
That she from heven sent was, as men wend,
I'eple t4> 8«e, and exry wrong to amend.
Not longe time after (hat tbii Crisilde
Was wedded, she a doughtet hath yborc.
All had hire lerei han borne a knave child;
Glad WAS the markis and his folk therfore.
For though a maiden childe come all before,
Slie may unto a knaie child atleinc.
By likEljhed, sin she n'lB not bairuoe.
TaiB fell, as it befalletb time mO,
Whan tha this childe had souked but
This markis in his hertc longed so
To tempt his wif, hire sadnesse for to knowe.
That he ne might 01
CHAUCER.
Alaketh you i
This
It of his herte tl
Needles, God wot, he thought hire to afflraj.
He had aasaled hire ynough before,
And found hire ever good, what nedeOi it
Hire for to tempt, and alwaj more and roorei
Though Boro men praise it for a subtil wit.
But as for me, I say that evil it sit
To a. -^'-.--.i.-. !. ! .A
For which this mariiis wrought in this m
He came a-nigU alone ther as she lay
With sleme fcce, and with ful trouble cl
And sayde thus; " Grisilde," quod be, "
That I you tokc out of your poura array
And put you in estot of high noblesse,
Te han it not forgotten a* I gesae.
utokt
(brgetful ibr to be
in poure estot ful low,
mote yourselven know.
every word that I you say,
ight that bcreth it but we tway.
that ye came hare
I not iong ago,
ye be right lefe and dare.
■■ Te wote yourself
Into this bous, it ii
And tluugh to me
Unto my gentits ye t>e notmng bo i
They say, Co hem it is gret chome and n
For to be suggeles, and ben in serfage
To thee, that borne art of a imal linage.
Andni
n thy doughter was ybore,
1 they spoken doutelea,
1 have don before.
•■ And yet, God wole, this
But nalhcles withoutcn yoi
I wol nought do, but thus
" That ye to me assenien i
Shew now youre patience i
That ye me hight and swoi
The day that maked was oi
youre werking,
in youre villi^
Whan ahe had herd all this, she not ameved
Keyiher in word, in chere, ne countenance,
(For as it semed, she was not agreved)
She sayde ; " Lord, all lith in your ptesance.
My child and I, with henily obeiiiance
Ben youres all, and ye may save or spill,
Your owen thing ; werketh after your wilL
Ne drede for to teac, sauf only ye :
This will is in myn herte, and ay shall be.
No length of time, or deth may this deftce,
Ne change my carage to an other place."
Glad was this markis I
But yet he feined as hi
Al drery was his chers
Whan that he shuld oi
Sone after this, a furlong way or two.
He prively hath told all his cnlcnt
Unto a man, aiul to his wif him sent.
IB this]
jnden hod
The which he foilliful often found
In Ihinges gret, and eke swichc folk wel can
Don execution on thjngea bad :
The loid knew wel, that he him loved and dra
And whan this sergeant wist his lordes will.
Into the cbambre he stalked liim ful still.
" Madame," he sayd, " ye mote foryere it ma
Though I do tiling, to which I am conatrEine<
Ye ben so wise, that light wel koowen ye.
That lordes liestes may not ben yfeuied,
They may wel be bewailed and compluned.
But men mote nedes to hir lust obey.
And BO wol I, ther nil no nam to nj.
THE CLERKES TALE.
•■ Tlui eUli I am eoQnuuided tOr to take."
And spake no mote, but out the child he bant
De^tauil7, and gui ■ cbere to make,
A* though be mdd ha*e i^lain it, or be weot.
Graildts moGt al luBer and si consent :
And as a lambe, she sitteth mdie and still.
And let this cruel aergeant da liia irill.
B the difl^nne of tbis man,
is fare, suspect hii word also,
Suspect the time in which be this buan :
Alas ! hire dougbler, that she loTed w.
She wende he wold han slaien it right tho.
But nalbeleB she neitber wept ne liked,
to that tbe markii liked.
But at tbe last to ^ken she betjan.
Aim] >Mkel7 she to tbe KTgeaot praid
(So as be was ■ worthy eealU man)
That she might kisat bire child, or that it deid :
And in bite banne this litet child sbe Ind,
Witb ful Kd £ux, and gut the child to blisw.
And lulled it, and after gan it kiiae.
And tbua she ami \a hire benigne Tois :
" Farewel, my child, I shall thee ncTer see.
But on I hare thee marked with the crou,
or thilke Jider yblessed mole thou be,
Thia lor ua died upon a crois of tree i
llif SKde, litcl clold, I him betake.
For this night ahalt tbeu dien for mjr sake. "
I Iraw that to a norics in this ess
It had ben hard this routlie for lo see ;
Vet might a modcr than ban cried " Alas,"
But nalheles so sad stedfast was she,
T^Bl she endured all adrerait^.
And w tbe sei^eant mekelj she sayde,
" Hare hae agen your lilel yonge mayde.
■■ Goth now," quod she, " and doth my lordes beat :
And o thing wold I pray you of your gract^
But if my lord forbade you at tbe lest,
Buricth this titel body in lom place,
That beatea ne no briddes it to-race>"
But be no w^rd to that puipos wold sayi
But toke the child and went upon his way*
TloB sergeant came unto his lord again,
And f^ GrialdeB wordes and hire cbeie
He told bim point for point, in short and plain.
And him presented with hia doughter dere.
Somwhat this lord bath muthe in his nunere.
Bat uthalea his purpoa held he still.
As lordis don, whan they wol bare hir will.
At>d bad this sergeant that he prively
Smlde this diild ful soUe wind and wntppe,
With alle orcmnstanca tendrely.
And carry it in a coffre, or iu a lappe ;
Bu upon peine bis bed of for to swappe
That no man ifaulde know of his entent,
Ke whens be came, ne whider that he went ;
Hiis child to fostien in all gentiUease,
And whoa child that it was be bade hire hide
Frooi erer; wigbt, for cnight thai nu^ betide.
This sergeant golh, and bath fulfilde this tlung.
But to diis marquis now retome we ;
For now goth be ful iast imagining.
If by his wires chere he mighte sec.
Or by hire wordes apperceire, that she
Were changed, but he nerer ooud hire Gode,
But ever in on ylike sad and kinde.
As glad, ss humble, as besy in serrice
Aad eka in love, as she was wont to be,
Ne of hire doughter not a word spake she :
Non accident for non advenitee
Was seen in hire, ne nerer iiire doughlera itamo
Ne nereued sbe, for emest ne for game.
In this estat tber passed ben fouit' yere
Er she with childe was, but, ss God wold,
A knare childe she bare by this Wallere
Ful gracious, and fair for lo behold :
And whan that folk it lo Us fader told.
Not only he, but all his contree mery
Was for this cliildc, and Ood tbey tlionke and hi
Whan it was two yere old, and from the brest
Departed of his nonce, on a day
lliia markis caughte yet another lest
To terapte his wif yet nFler, if he may.
O ! nedeles was she templed in assay.
But wedded men ne coniien no mesure,
Wban that tbey flnde a patient creature.
" Wif," quod this markis, " ye ban herd or this
My peple sikely beren our msriage,
And namely sin my sone yboren is,
Kow is it werse than ever in all our age ;
The murmur sletb myn herte and my coragt^
For to myn etes cometh tbe rois so smeile^
That it wel nie destroyed hath myn beite.
" Now say they thus, ' Whan Waller is agon,
Than shal the blood of Janicle succede.
And ben our lord, for other ban we non : '
Swicbe wordes sayn my peple, it is no dred&
Wei ought I of swiche murmur taken hede.
For certainly I dred al swicbe lenience,
Though they not plalnen in myn audience.
" I wolde live in pees, if that I might :
Wherfbra I am diapoeed utterly.
As I bis suster serred er by night.
Right BO thiukc I to serre bim prirely.
This wame I you, that ye not siidenly
Out of yourself for no wo shuld outraie,
Beth p^ieul, and ttaeiof I you praie."
" I have,"* quod she, " sayd thus and erer shal,
I wol no thing, ne n^ill no thing certain.
But as you list : not greveth me at al,
lliough that my doughter and niy sone be slain
re not had no part of children twein,
first aikenesse, and after wo and peine.
For u I left Bt borne •! or; cldthui^
Whui I came fiMI to jou, right to," quod rtie,
" t-ell I my will and ol ui; Ubcrlee,
And tote your clothing : wherfore I you prey.
Doth your pkaauce, I wol youre lust obey.
" And eerto, if I haddo presdence
Your will lo know, er ye your luM me told,
I wold it do withouten negligence :
But now I wote your lust, and what ye wold.
All your plesuice tame and stable I hold.
For wist I that my deth mighl do you ese.
Right gladly wold I dien, you lo plese.
The ccnutance of hia wif, he cast adoun
Hia eyen two, and wondretb bow she may
In patience auffer al this anay :
And forth he gotb with dreiy conWnance,
But to lui berte it was ful gret pleeance.
This ugly sergeant in the Bome wise
That he hire dougbter caughte, right so be
(Or werse, if men can any werae devise)
Hath hent hire sone, that lul was of beautee -.
And eyer in on so patient was she.
That ihe no cheie nuule of beiioeaae.
But kiat birc son and after gan it blesae.
Save this die praied bim, if that be nught.
Hire litel sone he wold in erthe grave.
His tendre limniCT delicat to sight.
Fro foulea and fro beatea for to »ve.
But she nou answer of bim migble have.
He went bis way, as him no thing ne rougbt.
But lo BoliHgae be tendiely it brought.
This markis wondreth ever lenger the more
Upon hire patience, and if that he
Ne hadde lochty knowen thctbefore,
Tbot pajfitly hire cfaiLdnn loved she.
He woM ban wend that of som subtilEee
And of malice, or for cruel coiage,
Tliat (be had uiSred this with sad visage.
Bui wel he knew, that neit himself, certain
Sbe loved hire children best in every wise.
But now of women wold I osken fayn.
If thise assaies mighlen not sufliae ;
What coud a sturdy husbond more devise
To preve hire wiilood, and hire
And be --.--^-.-■
But tber ben talk of swlcbe condition,
That, whan they ban a certain puipog take.
They cannot stint of hir entention,
But, right as they were bounden to a stoke.
They wol not of liir firate purpos slake ;
lUght »o this markis f\Jly hath purposed
To tempt his wif, aa be was fliit diipowid.
He waiteth, if by word or eontenance
That she to him was changed of conge :
But never coud he ndec variance.
She was ay on in berte and in visage,
And ay the further thai she iras in age.
The more trcvre (if that it were poasible)
Sbe WW to bin in love, and more pemble.
For whidi it semed thiis, that of bent tw»
Tber was but o will ; for a* Walter leit
The same lust was hire plesancs also;
And God be thanked, all fell for tbe beat.
She shewed wel, for no wordly unrest
A wif, as of hireself, no thing ne sbolde
Wille in efiect, but as hire husbond wolde.
Tbe sclandre of Walter wonder vide spndde.
That of a cruel berte he wikkedly.
For he a poure woman wedded hadde,
Hath murdred both bis children prively :
Swich murmur was among hem comunly.
No wonder ia : for to the peples ere
Ther came no word, but that they murdred were.
For which ther as his peple therbefbre
Had loved him wel, tbe sclandre of his iTifBimtt
Made hem that they him haledeo therfore :
To ben a murdrour is an hateful name.
But nathelcB, for emest oe for game.
He of his cruel purpoa n'olde sleate.
To tempt his wii;was setts all bis entente.
Whan that his dougbter twetf yere was of age.
He to [be court of Rome, in subtil wise
Enformed of bis will, sent bis message.
Commanding him, swidie billes to devise.
As to his cruel purpos may suffise.
How thai the p<^, aa for hia peples rest.
Bade him to wed another, if bhn lest.
I say he bade, they shulden contrefete
The popes bulles, making mention
That he bath love his Urate wif to lete.
As by the popes dispensation.
To sttnten rancour and dissennon
Betwii his peple and him : thus apake the bull.
The whidi they ban published at the fiilL
The rude peple, as no wonder ia,
Wendea ful wel, that it had ben ri^bt ao :
But whan Ihise tidinga came lo Gnsildis,
I deme that hire berte was fill of wo ;
But she vlike sad (or evenno
Disposed was, this humble creature,
Tbe adversite* of fortune al to endure ;
Abiding ever his luat and his plesance.
To whom that she was yeven, herle and al.
But shortly if this sUme lell I shal.
This maikis writen hatb in qpacial
A lettre, in which he sheweth hia eatente.
And Be<^etly be to Bolojgoe it seote.
To the erl of Pavie, which that hadde tba
Wedded bis SDsler, prayed he specially
To bringen home ageln his children two
In honourable estat at openly :
But o thing he him prayed utterly,
That he to no wight, though men wold eoquere,
^ulde TH>1 tell whoa children that they weie.
But say, the maiden ifauld ywedded be
Unto the mariiis of Saluces anon.
And as this erl was prayed, so did he.
For at day sette he on his way is gon
Toward Saluoea, and lordes many on
In rich arraie, this maiden for to gidc.
Hire yonge brotbar riding hii« boide.
THE CLERKES TALE.
Anaied w» unrard hiie nuriage
TliB fi'Eahe "*"■<*", liil of gemma dere,
Hin brodier, whicb that WTcn jen wai of
Anaied eke ful fre(b in bii iDUiere :
And tbita ID gret noblaaM and *itti gUd cbi
Tomid Sjloew ih^ng bii jouiiuj
Fro il^ to day the; li^ in Mr wtij.
Aaowa si iUm, after bU wicked uiagc,
ThB Diaitu jtt hii wtf to templen mora
To the Bttereste prdc of hire coiagc,
Fuilj to liBTe experience and lore.
If that ihe were as Hedcfait m b^lbni,
He on ■ da; in open audience
Fol bniaCoaBl; hath Bid hire thii (enlence :
" Cotes, Grinlde, I had jnough plesance
To hwD ;vu to m; wif, for jour goodoetae,
And {or ;our traullw, aod for your obeyniH^
Not for your linage, oe for your liciesH-,
But BOW kno*' I in Tery aothlaitnene,
llMt in gret lotdship, if I me wel eiiie,
liter is gret BenitudK in tODdry wJM^
T>kcit
" I Di^ not don, afl ereiy ploughmi
My p^ie me conitnineth for to take
AnatlKT wif^ and crien day by day ;
Aod Ae the pope rancour for to alike
CooBiteCfa it, that dare I undertake :
And Irewely. thus mocbe I wol you say,
If y Bcre wif ii cooling by Che way.
' Be straog of berte, and Toide anon hire place.
And tlnlke dower that ye broughlen nu)
t agen, I giant it of my grace.
" ~o youi' fadreft hous," quod lie,
~ no man may alway have pri»perilee.
inth eren berte I rede you to Kndure
Hk itnike trf* foitune, i '
And *he agen aniwerd in patience -.
•■ My lord,' quod ihe, " I wote, aod wist alway,
How thai beCwiien your magniflcence
And my porcita no wi^iit ne can ne may
Maken compariuHi, it is no nay ;
I ae held me aera digne in no manera
To b« jouT wi( ne yet your chamberere.
■* Aad in tbii houi, ther ye me lady made,
<The fai^e God take I for my witneiH,
And all ao wbdy be my eoule glad)
I DCWT held me lady ne malKmae,
But bumble ■errant to your worthincae,
And enr ihal, while that my lif may dure,
Abono erery worldly a
" Tliat ye id longe of your t
Han hidden me in honour and nofaley,
Wluna I WH not worthy tot to be,
That tbanke I God and you, to whom I p
Fctyelde it you, ther i> no more to wy :
U«o my &der gladly wol I wende.
And nth bim dwell unto my iiTe* ende ;
Par utb I yare to you mjr maid
And am your trewe wi( it ia no drede,
God ihilde iwicbe a loidci wif to lake
Anotlier man to butbond or to make.
" And t£ your newc wif, God of his grace
So graunte you wele and proqierile :
For I wol gladly yetden bin my places
In which that 1 wu bliifiil wont to be.
For lith it liketh you, my lord," quod die,
" That whilom weren all myn hertei rest,
Tliat 1 iIibI goD, I wol go whan you lest.
■< But ther as ye ma proTre swiche dowsire
As I fint brought, it is we] in my mind.
It were my wretched clothes, nothing iaire.
The which to me were banl now for to find.
0 goode God ! how gentil and how kind
Ye semed by your speche and your visage.
The day that nuked hu oiire marriage !
" But soth is said, alnte I find it trewe.
For in eaict it preved is on me.
Lore is not old, as whan that it is ncwe.
But certes. lor^ for oon sdienjlee
To dien in this nis, it shal not be
That erer in word or weike I shal repent.
That I you yate min bene in bole Hitent.
" My lord, ye wote, that in my frdres place
Ye i&de me stripe out of my poure wede.
And ricbely ye clad me of your grace i
To you brought I nought elles out of dreda.
But faith, and nakednesse, and maidenbede ;
And here agen your clothing I restore.
And eke your wedding ring for arermore.
" The remenant of your jcwctes redy be
Widdn your chamlnv, I dare it safiy sain :
Naked out of my fadres hous," quod she,
" I came, and naked I mote turiie again.
All your plesaoce «<dde I ftdwe (ain :
But yet I hope it be not your entent.
That I uuokles out of your paleis wenL
" Te coude not do so dlshoneM a thing.
That tbilke wombe, in whicb your childiea \kj,
Shulde before the peple, in my walking,
Be seen al ban ! wherfore I you pray
Let me not like a worme go by the way !
Remembre you, min owen lord so dere,
1 wa* your wif, though I unworthy were.
■' Wherfbre in guerdon of my maidenbede.
Which that I brought and not agen I here,
As Toucbeiauf to yeve me to my medo
But swicbe a smok as I was wont to were.
That I therwiih may wrie the wombe of hire
That was youi wif: and liere 1 take my leva
Of you, min owen lord, lest I you greve."
" The smc^," quod he, " that thou hast on thy bake,
Let it be still, and here it forth with thee."
But wel unnethes thilke word he spake.
But went his way for routbe and for pitee.
Before the folk hireselven stripeth she,
And in hire smok, with foot and bed al bare.
Toward h^ bdie* bous forth is ibe fare.
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The folk hire folwen wepiiig in hir vej.
And fortune mj they cunen u thej gon !
But the fro veping kept bire eyea mj,
Ne ID lliis lime word ne apake bbe ami.
Hire loder, thit this tiding herd anunt
Cuneth the day and time, that nature
Shope him lo bsn ■ lives cieuuce.
For out of doute tliis olde pouic man
Wu ever in uufect of hire manage :
For ever he demed. sin it fint began,
ThM whan tlie lord fulfilled had hia oonge.
Him wolde thinke it were a diiparege
To his estat, so lo«e for to alight.
And Toidsn hire as smne a3 ercr he might.
Agein bi> doogfalcr baslilj gotb he,
(For he bj naae of folk knew hire cvniing)
And with liire olde cote, aa it might be.
He covereth hire ful ■orwcfullj weping t
But on hire body might he it not biing,
For rude waa the cloth, and more of age
By doies. feU than at hire maiiage.
Thus with hire fader for a oertaiii space
Dwelleth this fiour of wifly patience,
Tliat notliei by hire wordes ne Inn tux,
Bdbm (he fblk, ne eke in hii absence,
Ne shewed she that hire was den offimc^
Ne of hire high esu
Ne hadde she, as by hire a
No wonder is, ibr in hire gret estat
Hire gott was ever in pldiK humiUtee i
Va (endre mouth, no herte delicat.
No pompe, no semblant of reallee j
But ful of pMient bnJgniue,
Discrete, and prideles, ay hoiumrahle.
And to hire husband ever meke and stable.
Men spckeof Job, and iiHSt ibr hia bumblasse,
As cleikes, whan bem list, can wel endite.
Namely of men, hut •> in soth&stnease.
Though clerkes pielsen women but a lile,
Ther can no man in homblesse him acquits
As woman can, ne can be half so trewe.
As women ben, but it be falle of newe.
Fao Bolmgne is the eri of PiTie come.
Of which the fame up sprang to more and looe :
And to the peples eres all and some
Was couth eke, tliat a newe markisease
He with bim brought, in swiche pomp and ridiesse,
That never was ther seen with monncs eye
So noble srray in al West Lumbardie.
Hie markis, whidi that shope and knew all this,
Er that this erl was come, sent his message
For ihilke poure sely Grisildia ;
And she with bumble herte and glad risoge.
Not with no swollen duHight in hire coragc.
Came at bis hest, and on hire knees hire seCte,
And reTerently snd wisely she him gnitte.
» Gtinlde," quod he, " my will is utterly,
This maiden, that ahal wedded be to me.
Recdved be to
As it poBsiUe is in myn boua to he :
And eke that every wight in bis degrea
Have bis estut in littiiig and serrice.
And high plesanee, as I can best deviie.
The chaiobres for lo array in ordinance
After my lust, and therfore woldc I fain.
That tMn were all swiche monere governance :
Thou knowest eke of old all my plesaoce (
Though thin srray be bad, and evil besey.
Do thou thy devoir at the leste way."
" Not only, lord, tbst I am glad," quod she,
•■ To don your lust, but I desire alas
You for to serve and plese in my d^rae,
Withouten fainting, and shal evermo :
Ne never fbr no wele, ne for no wo,
Ne ahal the gost within myn herte itente
To love you best with sU my trewe entente."
And with that word she gan the hous to digh^
And tables for lo sette, and beddes make.
And peiued hire to don all that she might,
Pmying the chamtiererers for Goddes sake
To hasten bem. and taste swepe and shake.
And she the mostc serviceable of all
Hath every cbsmbcr airaied, and bis hall.
Abouten undem gan this erl alight^
That with him brought thise noble children twey ;
For which the peple tan to see the sight
Of hir array, so licbely besey :
And than at erst amonges hem they sey.
That Walter was no fool, though that him leit
To change his wif ; for it wsa for the best.
F<Hr she is fairer, as they demen all.
Than is Crisilde, and more tendre of age.
And fairer fruit betwene hem shuld fell.
And more plesant for hire bigh linage :
Hire brother eke so faire was of visage
That hem to seen the peple hath caught plesanee.
Commending now the matkia governance.
" Q stormy peple, unsad and ever untrewe.
And undiscrete, and changing as a fane.
Delighting ever in rombel that is newe.
For like the mone waien ye and wane ;
Ay i\il of clapping, dere ynough a jane,
Your dome is tula, your Constance evil preveth,
A ful gret fool is he that on you levech."
Thus saiden sad* folk in that dlee.
Whan that the peple gased up and doun :
For tbey were glad, right tor the novcltee.
To have a newe lady of hir toun.
No mon of this make 1 now mentioun.
But to Griulde agcn I wol me dresae.
And telle hire conMance and hire bedneMc
Ful bcsy was Ciiulde in every thing.
That to tile feste was appertinent ;
Right naught was she abaist of Uie ^Maag,
Though it were rude, and somdel eke t^rest.
But with glad cbere lo the yate is went
Wilh other blk, to neta the martiswe.
And aiUr that dotii forth bire b*-
THE CLERKE8 TALE.
With B glad chcn bu gttUa ibe iccdretfa.
And cooninglT Ciericb in In* isgne,
Hmc no dcCuilc no man apperctiTetfa,
But tij tbej woodren what tbe might be,
ThU in BO poun amj wn for to >ee.
And coude nricbe bonaur and rercnnc^
And wontiUy they pniaen Mre prudenoa.
la all this mote while tJie ne Blent
This maide and Ae hire brother
With ell hii« berte in Tul benigne entcut.
So wd, that no man coud tiire prciae ami
Bat at the last whan that thise lorda wa
To vtten dotin to mete, lie gm to call
Giisilde, aa the was beaj in the hall.
*■ Giishle,' quod he, ■■ it
»wif,a
nhioi
** Right wd, mj lord,'* quod she, " for j
A &iTcr saw I never non than sho :
] prajr to God jeve ;ou prospeiitee ;
And K> 1 hope, that be wol to you send
FlesaDce ynou^ unto tout Uth end.
"O thing besecbe I you and warn* also
For ibe is foMred in bin nnrishing
More ttainly, and to my supposing
She migiite oot advenitee eikdura.
As emde • poun foatred creature."
And wban this Wahxr saw hire patience
Hire glade cbere, and no m^ice at all.
And he so often hadde fabe don ofltnce.
And she ay sade and constant as a wall,
CootinuiDg ever hire innocence over all.
This sturdy matUs gan bis berte drtne.
To lewe upon hire wifly stedefiMncsK."
■■ This is jnouf^ Grisilde min," quod he, '
" Be iK>w DO iDott agast, ne ctU apaid,
I hare Iby &ith and thy beaignitee.
At wd as erer woman was, assoid
I grel estat, and pouielich airaied :
Kow know I, dere wiT, thy BtedefastnesEc,"
Au] hire in armcs tolce, and gan to kesse,
AbI abc for wonder loke of it no kepe ;
She beide not what thing be to htie said :
SIk fade M sbe bad Oert out of a slepe,
TS sbe out of lure masednesse abraid.
' Grinlde," qood be, " by God thst for us d
Thou an mj wif, nou otiier I ne haTc,
Ne never had, as God my sonle save."
*■ This is thy dou^iler, which thou I
To be mj wif; (hat oAer Uthfiilly
Sial be BUD heir, as I hare ay disposed {
Tbou baie hem of tby body trewely ;
At Boloignc hare I kept bent prively :
T^ bnn agen, for now maist tbou not say,
TtaM tbou ha^ km non of thy duldren tway.
'e don this dede
•■ And folk that otherwise
1 warac lieni wcl, diat I J
For DO malice, ne for no i
Bat for to assay in thee thy w. .
And not to Uee my childreo ( God fotbede)
But for to kepe boa piinly and still,
m ] tb; puipo* knew, and all tby will.'
Whan she thi4 herd aswouna doun sba &UMh
For pilous joye, and after hire swouning
She both bir* yonge children to hire calletb,
And in hire snne« pitously weping
Embraceth hem, and tendrely kissing
ike a moder with hire salle teres
She bathed both hir visage and hir Iwres.
O. which a pilaus thing it was to see
Hire Bwouning, and hire humble vois to here !
*^ Grand mgrcy, lord, God thank it you,*^ quod she^
" That ye han saved me my children dere i
Now rekke 1 never to be ded rigbt ho^
Sin I Btond in your love, and in your grace.
No force of deib, ne whan my spirit pace.
'■ O Icndre, o dere, o yonge cl
Your wofid mother wened stei
That cruel boundes, or aom fold vermine
Had etan you ; but Cod of his mscy.
And your ben^(De bder tendrely
Hath don you kepe : " and in thai laine atound
Al Boilenly she iwapt adoun to ground.
And in hire ivough so sadly holdeth sbe
Hire children two, whan she gan hem embrwe.
That with grec sleight and gret diflkulte*
The children from hire arm they gan airace. ,
Oi many a tere on many a |dlous face
Doun roo of hem that atoden hire beside,
Unnethe abouten hire might tlwy ^de.
K children
Walter hire gladetb,
She lisetb up abadOed from hire Dance,
And every wight hire joye and feste mskctb.
Walter hire dodi so
aithfully plaanco.
Thst it was deintee f
or to seen the chere
Betwii hem two, sin
they ben met in fere.
Tbise ladia, whan tl
at they hir time sey.
Han taken hire, and
intoch«nbregon,'
And stripen hire out
of hire rude airev.
And in a «!otb of gold that brighte sh^ne.
Upon hire hed, they
nto haU hire broughte;
And tber she was ho
noured IS liire ought.
TluB halh this ptous day a blisful end j
For every man, and woman, doth In might
This day in mirth and revel to dispend,
HI on the wdkin ihone the sterres bright :
TiaB feste was, and greter of coatee,
TTian was the level of hire nuriage-
Ful many a ycre in high pro^iciitee
Liven tbise two in concord and in res^
And richely his doughter maried be
Unto a lord, on of the wortfriest
Of all Itallie, and than in pees and rest
His wives &der in bis court be kepeth,
TU thst the soule ont of bis body ci^icth.
His Bone succedetb in hie heritage.
In rest and peea, after hit fsdres day :
And forCunat waa eke in marioge,
Al put he not his wif in grat assay :
This world it not so strong, it is no nay.
At it hath ben in aide times yore,
. this auctour saith ttaeifore.
42 CI
Tbii sCorr ii aaid, not for that wjcei ifauld
Folwe Griiilde, u in bumililce,
For it were importable^ tho they wold ;
Bui far that every wight in hia degree
Shulde be coniiant in advenitee,
Ab was Crisilde, Iheifore Fetnrk wrileth
This Etorie, which with hi^ stile he enditeth.
For iith a woman was so patient
Unto an,
ortal man, wel
mon
weouaht
Receiven all in Ki«e that Cod us sent.
Forgret
kill is he preT
tha
But hen
temptethnon
bu he bought,
Assaith
i«ntj«ne,ify
his
piM«ll rede ;
He pierelh tbUc *1 day.
til
odrede:
And niSvth us, as for our eietdsi.
With shaipe scoui^ei of advenitee
Ful often to be bete in sondry wise ;
Not for to know otir will, fbr certes be,
Or we were borne, knew all our freeletee ;
And for OUT best is all his governance ;
Let us than live in vertuous suffirancc.
But o word, loMingB, herkenetb, or I go ;
It were ful hard to finden now adayes
In all a toun GrisUdea three or two :
For if that they were put to iwiche aisayes.
The gold of hem hath now so bad olayes
With bras, thst though the coine be fure at eye,
It woide rather bnit alwo than plie.
For which here, for the wives love at Bathe,
Whos liTand al hire secte God maintene
In high maistrie, and elles were it acstbe,
I wol with lusty herte fteahe and gtene.
Say you a song to gtaden you, 1 wene :
And let us sdnt of emestful matere.
Heifcneth my song, that saith in this nwneie.
Griiulde is ded, and eke hire patiunce.
And both at ones buried in Itaille :
For whidi I ctie in open audience.
No wedded man so hardy be to assajlle
Hi« wiiea patience, in trust to find
Gririldes, for in certain he ihal laille.
O noble wives, ful of high pnidence.
Let non humilitee your tonges naile i
Ne Id no clerk bate cause or diligence
To write (^ you a storie of awiche merraille.
As of Grisildis patjeot and kinde,
LcM Chicheracbe you swalwe in hire entraille.
Ffdweth Ecco, that holdeth no silence,
But ever answereth at the counbvtaille :
Beth not bediffed for your innocence,
But aharplj taketh on you the govenuille i
Emprenteth weI this leMon in yuur minde,
For comun profit, sith it may availle.
Ye archewivea, alondeth ay at defence,
Sin ye be strong, as i« a gret camaille,
Ne suffreth not, that men do you offence.
And sclendre wives, feblo as in bataille,
Beth egre as is a tigre yond in Inde ;
Ay clappeth as a mill, I you counsaille.
Hie arwea of thy crabbed d
Shal pace hia breit, and Ae hia aventaiUe :
In jaloude I rede eke thou him binde,
And thou (halt make him couche as doth a quiille.
If thou be Aire, ther folk ben in presence
Shew thou thy vimge, and thin apparailte :
If thou be foule, be iree of thy dispence.
To get thee Aeadc* ay do thy travaille :
Be ay of chere as tight as le^ on linde.
And let him care, and wepe, and wringe, and waille.
THE SQUIERES TALE.
At San*, in the lond of Tartariiv
"Dier dwelt a king that werreied Ruine,
Thurgh nhich ther died many a doughty man :
This noble king was cleped Cambuscan,
Which in hia time was of so gret renoun,
That ther na'a no wher in no r^oun,
So eicellent a lord in all* thing :
Him lacked nought that longetta to • king,
As of the secte of which that he was home.
He kept his lay to which he was yswome.
And therto he was hardy, wise, and riche,
And pitous and just, and alway ylicbc^
Trewe of his wmi, benigne and honour^e ;
Of Ids cotage as any centre stable ;
Yong, l^esh, and strong, in armes de^rou^
Ab any bacheler of all hia hous.
A &ire person he was, and fortunate,
And kept alway «o vrel real eatat.
That ther n'as no wher awiche another man.
TUa noble king, this Taitre Cambaaom,
Hadde two aones by Elfeta hi* wif.
Of which the eldeM tone higbte Algaruf,
That other was ycleped CBmballo.
A doughter had this worthy king also.
That yongest was, and highCe Canace :
But foi to tellen you all hire beaulee,
It Iith not in my tonge, ne in my conning,
I dare not undertake so Ingfa a thing :.
Hin English eke is unsuffident,
It muste ben a Rethor excellent,
That coude hia colours longing for that art,
If he shuld hire dejcriven ony part :
I am not swiche, I mote speke as I on.
And BO befell, that whan this Cambuscan
Hath twenty winter borne his diademe.
As be was wont fro yere to yere I deme.
He let the feste of his nativitee
Don crien, tburghout Sana Ms dtee.
He laM IduB of March, after the yere.
Ffaebus tlie Sonne ful jolif was nid clere,
For he was ni^i his exaltation
In Maites face, and in bis mansion
In Aries, the colerike hote signer
Ful lusty was the wether and bcn^{n«
For which the fouler again (he sonne shcnci
What for the seson ane the yonge grene,
Ful loude songen hir oflectiDns :
Hem semed han getten hem protections
Again the swerd of winter kene and col(L
This Cambuscan, of which I have you told.
In real TeMJmenls, rit on his deis
Willi diadme, ful high in his palti* ;
THE SaUlEHES TALE.
And holte his fate ao >olempDe tad lo riche,
Tbat in tbii wotiA ne ns tber uon it Ikbe,
Of whicfa if 1 >Im1 Ulln all tfae wraj.
Than wold it occupie a aomtts d«y ;
And rke it nedeth not for la defin
At every coiin the oxder of bir lerTice'
I wol not lellcD of hir Urange kw«s,
Ne oT hir swanitn, ne hir beronaewn.
Eke in that land, as tellen knigbtea old,
Ther is sun mete that is ful deintee hold,
That in this lond men recch« of it ful tmal :
Tber n'b no man that ma; leporlen aL
I kdI not tarien you, Ibr it is prime,
And fitr it is no Ihiit, bui loose of lime,
Unto mj purpine 1 vol liave recoun.
And so befell that after the thiidde coun
WUle thu this king sit thus in his nobley.
Harking his ministralles hir thinges pley
Beiome bim at his bord delidotisly,
In at the halle dore *1 sodeoly
Tber came a knight upon a stede of bras.
And in his bond a brod mirrour of gUa ;
Upon his tbombe he had of gold A ring.
And by bis »de a naked awerde banging :
And up he rifletb to the bighe bord.
In all tbe halle ne was iher apoke a word.
For menvlle of this knight ; him to behold
Pol besily they Kaiten yong and old.
Tins stimnge knight that corae thus sodenly
Al armed save bis bed ful ricbely,
Saluetb king and qiiene, and lordes alle
By Oder, » they aaUn in tbe halle.
With so high reverence and
Ai wd in spechc as in his i
TIm Gawain with bis aide cuttede,
Tlwogfa be were come agen out of Faerie,
Ne coude hjin not amenden vith a nord.
And after this, befom the highe bord
He with a manly Tois sayd his meMigc,
After the forme used in his ]»artgt,
WitfaoDten rice of BJlable or ofletter.
And fiir hn tale shulde seme tbe better.
Accordant to his wordea was bis cbere.
As teclicih art of speche hem thai it lere.
Al be it that I cannot aouoe bis Uile,
a to high a stile,
Tims much amoiuiteth all that ever he ment,
If it so be that I have it ia mind-
He aajd ; " The king of Anlne aod of Inde,
Hy liege lord, on this solempne day
Salnetb you as be best can and may.
And scodeih you in honour of your teste
By me, that am al redy at your beste,
Tknilefkof bias, that edJy and wel
Obi in tbe space of a day nalurel,
(TUs is to sayn, in four and twenty houres]
Wh^ so jou list, in drought or elles ahourea,
Bereo your body into eveiy place,
Ta which your berte willeth for to pace,
TFHlBnten wcduhb irf you, thurgh foule or bire.
Or if you U>t to fleen as high in the aire,
As dolfa an egle, whan him list to sore,
WicliDirten harme, till ye be Ihel you lest,
{Thongfa that ye ilepen on his back or rest]
And tume again, with writhing of a pin.
He thai it irrought, he coude many a gin ;
He waited nwaiy a constcllstiaD,
OrtelHddontr'
And knew ful many ■ sele uul many a bond.
"This I
It I hare
Hath swicbe a might, that n
Whan (her shal fialle ony adterailee
Unto your regae, or lo youraelf ulco.
And openly, who IB your fiend or fo.
And orer all this, if any lady bright
Hath set hire herta on any maner wight.
If be be iUse, she aha] hia treson aee,
Hi* newe loye, and aU his lubtiltee
So openly, that ther Bhal nothing hidh
" Wheifore again this lusty somei tide
TTiis mirrour and this ring, chat ye may se.
He hath sent to oiy lady Cansce,
Tour exceUente doughter that la bete.
" The Tertue of this ring, if ye wol here.
Is this, that if hire list it for to were
Upon hire tbombe, or in hire purse it liere,
Tber is no foule that fieeth uoder heren,
That she ne aba) wel underatond his steren.
And know bit mening openly and plaine.
And aniwere bim in his iangage again :
And every gna that growelfa upon rote
She shal eke know, and whom it wol do bote.
All be his woundes Devi r » depe and wide.
" Tlijs naked swerd, that bangeth by my side,
Swiche TGitue hath, that what man that it smite,
Thurghout his armure it wol kerve and bite.
Were it as thicke as is a biuuncbed oke ;
And what man that is wounded with the strolie
Shal never be hole, til that you list of grace
To stroken him with the platte in ihilke place
Ther be ia hurt ; this is as much to aniti.
Ye moten with tbe pkt e swerd again
Sboken him in the wourid, and it wol close.
This ia the veray solh wilhouten glose.
It iailleth not, while it is in your bold."
And whan this knight hatb thus his tale Mid,
He rideth out of halle, and doun be light :
His stedc, which that shone as Sonne bright,
Stant in the court aa fttiUe as any ston.
TliiB knight is to hia chambte ladde anon.
And is unanned, and to the mete ysetle.
Teliae presents ben ful richelich yfette,
Tiui is to sain, the Bwerd and tlie mirrour,
And borne anon into the liighe tour.
With ceitain offlcera ordained tberfore j
Solempnely, ther she sat at the table ;
But nkerly, witboucen any fable.
The hois of bras, that may not be remued ;
It itant, as were to the ground yglued ;
Ther may no man out of the place it drive
For noD engine, of wiodas, or polive :
And cause why, for they eon not tbe ctaft.
And theifore in tbe place they ban it laft.
Til that the knight bath taught hem the mancre
To voiden him, aa ye shal after bere.
Gret was the prees that iwarmed to and fro
To gauren on this bois that stondetb so :
For it so high was, and ao brod and long,
80 wel propoitioned for 10 he atrong.
Right as it were a stede of Lumbardie ;
Therwith ao horsly, and so quik of eye.
As it a gentil Folleis courser were 1
For certes, fra his tayl unto bis ere
Nature ne art ne coud him not amend
In no degree, as all the peple wend.
Bui evermore hir mosle wonder was.
How that it coude gon, and was of bias;
It was of &erie, u the peple Btased.
IKverae folk divvreeiy han demed ;
Aa many faede, u nuiny wittes ben.
Thn murmuredi, S9 dolh a itiarme of been.
And maden skilles after bir bnOaieii,
Rehenjng of tlie olde poetriK,
And aayd it w»i ylike the Pegasee,
The hon that badde wingea for to flee.
Or elLea il was the Grekes ban Sinon,
That brou^ile Troye to dettructioii,
Ab men moun in thise oldc ge«t«3 rede.
'■ Min bejte," quod oa, "is evermore in drede,
I trow som mm of annes ben Iherin,
ITiat shapen hem this dtee for to win :
It were right good that al awicbe thing were know.'
Another rowtied to bit felaw low,
And vyd, <' He Ueth, rw it is rather like
An qiparence ymade by Bom magike.
As jogeloura plain at IMk featea grete."
Of aondiT dontei thus they jangle and ttcte,
Aa lewed pq>le demea comunly
Of tfaingea, thatbcn made more nibdlly
Than they can in tdr lewedneaae comprehende,
They demen gladly to the badder ende.
AJid aata at hem woodred on the nufrour,
lliat bom wai up in to the maiiter tdur,
How men migbte in it awidie thingea aec*
Another answered, and layd, " It might wel be
Naturelly by compoaitiona
Of aisles, and of slie refleclions i"
And aalde that In Rome waa swiche on.
Tbey apeke of Alhaien and Vitellon,
And Aristotle, that writen in hir lives
Of quriote mjrroura, and of prospectiTea,
As knowen they, that ban hir bookca herd.
And other ff^k han wondred on the swerd,
That wolde percen thurghoul every thing :
And fell in apeche of Telephus tbe king.
And of Acbillea for his qudnle «pere,
For he coude with it bathe hebi and dere,
Bight in swicbc wise as men may with the swerd.
Of which light now ye have youraelven herd.
Ibey speken of aondry harding of metall.
And spring of medicines therwitball,
And how, and whan it shuld yhaided be,
Which ia unknow algslea untu me.
Tho speken they of Canacees ting,
And nideo all, that swiche a wonder thing
Of ciall of ringes herd they never non,
Sare that he Moiaea and king Salomon
Hadden a Dame of conning in iwiebe art.
Thus aain tbe peple, and drawen hem apart.
But natheles torn saiden that it was
Wonder to maken of feme ashen glas.
And yet is glas nought Uke oahen <rf'feme.
But for tbey ban yknowen it bo feme,
TMrt»n ceaeth hir jangling and hir wonder.
Aa sore wondren som on cause of thonder.
On ebbe and floud, on goasomer, and on miaC,
And on all thing, til diiil the csum ia wist.
lima janglen tbey, and demen and devise,
TH that the Mug gan fro hia bord arise.
I%ebus had) left the angle meridional,
And yet ascending was the bea(« real.
The gentil Leon, with his Aldtian,
Wban that thia Tartre king, this Cambuaean,
Roae from his bord, ther as he aat fill liie :
Befome him goth the loudc minstialcie,
Til he come to bis chambre of paretnents,
Ther aa they lounden dims iustnunenia,
That it ia like an beven for to bere.
Now dauncen luaty Venua cbildiwi dera
For in the Fisb hir lady aet ful-hie.
And loketb on hem with a frendly eye.
Thia noble king is set upon his trone ;
"his straunge knight is fet to him fiji sane,
ind on the daunce he goth with Canace.
Here ia the revell and the jolitec,
That U not able a dull man Co devise :
nuat han knowen love and hia aervise.
And ben a festlich nun, as fresh as May,
Tiiat abulde you deviien swicbe array.
Who coude tellen you the forme of dauncea
o uncouth, and bo freahe contenaunces,
wiche subtil lokinga and dissimulitigs,
'or dred of jaloua mennea appen»iving9 ?
lo nun but T«uncelot, and he is ded.
Tberibre I passe over all this luatyhed,
I say no more but in this jolinesse
I lele hem, til men to the soupcr hem dresse.
The ateward bit the apicea for to hie
And eke the win, in all thia melodie ;
Tbe usherB and the aquierie ben gon.
They ete and drinke, and whan this had an end,
'Into the temple, aa reson was, tbey wend :
"he service don, tbey aoupen all by day.
What nedeth you rehenen hir array ?
Iche man wot wel, that at a kinges feat
a plenlee, to the moat and to the lent.
And deinteea mo than ben in my knowing.
At after aouper gotb tliia noble king
To Been tfais hOn of bms, with all a route
Of lordea and of ladies him aboute.
Swiche wondring was ther on this honi of bra^
That sin the gret assege of Troye was,
Ther as men wondred on an hors also,
S'e was ther swiche a wondring, as was tho.
But finally the king asketh the knight
Tbe vertue of this couiwr, and the might.
And praied him to tell IBs govemaunce.
This hoiB anon gan fur to trip and dauncs.
Whan tlul tbe knight laid bond up on hia rein.
And saide, " Sire, ther n'is no more to aain,
whan you liat to riden any where,
n trill a
IB ere.
Which 1 ghal tellen you belwiit
Or to what contree that you list to ride.
" And whan ye come ther as you list abide.
Bid him descend, and trill another pin,
(Fortherinlieth tbe effect of all the gin)
And he wol doun descend and don your will.
And in that place he wol abiden atill :
Though al the world had the conrrary swoie,
He ahal not thennes be drawe ne be bore.
Or if you list to bid him Ibennea gon,
Trille this pin. and he vrol vani^ anon
Out of the sight of every maner wight,
And come agen, be it by day or night,
Whan that you list to clepen him agaip
In swicbe a guise, aa I ahal to you sain
Betwiien you and ate, and that ful sons.
Ride whan you list, ther n'la no more to done."
Enfourmed whan the king was of the knl^
And hath conceived in his wit aright
ie maner and the forme of all tUs thing,
il glad and blith, thia noble doughty long
Repaireth to hia revel, aa befbme.
The bridel ia in to tbe lour yhome;
THE SQUIERES TALE.
And kept ■moiif tax jeweb lefe and den :
The ban vanisln, 1 n'ot in what nuiuere,
Out of bir nglit, je get do more of ids :
But thus I lele in liui and jolJtH
71u9 Cuubuscan bis lordcs ffstoyingi
HI tbM wf I nigh the daj began to spring.
Hie uorice of digestion, tin slepe,
Gan on hem winke, and bed bem taken kepe,
TIuu mochcl drinke, and labour wol hare rest ;
And iriih a galping mouth hem all he keat.
And aid, " tbat it was time lo lie adoun.
For blood vvs in bis domiDatioiui :
Cberidietb blood, natures freod," quod be.
Thej thanken him galping, b; two by Ibreu j
And enxj wigbt gan dnwe liiai to bis rest,
Ai ilepe hem bade, they tokc it for the best.
Hir dremes thul not now be told for me ;
Fill were hir heda of f lunoiitee,
That cmuseth dreme, of which ther is no diarge.
They slepen til that it was prime Urge,
Tit mostf put, but it were Canace ;
Sbe w» ful meaurable, as womeo be.
For of hire Grtber had she take hire leye
To gon to rest, sone after it was eie ;
Hire liate not appalled for to be,
Nor on the morwe unfestliche for to see i
And slept hire firste slcpe. and than awoke.
For swicbe ■ jaje she in hire berte toke
Both of hire quaote ring, and of hire mimnir.
Thai twenty time she cbaunged hire colour ;
And in hin: slepe right for tlie imprenion
Of hire mimnir dK had n vision.
Vbcrfore, or that the Sonne gan up glide,
Sbe clepetb upon hire maiatrene hire beside.
And saide, tbat hire luste for to arise.
TUie old women, tbn ben gladly wis^
As is Ure maistresse, answwed hire anon.
And said ; " Madame, wbiidh- wol ye gou
Tbus eriy ? for die folk ben all in reM."
" I wol." quod ihe, " arisen (for me leat
No taoget for to slepe) and walken aboute."
Hire maJstrcaGe clepetb women • gret route.
And up they riten, wel a ten or twelve ;
Up riseth fr«she Canace bireaelTe.
As rody and bright, as the yonge sonne,
Tliat in Ifae Ram is foure degreee yronne ;
No higher was he, whan she redy was ;
And forth she walketb enly a paa.
Anayed after tbe lusty stsun sot*
Uginely fiH- to playe, and walken on fote,
Kaigbi bat with Ets or sie of her meiDie;
Atvl £d a trencbe forth in the park goth she.
The vapour, which thai fro the ertbe glode,
Haketfa the soniie to seme tod; and brode i
Bui natfaeles, it was so faire a sight,
TbM it made all hir hertes for to light.
What fur Ihe sesoo, and tbe morweulng.
And fcA- tbe foules that she herde sing.
For right anoD she wiste what they ment
Bight by bir song, and knew al hir anient.
Tbe knottc, why tbat CTcry tale is lolde,
If it
dtiltl:
Of bem, that ban it berkened after yore,
Tbe aaTaDT paSKth erer lenger the moie,
Pflr fbisumnene of tbe prolixitec ;
And by thM nnw mon thinketh ma
I ahuld unto tbe knotte eondescende,
And maken of hire walking soae an ende.
Amidde a tree for-dty, at white aa chalk,
Ther sat a faucon over hire bed fill bie.
Tbax wiih a pilous voii so gan to crie.
That all the wood reiouned of hire cry.
And beten had hireself so (Hlously
With bothe hire winges, til the rede blood
Ran endelong tbe tree, ther at she stood.
And ever in an alway she cried and shri^il^
And with hire bek bireselven sbe no Iwigbt,
That ther n'is tigre, ne no crtiel beet.
Thai dwellech other in wood, or in foi«l.
That n'olde han wept^ if that be wepen coude.
For Borwe of hire, she shrigfat alway so loude.
If that be coude a fisucon well docrive.
That berde of iwiche another of fayreneaae
As wel of plumage, as of genlileaae.
Of shape, of all that migbt yrckencd be.
A fiiucan peregrine semed she
Of fremde lond, and ever as sbe Mood,
She swouned now and now for lack of blood.
Til wel ndgh is she fallen fro the tree.
This iaire kinges dougbter Canace,
That on hire finger bare tbe mtdnle ring,
Thui^h whid) she understood wel every tUng
That any foule may in Ins leden sain.
And coude answeie him in hii leden again.
Hath underslonden what tbU jitucon aeyi.
And wel ndgh for tbe routbe ahnoet she deyd :
And to the tree she goth fill hanily.
And on this ftucon Toketb pitoualy.
And held hire 1^ ibrode, for wel she wiu
Hie faucon musle fiillen from the twitt
Wban that she swouned neit, for &ute of blood.
longe wliile to waiten hire abQ at
HI at
lelasttt
Unto the hauk, as ye sbul after here.
" What is tbe cause, if it he for to tell.
That ye ben in tbis furial peine of hell ?"
Quod Canace imto this hauk above ;
'e of deth. or losse of love? .
Forai
Tbat CBuaen most • gentil berte wo.
Of other haime it nedeth not lo spekc.
For ye yourself upon yourself awreke.
Which preveth wel, that other ire or dreda
Mote ben encheson of your cruel dede.
Sin that I se non other wight you chace.
For the love of God. as doth jourselveo gmOB;
Or what may be your beipe ? for weM ne est
Ne saw I never er now no brid ne best.
That ferde with himself so pitously.
Ye ale me wiih your sorwe veraily,
I baie of you so gret compassioun.
For Goddes love come &o the tree adonn ;
And as I am a kinges dougbter trewe.
If that I veraily tbe causes knewe
Of your disese, if it lay in my might.
1 wold amend it, or that it were night.
As wisly help me Ihe gret God of kind.
And heibes shal I ri^t ynou^ yfind.
To elen with your buitea hastily."
Tbo ehright tins fimcon yet more pitously
Than ever ^e did, and fell to ground anoo,
And lith aawoune. as ded aa liih a Mou,
Til Canace hatb in hire lappe hire lake.
Unto that time aha gan of iwoune awake ;
And ifier that ihe out of ivouiw dnvide,
Aigbt in hire haukes leden thus Bhe nydx.
" That pitee renneih wne in gratil herte
(Feljng bii umilitude in peiius unerte)
la proved iille day, at men nuy see,
As wel bj weriLe aa by auctoriteet
For gentil heite kiclieth gentillesie.
I Ke we], that ye have on my diatjcue
Compassion, my faire Canace,
Of veray womanly benigniwe.
That nature in your principles bath set
But for Don hope lor to fare the bet,
But fur to obey unto your herte free.
And for to maken other yware by me,
Ab by the whelpe chiatioed is the leon,
Right for that cauae and that conclusion.
While that I have a leiser and a space,
Min hanoe I wol coofessen er I pace."
Andei
'etold,
That other wept, a:
HI that the faucon bad hire to be still,
And with a ake right thua she said hire tilt.
" Ther I was bred, :slas that iike day I )
And fostred in a rw^ of marble gray
what n
! fu! high under the ikie.
" Tho dwelled a ten^elet me faste by,
Ihal Bemed welle of olle gentillesse,
Al were be ful of trvson and fajwnesw.
It was so wrapped under bumble cherc,
And under hew of tn>uth in swiche msnere.
Under pletance, and under besy peine.
That no wight coud have wend he coude leine,
So depe in greyn he died his coloures.
Right as a serpent hideth him under floures,
Til he may see tui time for to bite i
Right so this god of loves hypooite
Doth BO his ceremonieB and obeisance,
And kepeth in semblaunt alle hts obeervi
That souneth unto gentillnesse of loie.
Ab on a^tomhe is all the foire above,
And under is Che corps, swiche as ye wote;
Swiche was this hypocrite both cold and hotc^
And in this wite be aerved his entent.
That, save the fend, non wiste what he meat :
TU he BO long had weped and complained,
Atld many a yere hi« service to me &ined)
Till that min herte, to pilous and to nice,
Al innocent of his crowned malice,
For-fered of his deth, as thoughte me.
Upon bis othes and his seuretee,
Grounted him love, on this conditioun,
Tbat evermo min honour and renoun
Were saved, botbe privee and apert ;
Thil is to uy, that, after his desert,
1 yave him all min herte and all my though^
(God wote, and he, that other wayea nought)
And lolte his herte in chounge of min for ay.
But Bodk is Boid, goo flithen is many a day,
A trewe wight and a thecf thinken not on.
■■ And whan be saw the thing bo fer ygou,
That I had granted him fiiUy my love.
In swiche a guise as 1 have sud above.
And yeven him my trewe herte as free
As he swore tliat he yaf his herte to me.
Anon this tigre, ful of doubleneaae,
Fell on his knees with bo gret humblesse,
With so high reverence, as by his chen.
So like a gnitil lover of nnnere,
Sn Lamech was, that alderflnt began
To loven two, as writen folk befome,
Ne never sitben the firat man was home,
He coude man by twenty thousand part
It pfHnt deviae.
Ne were worthy to unbode his galocbe,
Ther duublenesse of faining shuld approcbe,
Ne coude bo thanke a wight, OB he did me.
So painted he and kempt, at
As wcl his wordes, oi ' *
And I BO loved him for his obeisance.
And for tbe trouthe I demed in his herte.
That if BO were that any thing him smerte,
Al were it never so lite, and 1 it wist,
Me thought I felt deth at myn herte twinl^
And shortly, so feiforth this thing is went.
That my will was bis willea instrument ;
Tliis ia to Bay, my will obcied bis will
n fill,
Keping tbe boundes of my worBhip
Ne never had I thing so left, ne le
As him, God wot, ne never ibal nt
" This lasteth tenger than a yere
That T supposed of iiim nought but good.
But finally, thus at the last it stood.
That fortune wolde that he muste tw
Out of that place, wbi<
Wher
lo quesi
make of it description.
For o thing dare I tellen boldely,
I know w^ is the peine of deth thetby,
Swiche harme I felt, for be ne might bylem.
" So on a day of me he toke his leve,
So sorwelul eke, that 1 wend veraily.
That he had felt as mochel harme as I,
Whan that I herd him speke, and sawe his hewe.
But nathelea, I thought be was so trewe.
And dte that he ivpaiien shuld again
Within a litel while. Both to sain.
And reson wold eke that he muste go
For his honour, as often happeth so,
lliat I made vertue of uecessitee.
And toke it wel, na that it muste be.
Ab I best might, I hid fro him my sorwe,
And toke him by the bond, Seint John to borwe.
And said him thus ; ' Lo, I am youies all,
Beth swiche as I have ben to you and sfaalL'
What he answcrd, it
Who<
Whan he hath al w
Therfore behoveth
That shol ete with .
" So at the last he muste forth his way.
And forth he Reeth, til he come ther him lest.
Whan it came him to purpoa for to r«at,
I trow that he had tbiike text in mind.
That alle thing repairing to tus kind
Gladeth himself ; thus sain men as I gesse :
Men loven of propre kind newefangelnease.
As briddea don, tliat men in cages ^de.
For though thou night and day uke of hem bode.
And sDvv hir cage tfoire and aoA as silke.
And give hem Bugre, hony, bred, and milke.
Yet right anon ai that his dore Is up,
H* wilb his tttt wol ^uman douD his cupi
THE ASSEMBLY OF FOWLS.
And to the wood be wol, tad wocma ete ;
So nrwc&ngel ben tbej <it hir mete,
And loren Dovelteea of pnpre kind ;
No gentiUefloe of blood zw may item bind,
" 3d ferd thii tercdet, alu the day !
TlDugh he were geotil borne, uid tnah, and gvf,
And good]; for to eecn, and humble, and ft«^
He I
»fl«.
And aodent J be lored thii kite ao.
That all him loi« ia dene Era me ago :
And batfa tu mnittae Uoed in this wiie.
Thus bath the kite mj love in hir* aerTice,
And I am lorn withoutcn remedy, "
And with that word this fiuictin gan to ciy.
And (wounetfa eft in Canaceei baime.
Givt waa the HH-we tor that tiaukea harmc,
Tint Canace and all hire women made ;
Tbe; n'isten bow they might tbe liuicon glade.
Dot Caoace bom bereth hire ia bin lap,
And soAdy in plannc gan hire wrap,
Tho- aa ibe with hire bek lud hurt hueaelTe.
Now cannot Canace but berba delve
Out of tlie grotind, and ntaken aalvea newe
Of bolica preoous and fine of liewe.
To bden with thii hauk ; fro dfty to night
Sbe doth biic beaintji, and all hire might.
And liy hiiv beddev bed ihe made a mew.
And covered it with veloueCtee blew.
In lagoe of trouth, that ii in woman aene ;
And all without tbe mew i« peinted grene.
In whKh were peiuted all tliiw Use foulo,
Aa ben ttuK ti^ei, tercelettei, and owie* ;
And piea, on hem for to cry and chide,
Bigfat for deapil were printed hem beride.
Thiu letf I Canace hire hauk kepiug.
I ml no more aa now ipeke of bin ring,
Til it come eft to purpoa tor to Min,
How that thb bucon gat hire love again
Repentant, aa tbe story telleth ua,
By mediation of Camballiu
Tbe kingea sone, of which that I you fold-
But iiBinesforth 1 wol my proceMe hold
Tospeke of aveniures, and of bataillee,
Tbrt yet w«a never herd >o gret merrailles.
Fint wol I leilen yuu of Cambuacan,
Tbal in his time many ■ dtee wan :
And after wot I ipeke of Algainf,
How that be wan Tlieodarm to bi« wif.
For whom ful ofl in gret peril he wao,
Xe iiad be ben holpen by tbe hon of braa.
And after wol I ipeke of CambaUo,
That fought in liites with the brethren two
For Canace, er that he might hire winne.
And tfaer I left 1 wol again beginne.
THE ASSEMBLY OF FOWLS.
All fiiwla are gathered befinv nature on S. Valen-
tine* day, to chuie tbeir makes. A foimell eagle,
being bclov'd of three terceli, requireth a yean
reapile to uttke ber choice : upon Ibis trial, ^i
bw aime tard aublk i he that lovetli welt, ii slow
lDf<«Bet.
Tn lyfe so abctt, tfaa cnft so long to Itme,
lite dreadfiil joy, alway that fiit so yim^
All tbia mean 1 by Lore, that my fteling
Astooieth with his wonderful wokyng,
8o sore I wit, that whan I on him think.
Naught wete I wel, whether I flete or sink.
For all be that I know not Love in dedc,
Ne wot bow that he quiteth folke hir hire.
Yet happeth me full oA in bookes rede
Of his myrades, and of hi* crucU ire,
There rede I well, he wol be lorde and lire :
I dare not say his Btrokeo be sore.
But God aave loch a lorde, I can no more.
Of viage, what for lust and what for lore.
On bookes rede I of, as I you told.
But wherfore speake I all this ? naught yora
Agon, it happed me to behold
Upon a booke was iwritten with letten old.
And therevpon a certun thing lo leme.
The long day, full fast J radde and yenie.
For out of the old fieldes, aa men suth,
Commeth >1 this new eome fro yere to yere.
And out of old bookes, in good faith,
Conuneth all this new sdenoe that mat lera,
But now lo purpose, as of this mattere.
To rede forth it gan me so delite.
That all that day, ma (bought it but a lite.
TliiB booke of which I Tnake mencion.
Entitled wu right thus, an I shall tell,
Tullius, of Ihe dreame of Sdpion :
Chapiters seven it had, of heaven and hell.
And yeartb, and soules that therein dwell.
Of which as shortly ss I can it treate,
Of his seatence I woU you ssine the greate.
Fust telleth it, whan Scipion was eome
In Affricke, bow he meteth Mcaainisse,
That him for joy, in ormea bath inome,
Than telleth he ber speach and all Ihe bb'sse.
That was betwixt hem til Ihe day gsn mine.
And bow his auncester AffKkan to dere,
Gan in hi* slepe that night tit him appere.
Than telleth it, that from a sterrie place.
How ASnkan bath him Canage shewed.
And warned him before of all hi< grace.
And said him, what man lered eytber leude.
That loveth common profile well itbeude.
He should into a blisfiill place wend,
Tlwre aa the joy i* without any end.
Than asked he, if fbike that here been dede
Have lite, and dwelling in another place?
And AffHkan Mid Ye, without any drede,
And how our preH:nt lives space,
Ment but a msner death, what way we trace.
And rightfull fulfce, diull gan after they die
To heaven, and shewed him the GaUxie.
Than shewed he him, the little Yerth that beie i*
To regard of the Heavens quintile.
And after shewed be faym the nine speiis.
And after that the melodie beard he.
That commeth oTthilke speies tbiise three.
That Welles of musicke been and melodie
In this wmld here, and cauat of armome.
4S CH,
Than aaid he him, wdb 'EtrA was to lite
Aud full of tounnent, uid of bald gnce.
That be ne ahould him in thii world delite :
Than told he him, in certaJD jen» space,
That every Metre should come into his place.
There it hbs Gist, and all should out of mind.
That in this world is done of all TM»t-iT»l
Than prated him Scipion, to tell him all
The way to come into that Heaven blisie,
And he said : " Einrt know thy selfe immmtall.
And loke sie busely, tbst thou werche and wine,
To common profile, and thou shalt not misBe
To come swiftly vnto thsl place dere,
IlkBt ftill of bhsse is, and of soulea dere,
'■ And brealten of the law, soth to saine.
And likerous folke, after that they been dede.
Shall whirle about the world, alway in peine
Till many a world be passed out of drede.
And than JtHyeTen all hir wicked dede.
Than afaullen they come to that blisfuU place.
To which to comen, Ood send thee grace."
TIk day gan fallen, and the darke nigbl.
That revetfa beoita &om bir businesses
Beraft me my boiA for lacke of light.
And to my bedde I gan me for to dresae.
Fulfilled of thought and busie heauinase.
For both I bad thyng, which that I nold.
And eke 1 ne had that thing that I widd.
But finally my gpirite at last.
For weary of my labour all that day,
Toidce rest, that made me to Uepe fta^
And in my sleepe 1 met, so that I say.
How Afinkan, light in the selfe any
That Scipion him saw, before that tide,
Was come, and stode right at my beds side.
The wood ayen his lund goeCh anone.
The judge dremeth, bow his plees be spedde.
The carter dremeth, how his cartes gone.
The rich of gold, the knight fight with his fone.
The acke'mecte he drinketh of the tonne.
The lorer mette he hath hia lady wonne.
Can I not saine, if that the cause were,
For I had radde of AffHkan befome.
That made me to mete that he stood tbere,
But thus said he ; " Thou bast thee so wel borne
In looking of mine old booke all to tome.
Of which Macmbie raugfat not a lil^
That some dele of thy labour would I quit&"
Cithern, thou blisful lady swete.
That with thy fire brond, daunteat whan the lest
Hiat madest me this sweren for to mete.
Be thou my helpe in this, for thou nuist beat.
As wisely as I sdgb the north northwest,
Whan I began my sweven for to write.
So yere me might to rime it and endite*
Tins afbresaid AAikan me ben( anone.
And forthwith him to a gate brought.
Right of a parke, walled with grene stone.
And over the gate, with letters lerge iwrought.
There wate TBne ywritten as me thought
On either balfc, of full great diB«rence,
or which I shall you say the playne sentence :
" Through me men gon into dw blisful place
Of faertea beale and dedly wounda cure.
Through me men gon into the weU of grace.
There grene and luaty May shall ever endure.
This is the way to all good auenture.
Be glad thou reader, ^ thy aorow offcast.
All open am I, pane in and spede (hec &sL"
'■ Through me men gon " (than tptke the other
" Unto the mortall gtiokea of the speare, [side)
Of which disdainB and danger is the gide.
There never tree shall ftuit ne leaves beare.
This streme you ledetb to the sorowful were.
There as the Rsh in pryson ii all dry.
The eschewing is onely the remedy."
These verses of gold and asure ywritten wearei
Of which 1 gan astonied to bebold.
For with that one encreased oU mj) tmn.
And with that other gan my herte to Ixdd,
That one me het, diat other did me cold,
No wit had 1 for errour for to chesc^
To enter or Aie, or me to save or lese.
Right as betwene adamants two,
or even wdght, a peace of jntn set
Ne hath no might to move to ne fto.
For what that one may bale that other let.
So fared I, that J nist where me was b«c
To entre or leave, till ASrtkan my gide.
Me bent and shove in at the gales wide.
And said, " It itandetb written in thy tmee,
Hilne errour, though thou tell it not me.
But dread tliee not to come into this place.
For this writing is nothing meant by thee,
Ne by none, but he Loves servaunt bee.
For thou of love host lost thy last I gesse.
As sicke man hath, of swete and bittemesse.
'■ But natbdcB, although thou be dull,
lliat thou canst not doe, yet mayst tbou let.
For many a man that may not Wand a pull.
Yet liketh it him at the wrestlyng for to be.
And demeth yet, whether be doe bet, or he.
And if thou haddeet connyng for tendite,
I shall thee shew matter of to write."
And with that my hand in his he toke anon.
Of which I comfort caught, and went in bst.
But Lonl so I was glad, and well b^on.
For oucr all, where I mine iyen cast.
Were trees clad with leaues, that lue shal but
Ecfae in bis kind, with colour ftiah and grene.
As emeiaude, that joy it was to seoe.
The bilder oke, and eke the hardy asshe.
The piller elme, the coSre vnto caraine.
The boie pipe tree, holme to whips laashe,
The SBJiing 6rre, the dpres death to plaine.
The shooter ewe, the aspe for shafles plaine.
The oliue of peace, and eke the dronken vine.
The victor palme, the laurer to diuine.
A garddn saw I, full of bloaamed bowii,
Upon a rirer, in a grene mede.
With floures white, blewe, yelowe, and red.
And cold Welle streames, nothing dede.
Thai swommen ftill of smale fishc* light.
With Bnnm redv, and scales silver bright.
THE ASSEMBLY OF FOWLS.
On emy bough the biidea beui I sng,
WBii Toicv of angell, in bir ajmoniCt
Thai busied bem, hii bu-dea forth to bring,
Tbt little preltj cooica to hir plaj gmn Me,
Ani further all about I gan eHpiCf
The dredful roe. the buck, the hut, and hind,
Bijuiiieh, and beaitt Bmall, of gentle kind.
Of instrnmeuts (^ Mringei in accord,
Hcwd I so pla;, a raTiihing iwetneaie,
Thai God, thM maker U of all and Lorde,
Ht beard nerer better, as I gene,
Therewith a wind, unnath it might be lene,
Made in tbe leaTes grene a noise soft,
Aecoidanl to the fiKiles song on loft.
llie ain of tbe place M> attempre wa>
That nercr wsa tber gmiauce of hot ne cold.
Then 'waa eke erery bolume ipice and giaa,
Tet was there more joj o thousand fold,
Tlao I can tell or ever could or might,
Tliav ia eim- clere da;, and neret night.
UadB- a ti«e, beaide a well I sej
Cnpide our lorde, his aiTOwra forgt and file,
Ai^ at hi* feete his bowe alread; lay,
And weH hi* doughto tempred all llw while
The beddea in tbe well, with her wile
Sbe cooched hem after, a* tbejr'ehould serra
s anon right.
And of Array, Lust, Beauty, and Curtesie,
And of tlM Craft, that can hath the nu^
To doBie by force, a wight to done fblie :
Dirfgured wh she, I will not lie.
And by himseWe, rader an oke I gexn,
Sawe I IMite, that stood with Gentlenesae.
Than law I Beanty, widi a nice attire.
And Youth, full of game and jolilee,
Poole Hardineaie, Platterie, and Desire,
Mwwgrrii^ Hede, and other three,
Hir Danes ihall mt hoe be told for me,
And Tpon {rillen great of jasper long,
I mtn a temple of inrasBe ilbunded strong.
And about tbe temple dauneed alway
WooMtt inow, of which some there were
Pan trf* bonseif, and some of hem were gay,
la kirtila all disbeueled went they there,
HM wa* Itair office euer, fro yere to yere,
And oo tbe temide, taw I white and folrt^
Of dmes attting many a tboimnd paire.
And before tbe temple doore full soberly,
DauK Pew lat, a curtaine in her bonde.
And her beode wmider disctetly,
DaiDc Pacienct^ sitting there I fonde,
Whh bee pale, Tpon an hill of wmde,
Aad ahho- next, within and without,
Btbat and Arte, and of her foike a rout.
I euery berte for to bren,
Ornewe flambe, and well eapicd I then,
TiMlall (becaaacofarnvwca, thattbeydrie,
CoMc of (b> btltcr goddcaa Jaloiuir.
The god Priapu*. nw I a* I went
Withm the temple, in souerain place Blond,
In such array, as whan the aste him ihent
With crie by night, and with sceptre in bond.
Full busilie men gan assay and fond,
Upon bis hedde to »t of sondrie hewe,
Oiilandes ftill of fireshe flouiea newe.
And in a priuie comer, in disport
Pound I Venus, and her porter Richesse,
That was lull noble, and baut«i of her port,
Darke was that place, but after lightnesae
I sawe a lite, Tnnethes, it might be lesae.
And DD a bed of gotde «he lay to rest,
nil that the bote Sonne gan to wen.
Her gilte beeres, with a gold threde
Ibound were, vnttessed ai abe lay.
And naked ftvm the bmt vnio the hede.
Men might her see, and sothly for to mj,
Tbe remnaunt, couered well to my pay.
Right with a little kercbefe of Valence,
There wm no tMdier clothe of defence.
Tlie place gaue a thousand sauours soote.
And Bacchus god of wine sate her beside,
And Ceres neit, that doeth of hunger boote.
And as I said, a middes lay Cupidc,
To whom on knees, tbe yong folkee cride.
To be thdr helpe, but thus I let her lie.
And farther in tlw temple I gan cspie.
That in dispite of Diane the chaste.
Full many a bowe ibroke hing on the wall,
Of maidens, such as gone hir (imes waste
In her seruice ; and painted ouer all,
Of many a Etoiie, of which I touch aball
A fewe, as of Caliite, and Athalant,
And many a majd, of which the name I want.
Semyramua, Candace, and Herctdes,
Biblis, Dido, Tube, and I^ramua,
Tristram, Isoude, Paris, and Achillea
Helaine, Cleopatre, and IVoilus,
Sylla, and eke tbe mother of Romulus,
All these were psynted on that other ^e.
And all bir loue, and io what pUte they dide.
Whan I waa conunen ayen tnto the place
That I of spake, that was so soote and grene.
Forth walked I tho, my seluen to solace,
11u> waa I wan^ where there sate a queue,
That as of light, the mmroer Sunne sheue
Paaaeth tbe sterre, right so ouer measure.
She Urer was than any creature.
And in a latuid, vpon an hill of floures.
Was let this noble goddesse Nature,
or branches were her balles and her boures
Iwrought, after her craft and her measure,
Ne thoe iiaa foul, that cometh of engendrur^
That there ne were prest, in her presence.
To take tur dome, and yeue hir audience.
For this was on sainct Valentines day.
Whan euery foul cometh to chese hit make,
or euery kind, that men thinke may.
And that so huge a noise gan they make,
That yearth, sea, and tree, and euery lake.
So full waa, that vnncth there was space
For me (o aland, so tliil was all the place.
And right ai Alaine, Id the plaint of kind,
Deui^eth Nature, of aiich araie and face.
Id Boche aray, men miglit her Uiere fijid.
This n(4ile empresse, full of all grace,
Bad euery foulc take liir ownc |ilnce,
As Ibey were ivont nlway, fro ycre to yere,
On aainct Valentines day, atondcn tberc.
That ii to nay, the fuulea of nuinc
Were highest act, ond tlisn the fuulea smalts
That eaten, as that nature would encline.
As worme or thing, of wliich 1 tell no tale.
But water foute sat lowest in the dale.
And foules that liueth by seed sat un the grene,
And that so many, that wonder was to bene.
Tliere might men the royall egle find.
That with hia sharpc looke pereetb the Mn,
And other egles of a lower kind,
Of which that clerkes well deuisen con,
There was the tjTont witli Jiis futlien don,
And grene, I mean the go^haukc that duih pine
To birdea, for his outnigiaus rauine.
Tlie gentle faucon, that with hia fete distteineth
The kings hand, the hardy sperhauke eke,
Tlie quales foe, Che merlion that peincth
Himself full oft the larke for ui seke,
There was the done, with lier iyen meke.
Hie jelous swan, ayenst his deth that singeth.
The oul Ae, that of dcth the bode briog^
The crane, the geanl, with his tramps soune.
The theif the chough, and the cbattHng pie,
The scotning jaie, die elca foe the heroune.
The false lapwing, (ull of trecberie.
The stare, that the counsaile can bewrie.
The lame ruddocke, and the coward kite,
The cocke, that horiloge is of thropea lite.
The «parow Venus BoO, and the nightingale
'Hut cleapeth forth the Onah leaues new.
The Bwalow, murdrer of the bees amale,
'ITiat maken honle of flourea fresh of hew,
Tiie wedded turteil, with his herte true,
Tlie pecocke, with his angel felhers bright,
The fesaunt, scorner of the cocke by night.
The waker gose, the cuckowe eucr vnkind.
The popingeie, full of delicasie,
The dnike, itniier of his onne kind,
Tlie storke, wreker of aduoutiie.
Hie hate comieraunt, ful of glotioiie.
The rauin and the crowe, with her Toyce of care.
The trostell old, and tbc froalie feldfare^
What should I say of fouls of euery kind,
Tlist in Ibis world haue Tethers and stature.
Men might in that place assembled find,
Before that noble goddess of Nature,
And eche uf Ihem did his busie cure,
Benignely to chesc, or for to take
By her accords, bis formdl or bis make.
But to the poind. Nature held on her bond,
A tbrmell egle, of shape the gentUIest,
That eaer she among her workes fond.
The most benigne, and eke the goodliest.
In her was eueiy verloe, at his rest
So fartbith, that Nstun: iier aelfe had bliaae.
To looke on her, and oft her beeke to kiue.
Nature, the vicare of the atmightie Lord,
That hote, colde, heme, light, moist, and drie.
Hath knit, by euen number of acconl.
In easie vcnce, began to speake and say,
" Foules take liede of iriy sentence I pray.
And for your own ease, in fordring of your need.
As iaat as I may speak, I will me speed.
'■ Ye know wei, how on S. Valentines day.
By my statute, and through my goiiemonte.
Ye doe cliese your makes, and after flie away
But nslhclesse, as by ligbtfull ordluaunce.
May 1 not let, for all this world to win,
But he that most wortliiest is, shall begin.
The wise and woi
as ye know full w
.one you all in de:
n euL'ry parte, as it beat liket)i mce,
t nedelli not hia sliape you to devise,
, and ipcaken in his gise.
He shall first chci
" And alter him, by order shall ye cheae.
After your kind, eucHch as you liketli.
And as your hap is, shall ye win or lose.
But which of you, that loue most cntriketh,
God sende him licr, tliat sorest for him nketb :"
And tlierewithal], the tercel] gan she call.
And said, " My soonc Ihe choiso is to thee fall.
" But natbclcsse, in thia condidoil
Muat be the choice, of eueriche that is Itere,
That she agree (o Iiis clccllon.
Who so he be, that should been her fere.
This is our vsage alway, fro yerv to yere.
And who so may at this time haue his grace.
In blisfuU time he came into thia place."
With bed enclined, and with ful humble cbere.
This roial tercell afiake, and taried nought,
" Unto my soueiaine lady, and not my fere,
I clKMe and chese, with will, hcite, and thought,
Tim fonnell on your hand, so wel iwroughc.
Whose I am all, and euer will hiT aenie.
Doe what her luste, to doe me liue or stenie.
" Besechyng her of mercy, and of grace.
As she that is my ladie sovcrain.
Or let me die here present in this place.
For certes long may I not liue in pain.
For in my herte is coruen euery vain,
Hauing regard onely to my trouth.
My dere herte, haue on my wo some roulh.
" And if I be found to her »ntrue,
Disobeiaaunt, or wilfull negligent,
Auauntour, or in processe loue a newe,
1 piay to you this be my judgement.
That with these foules I be all to rent.
That like day that she me eucr find
To her mtrue, or in my gilte vnkind.
•■ And sith Chat none louetb ber so well ai I,
Although sbe neuer of toue me bchet,
Tlian ought ^e be mine through her mercy,
For other bonde can I none on her knet :
For weU nor wo neucr shaU I let
To seruc her, how farre so thai she wende.
Say what you lict, my talc is at an eudu."
THE ASSEMBLY OF FOWLS.
Righl u tbe Trah ivdde row newe,
Against the sommer Sunne coloured i^
Right » for shsme bU waxen gso tbe hewe
Of this formetl, wban she bonl ill thii,
N'dLher she answerde Hell, ne said amisr
So lore atxHbed ma ahe, till tltat Nature
Said, " Dou^iler drede jfou uoty I jou aanire."
Aoother tercell egle spake uion,
Of lower kind, and laid " That should not be,
1 kue hcT better than jre doe, b; saioct John,
Ot at the least 1 loue her as well ai je,
And lengcr haue senied her in my d^ree.
And if ibe should haue loued for long louiag,
To me alocie had be the guerdoaing.
<• I dare eke atj, if she me finde ialie,
Unkind Janvier, or rebel! in any wiw,
Or jdotia, doe me bang by the iialsc.
And but I beare me iit her seruisc .
Tbe thini tercell egle asswerde tho,
" Now srs, ye see the little leaser here.
For euery fbule crieth out to be ago
Forth aritb his make, or with his Udy dere :
And eke Nature her self ne will not here
Fer taiying ber, not half that I would sey.
Aid but I ipeake, I must fur sorrow dey.
Jt 1 n
ae to die to day.
" Of long sendee
But as ponible is me to dje to day.
Foe wo, as he that halh be langmshing
This twentjr winter, and wel it happen :
In li«lf a year, although it wi
P»!'>
in doth, that hath serred fiill yore.
" I oe say not thi* by me, for I ne can
Do DO SETlice that may my lady pleose.
But I date aay, I am her Crewest man,
Ai to my dome, and fainest wold bet pteaie':
At short wordes, till that dcsth me cease,
I wiU be bers, whether I wake or winke,
And trewe in all that herte may belhinke."
Of al ni7 life s'th that da; I was borne,
So gentle plee in love or other thing,
Xe hade nerer no man me befome,
Who so that bad loser and conning
For to leheane their cbere, and their speaking,
And from the morrow gan this ipech lut,
TU doiKDwanl went the Sunne wonder bat.
The noyve of fbtdea for to be deliverd,
So Idim^ rang, " Hsre don and let vs wend."
Tint well weend I, tbe wood had al to shiverd :
" Conw off," they cryd, " alas, ye will us abend,
Whao Gfaal your cuned pleding have an end.
How should a judge either party leue,
F« ye or nay, nilhout any preue 7"
The goos, the duck, and the cuckow also,
So cried " Keke, keke, Cuckow, Quekequeke hie,'
Through mine earea tbe nmse went tho.
The gooa said than, " Al this nys worth a flie.
But T cmn shape hereof a remedie.
And irill say my Terdjte, faire and swilhe,
For water foule, wbmo be wroth or blilbe."
" And I for wonn fixile," nid the fole cuckow
" For I will of mine own aulborite.
For common spede, lake on me the ctiarge now,
For lo deliver us, it is great charile."
" Ye may abide a while, yet perde,"
Quod the turtel, " if it be your will,
A wight may speak, it were as good be still.
" I am a sede foule, one tbe vnwoithieat,
That wote I weU, and leest of conning.
But better is that a wights ton^^e rest.
Than entrenietc him of such doing
Of which he neither rede can nor sing,
And who so it doth, full foule himself acloyeth.
For office vncoDunitled oft aonayeth."
Nature, which that alway had an ears,
To murmure of the leirdenease behind.
With bcond voice said, " Hold your tongues ther
And I shall Boone, I hope, a counsule find.
You for to deliver, and fio this noyse unbind ;
I charge of cuery flock ye shiUI one call.
To say the verditeof you foule* all."
Asaented were to this conclusion,
Tbe birdes at) : and fbules of ravine
Have chosen first by plaine election.
The tercelet of the taucon to define
All bir sentence, and ss bim lust to termine.
And to Nature him they did present,
And tbe accepttth bim with glad entent.
The tercelet said than in this manere,
" F'ull hard it were lo preve it by reason.
Who loueth best this gentle formetl her^
For eveiich bath such repUcatioun,
That by skils may none be brought adoun,
1 cannot see tiiat ailments avadle.
Than seemeth it there must be battaile. "
" All ready," quod these eagle tercels tho :
" Nay sirs," quod he, " if that I durst it say.
Ye do me wrong, my tale is not ydo :
For sirs, taketh nat a greefe I pray.
It may not be as ye would, in this way,
OuiB is tiie voice, that have the chai);e in hand.
And to the judges dome ye muat stand.
" And therefore peace I say, as to my wit,
Me would thinke, how that the worthiest
Of knighthood, and lengest had vsed it.
Most of estate, of blood the gentillcst,
Were fitting for her, if that her lest.
And of these three, she wole her selfe I trow
Which that be be, for it is light to know."
The water foules have their beads laid
Togider, and of short aviaement,
Wban everiche had this verdite said.
They said sootbly all by one assent.
How tliat the gooa, with the facond genl.
That so desireth to pronounce our nede,
Shal tel her tale, and praid to Ood her spede.
And for these water foules tho began
The goose to speake. and in her cakcting,
She said, ■■ Peace now, take keep every man,
And herken which a reason I shall forth bring, -
My witte 19 sharpe, 1 love no tarrying,
I say I rede him, tlio he were my brother,
But she will love him, let him tovc aiio&er."
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53 C
" ho here B parflte naton of ■ gaou,"
^od the sperhauke, " neuer mote iha tbee,
1/0 fuch ■ thing it is to hxTe ft tongue low :
I^Dw porde foole, yet were it better for tbea
Hkue beld thj peace, tlum ahewd tby mcet«,
It lietb nat in his wit, nor in hi> will,
3tit sooth is mid, > fool caonot b« still. "
The laughter aroae of gentin foulesall,
And right anone the seed fbulei cho*ea bad
The turtle true, and gan ber to hem call,
And placed her to say the sooth sad
Of thii matter, and asked what she rad ?
And gbe aniwerd, that plainly hs- entait
^he would iheWt and sootiily what she meat.
The turtle said (and wei for
1 Though that bis bdy eraioore be stnunge,
Tet let him serre her alvay, till he be deed,
Forsoqth, I praise nut the gooses reed.
For tbo she died, I would none other make,
J will be hen, till tlmt the death me take."
♦' Well jbourded," ^uod the duck, " by my hM>
That men should love alway causelesse.
Who can a reasqn find, of wit in that,
Daunceth he merry that is mirthlesiie.
Who should recke of that is relchtesee,
Te qu^e yet," quod the duck, " full well and &ir,
lliate be mg (terret in the skje tliaii a pair."
" Now fle cbtirle," quod the gentle tercelet,
" Out of the dunghill came that word aright,
Thou canst opt see which thing is wcil beset,
Tbou farest by love as oiiles do by light.
The day hem blindeth, full well they sep by night,
^liy kind is of so low wretchednessi
TlMt what loye is, thou canst not se nor gess."
Tbo gan the cuckow put bim forth in preae^
For foufe that eatetb worme, and said bliue i
" So I," quod be, " may have my make in peacl^
I retdi not how long that ye BtrJTe,
Let cch of hem \ie soleine all hir li*^
This is my rede, sens they may oat stconl,
Tlus short lesson needeth not record-"
*' Tb, bale the glutton filde his paunch,
Lilian are we well,'* said the emerlon,
" Tbou muidrer of the heysugge on the braunch
That brought tjiee forth, Ihou rufiil glutton,
lAve tbou aolein, wormes cottuplioD,
For no fftoe is of lack of thy nature,
Go, leud be thou while th? wprld may dure"
*' Now peac^'' m
For I have heard
And in effect ;et be we neuer the per^
But finally this is my conclusion.
That she her lelfe shall ha^e her election
Of whom her list, who so be wmthe or blith^
Him th^ she ctieseth, he shall her hsue as swithc
" For Bitb it may not here discussed be
Wbo loTetb her best, as said the tercelet.
Than woll I done tbis fiivour to her, that she
^kalJ have r^bt him, op whom her herte is set.
And he her, that his herte bath on her knet.
This iudge I nature, for I may not lie
f P noD* estate, 1 have none mher eye.
*■ But as for counsaile, for to tliuae a mal
If I were reason, than would I
Counnile you, the royal tercell take.
As said the tercelet, fiiU skilfully.
As for the gentillest, and most worthy,
MHiich I have wroght so wel to my plesauoca
Tliat to you it ought b'^ " -,.flB*-,,n«k *»
With dredeful Toice diat fonnel ber answetd,
" My rightf\il lady, goddess of Nature,
Sooth is, that I am erer under your yodi,
As is everich other creature.
And must be yours while my lifie may dure^
And tberelbre graunt me my first boone,
And mine entent, you woll I say right sotKW."
" I graunt it you," quod she, and right anone
This formel eagle sjake in tbis degree :
*' Almighty quene, unto this year be done
I aske respite fat to arisen mee.
And after that to have my chtdce all i>ee.
This all and some, that t would speak and sej.
Ye get no more, although ye do me dey.
" I woll not semen Venus ue Cupi4e,
Forsooth as yet, by no manner way. "
" Now sens it may none other ways betide"
Quod Nature, " here is no more to say.
Than would I that these foules were away,
Ecb with bis make, for tarying lenger here,*'
And said bem thus, as ye shall after hei«.
" To you Bpeke I, ye teicelets" quod Noturs
'• Beth of good herte, and serveth all three,
A yeare is not h> long to endure,
And ech of you peine lum in bis degree^
For to do well, for God wote quit is st>e
Fro you this year, what after so befal),
Tbis entremes is dressed for you all."
And whan this werk brought was to an en^
To erery foule Nature yave bis make.
By ecen accord, and on hir way tliey wend.
And Lord the blisse and joy that they make.
Pot ech of hem gan other in his wings take.
And with bir neckes ecb gan other wind,
Th»nking alway the noble goddess of kind
But first were cho<
As yere by yere w
To siqg a roundel
To do Nature honour and plesmunce,
llie note I trow maked was in Fiwmoe,
The words were such, as ye may here find.
The next Yerse, as I now have in mind.
Qui bien ayme lanl oublye.
■' Now welcome summer, with thy sunnes soft,
That bast this winter weathers oTurabake,
Saint Valentine, tbou art full high on loft.
Which driuest away the long nights blake,
Tlius sngeo snale foules for thy sake^
Well have tfaey cause fgr to gladen oft.
Sens each of bem recoTcred hath his make.
Full blisful may they sing whan tfaey awake."
en tbules far to sing,
St fair departing
OP THE CUCKOW AND THE NIGHTINGALE.
But atl]aj tfali oAer night mtUng,
I tbougbt haw loTCTfl had a tokciimg.
And among b«m it «w • conunune talci
That it were good to bcre the nightiiigala,
Rather than the leud caAow «ing.
And than I thought anon ai it waa daj,
I would go Nune where to a««;
If that I might a ni^tiDgale here.
For yet had I Don* beard of aU that jtn.
And it wM tho the third mght of Ma^ .
And anofM aa I tiw da; aapid«.
No lenger would I in m; bod atnd#,
But mto a wood that waa fut by,
I went forth alone boldely.
And held the way downe by a brooke ndft
To reda upon, aod yet I rede alwayt
CUCKOW AND THE NIGHTINGALE.
Tsc god of lore and bencdicdt^
How mi^ity and bow great a lord i> ha,
For be can make of low betta by.
And of bi^ low, and like for to dy,
And benl liata be on maken &eea
He can make *ilhui a little Kound
Of tickc folke htde, &e>h, and wund.
And of liole be can make aeeke,
He can bind and vnbinden eke
That be woU baTe houndcn a
To Id) hia might my wit may not suffice^
For be can n^e of wiae folke full nice.
For Ik may do all that lie woU deriae,
And liUiy Iblke to destroyen vice.
And proud bates he can make agriiK.
SboHlr ell that erer he woll he may,
Againet him dare no wight aay nay,
For be can ^ad and grere whom him liketh.
And wbo that be woll, be lougbelh or liketh.
And moat hia might he Bbedetb erer in May.
For ersy true gentle berte &ee,
That with hdm ia, or tbinketh for to be,
Apine Hay iM>w ihall bare some iteiing.
Or to joy or ell to erane mounting.
For wfaaa tbey may here the tnrds nag,
Aad lee the floure* and the lesTn spring,
Tfa« bringetb into hb lemembrauncs
a eaae, meddled with gieraunce,
~ t* fiill of great longing.
Aad of that lon^ng conuneth bevinene.
And Ihaeaf groweth of great scknesae,
Aad for Ude of that that they desire,
And tfam in May ben betn set on Are,
SoUMt lliey biennen forth in great dinreaie.
I iprakr thia of feeling truly,
If 1 be old and ndurty,
T^ I bare felt of the rickneeee through May
Both bote and cold, and aia every da^.
How aare ywia there wote no wight but I.
Ofall tbb Uqr ileqie I but a lite.
There nte I downe among the faire Sours,
And MW the birds trip out of hir boura,
There aa they rerted hem all the night.
They were wioyftilli''
Hie; began of May fb
They coud that seruice all by rote.
Then waa many a loueiy note,
Some aong loud aa they had plained4
And aome in other manner vace y&ined.
And aome all out with the tuU throte.
They proyned hem, and made hem right g^.
And daunceden and lepten on the apray.
And euermore two and two in fere.
Right >o M they bad chosen hem to yere
And the riuer that I late vpoD,
It made inch s noise as it ron,
Accordaunt with the birds trmonyi
Me thought it wu tbe beat melody
That might bca yheard of any mon.
Tbe anriy Wrd, the laaud cuckow.
And thflt was on a tree ri^t ftet by.
But who was than euill quid but 1 1
" Now God," quod J, " Oiat died on the croia
Yeue soiTow on thee, and on thy leaud tihi.
Full little joy haue I now of thy ciy."
And as I with the cuckow thus gau cUde,
I heard in the next bush beside
A nigbtingsle so lustely nng.
That with her clere voice abe made ring
Through all tbe greene wood wide.
" Ab, good nightingale, " quod I than,
" A Unle hast thou ben too long hen.
For here hath ben the leaud cu^ow, ' . , -. C
And songen iodbs rather than hast thou,
I pray to God eiull fire hor breo." '. i . ,.
B4 CHA
But now I wol] jou tell ■ wonder thing,
A) long Bs I Ib}' id that Bwouning,
Mc thought I win what the birds merits
And what they said, and what »«s hir enlen(, -
And oT hir speech I had good knowing.
There heard I the nightiDgale say,
" Now good cuckow go somewhere away,
A nd let V9 that can Hngen dwellen here,
Foreuery wight escheueth thee to here,
Thj Bongi be lo elenge in good fa;. "
" What," quod she, " whu may tbeo ajlen now.
It thinketh me, I ^ng aa well as thou.
For my song ii both true and plaine.
And though I cannot crakeU so in vune.
As thou dost ia thy tlirote, [ wot oeuer bow.
" And euery wight may vnderstand mee,
But nightingale bo may they not done thee.
For thou bast many a nice queint cry,
I nirtie thee heard saine, ocy, ocy.
How might I know what that should be 7"
" Ah foole," quod she, *' woet thou not what it is.
Whan that I ssy, ocy, ocy, ywis,
Than meane I that I would wonder faine.
That all they were shamefully yBiaine,
That meanen ought agaioe loue amis.
" And also I would that all tbo were dede.
That thinke not in loue hir life to lede.
For who BO that wol not the god of loue serue,
I dare well say he is worthy to sterue.
And tbr that skill, ocy. ocy, 1 giede. "
" Eye," quod the cuckow, " this is a queiat law.
Thai euery wight shall loue or be to draw.
But 1 forsake all such companw.
For mine entent is not tbr to die,
Ne neuer while I liue on Louea ydce to dnw.
" Fur louen ben lb* (bike that ben on liu^
That most diieaae batia, and moat mtfariue.
And most endura sorrow, wo, and care.
And lesat feelen of welfare.
What nedeth it ayeost trouth to ntiue."
" What," quod she, " thou art out of thy mind,
How might thou in thy churlenoae Knd
To speake of Loues Beruaunta in this wise.
Far in this world is none so good seruise
To euery wight that gentle is of kind.
" For thereof truly comroeth all goodness^
All honour and all gentlenesse.
Worship, ease, and all hertea lust,
ParRte joy, and full assured trust,
lolitie, pleasauncet and freshncne,
" Lowlyhcad,' largene, and curtdic,
Semelyhead, and true companie,
Drede of Bhame for to done ami* t
For he that truly Loues seruaunt is.
Were lolber be shamed than to die.
'■ And that this is sodi that I ley.
In that beleeue I wilt liue and dey,
And rackow so I rede that thou do ywli : "
II Than," quod he, " let me ncucr baue bliMe,
- ■ leobey.
" Nightingale thou ipeakest wondCT &ire.
But for all tlist is Che sooth conttaire.
For loue is in yong folke but rage.
And in old folke a great dotage,
Who most it vseth, most shall enpaira.
" For thereof cometh disease and faeuincsse,
So Borow and care, and nuuiy a groat sicknesse.
Despite, debate, anger, and enuie,
Dejirauiiif^, shame, vntrust, and jelousie,
Pride, mischeefe, pouerty, and woodnesse i
" Louing is an o&te of dcspaire.
And one thing is therein that is not Cure,
For who that getCeth of loue a little bbsse.
But if he be alway therewith ywis.
He may full soone of age haue his batre.
" And nightingale therefore hold thee ny.
For leue me well, for all thy queint cry.
If thou be ferre or long fro thy make.
Thou shall be as other that been forsake.
And than thou shalt hoten as doe 1."
" Fie," quod she, " on thy name and on Ihee^
The god of loue ne let thee neuer ythee.
For thou art worse a thousand fold than wood.
For many a one is full worthy and iull good.
That had be naught ne bad loue ybee.
Loue his seruants amendeth.
And from all euill taches hem defendeth.
And maketh hem to brenne ri^t in a fire.
In trouth and in worshipfuil devre.
And whan him liketh, joy inough hem sendeth. "
" Thou nightingale," he said, " be still.
For Loue bath no reason, but it is will.
For oft time *ntrue folke he easeth.
And true folke so hiterly be displeaBeth,
That for default of courage he let hem stHlL"
Than tooke J of the nightingale keepe,
How she cast a ligh out of her deepe.
And said, " Alas that euer I was bore,
And right with th
K brast out to weepe.
" Alas," quod she, " my herte woll to breake.
To heaien thus this leaud bird apeei.e
Of Loue, and of his worshipfuil seruise.
Now sod of loue thou help me in some wise.
That I may on this cuckow been awreake."
Me thought than he stert Tp anone.
And glad was I thai he was agone.
And euermore the cuckow as he flay.
Said, " Farewell, farewell popingay,"
As though he bad scorned me alone.
And than came the nigfating^e to mee.
And said, " Friend forsooth I Ihanke the^
That thou hast liked me to rescow,
And one auow to loue make I now.
That all this Hay I wall thy singer be."
I thanked her, and was ri^ well apaied :
" Ye," quod she, " and be thou not dismaied,
Tho thou haue herd the endow erst than me.
For if I line, it shall amended be
The next Hay, if I be not Bn«icd.
THE FLOWER
" And one tUng 1 woll rede thee ulsti,
Ne Icue tbou not the cuekow, ne his Iouct so.
For all that he hath «aid is strong leasing :'
" Nay," quod I, " thereto shall nothing me bring.
Fork
" Ye, ise," quod she, " thi« medidne
Euery day this May Of thou dine,
Co looke Tpon the fresb daisie,
And though tbou be for wo in point to die.
Thai shall full greatly le«en thee of thy [niM.
" And loofce alny that tbou be good and tnw.
And I woll aing one of Ihe songe new
For looe of thw, as loud as 1 may crie ; "
And than abc began Ihia song fiill hie,
" I threw all hem dial been of loue mtnie."
And whan she had song it lo the end,
" Sow lareweH," quod she, " for I mote wend,
And god of loue, that can right well, and may,
As much joy send thee tliis day.
At any yet touer he euer send."
Thui taketb the nightingale her leaue of me,
I piay to God alway with her be,
And joy of loue he send her euermore,
And shilde us Itd the cuckow and his lore,
For then is not so false a bird as he,
" The cuckow, well it is not for to hide,
Hmr the cui^ow and I fast haue chide,
Edct lithcn it was day light,
I pay you all that ye do me right
On tbU foule false mkind bridde."
Than spake o bird for all, by one assentv
" This rrLmHtrr mketh good aiusfment,
For we ben birde* here in fere.
And sooth it is, the cuckow is not here.
And tbaefaie we woll haue a parliment.
" And thereat shall the egle be our lord,
KoA other peres that been of record,
Aad the cuckow shall be after seat.
There shall be yeue the judgement.
Or ds we shall finally make accord.
" And this shall be without nay
The morrow af4er saint Ualentines d^,
Under a maple that is fsire and grcne,
Befin the chamber window of the quene.
At Woodstocke vpoD the grene lay."
She thaoked heni, and than her Itauc toke,
Add into an hauthome by that broke,
And there she ale and song rpon that tree,
" Tcrme of life loue hath witldiold me,"
So loud that I with that song awoke.
0 Lnrn hook with thy fbtde n
Sitii tbou haste ndthet beauty ne eloquence.
Who halh thee caused or yeue the hiiiHiMind
For to appcare in my ladies presence,
1 Mn full aikcT thou knowett her bencuoUnee,
AND THE LEAF.
Full agreeable to all her abying,
For of all good she is ^e best liuing.
Alas that thou ue haddest worthinesse,
To shew to her some pleasauat sentence,
Silh that she hath through her geniillesse
Accepted the servant to her digne reuerence,
O, me repenteth that I ne had science
And leiser als, to make thee more flourishing, .
For of all good she. is the best liuing.
Beseech her meekely with all loKlinesse,
Though I be ferre from her in absence,
To think on my trouth to her and <itedraBtnesse,
And to abridge of my sorrowea the violence,
B h;ch caused is, wherof knowelh your sapience.
She like among lo notifie me her liking
For of all good'she is the best liuing.
Auaoas ofgladnesse, and day of lusdneas^
I>ucem a night with heauenly influence
Illumined, root of beauty and goodnesse,
Suspires which I effunde in silence.
Of grace I beseech allcdgc let your writing.
Now of all good, sith ye be best liuing.
THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF.
A gentlewoman out of an artraur in a gnnr, seeth
a great company of knigbts and ladies in a
dauncs upon the gieene graaa : the which b^g
ended, they all kneel down, and do honour lo
the daisie, some to the flower, and some to the
leaf. Afterward this gentlewoman leamelh by
one of these ladies Che meaning hereof, which is
this : They which honour the flower, a thing
fading with every blast, are such as look after
beauty and worldly pleasure. But they that
honour the leaf, which ^lideth whh the root, not-
withstanding the frosts and winter storms, are
they which follow vertue and during qnaHties,
without regard of worldly respecta.
Whah that Phrinuhiicliaire of gold soUa
Had whirled vp Ibe steny sky aloft.
And In the Boole was entred cettainely.
Whan shouns sweet of rune discended oft.
Causing the ground UAt times and oft.
Up for to giue many an w
And euery plains was dotl
With new green, and maketh small floures
To springen hem and there in field and in me
So very pmd and wholesom be the shoures,
That it renueth tliat was old and dede,
"nler lime and out of euery Rcde
Sjiringeth the hearbe, so that euery wight
Of Ihu season weieth glad and light.
And I so glad of the sotson awete.
Was happed thus tpon a eertoine night.
As I lay in my bed, sleepe full Tnmele
Was vnto me, but why Chat I ne might 1 1 , >
Rest/I ne wist, for there nas earthly wi|^
As I suppose had more hertes ease
Than I, tbt 1 nad sicknesae nor diseasa
56
Wberefora ( meruail grwtly of my lelfa,
That t lo long withouteu sleepe U;,
And Tp I roM Ihre bouni after twelTc,
About the apringing of tba <1^>
And on I put my geare and mine amy,
Aful to a pUaaaunt groue 1 gan panCi
Long or tbe bright sonne vp men was.
Under tbe which the gi
Waa newly ■prong, and an eight fbot or mnu
Euerj tree well fro his fellow grrw.
With brancbea brode, lade with leues new,
Scane very red, and sc
a glad light grene.
Which ai me thought waa right a pleaaanl n^t,
And eke tbe briddeg aong for to hen.
Would haue rejoyced any earthly wight,
Heare the nigbtiDgale of all the yeaie,
Pul buiily heritcoed with bene and with ear^
If I her voce perceiue coud any where.
And at tbe last a path of Uttle bread
I found, that greatly bad not ned be.
For it forgrowne was with grasse and weed.
That well vnneth a wight might it «e :
Tbt^it I thii path some whider goth parde,
And ■■> I followed, till it DHbrought
To tight a pleaaaunt herber well ywrought,
That benched was, and with turfea new
Freshly turued, whereof tbe givne grai,
So unall, u thirds, ■» abort, ao Hredi of bew,
lliat moat like rata green well wot I it wai,
The hegge alao that yede in compas,
And cloaed in all tbe greene heibere.
With ricamotir waa nt and ^latere,
Wrethen in ftre ao well and cunniDgly,
That euery brandi and leafe grew by meaur^
Plaine aa a bord, of an height by and by,
I ue neuer thing I joa eniuie.
So well done, for he that tooke tbe cor*
It to m«ke ytrow, did all bi> peine
To make it pasK all tho Hat men haoe mSob.
And ihapen waa thit herber roofe and all
Ai a prely parlour, and alao
The heggc aa tbidte as a awtle wall.
That who thai tiit without to stood or go.
Though he would all day i»ien toandRo,
He ab>uld tMt see if liiere were any wight
Within or no, but oiw within wdl migbl
Perceiue all tho that yeden there witkotit
In tbe field that was on euety side
Couered with torn and giasae, that out of doubt.
Hough one would secke all the world wide,
So rich a field coud not be ccpide
On no OM*!, ai of the quanti^.
Fur of all good dung there waa plenty.
"Diere is no bene I deme in such diapaiie,
Ne witli thought) toward and contraire,
So ouerlaid, but it should soone hauc bote,
If it had ones felt this sauout lote.
And as I stood and cart asde mine eie,
I was wate of tbe fairest medle tree
That euer yet in all my h& I aie.
As full of blosaomo as it mi^t be,
Ilierein a goldfinch lea^Dg pretilb.
Fro bough to bough, and as him list he eet
Here and there of buds and flourea iweet.
And to the herber side was joyning
This faire tree, of which I haue you told.
And at the last tbe brid began to sing.
Whan he bad eaten wh&t he eat wold.
So pasnng sweetly, that by manifold
It was more pleaaaunt than I coud deuls^
And whan his song waa ended in this wise.
The nightingale with so merry a note
Answered hini, that all the wood rong
So sodainly, that aa it were a sote,
I stood aitonied, so was I with tbe song
Thorow rauished, that tilt late and long,
I ne wist in what place I was, ne where.
And ayen me thought she song euen by mine c
Wherefore I wailed about busily
On euery side, if I her might see.
And at the last I gan full well aipie
Where she sat in a fresh grene laurer tne.
On the further side euen right by me,
That gaue so paiaing a delicioua snKli,
Acconliog to the eglentere full well.
Whereof I had so inly great plewUIC,
That ai me thought I surely noiiiked wn
Into Fandice, where toy deaire
Was for to be, and no ferther paaae
As for that day, and on the sote giaaae
I sat m* downa, for u for mine ent«i^
The birdi tong waa ini>n cnnuenient.
And more pleaaaunt to me by manifold,
Hian meat or drinke, or any other thing.
Thereto the hetber was so fresh and cold.
The wholesome sauoun eke so comfbrtiiig.
That aa I demed, lilh tbe beginning
Of tbe worid was ocuer scene or than
3o pleaaaunt a ground of nmut eanhly man.
And ai I sat the birds harkening thus,
He thought that I bard voices sodaiijy.
The moat sweetest and most delidoua
That euer «n^ wight I trow truly
Heard in dior life, for tbe aimony
And sweet accord was in so good muaik^
That the utnce to angels most was like.
At the last out of a gnnie euen by.
That was right goodly and pleasant (o sigh^
I sie where there came onging lustily
A world of ladies, but to tell aright
Their great beauty it lieth not in my mighty
Ne tber array, neuerthelesse I iball
Tell you a part, though I apeake not of aU.
They w
As it were a manner garnishing.
Was set with emerauds one and on^ i
By and by, but many a rich stone ^ Q I (>
THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF.
DonMMids fiae and rutua red.
And Dunj uuitber ftonc, of which I went
Tie TumCT DOW, umI cuanch on her head
A rich fret of gold, which without dfod
Wb fsll at itatclr rich itociei ict,
And entry Udj iMd a cbi^clet
On fas' bead of friih and greena.
So wde wrought aad to meruellouilf ,
TliBl it was a uble light to Kcne,
Sane of lauro', and Knne full ploisuitly
Had dapdets of woodbind, and odlj
Some of agniu caatuB were alao
□M^deti freah, but there were nuaj of tlio
That daunced and eke nng full uberijr,
But all thej jede in manner of cmnpace.
Bat one tbcr ;ede iu mid the company,
Soide by her aelf^ but all followed the pan
Hat ahe ke|>t, wboee heauenly figured (tea
So pleaaant waa, and ber wele shape perioii.
Tint of btwily ibe past bem ei
And man richl j b^Koie by manifold
She •«• alao in euoy manner tbin^
Od ber bewl fuU pleaaaum to bdtdd,
A Browne of gold Hch for any king,
A braundi of agnu* caatui Ab bearing
In her band, and to my tight truly,
Sw lady waa of the company.
WithToacen
That aw tlaM^t it the aweeteM melody
Tbat cncT J beard in my life Hxithly.
gbt I waa^^eTbia
And God wQt me thought I waa weTbigon^
For tfaan I mi^it auise bam one by one^
Who biieat waa, who coud baM dance or siog.
Or who moat wonnudy wm in all thing,
TiMyhada
: daunoed but a little throw.
So gitat a nciac of thundring tnunpa blow.
As Ihou^ K abould baue depaiwd the ikic,
And after that within a while I sie.
From the eame groue wboe the ladiea come c
g nich a rout.
As all the men on tarth bad ben aasembled
In tbat place, wele boned for the nones,
8»ing so fiut, tbat all the earth trembled :
B«t for to speake of riches and atones,
Aral men and hoese 1 trow the large wonc^
Of Frctir John ne all hb trewry,
IG^ not Tnneth haue boght the tenth partjr.
Of their anay who so list bean mor^
Oat
.eofh<
httoftbegitHietha
■e com* bat all in their clokea whita^
A eoDpany tbat ware !ta tbeir delit^
fl»|iih !■ freab of okts nriall,
Newlj fpraog, ------ ■--
On euery trumpa hanging ■ broad banara
Of fine tartarium were full tlcbely beu^
Euery tnuupet his lords aimea bm
About their iieckes with great pearles sete^
CoUen brode for cost they would not lete,
As it would seem for tbeir scbochooea echona.
Wen set about witli many ■ precious Htme.
Tbair hone bamels was 4U white also,
And after them neit in one ccnnpany,
Came kings of anneg and no mo
In clokeaof white cloth of gold richly,
Cbapelets of gieene on their heads on hie.
The crowns tbat they od their shcocbones bet*,
Were set with pearle, ruby, and saphere.
And eke great JiJnmnJ. many one.
But all their basse hameii and other gaal*
Waa in a ante according euerychoD^
As ye haue beard that foresaid trumpet* wve^
And by seeming they were nothing to lere,
And their guiding, they did so manerly.
And after bem came a f
Of hoauds and puneuaunt* ek«^
Arrayed in clothes of white reluet.
And hardily they were no thing to seke,
How they on hem should the haraeis Kt,
And euery man had en a eh^ielet
Schochooci and eke bone hameia indede,
Tliey had in sute of hem that before bem yede.
Next after bam came in armour tmght
All saue their heads, aeemely knights ni[i%
And euery claspe and najle as to my sight
Of their hameis were of red gold fine,
With doth of gold, and furred with ennina
Woe the tnppon of their atedes strons.
Wide and la^e, that la the ground did liong.
And euery bosae of bridle and pailrdi
That they had, was worth aa I would wane,
A thousand pound, and aa their bwda wall
Dressed were cronmea Of laurer gren^
The best nude that «uer I had sene.
And euery knight bad aftev him riding
Tbree henahmen on him awaiting.
Of which euaiy on o short trcMkcboun
Hii lords helme bare, 10 lidily dighl.
That the worst was worth the ransoun
Of a kinjb the second a shield bright
Bare at his necke, tbe thred bare vpright
A mighty apere, full sharpe ground and ken^
And euery child ware of leauea grene
A fresh ch^Klet rpon bis haires bright.
And dokes white of fine reluet they were.
Their steeds trapped and raied right
Without difference aa tbeir lords were,
And after hem on many a Ireah conere,
Tltere came of aimed knights such a rout.
That they besprad the large field abauL
And all they ware afto* thor d^rea
Cbaplet* new made of laurer greoe.
Some of (Ae, and some of other tteei.
Some in their honds bare boughs dwue.
Some of laurer, and scane □£ okes ken^
Some of hauthomc, and icme of woodMnd,
And many mo whidi I had not in mind.
And to tlief nme their horeea freshlj Btering
With blooil/ wm-nes of hir trompn loud.
There se I nunj' oii mcouth disguiiing
In (he amy oT these knights proud,
And at tile lut aa euenl; as they coucl,
Thev took tliar plans in Tniddm of the mede.
And cuerr Iciught turned his hone hede
To his fellow, and lifihtly laid a spere
In the reit, and ro juries begun
On euery part about here and therej
Some brake his spere, some drew down hora and mai
About the field astray the steeds ran.
And to behold their rule and goueniaunce,
I you ensure it was a great pleasaunce.
And BO the justs last an houre and more.
But tho that crowned were in laurer grene,
Wan the prise, their dints were so sore,
That there was non ayenst hem might sustene.
And the justing all was left off clene,
And fro their horse the ninth alight anone.
And so did all the nrmnant eucrichone.
And forth they yede togider twain and twain,
That lo behold it waa a worthy sight
Toward the ladies on the greene plaine.
That song and daunced as I said now right :
The ladies as soonc as (hey goodly might,
Tbey brake of both the song and dance,
And jrede to meet hem with ful glad semblance.
And euery lady tooke full womanly
By the bond a knight, and forth Ibey yede
Unto a faire laurer that stood fast by.
With leues Ude the boughet of great brede.
And lo my dome there neuer was indede
Man, that had seene halfe bo talre a tree,
For vndemoath there might it well baue be
An hundred persons at their owne plesance
Kudowed Iro the heat of Phebus bright,
So that they should haue felt no greuance
Of raine ne hailc that hem hurt might.
The sauour eke rejoice would any wight.
That bad be <icke or melancolius.
It was so ^ery good and vertuous.
And with great reuerence they enclining low
To the tree so soot and ftire of hew,
And after that within a little throw
TTiey began to sing and daunce of new,
Some song of loue, some plaining of vntrew,
Enuimnning the tree that stood vpiight,
And euer yede a lady and a knight.
And at the last 1 cast mine eye aidde.
And waa ware of a lusty company
That came roming out of the field wide,
Hond in bond a knight and a lady,
The ladies all in aurcotcs, that richcly
Purfiled were with many a rich stone,
And euery knight of green ware mantles on,
Embrotided well ao as the surcotea were,
And euerich had a chapelet on her hed,
Which did right welt vpon the shining here.
Made of goodly floures wbile and red,
The knights eke that they in hond led
In sute of hem ware chapelets euerychone.
And before hem went minstrels many one.
As haipes, pipes, lules, and •autry
Alii
greene
ought ai
Si douset et la Margarele."
Of diuers floures made full craftely
All in D sute goodly chapelets they ware.
And H daunring into the mede Ibey bre, ■
In mid tlie which they found a tuft thM was
All oueiqitad with floures in compas.
Whereto Ihey enclined eueT7clione
With great reuerence, and that fiill humbly,
And at the last there began anorte
A Udy for to sing Hglil womanly
A bargarct iu praising the daisJE
For a
She St
Than they ail answered her in fere,
So passingly well, and so pleoaaunlly.
That it was a blisful noise to here.
But I not it happed suddainly,
As about noone the sonne so feruently
Waie bote, that the prety tender floures
Had lust the beauty of hir fresh colours.
For ahronke with heat, the ladies eke to brent.
That they ne wist where they hem might bestow.
The knighta awelt for lack of shade nie ahent.
And afler that within a little throw.
The wind b^an so sturdily to blow, *
That down goeth all the floures euericbone.
So that in all the medt ^ere laA not one,
Save such as succourvd were among the leues.
Fro eueryatonne that might hem aasaile,
Growing viulei hedges and thicke greues,
And af^ thai [here came a storme of haile.
And raine in fere, so that witbouten ftile,
The ladies ne the knighta nade o tbnied
Drie on them, so dropping was hir weed.
Artd whan the storm was cleane passed away,
Tho in white that stood vnder the tree.
They felt nothing of the great ijfray,
That they in greene without bad in yba.
To them Ihey yede for routh and pite,
Them to eorofort after their great disease,
So faine they were the helplease for lo (Mae,
Than I was ware how one of hem in grene
Had on a crowne rich and well sitting.
Wherefore I demed well she was a qnme.
And tho in greene on her were awaiting.
The ladies than in white that were comnung
Toward them, and the knights in fere
B^an to comfort hem, and make hem chere.
The queen in white, that was of great beauty.
Took by the hond tlie queen that was in grene.
And said, " Sualer, I have right great pitie
Of your annoy, and of the troublous tene,
Who^n ye and your company haue bene
So long alas, and if that it you please
To go with me. I shall do you the ease,
" In all the pleasure that T can or may,"
Whereof the tother humbly as she might,
Thanked her, for in right ill array
She was with storm and heat I you behighl, -
And euery lady than anone right
That were in while, one of them \oak In grene
By the bond, which whan the kni^ts bad aene.
THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF.
Tn Hfccvue ecb of them todke m kui^
Cbd in greene, and tbnh with bem they &re.
To sn begge, wh^c thej anon right
To make Ibeir justs tbey would not (pare
BoD^tea to bew down, and eke Crees square,
Wherwitb tbey made bem stately firea great.
To diy their dotbta that were ringiiig weat.
And after that of hearis that there grew,
Thej made for blisters of the Eunne breniung.
Very good and wboleaome ointments new.
Where thai they yede the sick fast anointing.
And after that they yede alviut gadering
Pleaaaum saladcs which they made hem eat.
For to refresh their great vnkindly heat
The lady of the Leafe than began to pray
Her of the Floura (for so to my»ccming
Tbey should be ai by their army)
To soupe with her, and eke for any thing.
That she should with her all her people bring :
Aod the ayen in right goodly manerc,
Tlunketh her of her most friendly cheare.
Saying plainely that she woald obay
Witb all her herte all her commauDdement,
And than anon without lenger delay
Tlw lady of the Leafe hath one ysent
For a palfray, after her intent.
Arrayed weU and bire in hameis of gold,
far nothing lacked, that to him long sbold.
Aod afto- that to all her company
She made to puruey hoiw and euery thing
That they needed, and than full lustily,
£uen by the herher where I was sitting
They passed all H> pleasantly sin^ng,
Thai it would haue comforted any wight.
Bat than I aie a passing wonder sigbt.
For than the nighdngale, that all the day
Had in the laurer sete, and did her might
Tlte whole seruice to sing longing to May,
All sodainly gan to take her flight.
And to the Wy of the Leafe forthright
She dew, and set her on her bond softly.
Which was a thing I marueled of greatly.
The goMSnch eke, tint tto the medle tree
Wat Bed for beat into the bushes cold.
Unto the lady <^ the Flower gan flee.
And on her hond he set him as be wold,
And pleasauntly Ids winges gan Co fold.
And for to sing they pained bem both as sore,
Ai tbey bad do irf' all the day before.
And so tbeac ladies rode forth a great pace,
And aU the rout of knights eke in fere.
And £ that bad seen all this wonder case,
HtDugfat I would aiaay in stHne manere.
To kuw fully the trouth of this matere,
And what they were that rode ao pleasantly,
And whan tbr^ were the haher ; ' by,
I drat nie tinth, and happed to mete anooe
Right a fiure lady I you ensure,
AhI she come riding by her selfe alone,
All in white, with semblance ful demure ;
Might her bebll, aa I coud most humbly.
And idie answered, ■' Hy doughter gramercy."
'* Madame," quod I, " if that I durst enquere
Of you 1 would faine of that company
Wit what tBey be that past by this arbere,"
And she ayen answered right friendly :
'* My faire doughter, all tho that paascd here by
In white clothing, be soiiauntH eiiericliotle
Unto the Leafe, and I my sidfe am one,
" See ye not her that crowned is," quod she,
" All in white?" — " Madame," cjuod 1, " yes :*'
" That is Diane, goddesse of chastite.
And for because that she a maiden is,
In her bond the braunch she beareth this.
That Bgnus cactus men call properly.
And aU the ladies in her cmnpany
" Whidi ye se of that beaib chapleta weare.
Be such as han kept alway hir maidenheed :
And all they piat of laurer chaplets beare.
Be auch as hardy were and manly indeed,
Uiclorioui name which neuer may be dede.
And all they were so worthy of their bond.
In hir time that none ntight hem withslond.
" And tho that weare chaplets on their hede
Of fresh woodbind, be such as neuer were
To loue nitrue in word, thought, ne dede.
But aye stedfast, ne for pleannce ne fere.
Thogh that they shuld their bertes alt to tere.
Would neuer flit hut euer were stedfast,
7111 that theb lines there asunder braat."
" Now fure tnadame," quod I, " yet I would pray.
Your ladisbip if that it might be.
That I might know by some maner way,
Sith that it hath liked tout beaute.
The trouth of these ladies for to tell me,
What thu these knights be in rich armour.
And -what tho be in grene and weare the flour?
" And why that some did reuerence to that tre.
And some vnto the plot of floures faire i"
" With right good will my fair doghter," quod she,
" Sith your deare is good and debonaire,
Tho nine crowned be very eiemplaire.
Of all honour longing to chiiialry.
And thine certaine be called the nine worthy,
" Which ye may see riding all befbre.
That in hir time did many a nohle dede.
And for their worthinpise full oft haue bore
The crownc of laurer ieauea on their hede,
As ye may in your old bookes rede.
And how that he that was a conquervur.
Had by laurer alway his most honour.
" Aod tho that beare bowes in their bond
Of the precious laurer so notable.
Be such H3 were 1 woll ye •nderstond.
Noble knighu of the round table.
And eke the douseperis honourable.
Which they beare in signe of victory,
It is wttncsse of their deeds mightily.
" Eke there be knights old of the garter.
That in hir time did right worthily,
And the honour they did to the laurer.
Is for by they haue their laud wholly,
Hieir triumph eke, and marvball glory.
Which mto (hem is more parfit ricbesse.
Than any wight imagine can or gesse.
" For one leafa giuen of that aoble tne
Ta any wigbt thu bath done worthily,
And it be done to oi it ought to be,
. Tb more honour than any thing earthly*
WitneiH of Rome that founder «u billy
Of all knighthood aod deeds manielou*,
Recod I tale of Titui Liuiiu.
" And as for her that croimed ii in greeny
It i* Flora, of these flouns goddene.
And all that here on her awaiting beana^
It are such that loued idteaesse.
And not delite of no buunesse,
But for to hunt and hauke, and pley in niedea.
And many other null idle dedes.
And for the great delite and pleaanmc*
Tfaey baue to the floure, and lo reuerently
Hiey TUto it do such obeiiauDce
As ye may see." — " Nowfiure Madame," quod I,
" If I dunt Bske what is the cause and why,
Utat knights bauc the signe of honour,
Rather by the lesfs than the flour."
•■ Soothly dougbter," quod dw, " this is the troutb,
For knights euer should be perseueiing.
To sedtc honour without feinlise or ilouth.
Fro wele to better in all manner thing.
In signs of which with leauea ayt laiting,
Tbey be rewarded after their d^iee.
Whose lusty green May, may not appaired be,
" But aie keinng their beautie ftesh and greow,
For there nis storme that may hem deface,
Haile nor snow, wind nor frosla kene,
Wberfore they haue ttus property and grace
And for the floure within a little tpuca
Woll be lOBl, so ample of nature
Th^ be, that they no greeuance may endure. -
will blow tliem sc
)o way of reason
with all mine whole semiae,
iw in my most bumble wise.
" For now I am ascertained througbly.
Of euery thing I desired to know."
" I am light glad that I haue said soothly
Ou^toyour plcaaureif ye will me trow i"
Quod she ayen, " but to whom do ye owe
Your seruice, uid whicb will ye iHMiour,
Td me I pny, this yere, the I^eafe or the Flour."
" Madame," quod I, " though 1 least woitfay.
Unto the LeaA I owe mine obseruaunce : "
» That is," quod she, " right well done certainly.
And I pray God to honour you auaunce.
And kepe you fro the wicked remembraimce
Of male boucli, and all his cruellie,
And all that gwd and well conditioned be.
<■ For here may I no lenger now abide,
1 must follow tfae great company
That ye may see yonder before you ride,"
And forth ss I couth most humbly,
I tooke my leue of her as she gan hie,
Aftar them as fast as euer she might,
And I drow homeward, for it was nigh ni^ i
And put all that I had seena in wiitidg
Undo' support of them that luat it to rede.
O little booke, thou art so mcooning.
How dant thou put thy self in pnea for dtaday
GOOD COUNSATI. OF CHAUCER.
9, and dwell with
Prease hath enuy, aud wele t
Sauour no mora than thee beboue shall.
Rede well thy selfe that other taike canat rede,
And trouth thee shall deliuer, it is no drede.
Paine thee not ech crooked lo ii iliiasii
Jn trust of her that toumetb as > ball,
Great rest standeth in little businesBe,
Beware also to spurn againe a nail,
Striue not as doth a crocke with a wall,
Deme thy selfe that demest ottien dede.
And trouth thee diall deliuer it is no dnde.
That tbee is sent recdue in buiomnesse.
The wiastling of this world asLeth a fall.
Here is no home, here is but wtldeniesse.
Forth piigrime, faith beast out of thy stall,
Loolce vp on high, and thanke God of all,
Weiue thy lusts, and let thy ghost thee led^
And trouth tbee sluUJ deliuer, it is no drede.
TO HIS EMPTY PURSE,
To you my pune and to none other wight
Comptaine I, for ye be my lady dere,
I am sorry now that ye be light.
For certes ye now make me heauy cbor^
Me were as lefe laid Tpon a here.
For which Tnto your mercy tbus I ciia.
Be heauy againe, or els mole I die.
Now Touehsafe tlus day or it be nigbt.
That I of you the blissful sowne may here.
Or see your colour like the sunne blight.
That of yelownees bad neuer pere,
Ye be my life, ye be my hertes store.
Queens of cmnfort and of good companie.
Be heauy againe, or els mote I die.
Now pursa that art lo me my liuea light.
And sauiour, as downe in this world here,
Out of (his towne belpe me by your might,
Kth that you wall not be mj treaaun^
For I am shaue as nere as any frer^
But Iprajraloyourcurtesie, )n|j;
Be beany againe, or els mote 1 die. O
JOHN SKELTON.
NniHiE tbe time nor iJaec of Skdtoo'i birth b
kaowo; it is (batigb* that he wu born in Norfolk,
but ilnCTP«hd from ■aMMMiit family in Cumberluid,
wbgaa tiiiet place of Tcaidenct for many genenCions
n *t Amutfamite Castle, and who are lappowd
b; thor name to hsTe come from SLeltou, (Scale-
toarn) "a village in tbe form of Englewood, in that
{dace, wbefe of audent time tbe aHuitr]' people that
■wine, and milk-Jwasta agiited in
rtMii Kobr, skeela (^chaUti) or little
tt ia, wUle thej gatbend the tumincr
profita of aoch gDak." It appears that be belonged
to both Umrervtiea^ hanng taken tlw degree of Poet
laureate at Oxford, artd being permitted to wear the
Unn) al Cambridge. What tbe office of rojnl Orator
waa, wfakdi Hem; VIII, to whom he had been tutor,
cmfared upon him, on his acccMion to the throne,
■ HN wdl u&derMood. Hia teputation must have
beai Toj high, for Eraamua calls him itritonnicaruni
BtaunuH itecu tt hiten. But natho' his court tk.
vaar, nor bis eniditioD and eitraordinaiy talents,
otitaiiMd hiiD that preferment to which they might so
eaalj ban led. His satirica) temper was probably
■be cause, for he was a " a pkaaain conceited follow,
and of ■ Tcrf sharp wit: exceeding bold, and could
mp to the T^rj quick when he <Kice »t hold."
Skehm waa curate of Troni{HngtoD, near Cam'
bridge, tbe welUcDOwn scene of the Miller's Tale,
and rectcr of gloomy Dis in Norfolk, in the diocese
of Aat infamous persecutor, bishop Nil. Tbe pre-
ble, in bis own atrodmu language, might well haie
fcnaidetedSkelton as one sarouring of the frying-pan,
for the poet had directed his merciless satire in full
•t tlte ftian and the clergy ^ but be seems
* '' It by attacking tbe re-
TheUsbop Buipended
him for keeping ft concubine. On his deathJied he
da laii d that he consdentionsly considoed ber as
Us wif^ btit that cowanUineM had prerented him
fimi aduanrladging her in that dtaractcr ; for that
he would rather h»e coofbssed adultery than mar-
If, bowera-, he waa wanting In moral conra^ no
nan at that age diqilsyad greater loneiity m hb
garat's Church, where Churchyard, whose eulogistic
verses are prefixed to the tmly oollectian of his works,
waa afterwards buried near him.
The greater part of Skellon's poems woe collected
into one volume in 1 5€fl, re-printed in 1 73fi, and in-
serted in Chalmers's collection of the English Poets.
Not the slightest care has been bestowed upon them ;
they are even prioted without punctusdon. A com-
plete edition is much to be desired. To edite tbsm
critically would be a difficult task ; but the parts
which are most obscure, are probably those wbicb
least deserve explanation, and might well be left in
obscurity. They are worthy of preiervatian, as il-
lustrating, in no conuniHi d^ree, the state and pro-
gress of our language, and the bislory of a moat
importaot age, and for their intrinsic merit also.
Warlon has underralued him; which is tbe more re-
markable, because Warton was a genenxia as well aa
a competent critic He seems to have been dis-
gusted with buSboneries, which, like those of Babe- '
lais, wenthiown out as a tub forthewhalci forunleaa
Skelton had written thus for the coanest palates, he
could not have poured forth hit bitter and undaunted
satire in such perilous times. Well might be tn of
him —
Though my rhyme he ragged.
Tattered and jagged.
Rudely rain-beaten
Ruity and moth-eaten
If ye take well therewith
It halb in it some pith.
The power, the strangeneaa, the volubility of his lan-
gu^[e, the intre^dity of Us satire, and tbe perfect
originality of lua manner, render Helton one of the
moat eitraoidinarr poeta of any age «- country.
The frequent recurrence of ihyme in short versea
is to be found before him in tlie Kench poet Alain
Chartres, and after him in Jean HaioL But they
use it occasionally imly, and intermixed with longer
He attacked V/oHaj in the plenitude of
^ pvwo-, ntiriied him dm for tds foulto aloDC aad
in those parts of bb chaiacter where he was vulner-
"e^ bntfor his ■■ greasy genealogy," inMead of 1
kfai fiia low birth, did not diaa«dit bb Ugh
aid tfaia at length he provided the vengeance wluch
be deaerrcd. OidBi wav issued for apprehending
biai : he took sanctuary at Westminster, and re-
■■Dcd there under Abbot Islip't protection, till Us
death, wloch took place not Ung before tbe cardi-
mI'sUL HewBtbuiicdiiithecliaiKelof8t.lfar-
Tbe tnt moralitiea in
the name of their authw are by Skdton ; one of these
endtled Magnificence, wu in Oanick's cdlection,
and b still preaerred. Tbe Nigromanser (which i>
tbe name of the other), it is tu be feared is itre-
coverably loat. It was in the ponMisiiMi of CoUina
the poet, who showed it not long before his death to
Warton as a very rare and valuable curiosity ; and*
Walton read and has described the piece. When
Eilaon afterwards declared it to be utterly incredi-
ble that this work ever eiined, the awertion must be
regarded only as an example of that peculiar spedea
of malignant and brutal insolence in criticton, which
Du^t Avm Um to be denominated Eitaoniatn.
COLYN CLOUT,
quitalem 7 Nemo dominc
Or to
Of ui herynges toile.
To ryme or to ™ylc.
To write or to indytp,
Ejther for delilc
Or eh for despite.
Or bookes to compile
Vyce to reuile.
To Eeache or to prechp*
Ab reason wyll reach ?
Baye thys and saje that,
HU head is so fat
what
He'
Nor Kherof he speaketh ;
He ayeth and he crelcelli.
He pryeth and be pekedi.
He chydea and he chatters,
He prates and he lutters,
He clylters and be clatter^
He medtea and he smatters.
He glows and be flatlerai
' Or if he speoke plains,
Than he lacketh brsyne
Heisbutefoole!
Let bim go to acoole,
A three footed stoole
That be may downe syt.
For he lacketh wit ;
And if that be hit
The nayle on
It abmdeth ill
iidead!
The deuyll they i
The deuill is dead '.
Or els tbey wold see
Otherwise, and See
From worldly Tanitie,
And foule covelousnea,
And other wretchednes,
Ftckell falaenesae,
VuyBblene«e
With TnsUblenesse,
And if ye stand in dont
Who brought this ryme about ?
My name a Colyn Ctout.
I propose to shake out
All my conning bagge,
Lyke a cUrkely hagge ;
For though my rime be tagged,
Tullercd and iaggcd,
Rudely rayne heatdn,
RuBty and moothe eaten,
If ye tolke well therewjtb
It bath in it some pith.
For as farre as I can see,
It is wrong with echc degree ;
Vor the tempoialty
Accuaeth the spiritualty ;
The Hpirituall sgsyn
Doth grudge and complain
Upon l^mponkll men ;
Thus eche of other bloiher.
The tone against the tolher :
Alas they make me shoder !
For in hoder moder
The churche is put in faulte ;
The prelates ben so haut
Tliey say, and loke 80 llJ'C,
As though they wold flye
Aboue the steiry sky-
Lay men say indede
How tlicy lake no liede
Their sely ahepe to fede,
But plucke away and pul
llie fleces of their wuU ;
Unnetfaea they leve a locke
Of wull amonge their flocke.
And as for theyr connyng
A glumming and a mummyng,
And make therof a iape,
Tbey gaspe and they gape
There ia ilieir whole deuodon,
With money, ifit will hap
To cath the forked cap,
ForsoUi they are to lewd
To say so all be shrewd.
What trow ye they say more
Of the byshoppes lore.
They lumber forth the law.
To herke Jacke and Gyl
Whan they put vp a bil.
And judge it as they will.
For other mens skill,
£lpounding out thar clauses,
And leaue their owne causes.
In their principal cure
They make but lytle sure,
And meddels lery light
le churcl
right.
In their jurisdictions.
Through tempoiall afflictions,
IVlen say tbey baue prescriptions
Against the vpiritual contradic-
I wot neuer how they warke.
But thus the people carke.
And surely thus they say,
Byshoppes if they may
Smal houses wold kepe.
But stumbre forth and slepe,
Within the noble walles
or the kinges halles,
To fat their bodies fill),
Tbeir soules lame and dul,
And haue ful litle care
I How euil their sbepe fare.
I Tlie temporality say plain
, How bishoppea disdain
Sermons for to make.
Or such labour to take ;
And for to say trouth,
A great part is Jul sloulli.
But Uie greatest part
Is for tliey haue but smal art.
And righi sciender cunuyng
Within thrar headea wunning.
But this reason they take,
How tbey aiE able to make
Clerkea out of meuure.
And yet that is a pleasure.
How be it some there bee
Almost two or three
Of that dignity.
Full wonhipfnl Qerkes,
As appearetb by tli^ weikes ;
Like Aaron and Ure,
The wolfe from (he dore
To waiy, and Eo kepe.
From their gostly shepe,
And their spiritual IwmTnaa
Sequestied from rammea,
And front the berded golea,
With their hery ci
Set nought by
Their names if
But they are lothe to met.
And lothe to hang tix bel
About the catlea necke.
Fro dred to haue a cheeke ;
They are fiun to play, dcui
deck.
How be it they arc good men.
Much baited lyke an hen,
Tbeir iessouB forgotten they haue
Tliat Becket them gane,
Thomas manum mittit ad fbrtia,
I Spemit danuia spemit opprobrio.
Nulla Thomam frangit injuria.
But now euery spiritual! father.
Men say tbey had rather
Spende mucbe of their share,
Tlian to he combred with earv.
Spende, nay but spare !
For let see who tliat dare
Shoe tiiG mockisli inarv I
They make her winch and kicke.
But it ia not worthe a leeko,
Boldnesse is to seeks
Tbe churebe for to dsfdute.
Take me as I inteode'
For lothe I am to offende
In tbjs that I baue pende,
I tell you aa men Bay
AnwD<l wben ye nuy !
For usque ad tnontem &re.
Men uy ye ciniicit appan.
For Mme say ye huni
And hanke on bobby larkci.
And other wanton warkes
Vilien the night darke*.
THE BOKE OF COLIN CLOUT.
I ipeake Dot of the god wife
But of tbeir apostlea lyie.
Cum ipas vel illia With sc
Qui manent in villis.
Est uxor lel ancilla,
'Welcome Jacko and Cilia,
My prelj PetronjUa,
And
WIb
hUy
Tbe gray goie for to iboe ?
Lyke faoundea of hell
Tbey cry and they yell.
How tbal ye sell
The grace of the Holy Gosti
Thus they make th«r boM
Through euery eosl.
How some of you do eat
In Lenton season flesh meat
Peuunte* patriche and cranes ;
Men call jou tberfme proplianea,
Ye fucke no ihiympeB nor pranes,
SaltGih, stockfish nor berriiig,
It is not for your wearing,
Nor in holy Lenton season
Ye oil Deiifaer beines ne peason.
But ye looks to be let loose
To a pygge or to a goose.
Your george not endewed
Without a capon Hewedi
Or a stewed cocke,
L'oder ber surfled smocLe,
And her wanlon wodicocke.
And bow wbm ye geue orden
In your prouinciall borders.
Some nullum soisuin habenlet.
But beid*11y and mtaught ;
But wban they haue once caugbt
Dominus vobucum by tbe bed,
Than raiDe tbey in enere slede,
Cod wot wilb dronken tiollea !
Yet take they cures of soules.
And wotetb neuer what they
Rrter luster nor Crede.
Construe not vortli a whistle
Nctber Goi^l nor Piscle,
Tbeyr Maltins madly aayde.
Nothing deuoutly prald,
TImu laming ■■ so tm&ll,
Tlteir prymes and boutes fal
And lepe out of tbeir lippes,
Lykc sawdust or dry duppes,
But tbe n
OTsucbe
ofal,
c parte in generaL
How some syng let abundus
At eueiye ale stake
With welcome bake and make.
By the bread that God brake,
I am sory for yoor take.
you-
istilla,
You shall baue your
Of such paler noster pekea
All the worlde speokcs.
In you the faut is supposed ;
For that they are not apposed
By conning and conuersation :
They baue none instruction
To make a true conUruction i
A priest witbo'it a letter
Without his virtue be greater,
Doutlesse were much better
Upon him for to lake
A mattockc or a rake.
Alas for very shame !
Same can not dcclync their nan
Some cannot scarsly nde.
And yet will not drede
For
And it
ihing IB
This domino
As yjse a Tom a thrum,
A diaplayne of truile
Laytb all in tbe dust.
Thus I Colin Clout
And wandryng as I walke,
I heate tlic people tallic ;
Men say for syluEr and golde
Miters are bought and sold )
There shall no clergy appose
A slmw for Goddes curse !
Wtlat are they the worse ?
And eiPotnmunicatioDS,
Aboule churches and market ;
Tbe hysbop on his carpet
At home full soft doth syt.
This is a fcareful fyt.
To heare the people iangle !
Now warely they wrangle,
Alas why do ye not liandlc,
And them all mangle 7
Full falaly on you Ibey lye.
And shamefully you asciy.
And say as vntnily,
Ai tbe butter fly
A man might say In mocke
Ware the wetho^ocke
Of thee steple of Poules,
And thus they hurt their soules,
In sclaunderyng you for truth,
Alas it is great ruthc !
Sumi
Is but a hermoniake.
And no more ye make
Of symony men say
But a childes play.
Ouer Ibis tbe forsayd laye.
Report how tlie ]K>pe maye
A holy anker call
Out of the stony woU,
And hym a by^opp make.
If be on him dare lake
To kepe so hard a rule,
To r}-de ipon a mule
Wytli golde all be trapped,
In purple and paule be lapped,
Some hatted and some capped,
Rychely be wrapped,
dod wot to tbeyr great paynes.
In rotchettes of fine raynes ;
Whyte as morowcs mylke,
Their tabertea of Sne silke,
Tlieir Btuops of miit gdde be-
Their may no cost be spared.
Tlteir moyles golde doth eale,
Theyr neighbours dye for meat.
What core tbey though Gill sweat,
ay ye i
■ piynces aquilonis.
And slTryne your rotten bones
With pcarles and precious ntones.
But how ibe commons grones
And tbe people mones
For preestes, and for lones
Lent and neuer pnydc.
But from day to day delaid,
TTle commune weltli deeayd.
Men say ye arc lunge tayde.
And tlieruf speak e nothing
Wherfore men be supposing
Tbat ye geue shrewd counsel
.4 gainst tbe commune wel.
By pollyng and pillage
In dties and yillage.
By Uiyng and tollage,
Ye baue monks to haue the culenge
For coueryng of an old cottage,
That committed is a callage
In the charter of doltage.
Tenure par service de Eolta^, ,
And not par service de soca^^
After old segnyours
And tbe leanung of Ijdelon to-^
Ye haue so oucrthwaited ,
That good lawes are luhuertcd.
And good reason peruerted.
Religious men are layne
For to tume agayne,
In secula leculorum,
And to forsake tbeir corum.
And tagabundare per forum.
And take a fyne meritorum.
Contra regutam monun,
Aut blacke monacorum,
Aut canonicorum,
Aut Bemardinorum, ,
Aut cruciGioruni ;
And to synge from place to place
Lyke apostataav
And tbe selfe same game
Begon, and now, with shame
Amongest tbe sely nunnei,
My lady now site runnes.
6*
Dune Sybljr our abbene.
Dune Dorotbo and lady Bmm,
Dune Sue our pryoresce,
Out oT tbeyr cloyster uid quere
With Ml hcauye cheere
Must cut vp their blacke Tmyleg —
What Colin there ibou ibailes
Yet thus wiCb ;11 hayles
The laj fee people rayle*
And all they Ujre
On you prelates, aod lay
Te do wrong and no righw,
To put them thus to flight.
No Matini at midoight !
Boke and chalis gone quitA !
Piucke awa; the lesdes
Ouer theyr headea ;
And lel away tbeyr bels.
And al that Ihey haue els ;
Thus the people lels,
Raylea lyke rebels,
Rede ahrewdly and spela.
And wytii foundations mels.
And taike tyke titiuellea ;
How ye br^dce Che deades willes,
Tume mooairtenB into water millia.
Of an abbey ye make a gmunge ;
Tour Korkcs they aay are stiaunge j
So that tbeyr founders soulei
Haue lost theyr beade roules ;
The TDony for theyr aaaaa
Spent Btuong wanton iataet ;
TIk Diiigefl are forgotten,
llieir founder* lye there rotten,
But whel« theyr Boules dwel
Therwith I will not mel.
What could the Turke do nton^
Wyth all hya fUse lore,
Turke, Saraien or Jew 7
O merafLil Jem >.
Tou support and reaate
My Rile for to directe ;
It may take some effect ;
For I abhorre to wryte
Haw the lay fee despite.
You prelates that, of ryght
Should be tantemes of light,
Te liue tbey say in delytt^
Drowned in delidis.
In gloria et diriciis,
Into honorable honore.
In gloria et splendor^
PulgunmtEs haste,
ViTcntea parum caste.
For after gloria laus,
Christ by cnielde
Was nayled Tpon a tree -.
He payed a bitter pendoD
For ntani redemption ;
He dranke eisel and gall
To redeme vs withall.
But Bwete Ipocrag ye drynke.
With let the cat winke l
Jch wot what eche other thynk.
How be it per aniinule,
Some men thinke that jv
Shall haue penaltie,
For your iniquity.
SKELTON.
Note what I say
And beare it wel awaye !
Ifit please not the ologyt.
It is good for astrologiB,
For Ptfaolme told me
Hie I
obec
In Ariete.
Ascendant a degree ;
What Scorpion descending
Was so then pretending
All latall for one
That shall dt on a trone.
And rule all Lhinges aloiH ?
Your teeth whet on this bone.
Amongst you eueiy chone,
And let Collyn Clout haue none
Maner of cause to mone.
Lay salve to your own sore.
For els ■■ I sayd before
Sory therfore u
Buttr ■
Tlye.
With language thus pointed
Holy church is bruted,
And shamefully conruCed.
My pen now wyll I shatpe,
And wrest vp my harpe
With sharpe twinkling trebeli,
Agaynst al such rdie^
That labour to confound
And bring the church to the
ground ;
As ye may daily see
Howe the Uye fee
Of one affinitee,
Conwnle and agree,
Agaynst the churche to be
And the digidtee
Ofthebyshoppesfte.
And eyther ye be to bad.
Or els they are nud.
Of this to report
But vnder your suppoite j
Tyll my dying day
I shall bodw wryte and say,
And ye shall do the same.
How they are to blame.
You thus to diflame ;
For it maketh me sad.
How that the people are glade
1^ church to depraue.
And some then are that raue,
Preauming on thnr wit.
Whan there is neuer a whit.
Against the ss
Some make epilogatioo
Of highe predestination.
And of residenadon,
lley make interpretation
Of an awquaid (kdoa.
And of the prescietice .
Of diuine essence.
And what ipoatatb
Of Christes manhode is ;
Such logike men wyl chop,
And in thdr fiuy hope.
When the good ale sop
Doihe dnince in tbctr fon top ;
Such ye nuty wel know and
ken,
lliat agayn preMhode
Ttiar malice spred ahrode.
Railing hainously
And diadainously.
Of priesdy digiutiea.
But their maligniiiea.
And aoue loiie ■ anudte
Of Luthen utke.
And a breaning q«Ae
or LuthecB vrarte.
And are somewhat luspect
And some of them baik^
Clatter and c^rpc,
Of that heresy art
Called Wicleuista,
The deuelishe dogmatista;
And some be Huasians,
And some bee Arrians,
And some be Pullmans,
And make much varians
Betwene the clergy
And the temporally.
How the church hath to mickd.
And Ihey haue to litel.
And bring him in matetialltiea
And qualified qualities
Of pluislities.
Of tryalities.
And of tot quottes.
They commune like Scottei,
As commeth to their lottes ;
Of prebendaria and deanea
How some of them gleases.
And gathered up the st
Forti
Of persons and vicariea
Iliey make many outrryn ;
Iley cannot kepe tbeyr whiea
From tbem for tbeyr lyuea ;
And thus the loaels stiiue^
And lewdly says by Christ,
Agaynste the sely priest
Alas and wel awaye '.
What ayles tiieym thus to aaye ?
They mought be better aduised,
Tlan to be disgised.
But they haue cnterpryied
Alkd shunefullye surmised.
How preUcy is sold and bough^
And come vp of nought.
And whoe the prelates be
Come of low degre.
And set in mftiesty
And spitituall dignity,
Farwd benignity 1
Fajwell simplidtye 1
Farwel humilitye )
Farwel good charity I
Ye are so puffed wyth pryde.
That no man may abide
Your high and iordly lokes,
Ye cast up then your bokes
And vertue is fb^otten ;
For then ye wyl be wrokea
Of euery light quarel,
And cal a lord a iauel.
THE SOKE OF COLIN CLOUT.
85
Te boat*, ]re bee, j» oaks,
And *paD jmi take
To rule king and kajier ;
And if you aajt baiie Ujier,
Tc btyng all to nought.
And diat ii all jovr tbought.
For the lordo Umponll
Their rule t* tct; raall,
Htn nqr bow je qip^
TTk nobla Uoiid rojal ;
.BMOiagmi
Bat hunt and blmre in home,
Leape orer lakei ind dikos
8ct nothing by potilikfi;
Thatbr* je keep tbem bace.
To you, that ou«9 the wheele
Lodes mmt couch and hncle,
And bnake tfaeyr ha« at tlw kiwa.
Airily
Aodu
xaO.
D tunieth the ball
And mirth ao ouer all)
Ibtf boamir hMh sgmt&IL
Bml I tel you nun? ye ah
I am loth to td all.
Bat the coomuaaltf ye call
Idob of BdMloo,
For yoti lore to go trim,
ftoB^tf Tp of poore eitate
nvm the doi^ car^
nem
Ton
■nd to rule,
a grace to thynke
rejv wunt to diynke
mdi mould biwd to nt,
Tc wmald none other gcate.
To che* and to gnaw.
To il Iberwith yoor maw.
juat una u art of nunne :
Te grow iww out of kynda.
Lo^ tha Irii fete dip.
Tat oueraU that,
Ofbyahopa they liiMt,
TbMt, tbmigh ye rcwiid yoto' he
Ad yndw iboue your eare,
Aiul Bures palentea
And panim intendenlo,
Andy.
And blandior bUndiris,
They folow your desyrciH
That ye can not eapie,
And 10 they blere your eye
How the mala doth WTye>
Ala* for Gods wil !
Whye Bytle ye prelate* rtyl.
And suffer all this yll 7
Ye bishf^pe of eatatea
Sboulde open the brode galet,
For your spiritual charge^
And confon m large,
like lantemcB of l^t
In the pef^lea B^te,
In putpettea antentike.
For the wele publike
or prieathod in this case.
And alwajea to cbaae
Suche manner of siimatikea
And faalfe heretikei.
That wold intoiicate,
Ilat wold conquinale.
That wold faontaminstc^
And that would violate,
And that would derogate,
And that would ^rogate.
The churcUs high estate^
After tUs manner latea
The vhyche shoulde he
Bothe &aidce and free.
And haue tbeir liberty ;
And of antiquity
Il wuratefyed.
And also gratefyed
By holy sinodals
And buls papals.
lliat clerkely is, and can
We] scripture expound
HIa benefice wonh ten pound,
"ant worth twen^ nurk&
And yet a noble clerke
luat do this werkc ;
' mayaten of art.
Some doeloura of law.
Some learned in other saw,
I dininitie,
llat hath no dignide.
But the pore degree
Of the vniueraitie,
see frere Fredericke,
Or els frere Dominike,
Or frere UuguUnus,
Or tttn Oinnelui,
That gboetly can beale Ts;
Or elsae if we maye
Get a lirete Graye,
Or cine of the ordir
Uppon Grenewiche border
And a (Vera of Ftsuncf^
Or cleae the pom Scot,
It muste come to his lot
Tu abote forth hia AM ;
Or of Babueil, besde Beiy,
To poatell Tpon a kyry,
llBt wDulde it ihoulde be noted
Haw scripture should be eotad.
And BO derklc promoted
And yet the frere doted.
But your auctcwity
And your noble fee.
And your dignitie,
Kunild be imprinted better
Than all the tnrm letter.
For yf ya wolde take payne
To prcBcbe a w<nde or twnue,
Though it were neuer ao pUyu^
With dausea two w tfarat^
So a* they migbte be
Compendiouilye conueyed,
llioae wordea ■hould be mora
And better perceyued,
And thankfuUy receyued.
And better sboulde remayne
Amonge the people playne,
That wolde your w«dee retsynei
And rehene them agayne.
Than a Iboiuand Ihoumnd other
The blaber, harke, aid blotlttr.
And make a WaMunan'i hou
Of Ifac teit aud of the gloae.
For protMtBticn made
That I will not wwla
Farther in this brooke.
Nor ftitber for to laokt
In deuiang of this boko.
But answer that 1 may
For my self alwaye,
Ejther analogice,
Or els ratbagorice.
So (bat in diuinitee
Docton that Iramed be,
Nor badielers of that Guully
That hath taken d^re
In the vniuerdtie.
Shall not be ol^ecled forme.
But dodour BuUmub,
Panim Utteratus,
Domintu doetoratuB,
At the brode galus ;
Doclour Daupatue,
And bacbeler bscbeleratus,
Dranken aa a mouse
At the ale house,
Takelh his pillion and his cap
At tba good ale tap.
For lacke of good wyne,
Aa wyte as Robin swine
Under a notaries aigne
Was made a diuine ;
As w'lM as Waltonu calfe
Must presche h goddes halfe
In the pulpjrt soieoipnly,
More maet in a pillory;
For by sainct Hitlary
He can oolhing smatter
Of logike nor acole nutter ;
Neyther ailc^iuire.
Nor of en^ttunenive,
Nor knovelh hia eloquence,
Nor bis predicamence.
And yet he wil mel
To amend the goapel,
And nil preach and tel
What they do in hel,
And he dure not wel neuen
What they do in hauen,
Nor how (ai Temple bare i>
Prom the seuen Matres.
Nowe wilt I goc
And tel of other moe,
Semper protestanda
The foure ordera of fryers,
Thoughe some of them be lyers;
As limilers at large
Wyll charge and discharge.
As many a IVyar, God wot.
Preaches for his grote,
Flatterynge for a new cote.
And for to have hyi fees,
Some to gather cheest^
Lothe they are to leso
Eyther come or mault,
Sametone meale and sault,
Sametinte a bacon Aicke
That is three lingeni thycke
Of larde and of greace.
Their couent to cncreace.
1 pQt you out of doubt
This canoot he brought about
But they their tonges file,
And make a pleasaunle stj'le
To Maigerye and to Maude,
Howe they haue no fnude.
And somtyme they prouoke
Bothe Gyll and Jacke at nokc.
Their duties to withdraw
That they ought by the lawe
Their curates to content
lu open time and in Lenta ;
God wot they take great payne
To flattar and to &jne ;
But it is ID olde sayd saw,
lliat neede hath no lawe ;
Some walke abouto in melottes.
In gray ruaset and bery cotea,
£H>me wil neyther gotde ne grotes :
Some pluck a partrich in remotes,
And by the barres if her tayte
Wil know a rauen from a imyle,
A qiiail,the taile,and {be old rauen.
He could not nng lumselfe thcr-
But by the help of Christiau clout
Another clementine also.
How frere Fabion, with other loO,
Ic paradiso.
Whan they again thither shall
De hoc petimus cunailium,
A nd through all the world they go
With dirige and placebo.
" ; now my minde ye vnder-
Forthey
S^l
And bydudum, their Clementine,
Against curates repine.
And say, propreiy, they are saoer-
dotes
To shryue, aaaoyle, and reles
Dame Margeriei soule out of hel :
But when tlic ftier fd in the wel
tetakeir
preach and to withstand
bi^opa haue protections
They say to do corrections.
But they haue no afiectiona
To take the sayd directions ;
In such maner of ewes
say they bean no faces
To occupy such placoa
To sow the sede of graces {
Their hartes are rib fayikted.
Withe
And other supersdcion,
l^at they be deofe and duin,
*Lnd play scylens and ^um,
Can say nothing but mum.
I occupy theym so ■
inging placebo.
They wil no farther go ;
lliey had teuer to please
And take tbeir woiilly ease.
Than to take on hand
Worshyp to wythstande.
Such temporal war and bate
U nowe is made of late
Against holy churche eatate ;
Or to mayntayne good quarelles
The lay men call them barrelles
Full of glolony,
\nd of hypocrisye
llut counteriaylea and punli
I'lyko
Tliey shew them politike.
Pretending grauitia,
And sygnyoiylie,
With all solempnilie
" r their indcmpnitie ;
For they w[ll haue no lesae
Of a peay, nor of a croise
OfUieirprvdialllandcs
That Cometh (o their hacdea ;
i farre as ihcy dare set
yshe tlial Cometh to net ;
Building royally
Thier manciona curiously
1 and with toure*.
With hallcs and with bouiea,
With glassewindoweaandbaiTmi
Hangyng about thewallea
Clothes of golde and palles.
Arras of ryche arayo,
Frchlie as llourcs in Maye ;
Wylh dame Dyana naked
How lustye Venui quaked ;
And bpwe Cupide shaked
His darte, and bentc hys bo^^'e
For to shote a crowe
At her tyrly tyrlowe ;
And how Paris of Troye
Daunced a lege de moy.
Made lustye spoite and ioye
With dame Helyn the queene ;
With such itoryes by de«n
Tbeir chambres wel be teen.
With tfiumpbes of Cesar
And of his Pompdus n-ar.
Of renowne and of fame
By them to get a name.
Nowe all the world stares
How they ryde in goodly chares,
Conueyed by olyphantes
With lauriat garlentes.
With their semely homes;
Upon these beastes riding
Naked boyes ' "
inkyng;
XVith wanton wenches w
Now truly to my thinky _
'a specuhdon,
nete mcditadon.
For prelates of estate
Their courage to abate
From worldly wontonnes,
Tlieir cbamlwe thus to drca
With Budi parfetnea.
And all such holynea,
How be it tfaey Let down aU
Hkeir churches cathedml ]
„ t, and lord,
That the church remord,
Wilh oil (tanporal people.
They runne against the steeple ^
Thus talkyng and telUnge
How some of you are mellyng^
Yet soft and byre for swellyn^
" ire of a quesiKS yelKng.
a besy thing
e, and make rekenyng
To goueme ouer all.
And rule a realme royall ;
Fortune may chaunca to flit.
And wheii he wenetb to syt
may he mysse the quis^on,
1 red a preposidon.
Sum regibus dimicare,
Et omnibus dominare,
Et supra te pravare.
Wherefore he hathe good ttv
That can himselfe assure
How fortune wyl endure ;
Than let reaon you support
For the communalte,
Tliat they baue great wonder
That ye kepe them so Tnder,
Yet they meruayle so muchs leMe
For ye play so at the cheaae.
As they suppose and grssa.
That some of you but late
li played so checkmata
1 lordes of great estala^
After auch a rate.
THE BOKE OF COUN CLOUT.
67
Hat tber iWl md normika,
Kor Tpoo dwm take
Fw ky*ge DOT ksTWr takf,
Bm M ma pleasure of on*
TiMtniledi dMicMalooa.
Hdai, 1 nye Hel«,
And DM so hardy oo his bead
To lake OD God in foniM of bnMl
But that the p^ryflh^ clcrkc
There Tpoa moMberiu,
And pmimt faim ■! hu aikjug
For to Ma the laerTBg.
And how ma; Aii aocotd.
So hardj to make Hile,
Hka
Not to cipreaae to bk penon
Whbmit jouz ■auntacioti
Gnunt hjni his licence
To pnace to hi* preaance ;
Ksr to iiiial I to him Mcretlj,
Opoily, new pmiyly,
Waboat bi> proiitent be bj.
Permitted; bj saioct Luke,
And by sweet minct Maike
llii u a woodetoua warfce !
Thtf the people lalke IUm,
The dmilt cansM ttop their
Bm tiiaj wiU laUe «f Mcba
An that MKT the; kea
Agaiaatall ipiritiul men.
Wket^ it he wroogeot rT^Ma,
Or cb fiv dii|iight^
Or how* soar it bapa
Tiefi ttamge* diiit do dap*
Hay put yon (o your action.
And whetha tb« (ay tniely.
As they ma; abide tbeiby.
Or els tbat they do lye,
Te know better than I ;
Bet now, dd»ti*>cira
And groundlye audiie
IV; lay they will ysu cast.
nErfhte itaal sure and fiiM.
Stud SBraMid nka good feting.
And let be al yovr motiog,
ToBT gsBng aisd your lotiDg,
And your parcial praanoting
Of thoM (hat stend ia your gnoe,
But oUc seruaBntes ye cfaaK
And pot thim out of their place.
Of you diat clwikei be,
Take Tpan me
Thus copioudy to write,
1 do it not for no deipite ;
Wherfore take no diidaine
At my stile rude and plaync.
For I rebuke no man
That lestuous is, why than
Wreke yc your anger on me 7
Par thoM that vratuous be
Haue no cause to say
That I qieake out of the way.
Of no good byshop speake I,
Nor good prest of the clai^,
GotJcT Aere, nor good chanon.
Good nunne, nor good canon.
Good monke, nor good clerke.
Nor of no good werke )
But my recountyng ii
Of them tbat do amis,
la speaking and rebelling.
In hinderiDg and disauailing
Holy church our mother.
One against another
To Tie Eucfa dispiung.
Is all my whole wiyting,
To hinder no man
As neare ss I can.
For no man bsue I nsmad,
Wherfore should 1 be blamed,
Ye ought to be ashamed
Against me to be greued.
And an tell no cause why
But that I wryte trulje.
Then if any ther be
Of high or low degree
Of tiw qiiritualty.
Or of the temporaltye.
Hut doth tUnke er weoa
That Us ooDKaanix he not clns,
And feleth hymselft aid%
Or touched on the qukke,
Such grace God them sand
For I wyll not pretend
Any man to ofiiode.
Wbsrfore, at thinketh me,
Great ydeottes they bee.
And lytle grace they haue
Tlus treatise to depraue.
Nor wil hcore no
Nor no Tcrtuoui t
Nor wil haue no renting
Of any Tertuou* wryting,
Wil know none inteUigenoe
To refourme tbeir negligence,
But liue stil out of fiuioo.
To (heir owne damnation ;
To do shame they haue no shame.
But they wold no man should
theim blame ;
Tliey haue an euii name.
But yet they will occupy the same.
With them the wo^ of God
Is counted for oo rod.
They count it for a milinge
That nothing is aiuyling
The pnacheit with cuil hailing ;
Shal they vaunt vs prelates
That bet" ' " —
Not M hardy on thdr patst ;
Harke bow the losel piatea
With a wide wesaunte,
Ausunte j lur Guy of Oaunt,
AuauDte I lewde pieest, auaunt I
Auaunt ! syr doctoure Dyuers,
Prate of thy maltau and thy
And let oure matlen paae.
How darest thou, DaucocJtc, mel ?
How dareat thou, loaell,
Alligate the gospel
Against ts of the counsel ?
Auaot to the deuill of hel !
Take him, warden of the Fletc,
Set hun faate by the fete ;
I say, lyuetenaunt of the Toure,
Make this lurden for to ioim.
Lodge him in litle ease,
Fede him with beanes and pease ;
The Kinget Bench or Afarthalsy,
Haue him thether by and by ;
Hie viUaine preacheth openly.
And declareth oure villany ;
And of our fre smplenesse,
He sayes that we are techkase
A ud full of wylfulne^ ;
Shameles and merdles,
Incorrigible and inifia<Ti
And after this rata
Against ts doth prate.
At Pauleg croise, or da whar(^
Openly at Westminster,
And Saynt Mary Spittel,
They set not by ui a whiatal ;
At the Austen Piyera
They count ts for lyan.
And at Saynt ThooBS of Aktn^
They caipe vt tyke crakets t
Haw we wyll rule al at will
Without gi»d leason w AjU,
And My how that we be
Full of parcialitic ;
And how at a pronge
We tume right to wrOQgi
Delay cauaea so longe
Hiat right no mas can fang i
Tbtj say many matters be l»m
By the right <rf' a isnimes home.
Is not this ■ shamefuU scorne
To be treated thus and lome?
How may we thus indure
Wherfore we make you sure,
Te preachers ihslbe yawde.
Soma shalbe sawde
As noble Ezechias
TTie holy prophet was ;
And some of you shall dye
Ljke holy Jeremy ;
Some banged, some slayn.
Some beaten to the bnjne ;
And we wil rule and rayne,
And our matters maintuiae.
Who dare say there agayne.
Or i«ho dare dysdaine?
At your pleasure and wil.
For be it good or be it yll.
As it is. il thalbe stil,
For si master doetour of ciuill.
Or ofdiuine, or doctout Dryuilt
F £
I^ hfm cou^ Rmghe or srieui
Renne God, renne deuti,
Renne who dm; lenne best j
And let take all the rest,
It ia to dr^de men BajeB,
Iieut tlie; bee Hdudn,
Ai the; be ayd sayne.
Which detennine playne
We ihoulde not rise agayne
At dreadAil doDio daye ;
And so, it mneth, they play.
Whidi hate to be corrected
When they bee infected.
Nor wyl! Hifia thi> bcdce
By booke ne by crook*
Prynted Tor to be ;
For that no nun Bhould aev,
Mor rede in any tcrdln
or tbnr dnuiken nollea.
Nor of tbdr noddy p<d1ea,
Nor of theyr sely sou lev.
Nor of some witlen palea.
Of diaeni p'eat e*tata
Ai well as other men.
Now to withdraw my pec,
Andm
while U
it for the beste.
The fore ustel of my ihip
Shall glide and imolbely alip
Out of the HBuea wode
Of the Morniye floude ;
ffiiote anker, and lye at rode.
And aayle not brn a brode,
Til the coeate be dere
Ttiat the lode atarre appere ;
My ahyp now wyl I pere
Towude the pott Sslu
Of our. Bauiour Jeni ;
Such grace that be iii lenda
To rectiff and anxnd
Thingei that ate anda.
Whan that bb plcamre ia,
In opere imperfecio.
Id opere aemper perfecto,
Et in opere pltuqoam perfsclo.
PHILIP 8PAROW.
Dame Maijery;
Fa ™ my my,
Wherfor and why, why ?
For the nule of Philip Sparow
That WW late ilaine at Corow,
AmoDge the nunnei blake,
For Cm iweet wulet lake,
HAV 1 remembre agayne
How my Philip was alaine,
Neuer btlfe the paine
Was betwene you twayne,
Pyramui and Thedie,
Ai than befell to me ;
I wept and 1 waylcd,
~' leans down hayled,
nothinjE it auuled
To call Philip agayne
Whom Gib our cat hath ilBy
Gib. I »j, our c«,
It cannot be eiprest ;
Kirowful beaTynea
Biit al without redrea,
For within that aiound.
Half slunibryng in a aounde,
I fell downe lo Ibe ground.
Unneth I cast mine eyes
Toward the cloudy diyce.
But when I did behold
My ^BTow dead and cold,
" creature but tbat wold
e nwed vpon me
To behold and see
What beauioes did me pauge
Wherwith my handes I wnmge.
That my aenowes cnuked
Ai though I had ben tacked,
So payned and so sbained,
Tbat no Life welnye remained.
I sighed, aud I sobbed.
Fur that I was robbed
Of my Spvowes life ;
O mayden, widow, and vifc.
Of wtnt eatate ye be.
Of hye or low degre.
Gnat H>ni>w then ye might le,
And laariM to wepe at me ;
Sud) payne* did me treat
That mine haite did beat,
My Tisage pale and dead,
Wanne, and blue as lead.
The panges of hateful death
Wei nye (topped my breathe.
Hcu, heu, me.
That 1 am woe for thee !
Ad dominum c
Of God nothing els t
si.
UT Pliilips aoule to kepe
From the mareei deepe
Of Acherontea wel.
This is a floud of hel ;
And from the gieate Plulo^
The prinee of endle* woe ;
And fmm foule Aleclo,
With Tiaage blacke and bto {
And frtMn Mcduna, that mare,
Tbat lyke ■ faende dotb Mare ;
And tram Megeiaa e<Iden
From nifilingeof Philips fetben}
And from her firy uparklingn
Par burning of hii winges;
And from the Hnokes Mure
Of Proserpiiuu boutv ;
And frpm the dennes darke
Wber Ceiberui doth barke.
Whom Theseus did afny,
n Hen
s did 01
Itraj,
As famous poeI« saya ;
For tbat hel hounde
lliat lyeth in chaynei bound.
With gastly heades three.
To Jupiter pny wea
That Phillip preoeniad maye bee^
ly ye wyth me,
Dom
Helpe now ■■
LeTan oculos nwo* in montis.
Wold God I bad Xeoophonlis,
Oa Socratea the wyae
To shew me their deuiae.
Moderately to take
Thys sorow that I make
For Philyp Sparowes aake^
So feruently 1 shake
I fele my body quake.
So Trgently I «n btoughte
Into carefid thought,
I^ke Andromaca, Hecton wrfe,
Waa weaiy of her lyfe.
When the had lost her joy,
Noble Hector of Troy ;
InltkemaneralKK
Eneieaselh my deadly woe,
Ffir my Sparow is go ;
It was so prety a toole
It wold lyt on a atoole.
And learned after my icocde
For to keepe hia cut.
With Phillip kepe your cut.
It had a reluet capy
And wold lyC upon my lap.
And SI
a while bread a
And many times and ofle
Betwene my breates raft
It wold lye and rest.
It wa* propre and presc
Sometime he wold gasp«
When he saw a waqie,
A flye, or a gnat,
He would Ay at that;
And pretety he would pant
When be saw an anti
Lord, bow be wold pry
Alter the butter fly ;
Lord, bow he wold hop
After the graaop :
And whan I layd, Phyp, Phip,
Than he wold leape and skip.
And take me by the Up ;
Alaa it wyl me sloa^
Tbat Philip is gone me tro.
Si in i qui ta tea
Alas I was euU at sae,
De profoundii clamari.
When I aav my Spwow <l;fw.
THE BOKE OF PHILIP SPAROW.
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NawK after mj dome.
Hum SulpicUat Rane,
Wbme nanw r^istnd was
And eloquently to write,
Thoo^ «be woM prvtend
JSj 8pin>w to conmiend,
I trov she could not Bneade,
Bepcning the venues si
Of mj Sparbir royvl.
Far it would come and go.
And Be KO to and fiD,
And on mc it *ald leape
Whan I was asle^K,
And h» letbers shake,
WbcT wjrtfa bee wotd nuke
He often tor to wake,
And for to take him in
Upon m; naked skin
God wot we thought no ijn j
What tfaough he cre|>t so law
It was no hurt I trow,
He did nothinge perdee
But sft rpOD m; knee ;
FUlipt thou^ bee were Tiise,
Phillip bwl leaue (o go
To pike my little too,
Phillip myght be bold,
And do what be wold ;
PfaHip would seke and lake
All the flees blake
That he could there etpye
TTitli Ids wanton eye.
AUa 1 wold ride and go
A THoiiaAKii mile of grounde
If aaj audi might be foundc,
It were worth an hnndreth pounde
Of kyng CrcniB goMe;
Or of Artalns the old.
The ryebe prynce of Pai^ante,
W^SDlist the Btot7 tosee^
Cadiimt, that his sister sought,
And k dHMild be boughte;
F«r gaid and fee
He Aould ouer the see,
To wete, if be coulde bryng
Any rf the ^rynge.
Or any of the bloude.
Of ber crafty ma^e,
IfySparowihaaihouldebe^ycke
Wytb a dianne ay twaJae,
And play with me agayne,
Bm bI this is in Tadne
Tlmt for to eomplaine.
I take my sampler onet
Of purpose for tbe nones
To sow wytb aticbea of nlke
Hy Sparow white as mylke,
That by reprmtmacioti
Of Iniiiu^ and iacion,
might impiBle
aaure and comfort
For my solace and sporte ;
But whan I was toning his beke
Me thought my Sparow dyd Bpeake
And open his prety bill,
S^yiif.
le for I
kil.
Ye piicke me in the head,
With that my nedle ware red.
Me thought nf Philypi bloude,
"' le here tight vp^ode.
And was in such a Iraye
My Bpeche was taken awsye,
I kC9l downe that there was.
And sayd, alas ! alas
How commGth this to pas :
My fingers, dead and cold,
Could not my sampler hold ;
My nedle and threde
KBje for drede :
The best now that I may
Is for his soule to pray.
tainfvri,
Good Lord, haue mercie
Upon mj Sparowes soule
Written in my bede roule.
Japhet, Cam, and Scm,
Ma gni ft «Bt,
hew me the right path
To the hillea of armonye
Wherfore the birdes yet cry,
or jrour fathen bote
That was somtime a flote,
' they lye and rote ;
I,et some poetes wryte
Deucalions floud it highte.
But as verely as ye be
Tbc natural! sonnes three
Of Noe, the patriarke.
That made that great arke,
Wberin he had apes and owles,
Beastes, byides, and fbules,
That if je can fyndc
" _ " ly Sparowes kynde,
God sende the aoule good rest,
I wDulde yet haue a nest
As prety and as prott
As my Sparow was ;
But my Sparow dyd pas
All Sparowes o( tlic wod
That were since Noes floud
Was neuer none so good ;
King Philip of Moceduny
Had no such Philip as I,
No, no, sir, hardely.
That vengeaunce I aske and cry
By way of exctamadon
On al the whale nadon
or ratles wilde and tame,
God send them sorow and shame ;
That cat specially
That skw so cruelly
My litlc prety Sparow
That 1 hrought yp at Carow.
O cat of churlyshe kynde.
The feend wsa in thy minde.
Whan thou roy byrd vntwynde
I I wolde thou haddest ben biynd.
The leopardes lauage.
The lyons in their rage
Mi^t catcbe tbe in their pawei.
And gnaw the in thdr jawea j
These aerpentea of Libany
Might (ting the venemously ;
The dragona, with their tungea.
Might poison thy liuei and lunges.
Tbe mantican of the mauntaynea
Mighte feed them on thy brajnes.
Melanchates, that hound
That plucked Acteon to the
grounde,
Gaue bun hia mortal wound,
Cbaunged to s deere,
The story doth appere.
Was chaunged to an harte j
So thou, foulc cat that thou arte.
The set^ same hounde
Might the confound.
That his own lord bote,
Mighte bite asunder thy tbrottp
Of Inde, the gredy gripes
Might tcare out all (hy tripes ;
Of Arcady, tbe beares
Might plucke aweye thine carea ;
The wiUe Wolfe, Ijcaon,
: aaondre thy backc bone.
Of Ethna, the brenning byl,
That day and night brenneth styll,
Set in thy.layle a blase.
That al the world may gaae
And wonder vpon thee.
From Ocdon, the greate sea.
Unto the lies of Orchadye ;
From Tilbery fery
To the playne of Salisberye ;
So ttailerously my Inrd to kyll.
That neuer ought the euill will ;
Was never bird in cage
More gentil of corage
In doing his homage
Unto his Boueraine .
Alas, I say agayne.
Death hath departed tb twayne,.
The false cat hath the slaine ;
Fare well Phillip, adewe,
Our Lorde thy soule rescewe ;
Farewell without restoni.
These vilanus false csttea
Were made for mise and rattea.
And not for byrdes small ;
Alas my face waxeth pale.
Telling this pyteous tale.
How my byrd so fiiyre,
Hiat was wont to repayre.
And go in at my^ipayre.
And crepe in al my gor
Of ray goune befbre,
Flickering with his wtngea,
Alas my hert it stynges,
Hemembring prety thyngea;
Alas myne hart it slecth
My Philips dolefal death
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Man; tjmes and oft
UpoD m J finger sloft ;
I placed with him, tittcl Uttel,
And Ted him with my spattell ;
With hii bit betwcne my lipi.
It was my prety Phips ;
Many a prety kuss
Had I of his awete muaae.
And now the cauie ii thiu,
That he is slaync me Itd
To my great payne and wo.
Of fortunei this the chauoee
Standeth at vatyauncc,
Oft time after plasuincB
Trouble and grcuaunce ;
No man can be aure
A I way to have pleasure.
As wel petceiue ye may
How my di^Hut and playa
From me was taken aivaye
By Gyb, our cat sauag^
liiat in ftitioua rage
Caught Philip by the head.
And tlue him there atarkB dead.
Kyrie eleyeson,
Christe eleyeson.
Kyrie eleyeson.
Poa Pliilip Sparowea aoule,
Set in our bead mule.
Let ua now irtiupcT
See none be left behynd )
To morally loke thai ye £>wl
With doloron* wingea funerall :
Some to sing, and aome to say.
Some to weep, and aofna to piaye,
£uBry bird in hie lay.
Tlie goldfinch, the wagtaile.
The laogling jaye to nyie j
The decked pye to chatter
Of thia dnluiHia matter ;
Androbyn red bieata
He ahalbe the precit
The requiem nuve to ayng
Lofty wBibeling ;
With belpe of the red >p«i««,
And the chattering awallow
This bearae for to halow :
The larke with his long toe,
The apinke, and the martinet alao ;
The BhoiKlai' with hia brode bed.
The dotosll, that folish pecke ;
And also the mad coote.
With a balde ftce to toole ;
The felde fare and (he snyte.
The crawe and the kyte :
The ranen called roUe,
His playne songe to solfe ;
The partiyche, the quayle,
The plouer, wylh n to wayle;
The wodhacke, that aingeth churre
Horaly as bee had the murre;
The lusty chaunling nightingale.
The piqiingaye, to tel her t^e.
That toteth oft in a glaaae.
Sbal T«de the gonpel «t mime ;
SKELTON.
luii, with ber whiatell,
Sbe rede there the piatell.
But with a, large and a longa
To kepe iust ptayne songe,
" r chaunteis ^ttlbe your cuck-
The culuer, the atockedoue.
With puwyt, the lapwing.
The Teraydea shal synge i
The bitter with his bumpe.
The ^ane with hia ^umptf.
The Bwao of Menander,
The gooae and the gander ;
The ducke and the drake,
Shal walche at thya wake ;
The pecocke eo praude.
Because hya ToyCB is loud.
And balh a gloryous tale.
He thai syngo the grayle ;
'" Dwle that wi foule,
t helpe Ts to houle j
The beron ao gaunte.
And the cormoraunte,
Wyth the feauant,
And the gaglyng gaunte.
And the churlish chouge,
The rout and the kough.
The barnacle the buMard^
With the Wilde mallard ;
The diucndc^ to sleep.
The water ben to weep ;
The puffin and the tele,
Honey they aball dele
To pon folke at larger
That abalbe theyr charge;
The aemew and the titnvM,
The wodcode with the long nosa.
The tbrestiU with her wari^ge.
The ftarling with bcj laablinget
The imike, with the Otfir*f
That putteth fiahea to aftay;
And the dcinty curlew.
With the tmtil most true.
At thia Placebo.
We m^ not well forgo.
The countring of the eo,
Tbe Morke also,
That makcth his neat
Tn diimneyea to rest i
Within thoae walles
No broken gallea
May thne abide
Of cokoldry syde;
Or ela philosi^y
Haketh a.great lye.
Tbe escndge, thatwil eate
Ad faorahowe ao greata
Is the stede of meat.
Such fenient faeat
Hia atonuke doth &e«t ;
He cannot wel fly.
Nor aynge tunablf ;
Yet at abiayde
He hath well assayd
To aol fa aboue £1*,
Fa loniU ft fa ;
Ne quando.
An let him ring the bds.
He can do nothing ela ;
Chaunteclere, our cocke.
Must tell what is of tbe dock*
By the astrologye
That he hath naturally
Conceyued and caught.
And was new taught
By Albumaier,
The astiunomer.
Nor by Ptholomy,
Prince of aatrauomy ;
Nor yet by Haly,
And yat be croweth dayly
And nightly tbe tydea
That no man abidos
With partlot hia hen,
WhiHne now and then
Hee plucketfa by the bed
Whan he doth her tred.
Tbe bird of Arabye,
That potenciallye
irdye.
And yet there is i
This hetae that must blii
That coat great summesi
Tbe way of thuiificalioa
To make fbmigacicRi
Swete of reflarye.
And redolent of ayr^
Thia cone for aence.
With great reuerenee
Aa paitriarke or ffope,
In a blacke rope,
WUlea he aenaetb
He shal ayng tbe Ttaae
libera ra^
In de la aol re,
SoAlybonale
For my Sparowca aoule.
Of the pbeaii kiude.
Of whose incineradon
There liaeth a new craadoo
Of tfaewme fadim
Wythout alteradoa ;
Sailing that old age
la turned into corage
Of fresh youth agayne ;
This matter true and playne,
Playne mattv indeed.
Who eo lyat to rede-
But for the ^e doth fly
Hyeat In the aky.
He ahalbe thy aedeane -
quen
Male I
ando.
The .
Aa prouoat priocqiall.
To teach them their tvdinall j
Also the noble ftwcon.
With the ger&ceon,
llie tanel gcntil,
They ahall mane aofte and
■tiU;
THE BOKE OF PHILIP SPAROW.
Diiigc for FULpi «ouli ;
TIk goshuike ibBl hsue a roul
The querester» Ut ctmtroule ;
Thf lajuers u>d durUon*
The kstrel in >1 this wuk*
Sal be boly nuer cUrite ;
And Eu>w the darke cloudf pigbt
Clmnh awmy Ptiebus brjgbt,
Taking his coune inwud the
weite,
God tend my Sparows soule good
Reqiaemeternani dona BB doming
Fa fa & my re I
A par ta hi fe ri.
Credo Tidere bona domlni,
t piBj God Philip to beven nujr
To hearsi be abal, from beuen
Of al good pzaieia God send bim
Faa. he mi a pre^ codu,
A>d cvD* of a geatill (tocke.
And vnpt io a maideos tmock,
And diendied full daintdy,
lyu trad &te made bim to dye,
Alas tat doleful JtaUny i
But whereto ihuld I
To Jupiter 1 call.
Of beauen onperial*
That Philip may fly
Abooe the Merry iky.
To tieade tike pfety VTCOt
llM is our ladies lien,
Ym ooe thing is behinJe,
Hjat DOW commeth to mind.
An epiiaphE I wold baue
For Phillips gnuie ;
But fiw 1 am a majde,
nmcnms, halfe linyde
That ncuer yet anyde
or Etycanes well,
nivre the mtua dwell,
Hiough 1 can lede and spcU,
Secount, report, and tell
Of tbetalles of Caunterliuiy,
Soaie lad storyes, some nwny i
Al Paloouo >ad Arcet,
Duke Theseus and parlelet;
Andoftbewifi; Bath,
Thai worketh much scathe
Whan her tale ii told
Among hmwiues bold.
How the contToId
IW hmbMidet m ifae wold.
And tbam to dispiw
In the homeliisC wise,
Bring athEf wiu«s in thought
Theii husban Jes to kc at naught.
And though that red baue 1
Of Gawen and fyr Guy,
And tel can a ^^at peece
Of the golden fleece.
How Jason it wui
Like a valiaunt man;
Of Artur* round talAe,
With bis knightes commendable.
And dome Gaynour hys queue
How «yr Launcelote de hicK
Many a speare brake
For hia ladyes sake ;
Of Tiistom and kyng Ma-ke,
And al the whole waike
Of beie Isold bis vife.
Some say she was lyghl.
And made faer husband knyghl
Of the common hall
That cuckoldei men call i
And of sir Ubius,
Named Disconius;
Of quatar fyls Amunde,
To Rome to Cliarlenwyne,
Upon a great payne ;
And how they rode each One
On Bayard Mounlalbon ;
Men se bim now and then
Id the form Arden.
What though I can fiame
The atoryea by name,
Of Judas Machabeus,
And of Cesar Julius ;
And of the loue betwene
Paris and Vlene ;
And of the duke of Haonyball,
That made the Romaynes al
For drede and. to quake ;
How Scipion did wajie
Tlie citic of Cartage,
Which by his vninerciful rage
He beat down to the ground ;
And though 1 can expound
Of Hector of Troy,
That was all theyr iuye,
Wbome AcHIIgs slue,
Whetfore all Troy did me j
And of the loue so bote
That made Troylus to do*e
Upon iayre Cresseyde,
And wliat they wrote and aayd,
And of their wanton wils
Pandaer bare the byis
From one to the other
His maisIeiB loue to further ;
Somtime a precioui thyoge.
An oucbe or els a ryn^
From her to him agayn
Soratioie a prety chain, -
Or a bracelet of her heare
Prayed Troylus for to weare
That token for her sake ;
How hartely he did it tidte.
And much therof did make ;
m -vayne.
And al that wa
For shoe dyd bi
The story tclletli pi syne
He could HOC obt^e,
Tbough his father wer a Ling ;
Yet there was a thyngc
That made the male to wiyng.
She made him to sing
The song of loiKrs laye.
Musing night and daye.
Comfort had he none,
She was much to blame.
Disparaged is her &me.
And blemished is her name
In maner half with shame.
Troylus also hath loM
On hei mache loue and cost.
And now must kisse tlie pott (
Pandar, that went betwene.
Hath won notbyng, I wecoi
But light for somer greeue.
Yet for a special laud
He is named Troyllous baud.
Of that name be is sun
Whiles the world thai dure.
Though I remembie the fable
Of Penelope moat stablt^
To herhusbaud moat trew,
Yet long time she ne knew
Whether he were on Uue or ded,
Her wit stode her in stsd.
That she was true and juste
For anye bodelye lutte
To Uliies her make.
And neuer wold him forsake.
Of Mbicub Marcellus
A proGses I could tel t( ;
And of Anttfocus,
And of Joseph us,
De antiquitatihuB ;
And of Mardocheui,
And of j^reat Asauenii,
And of VcscB his queene.
Whom be forioke with teenc.
And of Hester his other wife,
Widi whom be led a pleaMunt
Ufe;
Of kynge Alexander,
And of kyng Euander,
And of Porcena tlie gicate.
That nada the Homans to ■»***
Though 1 baue enrold
thousand, newe and old,
Of these Instoryaus Ules
To Gl bougets and males,
With hookcs that I baue red.
Yet I am nothyuge sped.
And can but lytic skyl
OfOvidorVernL
Or of Plutha^e,
Or of Frauncea Pelrark^
Alcheus or Sapho ;
Of suche other poetes moe,
As Linus and Homerus,
Euphorion and Theocritus,
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Anacreon and Arioo,
Sophocles and Philemon,
Findanu uid Dimonjdes,
Fhiliston and Phoradden ;
Theiie poetea of aundentie.
They are to diSiuw for me.
Pot aa I to ibre haue myd,
I am but a yonge majd,
And cannot in eBbct
My itile aa yet direct
With eoglysb worde* dect ;
Our naturall tongue is rude.
And hard to be eoneude
Wyth polydMd tearmes lustyc ;
Oure language ia >o rustye.
So cankered, and ao fill
Of fivnardes, and ao dul.
That if I wold appjy
To write ordinstely,
Termea to serue my minde;
Gowers englyshe is olde,
And of DO value is tolde,
Hb matter in woitb gold,
And worthy to be enrold.
In Chauaer I am sped.
His t«- ■ ■
Hiam
FiOa sub imagine teita
Cuius eiis TOlucris
Prestanti corpore Virgo
Candida Nais erat ;
Fana<m<a ista Joanna eat ;
Docta Carinna Aiit,
d magnis Iita sapit
is delectable,
His englyehe wel alowed,
So aa it IB enprawed.
For as it is employed
There is no englyabe voyd.
At those dayes mucbe commended,
Andnowmen wolde haue amended
His En^i^e, where at they bariu.
And marre alt tbef warke.
Chaucer, that fanioua clarke,
Hia teaimes were not darcke.
But pleasaunt, easy, and playite )
No worde he wrote in vayne.
Also John Lydgate,
Wiytteth after an hyer rate e
It la diffkise to Qmde
The sentence of hia mind,
Tet wryteth be in hii kind ;
No man that can amend
Those maten that be hathpendf
Yet Bome men finds a faut.
And say he wryteth to haul.
WfaerfoT« hold me excused
If I haue not wel peruaed
Myne Englyah baite obiiaed ;
Thoughe it be refused.
In worth I shall it take,
'And few^ woidea make.
But for my Sparowes sake.
My wit I shall assay
An cpyt^he to wryghle
In Latyne playne and lygbt g
Wherof the elegy
Foloweth by and by,
Flos Tolucrum formoee Tale,
Philippe aub ista
Marmoreiam recubas.
But enfiirsed am I
Openlye to aakry,
o make an outcry
lite odyouB enuye,
That euermore wyl lye.
And «ay curaedlye.
Bun immaculati in lia,
O glorioea fcemina.
Now mine hole imaginacion
And studious meditacion,
la to lake this commendadon
In this consideracian,
And vnder pacient tolleradon
Of that most godly mayd
That Placebo hath sayd.
And for her Sparow prayd
In lamentable wyse.
Now wyl I enterprynB
ThiKOW the grace diuine
Of the muiea nine
Her beauty to commend.
If Arethusa wyl I send
Me enfluence to endite.
And with my pen to write ;
If Apollo will pramise
Melodiouslye it to deuiae,
His tunable harpe atiingee
With annonye ^lat singes
Of princes and of kynges.
And of all pleasaunt thyngea.
Of lurt and of deljrgbt,
Thorow hia godly mi^t ;
To wbomc be the laud asetjbed
That my pen liath cnbibed
With tbe aureat droppes.
As Terelye my hope ia.
Of Thagu*, that golden floud.
That pasaetfa all the earthly good:
And as that floud dothe pas
Al floudes that euer was
With hya golden aandea.
Who so that mdentandea
Cosmogmphy, and the atremea.
And the floudeain atiaunge remea
Ryght so she dotbe excede
Al other of whom we rede.
Whose tame by me sfaal sprede
Into Perce and Mede,
Fhnn Britons Albion
To the toure of Babilon.
Iti
Andni
rt itis
ibian
Thoughe I regester her name
In the courte of btne ;
For thya most goodly flourc^
This bioeaoine of &eahe coioure.
So Jupiter me succoure.
She flormheth new and new,
In beauty and venue;
J lac daritare gemina,
O glOTioi* fceniina.
iifayale
weye.
Hia booea crake,
Hys gummes rustye,
e full vnlustye,
Hys harts with all
Bytti7 as gall,
Hia liuer, hia Longes,
With anga- is wrongc,
Hya aerpentes tonge
That many one hath atonge i
He frowneth euer.
He Uugheth neuer
Causeth him to grin
And TBiHce therein.
No slepe can hym catcho.
But euer doth watche.
He is ao bete
With malice and ttete,
Wyth anger and yie,
Hisfoulededre
Wyl auAr no sleep
In his head to cre^ ;
Hia fotde aemblannle
Al di^leaaaunte.
Whan other are glad
Than is hee «ad
FranlJcke and mad ;
Ilia tounge neuer styll
liing and wringing.
Biting ud Mingyng ;
And thus this elf
Consumeth himsdfo;
Hymaelfe doth sloe
Wyth payne and woe,
Thys blse enuy
aayth that I
Use greate follye
For to indite
And for to wryte,
A nd apende my time
In prose and rime.
For to expna
Thenoblenea
That cauHth me
Studious to be.
To make a relation
Of her commendadon ;
And there agayne
Enuy doth complajne,
And bath disdaine, .
Bui yet certayne Kj|C
I will be playne, O
THE BOKE OF PHIUP SPAEOW.
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To mbarfe m j pan.
Tbor true bedel.
Tbe orient pnrla w cksr^
Tba intaa of bcr Itrv;
Ttw luit; nibj ruddea,
RcsRnblc tbe roae budd« ;
Her lippes eoft mi mery,
Emblonieit like the cher; ;
It wm u hewenly bljue
Her lugred moutbe to k;r''<> I
Her bouitj la u
Of whoma I thinke
With pen and jnk*
Ftr to com|>jrle
Sgcncgpodlr Oile;
For tbn moste goodly floore,
Tliii bloaauui of tnab coloor.
So JnpiteT me ■uccour,
Sbe floridwU) new and new
la bcmutie and ireitiie {
Uac claritate gemina.
Al the godly fort
Of bs fetnna deeie
Tfart halb none earthly peers ?
And CO bath raunhed me
Her (o behind and *e,
lid in wordeaplayne
Wkbhi
Pajie^
Or eb fayre PiJexene ;
Oreia Caliope,
Orela Poiolope:
For tfafs moate goodly fl
Tba bloaaonte of frealM coloure,
Sht Aorulwth new and a
In beauty and TCrtue ;
Bac cUntM* gemioa.
So proprdy it ia aet ;
Sbe is tbe viidet,
Tbe daiqr delecttble.
The columbine commendable,
Thii ielofer amiable :
Thii moate goodly flouie,
Thia blosaomc of freahe coloure,
o JupiUT me succoure,
She florysheth new and new
Hac claritsle gemina.
AffD whan I perceiued
And DOtfaiDg wvUonlf ,
But right eoDuenienlly,
And full o
la moMe goodly wyae ;
Who lo lyU beholi^
It maketh louers bold
ler to aue for gnce.
Her fauour to purchaae ;
The «ker upon her chin,
Fnrhiard on her ftyrc skin.
Whiter thwi the «wmi,
It woJd make any man
To forget deadly ayn
Her FauouT to wyn ;
80 Jupiter me luccour,
She dourioheth new and new
In beauty and icrtue ;
Hac cUritate gemina,
Defbdt in lalutate tua anhni
Qiud petia filio, mater duldaunu:
Son, and make no din,
For now I wil b^in
To haue in icmembraunce
Her goodly dalyaunce
I And her goodly paataunce j
So bad and ao demiire,'
Behauing ber lO *ure ;
With wordee of pleaaure
She wold make to tbe lula ;
And any man conuert
To geueberbii whole hart;
She made me ion amaaed
Upon ber whan I gaacd.
Me thought mine fautwncnaed,
Hy eyen wtat to daaed :
For thia moat goodly Sour,
The bloaaome of fl'eah eolour.
So Jupiter me auccoure.
She fioryabeth new and new
In beauty and Tertew j
Hac claritate gemina,
Quomodo dileii legem tuam
domina. [omnia.
Recedant TCtera, nova lunt
And to amend her tala.
Whan she lyat to auale.
And with her Angeti small,
And haadei toft as lilke^
Whiter than milke,
That are ao quickdy vayned,
Wberwilh my hand the itrahied.
Lord, how I wae payned,
Uanetb I am tefiayned.
How ibe me had redaymed.
And me lo her retaynHl ;
Embraajng (hswilh all
Her goodly middle nnall.
With dde* long and atreyt.
To tel you what conceit
I had then in a trice
The matter wer to nyce.
And yet theiv waa no vjcv
Nor yet no rillany.
But only fantasy ;
For this moat goodly Aonre,
Tbe blosume of frcah colour.
So Jiqiiler me luccour.
She florisheth new and new
In beaulie and vertue j
Hac claritate gemina,
O glorioea fonnina ;
fniquoa sdio habui ;
Non calnmnientur me luperU.
But whreto thotd I note
How often dyd I tote
Upon ber pie^ fote,
It rayaed myne hart rote
To see her treble tbe gmunde
With helea short and round ;
She ii plainly eiprease
Egeria, the goddesse.
And lyke to her ymage,
Importured with corage,
A louers pilgrimage ;
There i* no beat uuage,
Ne no tygre so wood
But sbe wold chaunfe bia mood,
Suche reluceni grace
Is formed in her taoe ;
For this moat goodly flour,
This bionsome of frabe colouR,
So Jupiter me raccour.
•a
She floTyibetli new tai a
In btauty oid lertue j
Hbc claiitate gemian,
O glarioB TiEmiiu,
Minbilia teuiinonis liM,
Sic utnovelho plBnutiime
So gmiij t she ittmtt,
80 properly tbie pnwH,
The bryght golden tnHca
Of her besre ao fyne
Lyke Pbebus bcmnei ahyne.
Where to should 1 diicloae
'Hie giMErfTig of her hoM?
It is for to nippose
Howe tJiBt ehe on wean
Gorgiotul je her geare ;
Her finhe bibilemeDtei,
With othOT impleroeiilea
To urue for all enleDtet.
l.;ke dame Flora, queetic
Of luitf »omer grtne,
Thii moste goodly flour,
Hoi bloHome of frnhe coloure.
So Jupiter me sticcouie,
She fliRTiheth new and new
In beuitjr and rertew ;
Hac elaritatc gemina,
O giorioHi fonijiia,
CtamaTi in toto corda exaudi me.
Hii. kfrtal so goodly lued,
Aitd vnder that is braced
Such pleaaum that I may
Neither write nor s^ ;
Yet thoughe I write not with ink.
No man can let me thinke.
Itc<
«litle<
ought.
Wold God 1
Were pollidied with the file
Of CiceroB eloquence^
To prajrse her excellence ;
The most goodlye Sour,
Hui blossome ik iieibe coloura.
So Jupiter me saccoure.
She 6oiy«heth new and new
In besuty and leitue;
Hac claritate gemioa,
O glorio« to^ina,
Prindpespeisecutinintiiw giatn,
Omniiius conaideratis. Pandiiui
voluptstiB, biec Tirgo est
Mi pen it is mable,
IVIy band it is TiBtable ;
My reason rude and dull
To prayse her at the fiill ;
Goodly maiMns Jane,
Sobre, demure Diane ;
Jane this maistrea hight.
The lode Mar of delight ;
Dame Venus of all pleasure.
The wel of worldly treasure ;
She doth eicede and pane
In prudence dame Pallas (
She fioiisheth new and [lew
In beauty and vettue;
Hac clantste gemina,
0 glorioaa fiamina.
RiaDrra etanam doiw as do-
With this psalm, Domine pro-
Shall saile ouer the sea.
On pilgrimages to sainct Jamys,
For shrympes, and for planes,
And for stalkynge cranes ;
And wher my pen bath o&kided
1 pray you it may be amended
By disoctc conxideralion
Of your wise reformaeian (
I haue not offended I Inut,
If it be sadly discust.
It were ira gentle guyse
This treatise to disjuw
Because I haue wrilea and sayd
Honour of this foyre m^d ;
Wberfore should J be blamed,
That 1 Jine named.
And famously proclamed 7
She is worthy to be mrold
With tetters of gdde.
Car elle vault.
Paa tne laurigcrunt Britonum
Formoaam potius, quam
daret Homerus;
Sc Jurat inlerdum ligidot recrean
Nee miniu hoc litulo tena MI-
Rieo que platiere.
Tliiuendetti the bc4e of Philii
oweth an adi-
: Skelton.
1st
That they cannot amend.
Though tbey wold spend
All the wyttes they hsTC.
What ayle them to deprnue
Phillip Sparowea giaoe
Can be no derogadon.
But myrth and cooaoladon.
Made by protestaciou ;
No man to ndscontent
With PlallippeB enteremenl.
Alas that goodly mayd.
Why tlionld the be aftayd ;
Why BhouM aba take iiMM
That her goodly name
Honorably lepoted,
SliDuld be set and sotted,
To be matriculate.
With ladyes of estate ?
I coniure the, Philiit Sparow,
By Ilocules, that bel dyd harow.
And with a Tenemous arow
Slewe of Ibe Epidaura
One oi the Ceutaures.
Or Onocentaures,
Or Hipocenlauritu,
By whose might and ie*jva
An hart was elaym
With homes twayne
Of glittering gold;
And the appels of gold
Of Heaperidei withhold.
And with a dragon kep^
Tliat neuer more ileptj
By marcial stiengtbe
He w»i at length.
And ilue Gerion
With three bodies in ons ;
With migbty corage
A vaunted the rage
Ot a lyon sauage ;
Of Dyomedes stt^le
He brought out a rable
With laapee and bounaca.
And with mighty lugging
Wrestlyng and tuggyng.
He pludud tbe bul
By the homed skul.
And oSred to Comucopii^
And >o forth, per cetera.
Also by Ecates bower.
In FlutuB gastly tower.
By the vglye Eumenidea,
By the vciKinous gapoit
That in bel is neuer brentc.
In Lema, the Grekes fen.
Thai was engendred then.
By Chemeras flames.
And all deadly names
Of infernal poaty
Where Boules fry and rosty>
By the stigial flood.
And tbe streames wood
Of Codhu botumles wet ;
By tbe f eryman of hel,
Caron, with hia beard faor^
That rowetb with a rude ore.
And with bis tare top
Gideth his bote with a prop;
I coniure Philip, and cal
In the name of king Saul,
Prime regum eipresse ;
He bad the Pbitonesse,
To wytchecraft her to dm ;
And by her Hustons
And damn^le illusions
Of moveyloua condinoB%
And by her supentidaiii
And wntdaful eoodiciom^
She raysed vp in tliat steda
Samuel that was deade.
THE BOKE OF PHILIP SPAROW.
The Htfe anoe Samiid,
How be it Id Suile d;d be tell
The Fhilutlaec ihnld him tttrj.
And dM next <kj he should dje,
I wQ m; eelf diBchwy,
To lettoed men at Iw^.
Bnt Philip^ 1 coniure thee,
No* hj tboe nuna three,
Dima, in the •oodes graie,
!,(»*, thai so bijg^ doth ■hjoe,
IhnBLrpipa, in bell,
TbttlHiii iboitlj tdl
I pi»f God tli^ be pajntA
No wone thui u contsjned
In latei tiro or three
That folowe, aa je ma; Me.
TaUa
IT liror *oliicrii [ua IW
e npiant, npiunt qua AM
Tolucrum
[amen inTidiaiDon tibi coa-
t, Google
STEPHEN HAWES.
LunLM addition was nude to English poetrji, and
no improrement, for nMH-e than « century aAer
Chuiccr'ft demth. The cloister was Dot • Echool for
it, but leisure was no where else to be found during
the limg diil wan; and the men who were dispOBcd
as well as able to have acquired honoun for theia-
■elvea, while the; beneDted their country, by pro-
moting literature, were engaged and sacrificed in
the tremendous struggle. At the close of that
struggle, Stephen Hawes flourinhed. He was a
native of Suffolk, and may, probably, bave known
Lydgate, whose poons, as well as those of the earlier
worthies, it is said that he could recite ; a talent
whereby be recommended himself to Heniy the
Serenth's favour. But he had other and better
cbinu, for he bad profited well by good opportunities,
haTing been educated at Oxford, travelled in Francsi
and studied with diligence and success the French
and Italian poeta. Little more is known of bis
life than that he was Groom of the Privy Chamber,
and is said to have confuted a Lollard in a public
disputotjon at Canterbury.
The Temple of Glass, which has sometimes been
ascribed to Hawes, is Lydgate's composition. Ths
Pastime of Pleasure, as it is the best EtigUsh poem
of its century, so is it the best of a kind which was
cultivated more successfully in Scotland than ia
England. It is said to have been composed in
1506, and was printed in 151T, 1554, and 1555.
There has been no later edition.
Neither the year of his birth nor of his death ia
rnciL, caLLED
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE,
How Graunde Amoure walked in a medawe, and met
with Fame enuyroned with tongues of fjn ca. L
Of the Bwete report of Fame, of the ftyre ladye L«
bell Pucetl, in the tower of Musike - ca.iL
How Fame departed from Graunde Amoure^ and
left bim Gouemaiice and Grace, and how he wente
to the tower of Doctrine - ^ ca, iij.
How he was let in by Countenaiice the portrcsse,
and of the mameylous building of the same
How Science sent him first to Oramer, where he was
receiued by dame Congruitie - ca. v.
How be wa* receiued of I<ogyke - ca. vi.
How he WM rccciued of Bethotike, and what Re-
thoryke is - - ca. vii.
Of the first part called Tnuention, and a conunend-
alion of Poetes - - ca. viiL
A replication agaynst ignoraimt persons ca. ix.
Of Disposition, the. ii. part of Retborike ca. x.
Of Elocucion, the thirde part of Rethotike, witfa
colouryng of soitences - - CL iL
Of Pronunciation, the. iiiL part of Rethorike ca. lii.
Of Memory, the. v. part of Rethorike ~ ca. liii.
A cinnmeadatian of Gower, Chaucer, and Ud-
gate
How Graunde Amoure was enamoured of La bdl
Pucdl in the tower of Musyke, and met wytb
Counsayle in a temple . ca. ivii.
Of the dolorous and lowly disputation bctwene Lft
bell Pucell, and Graunde Amoure - ca. xvUL
How La bell Pucell graunted Giaunde Amour lou^
and of her dispiteous departage - ca. lix.
Of the great sorow that Giaunde Amour made bAbt
her departynge, and of the wordes of Coun-
How Graunde Amoure went to Gaomelrye, and what
Geometry is - - ' - CL X3Ei.
Of dame Aatrmom; - - ca. xiiL
THE PASTIME OF. PLESURE.
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Of 4b direct opcntkm* of nitun . ca. sxiil.
Of tbe Sue intamal wytta - ea. ndiit
OftlwtajeinfluaicaafthewipBiullbDdycsra. iit.
Hair Graund Anwiire departed frota the tower of
Scieiiee, sod went lu ths lower of Cb jualij, where
he TW let in by Fintituda - ta. iiri.
Of the inanieTloiu •rguBunt, betwem Mm and
Fortune - - - ca. iivii.
How HjnBue ledde Oiaimde Amoimta kjug M»-
Ifijot, vhiche made him knyght - ca. iiTiii.
How he dspaited troia kjag Meljayiu, w' by>
pejbevndoL, and Attendauncc hja varlet, and met
with Falae Report, that cbaunged hi* name lo
GuJftej Cobilfue - - ca. iiii.
How GiaundeAmoure is the tensile of VcDUB made
his aupplication - - ca> iii.
Hie cop; of the letter that Veniu lent to La bell
How Cod&e; Gotnliue waa taken of Correction and
Bow GrBimda Amoure diacoflled the gjauDt w' thre
htadea, and was recducd w'. iiL ladyei ca. uiiii.
How he met with Pereeueraiice, and icpoted him ia
the mantnir place of dame CcHofbrt cl xiiiiii.
How be TBJnquiibnl a gjaut with aeuen head* and
How be nude oblation lo the goddeiae Pallai, and
■aj-kd ouer the tempeateou* Sotida ca. iiivi,
dthe woDdeifuUmonatCTofthe.
HowIm w
How whi Graunde Amour had liued long with La
bdl Pucell, waa areated bj Age, that brought to
Imn Policje and Auarico - Cl xl.
How be wM areated bf Death - cau xli.
How Remeuibiaunce made his epil^ih; on hii graue
a. ilii.
rith burning
a marucfloua
The 1 1 1 iiaarlnii of the Auctbour
To lie Seadtr
9riBx that all menne for the most put b; a naturall
inclinatioci, deaire rather to ipend their dayea in
pkeHiie wai delectable paitimea, (hen in paineful
■tndjefl and tedjoua labour*. And jet neucrthelea
hj the lecretc impiiadon of Almigb^ God (all men
m general) » iniaciatelf thinteth for the knowledge
<t wiidoine and learofng, that lome for Teiy earueat
dcort tbercf (thoughe nature gmdgedi) ceaie not
tD^tend their dajea and hourea, with (ucbe cotinuatl
and importunate trauajle in lekynge the same, that
hanyng oo regarde to the ouer preasyng of Nature, in
iBi^iTiige with all diligence for the true vaine of
knowledge, do sodaindy bryng forth tbeir owno coa^
ihaUD. Some contrariwite (wlioni nature to muche
mUdi) b^Dg diaeomAnted wyth p-in-ftill and te-
dHNB itudy, rather ehoae to be drowned in the
>>nkyi^ floude of ignorauDce, thC wyth *o muche
' a, lo i^la (wyth a l^ wyude) into
■calcaod pnoea,!!
taplwiMinU llanda
of wiadMoe and ac
thing c5(idfrad(Diiatg<Dtle'>«adar) loffhrhneTnta
the foi thy better inatnictloQ thl* little Tolume,
conteynynge and treatyng Tpon the aeuen Uberall
•ciencea, and the whole courae of nuuut hfe, flrste
compiled and deuiud by Stephen Hawe* gentleman,
grome of the chamber to the bmou* Prynce and
seamde Salomon, kynge Henrye the •euenth. A
findeatone tyroe, wiadonie and leamyng, with myrtbe
and wlace. So that herein thou mayest easelye fynde
(aa it were in paatyme) wythout offeacs of nature
that tbyng, and in >hort space, whicbe many great
clarkea wythout great paynea and trauayle, and long
continuaunce of time heretofore coulde neuer obteyne
nor get, which aa it waa Grate entiluled by the
Auc&ure, to be the Paaliine of Pieaaur^ and mder
the lame title » dedicated to the aaycd worthye
Prynce, by the Aucthourc tberof : lO ahalt thou good
reader wyth deliberate readyng tberof, fynda it not
onely tbe Paatyme of Pleaaure, but alao of j>totte.
To tA* Ugk and vrigUy Atrue, Sexty tie truhk, fy
tie grace of Gat, iyng of England*, and if Fraunct,
Lorde <f Irtlande, $c.
RiOBT mighty prince, and redoubled (ouei^n
Sayling forthe well, in the ahyp of grace
Ouer the wauea of this life Tncertayne,
Rygbt towarda heauen, to baue dwellyng place
'~ dothe you guyde, in euery doubtfuU ci
•uui ouuciii«iii«, uuwi •uci iiiive eschewe
Tbe ayniM of aloutbe, enemy to venue.
Grace HlirTeth well, the grace of God i* great
Whjch you hath brought to your ryall ae,
And in your rygbt it bath you lurely lelte
Aboue T* aH, to haue the Kueraindo :
Whose worthy power, and r^all dygnitie
All OUT nuicour, and our debate gan i laii
And hath v* brought, both welihe, raM, and pa*
From whom dyaeendelh, by tbe ryghtfVil lyne
Noble piynce Henry, to auccede tb* crowne
That in his youth, dotb so clearely akjnt
In euery rertue, casting the vyce adownp ;
He ihall of &me, attayne the hye renowne
No double but grace, shall hym well encloae
Whych by true rygh^ sprang of the red roaa.
Your noble gimce, and eicellent hyenea
For to acccpte I beseche r^ht humbly,
Thys little boke, opprest wyth rudene*
Without tethoryke, or colour crafty :
Nothynge I am eiperte in poetry.
As the monke of Bury, Soure of eloquence
Which was in the time of great eicelleoce,
Of your predeceaaour, the. V. king Henry,
Unto wlKMe grace, he dyd preient
Ryght famous bokea, of parfit memory :
Of hya fisynyng, wyth tennee eloquent.
Whose fktall ficdons, are yel permanent.
Grounded on reaaon, wyth cloudy i^gures
He eloked the trouth of al bia loipturca.
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Nor byde mj muter, wilb a tnixtj nooh*
My rudeiu* cuDnyng. dadie >D Bon conniD
Yet IB I OMJ, I shall blom out ■ fume
To by de my mjmde, nuUroed) a fable
By couert coloure, well knd probable.
Beaechyng your grace, to pardon i „
WMcbe tMs iayned bble, (o eii±iie idlenes
Haue u compiled, nawe without doubtauiua
For to prercnt, la your by* wanhina
To folowe tbe traca, and all the pofitswa
Of my mailer Lydgste, with due eiercUe
Suche fayned lalea, 1 do fynde and deuiaa.
For Tndei a coloure, a trutbe may uita
Aa wai the guise, in aide autiquitye
or tbe poetei olde, a tale to lurmise
To doke the trouthe, of tbcir infinnitye
Or yet on ioje to haue mofalitye
I me excuK, if by neeligence
That I do ofiende, for lacke of adance.
Tour gncet moat boudm
one of the gromet of your maieme*
ilL yeare of your proaperoui nqrgna.
lut, Stephen Hawet,
VV HKH Fbnbua entred wac, in Geminy
Shinyng aboue, in his &yre golde apere
And bimwd Dyane, thai but one d^rs
Id the Crdibe had entred, fliyre aod clear*
When that Auron, did well appeare
In tbe depured ayre, and cruddy flimament
Fmbe tlun 1 w^ked, without impadiiacot
In to ■ medowe bolhe gaye and gloiioui
Whiche Flora depunud with many a coknr
Idke a place of pleasure moat aolaooua
Encenaytig out, tbe aromalike odoure
Of Zepherui breathe, whiche that euery flours
Throughe hia fume, dotbc alwue engoidcr
So ai I went among die floure* tender
Bjr Bodune chaunce, • fitire patbe I finuda
On wbicbe I loked, and H^t oft 1 mmed
And then all about, 1 bebelde the grouid*
With the faire pathe, wliicbe I lawe ao vaad
My chaunce or fortune, I nothing refuted
But in the patbe, forth I went a pace
To knowe whither, and vnto what place
It woulde me bryng, by any siinjlitude
So forth I went, weie it ryght or wrong
Tyll that T lawa, of royall pnlcritude
Before my face, an ymage fayre aod aOtjog
With two fayrc handes, itretiiied out along
Unto two bye wayea, there in --'- —
And in the right haode, waa
Thin ij the itraygbt waya of contemplacion
Unto Che ioyfull tower perduntile
Who that wjll walke, »nto that rnandoo
He muit fonake, all thyngea Taiiafale
With the vayne glory, »o mucbe deceyuable
And though the way, tm iiard and daiigeroui
The last ende tbemrf', ahal be ryght piedoua.
And in (tu otlKT haoda, lygbt fbyra wrTttaa wm
Thii U tbe waye, of worldly dignitye
Of the actiua lyfe, wbo wyU in JI paaaa
Unto tbe towOT, of byre dame Beauty*
Fame ihal tell bym, ttf the way in certaintye
Unto I« bell Fucell, the fayre lady excetlent
Aboue all other. In dcare beaaty splendent
I behdde ryght well, botba tbe waye* twayna
And muaed oA, wbycbe waa beat to lake
The one was iharpe, Am other was more plaine
And Tnto my wife, I bef^ to make
A sodi^ne argumeot, for I my^M not slake
Of my great musyng, of tfai* r^all ymagc
And of these two waye*, so much in nage
Fot thy* goodly picture was in altitude,
Nyne fbtc aikd more, of fiiyre nurble stone
Ryght well fauored, aikd of great altitude
Thougbe it were made, full many yeres <soDe
Thus stode I musynge, my selfe all alone
By right long tyme, but at tbe last I went
Tbe actyue way, with all my whole entent
llius all alone, I began to Crauayle
Forthe on my waye, by long conlinuatmce
But often times, I had gleet maruayle
Of the by pathes, no full of pleaaauncs
Whiche for to take^ I had great doubtaunc*
But euermore, ai nere as 1 my^t
I toke tbe waye, whiche went before me ri^tt
And at the laste, wfaen Pbdnia in the west
Can to auayle, with all bis beamea merye
When deare Dyana, in the fayie louthest
Can for to ryae, ligbtyng our emiqiery
With clowdra clesre, wythout the itaiiny pety
Me thot^ht aftire, I bad a fysyon
Of a picture, of marueyloua facyon.
To whiche I went, without lenger delaye
Beholdyvg well, the right bire portrmytuc*
Made of fine copper, sbydyng flure aod gaye
Full well truely, accoidyng to meaaure
And aa I thou^t, nine fote of stature
Yet in the breut, with letten fayre and blew*
Was written, a sentence, olde arid true
Tliia is the waye, and tbe sytuadon
Unto the toure, of fiunoua Doctrine
Who tlial will leame, must be ruled by Reason
And with all his diligence, be must enelinfl
Slouthe to eschue, and for to determine
And set hia bert, to be inlelli^le
To a willyng hate, is nou^it impoaalbla
Bende Ibeyinage, I adownc me salta
After my I^Mure, my selfb to repose
TUl at the last, with a gasping nette
Sloutfa my bead caught, with his whole purpoae
It Tayled not, tbe bodye for to dispose
Againste tbe beade, when it is applied
Tbe beade must rule, it can not be denied
Tbiia aa I satte, In a deadly ticmber
Of a great bonie, I haarde a royall blast
With which I awoke, aod had a great wonder
Fkom whence it came, it made me sore agaat
I loked about, the night w
Whbd
* reddi^ began to break* tbe day*
THE PASTIME OF PLESUUE.
I t>«e coma lidyng, in ■ vak)^ bm
A goodlj t&dye, cnnironnftd ^uut
With tDDgDCB of Bt«, w brisht u any ftun
Tlui fiery flunbcB, nuensed ol way out
Vhiclic I bdwlde, and wu in great doubt
Her palfiey swift, noDyng u ^ winde
With two white greyhouda, that vera not balund
Wbtai that these greyhoimdeB, bad me m «^id
With biinyng clicre, of great faumUitie
]n goodly haOe, they fast mto me hied
I muaed why, and wberfore it shoulde be
But I welcomed them, ia euery degree
They leaped <A, and were of me right fiine
I si^iEd tbem^ and cherished them agaioe
Their coUen were of golde. and of (yssue fine
Wberin their names, appeal^ by acripture
Of dyamondes tlial dio^y do tihioa
The lettera were gntucn fayre and pure
To reade thdr name*, I did my buiye cure
The one was Gouemauce, the other named Giace
Then waa I gUdde, of all this aodajne can
And then the ladye, with liery flambe
Of iKEimyng tongues, wai in my presence
Upon her palfrey, whiche had Tnto name
Pcgaie the swif^ so fiure in excellence
Whiche Bometime longed, with hifl preminence
To kyng Peraiu, the »nne of JuIhIct
On whom be rode, by the worlde M> farre
To me afae saied, she marueyled muche why
That her greyhoundea, shewed me that huoure
What was my name, ihc asked me truely
To whom I Baied, it was La Graundc Anunire
Beaediyng you to Ik to me succoure.
To i1k towo- of Doctrine, and alw me tell
Your proper name, and where you do dwelL
My name quod she, in all the world ia kmiwen
1 dipped Fame, in euery i^ion
For I my home in stmdrye wise baue bloweo
AAb- the deathe, of many a chamiiion
Aod wicfa my '""f **, haue made aya m^icioD
Of tfaar gnat aciea, agayne to reuiue
In Innjiig loogues, fur to abide on liue.
It was the cnatome of olde antiquitye
Wkn the golden world, had domination
Aal nature highe, in her aucthoritifl
If ore utronger had, her oiieradan
Tlicn Ac lulii nowe, in her djgreiainn
The people then did, alt their buiye payne
After theiT death, in fame to liue agayna
Becorde of Satume, the finrt kyng of Creta
Whicbe in hiB youth, throughe hiii diligence
Foonde fint plowing, of the landes Bwet«
Aid after this by his great sapience
For the cammcn profile, and beneuoleoca
Of all metalies, he made diuliion
One from an other, by good prouision.
And then also, aa some poete* fisyne
He fovnde ibotyng, and diswyng of the bowe
Vtt ai of that, I am nothynge cerlaine
But for Us cunnynge, of hye degre and lone
He was well bcloucd, aa I do well knowe
TfanH^w whose laboure, and aye busy cure
Hii baoc tboii liue, and sliall right long endure
In whole tima laignad, also in Tliiiiwjfi
A parte of Grece, die kyng Meliiyua
That was right Mrong, and fierce in battaile
By whose laboure, as the storye sheweth ts
He brake Grat bones, wilde and rigorious
Teaehyng his men, on tbem right wel to lyde
And he him Mlfb, did first the borae bestryde.
Alio Mynerue, the right hardy goddese
VainquiKhed Pallas, by her great wcirthines
And Gmt mide barneys, to laye liis pride adowne
Whose gient defence, in euery realme and townu
Was sprcdde about, for her hje chyuslrye
Whiche by her hameys, wanne the Tictorye
Dothe not rcro^rne, yet in remembraunce
The ftuKius actca, of the noble Hercules
That so many monaten put to vtteraunce
By bU great wisdome, and hvc prowes
As the reculc of Tniye, bearcth good witnrs
That in hii clme, he would no battnylc take
But for the wealthe, of the commcns sake
Thus the whole mindes. were euer fiit and aet
Of noble men, in aide time to deuise
Suche thinges as were to the comen profile
For in that time, auche was their goodly guise
That after death their bne shoulde arise
For to endure, and abide in mynde
As yet in bokes, we maye them written ^'ude.
O ye estates, sunnountyng m nouivna
Remembre wall, the noble paynyms all
noblenee
»al]
the highjict
Kemembre wall, the noble
Howe by their labour, tfaey
Of worthy fame, to raygne uiaiuuiMii
And them ^iplyed, euer in qiedall
Thinges to practise, whiche should prolltc be
To the comen wealth, and their bores in tec.
And after this. Fame gan to espresso
Of ieopardous waye to tbe tower perillous
And of the beautye, and the semelinesse
Of La bel Pucell, so gaye and glorious
That dwelled in the tower so marueylous.
Unto which might come, no maner of creatt
But by great laboure, and hard aduenture
For by the waye, there lye in waite
Gyantes great, diifigured of nature
That all deuourcth, by tbeit cuil conceite
Against whose strath, there may no man ei
They are so huge, and itrong out of measur
With many serpentes, foule and odious
In sundry likenesse, blacke and tedious
Most full of frtiite, replete with ioye and bliise
Of right fine golde, appeareth all the aande
In thin faire lealme^ where the lower doth etand
Made all of golden enameled aboute
With noble itotie^ irtliclw do nncare without
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In whiche dwetleth b; great aucthoiitye
Of La bel Fucelt, whiche a » Ikjn uid tuygbt
For lyke u Phebua, aboue ill starres in Ijrgbt
When that he i% in hii spere uyght
Dothe excede, with bis beunei cleore
8a dothe her beauty, oboue other appears
She is bothe gcxxl, mje wise, and Totuoua
And also discended of a noble lyne
Rfche, comely, ryght meke, and bouteous
All maner vertues, in h^ clearely rihine
No uyce of her, maye ryght longe domjne
And I dame P'ame, in eueiy nacion
OFber do make the same relation.
Her Bwete reportj so my hart set on fyre
With brennyng loue, most bote and feruent
That her to see, I had great desyre
Sniynge to Feme, O ladye excellent
I haue determined in my iudgemcnt
For La bel Pucell, the moat fayre ladye
To passe the waye, of bo great iei^iardye.
You shall quod Fame, attayne the Tidory
If you wyll do, us I shal to you say
And all my leason, retAyne io memory
To the tower of Doctrine, ye shall lake your waye
You are now wythin a dayes ioumey
Both these greyhoundes, shal kepe you company
Loke that you cherishe them full gentely.
And Countenaunce the goodly portres,
ShaU let you in full well and nobly
And also shewc you, of the perfeccnes
Of bH the seuen sdences, ryght notably
There in your mynd, you may ententifely
Unto dame Doctrine, geue perfite audience
Whiche shall enfourme you, in euery >cd«ice
Farewell she sayed, I may not nowe abide
Walke on your way, with aU your whole delite
To the tower of Doctrine, at this morowe tide
Ye shall to morowe, of it haue a syght
Kepe on your waye, nowe befbre you lygbt
For 1 must hence, to spe^iye the dedcs
Of their worthines accordyng to their modes.
And with that she did, from me departs
Upon her stede, swifter then the wynde
When she was gone, full wofuU was my hart
With inward trouble, oppressed was my mynde
Yet were the greyboundes, left with me behind
Whiche did me comforte, in my great vyage
To the lower of Doctrine, with tbcir fawning courage.
So forthe I went, tossynge on my brayne
Greatly musynge, ouer hyll and vale
The way was troublous, and ey notliing playne
Tyll at the laste, I came to a dale
Beboldyng Phebus, decHnyng lowe and pale
With my greyhoundes, in the fayre Iwy Ught
I sate me downe, for to rest me all nyght.
Kouthe vpon me, so bst began to crepe
That of fyne force, I downe me layed
Upon an hytl, with my greyhoundet to alepe
When I was down^ I thought me well apayed
And to my selfe these wordes then I sayol
Who wilt attaine. sone to bis iourneya ende
To lUHirishc sloutbe, he may not (MmdiMCnde.
Thus tbi I slept, til that Aoroni hemes
" 1 for to spreadc, about the firmament
1 the clere sune, w' his golds sQvmea
Began for to rise, faire in the orient
Without Salumus, blacke encombrement
the litle Urdes, roakyng melodye
Did nie awake, with tbeir swete annony.
I loked about, and sswe a craggy roche
Farre in the west, neare to the elEDient
And as 1 did ihen, vnto it approche
Upon the toppe, T sawe refulgent
The royall tower, of Morall Document
Made of fine copper, w' turretles Tain and hye
Which against I^ebus, shone so marueylou^y
I coulde nothing, beholde the gi
Of that pilaice, where as Doctrine did wonne
Tyll at the last, with misty windes donne
lie radiant bryghtnes, of golden Phebus
Auster gan couer, with clowdes tenebrua.
Then'
itheu
ed, of the great hyghnes
Of the craggy rocke, which qusdiant did ^ipeare
But the fayre tower, so muche of riches
Was all about leiangled doublles
Gargeyld with greyhoundes, and with many lyona
Made of fyne golde, with diners sundry dragons
The little turrets, wyth ymages of golde
About was set, which with &e wynde aye moued
Wyth propre vyces, that I did well beholde
About the towers, in sundry wise they houed
Wyth goodly pypes in their mouthea ituned
That with the wynde, they pyped a daunce
lelipped, amour de la hault pleasaunce.
Tea tower waa greats and of marueloai wydenesse.
To whiche there was, no way to pane but one
Into the tower, fbr to haue an intre*M
A grece there waa, ychesyled all of stone
Out of the rocke, on whyche men did gone
the tower, and in likewise did I
Wyth bothe the greyhoundes, in my company
Tyll that I came, to a myall gate
Where I sawe standyng, the goodly portres
Whiche axed me, from whence I came olate
n I gan, in euery thing expreaae
All myne aduenture, chaunce and busines
And eke my name, I tolde her euery dell
When she hearde thya, she liked me lyght well
Herni
THE PASTtHE OF PLESURE.
Vhcre ma • taaaUjoe, dqiured of plouaunca
A Doblc ipriog, ■ royal conduit bode
Made of tjae golde, enaindcd witb redda
And on tbe toppe, fbure disgooi blew and stoute
Tint dulcet water, in foure partea did spoiite,
DTwhiche there loved, fbure riuen right cleaie.
SveCo' tM Njsui, or Ganga vu tboir odour
Tjpv, m- Eufivtea, into them no pen
1 djd then laate, the aromatike licour^
Fagnnt of fume, fnOe ai anjr flower
And in my moutlie, it bad a marueyloua cent
Of diners qncca, I knen not what it menle.
And aA^ thia, furder forl^e me brought
Dame CounteiHunce, into a goodl; ball
Of iMpc stones, it was woodenlfe wrought
The windovrea cleare, depuicd oil of chriatal
Aad in tbe roufe. on hye ouer all
Of goUe was made, a ryght crafty ryne
In ilcde of gnpea, tbe nibie* there did thyne.
The flare na paued, with berall clarified
Vith piller* mad* of stoaa predoua
like a place of pleasure ao gayely glorifled.
It might be called a palaice glorioiia
Sa muche driectable. and icdacioui
Tke hall was hanged hye and drculer.
With clotbe of ana*, in the rkbest maner.
That treated well, of a full noble Mory
Of the doubty wsye, to the lower peiillous
Howe a noble kiu^^ ihoulde winne the victory
or many a aerpent fowie and odious,
Aad die firM matter, then appeared Ihu*
Howe at a Tentur^ and by vodaine chaunce
He met witb Fanx^ by Fortune's purueyaunce.
WUdie £d him shewe, of the famous pukriiude
Of La bdl Fucell, to cleare in beauty
EiceUyng all otbo-, in euery umilitude
Niriare ber fauoured, lo muche in degree
Wboi be bcarde Ihii, with feruent smitie,
AttOdqianied, with Gnu» and Guuemauno!,
He lake his waye, without encombiaunce
Unto the right Gnnaiu, tower of Lnmyng
Aod so froni thence, vnto the lower of Chiualry,
Where he was made knight, the noble kyng
Called Helyiyua, well and worthely,
And fdrdennore, it shewed full notably
L'poB Ibe arraa, Lmbrodied al of blew,
Wi^ waa bn name, with letten all (^ gfewe
Tinn with his tertet he toke on hi> waye
Te die pnillous tower, and lytuadon,
Hetyag Foly^ aa he rode on hii journey
Bidynge oa a mare, by great illueioD
Aftir wboni, ensued fiist Correction
Aad in her *""^*, a ■trong knotted whippc
At cnci^ iaite she made him for ts akyiqie.
Aad tbeg Correctiaa, brought La graund Amour
L'atD the towa-, wheras he might well see
Dia0^ men, makyng right great dolouiv
T\at defrauded womeo, by their duplicilie
Vet before this, in perfite certayntie.
As tbe arraa well did make relation
la VcBus tampic, he made his oblation.
After which he metl
did him daunt
Castyng him downc. under the linde
With force and mygbl, he did him bynde,
5trikyng «r his headea, then euery cbene
Hiat of all three beades, he left not one
Tins terrible gyaunt, yet had a brother
Whicbe Graunde Amoure, destroyed aim
Haninga fbure beadei, more then tbe other
That vnio him wrought mikel wo
But he alewe sane, his morlall foe,
Whiche was • great gyaunt, with heades kuc
To marueyloui, nowe for me to neucn
Tet mote ouer, be put to *tteraunc«
A venemous beast, of sundry likenes
Of diuers beaatea, or tyght great ouscbaunca
Wberof tbe pyrtwre bare good witnea
For by his power and his bye worthiiMa
He did discomfyte tbe woiideroui serpente
Of dia seren metali, mad '
And eke tbe clothe, made i
How be wedded, the great ladye besuteoun
La beU PuceU, in her owne dominaciun
After his labour, and pasiage daungerous
With BoUmiK joye and mirthe melodious
Uns bmouB ntoiye, well pyctured was
In the fayre hall, vpon the arras.
Tbe marshal 1, yclipped was dame Season
And the yewres, also Obsemaunce
The panter Plcasaunce, al euery season
The good bucler, curteys Conljnuaunce
And the chiefe coke, was called Temperaunee.
The lady chamberlsyne, named HdeUtye
And the hye stewarde, liberalitye.
There sale dame Doctrine, that lady gent
Whyche called me, nto her praaenoe
For to knowe all tbe whole cntent
Of my commyng, mto hs- eicellence
Madame I aayed, to leame your scyence
I am comen, now me to applye
Wyth all my cure, in perfect studye.
And yet also, I vnto her then shewed
My name and purpose, without doublenes,
For rery great joye, tlian were endued
Her cristall eyes, full of lawlines
When that she knewe, for lery sihemea
That I was he, that should so atUyne
La bell Fucell, witb my busy payne.
And after this, I had right good chere
Of meate sad drinke, there was great plentye
Nothing I wanted, were it cbepe or derc
Thus was I scrued w' delicate dishes dainty
And after this, with all humilitie
I went to Doctrine, prsiyng her good grace
For to assigne me, my first Icamyng place
Seuen daughters, most erpert in cunnyng
Without foly, she bad well engcndred
Aa the seuen sciences, in vertue so shinyng.
At whose encreSBc, there is great lliankea rEdred
Unto the mother, as nothing surrf^dred
Her good name, and her dulcet lounde
Whidie did engender, their originall gnMind.
And first to Oramer, she first me sent
To whoso request, I did well obey
Vith diligence, forth on my w»y I went
Up to a chambre, depayat^ fayre and gaye.
And at the chambre, in right Hche araye
We were let in, by hjghe auethoritye
Of tlie ryght noble, dame Cimgnutle.
Tm lad;r Cramer, in al hunible wiie
Did me receiue into her goodly scole
To whoae doctrine, 1 did me iduertyie
For to attayne, in her artyke pole
Her giited deirc for to oppressc my dole
To whom I sayed, that I would giadiv leame
Her noble cunnyng, w that I might decenie.
What that it is, and why that it was made
To whicbe she aunswcred, then in apeciall
Because that cunnyng, should not pale ne fkde
Or euery science, it is origynall
Whiche dothe vs leache, euer in geneiall
In all good onlcr, (a speke directly
And for to write by true ailografy.
Sometyme fn Egypt, raygned a noble kyng
Iclipped Euander, whiche did well abound
In many rertues, especially in leamyng
Which had a daughter, that by her studye found
To write true I^tyn, the first perfecl grouade
Whose goodly name, as her slory sayes
Was caUed Cannentia, in her Uuyng dayes
Thus In the tyme, ofolde antiquitie
The noble philoiophera, w' their whole delite.
For the conunen pniGte, of alt bumatutic
Of the seuen adencee, for to knowc the ryght
They studied many, a long winters nyght
Eche after other, tbeir pariM to eiprese
This was their guise, to eachue idtcoas.
The pomped cariceit with fode delicious
They did not fede, but to their sustinaunce
They folowed not tbeir flesh so vydous
But ruled it, by prudent gouernaunce
They were content, alway wyth Buffisaunce
They coueled not, no wurldely treasure
For they knewc, that it might not endure
But nowe adayea, the contrary is vied
To winne the money, their studies be all set
The commen proflte, ia often refused
For well is he, that may the money get
From his neyghbour, wythout any let
They thinke nolhyng, tbey shal from it paiae
When all that !■> aha) be turned to wai
The brittle fleshe, nourisher of Tjcea
Under the shsdowe, of euil slogardy
Must nedes haunt, the camall delyces
When that the brayne, by corrupt glolony
Up io downe, is turned Oien contrary
Fimyle is the bodye, to great mhappinea
When that the hetde, is full of dronkeimei.
So do they nowe, for they nothing prepenee
Howe cruel deatti, dothe them tore ensue
They are so blynded, in worldly negligence
That to their merite, they wyll nothyng renue
And all this dame Cramer, folde me enery dde
To whom I harkeoed, wyth all my diligence
And after this she taught me ryght well
First my donet, and then my accedence,
I set my mynde, with percyng influence
To leame her science, the first famoui arte
Eschuyng idlenes, and laiyng all aparte
Madame quod I, for as muche as there be
VIII partes of speche, I would knowe right faine
What a nowne subaiantiue is in his degree
And wherefore it is, so called ccrlayne
To whom she sunswered, right gently agayne
Saiyng alwaye, that a nowne substanlyue
Might stande without beipe of an adjectyue
The Latyn worde, wtncfae that is referred
Unto a thing, which is substandall
For a nowne subatonltue, is well auerred
And with a gender, is declinall
So, all the eyght partes in generall
Are Latyn wordes, anneied proprelye
To euery speache, fbr to speake fiirnully
And Gramer is, the first foundement
Of euery scyence, to haue eon-itruetion
Shoulde perfectly haue intellection
Of a lyiterall cermc, and morsliiadon
To construe euery thing enlentiAye
The worde ia Graminer well and ordinately
By worde the worlde, was made originally
The hye Kyng Eiaied, it was made incontinente
He did commaunde, oil was made shortlye
To the world, the word iii sentencioua iudgmcnt
I marked well, dame Gnuner's senlment,
And of her then, 1 did take my lycence
Goyng to Logyke, wytb all my iDlligeoce
So by I went vnlo a chamber br^ht
Where was wont, tu be a ryght fayre lady
Before whom then, it was my hole delilo
I kneled adowne, full well and mekely
Besechyng her to enstruct me shortly
In her noble science, whiche is expedient
For man to knowe, in many an argunwnt
Tou shall quod she, my scyence well leai
In time and space, to your great vtilitye
So that in me lukyng, you ^lal then diso
A fVende (Vom foe, and good from iniquii
Ryght from wrong, ye shal] knowe in
My scyence is, all the yll to eschewe
And for to knowe, the false from the t
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tn hnvn aboiNr be ilul hMue dwelling placa
And who thM walkelh, the wiif of darfcma
Spcndjng his tjme, in worldelf vTetchedoe*
A mjddes the cuth, in bell moM horriUe
He whmil huie pajne, nothyng eitinpijisjrblv
So W Logyke, ii good perceuenunce
To deuide the goiKl, and the euil ■ (under
To tah« the good. And cut the euyl mder.
If God nude bell, it is theraf no wander
Fv to piuiy^e Towi, tliat had intelligence
To know good <riun yll, bj Hue eipeiieace
Crounded on reason, well mnd wondenljr
Who mderaode all logike tnielir
Nothjog bf rBOson, mj^ght be in pleod^ge
But he the Irouthe, shculdc haue in knowlegyng
Her wise doctrine, I nurked in memor;
And toke my leaue, of her hye person
Benow that I myght, no Iptiger t«ry
The yeie was spent, and so fane then gone
And of my Udye, yet syght had I none
Whi^e was abidyng, in the tower of ^Muayke
Wherfbra (iiuhic, I went to ReAoryke.
went ■ stayre
TsAW aboue Logike, rp »
Into a chamber, gaylye glorified
aniiwed w" flowers, of al gcxidly ayre
WlHe aate a lady, greatly magnified
And ber tnie vesture, clearly purified
And ouer her heade, that was bryght and at
flie h^ a garlaiwle, of the laurell grene
HcT goodly chambo-, was set all about
Wth depured mirnini^ of ipeculatiou
The Aagraunt fumes, did well encense out
AH miny Tapoun, of perturbacdon
Man liker waa, her habitation
Umo a place which is celestiall
Tbea to a terrajne, mandon (ktall
Before whom then, I did knele a downe
Saying, O statre of famous eloquence
O ^ted goddeae, of the hyghe renowne
Eupyred. with the heaaenty influence
Of the dulcet well, of complacence
Dpcn my myDde, with dewe sromatike,
Distyll adowue, thy lusty Retborike
And depajTK my lange, w' thy royall flowen
Of lUicate odours, that I may ensue
la ny purpose, to glad my auditoura
Aad with thy power, that thou me endue
To luaalUse, thy litleiall Gensei true
And dense away, the mist of ignormuACe
With depured beamea, of goodly ordinaunce.
Vitb famnble esrea, of parfite audience
Buyng iba woulde, in her goodly idciic*
In shrat apace, me ao well indoctrine
lliat my dull mynde, it shoulde enlumyne
With golden beamea, for euer to opprtase
My rude language, aud all my symplenes
I thanked her, of her grtkt gentlenes.
And aied her, after this ijuestion
Madame I taied, I woulde knove doabtle*
What Rethorike is, wytbout abusyon
Retborike she saied, was founde hy reason
Man for to goueme, well and prudenlly
His wordes to ord^, his ipcacbe to purifys
Fiue pattes bath Rethorike, for to worie true
Without H'hiche fiue there can be no sentence
For these fyue, do well euermore renue
The matter perfite: with good intelligence
Who that wyll ee them, wylli all hys diligenc
Merc folowyng, I shall them specifyc
Accordyng well, vnia myne ordinary.
Which
It of them, is called Ii
noble »
Of. V. inwarde wittes, w' whole affection
A> wrytetfa ryghl many a noble claike,
Wyth misty coloure, of dowdes darke
Howe commen wytte, dotbe full well elect
What it shoulde take, and vbat it shall abiecle
, And secondlye, by 'magination
To drawe a matter, ful facundious
Full marueylous, is the operation
To make of nought, reason senlendous
Clokyng a trouthe, wyth coloure tenebrous
For often vnder, a fayre fayned fable
A trouthe appearelh, greatly profitable
It was the guyte, in otde antiquitye
Of ftmou* poetes, rygfat ymaginatife
Fables to fayne, by good aucthoritye
They were so wyse, and so inuenlyfe
Tbeyr obscure reason, fayre and sugratyfe
Pronounced trouthe, mder clowdy fygurea
By the iuuention, of theyr fatall scriptures
And thirdly, they had niche a« fansy
In thys bye art, to be intelligible
Tbeii fame encreasyng euermore truelj,
To slouthe euer, they were inuyndble
To their wofull hsrtes, waa nought impowble
Wyth brennyng loue, of inmciale fyre
Newe Ihynges lo fynde, they set their desyre
For tboughe a man, of hys prapre mynde
Be inuentyfc, and he do not applye
Hii fanlasye, Tnto the busye kynde
Of hys cunnynge, it may not talifye.
For fantaaye, must nedes eiemplilye
His new inuention, and cause hym to entetuile
Wyth whole desyre, lo bryng it to an ende
And fourthly, by good estimation
S4
or tblB tnaUa, irith bremacion
That he w»Ike not, by long c<
The penimbuUt my, full of aii Tsnnunce
By esdmacion, a n^e umunciale
Whether the matter, be long or breuiale
For to Inuention. it ia equipolent
The matter founde, ryglit well to comprchende
In Bucbe a apace, ta is conuenienl
For properlye, it dothe euer ptetende
Of ^ the puipoae, the length to extends
So estimstian, may ryght well conclude
The periite number, ot euery aimilitude
And yet then, the retentife •nemory
Whicbe i» the fift, must euer agregale
All mattera thought, to reCayne ioHardlye
lyil reason therof, batb made aprobate
And by scripture, will make demomtrUe
Outwardly, accordyng to the thought
To proue a reason, Tpon a thyng of nought
Thus whs the fourth, hath wrought ful woderly
Then must the mynde, worke vpon them all
By cours ingenious, to runne directly
Afta' their thoughtes, then in gcnerall
The mynde mOKl cause them, to be memorial
As after this, shall ^peare more opeolye
All whole eiprest, by dame Philosophye.
O trust of Tertue, and of royall pleasure
or famous poetes, many yeres ago
O iniBciale couetise, of the special treanire
Of newe inuendon, of idlenes the To
We may you laude, and often praise also
And specially, for worthy causes thre
Whidie to this daye, we may bothe here and see
As to the first, your whole desire was aet
Fable to fayne, to eschue idlenes
With ampliBtion, more cnnnyng to get
By the laboure, of inuentife busines
Touching the mulhe, by couert likeaes
To djsnull *yce, and the vycious to blame
Your dedcs tberto, Mcmpljfied the same.
And secondly, rj^t well you did endite
Of the worthy actes, of many a conqueroure
Throughe which labour, that you did so write
Unto this dayc, rayneth the hoDOure
Of euery noble, and myghty warriour
And for your labour, and your busy paine
Your tame yet liuelh, and shal endure certaine
And eke to praise you, we are greatly bounde
Because our cunnyng, from you so precedeth
For you Iherof, were first originatl grounde
And Tpon your scripture, our science ensueth
Tour splendent verses, our lightnea renueth
And so we ought, to laude and magojfie
Tour excellent springes, of tkmoua poetry.
But rude people, oppreM with bUndnes
Against your fables, will often soUwise
Suche is their minde, such is their niliahne*
For they bekuo, in no maner of wysc
ThM nider a coloure, a tniuth may aiTai
O sU ye cursed, and suche euil foles
Whose ughtes be blynded, ouer all with foly
Open your eyes, in tlie pleasaunt wholes
Of parfect cunnyng, or that you replye
Against fuble^ for to be conlrarye
For IscLe of cunnyng, do maruell though you en
In suche scyence, wluche is from you so farre
For now the people, whiclie is dull and nide
If that they do reade, a fatall scripture
And can not moralise, the amilutude
Whiche to their witles, is so hirde and obscure
Then will tliey saye, that it is sene in vre
Thmt nought do poetes, but depaynt and lye
Decduyng them, by tongues ot flattery.
But what for that, they am not defame
The poetes actes, whiche aie in elTect
Unto themselues, remaynelh the shame
To disprayse that, wliich they can not correct
And if that (hey, had in it inspect
Than they would it pnise, and often eleuBte
For it sboulde be to them, so delicate.
The saconde part, of crafty Rechorike
May well be called, Dispusidon
That dothc so hyc matters arumalikc
Adowne distyll, by consolation
As olde poetes, make demonstration
That Mercury, throughe his preenunence
His natioes endueth, with t^mous eloquence
By very reason, it msye right well ^ipeare
lliat diueis persons, in sundry wise delite
Their consolations, doth contrary so stecre
That many mindes, may not agre arygbt
Suche is the planets, of their course and myght
But what for that, be it good or y!l
Them for to folowe, it is at mans fre wyll.
And Dispoudon, the true seconde parte
Of Rethorike, doth euermore dyrect
The matters found, of this ii<Me arte
Oeuying them place, after the aspect
And oft Cyme, it hath the inspect
As Irom a byre, perfiie narration
Or els by a aledfast, argumentation
Of the cause, then by ou
Be harde and difficult, in the tttrauncs
So as the minde, haue no perceueraunce
Nor of the beginnyng, can haue audience
bqjyn the lentenec
And if it be, a little proUdile
From any maner sted&M aigtmnent
We order it, fbr to be right stable
And then we neuer begyn our sentment
Recityng letters, not conuenient
But this commutation, shouldc be rufitsed
Without cause or thing, make it be ned.
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Thn thtf I write. Is hud and cmiert
To than thu haue, luthing intelligenM
Up lo downe, thej make it oft tnnsuert
Or liiBt they can knowe, the, expezieiKe
Of this craA, and ^cundioufl s^ence
By duposttwii, the reiboricj»a
To make lawes, oidiiiatelT began
Without difpoacioo, none order gan be
For the dapQaitioP< ladreth cuery nsatter
And geuetb the place, after the degree
WHtnut atda, wjtiiout tBuoa ve clatter
Wbov is DO mwn, it Tayletfa not to chatter
IXqwsitioni ordreth a tale dyrectlye
In a perftct reaaoo, ta conclude inid;
The &I>]1 problemei, irf olde antiquitye
Cloked with miit, and with clowdes darte
Ordered with ronon. and hye aucthorit;r<
The timth did ibewe, of all their couot wark
Tbna bmoK Ibey mad^ maiiys a noble claiko
Tliey nutde our lawea, with great diligence
Befone the lawe, in • tombling barge
The people nyled, without perfectDei
Thraigbe the workb;, all about at large
Tlwy W DO order, nor no atedTHtncs
1^ retbotician*, fbunde justice doublles
Ordeynyog kyi^es, of rigbl high dignjtie
Tlie barge to stent, with lawe and justice
Ouer tbe waues, of this life tramilorye
To direct wrongea, and alio prejudyce
Aod tho that wil, ren^ a contrarye
Agaiuit tbeir kyng, by justice iqienly
For their rebellion, and euill treason
Shall ralfer deatii, liy right and reuon
O what laade, glory, and great bououre
L'Bo tbeae poeies, ibsll be notified
The wbidw distilled, aromatilce lycoure
Ckaiyii^ our syght, with order purified
Wboee famous diwightes, so exemplified
Sm T> in order, grace, and gouernaunco
To Ijue dyrectlye, without encombrauncc.
Bat muiy one, tlie whiche is rude and dull
mil des^se thar worfce, fin- lack of cunnyng
AD in myne, they do so hale and pull
When they tberof, lacke Tnderslandyng
They grope ouer, where in no felyng
Tithuat tby* thyrd [wrt, it nyleth ryght nought
Tbougfae it be foande, and in order brought
Ycf EkKntion, wytfa tiM helpe of Mercury
Hk maner eiorneth, ryght well factnuUinuiy
To the artike eare* swete and delidous
Tbe golden Retboryke, i« good refectioD
Aud to the reader, lyght mnwlation
As we do golde, from copper puiiiye
So that Elocution, dothe [ighte well claiiiye
The dulcet spcscbe, from the language rude
Tcllyng the tale in termea eloquent
The baibary tongue, it doihe farre eidude
Electyng wordes, whiche are eipedienl
In Latjm, or in Englyshc, after the entent
Encensyng out, the arouialyke fume
Our language rude, to exile and consume
But what uisyleth, euennore to lowe
The preciouB stones, among gruntyng bogge*
I>et an hare, and swyne, lie among curre doggei
Thoughe to the hares, were tyed great clogges
The gentie beast, they will regard nothyng
But to the swyne, take course of runnyng
To duke tbe sentence, mder misty figures
By many colours, as I make relacMMi
As tbe i^de poetes, couered tfadr soiptunea
Of whiche the fiist, is distribution
That to the euyl, for theyr abusion
Dothe gyue payne, and to the worthye
Laude and prayse, them fur to magnifye.
Of beast or byrde, they take a umilitude
In the coodicion, Ijke lo the pattyc
Feble, fayre, or yet of fortitude
And vnder coloure, of this beast priuely
The morall sence, they cloke full sublUlyc
In prayse or diaprayse, as it is reasonable
Of whose faynyng, fyrstc row tbe fable
Concludyng reason, greatly profitable
Who that their fables, can well moralyaa
The A^tefuU sentences, are delectable
Hioughe that the ficrion, they do so deuise
Under the coloure, the trouthe dothe arise
Condudyng reason, riches, and cunnyng
Pleasure, example, and alto leamyng.
They fayned no bble, without reason
For reasonable is, all their moralitie
And vpon reason, was thdr conclusion
That the commen witle, by posiibilitie
May well adjudge, the perfile veritye
Of th«r sentence, for reason opcn'y
To the commen witle. it dothe so notifye.
Their frutefiill sentence, was great riches
The whiche right surely, they myght well damina
For lordeship, wealthe, and also noblesse
The chaunce of fortune, can sone determine
But cbat for this, she can not dedine
The noble science, whiche after pouerti*
May bryng a man, agayne lo dignitye
Their sentence is cunnyng, as appeatedi wall
For by cunnyng, their arte doth engender
And w'out cunnyng, we knowe neuer a dele
Of Iheir sentence, but may sone surrender
A true (ale, that mygbt lo vs render
O what pleafiure, to tha intelli^nl
It is to knowe, >nd haue peneuermimCE
Of their cuiuiyng, so muclie eipedient
And tlierof, to fasue good vtlenunce
lleid}-ng newe thinges, of bo great ple«»a
Feaulyng the minde, wiili fodc insociale
The tales nene, thej ore so delicate.
In an eiampE^ wilh a miflty doude
Of couert likenea, tbe poete* do write
And vnderneth tbe trouthe, dothe lo ahroude
Bothe good and >11, aa they lyst acquite
With iimilitude, (hey did so well endlte
Ab I hET«f\er, shall tbe trouthe sone shewe
Of all their misty, and their fslall dcwe.
Tlie poetea fkyne, how that kyng Athlaa
Heauen shoulde bcare, vpon faii ahoulders hyo
Because in cunnyng, he did all other passe
Espedatly, in the highe asironomye
Of the luie planets he knewe so perfectly
The opcratiDtis, hoire they were domified
For whiche poetes, him so eiempliAed.
And in likewise, vnlo tbe Sagittary
They feyne the ccniaures, to be of likcim
As halfe man, and halfe horse tiuely
Because Mylyiyus, with his worthines
IMd first atlame, and breake the wildenes
Of the myall stedes, and ryght swiftly
His men and he, rode on them surely.
And also Pluto, sometyme kyng of hell
A cityc of Greet, sloiHlyng in Thessayle
Betwene greaie rockes, as the boke dothe tell
Wherin were people, without any fliyle
Huge, fierce, and strong in battaile
Tyrauntes, theoCR, replete with treason
Wherfore poctes, by true comparison
Unto the deuils, blacke, and ledieus
Did them resemble, in terrible fygure
For their misliuyng, so foule and rydoua
Of Cerberus, the rtefloured picture
The porter of hell, wyth thre heades vgly
Lyke an horrible gyant, fierce, and wonderly.
Because alway, his customed tyranny
Was eleuate in haite, by hygh presumption
Thinkyng him selie, most strong and mighty
And secondly, he was destruction
Of many ladyes, by euill compuldon
And thirdly, his desire insaciable
Was to get riches, ful innumerahle.
Thus for these thre vycei abhominable
They made him, wylh thre beads seipentine
And like a fende, his bodye semblable
For Ids pride, auarice, and also rapyne
The morel] sence, can sone illumine
The fatall picture, to l» eiubcrauot
And to our syght clearc, and not variaunt^
Also rehearwd, tbe croniclea of Spaine
Howe redoubted Hercules, by puyssaunee
Fought with an Ydre, ryght great certayne
Hauyng seuen heades, of full _
For when tliat he, wyth all his Taleaunce
Had stricken of an heade, right Bbonly
Aq other auone, arose rygbt sodayoely.
Seuen sophiians, full harde and ialladons
Tbys Ydre Tsed, in preposition
Unto the people, and was full rj
To deuoure them, where lacked
And when one reason, had conclusi
Bc^an BgainE^ with subtyll ai
For whiclie cause, the poetes coueitly
With seuen heades, dothe this Ydre depaynt
For these seuen sophims, full ryght closely
But of rude people, the wittes arc so taynt
That with their cunnyng, they can
But who that list, their snence to leame
Their obscure Ijgures, he shall well deceme
O redolent well, of fiunous poetrye
O deare fountayne, replete with swetenea
Refteryng out, the dulcet delicacye
Of foure ryuers, in nuu-ueylous wydenea
Fayrer than Tygrys, or yet Kufrates
For the first ryuer is vnderstandyng
The seconde riuer, close condudyng-
The thirde riuer, is called nouelr^e
The fourth ryuer, is called carbuncles
Amiddes of whi»n, Che tower Is w goodly
Of Vj-rgill, standetfa most soladous
Where he is entyred, in stones predous
By thys fayre tower, in a goodly grene
This well dothe spryng, both bryght and sbene
To Tndrastandyng, these, iiii. acddent
Doctrine, perscuerauncc, and eierose
And also iherto, is egiuipatent
Euermore, the perfile practise
For first doctrine, in all goodly wise
The perseuerant trouthe, in ids booth of wil
In tDdcTStandyng, for to knowe good &om yll
So famous poetes, did vs endoctrine
Of the ryght way, for to be intdlectife
Thdr fables they did. ryght so ymagyne
That by eiample, we may voyde the strife
And without mischefe, for to leade our life
By the aduertence, of their stories oide
The fhute wherof, we may full well bdiolde
Depaynted on arras, howc in antjquitie
Destroyed was, the great citye of Troye
Pot a little cause, [i^unded on vuiitye
To mortal ruytic, they turned thdr joye
llieir Tuderstandyng, they did then occoy
Nothing prepensyng, how they did prepare
To scourge them seines, and bryng them in a sni
Who is oppreit, with a little wrong
Reuengyng it, he may it sone encrease
For belter it in, for to suffer among
An injury, as for to kepe the peace
Then to begyn, whiche he shall neuer cease
Warn once began, it is haide to knowe
Who ihall abi^ and wtio shall oucrthrow.
THE PASTIME OF PLE8URE.
Tbv IiTstiB poTO, botMOTB, Mxl nobLenf
Of (be migfaty Ramnyiis, to whoae ncellaics
AH the iride worldc, bo mucbe of gratDCi
UdD their cmpjrv, wv in obedimca
Sadie was tbor Cuaoui )Kirte, uul preeminence
Tjll w*!!! thenueluM, there wm > cantnuaa}
Jbkjng tfaon loe, their worth; sfgneoury
It H eno', tiie grounde of Sapience
Bc£n that thou, accomplpbe outmrdly
For to reuolue, TDdentandfag u)d prepeace
AH in ihy Klfe, fiiJl often inwiideljr
The twgyDayng, aai the middle certainelje
With the ende, or thou put it in vre
And woike with counccll, tiiM thou maieit be hit
And who that so dotbe, ihall neuer repeat
Per hii dedcs is founded, on a perfect groUDd
AhI for to faU, it halb none impediTnenl
Wph lurenes, it is so hyghe wsUed rounde
Thm the poets conclude full cloKlye
Their fhdtcfull pioblei, for nfomution
To make *■ lene, to lyue dyrectlj
ShewyDg to ts, the whole •Section
Of tlw way of Tertue, wealth, and atablenea
And tDihutte the pie, of miacheuoui enim
a, they are ymiginatyue
T«le» newe. from day to daje to fayne
The aTyng people, that are retractiue
As to the lyght way, to biyng them agayne
Ai^ who that list, their lentence retayne
It (hall hym profite, if he wyU apply
To do thonfter, full conuenientlye.
CBfaoiwles, in the moale darke nyght
Dotbe ihyne fsyre, wyth cleare radiant beamca
EnlyDg daikenes, wyth his rayes lyght
And so tbe*e poetes, wyth their golden ttreamea
Deooyde our ndents, wyth great lyery leames
fauBiayiig out, the odonre redolent.
And is their work* also eitinguiahible
Nay tniely, for it dothe sbyne ryght cleare
Throngbc doudes darke, mlo the odible
To wham treuely, it may nothyng appeare
Where cannynge fayletfa, the scyence so dean
Ignoramice bateth, with feruent enuy
And TDta canDyng, U mertali enemy.
O ygnannnce, with dontbe » oppmt
Open Htj curt^tw, so rygbt dymme and daike
And eaermore remember, the behest
Of thy UbouTC, to mdentande thy waike
Of many ■ noble, and ryght fiunoua darke
Fy *pao tloutb, tb* nouriiher of tyce
Vlache mto youthe, dolbe often prejudyce
Who in joulhe lyal, m^ytig to leame
He wyll reptnt him, often in hyi age
That be the cunnyng, can nothyug deoeme
TberfiirE nowe youthe, with lusty courage
Bide thy fleahe, and thy sloutlie aaswage
And in Ihy youthe, the acyeoce engender
Hat in Ihine ag^ it may the wmahyp nndw
Cunnyng ts ly^t, and also pleaMunt
A gentle burden, wythout greuouines
Unto hym, that is ryght well t^liaunt
For to btare it, with all hi« buiines
He shall atlaste, the welle of fruitefulDCs
Whiche Virgyll cUrified, and s1m> TuUiua
With latyn pure, swete, and delicioui.
From whence my m
■r Lidgate rerified.
That the ryle termes, sbouide nothing arage
As like a pye, to chatter in a cage
But fbr to speake, with rethorike Tormally
In the good order, withouten rylany.
And who his bokn, list to heare or see
In them be ihall finde, elocution
With SB good order, as any maye be
Kepyng full clow, the moraliution
Of the trouthe, oT his great intendon
Whose name is regestrL'd, in rememliraunce
For to endure, by long condnuaunce.
Nowe after thJB for to make retation.
Of famous rethorike, bo in this party
As to the fourthe purl, Pronunciatioa
I shall it ihewe, anone ryght openly
With nanj braunches, of it sykerly
And howD it taketh, the whole elfect
In euery place, d^re and aspect.
When the matter, !■ founde by inuentim
Be it merye, or yet of great sadnea
Set in a plact^ by the dupoaition
And by Elocudon'a, famous clearene*
Eiwoate well, and ready to eipresae
Then pronundacion, w' chere and count
-■I,,.
With humhle voyce, ajod alio moderate
Accoidyng, ai 1^ him is audience
And if there be, a lygbt hye estate
Then rader honoiire, and obedience
Bcatonably done, vnto his excellence
Pronouncyng bis matter, so facundioui
In all due maner, to be m
If it be totde, with tongue of batbary
In mde maner, without the discrete mode
It is disturfaauDce, to a whole company
For to se tliem, lo rude and boyBtously
Demeane (hemaelues, rtteryng the aentenoa
Without good manw, or yet intelligence
It u a thing, ryght greatly conuenable
And to the bearers, ryght delectable
When the vtterer, wythout impediment
With riglit Koed maner, connienaunce and enten
Dothe tell bis tale, TUto tbem treatably
Kepyng bis maner, and roycc full moderately
This is the cuatome, that the poeles ne
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Tha TvUfne counge, the; do hhicIm reAiae
Tlwt U boyitcoiu, uid rude of gonemBuiice
And euermore, tbey da to tliem ■luuncs
Nurture, mwier, utd mil gentleres
Tn their behaurug, wyth all wmelinek.
And thus the gentle, rethoriciui
TlirDughe the ltdM>ure of his royaJT cleargye
The ftuDDus nurture, oiyginftllj bq^an
Oppresayng our rudenes, and our foly
Aud for to goueme ta rfghl pnidentlj
The good maner, cocreBseth dignitie
And the nidenes, also ini^uitie
The (annua poete, who so list to here
To tell his tde, il is solatious
Behotd^g his nunen, and also hia chere
A^r the maner, be it ladde, or joyous
If it be aadde, hU diere is dolotous
As in bewaylyng, a woTull tragedy
Hut worthy is, to be in memory.
And if the matter, be iojlUll and gladde
Lyke counUnnunec, outwardly they make
But moderatioii, in their mindea is had
So thai outrage, may them not ouertake
Them to laude, for my tyme is shorte
And the matter long, wbidi I must report
And the. t. parte, is then Memoratyfe
The whidie, the perfect miniatration
Ordinatly causetb, to be retentyfe
Driuyng the tale , (o good conclusion
For it behoueth, to haue respecdon
Unto the tale, and the very grounde
And on irliM ym^te, be his nutter founde.
If to the oratODT, many ■ sundry tale
One after other, treatably be tolde
Then sundry ymages, in his closed male
Eche for a mMter, he doth then well faoldc
Like to the tale, he doth then so bebolde
And inward^ a recapitulation
Of eche ymage, the moralintiDa.
Whiche be the tales, be grounded piiuely
Upon these ymans, Bgnifleation
And when time lb, for bim to speciiye
All hii tale*, by demomtration
In due order, maner, and reason
Then eche ymage, inwarde dyrectlj
The oratour, dMhe tako fUll properly
So Is enprynted, in his propre mjnit
Euery tale, with whole rcMmbUiiDce
By thia ymage, he dotbe hia matter finde
Eche after other, withouten Tariaimce
Who to thia arte, will geue attendaunca
As therof t4> knowe, the perfectnca
In the poeta schole, he rouat haue intrcsse
Then shall he knowe, by perfect study
The menwriaU arte, of tethorike defuse
It shall to him, to well eicmplifye
Ifthat him list, the science to ne
Thou^ SI the flrsl, it he to him obtuse
But nowe of dayes, the synne of auaryce
Eiilelh the mynde, and the whole deUte
To couet cunnyng, whidie is great prqudiee
For insaciatly, so blinded is their syght
With the siluer, and the golde so bryght
They nothing thinke, on fertune Tariable
Whiche ail their ricbea, can make tnuumutabla
The olde sawes, they ryght cleane abiect
Whiche fur our leaniyng, the poete* did write
With auarice they are so aore infect
They take no hede, nothing tbey write
Whiche mot<y, did bo nobly nidile
Reprouyng vycc, jRaysyog the veitue
Whiche idtenes, did euermore eachue.
ve, will I cease, of lusty retboryke
. torye, for my tyme is shorte
ye not lasycj lor my tyme is suunv
1 ui 1 must procede, and ^ewe of Ariunetiike
With diuers numbrua, whiche I must report
Hope Inwardely, doEbe me well comforte
To brynge my boke, vr-- - «~i-' •
Of all my matter, aud
O thoughtfull harte, tombled all about
Upon the sea, of stormy ignoraunce
For to layle forthe, thou art in greate doubt
Ouer the waues, of great encombraunce
Without any comfort, safe of esperaunce
Whiche the exhorteth, bardely to sayle
Unto thy purpose, wyth diligent tiauayle-
Auftycus Auater, hloweth frowardlye
Towarde the lande, and habitation
Of thy well fauoured, and most ttfn lady
For whose sake, and delectation
Thou hast take, this occupadon
Prindpally, ryght well to atlayne
Her swete rewarde, for thy busy payne.
le stormy pcry
O pensyfe haite, ii. »». ...»
Mercury northwest, thou maist se appeare
After tempest, to gladde, thine emispery
Hoyse Tp thy aayle, for thou must drawe neare
Towarde the ende, of thy purpose so cleare
Remonbre the, of the (race and daunce
Of poetes oMe, wyth ell thy punieyaunoe.
As moral Gowei, whose •entendous dewe
Adowne reflareth, with fayrc golden beamaa
And after Chaucer's, all abroade dothe shewa
Our Tyces to dense, his depared streamea
Kindlyng our bartss, wyth the fiery leame*
Of mord] vertue, as is probable
In all his bokea, so swels and profitable
Hie boke of fame, wind
He drewe him selfe, on his owne inuentlon
And then the trapdiea, so piteous
Of the tuntene ladyta, was hi* toanalation
And Tpon his ymagination
He made also, tha tales of Cauntett)ury
Some Teituous, and some glad and mcrye
THE PASTIME OF PLESUEE.
And of Tropins, U>e inteoui dolmm
FiM- his ladje Creayde, fijil of doubleita
He did bewmyle, fiili well the Ungoure
Of »]1 his ioue, mnd gnat Tnhappiuee
And msLoy other bokes doubtlcA
He did contpyle, whose goodlj lume
la piTiited bookes, dotb* lemayne in fiune.
And after him, mj muter Lydgale
The mooke of Bui7> did him well apply
Bntlie lo coDttTue, and eke to tramlote
And of Tertue, euer in espedally
For he did compile, then full nyilly
Of our blened tndye, the eonuerwtion
Ssynt Edmundes life, nuutred with Iresson
Of the fUl of princes, tyghl wofiillj
He did endite, in all piteous wise
Ff^Dwyng liis auctoure, Bocsa rufully
A ryght ^reat boke, he did tniely compryse
A food ensampte, for n to despyge
And tbre reasons, ryght greetly profitable
Under coloarc, be cloked ctallely
And of the idtorle be made the nble
That sliitte the byrde, in a csge bo cloflsly
The pamflete, shewetb it eipreslye
He Ajaed abo, tbe court of s^nence
And translated, with all Ms diligence.
The great boke, of the last destruction
Of tbe dtje of Troye, wbylome so &maiu
And betwene T^tue, and the life vicious
Of gods and goddesses, • boke solacious
He did compyle, and the time to passe
Of Imw be mad^ tbe biygitt temple of glasw
The ^me of aloutht^ limy did from them driue
Mb tlHsr deaibe, for to abide or lyue
In wtBthj &me, by many a nacion
ThA bokes, their actes, da make relation
0 master Lydgst^ the most dulcet spryng
Of (unotis rethoiyke, wyth ballade royall
Tbe tiitte origJosll, of my learnyng
Whst njleth it, on you for to call
He for to syde, now in especiall
Sythen your bodye, is now wimpte in chest
1 pray God to geue, your aoule good rest
1 did not dwell
But UBBy • aati a rygfat well expert
In this cunnyD^ but rpoa aucthorilie
They fayne no Ibbles, pleasaunt and couerte
BU q>eiidr tbeir lime, in Taynefnil isnitie
Mikjag btdladea, of feruent smicie
A* gate* and tri6es, without Miitefulnes
Tbua all in Tayoe, they spende Ihrir buaioes
I little or nought, expert in poetrye
Of my master Udgali^ will folowe tbe trace
As euermore, so his name to magnifyc
With luche little bokei, by God's grace
If in this woride, I may haue tbe space
The little cunnyng, that hii grace me sent
In tyme among, in such wise ihal be Bpent-
And yet nothing, vpon premimption
My master Lydgate, I will not enuy
But all onely, is myne inlencion
With auche laboure, my^lfe to occupy
As white by blacke, dothe shyne more clearety
So shal their matters, appeare more pleasaunt
Biayde my draughtes, rude, sjid ignoraunt
Nowe in my boke, farther to procede
To a chamber I wente, replete w' ryches
Where sate Arismetryke, in a golden wede
Uke a lady pure, and of great worthinea
Tbe walles about, did full well eiptesse.
With guide depainted, euery perfect numbsr
To adde, debay, and to deuide a sunder*
Tlie roufe was painted, with golden beames
"Hie windowes cristall, dearely clarified
The golden rales, and depnred streames
Of radiant Phebiu, that was purified
lUgfat in the Bull, that time So dmnifled
Throughc windowes, was resplendishant
About tbe chamber, fsire and radiauDt
I kneled downe, right sane on my knea
And to her 1 saied O lady marueyloui
I right humbly, besecbe your msjestie
Your arte to ^ewe, nte w facundious
Whidie is defuse, and right fBllacioua
But I shall so, apply mine exercise
That the very troutbe, 1 shall well denise
My science Sud she, is right n
And in tbe middes of the sciences all
It is nowe set, right well and perftetly
For TDto them, it is so spedall
Numbring so, their workes in generall
Without m^ they had no perfectnes
I must tbfsn number, alway doubtles
Without niunbcr, ii no
That in our sight, we i
For God made all, at the beginnyng
In numlier perfite, well in ceitaintie
Who knewe arismetrike, in euery degre
All maner number, in his minde were bad
Botha to deti^, and to deuida iimI adde.
But who will kntnre, alt the eiperience
It hehoueth him, to' haue great leamii^
In many tliingea, with true intelligence
Or that be can, haue perflte rdenyng
In euery number, by eipert cunnyng
To rehearse in Englyshe, more of this scien
It were folie, and eke great negligence.
90 I
My minde vpon her, ww botbe daj and nigbt
The fenicnt loue, to perst me invutit;
Wluffor« I went ananu, right shortly
Unto the tower, swete uid melodioui
Of dame Muiike, so ga;e and gloiioiu.
When aplendet Pfaebua, in hi* middiye speare
Was highe in Gemine, in the freshe aemtoa
Of luatye Maye, with golden beame* cleare
And duke Dyane. made declination
When Flora florisbed, in this nadon
1 called vnlo minde, right inwardly
The report of Fame, «o mtiche ententiflje
Of Ia hell Pucell, in the tower musicall
And rjght anone, vnto the tower I went
Where I sawe, a temple made orchryatal
In whiche Musyke, the lady eicellent
Played on baae organei, expedient
Acootdyng well, vnto dyopaaon
Dyapenthe. and eke dyeteiaeron.
In thii temple, was great solemnide
And of muehe people, there wu great preaae
1 loked about, whether I coulde se
La bell Pucell, my langour to ceaae
I coulde not xe her, my payne did encreaie
Tyll that I npied her, aboue in a vaute
Whiclie to my hart, did make lO sore aauut
To her 1 went, or that her penon wist
Her thought I knewe not, ibe thought as she liit
By her I Btode. with belt sore and faynt
And did my selfe with her sone acquaynt
The commen witte, did full little regards
Of dame Muiike, the dulcet annonye
The earei hearde not, for the mynde inwarde
Venus had wnqit, and taken feruently
Imaginati
_^ . lie douhtefully I cast
Whether I ihoulde, hy long tyme and apace
Atleyne her loue, or eli to loue in waste
My hart sobbed and quaked in tliis laae
I stode hy her, ryght neare in the place
With many other, fayre ladies alio
But so fayre as she, I neuer aawe no mo.
The feast done, dame Musyke did go
She folowed after, and she woulde not tary
Fan well she saied, for 1 must part you Iro
Alas thought I, that fortune dothe so my
My ladde body, my heavy harte did carya
I could not speake my baite waa neare broken
But wytfa my heade, I made her a token
Whea she was gone, inwardely then wrought
Upon her lieauly, my minde relentife
Her goodly fygure, I graued in my thought
Eicept her sdfe, all were enpulsyfe
Uy minde to her, waa so ententyfu
Where dulcet Flora, her ammatyke dewe
In the Ikyre temple, adowne did diatyll
All abroade, the fayre dropea did shewe
Encencyng out, all the Tapours yll
With sucbe a swetenea. Flora did fulfil
All the temple, that my gowne welt shewed
The lycoure awete, of the droppee endued
Andsc
r,f\iUs<
Dame Musyke treat, with La bell Pucell
All of jasper, with atones precious
The roufe was wrought, cuiiously and well
The windowes glased, maruelou^y to tell
With clothe of tissue, in the riches maner
The wallea were hanged, hie and cyrculer.
Where sate dame Mudke, with all her miustrelsir
As tabouni, trumpets, with pipes melodious
Sakbuttes, organi, and the rcojrder swelely
Harpra, lutes, and crowdes right delidous
Thnphans, doucemen, w' claricymbalt glorious
Rd>eekes, claiicordes, eche in theii degre
Did sit about their ladyes nujeatye.
Beibre dame Musike, I did kuele adowne
Saiyng to her, O' &ire ladye {deasaunt
Your prudence raignetb moit bye in r^towue
For you be euer, right concordaunt
With perfite reason, whiche is not variaunt
I beseche your grace, with all my diligence
To insbuct me, in your noble saence
It is she ssied, right greatly profitable
For mitdke dothe set, in alt -milie
llic discorde thingea, whiche are variable
And deuoydeth miscbiefe, and great jniquitia
Where lacketh musike, there is no plenty
For musike is Concorde, and also peace
Nothing without musike, may well encrease
The seoen sciences, in one monacorde
Ecbe upon other, do full well depende
Musike hath them, so set in Concorde
That all in one, may right well eitende
All perfite reason, they do so comprdiende
That they are way, and perfite doctrine
To the ioye iboae : whiche is ceteatine
And yet also, the perftct phiiyke
Whidi i^>peileynelh, well to the bodye
Dothe well resemble, Tnto the musyke
When the inwarde intrailes, tumeth contrary
That nature can not, woriie djrectly
Then dothe phiayke, the partes intniall
In order set, to their originalL
But yet phisyke, can not be liberal!
As the seuen scyences, by good auctboritte
Whiche leadeth the soule, the way in ipedall
By good doctrine, to dame Etemitie
Onely of phiake, it is the propertie
To ayde the body, in euery sickenes
That is right fraile, and full of brittUua
And because phisike, is S(q>ciidant C)Q|(^
Unto the body, by hcipe of medicine *-*
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE.
Ami to llie foule, Dothing qiportaunint
To came the body fur to eoclioa
In etmull heklii^ to the uule to damiiM
Dotbe (eacbe to leule, the <oule to beuien
And musyke it aelie, ia melodioa*
To nyajct tbe eucv and comfort tha bnine
Shmpfng tbe witUs. vitb sound tolacioui
Deuojdrng bad tbougbte*, which* did remajne
It ^addetb the hart, also *eU cettaioe
Lmgtfa tbe If fe, vith dulcet annonje
As B good RcnatJon, after (tudy.
She comaiided her luinitrels, right *DODe to plajf
MmiDtiTa tiie swcte, and the gentle daunce
With L« bell Pucell, that waa &yTe and gay
To daimce true messuie, withoute *ariauiic«
0 lorde Cod, bon-e glad then was I
So for to daunci^ with my iwete ladye.
By her proper hande, soft u my silke
With due obeyaaunce, I did ber then tike
Her (kyiuw was white, as whales bone or mylke
Hy thougbtea waa rauithed, I might not aaliike
Hy brenuyiig hart, she the fire did moke
Tb«e dauncea tniely, muayke hath me taught
To lute or daunce, but it auayled nought.
For Ibe tyre kindled, and waied more and more
Tlw daDOcyog blewe it, with ber beau^ cleare
Hy hart sckened, and began to waie sore
A minute, n. boures. wid. n. boures a yere
1 fiiougbt it was, so hcsuy waa my chere
But yet for couer, my great loue aryght
Tbe oDtwanle coutenaunce, I made glad and light
And Toe lesre mine eyes, should mine hart bewray
I lake my leaue, and to ■ temple went
Aad all alone. I to my lelfe did saye
Aba what fortune, b^ me hither sent
To deuoyde roy ioye, and my hart lonnent.
No man can t^ howe great a paine it is
But if be will fele it, as 1 do iwysae
Aka O lady, howe crueU art thou
Of paleoiu doloure, for to builde a neat
la my true hart, a* thou doeat ryght nowe
Ttt of all ladyes, I must loue the Iwat
Ihy beauty therto, did me aurely arest
AIh whb loue, when that it doth the pleue
Hkiu naie«t cease my care, and my psyne Bone eaie.
Alas bowe aore, may I nowe benayle
The [Hieous chaunce, wbicbe did me happc
My hdyes lokei, did me h> assayle
liat aodayncly, my barte waa in a trappe
By Tcoua caught, and with so aore a clappe
thronghe, the great stroke did perse
for wo, I couldje not reucne.
ThM
AlMfor
Farewdl all ioye, and all perfect pleasure
Fan well my lust, and my likyng
For wo ia comen, with toe to endure
Neve nniat I leade, my life in moumyng
I aiay not lute, or yet daunce, or tyng
O La bdl Pucell, my Udyc glorious
Tea HI ttie canae. thai I am so iloloroui
Alaa faira lady, and mine owns swete hart
With my seruyce, I yelde me to your will
You haue me feicred, I may not astart
At your pleasure, you maye me lauc or kyll
Because I loue you, oyU you me spyll
Alaa it were, a [uleouB case in dede
That you with death, ahoulds rewarde my made.
A a, that I am right wo begone
For 1 of loue, dare not to you speake
For feare of nay. that may encreaae my mone
A nay of you. might cause my hart to breaks
Alas I wretche, and yet rabappy peke
Into auche trouble, misery, and thought
With light of you, I am into it brought
And to myseUe, as 1 made complaint
I spied a man, right nere me befome
Whiche right anone, did with me acquaynt
Ma thinke be aayed, that ye are neare IMontB
With inwarde payne, that your hart hath borne
Be not to penayfe, call to mynde agayne
Howe of one lorow^ ye do nowe make twayne
Mine inwards sorowe, ye begyn to double
Co your way quod I, for ye can not me ayde
Tell me he aayed, the cause of your trouble
And of me nowe be ootbing afiayed
Me thynke that sorowe, hath you ouerUyed
Driue of no lenger, but tell me your myude
It may me h^pe, a remedy to fynde.
A a quod I, It Tsyleth not your ^>eache
I wyll wyth you, neuer haue medlyng
Let me alone, tbe moat vnbappy wietche
Of all the wretches, that ii yet liuyag
Sucha is the chaunce. of my bewaylyng
Go on your waye, you are nothing tbe better
To me to speoke, to make my sorowe greater
Fonothe he sayed, remember thingea thre
The first is. that ye may sorowe long
Unto your aelfe, or that you ayded be
And aecondly, in great psynes atronge
To muse alone, it myght tume you to wrong
The thirds is, it myght you well ease truely
To tell yoiu- mynde, to s frende ryght trusty
It is a iewell. of a frende of trust
Ae at youi nede, to tell your secretenes
Of all your payne, and feruent lust
Hia councell aoce, may heipe and redreate
Your paynefull wo, and mortall heauinea
Alone is nought, for to thinke and muse
Tberfore good lonne, do me not refuse.
And aythe that you are, plunged all in thought
Beware the pytte. of doloroua diapayre
So to complayne. it yayleth you light nought
It nuy so fortune, ye loue a ladye fayre
Whicbe to loue you, will nothing repayre
Ot ela ys haue loaC. great lande or substaunce
By fatal] chaunce^ of fortune's c
Tell me the cause, thoughe that
In case you loue, I knowe it by
It ia a payne engeodryng great wo
And harde it is, for to i^ke resiaCaunce
Agaynst auche loue, of feruent vyolence
The loue is dreadfVill, but neuerthelei
There is no sore, nor yet no qrckenea
92 Hi
But there ii ■ n)uB, snil remedy thetfore
Bo for joar pajne, BUd your lorDwe great
CouDcell IB medicine^ whiche snaj you restore
Unto jour desire without any let
If ye will tell me, where your bute is ut
Id the chayre of torowe, no gnat doubt it la
To fynde ■ reinedye, for your payne I wya
A phisitioo tmely, can little deceme
Any maner ucltenea, without ught of Tryne
No more out I, by good counsaile you Icame
All niche wofull trouble, for to determine
But if you oekely, «-ill to me endyne
To tell the cause, of your great greuousneg
Of your iowarde trouble, and wcBfull sadnei
Then 1 began, with all my diligence
To heare him speake, so grounded on reason
And in my minde, did make aduertence
Howe it wa» holesome, in tribulation
To laue a good, and a true companion
For to knowe my Mrowe, and wofull grefe
It might me comforte, and right well relefe
And of him then, I a!.ked this question
What was his name, I prayed him me t«ll
Councell quod he, the wbiche solucion
In my wofull minde, I liked right well
And priuely I did, his lesson spell
Saiyng to him, ray chaunce and destiny
Of all other, is the most mhappy.
Why so quod he, thoughe fortune be straunge
To you a while, turayng of her face
Her lonryng cbere, she may right sone chaunge
And you accept, and call jala hei grace
Dispayre you not, for in good time and space
Nothing there is, but wisdome may it winne
To tell your mynde, I praye you to begyn.
Unto you quod I, with all my whole assent
I will tetl you trouthe, and you will not bewraye
Unto none other, my matter and entent
Nay nay quod he, you shall not se that daye
Tour whole afflaunce and trust, well ye may
Into me put, (or I shall not vary
But kepe yotir cxHuicall, aa a secretary.
Andtl
lohim,
ner foLowyng
1 did complayne, with sighing tearea depe
Alas quod I, you shall haue knowlegyng
Of my beauy chaunce, that causeth me to wepe
So wo I am, that I can ncuer slepe
But wallowe and tumble, in the tr^pe of care
My ban was caughte, or that I was ware
It happened so, that in a temple olde
By the tower of Musike, at great soleranitic
La bell Fucell, I did right well beboldo
Whose beauty cleare, and great humilitie
To my hatt did cast, the darte of amitie
After whicbe stroke, so barde and feruent
To bar exceUenc^ I came incontinmt
Beboldyng her diere, and louely eountBiaunce
Her gaimentes ricbe, and her propre stature
I regestered well, in my reraombraunce
That I neuer save, so fayre a creature
So well fsiiouredly, create by nature
That harde it is, for to wryght with ynkc
All her beaulie, or any harte to tfainke.
Fayrer she was, then was quene Helene
Proterpyne, Creayde, or yet Tpolyte
Hedea, Dydo, or young Poleiyne
Alcumena, or quene Menelape
Or yet dame Rosamonde, in cettaintie
None of all these, can haue the preeminencv
To be compared, to tm higbe excellence
Duryng the feast, I slode her neare by
But then her beauty, encreased my paine
I coulde Qothing, resist the conlnry
She wnpt my hart, in a brennyng chayne
To the musicall tower, she went then agune
I went aAer, I coulde not be bchinde
The chains she baled, whicho my hatt did binde.
Till that we came, into a chamber gaye
Where that Musike, with all her minstrelsy
Diuers base dsunces, most swelely did playe
That them to here, it was great melody
And dame Musike, commaunded curleously
La bell Pucell, with me then to daunce
Whom that I toke, with all my pleasaunce
By her swcte hande, begynnyng the trace
And long did daunce, till that I migbt not hide
The painefull loue, whiche did my hart embrace
Bicause wherof, I toke my lesue that tide
And to this temple, where I do abide
Forth then I went, alone to bewaile
My mottall sorowe, without any faale.
Now haue I lolde you, all the Tery Drouth
Of my wofull chaunce, and great vnhappines
I pray you, nothing with me to be wrotbc
Whifjie am drowned, in careful wretchednes
By fortune plunged, full of doublenea
A a said Councell, doubt ye neuer a deale
But your disease, I shall by wisedome heale
Remember you, that neuer yet was be
That in this woflde, did leade all his life
In ioye and pleasure, without aduersitie
No worldly thing, can not be without strife
For Tnto pleasure, peine is afiBmiatife
Who will baue iideaiurc, he must first apply
To lake the payne, with his cure busdy.
To deserue the ioye, which after doth ensue
Rewardyng paine. for the great buwies
No doubt your Isdy, wil vpon you me
Seyng you apply, all your genii enes
To do her pleasure, and scruice douhtles
Harde is tlie harte, that no loue hath felt
Nor for to loue, will then encline and melt.
hat in olde antiquitie
Howe worthy Troylus, that mighty champion
What paine he BulTered. by great citremitie
Of feruent loue, by a great long season
For his lady Cresyde, by great tribulation
After his aorowe, had not he great ioys
or bis lady, the layrest of all Troy
And the fiunous knight, ydepped Ponthus
Whiche loued Sydoyne, so moclie entirely
What paine had he, and what care dolorous
For his lady, with loue so marueylously
Was not her hart, wounded riglit wofully
After his guiue, liis ladic did her cure
To do him ioye, bonuurc ami pIcaiiUTc.
THE PASITME OF PLESUHE.
WItO wu whh Idub, iiiin« vafUlj timjed
Thai were these twainfif and nunj other mo
Tlie power of loue, had them ao anjed
Tbai and I liite, I coulde reheane b1k>
To wbom Due louc, hath wrought mykle wo
And at the end£, haue bad their dEslre
Of all their Horowe, for to quencb the fire
Languiahe DO mor^ but plucke vp tbj hart
£xilc di^iajrv, and liue a while in hope
And kepc jour kouCf all close and couert
It waj w> fortune, that joLir lady wil grope
Somewhat of loue, for U> drynke a lOpe
Tlnughe outwaidely, she dare oot let you knowe
But at the lart, aa I beleue aod trowe.
Sbc can not kepe it, ao priuye and close
But that BOmewhat, it (ball to you appears
By cocmtenauiice, howe that her loue arose
If that (be loue you, the loue it ii n dcare
When yoa come to her, ibe wil make you chars
Witb countenauncp, according Tnto toue
Fall priaeij, fbr to conte to ber aboue
Sending of Icnie, the messengs before
Wldcbe b her eye*, with louelye lokea iwete
For to bebolde you, then euer more and more
Afto* the time, that you together mete
Vith louing wordes, she wil you then gretc
Sorowe no more, for I thinke in my minde
Thti at the last, abe will be good and kinds
Aba quod I, die is of hye degre
Bome to great lande, treasure, and lubataunce
I tan to soie, I abai disdayned be
The whiche will trouble, all my greuaunce
Her beautie is, the cause of my penaunce
I bane do grcAt tande, Qraaure, and riches
To winne the fouoive, <tf ber Doblenea.
What tbougbe quod be. drawe you not backe
For ibe hath ioough. in her poseetiion
Fir you bathe, for you shall neucr lacke
If llW ye order it, by good reason
And lO in perfect consideration,
She wiU wjtb loue, her grene flouiyng age
Pasae fbrthe in ioye, pleasure and courage
Tootfae is alwsy, of the course right light
Hate and nwyst, and full of lostine*
iloate of the ayre, it is ruled by ry^
And her complexion, hath chiefe intrrsse
Vpoo sanguine, the ayres holesomenes
sis ia Dot yet in all, aboue. iviii. yere
Of iBidB' age, to pleasure moat deaie
For sangujue youth, it is all contrary
So &a to couer, fbr it dothe arise
Ondy cngendied, vpoa the malencoly
Wlu^ is drye, colde, and also earthly
ia wUche tbe golde, is truely nutriiied
Fsne tVian tbe ayre, so cLearely purifled
Tie great losac of youtbe, ber ipeciall treai
She kaowetli she ia, a right Ure cmtuie
No donbt it is, but yet piiuely amoikg
So lija ia naturs, wnli hi* woike* strong.
That she of ftntiB, the m
Must well couM, for she may not resist
Dame Nature's wotlie, whiclM a so secretely
Tboughe abe be maide, let her sayc what she list
Who spareth to Mpcake, he spareth to ipede
I shall prouide, for you coauenient
A gentle time, for to attaine yuur medc
That you shall go, to your lady excellent
And light before, take good aduisemeni
Of all the matter, that ye will her sbewe
Upon good reason, and in wordes fewe
Tba after none, with many a snttment
And what for knie, was best eoBcIuslon
We demed oft, and gaue a iudgenwnt
1111 that in the euen, was refulgent
Fayre golden Mercury, with bis beames bryght
About the ayre, castyng bis pured light
Then to a chamber, iwete and precioua
Councell me ledde, for to take my rest
Tbe night was wete, and also tetidirous
But 1 my Gclfe, with sorowe opprest
Did often muse, what was for me best
Unto my &yre lady, fw to tel m' saye
And all my dreads was, for faare of a nay.
Tbouglie that my bedde, was «sy and sofle
Yet lUd I tomble, t might not lye still
On euery side, I turned me full oft
Upon the loue, 1 had so set my will
Loagyng right sore, my minde to ftiUyil
I called Councell, and prayed him to wake
To geue me councell, what were best to taks
Ha ba quod he, loue dothe you so pricke
That yet your hart, will nothing be eased
But euermore, be fcble and sicke
Till that your lady, hath it well pleased
Tbougbe ye thinke long, yet je aha] be pleased
I woulde quod I, that it were as ye sayej
Fy fye quod be, driuc suche dispayre away
And liue in hope, whiche shall do yon good
Joye Cometh after, when the payne is past
Be ye pacient, and sober in mode
To wepe and waile, all is for you in waste
Was neuer payne, but it had ioye at last
In the fayre morowe : rise and make you ready
At nine at tbe clocke, the lime is necessarye
For TB to waike, vnlo your lady gsnt
The bodies aboue, be them well domiiied
To heipe vs forwards, without impediment
Lake what ye saye, lake it be derificd
From perfect reason, well exemplified
Forsake ber not, tbou^ that she saye nay
A woman's guiae, ii euomore to d^y.
No casteU can bs, of so great a stjoigth
If that there be, a sure siege to it layed
It must yelds up, or els be wonne at length
Thaugbe tlut tofore, it hath bene long delayed
So continuaunce, may you right well ayde
Some woman's harte, can not so harded be
But busy labour, may make it agree
M I
Laboure and diligence, U fiiU mcniejloiu
Whiche bryDgeth a louer, to his pRHiiacioD
Nolhinge to laue, ia more desieroui
Then insMunt Ubotire, and delecutjim
The turded harts, it geueth occuioD
For to coDHder, howe that her seruaunt
To Bltayne hei laue, is lO Mtendauut.
Thus all in comunyng, we the night did paise
Tyll in the ayre, with clowea fayre and redde
Rysen WB9 Fbebus, shinyng in the gUsse
In the chamber, his golden rayei were spitdde
And Dirvne, declinyng, pole aa any leade
When the little byrdes, Bwetely did lyng
With tunes musical), in the faire mornyng
Councell and I, then rose full quickely
And made t» reftdy, on our way to wallte
In your clenly wede, appareled properly
Wlut I wDulde saie, I lUd unto him tilke
Tyll on hii boke, he began to calke
Howe the aunne, entred was in Geminy
And eke Dyan^ full of mutabilitie
Eotred the Crabbe, hir propre matidon
Then ryght amiddes, of the Dragon's Head
And Venus and she, made conjunction
From her combust way, she had her so sped
She had no let, that was to be dredde
The assured ayre, was depaynted cleare
With golden beames, of fcyre Phebus ipeore
Hen forth n> went, good Councell and I
At. Ti. at clocke, tuIo a garden foyre
By Musike's tower, walled most goodly
Where La bell Pucell vsed to repayre
In the swete moroytig, for to lake the ayre
Among the flowers, of tromalyke fume
The misty ayre, to exile and consume
And at the gale, we met the portresse
That was right gentle, and called Curtesye
WMche saliwd ts, with wordes of mekenes
And asked »a, the very cause and why
Of our commyng, to the garden sothell
Traely saied we, for nothing but well
A little to speake, with La bell Fuc«ll.
Tniely quod she, in the garden grene
Of many a swete, and sundry floure
She roaketh a garlande, thai is verye shene
With trueloues wrought, with many a colours
Replete with swetenes, and dulcet odoure
And all alone, withouten company
Amiddes an haiber, «he sittetli plcasauntly
Nowe Blonde you styll, for a little space
I will let her, of you haue knowledgyng
And right anone, she wente to her grace
Tellyng her then, howe we were commyng
To apuke with her, greatly dcairynge
Truely she saied, 1 am ryght well content
Of thcdr commyng, to knowe the whole entent
Then good Curtesy, without tariyng
Cum TDto T* with all hei diligence
Fraiyng n to take our entryn^
And come vnto, the ladie's presence
To tell your errande, to her excellence
Then in we went, lo the garden glorious
Like to a place, of pleasure mofit solacious
With Flora painted, and wrought curiously
In diueiB knottes, of marueylous greatnea
Rampande lyoos, stode vp wonderaly
Made all of herbes, with dulcet swetenes
With many dragons, of marueylous likenea
Of diuers floures, made full craftely
By Flora coulourcd, with colours sundrye
Amiddes the garden, so muche delectable
There was an harber, fayre and quadrant
To paradise, right wel comparable
Set all about, with floures fragrant
And in the middle, there was resplendishaunt
A dulcet spring, and marueylous fountains
Of giride and asure, made all certaina
In wonderAil), and curious nmilltuda
There stode a dragon, of fine golde so pura
Upon his tayle, of mighty fordtude
Wrethed and skaled, all wyth asure
Hauyng thre heades, diuers in figure
Whiche in a bathe, of the siluer great
Spouted Che water, that was so dulcet.
Beside whiche fountaine, the most fkjrt Udj
La bell Pucell, was gayly sittyng
Of many floures, fayre and royally
A goodly chaplet, she was in makynge
Her heerc was downe, so clearely shinyng
Like to the golde, late piuified with fire
Her heere was btyght, as the drawen wyre
Like lo a ladye, for to be right true
She ware a fayre, and goodly garment
Of moat fine veluet, all of Indy blewe
With annines powdred, bordered at the rent
On her &yre bandes, as woa conuement
A payre of gloues, right slender, and soft
In approchyng nere, I did beholde her oft.
And when that I came, before her presence
Unto the grounde, I did knele adowne
Saiyng O ladye, most fayre of eicelloice
O Btarre so clere, of Tertuous renowne
Whose beauty fayre, in euery realme and town
Indued with grace, and also goodnes
Dame Fame the her selfe, dothe ei
Please il your grace, for to geue audience
Unto my wofull, and piteous complainte
Howe feruent lone, wythout resistence
My carcfull hart, hath made lowe and faynt
And you Iherof, are the whole constraynt
Your beauty truely, hath me fettred fast
Without your helpe, my life is neare hand past.
Stande by quod she, I maruell of this cace
What sodayne louc, hath you so aniyed
With so great payne, your hart to embrace
And why for me, ye shoulde be so dismayed
As of your life, y« nede not be afiaycd
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE.
Tout wife hath caught it, in m aure ■ netl
That if that I may not, jour buour get
No doubt it i>, the great paine of loua
H^ oat aaawage, till death it rsnouK
Traetjr quod she, I am obedient
Colo aij fimdes, whiclie do me w gjie
Tlier shall me rule, ta is conuenient
Jb tin uiare of loue, I will nothing slid*
ISj chaunce or fcKtuoe, I will yet abide
I thanke jou, for jour loue right humblje
But 1 jooT cause, can nolhiog remedy.
Ala* madams if I haoe eotetpiited
A thing to bye, truely for my d^ree
All Iboae nuiaea, whiche I baue commiied
Hath bene on Fortune's, gentle vnitie
Tmtjng Inwly, that she woulde fuiour me
In this otae, whofbre nowe eiciue
Tdut bumble (emauDt, and not me refuie
Ha ha, what imyleth all your flattery
¥aiir fayned wordet, ahal not me tppoie
To make mine hart, to enclinc inwardl j
Pv I my lelfe nowe, do nothing suppoH
But for to proue me, you flatter and glose
Tou shal aoi Aye, as long ai you speake
Ihoc a m toiie, can cause yuur hart lo breeke
I njnUe mf^"*"*, you had prorogatiue
To kno*e the piiuitie, of my perfect mynde
Howe all in payne, I leade a «dI\i11 liue
Then as 1 troire, ye woulde not be Tnkinda
Bat IbM some gmce, I might in you linde
To cause mine hart, whiche jou fettred sure
With bremiyog cbaynes, iucbe wo lo endure
By TBiy reason, I may gene iudgetnent
That it is tbe guise, (^ you euerychone
To fidne you Bcke, by Bubtill argument
Whoi to your lady, you list to make youre m
But of you true, there is few or none
Fsr all your payne, and wordes eloquoite
With duie Repentaunce, I will not be shent
■e all my deatiny
Unhap and h^py, Tpon yuu dothe knowe
IT that you call me, vnto your mercy
Of all happy, the moat happy I trowe
Han shall I be, of hye degree or lowe
And if je list, so me then (o forsake
Of all nhappj, Done thai be my make.
I haoe your purpose^ oft Inougbe dmied
Tou knowe your aunsweie, nowe certaintie
What nede your wordes, of curiosjtie
Woe here no more, for you shall not spede
Co louc an other, where ye may baue mede.
That shall I not, thougbe that I continue
All my life in pajne and hesuines
I shall not chaunge you, for none other ni
You are my ladj, you are my mistris
Whom I shall save, with all my getitlene
Eiyte him neua, from your hart so deare
Whiche vnlo his, bath set jou most neare
The minde of men, chaungeth as tbe mone
If you mete one, whiche Ib byre and bright
Ye loue her best, till ye se right sane
An other Tayrer, two your owne sight
Unto ber then, your mind is turned ryght
Tniely your loue, though ye make it straunge,
I know full well, ye will it often chaunge.
Alai raadame, nowe the bright lodes starre
Of mj true hart, whereeuer I go or ride
Though that my bodye, be from you afarte.
Yet my hart onely, thatt with you abide
When then you list, ye may for me prouide
A remedy twete Isdy, of my harte
It is your owne, it can nothing astart
Nay truely, it can nothing be mine
For I tlierof, take no pitas mninn
Your hart is your's, by nibstandall line.
It is not in my donunation,
Loue where ye liil, at euery season
Your hart is free, I do not it accept
It is your owne, I baue il neuer kept.
Alas madame, ye m^ say what you list
With your beanty, ye take mine hart in mare
Your louelj lokea I coulde not resist
Your Tertuous maner, encreaseth my care
That or all ioye, I am dcuoyde and bare
I *e you right ofteo, when I am a slepe
And when I wake, do dgb with teaics depe
Ye are to subtill, and so false iwys
Your great decdte, i> nothing commeudablo
In Etoriea olde, it is well pmbable
Howe many ladies, hsth bene right falsely
With men decejued, yll and subtilly
0 good nudanw, Ihoughe that they abused
Them (o thdr ladies, in thrar great deceipt
Yet am T true, let me not be refused
Ye haue me taken, with so faint a baile
That'ye shall neuer, out of niy conceite
1 can not wrinche, bj no wile nor crake
My hart ia faat, Tpon to sure ■ h^e
Ye so saled tbej, til that ihej tiad their will
Their Hill Bccomplisbed, tbey did fie at large
For men say well, but the; thinlie ful yll
Though outward swetenes, your tog doth Rilarge
Yet of jour hart, I neuet can haue charge
Form
sdoloii
Nowe one, m
. other, after their pleaaura
All that madame, I knowe right perfectly
Some mra there be, of that condicion
That them delite, often In nouelry,
A nd many also, loue perfcctioD
I cast all BuchE nouels, in ahiection
My loue is set, vpoo a per£te grounde
No ftlabede Id me, truely sbolbe founde.
Te my full wel, if ye meane the same
But I in you can haue no confidence
I ttnnke right well, that it is no gama
To loue vnloued, with perdng influence
You shall in me finde, no euche negligence
To grant you loue, for ye are mthrifty
Ai two or thre, to me dothe apecifie.
Was neuer louer, without enemies thre
Their tongues are poyson, vnto amitie
What man on liue, can vse suche gouemau
Of euery person, but right priuely
rcou-
Trouthe
Your lou
t is, but yet in this case
e and mine, is fiill faire a sunder
Bui thonghe that I do, your hart so race
If I dreade you, it is tfaerof no wcmder
With my frendes, I am so sore kept Tnder
I dare not loue, but as they accorde
ITiey thinkc to wedde me, to a mighty lorde
1 knowe madame, that your (Veades all
Unto me, sure wilt be coittrarious
But what for that, your selfe in speciall
Remember there is, no loue so ioyous
Against my minde, of that were I lothe
To wedde for feare, as them to obey
Yet had I rather, they were somewhat wrotbe
For I my selfe, do beare the locke and keye
Yet of my minde, and will do m
d vntied. there
«do
LO ioye therto.
O Rwete lady, the good perfect starre
Of my true hatt, lake ye nowe pitie
Thinke on my paine, whicbe am tofore you here
With your swete eyes, bdioide you and se
Howe thought and wo, by g — ■
So me thinke, it dothe right well appears
By your colourc, that tone hath done you wo
Your heuy counlenaunce, and your doleful ehe
Hnth loue suche might, for to aray you so
In so short a space, I maruell mucbe also
That ye woulde loue me, so sure in certayae
Before ye knew, that I woulde tone agayoo
My good deare hart, it is no mantaile why
Your beauty cleare, and looely lokes swete
My hart did perce, tvith loue so sodainely
At the flrste time, that I did you mete
In the olde temple, when T did you grttte
Your beauty my hatt, so surely assayed
That sithe that time, it hath to you obeyed.
Your WD and paine, and all your ianguishyng
Continually, ye shall not spende in vayne
Kthe I am cause, of your great morning
Nothioge eiile you, shall I by disdaine
Your hart and mine, shall neuer part in twaine
Thoughe at the tint, I woulde not ci
It was for feare, ye did some yll ei
With thought of yll, my minde was neuer miit
To you madame, but alway cleane and pure
Bothe daye and nyght. Tpon you whole perfixt
But I my minde, yet durst nothing diicure
Howe for your sake, I did suche wo endure
Till nowe this houre with drediiill hart so fidnt
To you swete hart, I haue made my complaint
I demed oft^ you loued me before
By your demenoure, I did it espye
And in my minde, I iudged eueimore
That at the last, ye would* tiiU secretely
Teil me your minde, of loue right gentlely
As ye hnie done, so my maxy to craue
In all worship, you tbtiX my true loue haue
0 Lorde God then, hows joyfiiU w
She loked on me, with lonely couni
1 kiste her once or twise, right swetcly
Her depured vysage, repleale with pleasaunce
Rqoyced my hart, with ametous purueyaunee
O lady cleare, that perst me at the rote
O Houre of comfort, all my heale and bote
O genune of vertue, and lady excellent
Aboue all other, in beauteous goodlines
O eyen bright at statre refulgent
O profounde cause, of all my dckenes
Nowe ail my joye, and all my gladnes
Woulde Cod that we wen, jayTUrd ia one
In mariage before, this daye wetv goat
THE PASTIME OF I^ESUftE.
A, m, Mlad the, ja muM take {Wfiie • vhUe
I mnat dapatt, Iw tbe compuldon
Of 117 fraideii I will not ;ou bcgjle
Thooj^ they nw leads, lo a Tutre amaoa
Hr faart •haUw, witbout laiiKaoa
With you present, ui perGte akenus
Ai tnta and itable, w^hout doubloies
To B* to eooi^ !■ hards and dsungonus
Whoi I aaa tlnav, fiv gyuttea Jgif
Widi monatsn atoo, Macks and tsdkma
That by tba way, awaits ftili ouelly
Fv to dnatluje yon, yll and Ttterly
my loue, by hjs
To«
By good dame Fame, at the b^nnyng
nai (be 10 me, of you well Dotifled
Ai ifae came froiu, the lower or Lesmyng
or all mcbe enemiei, tbe might exdudii^
Jifully
When X d^art, from dame Astranomy
ThB I may afto-, be fight joyous
Titb ysu my lady, most swete and pmioua
Wo wartbe tbe cauae, of your departynge
machc all my lonnres, is in rcDuyng,
Alai what plsamrs, and eke without diapott
SbaQ I B0w haue, when that ye be gofae
Ha ha trody, nowe without good cwufoit
My doloroiu tort, ihalbe left alone
at be tight lo
tkst aa 1 may
T3I Fortoie bryog me, t:
TeC after ym, I will Di
Hm bMte me after, aa 1
la Ihe lower oC CUualry, I abaU make me (t
And afto' that, paiae ibortly on my way
With diligent labour, on my kournry
ipite of your cnemiea, J ihall me u epeda
liat in (boct time, ye may reward my mede
I tfaanke you quod ihe, with my hart entire
Bat yet with me, ye shall make couenaunls
Aa T to you, am right lefe and dcare
Ueao no penon, ye •hall m aduanle
Tlst I to knie you, am »a awendaunt
For aoy thing, your councell not bewi^e
Fv tfaMt foil Boo^ might n bathe betny
Aad to tell me, I pny you hatlely
Toads ii Councell, luwe wbc you t
He ia bothe booeat and true certtinely
Dothc he not knowe, bow your hart ii flunted
With Eiraent Ions, M nitely attainted
If he ID ^ yet 1 nothing repent
He ia K> •ccietc^ and true of cntent
When that your beauty, dearely spcndoit
Into my hart, fiill wondenly did passe
Like aa fhyre Fhebua, dothe shine in the glame
AU alone, with inwanle care so rent
Into a temple, fortbe on my way I wenis
Where that I walked, plunged in the pltte
Of great diqiayre, and he then ms mecte
Alan he aaied, ms thinks je lose your witts
Tell me the trouthe nowe, without any let
Why ys demesne, luche moitall sorowe great
Auoyds quod I, you ahall nothing It knOwe
You can not belpe me, in the casa I trowe.
But he luche reaaon, and fVuitefbll aentence
Did for him laye, that I tolde him all
When be it knewr, with all his diligence
He did mc comfort, then in ipedsll
Unto my minde, be bade me to call
Who aiureth to ipeake, he to spede dothe spare
00 tcU your lady, the cause of your care
By whoae councell, grounded in wisdome
To the entent, I shoulde spede tbe betlo-
And right shortly, 1 did then to you come
But drcade alway, made my lorow greater
After great paine. the toyes is the sweter
For who that tasteth, painefuU bilteraes
The iuye to him, is double swetenes
And therwithall, I did *nta ber bryng
Councell my frende, and full right make
Did him receiue, as he was comming
And of all thingcF, she did him beseke
After her parting, the ome weke
To baste me forwarde, 10 my iourneyes ende
Thereto quod I, I do well condescende
Fare wall quod she, I may no leoger tarye
My flvndea will come, of that were I loUie
1 shall retains you, in my memory
And thd it kncwe, they woulde with me be wroth
To loue you best, I promiw you my trouth
And then mine eyeo, great aorowe shewed
With tsarea salts, my ehekes were endued
Her eyes graye, began to Joke right redde
Her gsye white cotoure, began for to pale
Upon her chekea, so the droppea wev spredde
Whicbe from her eyen, began to aduole
From her swete hart, she did the ughcs hale
Ncuer before, u I trowe and wene
Was uicb departing, true louers betwenc
We wiped our chekea, otir sorowes lo eloke
Outwardly ftyning tb, to be glsdda and mery
That the people should, not percciue the smoke
Of our hote fire, to light Uie emjspery
Thoughe inwardly, with a stormy pery
The fire was blowen, yet wee did it cotier
Because abroade, it shoulde nothing perceuer
Out of the garden, to an hauen side
Forthe we went, where was a ihippo r*ght large
That taried there, after the Aowyng tide
And w then did there, many a bnst and barge
The shippe was great, liue. C. lunne to diarge
La bell Pucell, right anone me tolde
In yonder shippe, whicbe that ye bcbolde
H
Fortlie muM I eayle, nithout lenger delaf
It is full sea, my fimde* will came Kine
Therfoje I pray you, to go henc« your way
II draweth feat nowe, towarde tile none
MadAint quod I, your pleasure shal be done
With wofuU hurt, and great sigbea ofl
I kisssd ber lippes, that were swele and soft
Sbe Tnto me> nor I vnto bcr coulde ^ealie
And as of that, it wm do great wonder
Our haile* swelled, as that tbey shoulde breake
Tbe Sn of loue, was so mre kept vndcr
Wben I from her, shoulde departe asunder
With her fayTe heade, die did lowe eucline
And in Ukewise, so did I wilb tnyne
Htr frendes and she, on their way tbey sayled
Along Che hauen, God them saue and brynge
Unto the land, I heard wlie that they haled
With a great peale of gunnes, at tlieir departyng
The marueylouse tower, of famoln cunnyng
No gunae was shoCCe, but my ban did wcpe
For hei departyng, with woKill leares depe
Council me comjurted, as euer he might
Witb many stories, of olde antiquitie
Remember he saied, IbM neuer yet was wigbt
That lined alway, in great tranquilicie
But tliat him hajiped, tome adueiaitie
Then after that, when the payne was past
The double ioye, did comfort them at last.
Ye nede nothing, for to make great doloure
Fortune to you, hath bene right ftuounble
Makyng you, Co attayne tbe good feuour
Of your lady, so swete and amiable
No dcHibt it is, she is true and stable
And demesne you so, that in no wise
No man perodue. or of your loue eumuso.
Be hardy, fearce, and also couragious
In aU your batlailes, wiChout feblcnes
For ye shall be, right well TictoriouH
Or all your enemies, so full of subtilnes
Arme you with wisdome, for more surenes
Let wisdome worke, for she can Ktedfastlye
In time of nede, resist the contrary
Was neuer man, yet (orely at debate
With Sapience, but that he did repent
Who that is ruled, by her higbe estate
Of his after witta, shsU ueuer be sbent
She is to man, right beneuolcnt
With wallea sure, she dothe him fortifie
When it is nede, to reriM ■ contrary.
Wai neuer place, wliete as she did guide
With ene&~Jes, brought to destruction
A remedy, she can no well prouide
To her high workc, ia no comjiarison
It hath M> strong, and bure foundation
Nothing there i a, that can it moli^c
So sure it ia, agaynst a contraTTc
Of ber alwaye*, it is Itia perfect guiae
To begyn nothing, of mutabilitie
As is the warr*, wbiche may sone Brysa
And will not downe, it maye so study h*
The beginner oft, liath the iniquitie
Wben he began, wisdome did reply
In his great nede, to reugt tbe contrary
Tbe mighty Frrant, sometime king of Troyc
With all his dtye, so well ibrtiBeJ
Little regarded, all his weahh and loye
Without wisdome, truely eiempUGed
His proper death, him aelfe be nutri&ed
Agaynst his war?*, wisdome did replyc
At bis great nede, to resist the cmtrary
And where that wisdome, ruleth hardinoa
Hardines then is, euer inuindble
There may nothing it vanquishe or opprease
For prudence is, so well intclLgible .
To her there is, nothing impossible
Her grounded worke, is made so perfiCely
That it must nedes, resist the contrary
To wofull creatures, she is goodly leche
With her good blister, called Facicnce
To the tower of loye, she dothe them tell wcclto
In the way of hope* withouC redstence
Who to her list, to apply bis diligence
She will him bringe, to worship ahortelye
That he ehaU well, resist the conHary.
e, your sorowc sum
Right BO let wisdomi
Arid hye you fast, vi
And let no thought, in your hart enge
But aAer this, speake tti Aacronomy
And fate you wdl, for I roust from yon ga
To other loucrs, whicbe are in dkpair*
As 1 did you, to cnnfbrt them also
It ia grete nede, that I to them repayre
Haboundaunt tesrea, their hartei do re&eire
Fare well quod I, my good frendc so true
I woulde with me> ye might alway ^usua
Then agayne 1 went, to the tower raelodioua
Of good dame Musike, my Icaue fbr to take
And priuely, with these wordes dolorous *
I saied O lower, thou maiest wel aslake
Sucbe melody nowe, in the more to make
Tbe gemme is gone, of all famous poK
That w» chefe cause, of the great comfort
Whilome thou waa, tbe bire tower of light
But nowe thou art, replete with dwiunea
She is nowe gone, that ^hmm in the bo bright
Thou wast sometime, the towo- of gladoea
Nowe maist thou be, tbe tower of heauinea
For tbe chefe is gone, of all thy melody
Wboae beauty deare, made toost awetc aimanj
The feire carbuncle, so full of clearenea
That in the truely, did most purely shine
The ptarle of pitie, replete with swetenea
Tbe gentle gilloaoute, the goodly columbine
Tbe redolent plante, of tbe dulcet vyne
For she ia so faire, out otAy presence.
THS FASIUIE OF PLESURE.
Howe tar to 4nlv, 1 Bsy be asait
Wbcn Ibou ait bMice, tb* (Mnv c^
For all 107 ddile, wh to bebolda tha
A tova- tower, ill my ioje u gone
In tba to alter, cooifiirt u there
ejcn, wUebe an noire all blfiida
Umb of dame Muaka, wilb all lovliim
1 did take mj laaii^ witboutni larifng
fh Ifaanked n^ with all bar luAaMa
And all alonc^ forthe I went miuyDg
A ■ quod I, mj lone asd likfiig
)• Dowe C*iTe hence, on vhom my wbole delJte
Daidj was Mt, Tpon bar to baoe right
Adien, adiew, I woulda i wsra jou by
C«d gene Die gnce, with you M>M to dwall
Lik* aa I did, for tp ae jon dayl;
ToBT lowlj chaaw, and gwitle «
Bciojied my batt, with fode m
tOae tjta to a« jrou, w eta u
BtbaM, my kdy aad
Be, nto yoar pide
g JKM^ *ri(ta all my g<
let awcr while, to lidii)w •pon ma
What payne 1 ■uBr, ^ grwt aittamiiiB
And to pardoa me, ot my n>de writyny
F« widi wrfiill Wt, waa mine andityng.
Islorthe I went, Tpea ■ cr^^y roehe
Vjtto tbc iow^ moat voderAilly wrought
Of Geooetrye, and aa 1 did approche
n* ahitude, »il in my mynde I aougbt
Sne hundred Tote, ai I by number thought
Hiiailiaul it wai, and did bene and wtte
At ^ioy Btormc, wfwn the winde was gieat
11mm tt die lait, I came into an ball
Hanged with anai, lycbe and precious
Aad eoery windows, glased with cristall
lAe a place of pleasure, miiche solacious
Vitfa kuitta seimgled, gaye and gloiioui
IS ball, replete witb ticlica
' le sate &1II worlbely
ber grvat nicies
t, bc&re bet m«kely
1, ye woike foil royally
I 111 sill hii you, with all my <i:ilgfnj-j
"* ' ' r wusuleriull sc '
Tar I my selfe, can right weli diMute
Of eueiy itarrB, whiche is sene in m
Tht marueylous greatnes, by me miaaiuyng
For God made al^ af " '
By good measuryng, both the hoiglit and dapasM
Of euety thing, as I mdenlande
The leufth and breadth, wiOf all the graatnea
Of the finnament, so panyng the Unda
And who my cunnyn^ list (o take in hand*
In his emispoy, i^ bye tw lowe degre
Nothing tluie is, but it may meaaun ba.
Wa mq' tharof, knowa well the
Who ^this science, dotba knoii
All maistriaa might, measure perfltely
For Geometiye, doilie abewe it opanlya
When that b meamre, there is no lackyitg
Wbete that is measure, whole is the body
Where thai ia UMasure, good is Iha liuyng
Wba« that is measure, wisdome it truely
Where that ii measure, worke it dyrectly
Where that is measute. nature's workynge
Nature encreaseth, by right good kDOFledgrnge.
Whve lackcth miasure, there Is no pUnlia
Where lacketh messure, sicke is the courage
Wb«se lacketh measure, there is iniquilie
Where lacketh measure, there is great outage
Where lacketh me^ure, is none aduauntage
Where lacketh measure, th«re is great gkiKonr
Where Ucketb measure, ia moat vnbappy
For there is no bye, nor great ealata
Withouten measure, can kepe his dignltie
It dotb preserue him, botbe early ana late
Kepyng him from, tba pitta i^pouotie
wj, fotlio itumww
Who loneth measure, can not da amisir
So perltely is, the higbe openlion
Among all thingcs, so wonderAiU.it it
That it is full, of all deleclalion
Without measure, wo wottbe the iudgemeni
Without maanirc^ wo woftbe the tempaamu*
Without measure, wo wntbe tbc punidimept
Without maasura, vo worthe purueyaoce
Without measure, wo worthe tfae sustenaunce
Without measure, wo worthe the -sadnease
And without measure, wo wortbe the gUflf^
Measure Miaaiui|hii. measuntly dotbe all
Heanne meaauiyng, meaaunlly maketb
Measure measuryng, msaauratlye guide iball
Measure measuryng, mesuratly dothe coll
Measure measuryng, to right hyu preeminence
For alwsy mefaure, is gtounde of eiceDence
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Meanire meuureth, meaaure in effect
Heasure meanirstta, eucr^ quantide
Measure mcasurelh, aliray the aipecte
Measure meaaunetli, in tertuntie
MenBure mmuretb, in the stiilalitie
Heaiure meuureth, in euery doublfull cane
And meuure it the lodestaire of all grace.
Afl&ct of meamre, ii long continnaunoe
Quantitie without meoaure IB nought
Aspect of meanire, deooydMh lepeauunee
CertaToe woulde weje, iU thiiuea thought
Stabililie, Tpon a perfect grounde ii wrought
Cbh doubdiill may, jet a while abide
Grace may in apace, a remedy prouide
Cotintenaunee cauieth, the promocion
Nought anayleth eeniice, wit' ' "
RepentauDcc n after aH abvaion
Thought afore, woulde hmie had perceueraunCe
Wrotight bow* ihould be, by dede the miucfaauiMe
Abide nothing, till tliou do the dede
Prouide io nunde, bow Ibou mairt haue made.
AneDdaonce dotbe, attayne ^
Abuiion il causer, of all Tariaunce
Ferceueraunce causetli tlie great honours
Mkchaunce alway. Is rote irf' doloure
Dede done, am not be called agayne
Hede welt rewarded, bathe widh toye aikd fToe.
lien I tofce my leaue, and went ttaat Geometrje
Towarde Astronomy, ai titt as I my^
For all my nunde, was let right inwardly
Upon my lady, that was &yre and brygfat
My bart with her, wh botbe day and ny^
Sbe had it locked, with a locke so sure
It wai ■'■er owne, she had theraf toe curci
- Then fbrtbe I went, into a medowe grene
With Flora painted, in many a sundry odour
Uke a gay goddeate, of all floun the quene
She enceiuad out, her aromatike odoure
The bretbe <rf' Zephenu, encreaaed the floore
Was a panilion, t7ght bye and quadiaoL
Of greaeaarcenet, bordred with golde
Wlwrin did hange, a byre aMnilogy
Whirtie tA Astronomy, did liill well beh<ddB
Unto wtaoni then, I came fiill AoHij
And knelcd adowne, bdbre btt mddy
fiesecbyng ber, of her greM gentlenca
Ofliericienoe,(o>l>ewr ■' '-^ -
Jdj sdence, nyed sbe, it ia right rcastmable
And ii the last, of the sdraees seuen
Unto man, it is alio ryght profitable
Sbewyng the course, aboue of the htaiKa
Ryght mimieylous, for uxj man to neuen
Who knewe astronomy, at cueiy maner seasoi
Mygbt set in order, euery thing by reaaon.
Alio the other, vi. sciences blteiali
Pj aatrotmDy, prindpally w«re founde
And one were loste, diey were Tanlibad all
£cbe *pon other, hath so snra a grounde
In all (be worlde, that is so wide and rooilde
n all, right well and lurdy.
Nor I
The high Bi
That the first day, dcuided all the light'
From [he daiteues, with his will prepotou
And the seccoid doy, with his excellent might
Hie waters aboue, he did deuide a ry^
From the earthly waters, i^cfce aie infrrial
The tbirde day, beibes and fniitn in special
And the fourtbe day, be set in workyng
The bodies abouci to haue tbor niauyn|;
In the. liL Bgnas, them sdusa la dooiify«
Some tethrogarde, and some directly
The Bit daye, be did fishes nuke
In tbe sea, the great stormy flow^
To and (Vo, thm courses lor to take
And in the wales', for to haue tbesr fode
Like to (be same, oride alway their bloude
Tbe lixt daye, bentes with fbwle» eeniatiue
And man ako, with snile inlellei:*yue>,
Tbe seuenth day, be rested of his worin
Nothing coosliayned, as of werinca
As wiitelh many a i^la bmous claib
But that he had, accomplished donbtlea
His purposed purpose by infinite prowes
As to Ts dotbe most plainely discurc
The psfect grounde, of holy scripture
Hius God him aelfe, is chefe aatnmoma-
Hiot made all thing, accordjng to his will
Tlie sunne, the mone, aikd euery Kttle atarre
To a good entent, and fbr no maner of ^1
Withouten rayne, be did aB thing fuUyU
As astronomy, dotha make ^ipaniuioa
By reaaon be weyed, all thingea in '"1-"~»
And for as mucbe, that he made Nature
Fbat of all, to haue domioatioa
He power of ber, I shall anone discure
Howe that die taketb, her operation
And where vpon is ber foundation
I simple and rude, oppreal with negligence
Shall disdiue the mi^t, of ber preeminence
For thougbe tiiat aui^ell be inuindble
In palpable, and also celfatiaU
Without subslaunce, as inceodble
Yet haue they nature, whiche is angdicaO
For Nature, naiuryng, naturaie made all
Heauen and earth, and the bodies aboue
By couiw of nature, for to wwke and mone.
On man or beast, without any miase
Sbe woiketh directly, after the anpect
Of the matter, be tt more or lessc I wino
And dotbe tberof, tbe whole fiane direct
After the qualitle, it dothe take effect
THE PASTIME OF- PLESURE.
Ot^K:
e theraT certayne
c Nature, dotbe eomtnjnc
I do, for ibc laelh aoaffit
QMteTf but hath it wholj wrought.
And in likewise, wbere 1b not mffident
or the toattcr, For tbe whole foniMtion
Ikoe Imdetti m msiiber, by gmt impediment
So tlMt then cmn be, no perHte fuhioo
Ai vmj be iudgtd, b; perGte maoo,
AAet Ae qualitie, of tlu matter lackjrig
So '—*-*'■ they, of Natm^i [onajng.
SiHiie lackcth a l^ge, k>iik
SoDte ■ finger, aadsome m
&Q these cmoses, with mu,
Niture wiDT^eth, ao directly doubtln
Upon die mttB", am I do eiprene
Alto- the quatitie, in man; a aundry irise
The kinds of ber, we ought nothing decjdw.
Some be tkjn^ and irplete with gFace
Scane be &7re, and yet right vnhappy,
ScBe be fnile, and can mie purchue
Lando and poMciaioni, to them ibortly
Soow be foolei, and tome be right wji^
Wbeimpoa I dial sbewe a diBTerence,
Of the I. wittesi by good experience.
The eycB. the earea, and alio the noae
n* nDDth and bands, inward wita are none
Bat outward officea, aa ye may auppoae
To dw inwsrd wittea, whiche do iudge alone
For *iMa tbeia, all Ihiagca baue gone
By Ihtat outward gatsa, to bane the knowledging
% the inwatde wittea, to bane deeernyng
Thoe K* the fitie wittn, ntaoajiig inwardlj
"^^ n witte, and then ymagination
Of the eyen, the office ooely ia the ay^t
To ae the ftyre, the lowe, or altitude
TW white or blacke, the beauy, of the light
The litie or great, the weake or fintitade
The Tgly fauDure, or yet the putcritudc
TUa ■■ the ne, of tlie eyen enteare
To ae al tbingn, whiebe may well appeare.
But of tbein aelnea, they can decerns nothing
One tarn an otber, but the commen witte
IWeentth coloures, by ipirituall cunnyng
To the fine inwarde witte*, it ia ao well kititle
Kolfaing ia ame, but it do^ iudge it
It dotlw deceme, the f;ood from hadoen
Tk by*!, (be lowe, the foule, the fUtcnei
Tbe noaa alao, eucry ayt« duthe amell
But yet it hath, TtotiuDg aunhoritie
If it be awete, for to iixlge and tell
But the cotnmen witte, dothe it in certainetia
Deeernyng faaaurB, in euery degre
Knowyug the awete ayre, from the itinkyng
Whea that the noae, thwof hath amellyng
Tbe earei alao, ryght wdl gaue audjence
Unto a tale, hearynK it right perfectly
But they can not, diac^me the aentoice
To knowe wherupon it dothe ao latiGe
Upon great wisdome, or ela tpon foly
Thua whether the tale, be ry^U good or badde
By the commen iritle, the knowledga i* bad
Poly hath earei, aa well aa Sapience
But be can not deteimine, by iu« hearyng
What tale it is, for lacke of iutdligencs
For tbe commBi witte, is all mduatandyng
And that he lackefh, to geue him koowjiig
Wberfore tbe (area, are but an intreaae
To the comen witte, that iheweth ttae perfectnaa
Tbe moulbe tHtelh, bothe awete and bitlernea
But tbe comxaen witte, decernMb properly
If it be tourat or replete with aweCenea
Nor yet the handeo, fele nothing certainety
But the commen witte, decemeth lubtilly
Whethn it lie harde, mnial, or of drynea
Hote, beau;, anil, or yet colde doubtlea
Tfaui CDmmcn witte, worketh wondenlj
Upon the V, gates, whiche are receptatyue
Of euery thing, for to take inwardely
By the commen witte, to be affiimatyue
Or by decemyng, to be negatyua
The commen wUle, the Bnt of witlea all
I> to deceme, all thinges in genetsll
And then lecondly, ymagination
Wheo the commen witte, hath the thing dect .
It woiketh by all, due inclinacjon
For to bryng the matter, to Oe whole alTeot
And ftntaay, then hath the whole aspect
Tbe ymagined matter, to bring to flniahmeni
WiOi good deaire, and inwarde iudgemoit
To bryng the caun, nto pnfect vtteraimce
Often it weygheth, the cauae in lialaunce
By eetimation, any thing ia numbred
By lengthe or ahorloe*, howe it it accombred
Fiflely tbe mynde. when the fourth haue wrout^t
Ret^ned all, tyll tbe Ynynde houa rnade
An Dutwarde knowledge, to the matter thought
Becauae nothing, ahatl decline and fade
It kepeth tbe matter, nothinge rethrogarde
But dyractly, till the mynde haue proued
All fuche mattcra, which the. iiii, baue moued
Plato the cnnnyng, and famoui daike
That well eipertc, was in philosophy
Dothe ryght rehearse, Tpon Nature's warke
Howe thu she worketh Tpon al wondersly
Bathe for to minishe, and to multiplye
In sundry wise, 1>y great direction
Attet the matter, with all the whole aflectiou
H 3
Wbo will theroT, knows all the pecfectOM
Id philgiophj, be shall Bnde it rjgUt hu*
Whicbe all the troutb, can to him diicm
So nuui cut ntayne, peifect cuniiTnE
But bj long itudy, mid diUt
The right bye pmrec, Katnre aatuiTRg
Nximte madci the hodyes ebaue
Iq S1U11I17 iris«, to tike their workyt^
That alKRite the woride, natunllye do mm*
As by goCMl reason, the philosophers pmve
"nut the pUoeta and starrea, instxtuneiites be
To Nature'* wortyng, In aiaj 6egn.
God gaue great Tcrtne, to the plstieti all
Aod specially, vnto depured Phebus
To enlumine (he vorlde, ever in qwriaU
And then the mone, of ber leUe tRtebrona
Made light with the beatDes. gay and gterioiu
Of tbe sunne, a fayre resplendishaunt
In the long nyght, with tajes tadiaunt
By theK twa|ne, euery thing hath grow^nga
Bothe vegitadue, and censatyue alao
And also iotellectiue, without leasyng
Ko earthly thyng, ntqr haua life and go
But by the planets, that moue to and fro
Wlien that God >ct them, in opeialian
He gaue them rtxutt, in dluers fiuUan
Some bote and moyM, and some ctdde and drytt
Sonie liote and diye, moist and cotde
Thus euery one, hath Teituen luildiye
At it made mendon, in the bokea olde
They ihew their powa and worke, many a fblde
Man vpon them, bath hit diaposoB
By the naturate power, of coutellation
What BbouMe I wiitc more, in this matter bya
In my malernall toiige, c^prest with igDonvnca
For wbo that list, to leame astronranya
He shall fynde, all (hiitfull pleasaunca
In the Latine tongue, by goodly ordinaunca
Wberibre of it, I will no lengcr tarys
For feare ttom troutlit that I happto to nrj
Of dame Astronomy, I did take my bcenca
For to truidj, to the tower of Chiuilry
For all my mynde, with percyng influence
Was set Tpon, tbe most fayre ladye
I^ bell Puccll, so muche enlentiflye
That euery day, T did (hinke flflene
Till I againc, had her swetu person sena.
nowe Ml nij luHouiaS, I do me eicuie
If I offended, by my great necligenc*
Thk little worke, yet do ye notTeAue
I am but yonge, it it (o me obtuse
Of these matten, to preaiime to endite
But for my leamyng, that I list to write
Under obedience, and tbe correction
Of you my masten, eiptit in cunnyng
Uoto your perfite vndeistandiBg
As euermore mekely, to you encliaynge
With diligent laboure, no^c w\ '
When ctene Aurora, w' her goldE beamea
Gan to enlumine, the darke clowdy ayr«
And cobust Dyane, her great flery lemet
Amiddes of die Boll, b^an to rcMyN
With my greyhounds, bothe Grace and <
Ouer an hill, and bo downe in a Tsley
Among the thomes, of great encombraunce
The goodly greybounde^ taught me 00 my wi
So fortbe I pasted, my troublous journey
Till that I came, into a royall playne
With Flora paynted, in many a sundry •njae
With purple colour, the floure eidiewed
Id diuen knottes, with many one fiill blew*
The gentle gillofloure, his odoure renued
With sundry herbes, ivplete with vertue
these floures, as t did ei
Towarde this ti
Lmbynge starre
rer, as I roile nere and nerv
;ke, of maruraloua altitude
On whicbe it stode, that quadrant did apper*
Made all of ttele, of wooderous fortitude
Oaiveylde with beastes, in sundry ^milituda
And many turreUet, aboue the towss bye
With ymages was set, full marueylously
Towarde this tower, forthe on aj way I want
l^U that I came, to a mighty foltresie
Where I sawe hange, a mameylous instnunent
With a shelde aod helmet, before the entrea
I knewe nothing, thereof the perfectnes
But at aiienture, the installment I toke
And blewe so loude, that oil the tower I dicdu
When the porter, bearde the hydeoua aounda
Of my right lusty, and stormy blast
That made the walles, thereof to redounde
Full like a knight, that was nothing agast
Towarde tbe gate, he gaue him selfe to haata
And opened i^ and aued my name
And fro whence I came, to ccrliEe the saiae>
My name quod I, ia Oraande Amoura
Of late 1 came, fnnn tha tower of DootiiiM
Where I attayned, all the high honours
Of the seuen saence^ me to enlumjne
And than thence, I did detemune
Forthe to trauaile, to thit tower of Chitialrr
Where I haue blowen. Ibis btaat to todainMy
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE.
"Die flower at chituiry, witli jour whole dclite
After A* traodi, my selfc for to ewii
I ifid tberv rot, Uku in >11 gooHj wiea
Ami ilept rigiit wdl, without u>j diHon
T7II aa Ibe morowc, tbc ninne &A une
lis) Tp I roie, M mu m; perfect guiK
And nude me n*dj, into the courte to ga
With atj mlct, and mj greybonndei dao
Tbe gentle ports', nuned Stcd&Mne*
Into the baw courte, on my way me brought
ViBB stode ■ tower, ot manieyloua higfana
That all of jaaper, Full wondersly waa wrought
Ai any man, caa printe tn bui thought
And fboTC ymagea, aboue the tower there were
On bone backe vioed, and euery one a speare.
Tlieie ymagee were made, (Ull cuiiouslye
With ilieir hwwa, of the n^ u fine
And ecbe oT than, in their place* uuidry
About won let, that dady did dxiiM
lite DTane clean, in her celeUyne
And mitr ecbe haiae, there waa ftill priuely*
A gnat wiiele made, by oaAy Geometry.
With many cofgfa, TBto which wo* tied
IXbbs cwidea, that is the borsea hollowe
To euoy ioynte, fall woDdcnlye ifipUed
Whts tlK wheles went, tbe hone* did fokrwe
To tnitie and g>l<^ botbe euen and morow
BicdyDg Ibeir ipeareai^aiid coslde them diicharge
Parlyng a niDder, totV^batay at large
Bm^ dut tower, of aide foundation
Tbtat waa • temple, ctrongly edified
Ta the highe fafmotue, and reputation
Of the mighty Mars, it wai so fortified
And far to knowe, what it mgnified
I mnA in, and nawe of golde so pure
Of irorthy Mars, the marueylous picture.
Tbeie was dep^ntcd, all about the wall
The grea dcMruction, of the citye of Troy
And the noble ades, to raygne memoriall
Of tbe worthy Hector, that waa all their ioye
Uia dolaiius death, was harde to occoye
Aad >o when Hector, waa cait all downe
The imtAj Troylui, waa most hygh of renowne^
And at I caat my sight «o aiide
Btbotdyng Han, howe woitderAilly he itode
On a whele toppe, with a Wy 1^ pryde
HaoDced about, 1 thought nothing but good
Bat tliat ihe had, two &ce> in une bode
Yet I knelcd adowne, and made n^e orisoD
To doubty Han, with great deuockn
S^yng, O Mara, O god of the warn
The pside lodeetarre, of an hardy hart
DiOytl adowne, thy grace from so farre
To cause all fean, tma me to astarte
IbM in tbe feldc, I may rygM weU aubuert
O piynce of honiiUTe, and of worthy fame
O noble knyghtei, of aide anUquitie
0 redoubted courage, tbe cauier of tb«r name
Whose worthy actes. Fame cauaed to be
In bokea written, as ye may weQ Be
So geue me grace, ryght well to recure
The power ef Fsoie, that 4iall long endure.
1 thought me past, all childely ygnoraunce
The. iii. yere, of my yonge flouryng age
I thought that Venua, mjgbt nothyng auaunce
Her strength agaynat me, with her lusty courage
Hy witte I thimght, had aucbe aduauntage
That it sboulde rule, botbe Venua and Cupide
But all* for wo, for all my aodayne pride.
When that PbriHia enlred was, in Oen^nje
Towarde the Cr^ibe, takyng aacentJon
At tbe time, of the great aolemnitie
From heauen above, of God's deacenlion
In a great temple, with whole entencion
' ' went walkyng, my aelfe to and fro
Full aodaynely, Venus wrought me suche wo
IT aa I caat then, my syglit all aloft
lawe Venus, in beauty ao clean
WUche caused Cupide, with his dart ao aoft
To wounde my hart, with feruent loue so deare
Her louyng countenaunce, 10 highe did appeara
That it me rauished, wi^ a sodaine thought
Alaa for wo, it auayled me right nought
To gcue Budieiioe, nito the melody
Of waytea and organa, that were at the feast
Loue bad me wounded ao son inwardly
What waa to do, I knewe not the beat
Replete with sorowe, and deuoyde of ren
Sithen the time, that ibe my hute so wounded
My ioy and pride, abe hath full lowe confounded.
And BO nowe, for to attayne ber grace
As thou doest knowe, become aduenturoua ,
Besecbyng the, in this periUoui caae
0 Man me auccoure. In lime tempestjoua
That I may passe, tbe passage dauDgeroiu
And to thy laude, bonoure, and glory
1 shall a temple, right strongly edifjie
Wei] Oien saied Man, I shall the fotdly
n all thy wsrre, as fast aa I can
lut for thy payne, I knowe no remedy
For Venus raygned, when that thou began
First for to loue, makyng the pale and waime,
,nd of the troulhe, to make relation
Thou was borae vnder, her constellation
Wherfore thou must, of very perfite ry^t
1 her sue, by the disposicion
Whiche the constrayneth, with »i*ole delite
For to loue ladyca, by true affection
Suche is her course, and operation
Wherfbn when thou host learned peifitely
The for to goueme, by prudent chiualrye.
KM HA^
Unto > temple, in ill humble wise
Before dune Venm, thine ablation to make
Whiche all th]r paine, inaye tone redresae and alaka
For et diat time, sbe boldeth a parlimeut
To Tednsso kuen, of th«r impediment
Aha quoil Fortune, with (he faees twayne
Behinde sir Mais, I haue a great mamayle
'I'hal ttiou doest pronuHe him, that he ahal attayne
Unto his purpose, with all diligent trauayle
'Fhroughe thine ayde, cite strength and couiisajle
Sythence dependeth, in mine ordinauDce
Him to promote, or biyng to mischaunce
My poner, estate, and royal! dignitie
Dotbe turno the whcle, of worthely gloiy
Often rp BO downe, by mutaliilitie
Haue not I promoted, full noblye
Many a tow degre, to raygne iuU royallye
And often haue made, a transmutation
Of wortdely weslthe, into tribulation.
Thus can I make, an allerasian
Of wonhely bonoure, nhiche dothe depeude
AU onely in my domioadou
"nuougbe the worlde, my whele dothe eitoide
As reason doUie, ryght well comprehende
Of raj great chaunces, whicbe are vnaure
Ai dayly dotbe appere well in vre.
If I sboulde woriLe, with perfect Medfaatues
Aa to exalt some, to be honourable
And that they knewe, by perfiEe sykemea
That it sboulde durc^ and not be vaiiaUe
It were a thing, vnto me culpable
For great orguel piide, shoulde them so biynde
To know thenk seluea, they should lose theor mind
Thus when that they, ^oulde them seluea forget
And in nowise, their owne person knowe
Full little then, they woulde by me sette
That them exalted, to hye degree from lowe
And by my chaimce, coulde nought thi oualhrow
Thus shoulde they do, and dreade me nothing
Wherfore my whete, is euomore tumyng
And where that I, ahoulde tume my Gue
Castyng some, io pytta of pouertye
They were condempned, without any grace
As for to attayne, any prosperitie
Whiche were a cause, of greale iniquitie
Far riche men's goodes, I must oft tramUle
Unto the pore, tbem for to eleuale
And thirdely, I dioulde loae my name
For thia wonle fortune, is well derifled
Of an accident cfaaunce, bathe good or shame
When that the dede, is so exemplified
Wherfore by t«a8on, I must be duplified
And nothing stable, in my bye warke
As wiiteth many, a rygbt noble clarke
Thetfore by reaiion, I must be mutable
And tume my whele, ryght oft vp bo downe
IjOwuryng in BOrkcs, whiche are vnhtable
On bonie to Inujihe, and on some I must frowno
Thus all about, in eucry reeime and towne
Sfune to descendc, and on some to arise.
Wherfore my pwa, dotbe ri^rt well eicdl
Above the Mars, in thine house enclosed
For to rule man, thou hast power neuer addl
Saue after the, somewhat he is diapoaed
Thy conslelation, bath him so apposed
Who vnder the, takelh his natiuitie
Yet God hath geuen him, power to rule the
Wherfore I am, of a tkire bi^m power
Then thou aita, for there is no defence
Agaynat my will, at any time or boura
And in my name, there ia a diHfarenca
For in thoe wordca, in my magcufieenca
Predeatinate, and also desteny
As I shall ihewe, anone more fimMblT
Predestinate, dothe right well lagnifie
A thing to come, whiche is prepared
None but God doth knowe it i^ienly
Tyll that the dedi;, cause it to be declared
For many a one, when they well fared
Full little thought, that tribulation
To tbem waa (Mdeyiied, by predesdualion
The desteny, is a thing aeddent
And by the worke, dothe take the e£taet
lyil it be done, it is ay precedent
No man &om it, can him selfe abiect
Thus euery cbaunce, dothe Fortune direct
Wherfore by reason, Ia graimde Amoure
Must sue mto nk^ to do him soconre
Aha quod Mara, aucbe a one aa thou
I neuer knewe before this season.
For thou thy selfe, doest so
But what fur all, thy
Arte thou nowe any thing
SpiiiCuall, or els yet
Howe can a worke, perGtely be grounded
But in these two, and thou arte of those
Wherfore for nought, tbou maien be confounded
For nought in su^taunce, can nothing transpoae
(M* none effect, thou canrt thy selfe disclose
Howe bast thou power, in any maoer of case
In heauen or earth, without a dwellyng place
But that poetca, bath made a tgure
Of thee, fin thy great sigfufication
The diaunce Ot man, so for to discure
Accordyng to a moralization,
And of the tnnithe, to make iclatioD
Ttw man is fortune, in bis proper dede
And not thou, that cauaeth him to qnde
What neadeth him, vnto him selfi
Sitheiu thou art, the dedes of his
Tbou lo rule man, it is a thing w
Nowe wherupon, dothe hang thia
But accedent, vpon the gouernau
Of the bye bodyes, whiche dothe
Tba dede to do, as him lyit ptupi
THE PASTIME OF PLE8URE.
lyil that I mMO, a ladj wtcelkot
ClonJj anuad, Tpon whom I guad
And bo- mziaem, tuU priuel; 1 blued
The ibelde of gohh, ■■ I well TDdenUude
Widi ft Ijran of ■■ur^ thmughe pignntle
To DM (he cams, with lowid} counMwunoe
Iiiljii^ me fortbe, with ioje and plcaaaunca
Into >n hall, of mamejloiu bahioa
Ri^nt strong J fortified^ of olde foundation
The piUen of ;uoi7> ganiubed with gdd
With peartea let, and brodrcd many a folds
TIm Sore was paucd, with ttoaea preadoiu
And the rouic, was bisuncbed cuiioiuly
Of the boUen gokle, botlw gaj and ^orioui
Kiwtted with poounaunden right twctelj
Eatencyng out, the yll odonn nuttj
Aod on tbe walles rigbt well did mppean
IIk b^e of Thebes, depaynlcd &jre and dears
ThBe were kjif ^tei, pU;Dg at the cheat.
Wluelv iBwe litiiierue, leade me in the ball
'n*; Idke their plaje, and all their biuinea
And wdcamed me, right gently withall
With or Nurture, then moat in qiedall
*"— "I— «!— < of hi* brother Curtesy
Tbej made me chere then, full efiectuallye.
And after that, the; brou^t me tp a itajre
Into a chamber, gaylj glorified
And at the dcre, tbov itode a knight right frjco
Tdippcd Trouthe, right cleanly purified
Hb CDmMenauDce waa> rjght well loodiSed
To me he layed, that betom mjne entraae
Him lor to loue, I ibould him pramiie
Of rygfat he aayed, 1 haue in cuatodye
Tina r*t*"t***T* dori^ of kyng Meliiyua
llat no man enter, into it wrongfully
WidKnt me Trouthe, for to be chiualroui
Hete knyghtea be made^ to be ticCorioua
1 ihall yon pnanis^ quod I fayethfuUy
Ton fiw to loue, and Kiiie penJurably
Abide qnod he, I will ipeake with tbe kyng
Tell me your name, and habitatioti
And the chefa cauoe, nowe of your comyng
Thai I to him, may make relatioa
To kunre his minde, without variation
Lagiaunde Amoure, my nj
Bm caoae of my commyng,
U btbicauae that I haue eDtarprioed
Nowa for (he nke, of byre La bell Pu«ell
To paaaa tbe paasage, whicbe I her pramiaed
That la so daungvoua, with Bopentes cruell
And for at inucht^ ai I knowe neuer a deale
Tbe fieatea of armea, to atlayne hanoure
I am come to leame, wiA diligeol laboura
Thto Ibitbe he wmt^ Tata the maieatia
Uf kjag MeUiyiw, the myghty conquerotua
Sinyng O power, lo hye in dignitia
Of imtyng truel j, tbe originall floure
One Giaul Amonre, woiilde be acceptable
Ib jma bya couit«^ for to be tsndable
With all my haMe, I will quod ha aceapte
Him to my aeniice, for lie u lyght woithy
YcT Tnto doctrine, the hye waye he kept
And H) from tbence^ to the tower of Chiualry
He ahall attayof^ great actes woodenly
Go on your way, and bcyng jiim faat to me
For I thinke loiu;, hfan to bebolde and ea
And thai tbe good kny^ Trouthe, it
Into the dtanriNT w pure, acoe me ledoe
Wbcre sale the kyng^ so muche beniuolent
In puipla clothed, sat full of lubyea redda
And all the flooia, on whiche we did iiaailii
Waa criatall clera, and the roufe at nyght
With cacUmdei, did geue a maruayloua lygfat .
The wallea were banged, with dotba of u'laua
Brodrad with pcarlta, and rubies rabieiHida
Mixta with emenudea, lo full of Teitue
And bradred about, with many a dyamoade
An beany hait, it will make iocaini^
For to beholds, the inarneylous richca
The hjrdship, wealth, and the great wmthinea
Tbm sate Meliayus, in his hye eatate
And ouer bis heaile, was a payre of balaance
With his cniwne, and scepter, after tbe true rate
Of another worldly king, for to haue gau«na(ice
In his hande a ball, of ri^t gieat circumataunca
Before whom then, 1 did knele adowne
Saiyng O emparoure, moat hye of rcDowna
I the besecbe, of thync habonndaunt grace
Me to accept in tUs courte, the for to aerue
So to continue, by long tiniB and apace
Of chiualry, that I may nowe deame
Tbe order lyght, and well it to obaerue
For to attayne, the hye aduauntage
Of the enterprise of my doubty vyage
ied, to thii court ryal]
Mynerue shall anne you, with great diligence
And teache you the feates, of armea all
For sbe them knowath, by good expoience
In the olde time, it waa her science
And 1 my selfe, shall geue you a worthy ateife
Called Galantyae, to hetpe you in your nede,
t humbly thanked, his gnnt highnea
And so to Minerue^ I aid thtm apply
Whicbe did me teache, with uker pa4tnes
For to haunt armea, risht well and nobly
Sapience me ruled, wdl and prudently
Tlius among kni^ita^ for to iust and tourney
Myneme me taught, in sundry wise all day
It was a loyfull, and a knightly aight
For to beholde so fayre, and goodly a sorte
Of good knightea, armed dere and bryght
That I sawe there, whiche did me well exhort
Armea to haunt, with couragious comforte
Mynenie me taught, my strokes and de^oice
liat in short space, was no re ' '
Againit my power, and mighty puisaaunce
To my wilfVill harte, was nought impoaable
I bare my selfe, so without draibtaunce
My halt made, my courage inuindble
Of whicbe the tioutlic, was sone intdligibie
VUc^ Tj^iX UKHMt for dwns H jnBoa MDt
And me *iaa, whb or Trontbc to obe^
We tbouglit Hall Ode, vbat the mitu» mtat
But Tnto hjia, we take iiuMie tbe ir^
Entiyng the chunber, w> fayre, cleirei aiid p
The kyng n called, rahi his pataaa
Stijtig, 1 1*111 Gnumde Amoun ummm
Truely ratk» knyght, far the d
That he must haiiDtc^ and leke (diMatKv
For La bell Fucell, as true lone rai]iiiretb
And flnt of all, begpu Co me diacure
Tbe high order, bowe I ihould take in curs
And then anoae, be bi
Whu knigbthode wai,
Knighthode he uy^,
Tbe cotnmen weahhe.
That by the wmng, it be i
So euerj knigfat, niuat tmi
For the commen wealthe,
Agaynst all aucbc n
Hum to Bubdue, wilb power
loC, in tlK featea of mm
Ai ferta fight, in quairell rjght or wiong
But in a csua^ wbiche trouthe can not dcfarre
He ought himadfe, for to make aure aod strong
Justice to kepe, mjnt with mercy among
And no quarell, a luiyght ought Co take
But for a troutbc^ or for '
For fint good hc^ie, his l^ge hameyea ahoulde be
Hit babergioB, of perfect rygh(eou«iei
Gyrde &sC, wyth the girdle of chaatitie
His ricbe pUcacde, •taouldc be good businn
Brodred oitb almei, so fViU of larges
Tbe helmet mekenea, and tbe abelde good byalb
Hia swenla God's worda, at. S. Paule aayeth.
Also true wydowea, be ougtat to reatare
Unto thdr rjgbt, for to attayne tbdr dower
And to Tpbolde, and maynt^rne euermHV
Tbe wealth of maydena, w' lui m^bty power
And to hii ■ouerayna^ at euery maner bower
To be nadyr true, and At obeyaaiurt
In liable loue fyit», and not vaiiaunt
Thua after tbfa noble, and ■olenine doctrine
He made me kny^t, and gaue me in charge
Unto tbeae poyiUea, i^ht lowe to encline
And to atae well, the ftayle tumblyng barge
Ouer Tayne glory, when I aayle at large
When the winda ii right, the barge can not &yle
Unto hia puipoaa, ao widi bardinei to layle
I did well regiater, ir
Euery thing, whiebe he hath to me tolda
And right anone, in good reaemblaunce
The kyng I thanked, with courage rygbt bold
Of hia great giftca, and grace many a fotde
Which Tnto me, ryght openly be abewed
With golden drc^pea, ao lib«lly endued
Accompanied of Tnitilh, aiy taytbAill nuu
Ua i<ir to aolacc^ Am lacked r^gbt nought
That any man, cm prynte in hia Utougbt
The knyghtc* all, ntto tbdr armea went
To biyog me forwarde, with a true anient
And Mineme armed me, aa ihe coiiMe detiiao
And brought vato me, my feyre batbed ateda
On whom I maonted, in all goodly guiie
With abelde and apeare, aa nothing to dreads
In ry^l to ight, for to attayne my made
So with me wont, bothe my greyboundca twayne
And good Attendaunce, my t^*« cettayne.
The good kaigfat TVotith, brougfat ma on Biy waj
Accompanied then, with air Pidelitie
With haute courage, betrapped byre and gay
With ahinyng tnq^pem, of curioaitie
And then also, there rode fortbe with ma
The sturdy knight, well named Fortitude
With tba noble releranc, air Cunauelwle.
And eke sir lustice, and sir Knaeticorde
Sir Sapience, with good air Curteaye
With famous Nurture, and then ayr Concetd
Accompanied me, full ryght gently
Out of the caatell, ridyng royally
And dame Mlnerue, the chiualreous goddev*
JMd me atdue then, with harty hardinea
And when we oame. Into a goodly playne
Right of them all, I toke my licence
Me thougbt it time, that they tume agayne
Unto the kyng, with all their diligence
I made miiie otbe, with percyng influenca
Unto them all, for to remayne full true
In atedftat loue, all treaaon la escbue
Full loth* they were, fro me to depart
Euery one of Aem, as ye may mderstande
WtU> salt tcarea, full wofull waa ny hart
When aU on niwe, they toke me by tbe bande
And good dame Mynerue, Tnto me then na
Be not adrcdde, of your hye enterprise
He boldt^ aod hardy, and nothing alVayed
And Father dye, in any maner of wise
To attayne honours, ud Che life deapiaa
Then for to liue, and to remaine in ahame
For to dye with faonoure, it ia a good name
Farewell, she aaied, and be of good cbeare
I must depart, I may no lenger tary
Ryde on your way, (he wether ia full deere
Seke your aduenture, and loke ye not raiy
From your hye onler, by any contrary
And tberwiclull, fbrthe on bar way she rode
Right so did I, whiche no lenger abode
With bothe my greyhoundea and my Terlet
'niroughe the playne, and into wildemea
And ao aloft, among tbe Miles greet
Tyll it waa nygbl, bo tbicke of darkcitea
That of constraint, of very weiinea .
We lighted adowne, <rnder an byllndkOlC
Unto the day, to rest ts (bcn that lide.O ,
THE PASTTME OF PLESUEE.
And to hii l^gai be bij Mwilr eabfaead
TogM«biiut,irtfl«o««b»yii hthiia
And then aba, hb bone in like itcde
With bathe 9m gi^bmadw Ky^ n »■« by
And ilouth om heada^ bad c^i^ ta luihgntly
TbMalltbe r1|^ w* dip* in good nK
nU ^pijiiat d^, bcj^ra la nejr* md crja
Hf stale Galattb
And dee began, tf
WhMchyei
And ry^t 1 . . ,
BdM>ldyng abotn, tlia l^n crrMaU tkjm
Of PhdHi* najTB^ «■ tb orient
Aad Aumrs, bo- golden bemea ipredd*
About tbe wflm, «tMMlr nrfkdgoM
Am n tatiht m rada, till «ra itnn ibiia
To n oome riding on ■ little nagge
A fbljabe dwarfe, nott^ng for the watn
Witba bod^ a bdl, a feitajrU, and ■ baggo
In a pjad copte, ba rod* brygge a bragge
And wbm that be, mto vi drewe nye
I bdidd bia body, md bia via*nam<r(^
Hiib
-greafch
Hii bfjes btyvlled, truel)' like a lowea
lb cbekee heoie, and Cod woKe he loked
Fall lifcc an ape, hse and there be toted
With a pj>ad bavda, and bugrng lypptt gwM
And enoj totha, aa Uat^e aa an; gMe
His neda abwt, hi« thoutdCTS Btode awry
Hii breast btle, and bolne in the waste
Hit arm^ givat, iritb Angen crokedly
Hii tcggea keved, be rode h> me fkM
Poll likes paCnm, to be ihaped in baste
Good encn he aned, and haue good day
If that it Hke you, ftir to Hde merely airay.
Welcoaw, I sayed, I pray the now* tell
Me what tbou ait, and where thou dost dwell
Sotheych quod he, wfaeo I cbam in Koite
At hnne 1 cliain, though I be bether sent
For then wM cne, called Peter Pndetart
Tbtf in all bii Hfe, spake tio vorde in waste
He wealed a wife, that wai called Maude
I trowa quod I, she wb a gotglou* baude
Tbou Ijest, quod he, she wia gentle and good
She g»te bcT hiubande, many a fiirtla bode
And at hi* mada*, without any' miiae
She woulda him seme in clenly wise iwys
God loDC bar stnile, la dM lotmd clenU>e*
And fccpe bv disbeK A«*i aU fouUBta
And tter bad l>Be^ Byni Sadie G^idw
That &r a wife, in all the worlde did waoda
Tyll at tb* laM, ia tba wyntMa nygU
Of Tbamys ha i^lad, mA aiuad a ryghM
AnMmg tba aiiMi , ef the ^cna coaia
" --■-■ - ■ of hii praty boate
Andw
KwMOnsBofB
He thoogfat ber itabl*, and fintUnU, Md ti
Rer naoM «M Balna, thai so doilf a wM
That DO filtfaa by bar, in nxj wiM ibouU fm
For in ber life, that pay mat oetdde nya
Whicbe was my fatber, tbat in Kant did waai
Hii DKDM wai Dauy Dronken Nde
He neuer dianke, but in a fayre black boU
He tdkt a wife, that wai Toy fayie
XoWB are they daade all, 10 nuta I wall IhiT^
Eicept my lelf Godfrey Gobilyua
Whicbe ride about, a wife ma to aeke
But I can finde none, that ii good and make
For all are ihnwaa, in tbe worlda aboot
I CDulde neuar met^ with nana other ronta
For aotne deuib will, their hiuhandee baata
And tlioae that can not, they will neuat let
Tbdr tongaa cease, but geua thre wordee for ana
Fie on tbem all, 1 will of than Ivue none
Who louetb any, for to make him ladda
f wene diat be bacoDU^ wona then madda
Tbey an not ttedCut, Dothinyng in tlidr niioda
But alway tuntyn^^ like a blaat of winds
For let a man loua tbem, uauar lo well
Unto ber sue, lo bana release of payne
And at tbe last, sbe on him do rue
If by fortooei there come another neve
Tbe flnt ftbal ba dene, out of her fauore
Record of Creaide, and of Trt^lus tbe dolouia
They are 10 subtila, and u &laa oti^tdt
There can do hMd wade, bcyonda tbeir mind*
Was not Aristotle, for all hii cleargy
For a woman wrapt, in loue so manieylouily
That all hi* cunnyng, he bad lODe forgottan
This vnhappy loue, bad bii minde so broken
That euermore, the lalt tearet downe bqrlad
When the ehaunce of loua, he him salA bawayled
AfWde be was, of the tnw loua to break*
For niyng nay*) «b«i be Ihenrf' sboulda nnaia
Till of conetnun^ of wofiill beauinee
For to baua remedy, of his eore sidcene*
Whose gaodl]r b«uitle, hub m; harto ctmcbed
With fement tout, mid fiery l«n« enUcbed
Wheifore tike pitye, of the pajudull •orowe
Of me jour NniBunt, baths euen (nd morowe
She itode right ttjU, *nd beard vhat h« luad
Alai quod sbe, be j'e no more diinuTvd
For I am nmtent^ to fiilflll your wyll
For I my selfe, haue thougbt many a day
To you to ipeake, but for feon of a nay
I durst neuer of the matter meue
Unto your person, leit it ihoulde you greue
Nay nay quod he, with all my whole entente
I shaU obey, to your commauDdemeDt
Well then quod she, I shall you nowe tell
Howe the case ■tandeth, tnialy every dele
For you koowe well, that Eomc womeo do long
Afto- nyce thingei, be it ryght or wrong
Bight so must I, rpoa your backe nowe cyde
In your moutbe also, a brydle you to guide
And M a btydl^ abe put in hii mouthe
Upon Ma backe dx rode, botlie noRhe and southe
About a chait^ieT, aa some ciarkes wene
Of many persons it was openly sene
Lo, what ia loue, that am so sore blynde
A philosopher, to bryng him out of kynde
For loue dotbe paaae any maner of thing
It is harde, and priuT in wortiyng
So en the grounde Aristotle ciept
And in bis teeth, she long the bridle kept
Till she therof, had inoughe her fyli
And yet fbr thia, he neuer had hie wyll
She did uotbliig, but for to mocke and some
Thia tnie louer, which was fbr loue forlonie
But when he knewe, Ibe poynt of the caae
Tbe fieiy anger, did his hart enbraee,
That be him aelfe, did anone well knowe
His anger did, hii loue so ouathrowe
And iJgbt anoDts m some poetea write
He that great mockage, did her well aequJie.
Did not a woman, the &mons Virgyle
By her great fiaude, fiiU craftely b^ile,
For on • dayi^ for fak owne di^ort
To the courts of Roate, he gan to resorte
Among the ladyes, the time for to pane
Till at the iMt, like Fbebus in the gUae
80 did a lady, with her beauty clean
Shine throughe his bait, with sucfae loue so dcare
Then of great force, he m>ut nedea obey
8fae of Ma minde, bare bathe the lodie and key
So was his hart, set Tpon a Ore
With feruent loue, to attayne his desire
She had him caught, in niche a wily snare
Qreat was hia payne, and muche more his care
To ^rnde a time, when it shoulde be meued
To her of loue, aiid be nothing repreued
And at the last, be had AHinde a tline
He thought to apeakg, and mlo hfan no cryme
Mercy lady, nowe in all bumble wise
To her he saied, IV>r if ye me deqiise
So hath your beauty, my tnw bart anyed
It is no maruaile^ thoughe 1 be airayfid
To you to speake, if that you denye
My puipoi^ tru^y I am marde nteriy
80 do I loue you, with all my hart enlere
With iowarde caie, I bye your beauty dere
I must alnde, with all my whole entente
Of life or death, your onely iudgement
With fayned earei, of pertite audience
But I wotte not howe, that it ihouldc be
Without tumyng vs, to great diihoneatie
If it be knowen, then bathe you and I
Shalbe reheyted at, full shamefully
But what for that, I haue me be thought
A prety craft, by me ibalbe wnnight.
Ye koowe my chamber, ioyneth lo a wall
Being ry^ hye, and a windows withall
Soue at nygbt, when all folke be at rest
I shall take a basket, aa me thinketh best
And therto 1 shall, a longe coarde well tye
And from the windowe, let it downe priuety
Bight so when it is, adowiM on tbe giound
Ye may well enter, in it botbe hole and soande
And my two maydena, tbe whidie sacrele be
Shall anoDe helpe, to hale yoji Tp with me
At a. xL of tbecIoeke,in the nygbt so duke
They did qtpaint, for to fulfill this wailM
He often thanked, her great gentilnea
And so depajtcd, with great gladnes
And so he went, vnto lui studye
Paasyng the time, him selfe full merely
Tyll that the clocke, did strike aleuen,
liea to the wall, he went full euim
And founde the basket, at the grounde already
And entrcd into it, full aadaynlye
^^$SP'S *'>■' ">P^ whiche the lady e^ied
Whi^ to the windowe, right anone her hied
That was Sue fadom, and more from the ground
When him selfe In suche a case he founde
Alas he saied, myne owne lady saue
Mine honestie, and what ye list to haue
Ye shall haue it, at your owne denre
Nowe winde me rp, my hart is on Sre
Thon shalt quod nlie, in thai place abide
That all the citye, so lygbt long and wide
May the bdiolde, and the matter knowe,
Fot mine honesty, and thy shame I trowe
So there he hong, lyll noone of the day^ I C
Thtt euery penm, which went by the iray .
THE PASTIME OF PLESUHE.
ICgfat Um wdl *a, md >ba bduilde
And mto tliem the rtrj ome abc tolde
Ln bowe with tbtatc, tbe ber loue rewardad
^ payne and lorowe, ibe nothiiig r^uded
Tlui at the l«t, he adotnie «■■ bnHight
RcpleM witti thame, it *■; led bim right umght
Tfans with gnat anger, he hi* loue confiHindad
ThDS all the dtye, vp^"* 1*^ *^<' wonder
Pa- perfite ■onme, ber hart wai nere a nil
AbI thm Vy^e, with craft; subtUoH
Hewarded her Ealabode aod doublenea
AH thia I tdl, thongbe thai 1 be a (ale
To tbe yoog knyght, for thou maiit go to
Brrae of th^ fa' thou canst not decenw
Tfaj ladiea mjnd, though that abe apeake the iaire
Htf hart ia fUiie, she will no trouth repajre
Nay quod I, the; are not all diaposed
So for to do, aa je hauebere diaclaaed
AIM quod he, I trowe well ^ be
A true louer, aa mote I thnue ai>d the
Let not thj lad'fe of thy hart be nrtber
Wb^ tboo art gone, abe will aone haue an c«her
Tbui fiirth we rode, till we Mwe a bire
A lojall tow«r, a» bryght aa an; itarro
To whiehe we rode, aa ft« as we m;ght
When we came Ihere, adowne my stede I lyght
So £d this Godfre; Gobillue abo.
Into tbe temple, after me gan go
Tbav aale dame Venua, and Cupide her lonne
IFfaiche b^ thdr parliament, right new); begone
To ledrcaae touen, of their pa3>ne and wo
Whiciic in the mnplc, did walke to tod fro
And easy one, his l^i did pieaent
Before Venua, in bertiigfae parliament
The temple of ber royallconBitOT;,
W«i walled all aboot, with juarje
All of gtdde, like a place aoladaUB
OfbvteiivIa,*oni
TU* Godfrey Oobilytie, w
To Oa godAoae VeniH, with bnuiatioa
0 lady Venua, at loue the goddesu
Redmae fn; paine, of mortall beauinea
1 did once woe, an olde ina;dai lyehe
A (bule thefe, an olde wydred wii^
Fayre mayed I <a;ed, will ye me haue
Na; air ao God me kepe and nne
For ;ou are euill fauoured, and alM> Tgl;
I am the wone, to oe yonr vifinam;
Yet was she fouler, man; an hundred folde
Than I m; aelfe, aa ;e may well bebolde
And tberwjihall, be caused to depi^nte
Hia Cue and hen, all voder hi* complainte
And to Venus, lie made deliueraunce
Of his complaynt, b; a ahorte circumstauoce,
Wbidie right anone, when ahe had it aenc
Began to laugbe, with all the couite I wene
Thus Godfte; Golnlyue, did make nidi a sport
That many louers, to him did reaorte
When I aawe tune, I went to Sapience
Sbewyng to her, with all m; diligence
Howe that my hart, by Venua waa Irapt
Witb a auaie of loue, ao priuel; bewiapt
And in her tower, to haue a dwellyng place
I a^e aduentures, to attaine her grace
Her name quod I, La bell FacelT ia
Botbe east and weit, she is well knowen ywb
And my name, La giaunde Amoure is cdled
Whose hart with payne, ahe all about bath wdled
With her beauli^ which dame Natore creaH
Aboue all other, in most high estate
Well saied Sapience, I thinke in my ininde
Her loue and Guiore, you iball attairne by ki '
And I will drawi^ to you it
All your complaynt, as is n
Unto dame Venus, to see directly
For your payne and sorowe, aone a n
8be drewe my piteoua lamentation,
Accordyng to this supplication.
O Venua lady, and eicellent goddeaae
O cslestiall itarrB, hauyng the aouerayntie
Aboue all other starreft, as lad; and princes
Aa is accmdynge, vnto your deitya
Pleaseth it nowe, your great bcnignitie
Unto my complaint, for to geue audience
Whiehe bume in loue, with pearcyng Tyolence
For so it b^ipened, that tbe lady EWe
Did with me mete, and gan to eiprease
Of a tairc lady, whicbe had vnto name
La beli Pucell, come of bye nobleaae,
Whose beauty cleare, and conwly goodlinea%
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BbB Mdde me, othm Ujn IwMwtloQ
And of the wmyei, therto full daungeraaa
Her swete report, gaue me eihonalioD
Unto my hart, for to be aour^uuu
To paste the pusage, harde uid troublous
And to bryng me out, of greU eoiconibnuiice
&e me ddiuered, bothe Grace and Gouemaunce
et of Scyeoix
So fbithe we weote, tn tl
For to attayae, in euerf
And first DocCrioe, b; g
Unto dame Giamer, did ■« mo to ecnou
Of mirtj ignoraunce, to .oppresse the dole
Aod H> I aaceoded, vnto dame Logyke
And after her, vnto liuty Ketfaorike
T}rll at the lut, at a feast Bolemply
To a temple I went, dame Miuyke to haare
Play on her orgam, witb awete ormony
But then on loft, I aawe to me qipesre
The flower of comfort^ the itarre of lertoe deara
WhoM h«Buty bright, into my ban did pane
Like ae &iyre Fhebiu, dothe sbyne in the glana
So was my hart, by the stroke of loue
With aorowe pent, and with mortal] payna
That Tnneth I myght, bm the place zemoue
'Where as I M«ide, I waa to take cartayne
Yet vp I loked, to n bar agayne
And at aduenture, with a aotj mode
Up then I went, where as her poson rtoda
And Grit of all, my bat* gan to leame
Right well to mgiiuT, in remembiaunce
Howe that her beauty, I might then decenu
From toppe to tooe, laidued with pteaiaunce
Whicbe I shall shewe withouten lariaunce.
Her ehinum heere, so properly she rlrrainn
Aloft her forbeade, with byre goiden treKes
Her forbeade stepe, with fayre browea ybent
Her eyen gray, ber nose straigbt and ftyre
In her white cbdies, the fairs bloude it went
As among the wite, the redde to repayre
Her mouthe ri^it small, her breathe swete of ayre
Her lippes soft, and ruddy as a rose
No hut on liue, but it woulde him sfipose.
With a little pitte, in her wd] &uoured cbynne
Her necke long, as white as any lillye
With Taynes blewe, in wliich tbe bloude ranne in
Her pappes tDuDde, and therto right pretye
Her atme* slender, and of goodly bodye
Her fingers small, and thaito ri^i long
White as the milke, witb blewe vaynes among.
Her fete proper, she gaitred well her hose
I neuer sawe so &yre a creatim:
Nothing she lacketh, as I do suppose
That is loDgyng, to faire dame Nature,
Yet more ouv, her countenaunce so pure
So swete, so louely, woulde any hart enspire
With feruent loue, to attayue hia desire.
But what for ber maners paaaeth all
Sbe is bothe gentle, good, and veituous
Alas what ftmme, ^ me to her eall
Without that she be to m« pitilMl,
With ber ao lettied, in paytws dolonnii
Alas shall pide, be from ber exiled
^nrfcbe all rerttMa, bath *« mda6M
Thus in my m
Her goodly nnMSWanwimM. and fidre IVgun
It was DO wonder, that I was aiiiatiiil
My hart and m
Nothing of loue, I di
Yet foihicause, I wu in hi .
I tdw acquayntaiuuM^ oflier eiaelleaoa
My hart waa drenched, in great sorowe depe
Though outwardly, my counltnaunce waa li^il
The inwarde wo, into my hart did crepe
To hide my p«yiie, it was great force and might
Thus ber swete b^uty, with a sodaine sight
My bait hath wounded, whiche must nedea obey
Unto suche a sorowe, nowe alas well away.
For she ia gone, and departed right Cure
In her counCrey, where she dothe alrid
She is nowe gon^ the fayre sbinyng starre
0 lady Venus, I pray the prouide
That I may after, at the morovc tide
And by the waye, with hart right rigorious
To subdue mine enemies, to me contraiioua.
And yet thy grace, most humbly I praye
To sende thy sonne, little Cupide before
With louyng letten, aa fast m Oou maye
That aha maye knowe, aomewbat of paynai ave
Whicbe for her sake, I suffbr eueimore
Nowe lady Venus, with my whole antent
Of life or daathe, I ^ide thy judgmMM
Well then saied Venus I haue peracueimunce
That you knowe aoraewhat, of migiity power
Wbiche to my courte, sue for acquaintaunca
To haue ralease, of your great paiost sowar
Abide a while, ye mu« tary the boura
Tlie time runnath, lowarde right ^at
Joye Cometh after, whan the sorowe i* paat
Alas I saied, who is fattred in chayoea
He thinketh long, after deliuoaunce
Of bis great wo, and clce morlall paynea
Fw who aliidalh painefull penaunce
Thinketh a sfaorte while, a longe continuaunce.
Who may not qieake, with her he loueth but
It is no wondo-, thoughe be take no rest
Abide quod she, you must a while yet taiy
Thoughe to haue comfort, ye right long do tbinke
1 shall pniuide for you a lectuaiy,
Whiche after sorowe, into your hart shall synke
Though you be brought now, rnto death's brinks
Yet dreade eiile, and liue in hope and trust
it the last, you shall attayne your lust
And fpecidly, I geue to you a efaaige
To Axe your loue, for to be true aod sHble
Upon your lady, and not to flee at large
As in sundry wise, far to be lariaUe
In corrupt thou^ilea, tile, and eulptU*
Prepence nothing, vuto her dishonestie
For loue dishonest, hath do ealsntie
And dthen that I, was caiue yeu begone
FTnt ftv to loue, I Aal a )«Mcr make
Unto your lady, and sende it by my soaiw
Little Cupide, tfaM shAll it to her take
lliat she your sorowe, may detraye or slake
Her hardcd han, it shall w^l rewAue
With piteou* wwmlM, IbttdiaU (t dw>liu.
THE PASTIME Of PLESURE.
Lo what ber &uouj¥, vnto me uiayletfa
When for my lake, ibe did u well Midita
Am J ihall HbewQ) in ■ ibort respite
Tbt gentle fomie, uxi tenoure of hec lettn
To ipede my cauw, for to attajse the battv
BiOHT gentle hut, of grene flowiyng ige
The staare of beautie, aod oT flunoua port
Comider well, that your liuly counge
Age of hb coun, must at the lait tnnipone
Nowe tnnithe of right, dotbe our aelfe atboite
That you your youthe, in ydlenes will spende
Whhoulen pleasure, to btiog it lo an cnde
WbM wa« the cause, of your cnadon
Sot man to loue, the worlde to multiplye
Ai lo wwe the Bed '
With fenient loue,
Ihe cauae of Ioih, engendreth perfitely
tjpon an entent, of dame Natute
Wlicbe you badi mad^ to byre a creUun
Thm at dame Nature, what ii the mtent
But to accomplishe, her faire aede to lowe
In BChe a place, as is conuenieot
To Goddes pleasure, for to Encreaw and growe
The kinde erf' her, ye may not ouertbrowe
Saye what ye list, ye can nothing deuye
But oibBwhiie ye thinke, full piiuely
What the man is, and what he can do
Of chamber woikc, as nature will agt«e
Ttnoghe by eiperiencf^ ye knowe nothing therto
Yh oft ye muae, and thioke what it may be
NiAure pr^HioheCh, of her ationg degre
Tou M to, aa halh bene her olde guba
Why will jda then, the bve loue dw|ii«e.
In our onatte, there ie • bill presented
By Graunde Aiuoure, whose hart in duresse
Yob last haiie fettled, not to be sbMxHad
From your peiaon, with mortall heauinea
Hk iHTt and seruice, with all gendlMS
He to y€iu owetb, as to be obedienE
Per to fiilfill, your swcte commaundement:
What you anayleth, your beauty so ttire
You lusty youthe, and gentle eounlenannce
Witboot that you, in your minde will repayre
It liir to spende, in ioye and pleasaunce
To fohiwe the trace, of dame Nature's daunce
And thus in doyng, you shall your seruauiit heale
Of his disease, and hurt you neuer a deale.
Onen
it is, to Toyde you of the chaunce
n kme him best, that you haue so aiayed
h fiery chaynes, lettred in penaunce
he is ready, irithout doubtaunce
nety thing, for lo fHilfiU your will
I B ye lilt, ye may him wue or spill
Woulde you not then, tUnkc it a long space
In his swete hart, to haue a dwallyng placB
Then in yoatT miada, ye bm^ muoIuc (feat be
Moale long dothe (hiaka, that ioylUU day lo i^
Is not be yong, bothe wise and lusty«
And eke descended, of the gentle line
What wiU you nuva, haue of bim Irualy
Then you to sarua, as true Loue will «ncliiw
But aa 1 tliiiika, you do nowe ■'
To fyic yourmynde, fat woridly ti. ...
Though ID your f outhe, ye lesa your pleasure
Alas remember, first your baaulya
Your youthe, your courage, and your lender hart
What payne here after, it may to you be
When you UcLe thu, whiche is tfue hNwis deacfl ,
I (ell you this, your selfe to conueste
For lilUe knowe ye, of this payne iwys
To liue with liim, in whom no plaaiuie ia.
Where that is loue, tboe can be a
Fye on that loue, for the lande oi
For il muBt uadas, right
When that yeudi bath, i . _
Id the party, with luUuia'a
Then will you, for the sii
Unto your youlb^ do sueba a praudice
Thus n^ten Nature, bath you well endued
With so mucfae beau^, and dame Grace also
Your Tertuous maners, bath so much reuuad
Eiile disdayne, and let ber fyom you go
And als« •traungenes, tiMo loue the be
And let no couetiae, your true faart subdue
But thai in ioye, ye may your youthe ensue
For I of loue the goddesse, dame Venus
Right well do knowe, that in the worlde is none
That rato you, ihelba more loyous
Then giBUtide Amoare, that louelh you alane
Sythe he so did, it is many dayea agone
Who euer sawe, a bire yeitg faart so harda
Wtatcha for hv aake, would se ber true kme mude
And so shall he, without ye take good bede
If he so be, ye be cause of the same
For loue with death, will ye lewarde his mede
And if ye do, ye be to muche to blame
To loue Tnloued, ye knowe it is no game
Wherfore me Ihinke, ye can do no lease
But with your lone, his peynet to redresse.
If ye do not, this may be his aimge
Wo wortbe the dme, that euer he you nietta
Wo wortbe your haite, so doyng him wronge
Wo wortbe the houre, that his true hart was set
Wo wortbe disdayne, that woulde his purpose let
Wo wortbe the flower, that can do no boots
Wo wortbe you, that pant him at the roote
Wo wortbe my loue, the cause of ray aoiowa
Wo woithe my lady, that will ool it release
Wo wortbe fortune, bothe euen and morowe
Wo wortbe trouble, that shall haue no peace
Wo wortbe cruelty, that may neuer cease
Wo worthe youthe, that will no pitie haue
Wo worthe liar, that will not ber loue smm.
us
Wo worthe tbo trust, without w
Wo woraie loue, rewarded with hate
Wo woKbe loue, replete with TaruuDce
Wo wonhe loue, without a friendly mate
Wo worthe the ban, with loue at debate
Wo worthe the beautj, whicbe toke me in imartf
Wo worthe her; that will not Ce*w tny care
Wo worthe her manen, and her goodllnes
Wo WDtthe her ejet, H cleare and amiable
Wo worthe auche cause, of my great nckenea
Wo worthe pitie, on her not tendablc
Wo wortbe her minde, in disdaina, ao itabla
Wo wortbe her, that hath me fbttred fiut
And wo wwthe loue, that I do spende in waste.
Wheiefore of tigbt, I pray you to nmsnher
All that I write, Tnto you right nowe
Howe your true loue, is of age but tender.
Hia bumble seruice, we pray you alowe
Aitd he hiin adfe, ahall euennore enprowc
You for to please, and geue the toueiaintie
Hoare can jrou bau^ a more true loue than he.
And fare ye well, there is no more tO VKfe
Under our ngnet, in our courte tuyail
Of Septemtwr, the. xxii. daye
She closed the letter, and to her did call
Cupide her sonnc, flo dear jd speciall
Couunaundyng iiim, aa &st as he might
To Id bell Pucetl, for to take Ua fl^ht
So did Cuiude, with the letter flye
Unto Label! Pucel'i dominatioa
There that be iped, full well and wondenliT
As I shall after, make relation
But to my nutter, with bieuiadon
A turtle I oflVed, for to magnifye
Dame Venus bye estate, to glontye.
I lake my leaue, of her full humbly
And on my way, a> I was ridyng
Tins God&ey Gobilyue, came rcnnyng
With his little nagge, and cried tary, lary
For I wyll come, and beare you company.
Ahd fortNotiue, that I was then full ndde
And by the way, he made me good game
To haue his company, I was somwhat glad
I was not proude, I toke of him no shame
He came to me, and saied ye are to blame
So to ride lourynff, for a woman's sake
Unto the deuill, 1 do them all betake.
They be not itedftst, but chaunge ai the mone
When one is gone, they loue another sooe
Who that ia single, and will haue a wife
Bight out of ioye, be shall be brought in atrife
Hius when Godflvy, did so merye make
Tliere did a lady, tb sone ouertake
And in her hande, ahe bad a knotted wMppe
At cuery yeriie, ihe made Godlrey to ikipe
Alas he aaied, that euer I was borne
Nowe an I take, fin' all my mocke and toonie
Madame I saled, I pr^ you me tell
Your propre name, and when that ye dwell
My name quod ^e, is called Correction
And the tower of ClHalice, is my maudoii
This strong thefe, called False Repi»t
With rilayne courage, and an odiei ami
And rile perlers. False Coniectura
All these I had, in prison full sure
But this False Report, hath broken prison
With his subtiU cnift, and euilt treason
And this ioumey, priuely to spede
He hath dadde him, in this folea wede
Nowe haue I auniwend you, your queetton
And I pray you of, a like aolution
You seme me thinke, for to be a knyght
I pray you tell me firal^ your name aright
My name quod I, is La giaunde Amoure
A well quod she, you are the perfite flours
Of all true louera, aa I do well knowe
Tou shall attayne, La bell Pucell I tjuwe
I kuowe right well, ye are aduenturous
Onwarde your way, to the lower perillous
And for as muche, aa the night ia neare
1 bumbly pny you, for to t^ the cbeare
Tbtt I may make you, in my tower this night
It is ben by, you shall of it haue sight]
And I pray you, to helpe me to bynde'
This False Reporte, as you sboulde do by kinde
What Godfiey quod I, will ye chaung your aune
Nay nay quod he, it was for no shame
But alaa for wo, that she hath me t^en
I must obey, it can not be forsaken
His fete wen fettred, vndemethe bii nagge
And bounde his handea, behiude to hia bag^
TliuB Correction, with her whippe did driue
Tlie little nagge, wyth Godfrey Gobilyuft
7111 at the kit, we gan to ^iprodie
Her royall tower, vpon a craggy rocbe
Tbt night was come, for it waa right late
Yet ri^t anone, we came to the gate
Where we woe let in, by dame Meaaure
Tbat waa a bire, and a goodly creature.
And so Correctim, brought me to the hall
Of gete well wrought, glased with ciixtall
The Toufe was golde, and amiddei waa set
A cari>uncle, that was large and great
Whose verlue cleare, in the ball so bright
About did cast, a great marucyloua lyght
So forthe we went, into a cbambn fain
Where many ladyes, did them seluoa repayre
And at our commyng, then incontinent
They welcomed ts, as was conuenient
But of Coireclion, they wen very glad
Whidie False Report, againe taken had
e Itbesyle, and quene Prosei^iyne^ I C
The lady Hcduae, and young Poliiyna-
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE.
He right moot, fiir to go to my bedds
Wlnt atdit I dwwe, of my great cbeare ind re
I wurted uouglit, but had all of cbe heM
And B I ilept, tjll that Aurora dean
Htgin to iliinc, amidHfa her golden ^wre
TbenTp I
n-e. and mv vaHet *l<n
Which mKle a» nBdT.'aiid to my
itMledidKO
And dame
Conection, at thi> mon
™«tyde
Did me entnate, • while to abide
Aud right
To make n
M dieve, there wanted
right nought
And after thk, dame Cotreclioa
Did leada ma to a maruejlous dongeon
And fint she ledde me. to the upper warde
Whoe ShunefiMtun, did n well regarde
For be waa layiour, and had M bis chaise
£007 rImJI, not lor logo at large
I b ti* int warde, there went to and fin
BmIm men and women, that Diigbl no furder go.
But yet they hoped, lor to baue releue
I Of their enpiiaon, whicbe did tbem to greue
Tboe priaonen. when true loue wa* meued
Iky woulde driue of, and not teleaae tlie greoed.
And far this cauae, by equall ludgement
like aa they did, here baue they puniahment
And g.— i-f— 111— lower did ts bryng
Where we nwe men, that were in torraenlyng
Widi BMuy ladiea, that tfadr mouthet gagged
And Faiae Beporte, on me hia heade wagged
nm li^ anme, a lady gan to Kiape
Hit fiund tonge, that he cried like an ape
And Tyte Peller, in like wise al»
Uii (ooge was •craped, that he aufiVcd wo
And yet we went, into a deper lale
Wte« I aawe men, that were in great bale
Id hdlDwe bushes, they did hsnge alofle
Ibor !■ adf ■ downewarde, for to Ml Tnsoft
A^ two ladye«, did their bodies bete
With knotted whippes, in the fleibe to frete
ThB the desire, it sboulde tone aswage
Ami iprrirPy, of the rylayoe courage
Thew tnen, with lugred nionthes so eloquent
A maydefu bait, coutde right MUie relent.
And these yoog maydens, for to lake in snaie
Ibey byne gnat wo, and for ta lufler care
T^ Gnlydie maydens, did beleue they imartad
nat to their will, the men, them conuated
This when that they, had than so begiled
And with tfaoT baude, these maydens defiled
T\^ caMdiwn of; tlwy toke no lenger kepe
Go where ye list, thoughe tbey crye and wepe.
nettee theee btdyes, wyth their whippes harde
Thar bddiee beate, that thdr bodies hath marde
And (Dcry man, as be bath deaemed
A p^ne there is, wUche is At Um obsenied
Tina wbca I bad, all the pryion sene
And of the ladyes, deare In excellence
I take my lene, with all due reunenca
And thanked Correction, with my hart entire
Of my repcae, and of ber louyng cbere
To me she saied, remember you well
Of the (wete beauty, of La belL PuceU
When you ber hart, in fetters haue chayned
Let her baue yours, in likewise retayned
Lokfl that your hart, your worde, and
Agree all in one, withouten Tariaunce
If she for pitya, do release you your payne
Consider it, and loue her best againe.
lie and secrete, and make none aduaunt
n you of loue, baue a petGle gnunte
And if ye will come, mto your wyll
Bothe bete and see, and Uien hold* you Myll
Dreade you nothing, but take a good barte
For right sooe, afts you from hence depart
Right high aduentures, mto you shall fUl
In time of fyght, Tnio your minde then call
If you preuayle, you shall attayne the fame
Of liye honoure, to certiRe the same
And therwith I light, rpon my stede
Madame I saied, I praye God do you mede
Fare well she saied, for you must nowe hence
Adue quod I, with all my diligence.
When golden Phebus, in the Capricome
Can to ascend^ feat Tnto Aquary
And Janus bifhis the croune had worn
With his frosty bearde in January,
When cleare Dyana, ioyned with Mercury
The crislall eyre, and assured firmament
Were all depured, without encumbrement.
Forlhe then I rode, at mine owne oduenture
Ouer the mountaines, and (he craggy rocke*
To heholde the countres, I had great pleasure
Where corall growed, by right bye slockei
And the Popingayea, in the tree loppes
Tlien as 1 rode, I sawe tne befome
Beode a well hang, bothe a sbelde and a boma
WTien I came there, adowne my stede I light
And the faire bugle, I right well behelile
Blasyng the armcs, ai well as I myght
That was so grauen, rpon the goodly shelde
First all of siluer, did sppesj tlie feldo
Wilb a rampyng Lyon, of Rue goldc so pure
And Tnder the shclde, there was this scripture.
If any knyght, that is aduenturou*
Of his great pride, dan- the hugle blowe
There is a gyaunt, bothe fierce and rigorious
That with his might, shall him sonc ouerthrow
This is the waye, as ye shall nowe knows
To La bell Pucell, but withouten fsile
The sturdy gyaunt, will geue you bottwle.
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When I the scripture, once or tmie had n*de
And koewe theivf, all the whole efiect
I blewe the home, without «ny dtEiule
And toke good hart, oil (etae to abiect
IStltjog me ready, for I did suspect
That the great gyaunt, vnta me woulde histe
When bt had htaidfl me, blowe ss loude a blast.
laliteautHW, vpm my gadlle atede
About the well, then I rode to and Iro
Aod thonglit right weU, Tpon the ioyfolt nedc
That I sboulde haue, dter'my payne and wo
And of my lady, 1 did thinke also
Tyll at the lart, my Terlec did me tell
Take beda quod he, here a a fende ofhidl
My greyboundes leaped, and my alede did Mart
Hy qiere I toke, and did loke about
y/ith bardy courage, I did anue my hart
At laat I aawe, a (tunly gyaost stoute
Twelve fote of langtfs to feare a great route
Thic headei be had, and be armed was
Botbe baadas and bodyc, all atioute with bnae
Upon hi) fint heade, in hia helmet erect
There stode a fane, of the silke so fine
Where was written, with letters of t[ie best
My name is Fabihode, I ahaU cause enclinc
Mt neighbours goodea, for to make them myne
Alway I get, their lande or substauDce
With subtile fraude. deceypt, ot variaunce
And when a knight, with noble chyualry
or La bell Pucell, shoulde atCafne (ha grace
With my great falibode, I worke so subtiJIy
That in her hart, he hath no dwetlyng place
Tlua of his purpiwe, I do let the case
Tina is my power, arid my condidon
Lone to remoue, by a great illuaion
And of Ibe aeconde heade in a ntken tasadi
There I sawe written, Tmagination
My crafty witte, is withonten rayle
Lone for to bring, in perturbacion
Wbwe La bell Pucell, woulde haue aJRcB'on
To Graunde Amonre, 1 shall a tale detiise
To nuke ber hale him, and him to demise
By my false witte, ho muche ymaginatiJt
lie tiouthe full oft, I biyng in disease
Where as wa« peace, I cause to be striic
I will suffer no man, for to line in ease
For if by fortune, be will be di^leue
t sfaall of Imu, ymagen sudie a tde
That out of ioye, it shall tume into bale.
And on the thirde heade, In ■ gtremer grene
There was written, my name is Fariury
In many a towne, I am knowcn as I wend
Where as I list, I do great iniury
And do fonwere, my selfe fliU wrongfttlly
Of ail Ihingek, I do hate conscience
But I loue lucre, with aU diligence
Betwene two louen, I do make debate
I will ao swere, that they tiiinke I am true
For euer blshode, with bis owne estate
To a lady cometh, and nayetli to eschue
That we haue aaied, is of my tronthe
Her loue the wisteth, right cleans oM of nioAe
That with her loue, she is wondersly wrought
With fayned kindeites, we do ber ao btinde
Then to her knia, she is full vnkiBda
Thus our thre powers, were iofrned in one
In this migbty gyeunt, msny dqitft agonc
And When that I, had sesie cueiy ihii^
My spere I charged, that was very great
And to this gyaiit, so fiercely oomyng
I toke my coarse, that I with him metle
Breakyng my spere, vpon hio Bm hetmct
And right anone, adowne my slede I light
Drawyng my iweid^ that was (ute and brigiM.
I clipped Clara Prudence, that was taim and surf
At the gyaunt I stride, with all my valeaunce
But he my strfdics, might right well endure
He was so great, and huge of puysaunce
Hia glaoe he did against nw adiiasnce
Whicfae was. iiS. fote, and more of cuttyng
And aa he was, his stroke diaidiargy^
Because his stroke, was beauy to boait
I lept wide, fmm him full quickely
When he had disduvged, anyne full lightly
He rored loude, and swaie 1 sboulde abye
But what for that, I stnke at him &at
And be at me, but I was not agaat.
But as he fought, he bad a vauntage
He was rigbt bye, and I vnder him lowe
'nil at the list, with lusty courage
Upon the side, I gaue bi/n sucbe a blows
Ttiat I right ncare, did him ouerthrowe
But right anone, he did his mi^te enlai^
That vpon m^ he did suche strokee diachar;^
TbiA I vnneth, might make reaislence
Against bis power, for he was so strong
I did defends me, agaynst his vyolence
And thus the batlsyle, dured full right long
Yet euermore, I did ttiuike among
Of La bell Pncell, whom I shoulde atlayne
After my battaiBes, to release my psyne.
And as I loked, I sawe Hien auale
Fayre giAden Phtbus, whh his beames ivd^
Then vp my oonTage, I began to bale
Whiche nighe brfbre, was agone and deade
My Bwcrde so entred, that the gyant bledde
And with my strokes, I cutte of anone
One of his legges, amiddes (be thyghe bono.
But that I shortly, mto him did come
With hia thre beades, be spitte all liia »cnyni>
And I (rich my swonle, aa bst as conlde be
With ^1 B^ fane, out of his faaadea Dow.
When I had so, obtaynad the riclory
Unto me then, my variet well sayad
You haue demeaned you, welt and worthely
My greybounden lept, and my Klade then brayed
And then from (arte, 1 sawe well atayed
To me come ridyag, tlire ladya right swela
Forthe Uien I rode, and did with tbem mete.
THE FASTIMG OP PLESURE.
Tht fint of them, was called Veritle
And the *HN»de, good Opcndon
The tUnle alw, Tcliirped ndelHIe
AH tbcf at once, with Rood (^nloD
Did gnie lo dm, gmt luidation
And nw bCKdwd, with tbdr hut entire
With tbcm to mt, ind to make good Cbere.
I pvimtcd tbcm, ard (ken baeknnrile we rode
Tlie nagbtj gjwint, to se wid bebolde
WhoH huge bodTe, wu more then lue cart lode
WUdic lay tbcTG bledjmg, tfaM was dmoct colde
Tbt; Ibr hii deatlie, did thanke tot many a folde
For he Id them, wai enemy mortaU
lire headn, tbey lAe In ipetiaU
And til
iVer5lie,o.
Did let aloft, of TUdiode the heads
And good Operacion, in likewise bod tane
Of Yniagination, that full Km then bledde
Upon hia heade aloft, rpon hu banner reddv
And in Hkcwue, T^delitje bad wrued
Pniuiiea bcode, aabe bad wcU deaemed
And with aweCe loaget, and swete annony
Bcfiae me they lode, to thRr hyre cattell
Bb fbatbe I rode, with great ioye and Klo'7
llMo the plac^ wbere Aeae ladyea did dwell
Set CD a rock^ beaide a ipryng or a well
And fryre Obaenuunoe. ^ goodly poitresM
Did Ta tcceiiie, with aolemne gladne*
ncn to a chandler, that waa very bryght
IVy did me Icade, for to tdie mine eaae
Afts- my tronble, and my gnat rturdy flgbt
But 4i« woandca I had, cauajng my diieaae
Hy pajne and wo, {bey did ima appeaie
And healed my woundea, with iialue aremat&e
Tdlyng me of a great gyaont luoalike.
WhcM onu traely, arai called VaiUGce
Wbon 1 ihoiilde mete, after my d^uu^ng
Ihcae ladiw, TDto n«e did great pleasaunce
Aad in the meane while, as we were talkyng
Pot ma my aii|^>er, was in ordeynyng
Ikna irtm by Temperaunce, it waa prepared
Aad then lo ft we went, and ryght well Cured
And who that jou, into Qua a
Madame I aaide, I waa ao amorous
or Id bdl Pnc^ ao (ayre and beauteotu
Id graunde Arooure, tnidy is my name
Wladw aeke aduenturea, to attayne die fame
A ha qood ahe, T thougfat asmncbe before
Thia yon were be, for your great hanlinei
La bol Pucell murt loue you euennore
WUdie for ber sake, in your hye nofalei
Dotfae Bidi actea, by ehyualraua eice«e
Bb gentle hart, may nothing denye
Td rewarde your mede, wyth loue fUll feruently.
Hy time Is sborte, and I
Unto tbe lande, of my conclusion
The winde is east, right slowe widiout fltyle
To blewe mj shipper of diligent trauayle
To the lait ende, of m j matter troublous
Withw ...
Fafl oft I tbougb^ on m
Right in the morowe, wheo Auran <dera
Her radiaunt beames, began for to apraade
And splendent Phelins, in bis golden spen
The crystall ayre, did nuke fsjre and redda
Darke Dyane, decUnyng pale as anya ledde
When tbe little byrdes, swetely did syng
Laudes to thor Maker, early in tbe n
Vp I arose, and did make me readya
For I tbaiught long, TQto my ioumeyi ende
Hy greyhoundea icpt, on me right merely
To cheare nte forwarde, they did condescends
And the tbre ladiea, my cheare to amende
A good breakefaat, did for me ordajne
Tbey were right gladde, the gyauni was slayne
I tokc my leaui^ and on my way I ryde
Throughe the woodea, and on rockes hyc
I loked about, and on the hill abode
Till in tbe Tale, I sawe full hastely
To me come ridyng, a lady aikerly
I well behelde, the hye waye so vued
But of this lady, right often I mused.
Till at the laat, ire did mete together
Madame I salad, the hye God you saue
She thanked me, and did aske me whither
That I so rode, and what I weulde haue
Truely quod 1, nothing e'- • — ■"
Of tbe hye God, but to b
La beU Pucell, to haue tt
What is your name, then saied she
Id graunde Amoure, foraothe madame quod I
Then was she glad, as any one might be
And saied she waa sent, fro mine own Udye
And woiddc b« glad, to bntre of your wealth.
She promised yon, in a garden grene
To loue you best, of any creature
So dottie the yel, aa I thinke and wene
Though that disdiQ'iie, biought ber to her lure
But iM ber hart nowe, you shall be sure
Be et good diere, and for nothing dismaye
I spake with ker, but nowe this other day.
And she my selft, vnto you hath sent
Hy name is called, dame Perceucraunoa
A little befon, that I from her went
To her came Cupide, with gi
And brought a letter, of Venus oi
Whiche vnto her, he did anone present
When she it read^ and knewe the cntent.
All inwardly, full wondenly dismaied
I WilbouHn woide, she did Mande right well
WhK foe to do, si
You tbr to helpe, or let you » spyll
Disdayne and Strvngenes, did stand then tberb;
Seing ber countenauace, they gan to draire nye.
Madame quod they, why are ye «o sadde
Alas quod the, it ii do maruaile why
Sight nowe, of Cupide, a letter I had
Sent from Venus, Kill tight nkarueilouaiy
Sy whicbe 1 hau^ perceyued vtterly
That a yong knight, called Graunde Amoure
Dgthe hr my lake, miBia auche doloute
That of constraint, of woftill heauinei
He it uere deade, all onely for my sake
Siall he nowe dye, or shall 1 him relese
Of bU great wo, and to my mercy take
Abide quod Strangene*, and your hh-dwc slake
Haue you him aene, in *ny time before
Yes yes quod she, that dodie my wo restore.
At penticost, nowe TOnny dsyes agone
Mukke to heare, at great solemnitie
To and fiv he walked, him sclfe all alone
In a great temple, of olde onliquitie
nil that by foituae, he had espied me
And right anone, or that I *™s ware
To me he cane, I knewe naught of his can
He semed gentle, his maneiB right good
I behelde right weU, oU lua condicion
Humble of chere, and of goodly mode
But I thought nothing, of bis afficdaD
But bis behauoure, abewed the occaalon
Of fferuent !oue, as then in mine entent
I crfl did deme, and geue a iudgiment.
So after this, I did then sone depart
Home to my couutrey, where I did atnde
When I was gone, full heauy wu his hart
As Cupide aaieth, I must for him pniuide
A genUe namedy, at this sodayne tide
Aiul for my sake, he is aduenluroin
To subdue m'
A quod Disdayne, knowe ye his substaunce
Why will you loue, suehe a one as be
Tliough he seme gentle, and of good gouen
You £all haue one, of Ihrre hler degree
CouMe your sdfe, lei his eyen to haue a sif^
Of your beauty, or his hart to be set
What ikilleth you, Ibougb that he dye this nlg^
You called Mm not, when he witb you matte
And he will loue you, you can not him let
Be as be may, ye shall haue mine aisenu
Him for to (brsake, ai is most eipedieat
Alas madante, then saied dame Stiangenea
When he c<Hneth hither, your course abate
Loke hye tpon him, beware of mekenes
And thinke that you shall haue, an bye estate
Let not Giaundc Amoure, say to you chekmate
Be stisunge rnto him, as ye know nothing
llie pertttc cause, of Us true commyng
And in meane while, came to her presence
Dame Peace aud Mercy, and to her they saied
Alas madame, con^der your excellence
And howe your beauty, hath him so aiayed
If you haue him, ye may be well apayed
And doubt you not, if that ye loue for loue
God will sende riches, to come to you aboue.
Will you for leue, let him djre or perishe
Whiche loueth you so, with feruent desyie
And you your lelfe, may his sorowe minishe
That with your beauty, set bis hart a fire
Your swete lokes, did bis hart entire
That of fine force, be must to you obey
To Hue or dye, there is no more to say
Alas quod Peace, will ye let bim endure
In mortall payne, nithouten remedy
Sithen his barte, you haue so tane in cure
Your hastye dome, loke that ye cnodefy
Eiile Disdayne, and Stiangenes shortly
And sende Perccuciauuce, as fast as ye may
To comfort him, in bis troublous ioumey
Then in ber minde, she gan to reuolue
The louyng vordes, of Mercy and Peace
Her hardy hart, she gan for to dissotue
And inwardly, she did to me release
Her perfite loue, your great payne to cease
And did exile then from her, to wildemes
Bothe dome Disdayne, and eke dome Strangeneo.
And did me sende, to yon incontinent
With this goodly sbelde, thai ye shoulde it were
For her sweto sake, as is conuenient
It is sure, ye shall not nede to fearv
The stroke of swerde, or yet the grate of spera
9w prayeth you, for to be of good chere
Aboue all men, ye are to her roost deare.
Nowe aayed Perceueraunce, I pray you repoaa
This long nyght, with my cosen Comfort
A gentle ladye, as any may suppose
She can you tell, and also well exhort
Of La bell Pucell, with a true report
I thanked her, of her great goodne*
And so we rode, with ioye and gladnea,
Tylltl
Moted about, voder a
Alight she sajcdj for by right long apace
In payne and wo, you did euer ehlde
After an ebbe, there Cometh a fiowyng tide
So downe I light, from my goodly steds
After roy paine, to haue rest for my med^
launce, on the way m
leddo
Into the place, where did vs gentillye i
llie lady Comfort, without any dredde
With Countenaunce, that was demure and tireto
In goodly maner, she did vs then greto
Leodyng ts, to a chamber precious
Dulcet of odoure, and ntost solacious.
And priuely, she aaked a question
Of Perceueraunce, what I called was
La graunde Amoure, without ohusion
Cosen quod she, he doihe alt louers passe
Like as dolhc Phtbus, in the pure glasw
So dotbe his dedes, eiulle the soueraintie
Of the darke gyauntrs, by highe aoctborilic.
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE.
When ilie it kncwe, the wu of me rygfat fsyne
Nothing I lacked, thBt was to m; pleasaunce
Alter mj tnnq'le, and mj wofull psyne
Gtmi EDcate and drinkef T had to sustenaunce
We sate togetlier, b; long contiDuaunce
But euennore Comfort, gaue sibonalion
"^ "'""■■" tribuladoQ.
Tlanke veil quod ihe, that in the worlde ii nooe
Wldche can bane pleasure, witboul wo and care
Joje cometli aftir, wh«i the payne ia gone
Alwaf of ioye, afttr his wofull aiani
Vho kooireth pajne, and hath bene in troubtu
After his wo, his ioye is to him double.
It ma; so fortune, that La bell Pacell
Had) diuer« fiendes, that be not conteole
Tbat her bnoiire, je sboulde attafne so well
For joa, of them, she ma; often be shent
But what for that, she shall not her repent
And If her frendes, be with you aogrye
Suffer their wordes, and take it paaently
Acaynst tbor yll, do rato them good
Tbem tar to please, be alwaye diligent
So ihall jou swage, the tempesteoun floode
Of their stormy mindes, so impacient
Aad inwardly, they shall them selues repent
Ihat they lo you, haue bene contrarious
In nudie fyrye anger, bote and furious.
'nim by your wisdome, ye ahall them lo winne
Unto your frendes, that did you so hate
For it is reason, you shoulde obey your kynoe
As by obedience, botfae early and late
Make them your frendes, without the debate
F<a enermore, the spirite of padence
Dotbe ouercoioie, the angry ryolence.
Be lardy, bold^ and also couragious
For after that, ye be gone from hence
Yoi rfiaU tnete, with a gyaunt rigorious
Hsuyng senen htades, of yll eiperience
Tou shall subdue him, with your prudence
And other aduentures, shall vnto yon fall
WUcbe Fame shall nuse, to be memoriall
Vhtn it was lime, I waa brought to bedde
So an the long nyghl, I endured in rest
Wiih mehe • sloutbe, itaken was my heade]
That my soft pyllowe, I founde a giwd got
For haig b^ine, 1 waa so opprcat
VIA iswarde trouble, that 1 myght not ilepe
But oft wake, and sigh with teares depe.
When moniyng came, vp anone I rose
And armed me, as fast as I might
Fcvthe for t4> tjauell, Tnto my purpose
I lake my leaue, and on my stede 1 light
Ihttnkyng dame Coforle, oT'
ly companye
Forthe on the waye, we mde fiill merely
Bulwarkes about, accustomed for warre
On a craggy rodiB, it wu so edified
Walled with gete, so clearely purified
To whiche we rode, and drewe nere and nara
Till in our sight, did openly appeare.
A mighty gyaunt. it. fble of length
With heade* seuen, and armed fuU sure
He semed well, to be a man of strength
Then quod Perceueiaunce, ye must put in Tre
This daye your power, in honoure to endure
Against this gyaunt, your mortall enemy
Be of good chearc, you shall haue ticto^.
Besides dus gysunt, Tpon euery tree
I did se hang, numy a goodly shelde
Of noble knightes, that were of bye degree
Whiche be had slayne, and murdred in the felde
From farre this gyaunt, I right well bdielde
And towarde him, as I rode my way
On bia fim heade, I sawe a banner gaye
Whose nature false, !» full of flatery
an cloke a mocke, and fraude full subtilly
So dotbe he loue, deceyue oft priuely
For the hiinde loue, dothe pereriue right nou
That ynder hony, the poyson is wrought
And the seconds heade, w
In whiche waa written, in
letters right white
DeUy ra,
A true louer, with my fatall respite
That loue for loue, shall not him acquite
For euennore, I lye oft in awayle
Loue to delay, and cast liim IVom consayte.
On the tfairde bead, in a banner square
Al of reade, waa written Discomfort
Causyng a touer, ihr to drowne in care
That he of loue, shall haue no report
But lokes hye, his hart to transport
And I my selfe, shall him so aiaayls
Hiat he in loue, shall nothing preuayle
On the fourths heade, on the helmet crest
There waa a stremer, right white, large, and long
Where on was written, with bise of die best
The mind of loue doth chaung, with great wrong
llut a true louer, can not be certayne
Loue for his mede, right stedfast to retayne.
And yet aloft, on the fifle helmet
In a blacke banner, was written Enuy
Whose hart euer, inwardly is fret
When Graunde Amoure, shoulde attayoe hia ladya
He muieth ofl, in him selfe inwardly
To let the lady, for to set her harte
On Graunde Amoure, for to release hii snuito.
In a russet banner, on the «it heade
There was written, this worde Detraction
That can open, in ■ couert stede
His subtile male, replete with treason .
To cause ■ lady, lo haue auapectiou 1 1 (^>
Unio her true louer, with his hitler taw
That she her loue, fVom him then did bale,
I 3
On the MUSDtli beade, in ■ bwuei of riche*
Woa written, wllb letten all of gnwt:
My nune tniely, is called Doublenei
Whiche I do owe, Tnio all Udyes tnu
Al a time vnicBre, my det stastbe due
To Graunde Amoure, for to moke him repent
That be his toue, on La bell Pucell ipenL
When in my minde, I bad well sgregale
Euer; tbing, llmt I in him had sene
Botbe of his heade, and of his hye estate
I called for hclpe, vnto the.hceuen quene
The day was fayre, the lunne wu bright and sbene
Bcdde a riuer, and a craggy loche
Thys gyaunt was, whiche ipied me approehe.
He hurled about^ and cast hia shelde afore
And toke bia axe, of myghty tbrtilude
That waa of length, ii. fote and more
Whiche he had Tsed, by long conauetude
To dauDce true loueri^ and their powa eicla4e
I take my spere, and did it well charge
And with hacdinea, I made my tone enlai^.
I tofce my coune^ and to the gyaunt none
On hit aeconde beula, breaking then aaunder
My myghty spoe, that be to rare began
With so baae a erje, that I had great wonder
His seuen beades so rored, like the thunder
Right IKim my slede, I light to the grounde
And drew Clara Prudence, that waa whole and aoiid
llie myghty gyaunt, his aie did vp lift
Upon my hetSe, that the itroke shoulde fall
Ijut I of him, was full ware and swift
I lept aside, so that the stroke withall
In die grounds lighted, beside a stone wall
Thre fote and more, and anone then I
Did lepe vnto him, stdking full quickely.
But aboue me, he had suche attitude
That I at him, collide haue no full stnAe
He stroke at me> with many stroka rude
And called me boye, and
That with thy braynes, I
IgBUei
At the last he Mied, I ihul gere the a knocke
shal] the tin di
Abide quod I, thou shalt be fii
E full fainL
And right anone, I by me espyed
On the rockcs lude, twelue steppes full sure
And then right fast, I Tpon them hyed
That we were bothe, shout one stature
My strength I doubled, and put ao in rre
The great strokes, thai I cut of anone
Siie of his beadea, leauyng blm but one
When he felt him iet<b hurt M gnuoUily
He stretched him tp, and lifts his axe a luft
Strikyng st me, widi strokes wondersly
But I full flwiftly, did geue backe full oA
For to deuoyde, his great strokes nuoft
When he sawe thii, he thought him forlon
With a Iiideoui Toyec, be b^an to nre
The battaile dured, betwene ti rigbt Img
Till I sawe Fbebua. declinyng fiill lowe
I nuaunced my sWErde, that was sure and Mrong
And with my might, I gaue him suche a blowe
On bis icucnth hcade, tliat be did ouerthrowc
When he was downe, he gan to crye and yt'll
Full like ■ serpent, or a fende of belL
When I sawe this, aa fut u might be
A downe I came, and did then iidKe
Hia seuenth helmet, right ricbe for to see
And bim beheaded, in a right abort spaco
And then full sOQC, there caiue to tha place
Perseueiaunce, and my verlet also
Alas they saied, we were for you right wo.
But we were glad, wlien ye had fbraaktn
The lowe Tale, and Tp the craggy fayre
For your aduauntoge, the hye waye had lakm
Thus aa we walked, we did ae ladiea fayre
Seuen in number, that were dehonayre
Upon white palfreys, echa of them did lyde
For T> ryght gentilly, from the caatell side.
The Gist of them, was named StedJaitnai
And the second, Amerous Furueyaunce
The thirde, was loye, after great heauinei
The fourth of them, was dame Cotinuauncs
And the fift of them, called dame Pleaaauoca
The nite waa called. Report &nu>ua
Hie ■eueoth Amitie, to looers dolourous
And right anone, with al humilitia
They lighte adowne, and then incontinente
Ecbe after other, tbey came into me
I kissed them, with idl my whole entente
Hayle kuyght they sayed, so clears and excellent
Whiche <^ this gyaunt, our hydeous enemy
So worthely, hath wonne the ncmy.
Ladyes he saied, I am muche vnwoithy
So to accept, your great prayse and fame
Tbey prayed me, to kepe them company
I will quod I, or elles I were to blame
They prayed me, to sbewe them my name
La graunde Amoure it is, I saied in dede
And then saied they, no wonder tboughe ye qiede.
No doubt it is, but ye shall tri>tayne
La bell PuccU, so right fayre and elere
We were with her, exiled by Djsdayne
And then berieged, in thia caatell here
With this great gyaunt, more then a whole jeic
And you thia nyght, if it do you please
In this pate ebMcII, shall take your eaae.
I thanked til
Into the I
WaUed about, with tha bkcke (onefae atan*
I toke there than) my recreatian
Among these ladyes, with conuneodadao
And wiwn ^me came, that they tfaoi^ht b«at
To a R^all bedda, I waa hrou^ to real.
After my wery, and troublous trauayle
I toke mine ease, tyll that it was day
Then Tp I rose, without any hyle
And made me ready, far to ride my wvft
But then anone, into the chamber gaye
The seven ladyea came, with Perceoeranno*
Swyng they woulde, gnie ma -**T~'-Ti"rt
And bring am, to La bell Pucell
When that she is, in her court royall
And likewiae, aa Pbdiut dothe hye excell
In brighlnei truely, the fayre stwrta aU
So in beauty, and veitue ipedall
She dothe excede, any earthly creature
lltatis nowe made, l>y fayre dame Nature
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE.
We bi^a oiu ftiA ■"•l *> ""i* n raadya
To La bell PuG^ on oui nj (o rj6»
Mj aede wm tmmi^ 1 1^ TP ikartl j«
So did tha ladyH, tkcgt wooliU Dolfaiiig dUa
Thus fartha w* nde, at the ooniv* M*
'till if tliii iMiill. -ilV -f 'irji 111 iilmaiiii
Fonhe oAW way^ at all adnantol^
So long m lodi^ MM! hill aul vdey
T7II thrt w* cdBia, into a wUdataea
On (tMTj ij^ tkve wiUe hiBBai lajri
Rigbl MnoDge Uid fiwce, in amiry til
It ms a place, of diaiidule dailefM*
The hdfes and I, vnc in feare aiil ila
TjU at tiia last, tbat we wan gotten on
Of dta groat mode, Tpm acragg; rac
Wbcn daB« Oyana, in tba acorptoa
Tando' ia the paUca, ga^a and gkxioua
or La ban FiMel'a gfcat humililw,
A place of plcaaMia, molt aJariwH
Bat then we spied, a f ende fallacioui
Bqondatfaahaani, aathaauCTentrBaaa
BlowTiig out Sn, hj nanwyloiu widanas
IIk in was graat, it mada Ilia yiaad* l^ght
He MMd louda, it auad lika tha UhuuW
Bat » me Ihoi^^ ha was of graal m^t
Aba quod Ox, with fnude and nibttltrc
*i"~"— that tbejr Dugbt Dot, reuert aga jue
With Eonrtall Enu;, the; did then oiniect
To make a taoda, in likewiw to diracta
Sjrt Giaaada AnuHira, wjth the fmient tjn
Of cuill tieaaon. In let ^ dtaire.
For danw Dirfaiao, Aa cnA; aamava
Vith arte aagfka, kth wrtai^ fiiU cnftdr
Of the. ni. matatlaa, a diagoo douhdei
And dame Stnngenes, by her n;gronianc]r
Bxh doaed therin, a fnde rigbt sublillr
Thn the fjre tnmaeA, by great mln^
Bat Graunde AmouK, aball it well aaav^
BoMib thaa rodie, thete i> well Ibiliied
An oi^ temple, 10 the laude and Klorf
Of wJK dune Pallai, It vm M ediflBd
Wt wiU ride, nun it fuU ligbtlj
And do oblatioti rnto liar tniel j
She will n (ell, bj- good eiperienre
Howe we may tcife, the hrennyng TjroletlM,
Of depured crhrtaU, bar whole ynmge wu
The tempU walln, were right olde and browne
And then a^ aooa, befon her highe reoowna
Proarata we bll, mikely to tba gnninde
And lodauKl;, we woe cut in a aownde
Tbui ai we lajB, in a dcadel; channca
We thou^ to her, we made petidon
And all in Engliib^ wfth IcHig
She ibewed lu, all (be whole cai
Of the maiwBjlou^ wiiMmlaa operatioa
And did diewe v^ a pertite BeBoady
To withit^de, all tke craft of Sorcoiy
And in likewiaa, a« the maiiar feloweth
In depuied venea, of craft; eloquence
Euerj thing, ¥ato n ihe iheweth
And Bnt of all, with all our diligence
Tbcae renet we wied, into her eiceUeace
But she with craAf, venea eloquent
bill eipMient.
When golden Pbdiua, in the fint houre
Of hit owne daje, b^an for to doniinM
The (orcereHe, the lUw mote itf diJoure
All of golde, that was so pure and fyne
Of die beat, made Ihe heade serpentyne
And euecy boure, at the plaiiette* raygncd
She made tfae serpent, of the nwtalleii seueD
Til) she her purpose, had tiill; attajned
And when flue bodies, aboue on tba hoauca
Went retrogarde, manieylousljr to neuen
With diiMTS quartjlf, and the Dmre condnM
In the dragon's tajle, to let a loueialtiat.
These euned wllehes, Disdajne and SBauDgenea
Made the monster, of a subtile kjnda
To let my purpose, and all my gUdnea
But that danw Pallas, erf' her gentle minda
Of marueylous heites, a remedye did fin^
And anooe a boi^ of imarueyloua oyntmaot
She toka to aie, W witbatauda the aapant
Hius M eamaruejlcd, we did them avibB
And in my hand, I had the ornttnetit
Closed in a bole, of whiche I shoulde tak*
To anoynt my hsraeya, for the wrpent
Whiche shall deuoyde, bis fire 90 feruent
And my swerde alio, 10 cauae to depart
AMrotbe the fende, ao set with magikes aitA
Then wUtheiului^ with hl> besoua niaiy
B<«an to rise, in tba byre morowe gr^
Allabaut, ligbtyng our emiapen
Exilyng miste^ and darke elowdas awn
And when we Bwe, that it Kaa bright Aye
Nete by the lyiu^, at tbe last we sfded
A goodly riiippe, which unto m flut hyed.
And right aume, by tte linage lyda
She cast an anker, and did vs Ihui h^le
With a peate of guniua, at the mmowo tyde
Mo- bonet she vailed, and gan to suike sayle
She was right large, of Ihre loppes without Utile
Her boBtc she made out, and sent lo (be lande
What that we were, 10 knowe and vnderUand*
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That n did mike, bj tha riuer comI
And with tvro l»dyes, we fodaynely mette
So when (hat they, wers come (o tb almoit
From their shippe boate, curioiuly counter&ite
Hayle knyght they aaied. nowe from a lady great
Called dame Pacience, »e are hilfaer lent
To knowe your name, and all the whole entant
What you make here, and the ladyn all
We woulde haue passage, nowe in ipedall
Tary she sayde, it were to you not giwd
There is a serpent, euill, right Aerce, and woods
On the other side, vrhiche will you deuoure
Nay then quod I, my name is Greunde Amoure
I haue discomfited, the gyauntes terrible
For Id bell Pucell. the most fayre ladys
And for her sake, shall be inuindble
Of Ibis great monster, to haue the victory
You haue quod they, demeaned you nobly
And we anone, to our lady Fadcnce
Will geue of you, perfite intelligence
Hius they depatted, and to their boate diey went
And the royall shippe, yclipped PeHitenea
Tbey did aborde, and then incontinent
Unto dame Facience, tliey gan to eiprvsse
My name, mine actes, and all my prowea
Ha ha quod she, howe glad may I nowe be
WUche In this place, may him bothe heare and ae
And in great haste, she made them rowe agayne
Towarde the lande, witli all due reuerence
For to receyue me, and the ladyes certayne
And so we then, with all our diligence
Entred tbc boate, without rcsistence
And did aborde then, perfitenea so sure
Wtdcbe the great wsues, might right well endure
And Pacience, with great solemnitie
Did me re«iue, and the ladyes also
Welcome she sayed, by hye aucthoritye
I am ry^t gladde, that it hath happraied so
That Id bell Pucell, must redrene your wo
And on your selfe, with your worthy dedes
or Fame and ber, hath wonne right hie medes
And then thidr anker, they weyed in haste
And hoyst their sayle, wi»n many a clarion
Began to blowe, the momyng was past
But A&ycus Auster, made surrection
Blowyng his helowes, by great occasion
Su roFthe we sayled, right playne southwest
On the other syde, where the serpent did rest
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And at tba lande, we ariued than
With all the ladyes, in my company
WMdie to pray for me, sodayneiy began
To the god Mars, lodeatarre of chiualrye
I toke my leaiie, of them full gentilly
And right anone, to flnde out my fo
'I )iis inortall dragon, 1 went to and tre.
Tyl] at tha last, beside a craggy rocbri
I sawe the dragon, whicbe did me eapyo
And neie and nere, as I gan to ^ppiocba
I bebelde his beade, with his great body
His necke uluer, and thicke like a bull
His brest stele, and like an olyphant
His forelegges laten, and of feden full
^ght like a gripe was euery tallaunt
And as of sueogth he nothing did want
His locke eibie, like bristle* of a swyne
Of the fyne copper, did moste clearly shine.
His hrnder l^gea, was like to a <atta
All of lynne, and like a scorpioD
He had a tayle, with a beade theiat
All of leade of pliaunt liuhion.
His hart stele, without menisuon
Towaide me he came, roajyng like the thunder
Spittyng out fyre, for to se great wonder.
In bis forheade, with letters all of grewg
Was written, my name is Malyce priuy
That olde debate, can full sone reaue
Betwene true louers, wyth coloure crafty
Agaynst Giaunde Amoure, I shall so fortiiy*
My euill subtill power, and cnraed couraga
To let him tiuely, of his hye passage.
I toke my boie, as Pallas comnnunded
And my sweide and shelde, with all my armunt
In euery place, I rygbt well anoynted
To hardines, I toke my hart in cure
Hakyng me ready, and when I thought me aura
I toke my (werde, and with an haidy harte
Towarde the dnp>o, I began to staita
And as I gan, ray great stroke to charge
He blewe out so muctie fyre innumerable
Ilat on the grounde, I did my migbt discharge
The smoke was darke, full greatly domagcafala
And the bote Gre, was so intollerable
About me fliyng, that vnneth I my^t
Throughe my rysure, cast abroadr my sght.
But the awetr. oynlment, had luche a vcrtun
That the wilde Sre, myght nothing endomag«
Me tfaroughe heale, for it did eitue
The magikes art, with great aduaiuitage
Causyng the i^re, light well to aawage
And with my swerde, as nothing agaat
Upon the serpeol, I did strike £ll tmt.
His body was great as any tunne
The deuill about, did his bodye beare
He was as egre, as grjpe or lyon
So with his tsJUuntes, he did my hameyea teare
That oft they put me, in a raortall feare
Tyll at the last, I did his body peree
With my good swerde, he m^bt it not rcuerae.
Right therwithall, tlie dragon to brast
And out there flewe, rigbt blacke and tediona
A foule Ethiope, whiche sucha imoke did cast
Tliat all the ylande, was full tenebrous
It thundred loude, with clappes tcmpestioua
Then all the ladyes, were full sore adreade
Tlwy thought none other, but that I was dead*
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Th> ■pirito muAid, tba afn w«icd cImts
Tbcn dtd I lake, and bcbolde about
Wbm wH tba lower, of m]> ladj u davs
T]fU M the Into, I had exiled it out
Sd DU » rocke, r7glit hye wiilKiut doobt
And all the ladja, with perceuerauDce
To me did come, with iore
FiBntba quod fbrj, joa mn mucbe foftnnate
So to mbaue, the lerpent TMwmoiu
Wbiche by tonxry, wai sunl; oidinat*
You for to flea, with fire lo Tjdout
Bleaed be Pallas, the goddene gloriow
Whidie that you taught, a perfile Ttmedja
Vat to deuojde, the craft <tf lorcerj.
Tt was no wonder, though that I was glad
After the payne, and tribulation
Ihat in ramj places, 1 right often had
For to attayne, the faye promocian
Of l^ bell Pucclles doimnadon
I subdued, tc
Alkd Chen ryght sone, with great solemaitie
8i> rorthe we rode, to the aolenuie mancion
Of La bell Pucellea, worthy dtgnilie
Whkdie was a lower, of marueylous faahion
B^dete with ioye, without suggestion
Vailed with siluer, and many a story
Upon the wall, enameled roj^y.
So at the last, we came mto the gate
VUcbe all of siluer, was knotted properly*
There was a lady, of r«ht hye estate
Wlacbe n recdued, wdl and nobly
And tlwn Perceueraunce, went full sboitly
To La biell Pucell, sbewyng euery thing
When die it knewe. Am right ii
Ebe oilted to her. Peace and danic i-ixruy
With Justice uid ReaHm, the lady eiccllent
Heaiannce, Grace, w' good dame Memorye
To myte Tpon her, fiilT ententiflye
He to rvcriue, with all solemne ioye
A dirwne her chamber, she went on her way.
And in the meane while, the gentle portereaae
Called CountciMiiince, on my way then me ledde
lata the base courte, of great widenes
Whoe all of goldc, there was a conduits heaile
With many dragons, enameled with redde
Thiche did spoute out, the dulcet lycoure
like ciystall cleare, with siomatike odoure.
AIoA the base lower, fbure ymages itode
Wbiib blewe the clarions, well and wondenly
AkA the towen, the golden fanes good
Did with the wiode, make full swete anrKH^
Them for to here, it was great melody
The golden towen, with cristall clarified
Aboitt tnrt glaninl meat clearely purrifled
Witbouten spMte, of Uadw «
About our fete, it did right cleanly shyna
It semed more like a place celestine,
Hien an earthly mansion, whicba shall aw^
By long lyme and procnwe, an other day.
And tnwarde me, 1 did se
Ia bell Pucell, the most fayre creature
Of any fail* earthly person liuyng.
Of the ihinyng golds, waa all her vesture
X did my duty, and once or twise iwys
Her lippe) Krft, I did fViU swelety kyise^
Aha qund she, that I am very fsync
That you sre come, for I haue thought long
Sythen the time, that we parted in Iwaine
And for my sake, you haue had often wnmg
lurage, so hardy and strmg
Hatl
»be
Of your enemies, so mucha contrarious.
With her lairs hande, white as any lillya
She did me Icade, into a royal! hall
With knoltes kerued, fVill right cnftely
Ihe windowes liiyre, glased with cristall
And all about, Tpon the golden wall
There was enameled, with fygures curious
The siiga of Troyc, to hank and dolorous
The floors waa paued, with precious stoma
And the roufe, of marueylous gsometiy
or the swete Cypres, wrought for the nonca
Encensyng out, the euill odouii mistya
Amiddes the roufc, there shone full vondersly
A poynted dyamonde, of marueylous bygncs
With many oth«, great stones of riches.
So rp we went, to a chamber byre
A place of pleasure, and delectation
Strowed with flowers, flagiaunlc i^ayie
Without any spoHe of perturbadon
I bebelde right well the operation.
Of the marueylous roufe, set full <a rubir*
And tynit with sspbers, and many turiuyi
llie wallcs were hanged, with golden arras
Whiche treated well, of the siege of Thebes
And yel all about vi depured was,
The cristsllyne windowes, of great bryghtnea
I can nothing eilende the goodlines
Of ihis pajaice, for it is impossible
To shewe all that Tnio me was vystble.
But La bell Pucell, full right gentitly
Did ut adowne, by a windowe side
And caused me also, full swetely
By her to sit, at that gentle tid«
Welcome she ssied, ye shall wiih me abide
After your sorowe, to line in ioye and blisaa
You shall haue that, you haue deserued iwys
Her redolent wordes, of swele influcoce
Dcgouled Tapoure, moete aromatike
And made conueiaoa, of my complacaaee
Her depured, and her lusty rethorike
Hy courage reformed, that was so lunatike
My sorowe defeted, and my minda did niod«fy.
And my dolounnis hail, began to pactfye.
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All thug my Inn, we bcgm to deune
For eche of otbw, w«ra iTght ioymi*
HwD at tbe last, in a maruejloua wba
Full sodMiielr, tliare came rnto n
Ijttle Cupida, widk bi* iBOtba Vanua
Whiche waa well cladde, in a &ire mantell blewe
Wilh goldoi hvtsa, that vera pant inewa
And roundc about t^ aba har mmtht mat
Saiyag that ihe, and her aon Cupide
Woulde It coniojiie, in mariag* in bMU
And to let imowe, all ;our eaurtt id wyde
Sends you Perceiwraunce, iiefora to prouiiia
To wame youj ladjes, for to be nady
To morowe b; time, right well and •olemiwl;
We auntwoed, bothe our bartaa wen in one
Saiyng that we, did rygM weU agns
For all our fim, were added and gone
Right gladde 1 waa, that iojiuU akjt to see
Aod abe tok* bar leaue, I kuaad ber louely
I went to bMU>, bat i eooUe not riepe
For I thou^it ao mncbe, vpoii bar inwaidel;
Her moM awcU Lokeo, into aij bart did civpe
Percrng it tfaioii^u^ wilfa a wouDde so dtp*
For Nature thought, euei; boure a daye
TjU to m; Indji 1 aboulde my dette wdl ftyt.
Then Ferceueraunee, in all goodipr haata
Unto the atewarde, called Liberalitie
Gaue warnyng fur to make read; iait
Agajrnit this tyme, of great solenmitio
That on the moiowe, balowed tboutde be
She warned the cooke, called Tempeiaunize
And after tl»t the ewm Obieruaunce.
With PleaaauDce tbe panter, and dame Ctutesy
Tbe gentle butler, wilh tbe ladyes alt
Eche in her office, waa preparal ihortiT
Agajnil (hia feast, 90 mucbe triumphall
And La bell Pu«Il, then In spedail
Wa« vp by time, in the morowe graye
flight *o was I, when I lawe tbe daye.
And right anone, La bell Pucell me tent
Agaynst my weddyng, of the aalen fyne
White u tbe mylke, a goodly garment
Biandred with pewle, that clearely dyd Mm
And so the maiiage fbr to determine,
Venus me brought, to a nrfall chapell
Whiche of Bne golde, was wioagld eueiydelL
And after that, tbe gay and gloriotis
La bel Pucel, to tbe cbapell waa leade
la a white TCMure, tayre and predoui
With a golden ehaplet. on ber yelowe hewla
And Lei Ecclesie, did me to ber wadda
After wbiehe weddyng, there was a great faaat
Nothing we lacked, but bad of tbe beat
Wisdom* otn iudgv, witbont «ari«UKe
That nought I lacked, as ye may be sure
Paiyng tbe swata Abb datta of nature
Thus with mj lai^, that was &yre and olotra
In ioyc I liued, fuU 17^ many a yat*.
O lusty youth, and yoog tender hart
TTie true companion, of my lady bright
God let n neuer, than other astart
^ut all in ioye, to Hue bolfae daye and oy^it
Till that dame Nature, natuiyng liad mada
All thinges to gaowe, thio their fortitude
And nature naturyng, wait retrograde
By strength my youtbe, so for to exclude
As was euer, her olde consuetude
First to augment, and than to abate
Tfais is tbe custome, of her bye estate.
Thus aa T liued, in sucbe pleasure gladde
Into the chamber, came full priuely
A fayre olde man, and in his tiand he bad
A croked stafle, he wente full wekely
Unto me then, he came flill softly
And with hit atafl^ he toke me on tbe breast
Obey be saied, I must you uedes aicat.
My name is Ag^ wbidie haue often aoie
The lusty youthe, petisfae vnhappely
Through tbe deactte, of the lelft I wene
And euenoore, I do tbinka inwar^y
That my dedes of youtbe, were of great fbly
And thou thy self^ right ioyoua may be
To liue BO long, fbr b> be ly^ to nte.
H^ipy is be, tfaat may well ouer paoae
Tlie narrowe brydge, ouer fragilitie
Of his wanton youths, brittle aa tbe glaae
For tbe youtbe la open, to all &ailty«
Ready to &1, into graat izuquitye
FuU well is be, that is brydled last
With &ira dauM Beaaon, till baa yonlba b* poat
I obeyed bli rest, there wai no remedy
My youthe was past, and all my lustioes
And right anone, to vi came Fohcye
With Auaryce, biingyng great riches
My whole pleasure, and delite doubtlea
Was set rpon, treasure insaciate
The Aesbelj plasnn!, I bad cast adde
Little I loued, fbr to pisye, or daunce
But euer I tfaought, howe I mygfat prouide
To spare my treasure, lande arid substauncc
lUs was my minde, and sU my purueyauDCe
As vpon deatbe, I thought little or neuer
But gathered riches, as I sboulde liue euer.
But wkoo I tfaoogbt, longaal to endura
Death with bis dact, anat me todtiatlj
Obey he vujsi, as ye may bo sura
You can rcaist, nothing tbe cootraiy
But that you must, obey me naturally
Wlat you auayleth, sudie tnMun to laki
Sytbtoa by forea^ yc must it now Ibmka.
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This moiUelj tiOHUe, I mut Icaua bafain^
For earth of ewth, will faauc hii dttte now pajed
Wbat is tbii woride, but ■ bl«t of winde.
I mint attda Aje, it is mj natife kiodA
And u I was, at this concliuiaa
To me did coni^ d
With dame Contnctoa, vhiclw gan to bswule
M; uinea gnat, with whole repentaunce
Aad Saticfactioii, without any Aiyle
With dsme CtHucicDce, did weje in balaunce
Howe (bat tbtj niigfal, tiwn without doubtaunn
Hj traasu>« and good, ao nttrai wrongfully
To rrston agaiiia, to the ngbtfbU paitf .
Of bvly dniTcbo, with all bomilide
Hf ri^ta I tofce, and then incontinent
Nature auailed in ao lowe dwree
That death wai come, and alTin} life fpent
Out of JJtj bodyp, my aoole then it went
To Puigatory, for to be purified
That after tfa^ it mi^ be gloriBed.
The goai dame Uercy, with dame Cbaiitia
My body buried, full iW>t humbly
la a Gure temple, of olde antiquitie
TbBe waa for toe, a drrese i
> maue, fiill
.\ndoi
right Kileauwly
ly graue, to be In memory
made, thii little epttaphy.
O cattb on cartb. It li a wonden caie
IIbI thon ait bliade, and will not the knowe
Thou^ Tpoo eaith, thou haat thy dwellyng place
Tet earth at tut, muat nedes the oueithrowe
TboD tldnkest the, to be no earth I trowe
Psr if thou (Uddeal, thou wouldeal then apply
To fonake pleaaun^ and to leame la dye.
O earth of cardi, why ait thou so pttnide
Kove what tbou art, call ta femembnuncc
Opta thine earca, Toto toy long aloude
b Dot tby bettne, atrcngtb, and puinaunce
Tbaagh it be elaiide, with dotbea of pltaHunce
Very earth, and aba wmtnea fcde
niwu caith to carO, rtialt tume tbe bloiuk.
Aad earth with earth, why art tbon to wroAe
~ ' a tbe, that it T^leth right nou^it
' K thinke, ot a perflte Imuthe
Amiddca the ^rtb, thera la a place ywrought
When earth to evtb, ia tamed pi
The fur thy Mane, ti
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lefl pruucily
And earth tor earth, why haat tboa Enoy
And the earth Tpon eardi, to be more proap
Iks thou thy aelfc, fretync the inwardly
it ii a cynne, right foule and tj
And TDto God, al
Tlou thinkeit I trowe^ thera i>
Oid^Foed fiir finE
Towarde beaaen to fclcrwe on tbe way,
Hiou art fuU iloiire, and thinkeat QothiDg
Iliat thy natiae, dothe Aill sane decay
And death right fast, is to tbe conmyng
God giaunt die TD«<ey, but ivt tyme enloBgyng
When thou haat linie, take time and ipace
When time is past, tait ia At tine of grace
And when earth to earth, ia next to reueit
And nature lowe, in the lait ace
Of earth]]' treaiure, earthe do£e set hi* hart
Inaatiatly, rpon couetiie to rage
He thinketh not, tut life ihall aaawage
His good i* hii God, with hii great lichea
He thinketh not, for to leaue it doubtlei.
Tbe pomped c)afke% with fiida dtfeiaae
£aith often badath, with eotntpi glotcB^
And not hyng^ with woekea ratUDua
Tbe nwla dothe Me, iwbt well eMmtifly
But without aaeaeara, fi3l iuatdinalriy
The body UaetU and wiU not lamtoiiar
Howe earth to earth, nuut hii atre
The nle carfcaa*, aet Tpon a l^Ta
Dothe often baODt, the snua of lechafy
Fulfillyng the fowle camall dedre,
Thus earth with earth, ii comipt n
And earth on earth, will nothing puriiye
nil earth to earth, be neaie lubuarted
For earth with eaith, ii so perueited.
O mortall folke^ yon may babolde and a*
Howe I lye hen^ aometiine a mighty knl^w
The ende etiiij*, and all pro^uTUa
la death at lait, throagh hu cmirie and mygltf
After the day, then eotaath die dak* nyglit
For thou^ the day, be neuer m hmK
At lait tbe beliei, ringath to et
Did thinke flill littla, that I dtoalda bare lya
Till ^alb did marka me, full right priualy
Lo what I am, and wherla yon roiM
Like ai I am, m iball you be all duH
Then in your minde, inwardly dcapiw
Tbe brittle woride, » full of doublcne*
With the vyle fleifae, and right lOne aiyaa
Out of your alepe, of nmlaU bcauynas
Subdue the danill, witti grace and mekaiea
lliat after your life, fr^la and tranaitory
You may ttian liu^ ia ioye pcidurably.
mine qiyt^iby Kt
Oucr my graue, in came dama Fame
With brcnnyng tongues without any let
Saiyng that the would aprcade about my in
To line in honoure, without any d>m«
The power, «tMe, uid ro^ftdl dignit je
Of dame Fuiw, in enerj regioD
Ii l(V tu Bpreade, by hj e aucCboritye
lie nobla dedo, of many a chiunpion
As they are worthy, in mine ojunion
For thougbe hit body, be demde and mortmll
Hii ftme ahall endure, aod be memtnuU.
And of bye honour, attayned tbe medes
In the daneanyiig him, bo worthely
Slcyng the great terrible glaunl«s vglj
And alio the fyrye monater vyalent.
Of tbe aeuen metalles, made by enchauntmeut
About the woride, in euery naaon
That euermore, he shall abide alyue
Of hia great acta, to moke relation
In boke* many, 1 thall of him contriue
l^'oiD one to other, I aball his name bo diyue
That euermwe without eidngiushmeut
In bumyng tonguo, he aball be pi
Unto this day, laygneth the hye renowne
Of tha worthy Hector, prince Tyctoiioua
About ia sprrade, in euery region and toime
His noble actes, and courage chyualroua.
In full many bokes, right delicious
Unto the readen, who list to geue audience
To heare report, of byi great excellence
And in likewise, duke Josue (he gent
Whiche was right strong, and fierce in battayle
Whose noble feates, hyghe and eicelient
I haue caused, with diligent trauayle
To abide in bdcet, without any fajle
Who list bis story, for (o aee or here
In the Bible it dotfae well appeaie.
Also the noble and hardy feates of warre
Of Judas Macbaheus, I about haue cast
In euery naeion, for to raygne a&rre
Though that his life, out of this woride be pi
His fame shall prospeie, and shall neuer was
Thus witb my power, ixf euery worthy
I qmade hii dedes, in tongues of memory.
Did not kyng Dauid, a [yona iawes taare
In his tender youlhe, he so hardy was
Tbe iyons cruettye, might nothing faim fear
And after tliat, he slew great Gidua
All in his tyme, he did in bonoure pane
And I dame Fame, without any doubt
Haue spreade bis name, in all the woride al
Alao kiDg Aleiamler, the noble conquemuie
A be oueithrowcn
And of the worthy Cenr Juliua
All about, wyth golden beames hryght
His name shall dure, and be full gloriotis
In all the vorlde, with ardaum tongues lyght
His fame shall laygne, be hath it wonne by right
For to abide, and euer to augment
Withouten let, or yet impediment.
Also yet Arthur, the good kyng of Britayne
With all his knightes, of the rounde table
I imwe dame Fame, shall make to remayne
Tlieir worthy actes, hygli and bonounble
Perpetually, for to be commendable
In royall bokei, and gestes historiall
Their fame is knowen, ryght hye tryumphalL
And then Charles, the great kyng of Fnua
"With all hifl noble dousepers also
As Roulande and Oliuer, of his alyaunce
With all tbe residue, and many other mo
llieir fame encreaseth, runnyng to and bo
The bard; dedes, did them magnifye
Unto me Fame, their names lo noUi^.
And Oodfiey of Boleyn, of hardy courage
That of the paynyms warme the victory
Hia worthy actes did theyr strength aiwage
Whose fame renowned is full openly
About the world reygnyng so royally
In flamyng tbnguea lo be intelligible
Hia most hie actea so much inuindble.
And in lykewyse wythout abaCment
I shall cause for to be memoryal
Tbe famous actes so highe beneuolent
Of Graunde Amoure my knyght in apeciall
Hys name shall dure aud be etemall
For though bis body be wrqit in cUye
Yet his good fame shall remayne alwaye
And ryght anooe she called Ren
Commoundyng her ryght truely for lo wrytB
Both of myne actes uid my gouenuunce
Wbych than ryght lone b^an to endyte
Of my feates of armes, in a short respyte
Whose goodly sEoriea, in longuea seuoaU
About were sent, for to be peipetuall.
And thus I Fame, am euer magniSed
When earth in euth, hath tane his estate
Thus after death, I am all glorified
What is he nowe, that can my power abals
Infinite I ani, nothing can me mate
The spryng of honour, and of &mous clarkcB
My seife I am, to renowne thdr wa^ea.
And aa dame Fame,
wasinlaudrtioli^^l'-'
with marueyloua likmct
THE PASTIME OF PLESURE.
Soi)miic17 came Tjwit, in breiuocion
WboK dmilitude, I aball mnone eipmw
Aged he ni, wyth a botde doubtte*
Of vnlawem fesderi, hiv nyngei werv loog
Hn tK>d]t federed, he was hye and stmag.
In his left hamle, he bad an horolDgy
And in hia lyght hande, a lyre braiDTDg
A imrde about him, gTTte full lurely
Hi> leggea armed, clearclj ahTnynge
And on hia noddle, darkelf flamjng
Vb> Kt Satume, pale ai aay leade
And JopiUT, anuddea hii forehesde.
Iq the moutbe Man, and in his right winge
Wh pendent Pbebus, with hii golden bearaei
And in his breait, there k*« ivpleodiihyng
Hi* thioyng Venus, with depored streames
That all about, did cast her fjrye leamei
Ib his left wynge Mercury, and aboue hit waste
Was honed Djane, her oppowCion past.
M; name quod he, is in diuisiDn
As time was, time is, and the time fulurv
1 mamaile mucbe, of the preaumptlDn
Of thee dame Fame, so puttyng in ire
Tlij great praise, saiyng it shall endure
For to be infinite, euermure in pnaie
Scfiig that 1 tball all Ihj honoure cease.
SbO not I Hm^ dcstroj botbe mb and lande
The Sonne, and mone, and the starres all
Bj lujuaann. thou shalt fodanlande
At iaM ffaaJl lese, their course in graerall
Ob time past, it Tayleth not to call
Ndwc bj ttna bortdoge it dothe well q>p«au«
Tbat 1117 Iwt name, dothe euermore draw neare.
b BI7 li^t hande, the gnat fire so femoit
Shall bume the time, and also minyihe
Hie Mall "-"g"**! for it is aoddent
L'lriD me Tfane, all thinges to perysbe
Win mj lasts ende, I shall accompfishe
A^ ttana in laine, thou hast thy laboun i^ent
When by me Hme, tbou dialt be so brent.
b Co^es aigbt, ai dtie prabadon
Of Us godhade, whiehe is inl^^ible
To whom nothing, am be impoasible
For in my lelfe, a bye and sufficient
Bfftre all thinges be was refulgent.
CiMo wbom onely, is sppaiuince
Of ny lait ende, as mine origynall
Wm in bb s^rt, without doubtaunee
For enely of bym, it is espedall
71k bye power, and godhead infinall
TW ftitnn tcnoe, to knowe dyrectly
l^to wfaom, it appeareth openly.
I ma the lodcMarre, to dame Etemide
Vhni man of earth, hath his creation
Afka (be minute, ot bis natiuitie
He taketh tlm his
Upon me Tyme, al
In the same houne, t
Originally, I take m
Coulde the nine wonhyes so yyelorlous.
Do all their actea, without time ot space
T^rme ii a thing, bothe gaye and glorious
When it pasieth, with vertue and grace
Han in this worlde hath a dwelljFOg plaeo-
Eyther hell or heauen, without leasyng
Alway be getteth, in his time spendyng.
Withouten tyme is lu earthly thing
Mature, fortune, or yet dame SaquHice
Hardines, cleargy, or yet leamyng
Past, future, or yet in presence
Wherfore I am, of more hye prcemioencs
Aa cause of fame, honoura and cleaigy
Tbey can nothing, without him magnify.
Doni
IUmi
Lure In augment
Do not I Time, cause nature to decay
Do not I Time, cause man to be present
Do not I Time, lake his lyfe away
Do not I Time, cause deMh take his says
Do not I Tyme, passe his youth and age
Do not 1 Time euery thing asswage.
In time, Troy the dtye was edified
By tyme alio, was the destroction
Nothing without tyme, can be fortified
No earthly ioye, nor tribulatian .
Without tyme, is for to suffer pasdon
The tyme of earth, was our destruction
And the tyme of earth, was our redemption
Adam of earth, Sonne of Tirginitie
And Eue by God, of Adam create^
These two, the worlde dampned in ccitainetie
By disobedience, so foule and tycyate
And all other, tlien from them generate
Tyll peace, and mercy, made ryght to cncline
Out of the Lyim, to enter the Vyrgyn.
like as the woride, was destroyed totally
By the Tyigyiu sonne, so it semed well
A tytgyns sotme, to redeme it pytsouily
Whose bye Godbeade, in the chosen vessell
Forty w^cs, naturally did dwell
Nature wekcs, naturally did God of kinda
In the virgyn, he did sucfae nature fiode.
lliua without nature, nature wondenly
In a lirgyn pure, openly hath wrought
To the God of nature, nothing truely
Impossible i^ for he made of nought
Nature first, whicbe naturyng hath taught
Naturately, right naturate to make
Why may not he tben,_lhe pure nature take.
By his Godbeade, of the virgyn Mary
His elect mother, and arcke of testament
Of holy churche, the blessed luminary
After the birthe, of her sonne excellent
Virgyn she was, jet alwaj permanent
Disnullyng the sectes, of tslw ydolatry
And castyng downe, the fatall heresy.
Thus when I Tyme, in euery nacion
Raygned in rest, and also in peace
And Octauian, in his domination
Through the worlde, and the peopled preacs
Letters had sent, his honoure to encreasa
or all the number, for to be certain*
t For to obej him, ts tt
In whose tin* God Inkc Ml oMinhU
For to redeme n, wWi hn prcdom tdoude
Ftom the ihuih bonds, of great miquide
Ui> hart ma p«(M, (rnifrng on the rode
Some to haue mj«, some pa^ne etemu
Then I un put, I Duy IM wnfs be
And after me, it d«ne £taniitie.
And thiu M Tfn» mide hb condnioni
Etonitic in e ftjre white leMure
To the temple enae, witfi iriiole (SMiioa
And (m bO' holt, a djademe right poie
With Ihre crownM, afpraeiaiu tnaaan
EtBtillie ifae nied, I im nowe doubtln
Of heauoi quene, and of hell cmprceK*
Elnt Ood nude houHB, hi* profMn' hebitade,
llough that his powat, be in euery plane
In eteme heauen, ia hii tabrtnacle
Time rennadi alway, hii ande to embraoe
Nowe I mj wife, thall haue no endyng
And mj maker had no begjnuytig.
In heaaen and bell, I an eonliiitialtir
Without«i ende, to be in eitinguisuble
A> euermore, to rajrne fiiH rojallj
Of euer; dang, I am imnncibte
Man of mjr power, ihaM be intelligible
When the aoule, ihall riae againrt the body
To haue iudganuot, to liue etenially.
In beouen or hell, ai be dothe de«nia
Wbo that loueth Ood aboue euery thing
All his coroaundemenles be will then olxerue
And ipende Us tjme, in Tertuous liuyng
Idlenei wil euermore be eschuj^ge
Etemall io^e, he dull then attayne
Aftv hii labouTB, and bii bua; pajne
What ia it like, btrt a blaat t>f winde
For you tboxif, can haue no certaintie
It is nowe so ftdl, of mutdiiiitie
Set Dot your mynde, »pon worldly weaMi
But euermore, rc^arde your loules heahli.
When earth in earth, hatfa tme Us «an«pt taete
Then to repent, it ii ftir you to lata
When you haue time, <|wnde it notUag in waste
Tyme past with vettue, miiit enter the gate
or ioye and blyiae, witt mine bye eatate
Without tyme, for to be eueriiityi^
Whiche Cod giaunt n, at our laat eadyi^
Nowe blened lady of the health etamall
Tbe quene of eoaifart, and of lieauenly glory
Praye to thy twete Banna, wbicba it iidnal
To geue me grace, to winne the Tictory
Of tbe deuill, the wozMe, and c£ my body
And that I may, my lelib well fplj
Unto all Fottaa, I do me excnae
If that I ofibide, tbr ladce of idence
This little bake, yet' do ye Ml trAoc
Tliougb it be deuoyde, of fitmous eloquence
Adde ar iautif, by your kye wpieaee
And pardon ne, «Fmy kyc aoMffriaa
Whiche of bti, *ii ftbia did fijM and datiiw.
Go little boke, I piay Ood the mm
From nnaae metiyng, by wrong iwppewian
And who that eucr, liat the for to haue
That be perceyue, well thyne intendon
For to be pounded, wytfaout poeiumptioa
Ai for to eachue, the q^nne of ydleuea
To make sucb bokei, 1 apply my huainna
Besedyng God, tor to gere me grace
Bokei to compyle, of morall vertue
Of my master Lidgata, to fidowc the (race
His noble bme, for to laude and renue
Whiche in bis lyfe, the slouthe did eadme
Makyng great bokei, to be in memoiy
On wboae loule, I army God haue mercy.
t, Google
HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY.
Hnar HowAmn, wm of Thorm Eul of Surrey,
and aftcrww^ diird Duke of Korfolk, u suppoaed
lo ban bcm bom either at FrvmlinghBTD In 9u9blk,
IK at Kemdngbiill, bia gnndbther's principal place
ttnaadgBCK, in NotfoUi. It had become the fiuhion
in Ugfa life M giTe both vnes a learned education :
that baluou waa encouraged by Henry VIII., ai it
had hem bj his fiither ; and name at the flnt and
fidmt fniita of it were seen in this moM illunrioui
tl tb* Howard There ia sn unsupported tn-
ddoB, bnt probable id itarit; that he irai placed at
Wobcr'a new College, in Orford; and the fact that
ht mt cboaoi High Steward of the other Unitenitj'
alwiis strong preaumption that be bdouged to
Candaidge. Bifoie he was liiteen, however, hia
«dii>laatic education was finiahed, and he waa con-
Bacted to the l^dj Franoes Vara, duigMer of John
Enlaf Oxfbrd. That aame year he wai uiiu of the
Bufalca who BccODipsnied Henij VIII. to his inter-
tiew with the French King at Boulogne ; and at the
imaialiiiil of Anne Boleyn be carried the fourth
Enad, with (be scabbard, upright, before the King,
■ TepreMntadTe of his fiither-in-Iaw, the Lord High
□■mbKUin. He lired in tlie closest intimacv
wiOi HenrT's natural son, the Duke of Richmond,
w]>o was at iliat time betrothed to his only aiater, the
Iddy Uarj Howard, and some at bis happiest di^
■m pMt with Qds friend at Windsw.
Hm wsa an age in which a dear price was paid
<■- pt«-eauiMnce in rank. Anne Boleyn wm his
kovwomaA Aod bis friend ; yet Sunvy was compelled
to ipfcar at her iniquitou* trial, as representing
^ btha in the diancter of Earl Manbal ; the
Doke in hii own person prending as Lord High
Steward. He waa one of the chief mourners at the
fitaeral of Queen Jane, and one of the defendants
in the jooata upon the marriage of Queen Anne of
Clerea. Soon aflerwards he was made Knight of the
Garter. This was the season of his highest favour.
It waa followed by (Usgrace and imprisonment far
hanng diallenged John i Leigh, of Stockwall, upon
a priiKtc quarrel- On his release he accompanied
las btlier lo the war in Scotland, and waa present
wl«n Kilaal waa burnt. He bad then to answer
btfiire (be Privy Council upon two charges : the one
ni for emttog meat in Lent; the other {or breaking
windows in the atreeta of London with a cross-bow
IB the dewl o^ ni|^t. For the first he pleaded a
Hrrwir, but confessed that ha bad nude use of it too
publicly; for the second he made the strange excuse,
Aat being shocked at tbe licentjousuess of the
'M.^nf, be thought that by tbus alarming them he
nught put them in mind of the auddenoesa of God's
jkdgnwnt^ and so awaken them to repentance.
Wyitt was ime of his companions in this freak of
Inaticiam, and they were both committed to tbe
Fleet for iu
Surrey is next found dietinguiahing himielf at the
oqe of I^ndrecy. At that sic^ Bonner, who was
' ' ' s, invited Hadrian
JvinstoEngkiid. WhenAH dlMk^aUMil hImIm'
arrived, Bonner woted csAar Ae wirani, er, mare
probably, the hesM, to aaaist him ; but Bm^ tMfc
gave him « pwiiion of fifty mgds. iUnoIlhesaoie
time be received Chrehysi'd isla his boose ; wIm
was tfaanafaapcAdbaT,Bidwboinhif<dd age bora
gratefVil teatlanany to baa bnwAietor'i irenfa. fntfea
campaign of 1 544 be was Maidial oTthe Anny, and
widi his fiitlMr csBducled the sieee (tf Maaaciiil :
there he was dangainiialy woiuided in mt attsaipl »
take the place bjr ftann j bat lauwed in time M
cover the retreat, a&d so to ptove that the fUlm* at
tbe Megehas Mot bea owiiig «d asy mot nf aklH
or eoueagoon hi* pant.
He h«l D^ ibe miiiiiiiil at Ginnea, and Abd
at Boulagin, from whence be was Kxn ranovad
Ihnnigfa the Jeakmay, a* he believed, «f Hvtford
(afterwards the PrMeelor Seymour), to wliom be was
indebted tbr aiaiiy HI ofBces; aiidfbrtb
which be eipieastd with characteriMi
waa impriaiiiisd in Windaor Caslla^
more in favoor j
tbe Tower, and
brought (0 trial upim a prepoeMraua charge of
high treasda, in wUch his ^Hier was invcdved.
Heitfnrd, lAo has crimes enough upon his head, is
supposed ts have soartit his deMmction in order la
?afa»mi£tls awauj ; and anwy'aonly
widow of Ui danatlMBd— of that
livea of her &Bhv and bv bsoUur < Tbe Duke waa
saved by HMiy's timely death; but Surrey, in tbe
fiowcr of his age, was beheadad a Aw days baftm
ofHamrVlII.
said, that OD tbe birth of Us al^M sd% As
child's nativity VM cart,aDd Ibe adieoie riiawijniiil s
prognoaticatioa of his owB untim^ deatb.
Few poets, iriat have mniltai so Unla, bs*« pro-
duced so great an eAct apon the Utnatve of tbafa-
country. In dra be reeimMes Ua wintew^pargj
Garcihuo, wiHi ndHMS be has odier pcjats ef taaenk
blance : but Garalaso wrote in a language wUcfa
was more formed ; and Ibougfa ha aActed the Aatdon
of his oouMry'* poetry as nudi, was Ittr fVom im-
proving it in is equal dagrea. Surrey «n the drat
Engliah p«at who wrote metrically ; and the fliat
who ued blank nne, — flat vene whidi, tir it*
peculiar and OMiiant ada|i«aliou to the Englidi
language^ ooRbt to be called tbe Englisfa meaaure.
He irrota alto <be BtM Eo^ish loniwtB ; and be need
the temal rhyme of Dania, — a metre, hy it* solemn
continui^, BO euiled lo grave aubjects, that some poet
will surely one day make for himself ■ lading
reputation by worthily employing it
: RESTLESS STATE OF A. LOUER,
Thi ninne hath twin brought forth hii t
Twige cUd the earth in liueEy lustineue ;
Onea hare the windea the Ifeei (tiipojled dene.
And onea again begins their cruelnesne,
Kns I hauB hid under my breiC the hanne.
That neuer ahal recouer heaitbfulnesae.
The winteia hurt recoueis with the wanne :
Tbe parched greoe restored in «ith shade :
What wnnnth, alaal may serue for to diMUine
Tbe Anen hart, that mine in flame batb made?
What cold Bgaine ia able to restore
Hy freah grene feres, that wither thus aod &de ?
AUs ! I se nothing hath hurt so sore.
But Time, in time, reduceth a returne :
Jn time my haime iocreaseth more and more,
And semes to haue my core ilwayes in scome :
Stnuge lundes of death, in life that I do triej
At hand to melt, farre off in flame to bume.
And lyke as time list to my cure apply.
So ikith eche place my comfort cleane refuse.
Al thyng alive, that seeth the heauens with eye,
V/ith clolie of night may cauer, and excuse
It telfe from traTaile of the dsyes uoreat,
Saue I, alas ! against al others use.
That then stirre up the torments of my breat.
And curse eche sierre as causer of my fate.
And when the sunne hath eke the Amikt opprcst.
And brought the day, it doth nothiiig abate
The tranules of mine endlesse amart and paine j
For then as one that balh tile l^ht in hate,
I with for night, more couertly to pUine ;
And me withdraw from OTerj haunted place.
Lest by my chere my diance appete to plaine :
And in my mynde I measure pace by pace.
To seke the place whne I my self had lost,
Iliat day that 1 was (angled in the lace.
In ieming skck, that knitteth erer mosL
But never yet tfie trauaile of my thought,
Of belter state could catch a nine to host :
For if I fbimde, some time that I have sought.
Those sterres by whom I trusted of llie port,
Hy lailes do fall and I advance right nought ;
As ankerd fast my spiriles doe all resort
To stand agated, and sink in more and more
Tbe deadly harme which she doth take in sport
Lo, if I aeke, bow do I finds my sort ?
And yf I flee, I cary with me sdll
The Teuomd shaft, which doth hit force restore
By haste of Bigbtt And I may plaine my fill
Unto my self, imlesse this carefi^l song
Print in your hart some parcel of my tene
For I, alas ! in silence all to long.
Of mine old hurt yet felt the wound but giene,
Eue on my life, or els your cruel wrong
Shall wtH tgpeie, and by my deth be soie.
DESCEIPTION OF SPRING,
Tm soote letaor, that bud and blome forth biii^g^
With grene hath clad the bill, and eke the vale :
The nightingale with (ethers new she sings :
The turtle to her mate hath told her talc:
Somer is come, for euery spray now springs :
The but bath hong hii old hed on the pale ;
'Die buck in brsike his winter coate he flings:
Tlje flsbes flete with new repaired sole -,
The adder all her slough away she ilinga ;
The swift Bwalow purtueth the fiies smale ;
The busy bee her bony now she mings,
Winter is wome, that was the flowers bale.
And tbUB I Be among these pleasant things
' Eche care decayes ^ and yet my sorow firings.
COMPLAINT OF A LOUER,
Whiv somer toke in hand the winter lo assail, '
With force of might, and vertue great, his storm;
blasts to quail ;
And when he clothed faire the earth about with grene.
And every tree new garmented, (hat pleasure wa*
Mine hart gan newreuiue,Bnd changed blood did -stur
Me to withdniwe my wynter woes, that kept
Abrode. quod my desire, assay to set thy folc
Where thou shalt finde tbe savour awete, for
iprong is eueiy rote.
And to thy health, if thou were uck in any case,
he spring tbe aire to
felei
Tliere shalt thou heare and se al kyndes of binles
'ght.
their voice wjth waihle smal, aa naturo
hem tought
Thus pricked me my lust the sluggish houw to leaue:
And for my health I thought it best such counsel
I on a morow furth, vnwist of any wight,
I went to proue how well it icoulite my beauy
burthen light
And in their si
me-thought they thanked n
Tliat by her license al that yere to loue their
happe was such.
Right as they could deuise to chose them ferea
throughout^
With much reloynng to their Ijird thus flew
tbejr al about.
MISCELLANEOUS.
121
Winch when I gan reaoluc, uid in mj tKwA mn-
ccBue [birda rece*ue ;
Wbat pleuuit \yte, what h«]i« of joy these little
And law in what estate I wery nun was wrou^E,
B; muit of that they had at will, and I rcitct it
nought ;
Lixd, bow I gtn in wratli Tnwinely me demesne !
I ctined Loue and him ilelied : I thou^t to
llien
Tltat J,
« hert did ac
} of whieh kiuiu
I, nie-ttought, wi
Biit here 1 ma; percaTe mine eirour si and some,
Far tbat I thought that u it waa ; jret was it bI
And bI that waa no mon but mineeiprened mind
ThM bine would haue some good reliefe of Ci
pide wd asrinde.
I tunwd home forthwith and might perceiue it we
Hiat he agreued was right sore with me for xr
X, h
i« haue, euer noce, encreascd more and
let me be vnto je loners aU ; [more.
It with Loue, for if je do, it will ye thus
FioM Ttu&ane came my ladies wo:tli7 ntce :
Wibk CWmbera difs, did gyve her liuely heate :
FoMied «he was with milke of Irish breit {
Ho- aiiv, an Erie ; her dame of prineei blood :
Fram icD^n' yerea, in Britain she doth rest
With kioges childe, where the taiteth eoatly food:
Bright ia her bewc, and Genldine slie hif_
Uimptoa me tnujtht to wiihe ber Brst for mine :
A^ Windsor, alas, doth chase me from her sight.
Her beaa^ of kind, her Teituea from aboue ;
Uappj is he, that can oblaine ber lone !
Tberaf die gift is small and shon the season ;
FlDwimg to Aaj, to motowe apt to faiie i
Piddl treasure, abhorred of leasm:
DatRigrrous to ded with. Tains, of none auule ;
Coadyic ' ' '
lewell of jeopardte Hat peril dutli assaile ;
False and Tntnie, enticed oft lo (reiaoa i
Enmy to youth, tliat must inay 1 bewsile :
All, bitter swetc, infecting as tlie poyson.
Tbou forest )H fhite that with die fVost is taken.
To day redy ripe, to morowe all to shaken.
A COMPLAINT BY NIGHT OF THE
LOUER NOT BELOUED.
Al*s,
Heare
llie beasies, the ayer, the birdes iheir songe
The nigbtes chare the staiTes aboute doth bring :
So am not I, whom loue alas doth wring,
Bringing before my &ce the great encrease
Of my desires, wherat I wepe and sing.
In joy and wo, as in a doubtful case :
For my swete thoughtes, sometime do pleasure bii
But by and by the cause of my disease
GeTCB me a pang, tiiat inwardly doth sting,
When that I thinke what grief it is againe.
To liue and lack the thing should rid my paine.
ing;
Whim Windsor walla susteiniid my weaiied aime
My hand my chin, to ease my tcstlene hed :
The pleasant plot reueated green with wanne,
The blossomed bowes with lusty Vcr yapred,
Tlie flowred meades, the wedded birdes so late
Mine eyes discouer : and Co my minde resorte
The joly woe^, the hoti^less abort debate.
The rakebell life that longta to loucs diapcRte ;
Wherewith, alas, the beauy ciiarge of care
Heap! in my breast bnyjuea forth, againit my will,
in smcAy sigbes, that ouercaat the ayer,
My vapord eyes luch drery teate* distill,
"" ■ ' spriiw which quicken where they fall.
And I balfe b(
r downc withaJL
A VOW TO LOUE
In presence prest of people madde or wise ;
Set me in hye, or yet in low degree ;
In longest night, or in the sbortest dsye :
Id clearest shue, or where cloudes thickest be ;
In lusty youth, or when my beerea are graye :
Set me in heaueo, in earth, or els in beU,
In byll or dale, or in the foming Qood,
'ITuall, or at large, aliue whereso I dwell,
Sicke or in health, in euill fame or good :
Hen will I be, and onely with this Ihougllt
Content my self, although my chaunce be uougl
COMPLAINT
I KKVEA sawe my I^ady laye Bpart*
Her coniel blackc, in colde nor yet in heate,
Silh fyral she Itnew my griefe was growen M gnte ;
Wliiciie other fansies driueth ft
loughl reierue,
Jund my woefui bJ
That to m)
'Itie whidi unvares •
But on her face mini
Yet Bins she knew 1 did
Her golden tresua cladd
Her smyling lokes that I
A nd that restninn whiclie i uesire to sure :
So dothe ibys comet goueme me alacke :
In iioaier, sunne : in winters breathe, a froMe :
Wherby the light of her faire lokea I low.
BEQUEST TO HIS LOUE
Tua golden gift that nature did the giie,
To fasten freiidet and f«de them at thy will ;
With fouime and Emiout, tau^t me to beleue.
How thou arte made to sbowe her greatert ikili
Whose hidden Tertues are not so Tnknowen,
But lively dames migbtp gather at the first
Where beauty so her perfecte seede hath sowen.
Of other graces fulow nedes there must.
Now certesae ladie, sio* all thys i> true,
That from aboue thy giftes are thus elect !
Do not deface them than with fanaies newe.
Nor change of mindea let not the minde infect :
But mercy hym thy frende, that doth thee serT^
Who sekea always thine honour to preaerue.
PHISONEU IN WINDSOR,
So cruel prison, how could betide, alas 1
At prouiia Windsor : where I in lust and ioye,
Wythe a kynges eonne >, my childishe yeres did puie,
Id greater fiiasl, than Priam's Soonea of Troye :
When echo sweta place rehmwB a taste full sower ;
The large grcne courtes where we were wont to hore,
With eyes cast vp into the mayden tower,
A nd «uie sighes, such aa folk drawe in Loue j
Hie stately Kates, the ladies bright of bewe ;
The daunce* shorte, long tales irf' great delight
With wordes and lokes, that tygers could but rewe.
Where ech of va did pleade the others right.
The twime piay, where, despoyled for the game,
Widi daicd yies oft we by gteames of loue,
Haue mist the ball, and gote sighte of our dame,
To bayte her eyes, whicb kept the lead* aboue.*
The grauell grounde, wythe sleues tide on the helme
On fomyng horse, with swordea and friendly baites;
With cbcor a> though one should another whelnie.
Where we haue fought, and cliased oft wiifa dartes ;
With siluer droppes the meade yet spred for ruthe.
In actiue games of nimblene* and Hrength, [youth.
Where we did atraine, tiayned with swannea of
Our tender limmes, that yet shot Tp in length :
The secrete grone* which (rft wa made rwounila.
Of picasaunt playnt, and of our ladies pniae,
IteiXHiiing oft what grace ech one had bunde,
Wbacjiope ofapede, what drede of long delayeai
The wiide forest, the clothed holies with greiM,
*"'' h rayns auailed and swift yhreathed hone ;
li crie of bounde* and mery blaate* belwau^
Where we did chase the fearful harte of force.
Tile wide vales eke, that harborde vi eche nighte,
irwith, alas, reuiueth in mybrtst
Hie iwete accorde, such slepes as yet delight,
secrete tbougbtes imparled with such trust,
wanton talke, the diuers change of play.
The frendship swome, eclie promise kept so iust ;
Wberwith we p«t the winter night away.
And with this thought, the bloud forsakes the face.
The teares berayne my cbekea of deadly hewe.
The wliyche aa sone as sobbing sighea, elaa,
Upsupped have, thus I my plaint renewe :
O place of blisse ! renuer of my woea,
Giue me accompt, where is ray noble fere ;
Whom in thy nlles thou dost ech night aiiGlase ;
To other leefe, but unto me most dere ;
Eccho alas, that doth my sorow rewe,
Rettims therto a holiowe sounde of playnte.
ThuB I alone, were all my fied<Hne gnwOf
In prison pine with bondage and restrainte.
And with remembrance of the greater gteel^
To banish (he leoe, I find my cbeefe reledi), -
A PRAISE OF HIS LOUE,
Givx place, ye louers, here before,
llial spent your bostet and braggea in i
My ladies beawty pMacth more.
The bffat of yours, I dare well sayoi.
Then doth the aunne the candle light ;
" 'irigiiteat day the darkeat night.
And therto hath a troth ea juM,
As had Penelope the laire.
For what she sayth, yc may it tiuat.
As by it writing sealed were :
Than I
rith pen have
nww duke of RlcbmDnd. W.
bdlss were rannd on a* laaiU « I
The whole effect of Natures plaint.
When she had lost the perfite mould.
The like to whome she could not paint :
With wringyng hands, how die did aj.
And what she said, I know it, I.
I knowe she swore with raging "^■**'^*
Her kingdome onely act apart ;
There was no loisc, by lawe of kinde,
Tliat could haue gone so nere her hart ;
And this was chefely ail her paine.
She could not make the like againe.
Sith Natuie thtu gaue her the praiafj
To be tbe chefeat worke die wraught f
In fiutb me thinka some bettar mjtm.
On youi- bdialfe nugbt wdl be aoi^ht.
Hen to compare te jou baua done)
- - - I audi* indm tfaa aiBM.
■ To
THOMAS SACKVILLK,
LORD BUCKHURST AND EARL OF DORSET.
Tbcmu SACETtLLi WW boRi Bt Budihunt, in the
jaiiA at WjtbiaDi, in Suuei. Richud Sackville,
^q. ITU hia father, aAer whose death, hit mother
muiiRl John Powlet, Uarquia of Winchester. He
nndied fint at Hut HaJl, Oxford ; and after resid-
ing there HMne time, remored to Cainbridge fur \
■Int wliile onlj, and there hod a Master's degree
on him, having distinguished himself
9 by hii compositioiiii in English
ia both UnJTc
Temple, and w
He
t the
, Sackville wu employed in the
lODM important negocLitionB, and held die highest
oBca- It ma his paiuful charge to act as one of
tla cnmuisaoiierB for the trial of Mary, Qjieea of
Scots, and to ccnnmunicate her sentence to her, and
be piLjtut M its eiecutioD. He sat also as Lord
Hi^ Steward, in judgement upon Eisei ; and
able life. He was knighted in Eliubetb's prcwncc
hy the Duke of Nocfulk, and at the same time raised
to the peerage by the title of Baron Buckhurst^ the
Order of the Garter was given him, and he wu
chosen Chancellor of the University cif Oxford.
After Burleigh's death he succeeded him as Lord
Treasurer: James, who created him Earl of Dorset,
continued him in that high station, which he held
till, in the eighty-first year of his age, he died, at the
council table, of serous apopleiy, leaving an un-
blemished memory in murderous times.
Pew as his poems ore, they are singularly im-
portant. With Norton he was joint author of our
first regular tragedy ; and the induction to the single
legend, which he contributed to the Mirror for
Magistrates, was imitated by Spenser, not in parti-
cular paasagei alone, and in the character of its
allegory, but in its cast of language, and in the flow
of its terse.
tHI UTDDCtlOH TO
A HIBBOUB FOB UAGISTBATES.
Tn wiadifuU wi
Vuh blustring bloste* had al ybaied the treen.
And aide Sattiroua with his frosty &ce
Wkfc fhming cdde had pearst the tender green ;
Ik —*"'*'■ rent, wherein enwrapped been
IV gladsom grores that nowe laye overthrowen.
Tit (^c(a tome, and every blotne down blowen.
B*d dad the earth) now B4»vaa blactea downe bltmc
Aad small fowlea ilockillgi in their soQg did rewe
TW nnteis wiadi, wbei with ache thing daAMa
la n&l wiaa bai^lad Iba fonmer past.
Hawthotne had lost his motley lyverje,
The naked twigges were shivering aU for colde ;
And dropping downe the teares abundantly i
Ecbe tbing (me thou^t) with weping eye me tolde
The cTuell season, bidding me witholde
My selfe within, fbr I was gotten out
Into tbe feldea whereas I walkte ahout.
When loe tbe night with mistie mantels spred,
CsQ dorke the daye, and dim tbe axure skyea.
And Venus in her message Hermei sped
To bluddy Mars, to wyl him not to ryse,
While she her aalfe approcht in qieedy wise ;
And Virgo hiding ber diadainful hrest
With Thelia now had layd her downe to rest.
Whiles Scorpio dreading Sagittarios dart.
Whose bowe pi«M bent in dght, the string had slypl,
Down* dyd into the ocoui flud aparte,
Tbe Beare Ibat in (be IrTsbe seas had dipt
His niedj fMUk wjjih spaede from tlwnoe be wtajpt i
K B
Wis prest to enter in hia renting place.
Ciytllius that id the carte tynte went
I lad even now attaynde hia Journeys stent
And [out declining hid away his head.
While Titan couched bim in bis purple bed.
And pale Cinthea with her borowed light
Beginning to supply her brotbera place.
Was pan the noonsteede eyre degreen in sight.
When sparkling ataires amyd the heavens &ce
Wiib twinkling light sheen on the earth apace.
That whyle they brought about the tiightes chare
Tlie darke had dimmed the day ear I was ware.
And Boroving I to see the sommer flowcn
Tlie livly greene, the lusty leas forlorne,
The sturdy trees so shattered with the abowers,
Tlie fields so fade that floorisht so beforne
II (aught me wel all earthly thinges be borne
To dye the deadi, tor nought long time may last j
Tie sonimers beauty yeeldes to winteiB blasL
Then looking upward to tbe beBTer» leames
With mgbtes stBrTeB thick powdred erery where.
Which erst so glistened with the golden stttsmes
Tliat cheareTull Pbebus spread downe fromhisspheie
Beholding darite opprcsang day so neare :
Tliat musing oo this worldly wealth in thought.
Which comes and goes more faster than we we
The flyckering flame that with the fyer is wrought.
My busie minde presented unto me
Such foil of pieies as in this reahne had be :
That ofte I witht some would their woes deactyv^
To warns the rest whom fimune left alive.
And stnyt forth stalking i
For that I sawe the night drewe on so fo^
In blacke all clad there fell before m; Gkc
A piteous wigfat, whom woe bad al forwaite,
Fujth from her iyen tha cristall teares oudins^
And syghing sore her handes she wrong and felde,
Tate al ber bam, that mtti was to beholde.
Her body saiall forwitliered and fereipent,
As is tbe stalk that sommers drought q>pre«t ;
M*r wealkcd face with wofiil teaies berprent.
Her colour p^e, and (as it secmd her best)
In woe and playnt repoaed was her rest.
And as the stone that droppce of water wearc* ;
So doited *her her cberke* with ftll of tearet.
Her iyes swollen with flowing Micanies aAote,
Wherewith her lookes throweii up full piteouslie,
Her forceles handes together ofte she smote,
Whh doteAil shrikes, that echoed in tbe skye:
Whose playnt such nghes dyd strayt accompany.
That in my doome was nerer man did sec
A wight but halfe so vroe begon aa sb&
. ItK
That while my hearc* upstarted with tbe sight.
The teires out itreamde for soruwe of her smart :
But when I sawe no ende that could iqiarte
The deadly dewie, irbich she so sore dyd make.
With dolefull Toice then thus to her I spake.
Unwrap thy woes what ever wigbt thou be.
And stint betimc to spill thy selfe wyth playnt;
Tell what thou art, and whence, (or well I see
Thou canst not dure with sorowc thus attaynt.
And with that worde of sorrowe all fDrfaynt
She looked up, and prostrate aa sbe lays
With piteous sound k>e thus she gan (o saye.
Alas I I wretche whom tbiii tboa seest dislreyned
With wasting woes that never shall aslake,
Sorrowe I am, in endeles toimentes payned.
Among tbe furies in the iofemall lake :
Where Pluto god of bel so griesly blacke
Doth hold his throne, and Lrlheui deadly tasts
Doth rieve remembrsunce of eche thyng forepast.
Whence come I am, the drery destinie
And luckelea lot for to bemone of those.
Whom fortune in this maie of rnisetie
Of wretched chaunce mod wofull myrroun cboM
Tlat when thou sees! bow lightly they did loae
Tbeyr pope, theyr power, and that they tboogbt
! deeme DO earthly joy may duiv.
most tt
Thou nwyest^so
Whose rufull voyce no sooner had out brayed
Those woful wDordes, wherewith she sanowed so.
But out alas ! she ehryght and never slayed,
FeU downe, and all to dasht her selfe for woe.
The cold pale dread my lymea gan overgo
And I so sorrowed at her sorowei eft, [reft.
That what with griefe and feare my wittei were
I strecht my selfe, and strayt my heaR reriTca,
That dread and dolour erst did so appale ;
Lyke him that with the fervent fever stiyTCs,
When Ncknes sedes Us castell health to skale :
With gathered spirim so »ont I fearc to anile ;
Aitd rearing ber with auguiabe all fbrdone.
My ^urita tetum'd, and then I thui b^onne.
0 Sorrowe, alas! nth soirowe is tby name.
And that to thee this drere doth wel potaync^
In vayiw it were to seeke to ceas the same
But as a man bym atlte with sorrowe slayn^
So I, alas ! do comlbit tbee in payne,
Hiat beie in sorrowe art fbrKmke so depe
That It thy sight I can but sigb and wcpe.
1 had no sooner spoken of a alike.
But that the storm so rumbled in her breast.
As Eolus could never roare the like,
And shower* downe rayned from her iyen so fiut.
That all bedreynt the place, till at the last
Well eased they tbe dolour of her minde.
As rage of rayne doth swage the stonny wyiid&
For tiirth she placed in har feaifliU tale :
Cum, cum, quod rtie, and tee what I dull diewe.
Cum beare die playning, and tbe bytter bale
Of worthy mea, by fortune overtbrowe.
Cum thou and sae tbem tewing all in rowa.
They irere but diades that <nt Ed miade Ouni K
INDUCTION TO A MIRROUR FOR MAGISTRATES.
WbM could tbne vordcs bat make IDC morcigut:
To hewe her tell whenoa I miude while on :
So WB I maied tbErewrth, tyll at. the hut,
HuBiDg upon her wurdei, and nhat the; were.
All MxlayiilT well leKcmed wh my fcare :
For to mf minde returned hone die telde
Bodi whM ibe wm, kod where her wun she helde.
Whenbr I knnra that she ■ goddene wu,
And dmcwithall mocted to mj' miode
H; thougiM that late pmented me the glu
Of brittle state, of CUV* ttait here we Gndo,
Of tboinaod woa to dllj men uiTiide :
And howe she nowe byd me come and bdiolde.
To see Tritb ije dnt ertt in thought I mlde.
ThM dowoe I fell, and with al reretenca
Adored her, pCTCcyTii^ nowe that ibe
A goddcwe aent t^ godly proridcuce
la Mithly ih^ie thua showed hcnelf to me.
To wwfie and rue this worldea uncntajntie :
And while I honoured thus her godhedi might,
Vitb pla jDiag Tojce these wurdai to me she sliryght :
I Aall thee gajde int to the griesly lake,
Aad thBKie unto the blisful place of test,
Wbeie thoa ahalt see and hcajre the ptaynt they make,
Tbst whiknn hen bare swinge anumg the bat.
His shall thoa see, but great is the unrest
Thai thou must byde before thou canst attayne
Ug«o the dreadiidl place wboe these reinajne.
And with these wurdcs as I upraysed atood,
And gan to fblowe ber that Mraygbt furth pacedi
Ban I «M ware, into a desert wood
We nowe were cum : where hand in band imbraced.
She led Ae way, and through the tUcke so traced
A* but I had becne guided by her might,
It w«s BO way for any mortall wigbt.
But loe, while thus aroid the desert darke.
We paoacd on witli gteppea and pace utunette :
A nimbling roar coufusde with howle and bark
Of doga, choke all the ground under our fecte,
Aad stroke the dia within our earn to decpe
A> haUe distraught unto the ground I fell,
Boougbt retoume, and not lo risite bell.
Bat she forthwith uplifting me apace
BemoTBd my dread, and with a itedfast minde
Bad me come on, tbr here was now the place.
The {dace where we our travayle ende should Gnde.
Wherewith I arose, and to the place assynde,
Aftoynde 1 stalke, when strayt we approched nen
The dredfull place, that you wil dread to hei«,
An bydeouB hole al vs^te, witbouten shape,
Ofendlesa depth, orewhelmde with ragg*d stone,
Wyth ougly mouth, and grisly jawea doth g^ie.
And to our sight coofbunda it selfe in one.
Hse entred we, and yeding forth, anone
An hocrible lotfaly lake we might disceme
A deadly gnlfe where nought but ruUrishe grows,
Widi fowle blacke sweltfa in thickned lumpes lyes,
Wladi up in the ayer such stinking Tspois throwea
ThM orer there, may flye no fbwle but dyes,
Choalit with the peMilent saToun tbU aryse,
And 6rst within the portche and jawes of hell
Sate dicpe Remone of Conscience, al besprvnt
With teares : and to her selfe aft would olie telt.
Her wretchednes, and cursing never ilent
To sob and sigh : but ever thus lament.
With thoughtful care, as she that oli in vaylie
Would wean and waste continually in payne.
Her iyes unsted&st rolling here and thsri!,
Whurld on eche place, as place thai vengeauna
tnougfat.
So was her minde continually in feare,
Toiaed and tormented with the tedious thought
Of those detested crimes which she hod wruuglit :
With dreadful cheare and lookes thrown to the skye,
Wytbyng for death, and yet she could not dye.
Next BBwe we Dread al tremblyng how lie sliooke.
With foot unceitayne proferd here and there :
Benumde of speadie, and with a gastLy looke
Searcht evry place al pale and dead for feare,
His cap bome up with starting of hit beare,
Stoynde and anuiade at liis owne shade for deed,
And fearing greater daungers than was nede,
And next within the entry of this lake
Sate fell Revenge gnashing her teeth for yre,
Devising means howe she may vengeaunce take,
Never to rvM tyll the have lier desire :
But fVets within so far forth with the fyer
Wben fell Revenge with bloudy foule pretence
Had showed hen^fe as next in order set,
With trembling Ibnmes we softly parted thence,'
Tyll in our iyes another sight ire met :
When fro my hart a dgh forthwith 1 fet,
Rewing alas upon the wofull plight
Of Miseiie, that neat appeared in s^ht.
His litce was leane, and sumdeale pyned away.
And eke his handes consumed to the bone.
But what his body was I can not say,
For OD his carkas rayment had he none.
Save cloute* and patches pieced one by me.
With static in hande, and skrjp on shouldem cast.
Ilia chitfe defence agaynst the winters blast.
His foode for moat, wss wylde fruytes of the tree,
Unles Bumtime* sum crummee fell to bii share .
Which in his wallet long, God wole, kept he,
As on the which full dayntlye would he fare.
His drinke the running streame : his cup the bar«
Of his palme dosed : his bed the hard colde grounde.
To this poore life was Misene ybound,
Whose wretched state when we had well behelde
With tender ruth on him and on hii feres,
In thoughtful cares furth then our pace we helde ;
And by and by, an other shape apperes.
Of greedy Care, stil brushing up the breres,
His knuckles knob'd, his Seshe depe dented in.
With tawed bandes, and bard ytanned skyn.
IS*
SACKVILLE.
Wh«n h*f ii up and to hia worke ynmiie ;
But let the nighten blacke inisl;« nunleli liie.
And with fowle daHcc never ao much dJBguyifl
The f«yre bright day, yet ce»»s«h he no wl^le,
But hiith bis candela to prolong hu toyle.
By him lay hnvy Slepe Hit cotia of death
Fiat on the ground, and still as any stone,
A VG17 corps, save yelding forth a breath.
Small kepe look be vhom Fortune fVowned on.
Or whom she lifted up into the trone
Of high renowne, but as a living dealli,
80 d«d alyie, of lyef he drewe the bruth.
The bodies rest, the quyete of the hart,
The travaylet ease, the still nightei aeer was he.
Arkd of our life in earth the better purte,
llcuen of sight, and yet in whom we see
Thingei of Iliat dde, and ofte that never bee.
Witliout respect ealceming equally
Kyng Cresui pompe, and Irus poverde.
And nett in order sad Old Age <ve found
His beard all hoare, liis i}-e« hollow and biynde,
Witli drouping chere still poring on the ground.
To rest, when that the sistera hod untnynde
His vitatl threde, and ended with theyr knyfe
The fleeting course of fast declining life.
Tricre heard we him with broken and hollow playn,
Itewe with him aelfe his ende approaching fast,
And all for nought Us wretched mindu tamient
With BKete remembraunce of hi> pleahuree past.
And freshc delites of lusty youth forwasle.
Itecounling which, how would he Mb and ihiike,
And to be yong againe of Jore bescke.
But and the cruell tWtea so fixed be
That time iorpast can not retoume agayoe,
Tliis one request of Jore yet prayed he :
lliat in Mich withered plight, and wi«tched paioe.
As cide (accompanied with his lothsome trayne)
Had brought on him, all were it woe and griefe,
He might a while yet linger forth his lief;
And not so loone descend into the pit,
Wliere death, when he tlie mortail corps hath slayne.
With relchles hande in grave doth cover it.
Thereafter never to enjoye ^^yne
Tlie gladsome light, but in the ground ylayne
In depth of darkne* waOe and wore to nought,
A he had never into the world been brought.
But who luul seene him sobbing, howa he stoode
Unto himselfe, and howe he would bemone
Hit youth forepast, as though it w rought bym good
To taike of youth, al wer his youth foregone,
He H ould have mused, and mervayled muchc whereon
rrookebackt be was, tooth sbakni, and hlere iyed.
Went on three ftetc, and sometime crept on fower,
With olde lame boiws, that ratled by his syde,
Ilfs skalpe all pilde, and ha with elde forlore 1
His willieicd fist stil knocking at deathes dore.
Tumbling and driveling m be drawes his breth ;
- •^- Sricfe, lite shape and meaaeitger of death.
And fiut by him pale Mala£e wai plaste.
Sore sicke in bed, ber colour all forgone^
Bereft of stomake, savor, and of taste,
Ne could she brooke no meat but bmdies alone.
Her breath corrupt ber keepers every one
Abhorring her, her sicknes past recure,
Deteating pbi^ckc^ and all phisickes cure.
But oh the doIeAil dght that then we aee ;
We tumde our hwke!, and on the other side
A gritsly shape of Famine mou^t we see.
With giwdy lookes, and gaping mouth diat dyed,
A nd roard for meat as she ^ould there hare dyad.
Her ixidy thin and bare as any bone,
Wharto was left nought but the case alone ;
And that alai was knawen on every where
All full of holes, that 1 ne mought refrayne
From teatet to see how she ber amies could lean.
And with her teeth gnash oa the bones id vaync :
When all for nought she layne would so suMayne
Iter starven corps, that rather seemde a shade,
'llien any substaunce of a creatuie made-
Great was ber force whom stonewall could not Maj,
Her teaiyng nayles scratching at all she sawe:
With gaping jawes that by no means ymay
Be satis^-ed from hunger of her mawe.
But eates ber selfs as she that hath no lawe :
Gnawing alas her carkaa all in vayne,
Uliere you may count ecfae sinow, bone, and vayne.
On her while we thus Anuly fixl our iyes,
Tiial bled for ruth of such a drery sight,
Ixie sodaynelye she shryght in H> huge wyse.
As made bell galea to shyver with the myght.
Wherewith a dait we sawe howe it did ly^t
Ryght on btx breast, and therewithal pale death
Enthryiling it to rav* ber of ber breath.
And by and by a dum dead corps we sawe.
Heavy and colde, the shape of death aryght.
That dauntea all earthly creature* to bis lawe ;
Agaynst whose force in ysyne it is to fyght
tie piereii, ne princes, nor no mortail wyght.
No townes, ne realmes, cities, ne strongest tower.
Hut al perforce must yeeld unto his power.
His dart anon out of the corps be toiAe,
And in his bond (a dreadful ncbt to see)
With great tiiumpbe eftsoues ibe same be ifaocke.
That most of all my fearea aflnyed me ;
His bodie dight with nought but bonei perdy^
The naked Jiape of man there sawe I playne.
All save the fleahe, the synowe, and the vayne.
Lastly stoode Warrc in glllteryng srmes yclad.
With visage grym, steme lookes, snd blsckely bcwnl i
In his right hand a nsked sworde he had.
That to the hilles was al with bloud embrewed ;
And in his left (that kitiges and kingdomes rewcd)
Famine and fyer he held, and therewythall
He razed townes, and threw-e downe towers and alL
Cities he sakt, and reahnes that whilom flowovd.
In honour, glory, and rule above the best.
He overwhelmde, and all theyr &me derowtcd.
Consumed, destroyed, wasted, and never ceast,
Tyll he theyr wedth, their name, and all oppreat.
His face forefaewed with woundes, and by his aide
There bunge his terge with gashes dep* and wjdc
uwe I howe the; hiled
From PiilW bauBe, with ipercled treaiie undone,
" rislei fast bouDd, and with Greek<itoiitcnipaJcd:
INDUCTION TO A MIRROUR FOR MAGISTRATES.
In mid* ofwbicb, dtp«7inad then wa touada
Datdl J DebntB, ■! Ail of atukj ban,
That with a btoudj fillet w» Tbound,
Out brmthiag nougbt but discard tnrj where.
And miind about were portnjid here and there
llw bugie hootea, Darin and bii power.
Hie kjngea, prynce*, hi* pierea, ind all his flower ;
WImud ^reat Hacedo Tanqiuaht tbov in fight.
With diepe daogbter, diapoyling all hit pryde,
Peant Ihnncblua realmes, and daunted all liii might-
Duke HaniubaU beheld I then beaide,
In Cannaa field, victor howe ba did ride,
And woAil Rtonajnei that in Tajoe withitoodek
And Coocul Paultn corered all in bloode.
Tet ■■*• I more, tha fi^t a1
Ami Treberj fjeld, and Ae when Hannibal
And woRh; Scipio last in armea were wene
Bdbre C^artfaago gate, to trje far all
The wneldca anipyie, to whofD it ahoold befaL
There nwe I Pompeye, and Cetar clad in armei
nieyr hnatea alyed, and al tbajr a-rU hanuaa.
With o
■ hand* fortiathde in their a
And Ceaar waepmg oTer Pompeyei head.
Ttt Mwa I SdUa and Darini where diaj itoode,
Tbeyr gnat crueltie, and the diape bludihed
Offrandet: Cjma I sawe and hii boat dead.
And howe the tpiaene with great daapyta hath flonge
Hii head in Uoud of them ihe OTEimme.
Hk bo^e and all jet lawe I slayna perdye.
TlwtMa I tnre all raida howe it d;d lye
In heaps of Wenaai and Tyrua put tt> ipoyle.
With walles and towen flat erened with the soyle.
But TVoy, alai ! (me tbougbt) abore them all.
Ai^ thai the more nth Destinie was id ateme
As time perforce, there might no force srayle.
But she must fkll : and bf her fall we learni;,
Thai cjiiea, towrei, wealth, world, andal shall quayle,
Va manhoode, might, nor nothing muught prevayle,
Ai wcr there prest, fu] many a prynce and picre.
And many a hnigfat that aold his death full deere.
Tfoa imitby HectOT wurthyett of them all.
Her hope, her ji>ye ; his force is now for nought.
O Troy, Troy, there is no booCe but bale ;
Tha bugie horse within thy walles is brought :
Thy turrets fall, thy knigbtes that whilom fought
In armes amyd Ihe fyeld, are slsyne in bed ;
Thy gods defylde, and all (hy honour dead.
Tha lamen npspring, and cntcHy tbcy crepe
Fram walle to nnfe, til all to cindres waste :
Sane lycr the bouae* where the wretches slepe.
* or nrord or l^er diey tntt.
And Priam ^u in vayne howe he did runne
To BjTDes, when PyrrbuB with despite hsth dooa
To cruel death, and bathed him in the baytie
Of hit SOBDC* blud before the altare sUyiie.
But howe can I descryrc the doleful sight.
That in the sbylde so livlike layer did shyne !
Sith in this world I think was never wyghl
Could have set furth the halfe, nor halfe so fyna.
Hereftora when scarce I could mine iyea withdmwe
That fylde with teares as doth the ^r^'ngyng well.
We paued on so far furth tyl we sawe
Rude AdMroo, a lothsome lake to tell,
That boyles and bubi up swclth at blocke as bell.
Where grialy Charon at tbeyr fixed tide
Still ferries gboites unto the Aider side.
The aged god no looner Sorowe spyed.
But hasting stnyt unto the banke apace
With hollow call unto the rout be cryed.
To swan e apart, and gave tbe goddesse place.
Strayt it was done, when to the ihoar we pace,
Where hand in band at we than linked fastt^
Within the boats we are ti^ether plasty
And forth we latinch fVill frangbled to the btinke.
Whan with the unwanted weght the rustye keele
Began to cracke at if the same should sinke.
We hoyse up maM and aayle, that in a whyle
We fet tbe shore, where scarcely we had while
For to arryve, but that we heard anone
A thie sound barke confounded al in one.
We had not long furth past, but that we sawe,
Blocke Ceiberus the hydeoua hound of hril.
With bristles reard, and with a thre mouthed jawe,
Foredinniog the ayr with bis horrible yel.
Out of the diepe (Urk cave where be did dwell,
The goddesse strayt be knewe, and by and by
He peaate and coticbed, while that «e passed by.
Thence cum we to the borrour and the hel,
The large great kyngdomea, and the dreadful raygne
Of Pluto in his Irone where be dyd dwell.
The wyde waste places, and the hugye playne :
Tbe waylinges, thrykes, and sundry sortes of payn^
The sygbes, Ihe sobbea, Ihe diep and deadly groane,
Earth, ayer, and all resounding playnt and nioane.
Here pewled the babes, and here the maydes unwed
Wilh folded bandes theyr sory chaunce bewayled ;
Here wept the gylttes slayne, and love" dead,
That slews them selves when nothing else avayled i
A tbouBand sortes of aorTDwes here that waylod
Witb si^ket and teares, sobs, shjykes, and all yfeia.
That (<^ alas !) it was a hel to beare.
We stayed'us strayt, and wyth a rufull feare,
Beheld tbia heavy tigbt, wlule from mine eys
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136
SACKVILLE.
Tbc vapored tearc^downatilleil here aud dwre,
And Sorowe eVe in far more wrofui wysc,
Looke on widi pUynt, up beaving u> the skjet
Her wretched hnn(lr>B, that nith her crje the rout
Gan dl in heapes to swannc us round about.
IjOe here (saiil Sorrowe) prynees of rs nowne,
Tliat whilom sat on tup of Fortune'* wiieele
Now Uyed ful luwe, like wretches whurted downe.
Even with one frowoe, lliat stayed but with s imyle,
And now behulde the thing that thou erewhile,
Saw only in thought, and wbst thou now shalt bene
Kecompt the same to Kesnr, King, and Pier.
Then first came Henry Duke of Buckingham,
Hi« cloke of LLacl:e al pilde and quite fom'ome.
Wringing his liandea, and Fortune ofte dath hlame.
Which of ■ duke huti made him now her skome,
With ghastly iookes as one in manner lome,
Ofl spml his artnea, stretcht hnndes he joyiies as fast.
With ruful chere, and vapored eyes upcast.
His cloke be rent, Ms manl; breast he beat.
His hearc al tome about the place it layOj
My bart to molle to see his griefe so great.
As felingly me thought il drapt awaye ;
His iyes they whurled about withouten stayej
With stormy syghes the place dyd so comptayne,
Ai if his hart at eche had burst in twayne.
Thryse he began to (ell his doleful tale,
Atid thryse the sighes did swollowe up his voyce^
At eche of which he shryked so wytbal
As though the heavens vied with the noyse ;
Tyll at the last recovering his voycc,
Supping the teares that all his brcst beraynde.
On cruel Fortune weeping thus be playnde.
THE COMPLAYNT
HENRYE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
Who trustes to much in honour's highest trone
And vrarely walcbc not sly dame Fortune's snare ;
Or who in caurtc will besre the swaye alone,
And wysely weygh not how to wyeld the care,
Beholde be me, and by my dealb beware :
Whom flattering Fortune falsely so begylde.
That loe she slewe, where erst ful smooth she smylde
And Sackevylle ath fn purpose nowe thou hast
The woful fal of prynces to discry ve,
Whom Fortune both uplyft, and gayn dowite cast.
To shewe thereby the unBurety in this life,
Mark wel roy fal, which 1 shall shcwe belyve.
And paynt it furth that all estates msy knone ;
Have they the warning, and be mine the woe.
For noble bloud made me both prince and pier.
Yea pierles too, bad reason purchast place,
And God with giftes endowed me largely here.
But what avayles bis giAea, where feylea his grace ;
My motheis !<yer sprang of a kyngly race
And cslde waa Edmund Duke of Somerset,
Whose fkjthful hart to Henry fyrt so wrought.
That never he hym in weale or woe fcTaooke,
Tyl lastly be at Tewibury fyeid was cought
Wherewilli an axe bis violent death he take:
He never could Kyng Edwardes party brooks
Tyll by his death tie vouchte that quarell good.
In whidi his syer and graundsycr spylt tbeyr bloud.
And stich was erst my fatbers cruell chaunce.
Of StaRbrd Earle, by name that Hum&ey hyght,
Who ever prest dyd Henries parte avaunce.
And never ceast tyl at Saynt Albones fight
He lost his lyfe, as than did many a knyght :
Where eke my graundsyer Duke of Buckingham
Was wounded sore, and hanlly skapte untane.
But what may baote to stay the usiers thtee ?
When Atnqios perforce will cut the thcede :
The doleful day was come when you might see
Northampton fyeld with armed men oreqired.
Where fate would algatet have my graundsyer dead i
So rushing furth amyds the fyerceat fight.
He lived and dyed there in liis tnssten lyghL
In place of whom, as it befel my lot,
Like on a stage, so stept I in strayt waye.
Enjoying there but wofuUy, God wot.
As he that had a slender part to playe :
To tcache therby, in earth no state may stay.
But as our partes abridge, or length our age.
So passe we all, while others fyll the stage.
For of my sclfe, the drery fate to playne,
I was fcometimc a prince withouten pier,
When Edward Fift began his ruful nygne.
Ay me, then I began that hatefuU yeare,
I'o cumpas tliat which I have bought so deare :
I bare tlie swynge, I and that wretched wyght.
The Duke of Glocester that Hychard byght.
For when the tales had reft that royal prince
Edward the Fourth, chiefe myrrour of that name.
The Duke and I last joyned ever unce.
In faythfull love, our secrete driftes to frame :
What he thought best to me so seemde the same.
My selfe not bent so much for to aspyer.
As to fulfyl that greedy Dukes desyre ;
Whose restless minde sore thyrsting after rule.
When that he sawe his nephewes both to ben
Through tender yeares as yet unfit to rule.
And rather ruled by tbeyr mothers kyn,
Tliere sought he first his mischyefe to begyn.
To plucke from them theyr mothers frendes assynde.
For wel he wist they would withstand his mynde.
To folowe which, he ran so headlong EWyA^
With eyger thyrst of liia desired draught.
To seeke theyr deathes that sought to dashe his dryft.
Of whom the chiefe the queenes allyes he thought.
That bent thereto with mountes of mischiefe fraught,
He knewe thejT lyves would be so tore Ms let.
That in theyr deathes his only beipe be set.
And I most cursed caytief tliat I was.
Seeing the state unstedfast howe it sl«od.
His chief complyce to bryng the same to pane.
Unhappy wretche, consented to tbeyr blood :
Ye kinges and pieis that swim in worldly good.
In seeking blud the ende advert you playne,
And see if bloud ey sake not bludagayne.
THE COMPLAYNT OF HENRYG DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
CouydCT CynH in jour cniell thouglit,
A miiLeles prynce in rychea and in myght.
And weygli in minde the bloudy dedes he wtougbt,
In Pleading which he set bii whole dely^it ;
But see tbe guenlon lotted to tliis wyffht.
He wfaoae fau^ power no nuin might orerthroir^
Tanyrjs queen with great despite hath slowe.
His bead dJEmembred frtm hii maogted cofpa,
Her selfe the out into ■ vemel fraught
Whh clottcnd bloud of tltem th&t felt her force.
And with tlie«e wordes a just reward she taught :
Drynke nowe thy fyll of thy denyred draught.
hoe marice tlie fine liiat did this prynce behll :
Marke not tliia one, but marke the endc of alL
Behold CandHies and his fatal daye.
Where mtirders miKhieTe myirour like is left :
While he hii bR>tlier Mergus cast to slaye,
A dreadful thing, his wittes were him bereft.
A swcvd be aught, wherewith he perced eft
His body gored, which be of liefe benoomB :
So juit is (iod in all his dreadfull doomea.
O Muddy BniHis, rightly didirt thou rew.
And thou Cassius justly auDv tliy fall.
That with tbe iwurd wherewith thou Cesar alewe
Hurdml thy selfe, and ivft thy life withalL
A mycTOur let hini be unto you all
Tbat morderers be, of murder to your meede i
Fa- murdrer crieth out Tcngeance on your aeede.
Loe Bessua, he that aimde with murderers knyfe.
And tiBytiiius bul agayiiat his royall king.
With hlndily bander b«eft bin maysteiB life,
Advert the fine his fowle offence dyd bryng:
And lathing munler as most lothly thing,
BdioMe in him tbe just deseryed fall.
That erer bath, and shaU betide them all.
Whit booted him hia false iuurped raygne,
WbBCto by murder be did so oscende ?
When like a wretchc, led in an yion chayne
He was presented by his ctiiefesi frende
L'nto tbe foes of him wlioin be had slayne :
That e>en tbey should venge so fowle a gylt.
That rather sought to baie hJs bloud yspylt.
Take bcde ye princes and ye prelate* all
Of tlda outrage, which though it ideepe a while,
AbI not diH&tde, as it doth seeld lielall,
Tet God that suffVeth silence tu beguyle
S«h gyltem, wherewith both earth and ayre ye file.
At last discryes them to your fowle deface,
Tou see the examples set before your (ace.
And deepely grave within your stony hartes,
Tlie drety dewle that mygbty Macedo,
With teaies unfolded wrapt in deadly smatles,
Wlwn be tbe ^ath of Clitus sorowed so.
Whom eist be murdred wyth the deadly blowe,
Ran^a in bis rage upon hi* &ende so deat«.
For wbkh beholde loe how his panges appere.
The laanced ipeai he writhes out of the wound,
From which the purple blud s^ns on his face i
His beynoua gylt when he returned found,
lie tfarowes him selfe upon the corpes alao-
Aod in bis amies howe ofte doth he imhrace
His munlred frende ? and kyssyng him in vayne,
Fntfa flowe tbe fiuds of lalte repentant rayne.
His ftcnde* amazde at such a murder doen.
In fearful flockes begyn to shiynke away.
And he thereat with beapes of grief fbrt^ioen,
Hatetb him selfe, wishing his latter daye.
Nowe he him selfe perceyved in lyke staye.
As is the wilde beast in tbe desert bred.
Both dreading others, and him selfe adred.
He calles for death, and loalbing lenger lyfe,
Bent to hii buic, refuseth kyndely foode :
And ploungde in depth of death and dolours stryfe,
Ilsd quclde him selfe, had notlus frendes wyth Moode.
Loe he that thus had shed the gylteles blud.
Though he were kyng and Cesar over all.
Yet diose he death to guerdon death withall.
This prynce whose pyer was never under eonne.
Whose glystentng fame the earth did ovcrglyde,
Whych with his power welnye the world had wonne.
His bluddy bandes him selfe could not abyde.
But fully bent with &mine to have dyed ;
The wurthy prynce deemed in his regarde
That death for death could be but just rewaide.
Yet we that were so drowned in the depth
Of diep desyre to drinke the gylteles blud,
Lyke to the wulfe, with greedy lotdies that lepth
Into the snare, to feede on de^y foode,
So we delyghted in tbe slate we floode,
Blinded so farre in all our blynded Irayne,
That blind, we sawe not our destruction playne.
We spared none whose life could ought forlet
Our wycked purpose to his pas to cum.
Foner wurthy knyghtes we headed at Fomfre^
Gyltles (God wot) withouten lawe or doome.
My heart even bleedes to tell you al and some.
And boHc Lord Hastinges when he feared least,
Diapitaously was murdred and opprest.
These rockea upeugh^ that (hreatned most our wreck.
We aeemde to sayle much surer in the streame i
And fortune fayring as she were at becke,
Layed in our lap tbe rule of all the realme.
The nephewes strayt deposde were by the game i
And we advaunst to that we bought full desre.
He crowned king, and I his chy^est pyer.
Thus having wonne our long desirid pray,
To make him king that he might make me ctuefe.
Downthrow we strayt his sellie nephews twaye
From princes pompe, to woful prisoners lyfe :
in hope that nuwe stynt was all furder stryfe.
Sith he was king, and 1 chief stroke did beare.
Who joyed but we, yet who more cause to feare ?
The gyltles bloud which we unjustly shed.
The royal babes devestest from theyr trone,
And we like tjaytours raygning in theyr sted.
These heavy burdens prewed us upon,
Tormenting us so by our selies alone.
Much like the felon that pursued by night.
Starts al ecbe bushe as his foe were in sight.
Nowe doubling state, nowe dreading losse of lif^
In fear of wrecke at every blast of wynde,
Now startin dreames through dread of murdrers knyfe.
As though even then revengement were aaaynde.
With restles thought so is the guylty minde
Turmoyled, and never feeleth eaw or stay.
But lives ill feare of that which followes aye.
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SACEVILLE.
Well gm llul jmlgB Us dooioe upon tbe d«*di
Of "ntiu Cleliun that in b«d wu slayne :
Whan every wight the cruell murder Icyetfa
To his two tonnei that in hia chamber lojoi.
The judge, (hat bj the proofb perceyveth playni^
That they were found fail sleeping in th^ bed.
Hath delude tttein gyltlea of thia bind yahed.
He thought it could not be, that they «hicb bcike
The lawei of God and man in luch outr^e.
Could w f<Hthwith themwliH to slepe betake :
He rather ttaought the horror and the nge
Of luch an hsynons gytt, could never awage.
Nor BfTCT suAer them tfl alepe or rest.
Or drewUe* brcMh one breath out of Iheyr brest.
So onawea the griefe of conieynce evermore,
And in the hart it is so diepe ygrare,
TlMt they may ncylher siepe nor rest therefore,
Nc thynke one thought but on the dread they haTc.
Styi to the death tonomeA with the wave
Of reatles woe, in terror and dispeyre,
Tley lead a lyef continually in feai«.
IJke to the dsre that itryken with the dart,
Withdrawes him selfe into lome secrete place.
And feeling green the wound about bis hait.
Startles with panges tyl be fall oD the gnuae.
And in great feare lye» gaaping there a space,
Furth braying sighes as though eche pangehad brought
The preaeut deMh which be doetfa drod so att.
So we diepe wounded with the bluddy thought.
And gnawing wurme that grieved our conscience so.
Never took esse, but as our hart furth brought
The strayned syghe* in irytnes of our woe.
Such nalra cam our fiuilt did well beknowe :
Wbenwith of onr deserved (all the fearea
In every place rang death within our eana.
And as yll grayne i> never well ykept.
So lurd it by us within a while :
That which w long wyth such unrest we reapt.
In dread and daunger by all wyt and wyle,
Loe see the fine, when once it felt the whele
Of slipper fortune, nay it mought no stowue.
The wheele whurlee Up, but strayt it whurleth doime.
For having rule and ricbes in onr hand.
Who dunt gaynsay the thing that wa avtfde ?
Wyl was wyiedome, our lust for lawe dyd Mand,
In sorte so straunge, that who was not ifiiard
When he the sound bnt of Kyng Rychard beard?
So hatefull watt the bearying of hia name,
That you may deeme the reaidewe by the aame.
But what awaylde the terror and the few.
Wberewyth he kept his lieges under awe ?
It rather wan him hatted every where,
And fayned facea forst by feare of lawc -.
That but while fortune dolh with fhvour blaw
Flatter through fear : for in their hart turkea aye
A secrete hate that hopeth for a daye.
Recordeth Dionidus thekynge.
That with his rigor so his realme opprest.
As that he thought by cruell feare to bryng
Mi) subiecti under, aa him lyked best ;
But loe the dread wberewyth him self^ wai stmt.
And you ahall see the fine of forced ftere,
~ "^--t i>t]rinitirlik« in this proud pryaeeqipeare.
All wov his bead with crowne of goUe yaprad,
: And in his hand the royal scepter set.
And be with pryncely purple rycbely clad.
Yet was his hart wyth wretched cares oreAvt :
And inwardly with deadly fear beset.
Of those whom he by rygour kept in awe,
And sore opprest with might of tyranli lawe,
Agaynst whose ftare, no bet^ea of golde and glia,
Ne strength of garde, nor all his hired power,
Ne prowde hyghe towera that preaced to the skye,
Hii cruel hart of sa/ede could assure:
But dreading them whom he should deeme most sure,
Hym selfe his beard wyih bunungbrand would cear.
Of death deservd* ao vexed bim the ieare.
This might suffice to ropresent the fine
Of tyrautes fbrce, theyr feam, and tbeyr uurcat.
But hear this one, although my hart repyne
To let the sound once synk wythin my breat ;
Of tell Phereua, that above the rest.
Such lothsum crueltee an his pet^le wrought.
As (ohalaa!) I tramble wyth the thought.
Sum be encased in tbe coates of beans.
Among wylde beaateg devoured so to Im :
And aum for preye unto the hunten ^warca,
Lyke savage beasles iritbouten ruth to dye.
Sumtime to encreate his horrible crueltye.
The quicke with &ce to te» engraved bee,
Eche otbera death, that eche mought living aee.
Loe what mors email borror mought be found.
To purchaae feare, if feare could slaye his raygoe?
It booted not, it rather sirake the wounda
Of feare in him, to tiart tbe lyke agayne.
And so he dyd full otie and not in vayne ;
As in his life his cares could wytaesa well
But mosle of all his wretched end* doth icIL
His owne dere wyite whom as Iria lift be lorad.
He durst not tnut, am proche unto ber bed,
But caiuing fyrst hia slave with naked aword*
To go before, him self^ with tremblyng dnnd
Strayt folowMh ftst, and whorling in Us bead
His rolling iyen, he searcbeth bm and lhei«
He diepe daunger that be ao aove did feare.
For not in vayne it ranst yll in his breat,
Sum wretched hap should hale him to hii ende.
And therefore alwaye by bis pillowe presl
Had he a sworde, aind with (hat awonle be wende.
In vayne (God wote) all peryls to defende :
For loe bis wific tbreyrked of his rayne,
Sln-ping in bed this cruel! irretcbe hath alayne.
What should I more now aeeke to say in tt>B?
Or one jot brder linger fuith my talc?
With cruel Nero, or with Phalaris,
Caligula, Domician, and all
ThecrueU route ? or of theyr wretched fall ?
I can no more, but in my name advert
Al earthly powers beware of tyrants hart.
And as our slate endured bat a throwe )
So best in us the staye of such a state
May best appearc to hang an overtfarowa,
And better teaehe tyrantes deserved hat*
Than any tyrantea death to fore or Ute.
So crudl aeonde this Richard Tfajrd to tne.
That loe my sdfe now loathde 1^ crwdtee.
THE COMPLAYNT OF HENRTE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
F<r (rim, aIm 1 I uw the tynnt kjng
CoDtatt not oslj froin his nepbewes twrnyne
To lyte world« blysse, but also •! worldn beyng,
Suince esnblj gylt ycausing both be ^yne,
My hart agreyved tbat sucb > iTetcfa ihoijde njgne,
Wboae bluddf bmt lo ulv^ed out of kynde,
Tlirt Phalaiu had nerer so bluddy a minde.
Ne could I liFookc him one* wytfain mj bmt.
But wytb the thought my teeth would gnuhi; withal :
for tbougti I eant wer biB by iworrK bebeM ;
Yet wlwn I Hwe nuKhiefe od mischiefe fall,
So diepe in blud, to murder pryncs and all.
Ay then thought 1, alas, and wealaway,
Aod to 1117 wile thut mourniiig would 1 tay.
If neyther tore, tyured, ne knot of blood.
His own aleseaunce to hii prynce of due,
Nm- yet the Mate of tnwt wberein be itatide.
The worldfs delame, nor noi^t could Uaa him true,
TbCBegyltelei babes, coidd they not make bint n»i
Sot could tbeyr youtfa, nor innoceiicc withal
Hore Um from renng them tbeyr lyfe and all ?
irel hn lye,
Ittinle Dim do more tnan mat that styireth not :
But ai the rocke or Mone that wyl not plye.
So was bi* hart made hard to cnieltye,
To munler them ; alai I veepe in tbooght.
To thinks on that which this fell wretcbe hatli
wrought.
That Dowe when he had dooe the thinge be sought,
Aod as he wouM, complysbt and cumpaat all,
And Bwe and knewe the trcsKin he had wrought
To God and man, fo ilsye hia piynce and all.
Then Kemdc he ^Ttt to doubte and dreade u« all,
Asdmeindiiefriwbaesdeatfaallmeanesfae mygbt.
He sought to wuike by malice and by might,
Sodi beapes of harmei ophartnid in his breit.
With envyoua bait my honour to deface,
Aa knowing be tbat I whych voted best
Hn wretched diyftes, and all his cursed case.
If cTcr ^nsng within me sparke of gnct,
SIiBt ncdea abbotre him and hi* baicfull race :
Now more and more can cast me out of grace.
WUdi Hxlayne cbaunge, when I by secrete chauuce.
Had well perceyi'ed by proofe of envioiLa ftownCf .
Aod «>we the lot that did me to advaunce
Hyto to a kyng tbat sought to cafit me downe.
Jiiid as the kny^it tn fyeld among his foei,
Boet wj^ awonle^ must slay or then be ilaync :
So I, alas, lapt id a thousand woes.
Beholding death in every syde so playne,
1 nOia chose by sum alye secrete trayne
To wurke hi* death, and I to lyie thereby.
Than be to lyre, and I offeree to dye.
WUdi taaij choyae so hastened me to choie,
Tlial I in parte agreyved at his disdayne,
Is part ta wreke the dolcfall death of those
Two tender babes, his idtlye nephewes twayne,
By Mm alas oammaoDded to be iliync.
And there as close and covert as I mygbt.
My purposed practise to bis passa to bryng.
In secrete drittes, I lingted day and night 1
All Hove 1 oLigfat depose this cruell kyng.
That seemd to ill so much dnyred a thyng,
Aa thereto tnuting I empryide the same ;
But to much trusting bronght me to my bona.
For while I nowe bad fortune at my beeke.
Mistrusting I □□ earthly thing at all,
Unwares, alas, least looking for n checke.
She mated me ia turning of a ball :
When least I fbarde, then nerest was my &II,
And when whole hoastes wer preat to stroy my (ben.
She chaunged her chere, and left me post alone.
1 had upnysde a mi^ty band of men,
And marched furtb in order of array,
Leadyng my powa- amyd tbe forest Dene,
Agaynst that tyianl banner to displaye :
But loe my souldiera cowardly shnuike away.
For such is fortune when ahe tyat to &Dwne ;
Who secmei most sure, him soonest whurles sha
O let no prynce put trust in
Nor hope in liiyth of gyddy peoples myiMle,
But let all noble men take bede by me,
Tbat by the proofe to well the payne do fynde :
Loe, where is truth or trust ? or what could bynde
Tbe Tayne people, but they will swarve and nwaye.
As chaimce bryngs chaunge, to dryve and draw that
way?
Rome, thou that once advaunced up so hye.
Thy staye, patron, and flower of eioellence.
Hast nowe throwen him to depth ot miseryei
Exiled him that was thy whole defence.
He comptesL it not an horryble ofience ;
To reven him of honour and of &me,
Tbat wan it thee, when thou badst lost tbe same.
Beholde Camjllus, be tbat erst reryred
Tbe state of Rome, that dyeng be dyd fynde.
Of his own state is nowe alas depryrcd,
Baniaht by them whom he dyd thus det bynde :
lliat cruel foike, unthankeliil and unkynde,
Declared wel tbeyr false inconstancye.
And fortune At ber mutability.
And thou Scipio, a myrrour mayat thou be
To all nobles, that they learn not too late,
Howe they once trust the unstable commontye,
Tbou that recuredst the tome dismcmbred atat^
Even when the conquerour was at the gate^
Art now eipide, as though thou not d^rred
To real in her, whom th ' '
Ingrsleful Rome hast shewed thy cnieltye.
On bym, by whom thou lyrest yet m tXatt,
But nor thy dede, nor his desert shall dye.
But his owne wurdei dial witness aye the same
Fm' loe hys grare doth thee most Jnstly blann.
And with disdayne in marble aayea (o thee :
Uukynde countrey, my bones slult thott not see.
140 SACIi
What mon unwurthf thui this hii eryle :
More just than ttiii the wofuH playnt he wrote :
Or who could shewe a plapier proofe the while,
or moste false bylh, than they that thus forgot
His great desertca : that bo deserred not :
His cindres yet loe, doth he them denye.
That him denyed amongst them for to dja
Milciades, O happy hast ihou be, '
Atld well rewarded of thy countrey men.
If in the fyeld when thou hadat forat to flye
By thy prowes, thiE hundred thousand men,
Content they had bene to eijle thee then ;
And not to cast dice in depth prison to.
Laden wyth gyves to ende thy lyfe in woe*
Alas howe barde and steely bartes had they,
That not contented there to haie tliee dye.
With fettred gyres in pryson where tbou laye,
Increast so far in hateful cruel tye.
That bur^all to thy corps, they eke denye
He wyl they graunt the same tyll tlly Sonne have
Put on thy gyves to purchase thee a grave.
Loe Hannibdl as long as fired fate.
And bryltle fortune had ordayned so.
Who evermore ndvaunst his countrey state
Then thou, that lyvedst for her and for no moe t
But when the stormy waves began to grow.
Without respect of thy desertes erwhile,
Art hy thy countrey throwen into eiyle.
TJnii^ndlj' Fortune, shall I thee now blame :
Or sbal I faults the fates that so ordayne ?
Or an thou Jove the causer of the same ?
Or crueltie her selfe, doth she constrsyne?
Or on whom els alas ahal I complayne ?
O trusties world I can accusen none.
But fycUe fayth of commoutye alone.
The poUpus nor the chameleon straunge.
That lume them selves to every hcwc they see,
Are not so full of bayne and lii^le chaunge
As is this talae unstedfaet commonCye.
Have tryed it true, for they are Aed and gone,
And of an host there is not lefl me one.
That I alas in this calamitie
AlotM was left, and to my selfe mought playoe
This treason, and this wretched cowwdye,
And elie with teares bewepen and complayne
My hateful hap, styLl lookyng to be flayne.
"Wandryng in woe, and to the gods on jiye
Cleapyiig for vengomce of this treachcrjc.
And mt the turtle that hath lost her make,
Whom grypyng sorowe doth so sore attaynt.
With doldiil voyce and sound whych she doth maki
Mourning her losse, fylles oil tlie grove with playnt j
So I, alas ! forsaken, and forsaynt.
With restles foote the wud come up and downe,
Which of my dole al shyvering dofli resowne-
And beyng thus alone, and all fonake,
Amyd the thycke, forwandred in detpayer.
As one disnuyed ne wyst what waye to take,
Untyll at last gan to my mynde repayer,
A man of mine called HumfVey Baniutar :
^ Wherewyth me feehng much recomforted.
^" Nmw of succour to hi* bouse I Bed,
Who beyng one nbom earst 1 had upbrought
Even from his youth, and loved and lyked beat.
To gentrye state avauiMdng him fhna nought ;
And had in secrete truste tbove the rest.
Of specyal trust nowe beii^ thus dystrest
Full secreatly to him I me conveyed
Not douting there but I should fynde some ayde>
But out alas on cmell tiecherye,
When that this caytief once an ynkliog bard,
How that Kyng Rychard bad prodaymde, that b*
Which me descryed should have for his rewarde
A thousand poundes, and farther be ptefude.
His truthe so tumde to treason, all distaynde.
That faytfa quyte fled, and I by truste was Oayndb
For by this wreleh I beyng strayt betrayed,
To one John Mitton, slurifie of Shropshire then.
All sodaynely was taken, and convayed
To Salisbury, wyth rout of hamest men,
Unto Kyi^ Rychard there encamped then :
Fait by the dtje with a mj^htye hoMe
Withoulen dooma where head and lyfe I lost.
And with these wordee, aaif the are even there
IKsmembred hod hia head and corps oporte,
Dead fel he downe: and we in woful featc
Stooile maied when be would (o lyef revert:
But deadly giiefta still grewe about his hart,
That Btyll he laye, sumtyme revived wyth payne.
And wyth a aygfa beeuming dead agayne.
Mydnyght was cum, and every vitall thing
With swele sound slepe tfaeyr weary lyms did Teat,
The beaaleg were still, the lytle byrdes that syng,
Nowe sweetely slept betides theyr mothen breat .
The olde and all were shrowded in theyr nest.
The waters calme, the cruel seas did ccaa,
The wuds,thefreldes,andallthingesheb) theyr peaces
. The golden stars wer whyrlde amyd thyer rmce,
And on the earth did laugh with twinkling lyght.
When eche thing nestled in his restyng place,
Forgat dayes payne with pleasure of the nyght :
I'he hare had nut the greedy houndes in sight.
The fearfull dear of death stood not in doubt.
The partrydge drept not of the talcwis foot.
The ougly beare nowe myndelh not the stake.
Nor howe the cmell mastyves do hym tear ;
The stag lay still unroused from the brake.
The fomy boor feard not (he hunters spear.
All thing was still in desert, bush, and brear.
With quyet heart now from their travailes rest.
Soundly tbey slept in midst of all their rest.
When Buckyngham amidst his plaint opprest,
With Burgyng sorowes and with pinching paynes
In sort thus sDwned, and with a sigh he ceait.
To (ellen fiirth the treachery and the traynes.
So twiching wer the panges that he anayed.
And he so sore with rufull rage distraught.
To thinke upon the wretch that hym tietrayed.
Whom carat he made a gentylman of naught,
That more and more agreved with this thought.
He stormes out sighes, and with redoubled sor^
Stroke with the furies, rageth mure and more.
THE COMPLAYNT OF HENRYE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
Who » faatfa icaie the bull chued with dartm,
And with dyepe wouihIc* foi^d uid gorvd to,
Tyl he opproKd with the doullye sraartcs.
Fall in ■ ngc, and ninaa upon hia foe.
Let him I saye, behoMe Ibe ngyng woe
Of Buckjmgfaapi, that in Cbese grypa of gryefe
Ragelh gajiHt hiia that halh betrayed liia lyef.
With blud red ijaa h> stamh here and there,
Frothing at nuiuth, with face as pale ai doute i
When loe n>y lymmei were trembling all for fcare.
And I BiuBHie, iloode ttyll in dread and doubt.
While 1 mought >ee him throire bis armea about :
And gajDit the ground luin lelfe plounge with lucb
Aiif tlu lyfe forth wytfa abodd leaTe the corpa.
With nBokc of sjghes lumtyme I myghl beholde
The place al dymde, like to the mornynK mysC ;
And strajt agayne Ibe tesres bow they dawnmlde
Aloo^t bia cheekes, as if the ryvers hyst ;
Whoes Sowing streeme* ne wer no sooner whist,
Bnt to the sUn such dreadfull ahoutea he sent,
Aiif the irone of mighty Jove should rent.
And I the while with spiritea wel nye bereft,
Bdxld the plyght and panges that dyd him strayne,
Aad howe the blud hia deadly colour left.
And strayt retumde with Samyng red agayne :
When sodaynly amid hia ngyng payne.
He gne a sygh, and with ^t sygh he sayed :
0 < Banaater, and strayt agayne he stayed.
Dead laye bii corps as dead as any ttone,
Tyll tvcUyng syf^iei Hormyng within hia brcat
L'pf^ade his bo^ that downe ward fell anone,
Vilfa LxAea upoMt, and sy^iea that neTs- ceait :
Fknb f*T"— "<- the teareB, recordea of hia unrest,
WlKnhe wylh Hhrykes thus groveling on the ground,
Ybiajed theae wndes with sliryll and doleful sound.
nea*En and eanh, and ye etnnal lampes
llBt is the twarens wrapt, w;l us to reM,
TImni bcyght Phebe, that deamt the nightes dampo,
Witaea Ibe playntes that in these panges opprest
1 wnAil wteCcbe unlade out of my Inest.
And let me yeald my last wordei en I put,
Yaa, you, 1 odl to record of my imaR.
And tlHNi, Alecb), tee^ me wyth thy foode.
Let bl diy aerpsites fi«n thy snaky bearc.
Par anch reljefe wel fittea me in this moode.
To IJTllsr my playnt with horror and wyth tiare.
While ntge afreshe thy venomd worme arear.
And ibou Sibilla, when thou seeit me faynta,
Addia thy aelfe tba gyde of my complaynt.
And tboa, O Jove, that with thy depe fordoome
Dsaa rule the earth, and raygne ^Ktve the skyes,
That wrekcatwTongea, and gevest the dreadful doome
Ap^nat the wretcbe that doth thy trone deapyse,
Beceyre tbeae wtudea, and wreake them in such wy
As hcaren and eailh may witnesse and beliolde.
Thy hopca of wiMh upon this wretcbe uniblde.
Tbon, ITaiiaarr r. gaynat thee I depe and call
Uiao the gods, that tbey just vengeaunce take
On Ifaec, tbj blond, tbj ttajned ModLe and all :
O Jov^ to ifaee, above the rest I make
Mj '■"■■**« pl^ttt, gnjde ma ttat what I qieaka
O would to God, that cruel dismal daye,
That gave me lyght fyrae to behold thy face.
With fowie eclipse hod reft my syght away :
The unhappy hower, the tyme, and eke the place,
Hie sunne and moone, the sters, and all that was
In theyr aapectes helping in ought to thee.
The earth, and ayer, and all accursed bee.
And thou, caytief, that like a monslar awarved,
" I kynde and kyndenes, hast thy mayster loriK,
Whom neyther truth, nor trust wherein thou served,
Ne his desertea, could move, nor thy fayth swoine
e shd I curse, but wysh that thou unbone
Had bene, or that the earth bad rent in twaye.
And swallowed thee in cradle as tbou laye.
To this did I even from thy tender youth
Witsave to bring thee up : dyd I therefore
Beleve the oath of thy undoubted trouth ?
By trusting thee that I ahould dye therefwe ?
" irelclie, and wurse than wretcbe, what shal I aaj,
I clcap and cune gaynat the* and thyne Ibr aye ?
Hated be tbou, diadaynd of every wyght.
And poynted at where ever that thou goe,
A trayterous wrvtche, unwurthy of the light,
Be Itaou estemed : and to encrease thy woe,
*" lound be hatefull of thy name alio :
in this sort with shame and sbarpe reproche,
Leade thou ttiy life till grotter grief approicb.
Dole and dcspayer, let those be thy delight.
Wrapped in woes that can not be uniblde.
To wayle the day, and wepe the weaiy night.
With rayny iyen and syghes can not be tolde.
And let no wyght thy woe aeeke to withbolde :
But coumpt thee wurihy ( wretcbe 1 of aoriowea store.
That aufiiTng much, ougbtest still to suffer moM.
Deserve thou death, yea be thou demed to dye
A ibameftill death, to ende thy shamefiill lyfe :
A lyght longed for, joyfuU to everye iye,
Whan thou abalt be anaygned as a tbie^
Standing at bar, and pleading lor thy lyef.
With trembling toung in d)?Md and dolors rage,
l«de with white lockes, and foweiskore yeres of age.
I^t thou may live thine eldest sonne to see
Reft of his wita, and in a fowle b«es stye
To ende his dayea in rage and death distrest,
A wuithy tumbe where one of thyne should rest
And after this, ;et pray I more, tbou may
Thy second sonne see drowned in a dyk^
And in such sorte to close his latter daye,
As heard or seen eorat hath not bene the lyhe :
Ystrangled in a puddle not ao deepe
Aa halfe a foote, that auch hard lotsa of lyfb.
So CTuelly chaunst, may he thy greats grycft.
jore ahal not so withholtk bis wrath fro thee.
1*2 SACI
But that thy plagu«a nwy moie amd mare Increms,
Thou shalt stiU Isrre, that thou thy lelfe mayil •»
Thy dam doughter almken with leproqye :
Thu she that earst waa all thy bole delyght.
Thou now Diayat loath to have her cum in alghl.
And after that, let aliaine and sorrowea gryefe.
Fe«de furth thy yeaieji continually in wo,
That thou mayst live in death, and dye in lyef,
And in this lOite forewayld and weaiyed lo,
At length thy ghost to paH« thy body ho :
This piay I Jove, and wyth this latter bread),
Vengeaunce I aske upon my cniell death.
This layd, lie fioung his retchles armes aLrode,
And groveling flat upon the ground he lay,
Which with his teeth he al to gnasht and gnawsd :
Depe groanes he set, as be that would awaye.
But loe in vayne he dyd the death assay :
Although I thinke was Dever man that knewe.
Such deadly paynea wbare death dyd nut eiueve.
So strove he thus a while as with the death,
Nowe pale as lead, and calde as any stone.
Nowe ttyl as calme, nowe itonning fbrth a braath
Of iinoaky syghea, as breath and al were gone :
But every tiling hath ende : ao he anone
Came to him tcliie, when wyth a sygh outbiayed.
With woful ch€aie these woful wurdea be sayd*
Why>.„
Hius grOTcl on the giound ; and by and by
Uprajiade he itoode, and with a aygh hath iti^ad,
fFIien to him aelfe returned, tbua he aayed.
Suffiselh nowe this playnt and this r^^te,
Whereof my hart tua bottotne halb un&aught i
And of my death let pieres and princes wete
The wolves untrust, that they thereby be taught.
And in ber wealth, ath that such chaunge is wrought,
I lyved
And past my time in honour and in ftme ;
That of mishap no feare was in my brest ;
But false fortune whan I suspected Icaat,
Dyd turae the wbeele, and wyth a doUfull &11
Ilalb me bereft of honour, lift, and alL
Loe what avayles in rydies fluds that Howes :
Though she so smyide aa all the world wer his ;
Even kingea and keaaiB byden fortunes throwes.
And dmple sotte must b^ it as ii is.
Take hede by me that blithd in halefiitl blisae :
My rule, my riches, royall blud and all.
Whan fortune frounde, the feller made my ftll.
For hard mishaps that happens unto such,
Whoet wretched sUte earst never fell no chaunge,-
Agryve them not in any part to much,
As theyr distres to whome it is so straunge,
That all theyr lyves nay passed pleasuT¥a raunge:
Theyr sodayne wo that ay wield welth at will,
Algates their harles more peatdngly must thrill.
Tot of my byrtfa, my blud was of the beat,
Fyrst borne an Earle, than Duke by due discent :
To swinge the sway in court amonge the rest.
Dame Fortune me her rule moat largely lent .
And kyiul with conge so my corps had blent,
Utat loe on whom but me dyd she most smyle -.
Aikd whom but me lo, dyd she moat begyle?
Now bait thou heard the whole of my unlufi.
My ehauDce, my chaunge, the catise of all my tare :
In wealth and wo, how fortune dyd ma wrap.
With world at will to win me to her snare.
Byd kyngea, byd kesars, hyd all states bewaic.
And tell thsm this fiom me that tryed it tfva\
Who recklea rules, right aoone may bap lo me.
tiGooglc
THOMAS TUSSER.
About 1580— 158a
Thd good, bonett. boanlj, lucful old tIijiikt wu
born about the y«T I jSO, al Riienhall, nar WiChwn,
in Earn. He ditd about the year 15S0, in Loadon,
■wl waa buried in Su Mildred's cburcb, in tbe
Fouhij. The coune of his indiutrii
lile, i)
™on/5 t
w of hi* hoine>puii Georgica ,
1 nicb repute that Lord Holeiworth,
wiitiiig in 1 723, and propoBng that « >cbool for hiu-
bandiy should be CTtctad in creij couutj, adnied
that " Tusser'B old Book of Hutbandrf iliould be
taughl lo tbe boys, to read, to cop;, and U> gel by
bean ; " and that it should be reprinted and distri-
buted for that puipose.
Tuner's poem, though in all reipecta <me of tbe
moM curious books in our Unguaife, and fonoerljr
one of the most popular, has never been iticluded in
any general collection of the poeti.
FIVE HUNDEED POINTS
GOOD HUSBANDRY,
It rraj MoDth, ere in aught be begun,
ioA ava that manth what aTaib to be doae [
So natbo' this tm^ may aeem (o b« loM,
Kor Aou to repent of this tiifelii^ com.
The fijpme ot Abetnct and Month do agree,
WUeh oiw to another reblidni be :
Ikoe Venea so short, without figure that stand.
Be point! of tbenuelrea, to be taken in hand.
* In HuAandr^ matten, where PUcrtno ye find,
T^ VOK appertaineth to Hnswif 'ry kind ;
b Ihtc ye more lewona, if there ye look well,
■n^n Huswifeiy Book doth utter or tdL
Of Ctempifm Huifaandiy now do I write,
WUch beTetoToTeaeneTthiabook did redta ;
With kHooa apimned, by practin and ikill.
mpiea difien tnxa Senrall mud),
lof panitHKi, ckaio', and such :
le to IliBn both do I ffje u
5 The JuOor't EpiA la the Ute Lord WitUam
Paget, imtarrin As datk ducourm afUt own bring-
vtg ap, and ^ the gcwdiKn of lie md Lord kit
MoMr mlo iim, mad lie ocouim «fMi Hi Bock,
Uuu letJorA ^kit owm bmg FraOitf
H TmE tries the troth in erery tbiag ;
£S Herewith let men content their mind,
O Of works which best may profit bring,
g Most nih to judge, most ofien blind.
> As therefore troth in Time flball owe,
(D So let this book just Ikvor hare.
H Take you, my Lord and Master, th«ai
C Unlen mischance mischaBceth joa,
OS Such homely gift of me your man.
>■ And let your praise w
g My serring you, thus uDdentand,
> And God his help, and youn wIiImII,
0 Did cause good luck to take mine hand
n Erectiifg one, most like to ML
Since being once at Cambridge taugh^
or court, ten yean, I made assay ;
No muBck then was left uosau^t.
Such care I had to serre that way,
Wben joy 'gan slake, then made I changi
EipellwlnuidifiirDUuiBk Btranga.
144
My muiicli since hath been (he plough,
InungUd with some care among ;
The gain not great, the pain enough.
Hath nude me sing gnother song.
Wliich song, if «ell 1 may avon,
1 Crave it judged be hy you-
Yaur Serrant, Thohj
^ To lite Bighl Honorable and my tpeciaU good Lord
and MiaUr, the Lord Thomas Paget of Btaude-
KTt, Soti and Heir to Aii late FatAer tlxceated.
My LonJ, your father loved me
And you, my Lord, liave proved me.
And both your loves have moved me.
Since Cod bath hence your fiuher.
Such Bowm as I gather
I dedicate now rather
To you, my Lord, his son.
Your father was my IbundeTt
Till Aetth becajne his wounder.
No subject ever sounder.
Whom prince advancement gave :
As God did here defend him.
And honor here did send him.
So will I bere commend him.
As long as life 1 have.
His neighboon then did bless him.
His servants nov do miss him.
The poor would gladly kisa him.
Alive i^ain to be;
But God hath wrought his pletsuie.
And blest him oat of measure.
With heaven and earthly treasure.
So good ■ God is he.
His counsell had I used.
And Ciais' art refused,
I need not thus have mused.
Nor droop, as now I do ;
But I must play the brmer.
And yet do whit the warmer.
Although I had bis armer.
And other comfort too.
The foi doth make me mind him,
Whose glory so did blind him,
mi tail cut olT behind him.
No fkre could him content.
Even so must I be proving.
Such glory 1 hod in loving
Of things to plough behoving.
That makes me now repent.
Luteren 1 kept so rtieany.
Both Philip, Hob, and Cheany,
That, (hat way nothing gcany,
Wat thought to moke me thrive i
Like Jvgurlh, prince of Numid,
My gold away consumed.
With lomes so perfumed.
Was ncTcr none aliTc.
Great R
^h did'sc
Great charge so near did dare rae,
That mode me at length cry creak ;
Much more of sU such fleeces,
As oit I lost by pieces,
Among such wily geeees,
I list no longer speak.
Though country health long staid me.
Yet lease eipiring fraid me.
And (iclui lapit) pray'd rae.
To seek more steady stay.
New lessons then I noted.
And some of Ihem I quoted,
l«st some should think I doted.
By bringing naught away.
Though PjLu.as hsth deny'd me.
Her learned pen to guide me.
For that she daily spy'd me.
With country how I stood ;
Yet Ctats to did bold me.
With her goiHi lessons told m^
That rudeness cannot hold me.
From doing country good.
By practise and ill speeding,
Tb^ lessons had their breeding.
And not by hearsay or reading.
As some abroad have blown ;
Who will not thus believe me,
So much the more they grieve me^
Because they grudge to give me.
What i> of right mine own.
At first for want of teaching.
At first for trifles breaching.
At first for over-rcKhing,
And lack of taking hnd.
Was cause that (oil so tost me.
That practise so much cost me.
That iBshnesa so much lost me.
Or hiudred as it did.
Yet Willi not despair.
Through God's good gift so fair.
Through friend^ip, gold, and prsyer.
In CDootry again to dwell :
Where rent, so shall not pain me.
But pains sImII help to gain me,
And gains shall hdp maintain me,
NewieiaDoa more to telL
For city seems a wringer,
The penny for to finger.
From such as there do linger.
Or for their pleasure lie.
Tliough country be mote painful).
And not so greedy goinfullj
Yet is it not so vainfuU,
In following fancy's eye.
1 have no labour wanted.
To prune this Irve, thus planted,
Whose fhiit to none is scanted.
In house, or yet in field:
Which fruit, (he mon
The more to cat, ye 1-
The less this fVuit ye
Sach fruit Mm tree doth yield.'
of.
'i-:\>}^
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
Tfaia bang mid, . My pain ii ]
Hj tree iM bock thiu bwned
With title already nuiwd,
I tnnt goes forth, unbtamed,
In your good Lotdship'a na
A* my good Lord I take you,
And nerer 'rill foniake you,
DeAnder of (be H
:eyou
Your ScTTuit,
Tuoiui Tom
TO THE HEADEB.
I aan been pn^'d
What more for health.
To *b<w nOne .id.
What more for wealth.
Id taking pain.
What needeth less,
Nm ibr the gdn,
Bb. for good -ill,
Run, Jart, help Btu
To slay aniisi.
ToAewmwhduU,
Not having this
Aiabwrlcould;
Farofftoieek?
With hmwifery.
I donoteraTe
Aicock and hen.
More thaoki to have.
Than giren to me
Ahewlybe;
Hi^joiDiDO.^,
But thii ia aU
A* loiera >bo<ild.
To n.ch ^ ,haU
Peruie thi. boiA; -
Itmtboth thii
That for my lake
Fcribnoedia,
They gently take
And bow tfaat here.
Whate'cr tbey Bad,
U*ta,ppar,
Against their mind.
Wnh jodgmnt right
When he or ihe
To thy delight.
Shall minded be.
Iibrou^topM.;
Therein to locA.
That Bicfa as wi»e.
And&in woulcTlhriTe,
And grant me now.
Beplunlytuight,
Good reader, thou !
Hot good from naught
Ofiemi>touH,
Ifay trim be try'd
Such choice to duue.
A>d li.riy «pyd.
A. may delight
A.in.Bl*«.
The country «i^
Vhtt ibould I win.
For lucb do prake
By-ritiBgin
The country pbnae.
Hyk»e.F.«.
The country acta.
Thu noaabu
The country &ct«.
A. mmung atream.
The country toys.
IWimmbonaD,
Before the joy^
Thtf flow, unrift?
Of-ytfi^.
FtrtfaMlcould
K<* get for gDuld,
Nor look thou here.
To teub me bow.
That eveiy share
A. this doth you.
Ofe^eryV™,
Ttamgh daily gain.
I tfaua rehearH,
TV way » plain.
M.ypro6tt<ike,
To ODOM by thrift.
Or vantage make
By le«H>n> such;
Vbtisagroat
For, here we see.
Or twain tSoote,
Thiogi wvenU be.
OMeiotbeUft,
And there no dike.
F-manor-ife,
But chunpion like,
ToM^apoimd,
And ssndy scnl,
Id bduae or ground.
And eUyey (mI,
Each ixber week ?
Do suffer much.
i o buy to prove.
To re»d with lore.
To follow some, '
The vantage ihine,
Msy givedtee choice
To cry, or rejoice,—
Good husbandmen muM moil and t<»l.
To lay to live, by laboured Geld :
Tbcdr wives, at home, must keep such cwl,
As thor like acts may profit yield.
. For well they know.
As shaft ftom bow,
Or chalk from snow,
A good round rent thdr lords they give.
And mtist keep touch in all their pay ;
With credit erackt, else for (o live,
Or trust to legs, and run away.
Though fence, well kept, is one good point,
And tilth well done, in season due ;
Yet needing salve, in time t'snoinc,
Is all in all, and needfull true :
As for the rent,
Tbus tlunk I best.
As fMend doth gunt,
With hand in hand to lead thee forth.
To Ciaia camp, there to behold
A thousand things, as richly worth.
As any pearl is worthy gold.
\ FKEFACE TO THE BUYEfi OF THIS BOOK.
Whit lookest thou herein to have 7
Fine verses thy fancy to please ?
Of uuuiy my Jtietters that crave ; .
Look nothing but rudeness in these.
What other thing lookest thou then ?
Grave sentences many to ftud 7
Such, poets have, twen^ and ten.
Tea tbouiBods, contenting thy mind.
What lodt ye, I pray you shew what ?
Ternis painted irith rhetorick fine 7
Good husbandry seeketh not that.
Nor isH any meaning of mine*
What lookest thou, speak at the bst 7
Good lessons for thee and tby niiW?
Then keep them in memory fast.
To help as a comfort to life.
What look ye for more in my
P<nnts needfull and meet t
Then daily be sijer to look,
To save to be siier thine oi
THE COKMODITIEa OF RUBBANDRT.
Lit hoHte haee lofU her.
Lit land haue to liU htr,
No dwellers, — what profileth houu for to (Und ?
What goodneBs, unoccupied, biingetb the Iwid?
Na labuir, ne bread,
Nb A<K, UH be iad.
No huriwndrj used, hoH won ahall we Merre 7
Honu^eepiRg neglected, what comfort to serre.
lU father, no gifl,
.K> /moo/edge, no Urt/t,
The btber an nntbtift, wbM hope for the ion ?
The rulei unskilfull, how quickly uudonc 7
I tKBt but a drudge 7«t I pan any king.
To auch aa can UH me, gnat wealdi I £1 bring.
SincB Adah fint Ured, 1 never did die ;
When Nai was a ihipman, there also wai I.
The earth to aiBtain me, the N* fiiT my Aab,
Be ready to pleuure me, as I would wish.
What bath any life, but I help to preserve 7
Wbal wight without me, but ia re^y to aterre?
In woodland, in champion, city, or town,
If long I be absent, what folleCh not down 7
If long I be present, what goodnesa can want 7
Though things, at my coming, were never so scant.
~So many as lore me, and use me aright,
With tnaaure and pleaauie I richly requite.
Great kings I do succour, else wrong it would go.
The KiMO of all kinga huh appoinlod it so.
F HUSBANDRY.
Or husband, doth husbandry cl
Of husbandry, husband doth likewise the same :
Where huswife and huswifeiy joineth with these,
There^ wealth in abundance is gotten with ease.
Hie name of ■ husband, what is it to say 7
Of wife aitd the boushold, the band and the slay:
Some husbandly thiiveth that nercr had wills.
Yet scarce a good husband in goodness of life.
The husband is be, that to labour doth &n,
llw labour of him I do husbandly call :
If thrift, by that labour, be any way caught,
Han is it good husbandry, else it is naught.
So housbold and liouaholdry I do define,
Por folk and the goods, that in bouse be of thine :
House-keeping to them, aa a nfuge is set,
Which like as it ii, so report it doth get.
Be house or the furniture never so rude.
Of husband and husbandry, — thus I conclude.
That huswife and huswifery, if it be good.
Must pleasure togetber, as cousins in blood.
E LADDER TO THBIPT.
.. To take thy
And shun th
!. To grudge in youth aoi
To come by knowledge perfectly.
>. To count no tnvell slavery,
lliat brings in penny saverly.
I, To follow profit, csimestly.
But meddle not with pilfery,
I. To get by honest piactisy,
Atid keep thy gettings covertly.
i. To lash not out, too lashii^ly.
For fear of pindring penury.
'. To gel good plot, to occupy,
And store and use it, hualwndly.
I. To shew to landlord courte^.
And keep tby covenants OTdcrlj.
I. To hold ttlat thine is UwfuUy,
For stoutness, or for flatteij.
I. To wad good wife for company.
And live in wedlock honestly,
. To fumisfa bouse with housholdry.
And make provision skilfully.
!. To jian to wife good family.
And none to keep for bravery.
I. To tufier none live idely.
For fear of idle knavery.
-. To courage wife in huswifery.
And use well doen genCily.
:. To keep no more but needfully.
And a
roury.
I. To raise betimes the lubberly,
Both snorting Hob and Mto'gety.
r. To iralk thy pMturcs usually.
To spy ill nei^rimur's subtilty.
). To hate revengement hastily.
For loaing love and amity.
i. To love Uiy neighbour, nei^dKiDri]
And shew him no diaoourtcsy.
>. To answer stranger civilly.
But shew him not thy secresy.
,. To use DO man deceitfully.
To (dTer no man villainy.
!. To learn bow foe to pacify.
But tnut him not too hastily,
I. To keep thy touch si '
And in thy word use constancy.
1. To make thy baitds advisedly.
And come not bound through suer^.
;. To meddle not vrith usury.
Nor lead thy money foolishly, '
L To hate to live in in&my.
Through craA, and living thifttwgly
'. To shun aU kind of trewzbeiy.
For treason oideth, boiribly.
>. To leam to shun iU company.
And such as live dishonnlly.
I. To banish house of blaspbeny,
Lest croasea croa^ unluckily.
I. To stop mischance througb policy,
For chancing too unh^>pity.
.. To bear thy crosses, patient^.
For woridly things are slippery.
E. To lay to keep IVom misery.
Age cosning on, so creepinstjr.j ,
"" o God, continial^iS
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
S5, Td Itn in ciifMckiic* ipattlj.
And knp ttaTwIf Croat mabdj.
36. To ease Ihj lickneaa qieedil;,
Em balp be pait recorciy.
37. To ■eck to God for remedy,
For witcbe* pn>n unluckily.
mm by thrift U> iliift witfaalL
1 OOOD HUSB4NDLT LESSONS,
1. God 1— dWh «pd pTBth, both mouth and the matt,
Awl bUweth >u *11 with hii benefita grett -.
Tbcs ^rra we the God, who so licbly doth gi*e.
Shew lore U> our ndghboun, and ]aj for to live.
S. Am bud( by appearing, betok'netfa the ipiing,
And ls4 by l>^ tUhi^, the coDtrary tbiog ;
So youth bull us labour, to get oa we can.
For mge ^ a burdeu to labouring man.
Lanienlal ia oft, and repented loo late.
4. Coont oarer well gotten, what naughty ii got.
Nor well to account of, which honeat ia not :
Look long not to prosper, that weigheat oot thia.
Leal proapaing iaileth, and all go amua.
5. True wedlock ia beat, for aioiding of lin ;
The bed undcfled, much honour doth win :
Though lore be in cbooung, lar better than gold.
Let lore come with aomewliBt, the better to bold.
6. When cmplea agree not, ia rantamr and abrife,
Wbve auch be together, is teldom good life i
Wbaa couplca in wedlock do lovely agree,
TlwT* (biaan Temaineth, if wiidom tbere ba.
T. Who lociketfa to many, muat lay to keep houaiv
For love may not alway, be playing with douae ;
If dnldjen increaae, and no stay of thine own,
Wlat afterward followa is soon to be known.
t, OnCK eliai;gad with children, m likely to be,
Give over to aqjoum, that thinkcst to thee ;
Leat grudging of hoateaa, and craringof nnne.
Be eoatly and noiaoPM to thee and thy puiae.
B> Good huriModa that IotcA good honae* to keep.
An oAeMimea careful when otheia do tieep :
To qieod aa they may, or to ati^ at the fin^
For rmuiing in danger, or (ear of the wonl^
10. Go count with thy cofiera, wheal harreit ia in.
Which way for thy proSt to aave or to win :
Of f one or tbcsn both, if a aavour we smell,
Houaa k«ijpilig ia godly, wbeKTCi wa dweU.
II. Son, tUidt noHfaymoney, punebononitobnni,
BM keep it Aa- pn^t, to aem thJB* awn torn :
A foot and his money be soon at debate,
Whidi after, with aonow, lepeata bam too late.
13. Good bargain adoing, make privy but few,
In aelling, refntin not, abraad it to ahcw :
In making, make hoate, and away to Ihy pouch,
Id selling, no haale, if ya dare it avou^
13. Good landlord, who findeth, ia bleaaed of God,_
I. Bant-coni, whoso payatb, (aa worldlings would
have.
So much fcr aa acre) muat live like a shn* ;
Rent-corn to be paid, for a reaa'nable tent.
15. Once plaead for proAt, look never for ease.
Except ye beware of auch michen aa these. —
Unthrifdneaa, BlothfUlneaa, Careleaa and Rash,
That thruateth thee hodlong, to run in Ae laab.
IS. MakeMooeythy drudge, fiv to follow thy work,
Make Wisdom compCrolleT, and Order thy clerk i
ProvisJon cater, and Skill to be cook.
Make Steward of all, pen, ink, and thy book.
1 7. Make hunger thy sauce, as a med'cins for bealtl^
Make ttnral to be butler, as phyaic for wedtfa ;
Hake eye to be uaher, good usage to have,
Make bolt to be porter, t« keep out a ksane.
18. Make huabandry bulJOr, abroad to provide.
Make huswiftty daily, at home for to guide ;
Make coffin', bat locked, thy IrcHure to keep,
Make houie to be aiier, the aafer to Bleep.
1 9. Hake bandog thy acoutwatch, to bark at a thief.
Make course for life, to be ofHtain chief:
Make trqi-door thy bulwark, make bell to be gin,
" ' ~ le and arrow, shew who U within.
aa The credit oTmaater, to brothel hia man.
And also of mistress, to nunihin Nan,
Be causers of opening a number of gaps,
That letteth in tnikchief, and many miahapa.
51. Good huriMnd he Imdgeth to bring in the gaina,
Good huawife she dnu^edi, refoting no paina.
'niou^ husband at home, be to count, yc wot
what.
Yet huawife, within, is as needAil aa that.
52. What belpeth in store, to have never ao much.
Half lost by ill usage, ill huswives and audi?
So, twenty load buihea, cut down at a chqi,
Such heed may be taken, ahall stop but a gap.
29. A retcheleas aervant, a mistress that scowla,
A nvening mastiff', and hoga that eat fowl^
A giddy bnun master, and atroyall hia knave,
Kings ruling to ruin, and thrift to her grare.
85. Each d»y ta be feasted, what husbandly worst.
Each day for to feast, is as ill for the purse i
Yet meuurelj fouting, with ndghbours among,
Sbta make (bee beloved, and lire the more long-
26. Hiings fausbandlj liandsome, let nrorknuui con.
But build not for glor;, that thinkest to thrive ;
Who fondly in doing, consumeth his stock,
In the end for his folly, doth get but a mock.
27. Spend none but your own, howsoever ye spend,
For bribing and shifting have seldom good end :
Id substance although yv lui<e never so much.
Delight not in parasites, harlots, and such.
SB. Be siierty seldom, (but never for much)
For fear of purse, pennyless, Iiangiiig by such ;
Or Sdor^oroiB warning, as ill I believe.
When, (Sr, I arrest ya !) gets hold of thy sleeve.
29> Use {Itgem /nni) to pay at thy day.
SO. Be pinched by lending, for kifie nor for kin,
Nor also by spending, by such as come in ;
Kor put to thine hand, betwiit bark and the tree,
Left through thine own folly, so pincbed thou be^
31.. Aa leading to neigbbour, in time of his need,
Wins love of thy neigUbour, and credit doth
Bo never to crave, but to live of thine own.
Brings comforts ■ thousand, to many uokaown.
as. Who living but lends ? and be lent to they must.
£]Be buying and selling must lie in the dust :
But shameless and crafty that desperate are,
Uake many, Aill honral, the worser to fare.
33. At SOUK time to borrow, account it no shame.
If justly tliou kecpon thy touch for the same :
Who quick be to borrow, and slow be to pay,
Ther credit is naught, go they never so gay.
S4. By shifting and borrowing, who io as lives.
Not well to be thought on, occoeIdd gives;
Then lay to live warily, and wisely to spend j
Fo prodlgall livers have seldom good end.
35. Some spareth loo late, and a number with him, —
The fool at the bottom, the wise at the brim :
Who careth, nor spareth, till spent he hsCh all,
Of bobbing, luitrobtnng, be iesrfu] he shall.
36. Where weallhiness floweth, no friendship can
lack,
Whom poverty pincheth, bath freedom as slack i
Then happy u he, by eiample that can
Take heed by the fidl, of a misdiieved num.
ST. Who breaketb bis credit, or cracketb It twice,
Tnut such with a aiierly, if ye be wise :
Or if he be angry, fbr asking thy due,
Otwe CTCD, to hiin aftenrinl, \aai not anew.
38 Account it wtll sold, that i* JuMly wtU pud.
And count it well bought, that is never denaid ;
But yet here is t'one, here is t'other doth best.
For buyer and seller, for quiet and rest.
40. As iutereBi, or usury plajeth the devil.
So h;i-baFk and fil-belly bitetlt aa evil :
Put dicing among them, and docking the dell.
And by and by aAcr, of beggary smeU.
41. Once weekly, temembcr thy cbarges to cast.
Once montlily, see how thy eipencea may last :
If quarter declavelb too much to be qieiit.
For fbar of ill yem, take advice of tby rent.
4S. Who orderly eot'reth his payments in book.
May oid(^riy find them again, (if he look : )
And be lliat intendcth, but once for to pay,
Sliall Ijnd this in doing, the quictevt way.
43. In dealing uprightly, tills counsel I teach,
First reckon, then write, ere in purse ye do leacb ;
Tlicn pay and disiratcli him, aa soon as ye can.
For ling'ring is Linderance, to many a man.
44. Have weiglits, I advise thee, for silver and gold.
For some be in kOBvcry, now a-days bold ;
And for to be iiiier, good money to pay.
Receive that is current, a* near as ye may.
And Jankin and Jenykin a
S. The stone that is rolling, can gather no mosi
WliD often removeth ia aiicr of loss :
The ricli it compcllctfa, to |wy for his pride.
The poor it uadoelh, on every lade.
7. Tlte eye of the master enricheth the hnlch.
and hawkers take heed what ye si
r witli courtety, drive* them away
will open a gap.
49. To hunten
Mild answ
8o where <
Resist not
50, A man in this world, for a churl that is kooim,
Sliell hardly in quiet, keep that is his own :
Where lowly, and such as of courtesy smells.
Finds favour and friendsliip, wherever be dw«Us.
51. Keep truly thy Sabbath, the better to S{wed;
Keep servant fiom gadding, but when it is need :
Keep Gsh-day and fasting.^y, as they do fidl.
What ciutcnn thou kacjiett, let other* keep alL
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
L Tlioii^ HMie in tbdr dtUng, b« (Uck <h
Be thou unto Godnrd, not that w>f loo t«id :
Evil caucTence gnidgcth, uid jet we do kTi
III tithei^ ill tbrivcn i
S. P^ weeklj- Ibj worluuHi. his houaboU to tbed,
Paf qiUTterl J tervaots, to bu; ■* tlioj need :
Give gwntcnt to nich u dcserre, and no mo,
Last tliou and thy fik, witliout gamwiit do go.
4, Beware rattatiSa, — ilotfaful to work,
PuHoinen and filcbrn. that loTcth to lurt :
Awaj with such lubben, h> loth to take pain,
That rolLt in cxpencrs, but nerer no gain.
5. Good wife and good children are worfhj to eat,
Goodaerrant, good labourer, cameth their meat;
Good relloWfgDodncighbour, that fellowly^e^t.
With beaftilo wrlcome, ibould haTc of Ihs bCKt.
G. DeiMTt not with all that thou faiat to th; diild,
Mtl(:h leaa unto other, for being beguiled :
Lest if ihou wouldat gladl j pnaam it again.
Look, for to coma by it, thou wottcst not when.
7. The greatest pTrfermcnt that child we can gire,
Whirii wboso it wanteth, (hough left ai a wjuiie,
CiHiaumeth U) nothing, as block in the fin.
8. When God hath so blot thee, as able lo lire.
And thou hast to iCGt thee, and able to give ;
Lwnent thy offences, serve God for amends.
Hake soul to be ready, when God for it sends.
9. Send frvia of thy failh to heaven, aibrehand.
For mercy here doing, God bleiaeth thy land ;
He maketh thy store with his blesnng to swim.
And after, thy soul to b« blessed with him.
0. Some lay to get riches, by sea ai>d by land.
And vent'retfa his life, in his enemies hand ;
And setleth his soul upon bi or on seven,
Not caring nor fearing, for hell dot for heaven.
1. Some pincbelh and sparetb, and pinelh his life,
To ooffer up bags, for to leave to bis wife ;
And she (iriien he dieth) seta open the chest.
For socfa as can soothe bar, and all away wrest.
S. Good husband preventing the frailness of some^
Tsles part of God's benefits, as tbey do come :
And leveth to wife and his children the rest.
Each one his own part, aa he Ihinketh it beaL
May save and advantage ye, many a groat ;
Wlucb if ye can follow, occasion found,
Tbta ever; lesson may save ye a potmd.
1 AN HABITATION ENPOBCED,
FarfVom ai
Where country may digest tbee.
Let wood and water request thee,
In good com ami to nest thee.
Where pasture and mead may brest thee.
And healthsome air invest Ibee ;
Hough envy shall detest thee.
Let that DO whit molest tbee.
Thank Cod that hath so blest thw,
And ait down, SoUn, and rest tbee.
f THE FAKUEB-8 DAILY DIET.
As time requires, to fiame his di
With somettnte fish, and lometinie bat,
That houaluld store may longer last-
Let Lent, well kept, offoid not tbec^
For March and April bleeders be r
Spend beiring firU, wve sall-fiah laM,
For talt-flsfa is good, when X.ent is past.
When Easter cornea, who knows not than
That veal and bacon is the man i
And Martilmas beef dotti bear good tack.
When country folks da dainties lack.
L OESCBIFnON OP THE PBOPERTIBB OP WIND^
NoBTH winds send hail, South winds bring run.
East winds we bewail. West winds blow amain :
Nortb-eaat is too oold, 8outh-«aat not too warm.
North-west is too bold, Soutb-west dolb no hana.
The Nonh is ■ noycr to gncs otw^ HiiU*,
The Eut ■ dettioyer to bob and >U &iiiH:
The South, with hii iluwer*, refredwth tbe tan.
The West, to all Aovren, luy DM ba forlMVDe.
The West, M k fatfaer, all gondnea doth Mug,
The EaM, ■ forbever do muuur of thing:
Tbe South, OS unkind, dnweth nckness too near.
Tie North, ■■ a bieod, maketh all agala cImt.
With temperate wind, we be blened of God,
mth tempeit we find, we are bmt with his rod :
All power, we know, to renuin in his band.
How ever wind blow, hj sea or b; land.
Though winds do rage, as winds were wDO^
And came ipring tides to raise great flood,
Aod loftj ships leaie anchor in mud
Bereanng nunjr of life, and of hlood ;
Yet true it is, as cow chews eud.
And trees, at spiiog, do yield forth bu4
Except wind stands, as nerer it stood.
It is ao ill wind turns none to good.
T OF THE PLANEIU
As huswives arc Mached, in
How winter ni^t* passell^
So here b; the PlaiMts, aa 1
If da; star appeareth, daj conklbrt ia nigh.
If sun he at south, it is uoan by and bje :
If sun be st westward, it setieth anon.
If sun be at setting, the day is soon gone
Moon dianged, keeps closet, three day as a <[
Ere she in her prime will of any be seen ;
If great she appeareth, it showseth out.
Main b« is at highest^ at midnight and noon ;
But yet in the creeks, it i> later high flood.
Through fameaa of running, by rokscHi as good'
Tide flowing 11 ftarsd, tor many a tluDg,
Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring;
Sea ebb, by long ebbing, some respite doth giTe,
And sendMh gmd comfort, to such as shall Uve*
1 SEFTEMBEB-S ABSTEACT.
Now enter, John,
Old tanner Is gone.
What chain[»on useth.
That woodland reAueth,
Good iaiin now take.
Keep still, or fonake.
What lightness worse.
Who goMh slMmrwing,
Goeth a BaTOwing.
Oram soil bar lutt.
Bow rye in the duA
Clewi lye that BOWS
Hie better crop mows.
Mil lye arigbt,
Wth wheat that is white.
See com sown in,
TjM thick, nor too thin.
For want of seed,
T^nd yieldeth weei
With sling or bow.
Keep com from crow.
Trench, hedge and Aimnr,
That water may thivongh.
Deep dyke nvea much,
FWnn drovers, and such.
Amend mush wall.
Crab boles and all.
Geld bulls and rams.
Sew ponds, amend dama.
Sell Webster thy wool,
Fruit gather, grapes pull.
For fear of dnba.
Fruit bruised, will roL
Light ladder and long.
Doth tree least wrong.
Go gather with skill.
And gather that will.
Drive hive, good Coney,
For wax, and for honey.
No driving of hire^
Till years past Bve.
Good dwellii^ ^ve b««.
Or else goes she.
Put boar in stye.
Till Hallontide m^
With boar, good CSn,
Let naught be amisa.
Karle hemp, left green.
Now pluck up clean.
Drown hemp, as ye need.
Once hsd out it* seed.
I pray thee (good IS)
Drown hemp in pit.
or ell the rest,
While hemp is best.
I«t Bkilfull be gotten,
L«t hemp prove roCtBi.
Set strawberries, wife,
I love them toi life.
Plant reqie and rose.
And such aa those.
Go,g.
EratinM
sic
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
BEPTEMBZB-a HUaKANDBT.
Let hogmbe na^
Botfa old asd Toun^
No HUM upon oak.
No loaga unjoka.
tf hog do cry,
Gm ear and cjra.
Hogi hauadng com,
Vmjb,- •
Good ciutom allow.
No Mariog Willi dog,
WhilM matt » for hog.
Gat home with Ibc braka,
Toaarre to bum.
Sodi board aad pale,
I* readf sale.
Sawn lUb let He,
For nable and stje.
Saw-duit, spmd thick
Hakes alle; trick.
Keep safe Ihj ttntx.
Son bieak-bedge thence :
A dnb and ■ kiuTe,
mil prowl to baie.
e rigi thj plow,
SoDoe milkA tbj cow.
SB. Bed cur, or black.
Few prowlers lack-
SSL SoiK (teal, aotna [nlcb.
Some bU awBj filch.
Uark loHM with grief,
Through prowling thief*
u emdttli Sepltmber'i Abttract, agrtdng wilh
Stplembti'i Htahandry.
Now, fHend, ai je wish.
Go sever thy fiah ;
When friend ahidl came.
To be sure of •ome.
Thj ponds renew,
Set bote like him :
Set gilliflowen all.
That growl on Ibe wall.
Set bertia Kune moie,
For winter More.
Sow seed* for pot.
For flawBB lOW not.
WftuHbe kn lul
tob^n;
. At Hichdmaa hghtly, new fanoe
New hutbandr]' forceth him, new
Old fiumer, still taking, tba time
3. New ft
On all that ia iallow, at Lent Lady-day ;
In woodland, old iWrmer to that will not jield,
Forloiing of pasture, and feed of hii field.
3. PrOTide againit Hicbelmaa, barpin to make^
For him to gire over, to keep or to take ;
ly enter, («
•llow, at Lei
4. Ot»d hrm and w^l stored, good honnnganddry.
Good com and good dairy, good market and nigh ;
Good abephenl, good tillf"-", good Jack and
good Gift
Make husband and huawife their coffers to filL
5. Let paature be stored, and fenced about.
And tillage Kt forwaid, aa needeth without;
Befbre ye do open your purse, to bupn
With any thing doing, for &iu;y within.
6. Noitoifaigof pasture mthbaggagcly tit.
With ragged, with aged, and evil at hit
Let earren and ban«n be shifted away,
For bett is the best, whalsoerer ye pay.
T. Horse, oxen, plough, Cumbrell, cart, waggon and
Hie litfhler and stronger, the greater tby gain :
'niesoil and the seed, with the sbeaf andtbe puri^
Tile lighter in substance, for profit the worse.
. To borrow to-day, and te
For lender and biMTOwer, nojance it is;
Then have of your own, without lending unsi
What followelh needful, bent learn if thou w
, Barn-locked, gofe-ladder, short pitdiGiik, and
long,
Flail, straw fork, and rake, with a flm that is strong ;
Wing, cartnBTB and bushel, peck, strike ready
hand,
Oct outing shouelj bnK>m,and a sack with a band.
. A stable well planked, <rilh key and with lock.
Walls strongly well lined, to bear off* a knock ;
A rack and a nianger, good litter and hay.
tLj.
A ptich-fbik, a dung-foik, sicre, skep, and « bin,
A brootn, and a pail, to put water therein ;
A hand-borrow, wheel-barrow, shovel, and spade^
A curry-comb, mane-comb, and whip for a jadft
>. A puinell and wuitj, p*cfc-«ddle, uid pcd,
A line to fctcb Utter, ud baiters for bead ;
With crotchets and piiw,tti liang trinket! tbereoo.
And itslile toMt chAined, that nothing be gone,
;. Strong aile-trecd art, that ia clouted and shod,
Cart-Udder and wimble, witli perscr and pod ;
Wheel ladder for barrest, light-pitcb forks, and
tough,
Shave, whip-lash well knotted, and cart-rope
IT. ScTODg joks for a bog, ifith a twitdwr aod lingi,
With tar in a tar-pot, for dangerons tbingl j
A ibeep-mark, a lar-kettle, little or mkcfa.
Two pottle* of tar to a pottle of pitch.
3. Long ladder to hang, all along b; the wall,
To reach for a need, to the tc^ of th; hall;
Beam, scalca, with the woghts, that be icalcd and
Sharp mole-spear with barbi, that the mol« da
T. Ten laclci, whereof every one holilcth a coom,
A puJling-hook handsome, iwbushea and broom;
Light tumbrel and dung-crone, for easing Sir wag,
Shouel, pickai, and mattock, witib bottle and bag.
a. A grindstone, ■ whetstone, a hatcbct and bill.
With hammer.and English nail, sorted with skill;
A frower of Iron, for cleBving of lath.
With roll for a saw-pit, good htubandrr hath.
9. A short saw, and long saw, to cut a-two loga.
An aie, and on adze, to make trough for thy bogs;
A Dover Court beetle, and wedges with ateel,
Strong leier to raise up the block from the whcoL
10. Two ploughs and a plough-chain, tn
three shftres,
Wilb ground clouts and side clouts for soil that
U. A plough-beetle, ploagb-staff, to further
plough.
Great clod to asunder that breaketh so rough
A sled for a plough, and another for blocks,
For chimney in winter, to bum up their docka.
IS. Sedge-coltars for plough-house, for li^ttnets of
Good seed and good sower, and also seed peck ;
Strong oxen and borsee, well shod, and wcU clad,
Well meated and used, tor making thoe sad.
19. A barley-iake, toodwd with iron and steel,
Like ^iir of barrows, and roller doth well ;
A sling for a mother, a bow for a boy,
A whip for a carter, is boigb de la rojr.
14. A brush acytbe, and graia-uythe, with rifle to
A cradle for barley, with rubstone and sand ;
Sharpnckleandweeding-hook, hay-fork and rake,
A meak for the pease, and to swinge up the brake.
15. Short nkes for to gather up barley la bind.
And greater to rake up such learingi bdiind ;
A nke for to bale up, the filches that lie,
A pke for lo pike them up, bandscon* to diy.
16. A skuUle or skreen, lo rid soil from the com.
And sbeating-sheers ready, for sheep to be shorn;
A fork and a hook, to be tampVing in ch
A latb-hammer, trowcll, a hod or a tray.
1 9. Sharp-cutdng spade, for the dividing of mow.
With bkuppat and skavell, that manb-men allow:
A sickle to cut with, a didall and cromc.
For draining of ditches, tlat noycs tbee at homf.
SO. A claveslock, and rabbetstock, carpcnten crave.
And seasoned timber, for jnnwood to have ;
A jock for to saw upon, fuel Tor fire,
For sparing of lire-wood and sticks irom the miiB.
81. Sole^ fetten, and ibackles with horse-lock aod
pad,
A cow-house for winter, so meet to be had,
A itye for a boor, and a hogseote for b(^,
A rooM for thy hens, and a couch for thy dog.
Sert endrth HttAoTi^ Furmturt,
9. Thresh seed, and to fanning, September dodi cry.
Get plough lotbe field, and be sowjiu of rye:
To harrow the ridges, ore ever ye strike.
Is one piece of husbandry Suffolk doth like.
10. Sow Umcly tfay whito-wlieat, sow rye in the dust.
Let seed have his longing, let soil have ber lust :
Let rye bo partaker of Michelmos spring.
To bear out the hardness that winter doth bring.
Lest rye toiry wheat, li
it shed OS it stood.
19. If soil do desire to have rye with the vrfieat.
By growing together, for sifely more great ;
Let wbito-wbent be t'onc, be it dear, be it die^i,
Tlie sooner to ripe, for the sickle to reap.
IS, Though beans be in sowing, but scattered in.
Yet wheat, rye, and peason, I lore not too thin :
Sow barley and dredge with a plentifiil hand.
Lest weed, stead of need, ovetgroweth thy land.
14. No sooner a sowing, but out by and by.
With mother or boy, that alarum can ciy ;
\S. Seed sown, draw a fbrrow, the water to drain.
And dyke up such ends, as in harm do remain ;
For driving of cattle, or roving that way,
Which being prevented, ye hinder their prey.
16. Saint Michel doth Ind thee, amend the marsh wall.
The breck and Ibe crab-bole, the f(H«land and all :
One noble, in season, bestowed thereon.
May save tbec a hiuulred, ere winter tic .gdoe.
nVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
17. Now geld widi Oe gdder, tba nm and tlw bull,
SewpimdaiUaeDd dams, aiid aell irebner thjwool :
Ou^ fruit go ud gBlIur, but Dot in Iba dew,
With cnb and tbe walnut for fear of a ihrew.
18. Tba moon in the wane, gather <hiit (at to Un,
But winter ihiit gatber, when Michel is put ;
Though michen llut Idtc not to buy or to craTc,
Hake Hime gatticr (ooDor, else few for to have.
19. Fniit gathered too timely will laste of the wood,
Will shrink and be bitter, and seldom prore good;
So fruit that i* tlaiken, and bait off* a ttvc.
With bruising in falling, soon ftult; will be.
aO. Now bum up tbe beet, that ye mind for to drlre.
At Hidsununer driTC them, and save tlwni aliTe;
Place hiTC in good slcr, set southly and warm.
And take in due neamoo, wai, honey and awarm.
91. Set hiTS on a plank, not too low by the ground,
WbmbeibwiLbtheflowanmaycoinpiHiitround;
Aad boards lo defend it from north and north.«ast,
niomibDwcrs and nibbikh.froiUTcriniu and beast.
9t. At Michel mas, aafcly, go stye up the boar,
LeM straying abroad, ye do :«»him no morei
Tba sooner the better for hallontide ntgb.
And better be brawnelli, if bard be do lie.
as. Shift boar (for ill air) as best ye do think,
AimI twice a-day, give himfrc^h vitlleanddiink;
And diligent Cisley, my dairy good wench,
M«kc d^nly his csbiu, for meatling and stench.
H. Now pluck up thy hemp, and go beet out the aeed.
And afterward water it, a* ye (e« need j
But not in tbe riTer, wbere cattle should drink.
S5. Hemp buswifely used, looks clearly and bri|^
And selleth itself, by the colour so white :
Some uaeth to water it, some do it not.
Be ikilfuU in doing, for fear it do rot.
K. Wtfo, into thy garden, and set me a plot.
With KrawbeiTy roots, of the best to be got ;
Such growing abroad, among thorns in the wood.
Well chosen and picked, prorc excellent good.
S7. Tbe barberry, rcspis and gooseberry too.
Look now to be planted, as other things do :
^le gooaeberry, respis, and roses all three.
With BirawbeiTies under them, trimly sgrN.
n. To gather aome mast, it shall stanj thee upon,
wA serrant and children, ere mast be all gone :
SoDie left amotig bushes shall pleanure thy swine;
For (eer of a mischief, keep acoros fro lane.
9Sk From rooting of pesture, ring hc^ ye had need.
Which being well ringled, the better do feed.
Ilungh young with thor etden will lightly keqi
beat,
Tet spare not to ringle both great and the rest.
SO. TiAe aeldom thy swine, while the shack time
doth last.
For diTeiB misfortmies that h^ipen too Cut j
Or if ye do (mcj whole ear of tbe bog,
cit* eye to iU.iwighl>oiir, and aar.to his dog.
91. Keep hog, I adrlie thee, from meadow and cots.
For out doud crying, that ere he was bom :
Sudi lawless, so haunting, both often and long.
If dog tet him chaunting, be doth thee no wrong,
39. Where lore among neigbbouni dotfa bear any
While shack time endureth, men use not to yoke:
Yet surely ringling is needful and good.
Till fnet do invite them to brakes m the wood.
33. Gcthomewiththybrakeeereaosummerbegoncv
For tcddcred cattle, Ut sit tbeici'pon ;
To corer thy bore), to brew and to bake.
To lie in the bottom, where hovel ye make.
34. Now saw out thy timb«', for board and fbr pate.
To have it unshaken, and leady for sale i
Bestow it, and stick it, and lay it aright.
To find it in March, to be rcsdy in plight
35. Save slap of thy timber, for stable and Mye,
For hone and for hog, the more cleanly to lie ;
Save saw-diut and brick-dust, and ashes so fine.
For alley to walk in, with neighbour of ihiike.
36. Keep safely and warily thine uttermost friwa,
With opa.gap and break bedge,do seldomdiqienaa :
Such run about pronlen, by night and by day.
See punished justly, for prowling away.
37. At noon if it bloweth, at night if it ahina.
Out trudgeth Hew Make^^ift, with hoolc and
with line ;
Whiles Gillct, his blouse, ii a milking thy cow.
Sir Hew is ■ rigging thy gale, or thy plow.
38. Such walk with a black, or a red little car.
"Hat open will, quickly, if any thing stur :
Then squalleth the master, or tmdgeth away.
And af^r dog runneth, as &st ai he may.
99. Some prowleth for iiiel, and smne away rig
Fat gooae, and the capon, duck, hen, and the [ng i
Some prowleih for acortu, to f^ up their swine.
For com and for apples, and aU that is thine.
3%w mdttlt Seplembtr'i Svibmdry.
1 . Lit dry up and round.
For barley, thy ground.
a. Too late doth kill.
Too soon is as iU.
S. Maida> little and great.
Pick clean seed wheal.
Good ground doth crave.
Choice seed to have.
Flails lustily tbwacli,
Lest plougb-seed ladL.
i. Seed first, go fetch.
For ediah, or etch.
Soil porfbctly know,
Ereedish ye sow.
5. White wheat. If ye pleaae.
Sow now upon ptaiai
Sow fint the bat.
But w
That aowMfa ill wed.
T, Now, better ttuD later,
Drew fuimw (or wattf.
Keep crows, good >oa ;
See fencing be done.
8. Each soil no vein,
For eiery gnia.
Though aoil be but bad.
Some coro maj be bad.
9. Naught proie, naugbt erne.
Naught venture, naught haTC.
10. One cnqi, and awaf.
Some country nuj arf.
11, All gniel and sand,
la not the ben land,
A rottenl; mould,
la land worth gould.
18. Why wheat is snitteD,
Good leiaon i« written.
Below in tfaat redge.
31. Sow aconu Ml proiei
That timber do lo*&
SSt. Sow hasting* now,
iriand it allow.
33. Learn soon to get,
A good quiduet.
34. For fear of the wotb^
Make fkt awa; &nt.
36. Fat that no more.
Ye keep for More.
36. Hide carren in greTc^
Len noiance to lia*b
37. Hog measeled kill,
For Floning that will.
38. With pwaebolt and bnke.
Some brew and bak&
39. Old corn worth gold.
So keep as it shold.
40. Much profit ii rei^t.
By sloea weU k^il.
41. Keep sloes upon bow.
For Oiiofthyeow.
42. Of veiiuice be sure.
Poor cattle to cuiv.
Mot good for eom.
15, Land iMkiren doth bear.
Small Mraw, short ear.
16. Here must thou md.
For soil what seed.
IT. 'Til try'd everr hour.
Beat grviu, moat flour.
18. Croia com, much bran.
The baker doth ban.
19. What cioppen be.
Her
SO. Few, after crop mucb.
But noddies, and such.
31. SiHne woodland may crake.
Three crops he m«y take.
as. FirM barley, Uien pene.
Then wheat, if ye plane.
83. Two crops and away.
Most champion say.
34. Where barley did grow.
Yeth
er, Itti
36, What champion knows.
That custom shews.
86. First barley ere rye.
Then pease by and by ;
Then &Ilow fiir wheat.
Is husbandry great.
37. A lemedy eeot.
Where pease lack Teat :
Fat pease-fed swine.
For drover is fine.
3)3. Each diverie soil.
Hath divene toiL
That some refuse.
SO. For wheat, ill land.
Where water doth stand.
Cin, have an eys
To boat in stye.
By malt, ill kept.
Small profit is teapt.
Friend, ringlc thy hog,
For fear of a dt^.
Bye-strew up stad.
Lest Thacker do bck.
Wheat-elnw, dry saTe,
(Sead thiwh'd) thou shal^
Thresh barley to mah.
Cut bushes to badge.
For rotting away.
Make veijuice and psry.
Sow kemell and berry.
Now gather up flruit.
Of every suit.
Marsh wall, loo slight.
Strength now, or good night-
Mend walls of mud.
For now it is gaoi.
Whcte aosl is of sand,
QoieksM oat «f hand.
FIVE HUNDRED POIKTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
To ploM not fyi.
Add bninble uid bnU.
FbrKtaobu,
WWit mmith hath an B.
1 OCrOBEB-S UUSBANQRY.
wOTbog
btta moMh pAiL
1. No« lar up tfaj bBrier-'hnd, diy u j* cm.
Wbeneier 7c aow it, wi look for it than :
G« daily bcftrdniid, be oerer bahiikl,
L«« wintB- piermtiiig, do alter thy miud.
S. Who lajeth up bUow, too Hioa or too wM,
With noiiiica aanj, doth barle; boot 1
For weed and the water *o aoidLMli and mck^
3. Gnan rjt in SepUraber, nbcn lundj tbou haat,
October for wbeat-aowing calleth aa fiM 1
If wcalber wW mSer, tfaiB couDset I giiB,
Lc«T« lowing of wheat, befbn Hallowmai ere.
•L Where whoU npni eddiah ye mind to beMow,
let thU be Ibe firM of the wheal ye do aow :
He aeemeth to heart it, and comfbrt to bring.
That preth it comfort of Michaelmaa ifaing.
5. Whits wheat npon vimn tlch dotb grow ai he
would.
But fallow ii beet, if we did aa we should :
Yet where, haw, and when, ye intsnd to begin,
Let erer the fineat, be fii^ aowcn in.
e. Who K>weth in rain, be Aall rap it with teaia.
Who towelh in harms, he is ever in tban :
Who soweth ill aaeal, or defiaudeth hia land,
Hath eyB4ore abroad, with a corse at hand.
7. Seedhuibandlyaoweii, water-furrow thy ground,
"nat rain when it comMh, may run away round :
Tlten stir about Nkalt, with arrow and bow,
Take peuny for killing of every crow.
8. Each loil hath no liking, of every grain,
Nor barley and wheat, ii for every vein 1
Tct know I no oountry, 10 barren of mbI,
Bat aome kind of com may be gotten with toiL
S, In ttuiidjBti where rye, bnt no barley did grow.
Good barley I bad, a* a many did know.
Five leam of an acre, I truly WM paid.
Fee thirty load muck, of each acre >o laid.
10. In SufbH again, whveaa wheat never (nvw,
Goo^uabudry uied, good wheat land I knew,
Thi* proverb) eipeiieiGe long ago gave.
, Aa gravd and Hnd, ie for IT* and Mt nfeeal^
(Or ykldeth hvbiudBi,tot'one tin man gnat}
80 peaaoD and barley deligiit not in aand ;
But rather in lay, or in rottcner land.
. Wheat MNoetiiDe is steely, or burnt ea it growa.
For pride or fbr poreity, practice lo knows.
Too luity of courage, for wheat doth not well.
Nor sAcr Bit Peder he lovcth to dwell.
, Much wetneao, hog-iootlng, and famd out of
Hakes thistles a titimber, forthwith to upstart :
If ddatlet 10 growing, prove tuaty and long.
It dgnjfieth land to be hearty and strong.
. At land fon oT tilth, and in licaity good plight,
Tieldi bladetoa Iengtb,andencreMethin might-.
8a crop upon crop, on whose courage we doubt.
Yields blade for a brag, but it holdetb not out.
. Theatraivandtheear,lohavebigneiaandleiiglh,
Bett^eneth laud, to be good and in atrength 1
If ear be but ihort, and the straw be but uiall.
It signjAeth bareness, and barren wlthalL
White wheat or else red. red rivet or white.
Far paaaeth all other, fbr land that is light;
While poUard or red, that so ricbly is se^
For land that is heavy, is best y* can get.
. Gray wheat is the groescet, yet good for the d^,
Hiough worst fbr the maiiet, as himer will layt
Much like unto rye, be his properties found,
CoarMfloiier,mucbbran,andapeelerofgTOD<uL
. Oats,r7e,orelsebaTl«y, andwbeatthatisgniy.
Brings land out of coiofoTl, and nan (o decay ;
One after auother, no comfort between.
Is cn^ upon crop, M will quickly be seen.
Still at>p upon C30p, many farmers do take
And re^ little profi^ for greediness sake.
Iliough bread-cam and drink.«om, such crop-
pen do aland.
Count peaaon or bruik, as a comfort to lan& '
, Good land that ia severall, crt^ may have thre^
in champion country, it may not so be j
Pone taketb Ui SI
The tMbar with reaaon, may othcnnaa aay.
. Scote uaeth at flra^ a good bUow to mab^
To sow tbereOD bailey, the better to take.
Next that to eow pease, and of that to sow wbea^
Then fUlow sgabi, or lie lay for thy neat
. First rye, and then baiiey, the champion ■ay%
Or wheat before barley, be champion ways :
But diink before bnad-com, with Middlesex
Then I19 on more compaa, and iUlow ^ain.
S*. Wbm barley je tow, sAcr rye or dn wfae*^
If land be unluM;, the crop ii not great i
So lose je your con, (o your conie and nnBR,
And land (aveibuidencd) ii clean out of heart.
3J> Eiceptloni take, of the champion l&nd,
From lying Blangi from thai at thj hand :
(JuBt by)yemaycinnfart,Hith compaa at wil] ;
Far off, ye muat comfort, with &tcv and akill,
-Se. Where rye or else vheat, either barley ]re N>w,
Let codmie be neit, themipoD tor to grow ;
Thus having two crops, whereof codware ii t^one,
'niou bBEt the IcH need, to lay coM thereupon.
S7. Some br fro the market, delight not in pease.
For that er'ry chapman, (bey teem nottopleaae;
If Tcnt of the mai^cet-place, serre thee not ««!],
Set bog* up a btting, to droret to leU.
, Vllb itnw-inip and pease-bolt, with fem and
For sparing of fuel, ■ome brew and do bake ;
And beateth their copper, for seething of
minsi —
Good servant rewarded, refusalh no pains.
id dtiDk-.com full twenty
39. Good t
weeka kept.
Is better than new, that at harrest is teapt :
But foiMy tlie bread-corn, and bowd-eaten mal^
For health orfor pntBt, find noisame thou ihalt.
4a By th'end of October, go gather up iloea,
Have thou in a resdinesa, plenty of those ;
And keep them in bed straw, or still on the
bough.
To stay both the flii, of thyself and thy cow,
41. Seeth water, and plump thoran plenty of sloea.
Mil chalk that is dried, in powder with those;
Which so, if ye give, with the water and chalk.
Thou makeat the lux ih> thy cow away walk,
43. Be aiier of vergis {u gallon at least).
So good for the kitchen, lo noedfuli for beast :
It helpcth thy cattle, so feeble and fun^
If timely sucb cattle, with it thou k
aXw miUtk Octoicr't Hitiiuidry.
r, anuoyetb too much.
Sa Wherow
Bestow not thy wheat, upon kanil that is such j
But rather sow oat*, or dae bullimoDg thsre, ,
Grey peason, or ruitcivBls, filches, or tare.
31. Sow acorns, ye owners that timber do loTC^
Sow haw and rye with them, the better to prove:
If caUleorconey may enttr to ct(q>.
Young oak is in danger, of loaing tnal
32. Who peasecodi delighleth to have with the Bnt,
If now ye do sow £em, I think it not wont ;
The greeiwr thy peaion, and warmer (he room.
More lusty tbe layer, moie plenty they come.
33. Go plow up or delve up, advised with ikilL
Hie breadth irf' a ridge, and in length as ye will ;
Wliere speedy quickset, for a ience ye will draw.
To sow in the seed of the bramble and haw.
34. Through plenty of sconn, tbe poritling to &t
Not taken in season, may perish by that :
If rattling or iwdling, get once to tbe throat,
• Thou losest diy porkling, a crown to a groat
39. Whatever thing fat i^ agun if it &il,
Tbouvent'reil tbe thiDg,and the &tneiairitball:
The fktter tbe better, to sell or to kill.
But not to continue, make proof if ye will.
ng dietb, go
9f ground, oi
Such pestilent smell, of a carrenly thing.
To cattle and people, great peril may bring.
. Thy measeled baconJic^, sow, or thy boar.
Shut up for to heal, for infecting thy slote :
Or kill it for bacon, or souse it to sdl,
Vat Fl«mmii% that loves it so daintily well.
NOVEHBEB-e ASaTRACr.
1. Let hog, once bt.
Lose nothing of (hat.
When mast is gone,
Hog falleth anon.
StilT Est up some.
Till Shravedde come.
Now pork and souse,
S. Put barley a nuldog.
Lay Sitchcs a salting.
Through folly, too beaatly.
Much bacon ii rtratXj.
3. Smdc wiiwow, soma &D,
Some cast that can.
In casting provide.
For seed luy aside.
4. Thresh bailey thou shalt.
For chapman to milt ;
Else tiircsh no mo^
But for thy store.
j. Till March, thresh wheat.
But as ye do eat 1
Lest b^er forsake it.
If foistinesa take it.
6. No<
nUn,
le look thin.
1. Sow Hastings now.
That Hastings allow.
8. They buy it full dear.
In winter that rear.
9. Few fowls, less swine.
Rear now, fiiend i '
la What loss, what st
Through ravening
Sglc
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
T NOVEKBER-S HyaBANDHY.
Dew mat u > tbief .
IS. Set gvlikcaad pewe.
Saint Ednumd to pleaie.
13. Wheu nJD tokei place.
To tluesliing apace-
14. Hkd brun, too rough,
Hon all at plougti.
With Aail aD4 whjp^
Fat ben, ibort ikipi.
15. Some threiliiiig by task.
Will Meal, and not ask.
Such thnaber at night.
Walks seldDni home ligbt.
Some com Hway lag.
In bottle and bag.
Some steals Tor a jesi,
Egga out of tbe attu
16. Lay Bto*ET up diy.
In iKilcr to tic.
Poor bullock doth atrt.
Fresh straw to hare.
17. Make weekly up floor,
l^iougli tfarcslier do lour.
1«7 grain in loft.
And turn it oi^
18. For muck regud,
Make clean foul yanl.
Ijiy straw to rot,
In wat'ry plot.
19^ Hcadlaod up plow,
90. Fn* herbs good store,
Trench ganlen more
81. At tnidoigbttry
Foul priyies to fye.
SS. Rid chimncj of soot.
From top to the foot.
53. In stable put now,
Thy hones for plow.
54. Good borMk«f>0 will.
Lay muck upon hill.
35. Cut mole-bills, that tiand
So thick upon land.
ntdcth Ntvtmber'i .AbMtracI, agrrtaig ■
Mmfer'i Hutieniby.
GM pole, boy mine !
Beat haws lo twine
Drive hog to the wood,
Brake-roota be good.
For mitcMef that falls,
Jjoak well to matsb walla.
Dry layer get neat.
And pfeDty of meat.
CuiBl cattle that nurleth.
Poor weiiDel loon hurteth,
Good ndghbour miiM^
Ring well thy awloe.
Men tniU IfaMmttr'i M«nt Acawminnca,
t. Ai Hatlontide, slaugbter-tiine cntereth in,
And then doth tbe husbandman's feasting b^n :
From thence unto ShroreCide, kill now and then
Their offiJl for botubold the better will come.
2. Thy dredge and thy barley go thresh out to malt.
Let maltster be cunning, else lose it thou shalt :
Th' encrcasc of s seam, ii a biiihel for store.
Bad else ia the barley, or huswife much mote.
i. Some uieth to winnow, tome uscth to fan.
Some uieth to cast it, as dean as tbej can.
For aeed go and cast it ; for malting not so.
But get out the cockle, and then let it go.
I. Thredi barley as yet, but a> need shall lequiie,
Freih threshed for stoTer, thy cattle desire;
And therefore that threshing, forbear as ye may,
TW, Candlemai coming, for sparing of luiy.
5. Sucfa wheat as ye keep, for the baker to buy,
Unthmhed till March, in the sheaf let it Ue;
Leat foistinen take it, if sooner ye thresh it.
Although by oft turning, ye teem to refraih it.
B. Saie cbaJFof the barley, of wheat, and of rye.
From feathers and foistiness, wh^e it doth lie ;
Which mixed with com, b«ng lifled of dust,
Go give to thy cattle, when serre than ye must.
7. Green pcaaon, or Hastings, at Hallontide sow, '
In hearty good soil, he requireth to grow :
Grey peaaon, or rundvals, cheerly to itand,
' ~ " I, widi a plenlifull hand.
Except ye have wherewith to fat them away^
Tbe fewer thou keepest, keep better ye may.
9. Totearup much poultry.and want tbe bain door.
Is nought fbr the poults, and w«te for the poor ;
So now to keep boigs, and to starve them for meal,
It, at to keep dogs, fbr to bawl in the street.
). As cat a goodoMMiMr, i> needful! in boutc^
Becaute for ber commooa the killeth the mouae ;
So ravening curt, as a many do keep,
Makes maaterwantmeat, and bit dog to kill iheep.
IS. Set gwlike and beana at St. E^dmond the king.
13, WheD nin 1* • let, to dijr didng* abroad.
Set threibera a threshing, to by on good load :
Thraah dean, ye must Ud than, though leata
they earn.
And locAing to thriTe, have an tyo to thy bam.
15. Some pilfering thresher will walk vilh a Maf^
Will carry home com, as it is in the chaJT;
And some in hii bottle of leather «o great,
Will cany home, doily, both barley luid irbeat.
16. If house-room will serve thee, lay Mover up dry,
And every soit, by itaelf iW to lie;
Or stack It forlitter, if roombe toopoor.
And thatch out the reddne, noying thy door.
IT. Cause weekly thy thresher, to make up his floor,
Tltough slotbfuU and pilfers- thereat do lour t
Take tub for a season, take sack for a shift ;
Yet gamer for grain, is the better for thrift.
18. All manner of straw, that is scattered in yard,
Oood husbandly husbands haie daily r^id.
In pit, full of water, the same to bcMow,
Wbere lying to rot, thereof profit may grow.
19. Now plough up thy headland, or delve it with
le profit but little is ixiade ;
And caat it up high, upon hillocks to stand
That winter may rot it, to conqias thy land
a yard, from ■
Which being well filled with rouck by and' by.
Go cover with mould, for a s
flhall make very many things better to grow.
29. The chimney all sooty, would now be made clean.
For fear of misdiances, too oftentime* seen :
Old chimney and sooty, if fier once take.
By burning and breaking, arane nuscliief may
93. Wben ploughing is ended, and pasture not great,
' Titen steMe thy horses, and tend tbem with meat :
Let season be dry, when ye take tbem to house,
. For danger of nits, or for fear of a louse.
S4. Imj compaa up, handstnnely, round on a hill.
To ynik in thy yard, at thy Measure and will ;
More compaa it maketfa, and handsome the plot,
' If bono-heepat, daily, forgetteth it not.
as. MakehillockBofmolo-hills, in field thorougbont.
And so to remain, til! the year go about i
Make also the like, whet^ plots be too higfa,
All winter a rotting, for compas to lie.
Tkiu mdM Nmember't Hiatondiy.
1 DBCEHBKR'S ABSTRACT.
I. No season to hedge.
Get beetle and wedge.
Cleave logs now all.
For kitEhen and ball,
fi. Dull working tools.
Soon courage cools.
3. Leave off tittle tattle.
And look to thy cattle.
Serve young poor elves.
Alone by theinielves.
4. Warm barth for neat.
Worth half their meat.
Tbe elder that uurteth.
The younger soon hurteth.
5. House cow that is old.
While winter doth hold.
S. But once in a day.
To drink and to liaj.
7. Get Trusty to serve.
Lest cattle do sterve^
And such as in deed.
May help at a need.
J. Observe this law,
9. In walking about.
Good fork spy out,
3. At full, and at change.
Spring tides are strange.
If doubt ye &ay.
Drive caUle svrayi
L Dank ling, forgot.
Will quickly rot.
I. Here leani and try.
To turn it, and dry.
j. Now stocks remove.
That orchards love.
i. Set stock to grow,
Too thick, nor too low.
Set now, OS they come,
Both cherry and plum.
>. Sheep, hog, and ill bnal.
Bids stock to ill feast.
;.. At Christmas is good.
To let thy hone blood.
r. Mark here what rabble
Of evils in stable.
<. Mil weU (<dd fttBT)
Hoise^om widi clbaff.
Let Jack nor GUI,
Fetch com at will.
>. Some countries gift.
To make hard shift.
Some cattle well fare.
With fitches and tare.
Fitches and tants.
Be Norfolk wares.
•. Tares thresh'd with skill.
Bestow as ye wilL
. Hide sbawberrie^ wife.
To save their life.
I. Knot, border, and all.
Now cover ye sbalL
. Help bees' sweet Goo<7, )q|^'
With ^mior.and bower. O
ItM endttk Dtcemter't ^Mract, agnang with Dt-
nVE HUNDRED P0D7TS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY. 159
i. Tbahonongcf canla, whila wfater doth hidd ; '
Im good tar all mch ai an fecbla Mid old :
It WTedi much ccmpaA, mnd nunj a Bleep,
And fparetfa die paMure for walk of thy tbcup.
0. For tJiargea lo little, much quiet is won.
If itrDngly and handsomely all things be dona ;
But UH (o untackle them once in ■ day.
To rub and to lick them, to drink and to play.
7. Get Trusty to t<od them, not lubberly 'squirt^
That all the day long hatb hi* noae at the tie i '
Nor truM onto childiiien, poor cattle Iv feed.
But Boefa as ba able to help, a( a iwtd.
t firtt, then wheat-atrav and
Yard dms to lie.
No labour, no sweat ;
Go lahoar for heat.
F«*d dona, but kill not,
If 'Mpoy them, ye will not.
Fat bog, ere ye kill it.
Or elai ye do spiB it.
Put ox in still.
Sec brawn sod tendc.
For wifo, fruit buy,
Dlfas>a>dBDdmdriid.
Hakes many ill think ;
Both meal andcwrt,
111 dreal, hair lost.
Who imth wbenwitl^l,
May cheer when he shall :
But charged man.
Mum cheer as he can.
Btrt aub Jeeemfar't diari JlmonArann*.
1 DECEMBER'S HCSBAiniRT.
1. Whem fiott will not snSer to dike and to hedge,
Then get thee a beat, with thy beetle and wedge :
Once Hallowmas come, and a Are in the hal^
Such slivers do well foe lo lie by the walL
2. Gctgrindslaiwandwbel*tonefi>rtaomMtiidiill,
Or often be letted, and fret belly (kill :
A wbeeUbairow also be ready to have.
At hand of thy Nxrant, thy cempaa to svra.
3. Give cattle their fiMUer in plot dry and warm,
And count than fbr ndiii^, or other like hann ;
Toung colts witli thy wenneti together go ssre.
4. Hie lack it commended for saving of dang,
Tv set aa the old caunot mischief the young.
In lempeat (the wind being notthly or aaat)
Waim banha iindei Iwdgi^ is a succour to baw
"nwn love they no stnw, they had rather to fast !
9. Toke^foriu, and such other, let bailiff spy out.
And gather the same, as he walketh about ;
And after, at leisure, let this be his hire.
To beath them and trim them, at borne by the fl&.
10. As well at the fiill of the moon, as the change)
Sea lages, in winter, be suddenly strange :
Thn look to thy marshea, if doubt be to Aay,
Forfearor(>w_^rt«) have cattle away.
11. Both salt fish and ling fish (if any ye have),
Through shifting anddrying, from rotting bo saTc ;
Lest winter wiUi moistness do make it relent.
And put it in hazard, before it be spenL
d upon ladder, if bggota be gone :
For breaking (in turning} have very good eye. '
And tdame not the wind, so the wo^er be dry.
9. Good Atdt and good plenty dotb well in theloA,
Then make thee an orchard, and cheri^ it oft ;
For plant or for stock, lay afbrehand to cast.
But set, or remove it, ere Christmas be past.
To stand u be stood, is a pan of his pride.
More filler, more worthy at cost to remove.
More steady ye set it, more hkely to [rove.
15. To teach and unteach, in a school is unmeet]
To do, and unia, lo the purse is unsweet :
Then orchard or bop-yard, so trimmed irith coaV
Should not, tlirough fiilly, be spoiled end lost.
IS. Ere Chrialmas i>e passed, let hone be let blood.
For many a purpose, it doth them much good.
The day of St. Stephen, old ralbers did use )
If that do millike thee, some other day use.
IT. LoiA well to thy horses in stable thou must.
That hay be not foisty, nor chair l\il] of dust )
Nor stone in their provender, feather, nor doli.
Nor fed with green peason, for breeding of botsii
1 out provender so,
a often doth go,
t, fortiwtaad for this,
Thaton-kAiseiapiad, tr* chapman bath hial
1 9> Some countiua are pjndied of maadaw fbr bay.
Yet cue it with fitches, a* well » the; ma; ;
Which ioncd and threihed, and husbandly dight,
. Kccpa labcniiiiig cattle, in reiy good plight*
90. Id threshing out 6tch«, one point I will shew,
Fint throb out fpr seed of the filches a few :
Thresh few &d thy plough-house, thresh cleaa
Ttaa order in Noifolk good huri>and> allow.
St. If &o«t do continue, take this Ibr a law,
"Die ilniwbemes look to be covered widi atrav.
Laid overljr trim upon crotches and bowi.
And >Aer uncorered, as weather allows.
aa. The ^lliSower alio, the skilfiill do know.
Doth look to be corered in frost and in snow :
The knot and the bonier, and rosemary gay,
IK> craie the like succoor, for dying away.
SS. Go look to thj bees. If the hive be too Ugbt,
i. In meadow or pasture (ti> grow the tnon fine).
Let ounpers be cam{dng in any of tbine ;
Which if ye do suffer, when low is the spring,
You gain to yourself a commodious thing.
Zittu eiukth Dsctmber'M Muibandry.
I DIQKESSION 1
' HOSPITALHT.
Lsiii .husbandry sleeping awhile ye mast do.
To learn of housekeeping a lesson or two :
Wbaterer is tent thee, by travel and pain,
A time there is lent thee, to render't again.
Although ye defend it, unspent for to be.
Another shall spend it, — no thank unto thee.
Uowerer we cUmb to accomplish the mind.
We haTc but a time, Ifaeieof profit to find.
Or God to thy dinngs, a time there is sent.
Which endeth with lime that in doing is spent:
For time is itself, but a time for a time.
Forgotten full soon, as tlu tune of a chfane.
Id spring-time we rear, we do sow, and we plant ;
In Summer get victuaU, lest after we want.
In Harrest, we carry in com, and tbe iruit.
In Winter to spend, as we need of each suit
Tbe year I compare, as I find fbr a tnitb.
The Spring unto Childhood, tfae Summer to Youth.
The Hanest to Manhood, the Winter to Ag^
All quickly forgot, aa a play on a stage.
Time past is forgotten, ere men be aware :
Hme present is thought on, with wondetiiil care :
Time coming is bared, and therefore we saTS
Yet oA ere it come, we be gfna to tbe grave.
I DBSCRIPTIOK 0
LIFE AND HjraiBa.
Who living, but daily discern It he may,
How life as a shadow, doth ranish away,
And nothing to count on, so siier to trust,
As siier of death, and to turn into dust. ~
Hie lands and the riches that here we possess.
Be none of our own, if a God we profeas ;
But lent uBOf him, as his talent of gold.
Which being demanded, who can it withhold ?
God maketh no writing, that justly doth say.
How long we shall have it — a year or a day :
But leave it we must (howsoever we leeve,
When Atrop shall pluck us, from hence by the sleeve.
To Death we must stoop, be we high, be we low.
But how, and how suddenly, few be that know ;
What carry we then but a slwet to tbe grave.
To cover this carcass, of all that we have?
I DESCRIPTION DF HOUI
What 4ben of this talent, while ban we raoiain.
But study to yield it to God with a gain ?
And that sfaall we do, if we do it not hid.
But use and bestow it as Christ doth us bid.
What good to get riches, by breaking of sleep.
But (having the same} a good house for to kee,< I
Not only to bring a good fkme to thy door.
But also the prayer to win of the poor.
Of all other d<HngB, house-keeping is fhi^,
For daily it helpeth tbe poor with relief: —
The neighbour, the sbmnger, and all that have need.
Which causelh thy doings the better to speed.
Though hearicen to this, we should ever among.
Yet chiefly at Chriktmas, of all the year long ;
Good cause of that use may appear by the name,
Though nif^ardly niggards do kick at the same.
F THE FEAST OF THE
Or Christ Cometh Christmas, the name irith the feast,
A time full of joy, to 4e greatest and least;
At Chiiitoias was Christ, our Saviour, bom, —
The world through sin altogether forlorn.
At Christmas the days do begin to take length.
Of Christ doth religion, chiefly, take strmgtli :
As Christmas is oiil}' a figure or trope.
So only in Christ is the strength of ourlM^ie.
At Christmas we banquet, tbe rich with tbe poor, -
Who then, but the miser, but openetb his door 7
At Christmas, of Christ many carols we nng.
And give many gifts, in tfae joy of that king.
PJVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
At rJirirtm— , In Cheat w* njolee, ud ba gUd,
Ai oiiel J of irbom our oomfbcl ii bad :
1 A OE8CEVTION OF APT TIKE TO SPEND.
Ln nich (lo bntutiol) liking not thU,
Mot taj thing honeit, that mcleat u,
Gne placa to the time thit to meet we do tte,
AppoiDted of Qui, as it aeeuieth to be.
AlChristmUigoodbiubuubhaTeconionthegroiiadi
In ham albd in Eoller, worth manj a pound :
With plentj of other things, cattle and Bbeep,
AH lent (hem (no doubt □□) good houses to keep.
At Cfariatnuu, tha hardneat of winter doCli rage,
A griper of all things, and apecialljr age t
Tbea lightlj poor people, the Touog with the old.
Be smat iqipreawd with hunger and cold.
h bj lahour is little to get,
Hvt wBiiting,. — the piHKvst in danger are set :
WiMKBaoD then better, of all tba whole Tear,
llif Btedjr, poot neighboiu' i« comflan and cheer
At Ihii time and that lime, some make a great matter ;
Some iielp not, but hinder the poor with their datur.
Taks custom from feasting, what canisth then laM?
Where one hath a dinner, a h ndred shall fast.
To dog in the manger, some liken I could.
That hty will eat none, nor let other thai would.
Some icarce, in a jear, giTe a dinner oir two,
Niw well can atnde any other to do.
Fligr thoQ tbe good fellow 1 seek none to miadeem;
DiidaiD not the boneit, though meir; th^ seem i
For oftentime* seen, no more very a kaxte,
Ulan he that doth counteifdt moat to be grave.
V CHKIffTIf AS HUSBAKDLY FAR&
Good htishand and huswife, now chiefly be glad,
Ttings handsome to hare, as Chej ought to be had.
Hiej both do proride, against Ouistmas do come.
To welcome good nBghbotir, good cheer lohave some.
Beef, mutton, and pork, dued pie* of the best,
Hg, ToJ, gooae, and capon, and tmktj well dies
Cheeae, apples, and nuts, joly carols to bear.
As then in the country, is counted good cheer.
What ooet to good husband, is any of this ?
Good boushold prtnislon only it is ',
Of odwT the like, I do leaTe out a many,
That coaletb the busbandnnn nerer a penny.
iUpon Ikt lune 1^ Xmg Salomvn.)
I. Was Dot Christ our SaTlour,
Sent to ui fro God above?
Not for OUT good bebaiiour.
But only of hia mercy and loic.
If this be true, as true it is,
Truly in deed
Great thanks to God lo yield for this,
Then had we need.
S. This did our God, fbr very troth.
To train to him the aoul ot man.
And Justly to perform his oath.
To Sarah and to Abram than
That through his seed all nations should
Most bleosed be :
As in due time, perfbim he would,
3. Which wondroiisly is brought lo pass.
And in our sight already dcme.
By sending, aa his promise was,
(To comfort us) hia only Son,
Even Christ, I mean, that virgin's child.
In Bethlem bom.
4. Buch was his lore to save us all.
From dangers of the cune of God,
That we stood in by Adam's tall.
And by our own descrred rod.
That through his blood and holy name
WIh) so believes,
And fly flom sin, and abhors the same.
Free mercy be gives.
8. For these glad news tins ftMt doth bring.
To God die Son and Holy Gbott,
Let man give thanks, rejoice and sing.
From vnirld to world, ftom coast to coaat.
T. TdssbR.
be merry, and thankful withall.
And feast thy poor neighbours, the great with
Tea all the year long, to the poor let us give,
Ood's blesdng to follow us, whiles we do live.
f JANUARYS ABSTRACT.
1. Bid Christmaa adieu.
Thy stock novr renew.
9. Who killeth a neat.
Hath cheaper bis meat.
Is good in a bouse.
3. Who daindes love,
A beggai shall prove ;
Who alvi^ lelb.
In hunger dwell*.
4. Who DoChing uve,
Shall ootiUDg baT&
5. Lay dirt upon heapa.
Some pro&t it n»pt.
When weathei is hard.
Get muck out of yard.
A fidlow beMow,
Where pease ihail grow :
Good peaflon and white,
A &llo« will 'quite,
6. Oo gather ^uickBel,
Tbe;oT.ngeattoget.
IMg gatden, Kra; nudlow.
Set irillow and ullow.
Green willow for itak^
In twuL wiU take.
1, Let doe go to budi,
Wiah cone; good luck.
Bgtn^ labtHir nor monejr,
Store bomugh with coney.
Get warrener bound
To Tomine tb; sround.
E>ed dovea, but kill not.
If loee than ye will not.
Dore-houiw rqiair
Make dore-hole fair.
For hofwgmund C4>ld,
Dora-dung worth gold.
S. Good gaidener mine
Make garden fine.
Set nraen peaae.
And beaiu if ye pleaa&
Bet reapis and roie,
Toung raoti <rf' tb(a&
9. The timely buyer
Hath dwaper hi* BUr.
10. Some bum without wit,
Some Gerleaa nt.
11. Now aeaaon is good.
To lop or fell wood.
Prune tree* some allows
For cattle to brome.
IS. GiTe *lieep to their flee*
Tbe miKle of tree*.
Strong hedge to make-
14. For aap at yt know,
Let one bough grow.
Next year ye may
That bough cut BWky.
If. A Icnon good
T'encreaae more wood.
16. Save crotcbca of wood,
Sare ipan and Wud.
Sare hop for hii dole
The strong long pole.
1 7. Howeret ye icolch,
Save pole and crotch.
18. Fnnn Christmas to May,
Weak cattle decay.
1 9. With leijuice acquaint,
Poor bullock BO faint ;
Tliii med'cine approved,
I* for to be loTcd.
Too long if ya ilay.
Tail toe* away.
91. Ewe* ready to yean
CraTe ground rid clflM, '
Keep sheep out of briers.
Keep bean out of nuers.
S3. Keep bushes from hill,
'nU hedge ye will :
Beet had for thy turn,
Their roots go and bum.
53. No bushes of mine.
If fence be thine.
54. In stubbed plot,
mi hole wUI clot.
S J. Rid gnu* of bones,
Of sddu and stone*.
S6. Warm berth pve Iambs,
Good food to tbdr danu.
Look daily well to them.
Lest dogs undo them.
ST. Youug hunb well sold.
Fat iamb worth gold.
28. Keep twins for breed.
As ewes hate need.
39. One calf, if it please ye
Now reared shall ease ye.
Calves likely rear
At rising of year.
Calf large end lean,
Isbesttoweui.
30. Calf lick'd, takeaway.
And house it ye may.
This point I allow
31. Calves youiuerthan other,
Leun one of another.
33. No danger at all,
To geld as they falL
Yet Michel cries,
Please butchers' eye*.
93. Sow, ready to fare
Craves huswife's care.
34. Leave sow but five.
The better to thrive.
35. Wean such for store.
As suck before.
Wean only but three,
La^s brMders to be.
36. Idmb, bulchin, and pig.
Geld under the big.
37. Learn wit. Sir Ddt,
In gelding of colt.
3B. Geld young thy Ally
Elae perish wiU Jillj.
Let gelding aloae,
So large of Iraae.
By broithly tits.
Few profit hits.
39. Breed ever the best,
AnddoofftherasL
Of long and large,
Take huswife a cba^e.
40. Good cow and good ground,
^sld yearly ■ pound.
Good faring scpw.
Holds proSt with cow.
41. Who keeps but twain.
The more maj
42. TItbe justly, a
Else Mn w'^
^maygaiii. OQIC
FIVE HUNDRED P0II4TS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
45. thf (Mdn twi-ftlliMr, f JXjnJiXTB HU8BANDXT.
SUaj bemlock uid mallinr.
44. IA« practice Ottj pnrrt
That hapi do lore.
45- Now nuke and wtmd in
Trim bower to stand in,
LeATe wodling aboutr
'nU BrixNir be ouL
46. Wbo DOW wwi oati
Ge<B pJd and groat*.
Wbo lowi in Maj,
Geta little that wi^.
47. Go break np land,
Get matloil In hand:
Stub root K> lough.
For breaking of plough.
48. What giHter crinw,
TlnloMoftiiQe?
49. L*r land tar leaic,
Break up if ye pleaae ;
But fellow not jet.
That hath anj wit.
50. WtiB« drink ye flow,
Good tilth beetow.
ff 1. Small prtiflt is found.
By peeling of ground.
59. Land paat the beat.
Cat puUing-lMMik, tin.
For broom and f n.
Pluck broom, iMvom aliU,
Cut broom, broom kill.
Broom pluckl by and by.
Break up tot rye,
Friend, ringle thy bog.
Or look for a dog.
Ib oMiBr proride,
FtoeeedUy aaide.
Get dung, friend mine,
For Hock and rine.
If earth be not aol^
Go dig it aloft.
For quagmire get boot*,
anritaUeraandroola.
Or tet thdr atone.
Sow koneli to bear,
Of antle and pear.
A Ikreaa (hat bear gum.
Now let M tbey come.
Mow Mt, OT muvev
Such alocki aaye Imt.
Bert tndt JmHty'i Aort RtmembraiKtt.
ii ended, bid fraaring adieu,
Uo play ttw good ImiliBad, thy stock to renew,
Be mindful of rearing, in hope of a gain.
Dame pro£l ifaatl give thee rewatd fi)r thy pain.
2. WbobothbyfaiicalfaBdkiilambwiUbekNDini,
Miy wdl kill a neat and a ibaep of Ui own ;
And be that can rear up a pig in fail bmiat^
Hath cbeapw hia bacon, and iwaeCtf hie eauae.
3. Who ealalh Ua *ial, ^, and lamb, bdng froth,
Shall, twice in a week, go to bed without btolb :
Uoikilfiill that paw not, but aell away, icll.
Shall oerer haTs plcmty whsaTor tbey dwell.
And ■bntly be needy, and nady to cnn%
Be wiWiU to kill, and nnakiliull to Mote,
And Liok tar m tbimo, I tell Ikea befon.
Whnp
€, In makii
le tar tlw pot they intend for In aow.
ilith thy diteb,
niangly which.
r. LeaM killiag of coney, let doe go to butt.
And Termine thy borough, for hmi of ill-luck.
Feeddove(no more killing) old dova^kome repair,
Save dove-dung for hop-yard, when hooae ye
t, and wt roaea, dune aptly thy plot,
llMroMiaf the youngest are best to be got.
9, In time go and bargain, leet woreer to fkll.
Far fuel fiir making, fbr eaniage and alt ;
Go buy at the stub, ii the bat fbr the buyer,
Jlore timely providon, the cheaper the Gei.
10. Some bumeth a load at a time in his hall.
Soma aerer leare burning, (ill burnt they have alU
Such making of havock, without any wit,
Make many poor soul), without fier to dt.
11. If froat do continue, Mi lenon doth well.
For eomfert of cattle, the fuel to fell ;
FMm erery tree the mperfluous boughs,
Now prune ftB- thy ueat, thereupon to go brame.
1 S. In pruning and trimming all manner of trees,
Hueite to each cattle, tbiar property (bet.
If snow do continue, ^eep hardly that fare.
Crave mbtle and ivy, for them Ibr to spare.
IS. Now lop for thy fuel, old p^enger grown.
That htader the com, or the grass to be mown,
In lopping and feUng, aare edder and stake,
lliiBe bedgei, as needeth, to mend or to make.
14. to bppmg old locham, fiuiwof miabap.
One bougb «■; unlopped, to cbeiish the op.
The Mcood year after then boldly ye may.
For dripping his fellows, that bough cut away.
15. Lop poplar and ullow, ehn, maple, and prie.
Well saved from cattle, dll lummer to lie ;
80 far aa in lopping, thnr top* ye do fling.
So fkr, without plaatiiig, young coppice will
apring.
16. Bath fuel, aa atanding, a lale ye have bou^it.
Now fell it and make it, and do aa ye ougbt :
Give charge to the hewefa( that many tliinga man)
To hew out for crotcbei, for polea and for span.
17. If hop-yard or orchard, ye mean fm' to have.
For bop-polea and crotches, in lapping go aav e ;
Wldch huibandly aparcd, may serve at a puah,
And stop, by so having, two g^n with a bush,
IB. Ftttm C3irislinaa, till May be well snlered in.
Soma cattle wax fiuni, and look poOTly and thin ;
And cliiefly when prime graaa at fliat doth appear,
Then moat ia the danger of all the whole year.
1 9. I^ke reijuice and heat it, a pint for a cow,
Bay salt, a bandfull, to rub tongue ye wot bow ;
That done, with the aalt, let her drink off the rest ;
This many timea raiaeth the fe^le up beasL
50. Poor buUock with browsng, and nau^itily fod.
Scarce feedeth, her teeth be so loose in her head-
Then alice ye the tail, where ye foel it ao soft.
With soot and with garlick, bound to it aloft.
51. By bramblea and bushaa, in paature too fiill.
Poor sheep l>e in danger, and loseth their wool :
Now therrfora thy ewe, upon *— ''""g so new,
Deaireth in pasture, that all may be dew.
S3. Leave gruMnng or pulling of bushes, my son,
Till timely thy fences requin to be done.
Tfaen take of the best, fiw to fumirit thy turn.
And home with the rest^ for Ibe Stir to bum.
93. In every green, if the fence be not thine.
Now utiib up the bushes, the gtaas to be Bne,
Lest noghbour do daily bo hack them, belive,
l^iat neither thy bushes, nor paature can thrive.
84. In ridding of pasture, with turiii that lie by.
Fill every bole up as dose as a die :
The labour is lilUe, the proAt u gay.
Whatever the loitering labouren say.
SS. The Btidis aitd the stones go gather up clean,
Far hurting itf icjthe, or for harming of green.
For fearof Hugh Prowler, get home vrilh the rest.
When frost is at hardest, then carriage is best
SG. Toui^ broom, or good pasture thy ewea do re-
quire.
Warm barth, and in safety, tbdr lambs do desire :
Look often well to them, for foiei and di^s.
For pits, and for brambles, for vermin, and hogs.
SV. More dainty the lamb, the more WOTth to be sold,
\ The Boamr the better, for ewe that is old ;
But if ye do mind, to have milk of the dame,
■ Till May, do not ■««> the lamb fto the SMoe.
28. Ewes, yearly by twhming, rich maatera do imka
Tlielamb of aucb twinner^ for breeders go take
For twinllngs be twiggers, increase for to bring.
Though some for their twigging,fcccaM may ling.
29. Calves likely that come, betweai Chriatmaa and
Lent,
lUe huswife to rear, or else after repent.
Of such as do fall, between change and the prime.
No rearing, but sell, or go kill them in time.
30. House calf, and go suckle it twice in »^y.
And after a while, set it water and bay :
Stake ragged to rub on, — no such as will beikd.
Then wean it, well tended, at fifty days' end.
jtotD DOW to anni water, ana nay lor to reacn :
More stroken and made of, when aught it doth ail*
Mot« gentle ye make it, for yoke or the paiL
92. GddhuU.calfandram4amb,assaonasthey(isll,
For Ifaerein ii, lightly, no danger at alL
Some spareth the t'one, for to pleasure the ey^
To haTehim she w gteai
33. Sows ready to farrow thu time of the year,
Are for to be made of, and counted ftdl dear.
For now ia the loss of a fare of the bow,
More great than the loes of two calves of thy cow.
34. Of one sow, together, rear few above five.
And those of the fairest, and likest to thrive.
Ungelt, of the best keep a couple for store.
One boar pig and sow pig, that sucketh beitne.
35. Who hath a denre, to have store very large,
At Whitsuntide, let htm give huswife a chargt^
To rear of a bow at once only but three j
Aikd one of than also a boar let it be.
36. Geld under the dam, within fbrtnigbt at least,
And save both thy money, and life of the beaat
Geld later with gelders, as many cme do ;
And look of a doien, to geld away two.
37. Thy colts for the saddle, geld young to be light ;
For cart do not so, if thou judgtst aright ;
Nor geld not, but when they be lusty and (at.
For there it a point, to be learned in that.
3S. Geld fillies (but tits) ere a nine days of sge.
They die else of gelding, (or geldos do rage.)
Young Blliea so likely of bulk and of bone.
Keep Buch to be breeders, let gelding alone.
99. For gaining a trifle, sell never thy alore.
What joy to acquaintance, what pleasureth nxaa 7
Thelarger of body, the better (or Ineed,
More forwaid of growing, the batter they spead.
40. Good milch CO*, well fod, and that ii fair and
la yearly for profit as good as a pound 1
And yet by the year, have I proved ere now.
As good to the purse, is a sow as a cow.
41. Keep one and keep botli, with as little a cost.
Then all ahall be saved, and nothing be lost :
Both having together, what profit is caught,
Good huawivBS < I warrant ye) need not b« taiigbt.
nVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY,
43. For Iamb, pig, and ait, ind fi>r odwr ttw like,
l^the w), u thy eutlc the Lrail do not itrikc :
Or ir ye deal guilrfiilly, pumon will dri*c.
And w to joantlt, a worst turn ya may give
43: Thj guden plot Utelj, well tmcbed and miidt.
Would DOW be twi-fallow'd, tbe mallowi
pluckt,
Well cleamed and purged, of root and of MiKle,
Hiat &ult theratn afterwanl, found may be DO
44. Bwitwnher thy bop-yard, if Mwon ba diy.
Now dig it and weed it, and m> let it He.
Mora StOMXj the lajer, tbe better his Imt,
Uore apt to bear hope, wben it crumbles tike
AS. To siboar b^na, and quieksetted about.
No piecing or wadling, till act be far out :
For rotten and aged ma]r stand for a ihew.
But bold to tbeir tackling, tbere do but a few,
46. In Januarj, husband that poucbetfa tbe groats.
Will break up his ley, or be sowing of oats,
Oats sown in January, lay by the wheat, —
In Hay buy tbe hay, for the cattle to eat.
47. Let serrant be raady, with mattock in hand.
To stub out the bushes, that noyeth tbe land.
And cumbenome roots, so annoying the plough
Turn upward their a — a — s, with sorrow enough.
48. Who teeaketh np, timely, bis fidlow or ley,
ScB forward his husbandry, many a way :
This trimly well ended, doth forwardly bring,
Not only thy tillage, but all other thing.
4<k Tbongh ley land ye break up, when Christmas is
gone.
For sowing of bsrley, or oats thereupon ;
Yet haste DO« to Gillow, dU March be begun.
Lest afterward wiahing, it had beoi undone.
50. Such land ai ye break up, for barley to sow.
Two caiths at tbe least, ere ye sow it bestow.
If land be Ibeicafter set oating qiait ;
And fallow this lissiiii to comfort thine heart.
Tet oats with her sucking a peeler is found.
Both ill to tbe masto-, and worse lo some grou
Z. I«»d aiable, diiren or worn to (he proof,
It era* eth some rest for thy profit's behoof,
With oats ye may sow it, the sooner to grass
More soon to be pssture, to bring it to pass.
Tha atdttk Jamiary'i Hvtbandry.
And peason grey-
Keep while, unsown,
Till more be known.
4. Sow pease (good truU}
The moon past full,
fine seeds then sow.
Whilst moon doth grow.
5. Boy, follow the plough.
And harrow enougbi
So barrow, ye sfaaJl,
mi cover'd be alL
6. Sow pease not too tUn,
Ere plough ye set in.
7. Late sown, sore noyeth ;
Late rip^ Ikw stroyetfa.
8. Some proies^cr save.
For plougb-horse to baTe,
To Dien that draw.
Give hay, and not straw.
Mil straw with hiy.
9. Much carting, ill dlbige,
Mskes some to flie nllaga.
la Use cattle aright,
To keep them in plight.
11. Good quickset buy,
Old gather'd will die.
IE. Stick boughs a row,
Wbere nindTsls grow.
IS. Sow kernels and haw,
Wbse ridge ye did draw.
14. Sow mustard seed.
And hrip (o kill weed.
Where sets do grow.
See nothing ye sow
15. Cut Tines and osier.
Plash hedge of enclosure.
Feed highly thy awan.
To lore her g<wd man.
Neat high, I jidrise.
Lest flood do arise.
16. Land meadow q>are ;
Here dung is good wsra.
IT. Go strike offthe nowls
Of del ring mowls.
Such hillocks in rain.
Lay levdled plain.
18. Too wet the land,
Let roowl-hill stand,
19. Poor cattle crave.
Some Mtt to bare.
SO, Cow little givedi,
That hardly iiTeth.
2t . Rid barley all now.
Clean out of thy mow.
Choice seed out dmw,
Sare cattle the straw.
92. To coast, man, ride
: 1 FEBKUARVa ABSTRACT.
1. Lit compas enow,
Ere erer ye plow.
S. Place dung-hoqis alow.
More barley to grow.
3. Eat etch, ere ye idow.
With hog, dieep, and con
Trench meadow and tedge.
Dyke, quickset, and he^e.
To plota not full,
Add bramble and hulL
M 3
Let wheat Hid tlia rye.
Poor coDsy, so bagged,
Good Oi^t who iortt,
Hiut feed tbrir doves,
BiA hawking •dieu.
Cast bawk into mew.
Keep sheep out of brien^
Keep beast out of mlan.
Keep lai^riM from fox,
Else di^hadgohox
Good neiglibaiir of miii4
Now yoke tl^ switw.
Now cretT day.
Set hops jramaj^
Now set tkn thy po^
Best hobs to be got.
For flowen go set.
All sorts ye cm get.
As winter doth prore.
So may ye remove.
Now all things rear.
For all the year.
Watdi pon^ go look
To weak and hook.
Knaves seld repent.
To steal in Lent.
All's fish Ibey get.
That Cometh to net.
Who mud T^ardi
Makes hillocks in yanis.
Bert entU Febnmfyt rtcrt
1 FEBRUABT^ HUSBANDEY.
Feb, Oil the dike,
WiOi wbst tboa dnt U
str
1. Who layeth on dung, ere he layeth t
Such husbandry useth, as thrift doth
One month ere ye ipi^ad it, so still let it stand,
£re ever to plow it, ye take it in hand.
S. Place dung lieap alow, by the ftmow along.
Where water, all winter-tinte, did it such wrong :
So make ye the land to be lusty and fkt.
And com thereon sown, to be better for that.
3. Go plow in the itutible, for now is the season,
For sowing of vetches, of beans, and of peason.
Sow runcivals timely, and all that is grey j
But sow not the whiter till St. Gr^osy'i day.
4. Sow peason and beans, in tbs vraoe of the moon,
Who loweth them aoooer, he soweth too soon,
That they iriA the planet may rest snd arise,
— • — • ««uiuh, with bearing most plentifullwise.
^day.
5. Frtts>d,liaitow in time, by i
Not only thy peason, but also thy beans ;
Unharrowed die, being buried ii '
Whare harrowed Oouiiih, oi
6. Both peaoOD and beans, sow aten ye do jdvw.
The sooner ye borrow, the better for you.
White peason so good, fbr the puiae and the po(^
Let than be well used, else wdl do ye DM.
7. Have eye unto harvest, whatevo- ye sow.
For fear of mischances, by rifung too slow t
Lest com be destrt^ed, contrary to ri^it.
By bogi or by cattle, by day oi by ni^tt.
8. Good provender, labouring hoisa would hare,
Good hay and good plenty, plough-oxen do crave;
To bale out thy muck, and to plow i^ thy ground^
Or else it may hinder thee many a poiuid.
9. Who slscketh his tillsge, a carter to b«^
For groat got abroad, at home lose shall three ;
And so by bis doing, be brings out of hsar^
Both land for the cmn, and bone for the tatt.
10. WbosbusethUs cattle, andstarreslheBi fbr meat,
By catting or plowing, his gain is not great :
When he that with Iflbour, can use them aright
II. Buy quidset at market, new g^
Buy bushes or willow, to fence it withall :
Set willows to grow, in the stead of a stake.
For cattle, in summer, a shadow to mak&
If peacock and turkey leave joblnng their bei.
13. Ndwbow, sndgotaam>w(wbeTeredgeycdiddraw)
The seed of the bramble, with kernel and haw ;
Which covered, overly, sun to shut out,
Go see it be ditched, and ftneed about.
14. Where banks be amended, and newly np-eas^
Sow mustard-seed, after a shower be post,
Who^ plots full of nettles be nmsome to eye.
Sow thetvupon hcmp-aeed, and nettle will die.
15. Tb* vines and the oden cut, and go set.
If grape be unpleasant, s better go get.
Feed swan, and go make her up strongly a nest.
For fear of s ioai, good and high is tbe besL
16. land-meadow that yearly is spared for hay,
Now Aitce it, and spars it, and dung it ye may.
Get nxde-catcber cuimingly mole for to kill.
And barrow, and cast abroad every bill.
1 7. Whore meadow or pasture, to mow ye do lay.
Let mole be dispatched, some manner of way :
Then cast abroad mole-hill, as flat as ye can.
For many commodities following than.
18. If pasture by nature, is given to be wet.
Then bear with the mole-hill, though thick itbe set j
That lamb may sit on it, and so to sit dry.
Or else to lie by it, lbs warmer to lie.
PITE HUNDRED POINTS OSGOOD HUSBANDRY.
19. Fiitmd, alw^rleitlMlMapatt of ilirawik
For itilftof goodpaMurc, Imf putun to ipv*.
So hare jou good feeding in tnnheta and Icue,
And quickly Mfa Boding of latUe M bmb.
90. Wlioe cattle ma; niD abont nmng at will,
FRNn pasture to pasture, poor bell j to fill ;
lliere paature and cattla, both busgiy and bare.
For want of good huabandrj wonci do fara.
81. Now tltreih out diy barle;, tot aialt or Tor wed.
For bread-corn, if need be, to MTTe «• )hall ued ;
If watk for the thresher, ye mind for to haTe,
Of wheat and of mil in, unthmhed go WTe.
SS. Now timely for Lent Muff, thy money diibnne.
The longer ya tarry, for profit the wone i
If one penny vaotage, be theiein to aaTe^
Of -"■■»"™" or Fleming be aiier to hare.
Thiu ntdeth Febnmry'i Htabandry.
1 HARCB-S ABSTRACT.
1 . Whir peaaon nw,
Scare hungry crow,
S. Spare mellow fin- hay.
Spare nianbea at May.
3. Keep iheep from dog.
Keep Iambi fVom hog :
If fbiea mouse them.
Then watch, or bouse tbeni.
4. March dry or wet.
Hop-ground go aet.
Young root! well drett,
Prore eTer best
Gnat bop great hill.
To grow at wiU
From bop long gut,
5. Here learn die way,
Hop root* to lay.
6. Roots best to prove.
Thus set I lore.
7. Leave space and rocnn.
To hillock to come.
S. Of hedge and willow,
Hc^ makes his {hIIow.
Good bearing hop.
Climbs up to tbe top.
Keep hop from ■UI^
And bop b undone.
9. Hop-pole* procure,
7, like a stake.
A hone, to raise root,
Like sola of a boot.
Sharp knife to cut,
Superflnous gut.
Kh Who grafflng loves.
Now graffing prorea.
Of every suit,
Grair dainty fruit.
Graff good fruit all,
Orgnffnotatall.
II. OraffiooMiii^belaM,
Both gnffing and ccaL
Learn here, take heed.
What counael doth bid.
19. Sow bariey that can.
Too soon y< shall ban.
Let hone keep his own.
Till barley be sown.
Sow even (hy land.
With plentifull hand-.
Sow over and under,
In clay ia no wonder.
13. By sowing in wet.
Is little to get.
14. Straight foUow the plough.
And barrow enough.
With sling go throw,
15. RoU, aAsr a dew.
When barley doth shew ;
Mote handsome to
Tom
16. Learn ben ye may.
Best harrowing way.
IT. Now roll thy wheat.
Where clods be too great.
18. Make ready a plot.
For seeds for the pot.
19i Best searching "*^'"1*,
Tbe best way Gnda.
aa For garden best.
Is south, soutb-wesL
21. Good tilth brings seeds,
111 tiltuie, weeds.
SS. For summer sow now.
For winter see how.
83. Leam ti
24. Young plants soon die,
That grow too dry.
85. In cotmtry doth rest.
What season is best
36. Good peason and ieeks.
Make pottage for creeks.
87. Have spoon-meat enough.
For cart and (he plough.
Good poor man's fare,
la poOT man's care ;
And not to boast.
Of sod and roast
88. Cause rook and raven,
To seek a new haven.
Geld lambs now all.
Straight as they &1L
Look twice a-day,
Lnl lambs decay.
Where horse did hanow.
Wish dotei good luck,
Rrair goose and duck.
To spare uight.
Spare March his flight.
1 UARCH-S HUSBANDKY.
pot and the purse,
ason, hot}) good for the potandtbi
g loo tinwdf, proTe often the w(
13. Sow barky In Mardi, in April, and H^,
llw later Id nnd, and the tooaer in cimj.
What woner fin bailey, than weOwn and cold ? -
What better to akilfull, than time to be bold ?
1 3. Wbo BOWBth his barley too loon, or In rain.
Of oal> and of thiatlcs shall after complain :
J apeak not of Hay-weed,^ of oodile and mcb,
TiM adettt the bwley, ao often and idugIl
15. Soma tulleth tbdr baHey, itnight after a ram.
When fint it appeareth, to level it ptain :
The barlej so used, tlie batter doth grow.
And handsome ye make it, at harreat to mow.
16. Oats, barley, and pease, hairow after you sow ;
For rye, haiTDw fii«, aa slready ye know ;
Leave wheat little clod, for to cover the head,
Ibat afler a frost, it may out and go spread.
1 T. If clod in thy wheat, win not break wilh the froa^
If now yadorolliiitquitath the coat;
But see when ye roll it, the weatiser be dry.
Or else it were better, unrolled to lie.
18. Jn March and in April, &om morning to ni^it.
In lowing and setting, good huswives delist:
To bare in a garden or other like plot.
To liim up tbor house, aud to fumish their pot.
I g. Tbe nature of flowers, dacne Fbyvc doth shew ;
She teacheth tbem all, to be known to a few.
To set or to sow, or else sown to remove.
How that should be pi
By sowing loo
Because they be lender, and hateth the cold.
Prove March ere 3% sow them, for being too boU.
3. %iare meadow at Gregiwy, marsbes at Puque,
For fear of dry eonuner no longer time aek.
Then hedge tbem and ditch them, bestow thereon
pence,—
Com, meadow, and pasture, auk al way good fence.
3. Of masti A and mongreb that many wc see,
A number of thousands too many tbere be :
Watch therefore in Lent, to thy sheep go and look,
For dogs will have victuals, by book or by crook.
4. In March at the fartbest, diy season or wet,
Hop^oota so well chosen, let akiiiiill go set.
The goeler and younger, the better I love ;
Well gutted and pared, the better they prove.
5. Some layetb tbem, cross- wisc^ along in the ground.
As high as the knee, they do cover up round.
Some prick up a stidi in the midst of the same.
That little round hillock, the better to frame.
6. Some maketh a hollowneas half a fbot deep,
With foiier sets in it, set slant-wise siteep )
One foot trina another, in order to lie.
And thereon a hillock, as round aa a [oe.
7. Five foot&Dmanother.eaehhillodt would Bland,
As stnight as a levelled line with the hand :
Let every hillock be foiier feet wid^
The better to come to, on every sde.
B. By willows that groweth, thy hop-yard without.
And also by hedges, thy meadows about.
Good hop hath a pleasure to climb and to spread.
If sun may have passage, to comfort hgr head.
9. Get crow made of iron, deep hole for to make.
With cross overthwart it, as sharp as a stake,
A hone and a parer,- like sole of a boot.
To pare away grass, and to raise up the root.
S4. Now sets do ask watering, with pot or with disb,
0. In March is good grafflng, the skilful! do know. New sovrn do not so, if ye do as I wish :
So long as the wind in the east do not blow : Through cunning with dibble, nke, mattock.
From raooubnng changed, till pastbe the prime, and spade,
For giaffing and cropping, is very good time. By line, and by level, trim garden is made.
1. Things graffed or planted, the greatest and least, 85. Who soweth too lateward, hath seldom good seed.
Defend against tempest, the bud, and the beast; Who soweth too soon, little betta- shall speed.
Defended shall prosper, the tother is lost. Apt time and the season, so diverse to hit,
Hn thing with the labour, the time and the cost. ' Let ajer and layer, help practice and wiL
3. Land falling or lying full south or south-wes^
For profit by tillage, is lightly the best :
So garden with orchard and bop-yard I find.
That want the like benefit, grow out of kind.
I. If field to bear com, a good tillage doth cnvcy
What think ye of garden, what garden would have?
tn field without cost, be assured of weeds ;
In garden be atier, thou loseat thy seeds.
i. At spring (for the ■ummei) now garden ye shaU,
At harvest (for wintv) or sow not at all.
Oft digging, removing, and weeding, ye see,
Makeshcib the more wlKdeMnDe,and greatertobe.
S. Time fayer, to sow or to gather be bold.
But set or remove, when the weather is cold.
Cut all thing or gather, the moon in the wane.
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
36. Now leaki'an in aeuoii, for pottage ftiD good.
And ipBTeth theinilcli-ca«,«iiii purgcththeblood i
ThcM having irhfa pcuon, for pottage in Lent,
Tbou ipBRst boll) oatmeal, uid bread to tw ipent.
37. llKMigfa nn
noUiucha
Tat feed tb
9 Ml much a good faiuwife doth can,
. do lalKiiiT, haTC busbaudlj fare ;
m and cnun tbau, till puna do lack
to belly full, laboiuen tliink,
9S. Kill crow, pie, and Cadow, rook, buzzard, and
Or eke go derire them to leek a new haven.
In Bcaling the youngest, to pluck off bis beck.
Beware bow ;e clainber, for breaking jour neck.
Una eitdelA UaTtKt HuAandry.
f APllIL'S ASSTBACr.
3. One day ere je plow.
Spread compaa enow.
4. Some fodder bujeth,
In fen where it lietfa.
5. Thou champion wight,
Have cow-meat for night.
6. Set bop his pole.
Make deep the bole.
T. First, bark go and aell.
Ere limber ye fell.
8. Fence coppice in,
£re hewen begiiL
ft The atnighteat ye know,
12. Some country lack plough-meat.
And lome do lack cow-meat.
13- Small commons, and bare.
Yield cattle ill fare.
14. Some common with geese.
And (beep without fleece :
Some tits thitber bring,
And hogs without ring.
15. Some champions agree,
Aa wasp doth with bee.
16. Get swindierd for hog,
Bnt kill not mth dog.
Wboc Bwineberd dotfa lack,
Cotngoetb to wrack.
17. All goes to the Devil,
Wbere ifaepherd is evil.
IS. Come home from land.
With atone in hand.
19> Man cow provides, —
Wife dairy guidea.
sa Slut Cisley, untaught,
Hadi white meat naught.
SI. Some bcingetta in gains.
[ 1 AFRIL-3 HUSBANDRY.
1. In Cambridgeshire forward, to Idnctflnshire way.
The champion maketh bis fallow in Maj i
Then thinking ao doing, one tillage worth twain,
B)> forcing of weed, by that meana to re&ain.
9. If Apii] be drippng, then do I not hate,
iFor him that hath little) bii tallowing late ;
!Ise otherwise, fallowing timely is best,
Fw sating of cattle, of plough, and tbe resL
5. Be siier of plough to be ready at band,
Erecompas ye spread, that on hillocks ^d stand;
Lest drying, so lying, do make it decay.
Ere ever much water do wash it away.
4. Look now, to provide ye of meadow for hay,
If fens be undrowned, there cheapest ye may ;
In fen for tlie bullock, for horee not so well.
Count best, tbe best (dkeap, wheresoever ye dwelL
3. Provide ye of cow.meat, for catde at night.
And chiefly wbere commons lie far out of aight ;
Where cattle lie tied, without any meat,
l^iBt proSt by dairy, can never be great.
6. Get into thy hop-yard with plenty of poles.
Among those same hillocks, divide them by doles.
Three poles to a hillock (I pass nnl how long].
Shall yield thee more profit, set deeply and strong.
7. Sell bark to the tanner, ere limber ye fell,
Cut low by tbe ground, else do ye not well.
In breaking sate crooked, for mill and for ships j
And ever, in hewing, save carpenter's dups.
5. F7rst see it well fenced, ere hewen b^n.
Then see it well stadled, without and within.
Tbui being preserved, and husbandly dime,
Shall sooner raise profit, to tbee or thy sod.
9. Leave growing for stadles, the likest and best,
'niough seller and buyer dispatched the resL
In bushes, in hedge-row, in grove, and inwoo^
This leuon observed, is neeiWil and good.
10. Save elm, ash, and cmb tree, for cart and fiw
plough.
Save step for a stile, of the cratch of the bough :
Save haiet for forks, save sallow for rake j
Save hulver and thorn, thereof flail to make.
1 1 . Make riddance of carriage, ere year go about.
For spoiling of plant, that is newly come ouL
To carter (witfa oien) this message I bring, —
Leave oxen abroad, for annoying the spring.
IS. Allowance Ot fodder, some countries do yield.
As good for tbe cattle as hay in the fldd.
Some mow up Aeir headlands and plots among
And diivealo leave nothing, uimioimor unsbom
1 3. Some commoiu m burm, the UMnre ia luch.
And Knne oro-lsyeth tbe cmuuom too mucli.
Hie pestered common^ (mall profit doch gire.
And profit u little some reap, I believe.
M. Some pester the commona «4th jadei and with
1. Gehaii his dcknew wu whitiah and dry.
g««.
Such cheeaea, good Cialey, ye floted too oi^.
With hog without ring, and wilh aheep without
fleece:
2. Lesxe Lot with ber pillar, good Cialey, alone,
Some lo» a day's labour with aeeking their own.
Some meet with a booty, they would not haie
known.
3. If cheeaea in dairy have Anms-s eyes.
Tell asley the fiult in her hunrifery lie..
15. Great troubles and lasses the chanipion •
And erer in brawling, as wasps among bees ;
As charily that way appeareth but small ;
So less be their winnings, or nothing at ^
16. Where champion wanteth a swine-herd for hog.
There nuiny complaineth of naughty man's dog.
Where each his own keeper appoints without care.
There cont ia destroyed, ere men be aware.
17. The land ia well heaited, with help of the fold,
For one or two crops, if ao long it will hold.
If shepherd would keep them trmo stroying of
Tbe walk of hia sheep might the better be borne.
18. Where stones be too many, annoying tfay land.
Make serTantconiebome,withasIone in his hand:
By daily so doing, haie plenty ye shall.
Both handsome for paring, and good for a wall.
19. FVom Aptil beginning, till Andrew tie past.
So long with good huswife her daily doth last ;
Good milcb-cov and pasture, good husbands pro-
The res'due, good huiwives know best bow to
30. ni huswife, unskilfull, to make her own cheese,
Hirough trusting of others, hath this for her fees :
Her nulk-pan and cream-pot, so slabbet'd andsoM,
Hiat butter is wanting, and cheese Is half lost.
81. Where some of a cow, da lajie yearly a pound.
With such aeel; huswives, no penny is found.
Hien dairy-maid Cidey, her fault being known.
Away, apace, trudgetb, with more than ber own.
Good serrant for dairy-house.
Such husband and huswife, such homo airaid.
Gehaii, Lot's wile, and Argus his eyea,
Tom flper, poor cobler, and Lazarus' thighs :
Rough Esau, with Maudlin, and gcntils that
" ih bishop that burnetii, thus know ye tbem all.
Tbeaa toppingly gueata be in ninnbar but tan,
As welcome in dairy as bean among men ;
Which being desciMd, lake btad of ye shall.
For danger of after dapt, after that HO.
a shift her aside.
la Bless Cisley Cg'>od miffneB,) that bUiop dodt
ban,
FtR burning the milk of her chcasc to tbe pan.
Ilius dairy-maid, Ciiley, rebeaned ye tee.
What taults with ill huswife in dairyJiouae be :
Of market abhorred, to houabotd a giief.
To maister and mistreas, as ill as a tiueC
Thut autetM JpriTi Biitbandry.
1 M AY« ABSTRACT.
I. Pot lamb finnn ewe.
To milk a fow.
S. Be not too bohi.
To milk, and to fold.
3. Five ewes allow,
To every cow.
4. Sheep wriggling tail.
Hath maibwithout ML
5. Beat hard in tbe reed.
Where house hath need.
6. Leave cn^iping from May,
To Michaelinas-day.
Let ivy be killed.
Else tree will be a|nlled.
T. Now threabera want, ■,,,1,.
To lid the barn. 'j\"^
8. Beaureofhay
Till Ifa- end of Hay.
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
In
10. To wteding awsj,
11. For corn, bCTC reed.
What uughty wcad.
IE. Who weediag ■Imcketh,
Good hurin^ry lackelli.
1 S- Sow buck or brauk,
Tbatimelliwniik.
1^ Illy blank go and ww.
Where barley did gnnr :
Tbe neit crop whwt,
Ii husbandn neat.
15, Sow paaacoda ■omc^
16. S
Forb
18. Through fowU H
Cut off or
SuperfluoiM hc^
Tbe titten or tiiw.
Makes bop to pine.
ISl Some nketb tbar wbeM,
With Take that ii great:
Be gotten out Ana.
SO. Now leti do crsv«
Sixne weeding to have^
91. Noir drain as ye lik^
Both fen and dike.
35. Waich beea in Mf
For swarming away :
Both now and in June,
Mark maiter bee's tune.
33. Twi&llow thy land,
Leat plough else stand.
24. No longer tarry
Out comjiai to carry.
9J. Where need doth pimy it.
See there je lay it.
36. Set Jack and Joan,
To gather up stone.
S7. To grass with thy calTca,
Take nothing to balvea.
SB. Be nire thy neat,
S9l By tainting of ground.
30. Now carriage get,
Mome fuel to iet.
TeU ^got and btUet
Pv filching gilleL
31. In summer for firing
Let city be buying.
Mark collier's packii^
LeM coals be lacking.
(Sea opened sack]
For two in a pwl.
32. Let nodding patdi.
Go sleep a BUtcb.
33. Wife as you will.
Now ply your itilL
34. Fine baail sow,
In • pot to grow.
From bull, cow fcit, \^ h.i„'. J..
Till Croucbmas be part. } ''
Fnan heifer, bull hid thee 1 ,
■nil Lammas bid thee. ^AugmL
Mm endt Uat/'i Aurl Bemembranctt.
1 MAY'S HQSBAMDKy.
1. At Philip and Jacob, away with the lambs,
'Hiat thinkeat to hare any milk of their dams:
At IjTmii«. leave milking, for fear of a thing,
Lest (reftum atenum) in winter they sing.
3. To milk and to fold them, ia much to requin^
Except ye bare pasture to fill their desire :
Yet many by milking (sucb heed they do take;)
Not burdng their bodies, much profit do make.
3. Five ewa to a cow, make a proof by a scon.
Shall double thy dairy, or trust me no more ;
Tet may a good huiwife that knoweth tbe skill,
Have milt or tumixt, at her pleasure and will.
4. If iheep or thy lamb &11 a wriggling with IhI,
Go, by and by, sesrch it, whiles help may preyaili
Tliat barberly handled, 1 dare thee amure j
Cast dust in his a — «, tbou hast finish'd thy cure.
5. Where bouses be reeded (as bouses haie need,)
Now pare off the moss, and go beat in the tael :
The jusCer ye drive it, tbe smoother and plain,
More handsome ye make it, to shut off the rain.
6. From May till October, leave cropping, for why?
In woodxere, whatever thou croppest will die ;
Where ivy embraceth the tree very sor^
Kill ivy, oi else tree will addle no more.
t. Keep tfareshing for thresher till May be come in.
To have to be siier &eah chaff in thy bin;
And somewhat to scamble, for hog and fbr hen.
And wotk, when it lainetb, for loitering men.
8. Be siicr of hay. and of provender some, -
For labouring cattle, till pasture be come.
And if ye do mind, (o hare nothing to sterre.
Have one thing or other, fbr all thmgs to aerre^
9. Ground compaawd well, and a following year, >
i[f wheat or thy barley, too rank do appearj)
low eat it with sheep, or else mow it ye imq'.
For iedging, and sc^ to the birds for a prey.
But June U the betto' for weeding tbe Tcat.
1 1. The Ma;-«eed doth bum, uid tbe thistle doth
Tbe fitcbet pull downmrdbotlirreaiid the wheat:
The brake and the cockle, be noisome too much ;
Tet like uDlo boodle, no weed tbete is auch.
19. Slock nerer thf weeding, for dearth nor for cbeap,
Tlie com shall reward it, ere ever ye reap j
And spedailj' where ;e do (rust for to seed.
Let that be well used, the better to speed.
13. In May is good sowing Ifay tnick or tfay brank,
That black is as pepper, and ametleth as tank :
It is to thy land, as a comfort or muck.
And all thing it maketh, as fkt as a buck.
1 4. Sow budc aAer barley, or after thy wheat,
A peck to tbe rood, (if tbe measure be great)
T^iree earths see ye give it, and sow it above ;
And haiTow it finely, if buck ye do to>e.
S4. Twifi^ow once ended, get tumbrtU and man,
And compaa that Mlow, as soon as ye can.
Let sifilfiUI bestow it, where need is upcm ;
More profit the lODner, la follow (hereon.
95. Hidehead]sadswitbmuek,ifyewii1,tothekRe«s,
So dripped and shadowed, with bushes and tnei :
Bsre plots full of galls, if ye plow oierthwai^
And compas it then, is a husbandly part
96. Let children be hired to lay to their bones.
From fidlow, as needeth, to gather up stones.
What wisdom for profit adTiseth unto.
Hut, — husband and huswife must willingly do,
37. To giaaa with thy calTca, in some meadow-plot
Where neither their mothers may see them, nor
i pHher, tohoTewiththelast,
To serve for his household, till harvest be past.
Must sow them in May, in a comer ye shall,
Where through so late growing, no hindrance
16. Good flax and good hemp, to hare of her own.
In May a good huswife will see it be sown ;
And afterwards trim it, to serre at a need.
The Gmble to sinn, and tbe carl for her seed.
IT. Get into thy hop-yard, for now it is time.
To teach Robin Hop, on his pole bow to climb :
To fcdiow the sun, ss his property is.
And weed him and trim him, if aught go ai
18. Grass, thistle, and mustard-seed, hemlock, and
Tine, mallow, and nettle, that keep such a Btur;
With peacock and tuAey, that nibble olTtop,
Are leiy ill nei|^bDuts, to sedy poor hop.
19. From wheat, go and rake ont the titters or tine.
If ear be not forth, it will rise sgain fine :
Use now in thy rye, little raking or none,
Bresk tine from his root, and so let it alone.
ao. BankBnewlyquickse«ed,someweedingdocraTa,
Tbe kindlier nourishment thereby to have ;
Hen after a shower, to weeding a snatch.
More easily weed, with the roi
8. Pinch never thy wennels of water or meat.
If ever ye hope M have them good neat.
In summer-time, daily ; in winter, in ftos^
If cattle lack drink, they be utterly lost
9. For coveting much, overlay not thy ground.
And then sbidl thy cattle be lusty and soundj
Butpinchtbemofpasture, while summer dotfa last.
And lift at their tails, ere a winter be pasL
30. Get home with thy ftiel, make ready to ttt,
31. His firing, in n
1. tbe fen and the quagmire, so marish be kind.
And are to be drained, now win to thy mind j
Which yearly undrained, and suSined, uncut,
Annoyelh tbe meadows, that thereon do 'but
3, Take heed to thy bees, that are lesdy to swarm.
The loss thereof now, is a crown's worth of harm:
Let skilful! be ready, and diligen
Let skiltuU be ready, an
'-« being too careless,
thou loeett thy been.
39. From Hay to mid August an hour or two.
Let Patch sleep a snatch, howsoever ye do :
Hiough sleei^Dg one hour reftesheth tus song.
Yet trust not Hob Gnnitfaead, for sleeping too
long.
33. The knowledge of stjlling is one pretty feal^
The wslers be wholesome, tbe charges not great :
What timely thou getten, while summer doth la■^
Think vrinter irill help thee, to spend it as fast
34. Fine badldenteth it may be her lot.
To grow as the gillifiower, trim in a pot ;
That ladies and gentles, to whom ye do serve.
May help her, as needath, poor life to preserve.
35. Keep ox fro thy cow, that to pnifit would go,
Lest cow be deceived, by oi doing so ;
And thou recompensed, for suffering the same.
With want of a calf, and a cow to was lame.
7%ta tmdili itag'i Hvibamby.
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
5 JUNEV ABSTBACT.
1. WjksB ibeep for to ahetr,
That ibcep nuy go bare.
S. Tbougb fleece ye take.
No pMcbei nuke.
4. If meadoir be grown,
Let mrailmr be mown.
5. Plough oil; jt msji
And Iben cany hay.
6. 'Hi good to be known.
To ^Tc ill of th; own.
Whogoeth a bomnring,
Ooeth a ■oiTDWJng.
T. See cart in pli^
And all tbingi rigbt.
S. Moke di7 oier-hcad.
Both boTcl and abed.
9. Orbovcln
Porpt
abiibi
la Incl .
Wants elbow room.
] I . Let wheat and rye,
In hoiue lie diy.
13. Bu7 turf and aedge.
Or else break bei%e^
13. Good slore-lKnue, needAill,
Well ordcT'd, q>eedfulL
14. Thj banta repair,
Jdake floor fair.
tibriu andrakea.
^ Leaan of Hop-yard,
I, Wbere bopi will grow,
Hov Icam to know :
Hopi many will come.
In a rood of room.
I. "aaps hate the Und,
With graTel and sand.
. The rotten mould.
For hop II worth gold.
'., The aun aoutb-wot.
For hop-yatd !■ beat
I. Hop-plot once foood.
Now dig the ground.
I. Hopi favouretfa malt,
Hope, tlirill doth exi^t
Of hopa more zead.
l1 JUNE'S HUSBAMDRV.
Calm wadlM-hi JuBb Foniittni, OHiitta paat.
Con au In luiH, Do Sow ■! the kM.
1. W«iH aheep (for the better), where water dc
Aod let bim go cleanly, and dry in tbe ran :
3. Reward not thy ibeep, when ye take'off hia coat,
With twitches and patchea aa broad aa a groat j
Let not Buch ungentleneen happen to thiuE,
LeM fly with her gentils, do make it to pine.
S. Let Iambs go undipped, till June be half worn,
The better the fleecea will grow to be ihoni :
Tbe Pye will diKharge thee for^uUing tbe mMj
The lighter the aheep ia, then feeakth it bnC
4. If meadow be forward, be mowing of aomi^
But mow as the makers may well overcome.
Take heed to tbe weather, tbe wind, and tbe ikyt
If danger approacheth, then cock apaee, cry.
B. Ph>ugh early till ten a'clock, then to thy h^,
In plowing and carting, so profit ye may.
By little and little thus doing ye win,
iW plough ihall not hinder, when barreat oam«
7. Let cart be well searched, without and within.
Well clouted and greased, ere hay lime begin :
8. Cioodfauri)andatliatlBy,toiave all thinga upright.
For tumbrels and cart have a shed ready di^rt ;
Where under, the hog may in winter lie warm ;
To stand so inclosed, aa wind do no harm.
To shut up thy poiUings, thou mindest to iiit.
10. Some ham-mom have little, and yard-room a*
Yet com in tbe Geld ippcTtiineth to such :
Then bovella or ricks they are forced to make.
Abroad or at home, for neceiiity'a sake.
11. Make siierof breact-com(of all otiier gnun,)
Lie dryand well look'dto,for mouse and for lain;
Tbou^ Gtcbes and pease, and such other as they,
(Par pestering too much) on a hovell ye lay.
1 9. With whins or with furxea, Uiy hovell renew.
For turf and for aedge, for to bake and to brew ;
For charcoal and sea-coal, and also for thack,
For taU-wood and billet, as yearly ye lack.
13. What husbandly hudiands, except th^ba fools.
But handsome have store-bouse, for trmkets and
And all in good order, bat locked to lie.
Whatever is needful, to find by and by.
14. Thy houaes and bama would be loi&ed upon.
And all tUnga amended, ere harvest come on :
Things thus set in order, in quiet and rest.
Shall further thy harvest, and pleasure Ibee bei^
15. TbebiubeiBtidtluini, witfatheshrutNtbatdonoy,
In woudiere or aummer, cut down to destroy :
But whereas decay, to the Iiee ye will none.
For danger in Vtradsere. let bkcking done.
IE. At midsunmier, down witb the brambles and
And aftitr, abnad, with thy forks and thy rslccB-
Set mowers a mowins, where meadow is grown.
The longer now standing, the worse to be moi
17. Now down with the grass upon faeadlands about,
T^t groweth in shadoWj so rank and so stout ;
But gran upon headlands of barley and pease.
When harvest is ended, go mow if ye please.
18. Such muddy deep ditches, and pits in (be field.
That all a dry tununer no water will yield ;
By fiang and casting that mud upon beapa,
ConuDodicies many the husbandman reaps.
19. Whoh fiutcy penwadetb, among other crops.
To haf a for his spending sufficient of hops ;
jUuat willingly follow, of choices to chuse,
Stich lesKMU approred as skilfull do use.
30. Ground gmielly, sandy, and mixed with clay,
Is naughty for hops, any manner of way ;
Or if it be miDgled with rubbiah and stone.
For dryness and bairenness let it alone.
SI. Chtue soil for the hop, of the rottenest mould.
Well dunged and wroi^t, as a garden plot should :
Not &r fma the water ^but not overBown)
This lesKm well noted, i> meet to be knowti.
2S. Hk sun in the south, ix else southly and west.
Is jc^ to the hop, as a welcomed guest;
But wind in the north, or the northerly east.
To hop is as ill, *■ a fray in a feaM.
53. Meet plot for a hop-yard, once found as is told,
Hake thereof account, aa of Jewell of gold ;
Now dig it, and leare it the sun for to bum,
And afterward fence it, to serre for that turn.
54. The bop for his proBi, I thus do exalt.
It strengtbenelh drink, and it fsvoureth malt;
Ani bemg well brewed, long kept it will last.
And drawing abide, if ye draw not too &at.
1 JULY'S ABSTHACT.
1. Go, sirs, and away,
To ted, and make hay.
If sttnms draw nigh.
Then cock apace, cry.
2. Let bay still bide,
Till well it be dried.
(Hay made) away carry,
No longer then tarry.
3. Who best way titbeth,
Me baM way thrirelh.
4. Two good bay-maken.
Worth twen^ craliers.
5. Let daUopa about.
Be mown, and had out.
See hay do look green, —
See Gald ye rake clean.
6. Thry fallow, I piay thet^
Len thistles bewray thee.
7. Cut off, good wife,
Ripe bean with a knifie.
6. Ripe hemp out cull,
Ftom carl to pulL
Let seed hemp grow,
nil more ye know.
9. Dry flax get in.
For spinners to spin.
Now mow or pluck.
Thy brank or buck.
10. Some wormwood save.
For March to have.
1 1. Mark physic true.
Of wormwood and rue-
Get grid (o the mill.
For wanting at will.
liia etuUth Jvfy'i jtMrad, agtveing vritA J
1 njLY-9 ,-KUSBAHDHY.
1. Oo muster thy aenants, be captain thyself,
FroTiding them weapon, and otho- like pelf:
Get bottles and wallets, keep field in the heat.
The fear ii as much, as the dangvr is great.
2. With toanng and raking, and setting on cocks,
Grass lately in swathea, is hay for an ox :
That done, go and cart it, and have it away.
The battle ii fought, ye iumi gotUn the day.
4. Let bay be well mads, or anu ebeoDnw
For moulding in mow, or of firing the house.
Idy waisest aside, for the ox and the cow,
Tbe finest for ibaep and thy gelding allow.
5. Then down with the headlands, that groweth
6. Thry 6dlowbetime, for destroying of weed,
TotiUit
8. Wilk, pluck fro thy seed hemp, the fimble hemp
lUs bmkath HUM yellow, the othar moi* gieai :
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
14, Mow luuilm to bum,
Un t'one for thj i
ForaiMe-threadandbaltar, forropc >
9. Now pluck up &j flu, for the maideiu to t^in.
Tint NC it dned, and tiiiiel; got in :
And mow up thy brink, uid awm; with it dry.
And hoiue it up doee, out ot danger to lie.
la While womwood bMh aeed, gel ■ hindfuU or
To saTe against March, to nialie Be> to retrain :
Where chamber is sweeped, and wormwood ia
No flea, for hia life, dare abide to be known.
II. What ■BTOor ii better, if phjnc be true,
For places infected, Ibmtx wormwood and me ?
It is aa a comfort, for heart and the biain.
And tbereiiire to have it, it ia not in vain.
IS; Get grist to the null, to haTC plenty in itore.
Lot nnller lack water, as many do more.
The taoJ the more yiddeth, if serrant be true.
And miller that tolleth, take none but hii due.
7%iu tmdtth Jufy't RtabandTti.
% AOODSra ABSTRACT. ]
1, Thbt ftUowing won.
Get nnnpainng done.
3. In June, and in Au,
Swinge brakes (for ■ law).
3. Pare aaflron plot,
Forget it not.
His dwelling make trim,
Wboi harvest is gone,
Then laffiun comes on.
4t A little of ground.
Brings aaffiim a pound.
The plnaure is fine.
Tie profit ia thine.
Keep colour in diying,
Well used, worth buying.
B. Haidi, mustard.4eed nap,
And lay on a heap.
G. Good neighboun in deed.
Change seed for wed.
7. Now strike up drum.
Come, harvest-man come.
Take pain fbr a gain.
One knave mars twain.
8. Reap com by the day.
Lest com do decay :
By great, is the cheaper.
If trusty wen reaper.
9. Blow luKTi for sleepers.
And ebiea up thy reapers.
la Well doing who lovetfa.
These barrest paints proTeth.
II. Pay God's part first,
Artd not of the worst.
13. Now, parson, 1 say,
lltbe cany away.
Scare hog fran wbevl.
Tose
Bthytu
To bake thy bread.
To bun under lead.
15. Mown haulm being dry,
No longer let lie :
Get homo thy haulm.
While weather is calm.
16. Mown bsfley, less cost.
Till mown much lost.
IT. Heap barley with sickle.
That lies in ill pickle,
I.et greenest stand.
For making of band.
Bands made without dew,
WiU hold but a finr.
18. Lay band to find ber.
Two rakes to a binder.
19. Bake aAer scythe.
And pay thy tithe.
Com carried all,
Then rake it ye sh^.
iO. Let shock take swwt.
Lest goff take beat:
21. More often ye mm,
More pease ye out spurn :
Yet winnow tbem in.
Ere carriage b^in.
S2. Thy carting ply.
While weather is dry.
23. Bid goring climb,
Gove just and trim.
Lay wheat tot seed.
To come by at need.
Seed.barley caat,
To thresh out last,
24. Lay pease upon stack.
If hoTeU ye lack.
And coTd it strai^ilv
From doves that wait,
25. Let gleanen glean,
rrbe poor I mean.)
Which ever ye sow.
That first eat low i
The other forbear.
For rowen to spare.
SG. Come home, lord, singing.
Come iMme, com bringing.
"Hs merry in hall.
Where beards wag all.
ST. Once had thy dwe.
Pay woritman hia hire :
Let none be tx^l'd,
Man, woman, nor diild.
Se. Thank God ye ^lall.
And adieu for all.
29. Get tumbrel in band.
For bailey land.
30. The better tbe mnck.
The belter good luck.
SI. Still carriage is good.
For timber and wood. ,-i\.-'
No longer driays, • S
To mend the lu^iwiy*.
39. In piling of Ir^i,
Make hwell for hogi,
34. VFlfe, plow, doth cry,
To pic^Ling of rje.
35. Such leed u ye bow.
Such rea,p or eUe mow.
36. l^ke ihipping, or ride,
LcDt Btuf to provide.
37. L«t haberdea lie.
In pcaae-rtnv dry.
38. When out ye rid^
Leave & good guide.
39. Some proflt spy out.
By riding about.
Mark DOW thorough year,
WbM cheap, what dear.
40. Some skill doth wall.
To buy and to sell :
Of thief who buyeth.
In danger lieth.
41. Commodity known,
Abmul is blown.
43. At fint hand buy.
At third let lie.
43. Hare money, preM,
To buy at the beat.
44. Some cattje home bring,
Pot Michaelma* spring.
By hawk uid hmmd.
Small profit ia found.
tS. IMapatcfa, took bom^
ToloiMting mome.
Provide, or repent.
Milch cow (br Lent.
46. Now crone your (beep.
Fat thooe ye keep.
Leave iniHitig old cow.
Fat aged up now.
47. Sell butler and cbeeae.
Good fain few leew.
At lain, go buy.
Home wanta to supply.
45. If hops look brown.
Go, gubei them down ;
For piddling with fbw.
49. Of hops thia knack,
A many doth lack ;
Once had Ihy will.
Go cover bia hilL
5a Take hop to thy dole.
But break not his pole.
St. Lcain her^ thou stranger.
To frame bop manger.
5S. Hop>pol(a preaerve.
Again to serve.
Hop-polea, by and by,
Lay lafe up to diy.
Lest poles wax aouit,
New polee go plant.
53. Ilie hop, kiln dii'd,
Will best abide.
Hops dri'd in loft.
Want tendance ofi ;
And shed their seeds.
Much more than needs.
54. Hops dri'd, small cost,
111 kept, half lost.
This life is so.
7%iu endtlh AtigiuCi Abttrnii, agncotg wtlA Avguit't
f AUOUSTS HUSBAIIDBY.
I • Thit fallow once ended, go strike by and by.
Both wheat land and barley, and so let it lie ;
And, as ye have leisure, go compas the smu^
When up ye do lay it, more fruitful to frame.
3. Get down with thy brakes, ere an' showers do
That cattle the better, may pasture have soiiw :
In June and in August, a* well doth ^pear,
la best to mow brakes, of all times in the year.
3. Pare saffhm between the two Sl Mary's dsys.
Or aet, or go shift it, that knowelh the waya.
What year shall I do it, more profit to yield ?
Tbe fourth in the garden, the third in the Seld.
4. In having but fraty foot, wwkmanly digfat.
Take sa&on enough for • lord and t, knight.
AU winto- time after, as piaclice doth teach,
What plot have ye better for linen to bleach 7
5. Moida, mustard-seed gather, fi>r beii^ too ripe.
And weather it well, eie ye give It a stripe :
Then drcaa it, and lay it in soller up sweet,
Lest foistineaa make it, for table unmeet.
6. GiM>d huswives In summer wiU sate their own
Agunst the neit year, as oceaston needs :
One seed for another, to make an eidiange.
With fellawly OBghbourtkaod, Sffmrth not
7i Make siier of reapers, get harvest in hand,
Tbe com that ia ripe, doth but abed as it stand :
Be thankAil to Ood, for his benefits sent.
And willing to lave it, with earnest intent.
B. To let out thy harvest, by great or by day.
Let this by eiperience lead thee tbe way :
By great will decave thee, with lingering it out,
By day vrill dispatch, and put all out of doubt.
ti^ebefaigUr,
It of despair.
1. Tithe duly and truly, with hearty good vrill.
That God and his blessing may dwell with thee
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
13. Con tltbad, Or Pknon, togndwi go g«t.
And emawB it oa ibocki, to be b; and by act;
Not Icaring it icmtlering (broad ro the ground.
No- long in the field, but mwaj with it imind.
13. To cart-gap and bam ut a guide to look well.
And hof out. Sir Carter, the bog tra thj wheel :
Lett greedy of feeding, in following carl.
It Dojeth or peiiabeth, tpite of th^ heart.
14. Id champon coun^ a p1i
Tomow up their haulm, fo
And also it itaiida them initead of
Which bei^ well inned, thej cbhhi
theytike,
Itobake;
'ell lack.
15. The hauhn is tfas Mraw of the wheat or the rye^
WUch once bang reaped, tbej mow by and by.
Pot fear of deffroying, with cattle or nin,
Tlie eooner ye load it, more profit ye gain.
16. The mowing of barlej, if barley do itand.
Is cheapest and best, for to rid out of hand :
Some mow it, and rake it,* and wt it on cocks.
Soma mow it, and Und i^ and Kt it on tboclu.
IT. Otbaiir/, the longeit and greenest ye find.
Leave Manding by dallt^ie, till time y* do bind :
Tlien early in morning, while dew is thereon.
To making of bands, till the dew be all gone.
IS. One spreadetta thow bands, so in order to lie,
Ai barley (in iwatches) coay fill it thereby ;
Which gathered up, with the rake and the hand.
Hie (bUower after them, bindeth in band.
19. Where barley ia raked, (if dealing be true,)
Tbe tenth of luch taking to parson is due ;
Where scatt'ring of bailey is seen to be much,
^ 9 tittmig should
SO. Cocn being had down, (any way ye allow,)
Should witho-ai necdeth.for huminginmowi
Such skill appettaineth to barrest-man'i ar^
And taken in time, is ■ bnibandly part-
Si. No turning of peason, till carriage ye make.
Nor turn in no more, than ye mind for to take ;
Lest beaten with ahowen, so turned to dry.
By tuning and tonng, they shed a* they lie.
33. If weather be fair, and tidy thy grun.
Make speedily carriage, for fear of a nin ;
For tempest and showers deceiveth a many.
And lingering lubben lose many a penny.
53, In goring at harretl, learn ^Ifully how.
Each grain for lo lay, by itself on a mow :
Seed-bariey, tbe purast, gore out of the way.
All other nigh hand, gore as just as ye may.
54. Stad pease upon botell, abroad in the yard.
With ill Monny weather do perish thy stack.
95. Cam carried, let such as be poor go and glean.
And after thy cattle, to mouth it up clean ;
TliBD spare it for rowen till Micfari be past,
T« lengthen thy dairy, no better thou hast.
28. Nowlook up to God-ward, let tongue never cease.
In thanking of him for his mi^iy increase :
Accept my good will — fur a proof go and try i
The better thou thrivest, the gladder am I,
WORKS AFTER HARVEST.
39. Now carry out compaa, when harvest is donc^
Wbae barley thou sowest, my champion son j
Or lay it on heap, in the field as ye may.
Till carriage be tiiir, to have it away.
31. Ere winter prevenleth, vhOe weather Is good.
For galling of pasture, get home with thy wood.
And can7 out gravel to flU up a hole.
Both timber and JWien, the turf and tbe coaL
33. House charcoal and sedge, chip and coal of the
I. In stacking of bavin, and yHing of logs.
Make under thy bavin, a hovel fin' hogs ;
And warmly enclose it, all saving the mouth.
And lliat to stand open, and lull to the south.
34. Once harvest dispatched, get wenches and boys,.
And into the barn, afore all other toys ;
Clioiced seed to be picked, and trimly well ly'd.
For seed may no longer from threshing abide.
I. Get seed afore hand, in a readiness had.
Or better provide, if thine own be too bad :
Be careful of seed, or else such as ye sow.
Be siier at harvest, to reap or (o mow.
36. When harvest is ended, take shipping or ride.
Ling, salt-fish, and herring, fur Lent to provide :
To buy it at first, as it cometh to road.
Shall pay for thy charges thou apendest abroad.
'. Oiuse skilfully salufisb, not burnt at the stont^
Buy such as be good, or else let it altme :
Get home that is bought, aiidgo slack it up dry.
With pease-straw between it, the safer lo U&
38. Era ever ye journey, cause servant with qieed,
To compss thy bai4ey land, where it is need-
One acre well compassed, pasaeCh some three.
Thy bnm ^all at harvest declare it (o Uiee.
39. Thii lenoQ ii learned, by Tiding ibout,
Tha pricei of Tictuols, the jen tfaorougbont :
Both what to be sellini;, uiil what to refnin,
Aod what u> be buying, to bring in again.
40. Though buying and selling doth wonderfidl well.
To luch as have skill, how to buy and to »U ;
Tel chopping and cfaanpng I cannot commend,
mth thief and his marrow, for fear of ill end.
41. The rich Id his bargaining need not be Uugfat,
Of buyer and seller, full fiv is he sought ;
Yet htoein conuiceth B part of my text.
Who buyeth at first hand, and who at the next
48. At tint hand he buyech, that payeth all down.
At second, that hath not lo much in the town :
At third hand he buyeth, that buyeth crf'iruM,
,At Ail hand wbo buyeth, shall pay for his lust.
43.* As oft as ye bargain, for better or wone,
To buy it the che^>eT, have chinks In thy pune.
Touch kept is commended, yet credit to keep,
). Some akiUuty dtieth thor hops on a kcdl, '
And some on a soUer, oft turning tbero well.
Kell dried will abide, foul weatlwr or fair,
Where drying, and lying, in loft do deqiair.
54. Some doae them up dry in a hogshead or tit,
Tet cauTSB or (outage is better than that :
By drying and lying, they quickly be spilt,
Tims much have I shewed ; do now as thou wilt.
55. Old Gumer is foreed long August to make.
His goods at more leisure away for to take :
New fiumer, be thinketh each hour a day,
Untill the old farmer be packing away.
Thai enditlt and holdefh out Augiut't Huabajutri/ IMl
JficAofimiu Eve.
Tbo. Tdssir.
44. Be mindiull, abroad, of a Michselmi
Good husbands get treasure, to purchase their
45. ^y maxket dispatched, turn home again round.
Lest gafung for penny thou lo&est a pound,
Provide for thy wife, or else look to be shent,
Good mildi cow for winter, another fbr Lent.
48. In tnvelling bomeward, buy forty good crones,
And&t up Sie bodies of those seelyliones;
I.eave milking, and dry up old Mulley thy cow ;
The crooked and aged, to fatting put now.
4T. At Baitlemew tide, or at Sturbridge fur.
Buy that u is needfull, thy house to repair.
Tben sell to thy profit, botfi butt«r and cheese.
Who buyeth it sooner, the more heshs" '
46. If hops do IcmA brownish, tben are ye too slow,
If longer ye suffer these hops for to grow :
Now sooner ye gather, more profit is found.
If weather be fair, and dew olf a ground.
49. Notbreakoffibutcutofrifivm hop the hop-string.
Leave growing a little, again for to spring ;
Whose hill about pared, and therewith new clad.
Shall nourish more sets, against March (o be had.
50. Hop hillock discharged of every let.
Bee, then, without breaking, each pole ye out get ;
Which being untangled, above in the tops,
Go carry to such as are plucking of hops.
51. Take soutage, or hair, thM covers the kell,
Set like to a manger, and fastened well ;
Wth pole* upon crotches, u high as thy breast.
For saving and riddance, is husbandry best.
53. Hops had, the bop-poles that are likely, preserre
Frmn breaking and rotting, again fbr to serve ;
And plant ye with alders or willoirs a plot,
^"^ 'WK— o yearly, as needeth,mo poles may be got.
I. One part cast forth, for rent due out of hand.
3. One other part, for seed lo sow thy land.
3. Another part, leave panon for bis tithe.
4.' Another part, for harvest sickle and scythe.
5. One part, for plough-wright, cart-wright, knacker
and smith.
6. One part, to uphold thy teams that draw there-
with.
7. One part, for servant, and workman's wages lay,
8. One part, likewise, for fill-belly, day by day.
9. Onepartthy wife, for needful things doth crave.
lO. Thyaelf and child, the last one part would have.
Who minds to quote
Upon this note.
May easily find enough ;
What charge and pain.
To little gain.
Doth follow toiling plough.
Yet fanner may
Thank God and say,
For yearly such good hap
Well fare die plough,
Thai sends enow.
To stop BO many a gap.
Tna thrifty that tcscheth the thriving to thrive.
Teach timely to traveiae, the thing that thou 'trive,
TranafCTting thy toiling, to timeliness (aught.
This teacheUi thee tsnp'rance, to temperthy thought.
Take IVusty (to trust to) that thinkest to thee.
That truatily thriftinesi trawleth to thee.
Then tamper thy trmvell, to tairy the tide,
This leacheth thee thrifliness, twenty times try'd.
Take thankful! thy talent, thank thankfully those.
That tbrifUly teadieth thy time to tianipaae.
Troth twice to be teached, leach twenty timea ten.
This trade thou diat takest, take thrift to thee then.
Ape- like Apes we be tojing, tOl twenty and aw,
XtM. Hwii iattf u Lions, till foity be gone.
Fta. Then wile; h Faxes, till tfareeacora uul direa,
^n. 'nwn after for Aiae*, accounted we bt.
Wbo plaji witli hii betta- thi« lesson must know,
WlMt hmubleiwei Fox to tbe Lion doth owe :
For Ape witb his topng, and nidenew of Aaa,
Brings (out of good hi>ur) displeuure to pan.
COMPARINO GOOD UUaBAta>, WITH UKTHHIIT
BU BROTHEH,
THE BETTER DISCEHNETH THE T'OM£ FROM
THET-OTBBR
1. Ill biubandiy braggetfa
To go with the best ;
Good husiModry baggetb
Up gold in his chest.
S. ni fauabandi7 trudgeth
Witb unttariAa about :
Good iutsbandry modgeth.
For fear of a doubt.
3. Ill husbandry spendeth
Abroad, Like s tnome :
Good bunbandiy tendeth.
His dauiges at home.
4. m husbandry selledi
His com on tbe ground :
Good hndiandry sniellcth
No gain that way fuund.
5. m husbandry iosetfa.
For lack of good fence ;
Good husbandry closelh.
And gainetb the pence.
e. Ill husbandry trunteth
nVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
7. Thi first seien yean, bring up as a child,
14. llie next to learning, for waiing too wild.
31. The next, keep under Sir Ilobluud de Hoy,
S8. The next, a man, no longer a boy.
35. The next, let Lusty lay wisely to wire,
49. The next, lay now, or else nerer to thti*e.
49. Tlie next, make sure, for lerni of thy life,
56. The next, lar* somewhat for cbildrm and wife.
63. TV next, be stayed, giTe otbt thy lust,
Ta. Tbe BKtX, think hourly, whither thou must.
77. The next, get d>air, md crutdies to stay,
84. The next, to bearen, God send us the way !
Who loaeth their youth, ihall rue it in age !
Who batetta tfaa truth, in sorrow shall rage.
Himself out of door :
Good husbandry meateth.
His friend and the poor.
e. in husbandry dayetli.
Or letleth it lie :
Good husbandry payeth.
The cheaper to buy.
9. Ill husbandry luricnb.
And steoletb a sleep :
Good husbandry woiletli,
His bouihold to keep.
10. HI husbandry liTcth,
By that and by this :
Good husbandry giTeth
To every man his.
1 1. Ill husbandry taketh.
And spendeth up all :
Good huibaudry makethf
Good sbifl with a uimll.
13. Ill huriiandry ptayeth,
Hil wifls to make shift i
Good husbandry laith.
Take this of my gift.
13. Ill husbandry drowseth.
At fbrtunc so awk :
Good husbandry rouaetb,
Himaelf as a hawk.
M. lU hi
In prison for debt :
Good husbandry spieth.
Where profit to get
15. Ill husbandry ways
Hath, to fraud what he can :
Good busbandry praise
Hath, of erery man.
16. lU husbandry nenr
Hath wealth to keep touch :
Good husbandly erer.
Hath penny in pouch.
Good husband his l>oon
Or request lialb afar :
111 husband as soon,
Hatb a toad with an R.
. Thx country enclosed I praise.
The t'other deligbteth not me;
For nothing the wealth it doth raise
To such as inf^or be-
How both of tbem {wrtly I know,
Here aomewhat I mind for to shew.
9. Tliere swineherd, that keepetli the hog.
There neatherd, with cow and his lioni
There shepherd, witb whistle and dog.
Be fence to the meadow and cam.
Tliere hone, being tied to a balk.
Is ready with thief for to walk.
N 2
3. Where all things in eoamon do rest.
Com field with tbe pasture and mead;
Though common ye do for the best,
Yet what doth it stand ft in Bt«d :
There common si commonen use.
For otherwise sbait tbou not chiue.
4. What layer much better than there.
Or cheaper (thereon to do well ?)
What drudgery more any where,
Less good thereof where can ye tell ?
What gotten by summer is seen.
Id winter is eaten up clean.
5. Example by I
What soil can be better than that ?
For any thing heart can desire.
And yet doth it want, ye see what.
Mast, covert, close posture, and wood.
And other things needfull as good.
6. All these doth enclosure bring,
Eiperience teacheth no less :
I ipeak not, to boaat of the thing.
But only a truth to express.
Example, if doubt ye do make,
B7 Suflijk and Eiaei go take^
7. More plenty of mDtMn and beef.
Com, butler, and cheese of tlw best.
More wealth any whov, to be brief.
8. More work fbr the labotiring man,
Aa well in the town as the field ;
Or thereof (derise if ye can)
More pniSt, what countries do yield ?
More seldom, where see ye the poor.
Go b^ging irom door unto door ?
9. Id Norfolk, behold the despair
Of tillage too much to be bom,
By drOTeis, irom ftir to lair.
And othen destroying the com.
By custom and covetous pates,
Bj B*P*i ■»^ by opening of gales.
10. What speak I of commonen by.
With dnwing all ailer a line i
So noying the com as it lie,
With cattle, with conies and swine.
When thou hast bestowed thy cost.
Look hair of the asme to be lost.
11. Tbe flocks of the lords of the kh'I,
Do yearly tbe winter com wnHig ;
Tbe same in a manner they spml.
With feeding so low and so long.
And thetefiMV that champian field,
Dotfa seldom good winter com yidd.
1 3. The champion robbeth by night.
And prowleth and filcheth by day ;
Himself and his beast, out of sight.
Both spoileth and maketh away.
Not only thy grass but thy com,
Both after, and ere it be shorn.
14. FeasfrJnIt with (hy pease be will have.
His bouahold tu feed and his hog ;
Now stealeth he, now will he crave.
And now will he coien and cog.
In Bridewell, a number be stript,
Leas worthy than tUef to be whipt.
15. The 01-boy as ill is as he.
Or worsei, if worse may be found,
For t^Huling trom thine and &om thee.
Of gTHs and of com on the giound.
Idy never so well for to save it,
By night or by day, be wiU have it.
16. What orchard, unrofabed, escapes?
Or pullet daie walk in titdr jet?
But homeward or outward (like ^>e8)
They count It their own tbey can get.
Lord! if ye do take them, what sturs?
How hold tbey together like bun ?
17. For
inclosing they may not abide ;
let some be not able to buy,
A cow with her calf by her side.
Nor lay not to live by their work.
But
loiter aud lurk.
18. The lord of the town is to blame.
For these and for many bults mo ;
For that he doth know of the same.
Yet lets it unpunished go.
Such lords ill eiample doih give,
Where varlet and drabs loay so live.
19. What foo^iatha are made, sod how broad.
Annoyance too much to be borne ;
With horse and with cattle what road.
Is made thorough every man's com ?
Where champions ruleth the roast,
lliere daily disorder ii most.
30. Their sheep where they drive for to wash.
How careless such sheep they do guide?
The farmer they leave in the lash.
With losses on every side.
Though any man's corn they do bite.
They vill not allow him a mite.
21. What hunting and hawking u there?
Com looking for sickle at hand )
Acts lawless to do without fear.
How yeariy together Ifaey band.
More harm to another to do,
Than they would be done so unto.
9S. More profit is quieter found,
(Where pastures in sevetall be;)
Of oneseely acre of ground, mil-
Than champion m^eth of thieel^^ ' ^
Again what a joy it is known.
When men may be bold of their own?
FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY.
S3. Hw t'one u conunended Tor grain,
Yet bread made of beuu tbey do cat :
The t'Otber for one loaf hath twain.
Of mealin, of rye, or of ivbeat,
Tbe champion liveth full bare ;
When iroodland full meny doth tare.
S4- T'one givedi his com in a dearth.
To lione, sheep, and hog eTei7 day t
Tlie t'other gira cattle wann baith.
And feed tbera witb ainw and with hay.
Com spent of the t'one so in vain.
The t'other doth aell to hi« gain.
25- T^one barefoot and ragged dotfa go.
And ready in winter to starve ;
When t'other ye see do not so.
But hath that is needfuU to serve.
Tone pain in a cottage doth lake,
Wliea t'other trim bower* do make.
26. Tone layeth for turf and for sedge.
And hath it witli wonderfull suit;
Whep t'other in eieiy hedge.
Hath plenty of fuel and fruit.
Evils twenty times woner tlian these,
Enclomire quickly would ease.
57. In woodland, tbe poor men that have,
Scarce fully two acres of land,
Uore merrily live, and do save
Than t'other with twenty in hand.
Yet pay tbey as much for the tiro.
As t'other for twenty must do,
58. Tbe labourer coming from thence.
In woodland to work any where,
(1 wanant yon) goeth not hence.
To woA any more again there.
Ifdiis same be tnie (as it is,)
Why gtUber they nothing of this?
99. The poor at enclosum do grutcb,
Brcause of abuses tlut &11;
Lert some man siiould have but too much.
And tome sgain nothing at slL
If order might (herein be found .
What were to the severall ground?
le fetches are seldan bebind.
His hatred procnreth irom naughty to worse,
Hb tnendship like Judas, that csrried the purse.
His hevl is a stoTe-bouie with quanels full fnught,
His brain is unqoiet, till all come to naught.
His memory pr^nant, old ills to recite.
His mind ever Gxed, each ill to requite.
His mouth full of venom, his lips out of frame, ■
a false witness, his friend to deftmie.
Hiic]
.spy.
IS spialls, alarum
His hands be as tyrants, revenging each thing,
His feet at thine elbow, as serpent to sting.
His breaM full of rancour, like canker to iret.
His heart, like a Itoo, bis neigbbour to eat.
His gtH, like a sbeep-bllsr, fleoinf aside.
His kx^ like a coicomb, up pu9ed with pride.
His ftce made of brass, like a vice in a game.
His gesture like Davu^ whom Terence doth name
His brag, as Tbcrsiles, with elbows abroad.
His cheeks, in his liuy, shall swell like a toad.
His colour like asbes, his cap in his eyes.
His nose in tbe air, hiis snout in tlie skies.
His promise to trust to, as slippy u ice.
His credit much like to tha chance of the dice.
His knowledge or skill is m prating too mu<^
His company shunned, and so be all such.
His doinga unlucky, and ever uqjust.
His fetch is to Batter, to get what he can.
His purpose once gotten, a pin for thee tfaen>
1 A aOKVET AOAINBT A 8LANDEM0US TOMOUK
DoTB damell good, among dM flow'r; wheat 7
Do diistlea good, so (hick in fidlows spy'd ?
Do taint worms good, that lurk where oi should eat?
Or sucking drones, in hives where bees abide ?
Do hornets good, or these same bitiiig gnats?
In house well deckt, what good do gnawing nla 7
Foul swelling toada, what good by titan Is seen 7
Or casting moles, among the meadows green ?
Doth heavy news make glad the heart of man ?
Or rHHSome smells, what good doth that to health 7
Now once for all, what good (shew who so can?)
Do stinging snakes, to OxU our commonwealth 7
No more doth good, a peevish slanderous tongue.
But hurts itself and noys both old and young.
To drive out April's buds, by sea and land.
For minion May, to deck most trim with flower.
Seven times, hath temperate Fer, like pageant
play'd.
And pleasant ^ttai, eke, her flowers told:
Seven times, ^utumnia beat hath been delay'd.
With Bgetnt boisterous blasts, and Utter cold.
Seven times, the thirteen moons have changed htie.
Seven times, the sun his course hath gone shout;
Seven times, each bird her neat hath built anew.
Since, first time you to serve, I chused out.
Still yours am I, though tlnis the time bath past.
And trust to he^ as long as life shall UsL
OF WIVINO AND THBIVINO,
FuiHD, where we met this other day.
We heaid one make ids moan, and say.
Good Lord \ how might I thrive?
Wa he ird motfiar mcwer him,
Tlwninake thea hiadaoine, trick and tibir
And lay in time to wiTe.
And what of that, ny you to me?
Do jou, founeir, thiok that to be.
The beat wa; filr to thrire?
ir truth were truly Ixdted out,
Ai touching thrift, I stand in doubt.
If men were best to wive.
JlJtrnuUian.
TTiere is no doubt, for prove I can,
I have but neldom seen that man,
Which could the way to thrive ;
Until it wat hig happy lot.
To stay hinueir in loine good plM,
And wisel; then (o wive.
O/jfeaion.
And I am of anotiter mind.
For by no rauon can I find.
How that way I ahould thriTe ;
For where, aa now, I apend a penny,
I aiiould not then be quit with many,
l^irougb bondage, for to wiva.
Not >o, for now where thou doat tpeai.
Of this and that, to do good end,
Which hindreth tliee to thrive :
Such Tun eipencea tbou abould'at tttve,
And daily then lay more to liave,
At other* do that wive.
Why then do folk, this proverb put,
Ttie black oi near trod on thy foot.
If that way were to thrive :
Here out a man may taoa pick forth, —
Few feeleth what a penny ia wottii,
"nil such time as ttiey wive.
If thereby thou wilt thrive :
Look ere thou leap, aee ere thou go.
It may lie for thy profit bo.
For thee to lay to wiva.
It is too much, we daily bear.
To wive and thrive both in a year,
As toticfaing now to tluive :
I know not ho^in what to spy.
But that there doth ■Inal^pn)fit lie.
To fancy for to wive.
.•affirmation.
Indeed, the firat year oft is such,
Hiat fondly some bestoweth much, —
A let to them to thrive :
Tel other mo may won be found,
Which gellelh many a fair |>oimd.
The lamc day that they-wivc.
Objection.
I grant, Mime getteth more that day.
Than they can eaaly bear away.
Now needi then muit they thrive :
What gainetb such, think you by that?
A little burden ^ you wot what.
Through fondness for to wive.
llau aeemeat blind, as mo have been ;
It is not beauty bringeth in.
The thing to make thee thrive :
In woman-kind, see that ye do,
Require of her no glA but two.
Whene'er ye mi^ to wive.
But two, aay you 7 I pray you than.
Shew these as briefly as you can.
If that may help to thrivct
I ween we must conclude anon,
Of those aame twain to want the I'one
Whene'er we chance to wive.
An honest huswife, trust to me.
Be those same twain, I say to thee,
That help so much to thrivet
As honesty far'passetb gold.
So huswifery, in young and old,
Do pleasure such as wive.
Olgection,
The honesty, indeed, I grant,
la one good point a wife ahould haunt.
To make her husband thrive :
But now, fain would I have you shew.
How sliould a man good huswife know.
If once he hap to wive ?
A huBwife good, betimea will riie.
And order things in comely wise, —
Her mind is set to thrive :
Upon lier dittaff >he will qan.
And with her needle she inll vrin.
If such ye h^ to wive.
Some more than this yet do alie shall.
Although thy stock be very small,
Tet will >he help thee thrive:
Lay thou to save, as well as ihc, ^q I,-
And then thou shall enriched be, (_V
When such thou haptl to wive.
nVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HDSBANDEY.
If abe were nune, I tell thee trath.
Too nucb to trouble her, I were loUh,
For greediiieB to tbrite :
Lest tame should talk, ai ia the apeecb,
The good wife's buitnod wean uo breech,
irsucb I hap to wiie.
What hurts h thee what some do wy.
If honestly, alie take the way,
To help thee for to thiire :
For hoowty will make her prest,
To do the thing that ihail be beit.
If sudi je hap to wiT«,
Oigeetiim.
Why did Diogenes say then,
To one that ai^t of bun time when.
Were best to wJTe to thriTe?
Not yet (quoth he] if thou be young.
If thou wBi old, then bold thy tongue.
It is too late to wive.
Bdike be knen some shrewiih wife,
Which with her hu^iand made such ttiife.
That hinder'd bim to thrire :
Who then may blame him for that cUuM^
Though then he spake, as aomc had came,
Ast<
Why then I see, to take a shrew,
(As seldom other there be few)
la not the way to thrive :
So faaid a thing, I spy it ia.
The good to cbuse, the shrew to miis,
Tbtt fiearedi me to wi*e.
Sw may tn something seem a shrew,
Tct niiji a huswife, as but few.
To help thee for to thrive :
TUa ptorerb, look, in mind je keep,
At good a shrew ia, as ■ sheep,
Fiw yoa to take to wire.
(Hgtction.
Now, be she lan^ or be ibe ewe,
Gire me the sheep, lake thou the riirew.
See which of us shall tluiTe :
If she be shrewish, think for troth.
For all her thrift I would be loth.
To match with such ta wive.
Tosh ! ferewell tbcD, 1 leave you off.
Such fools as you who lore to mcolf,
Shall seldom wive to thrive :
Contrary bs-, as you do me.
And then ye shall, I wanaot ye.
Repent ye, if ye wive.
Friend, let us both pre jiutly place.
To wedded man to judge this oat.
Which, best wtqr ii to thrive :
For both OUT talk, as seemeth plain.
Is but as luq>peiKd in our bnin.
To will or not to wive.
As cock that wants hts mate, goes roving all about,
With crowing early and late, to find his lover out;
And as poor silly hen, long wanting cock to guide.
Soon droops, and shortiy then begins to peak aside ;
Even BO it is with man and wife, where government
jund.
The want of t'l
!, the other's life, doth ihorilj socm
In jest and in earnest, here argued ye find,
Tliat husband and huAwife together muat dwell.
And thereto the Judgment of wedded man's mind.
That husband^ otherwise ap«edeth not well :
So somewhat mure now I intend for to tell.
Of huawiiiy, Nke as of huEbandry told.
How huswifely huswife helps bring in the gold.
TAttf ewIitA the Book ^HuAantby^
POINTS OF HUSWIFERT,
THE EPISTLS
1 . Thodoh danger be mickl^
And ftvor so fickle j
Yet duty doth tickle
My fancy to write ^
Concerning how pretty.
How fine and how netty,
Good huswife should jeOy
From morning to night.
9. Not minded by writing.
To kindle a spigfaling.
But shew by inditing.
As afterward told.
How husbandry easeth.
So huswifery pleaseth.
And many purse grelieth
With silver and gold.
3. F<
husbandry weepeth.
Where huswifery slecpeth.
And hardly be creepeth.
Up ladder to thrift :
That wanteth to bold him,
Thrift's ladder to hold him,
Beton it be told him.
He blis without ihiA.
4. Lett many ibould Itur vae.
And otben Tonweu mei
OTtroth I do bear me
Uprigtit, as je IM :
Full minded to love all.
Andni
'eall.
5. For if I sliould mind some.
Or descant behind some,
And miBung to find BomeT
Displease so I mougbt;
Or if I ghould blend Ihem,
And >o to ofiend tbcm,
What stir I should send them,
1 stand in a doubt.
6. Though barroleH I make it.
And same do well take it.
If otben fonake it,
What pleasure weta that?
Naught else, hut lo pain me.
And nothing to gun me,
But make them disdain me,
I wot ne'er for what.
1. Lest some make a trial.
As clock b; the dial,
Some stand to denial.
Some murmur and gm^ ;
Give judgment, I pr^ you.
For justly so may you ;
So taney, so say you,
I make you my judge.
8. In time, je shall try me.
By troth, ye shall spy me.
So find, to set by me.
According to AUi :
However tree groweth.
The iiruit, the tree abewetiv
Your I^yiMp knoweth.
My heart and good wilL
9. Though fc
nigh fc
dido
Yet if I may pleanir
Your Honor with
Then will me to ma
Or mend ere ye send it.
Or any when lend i^
If ought be amits.
il.
Your Ladyship's Serrant,
1 TO THE READER.
1. Now listen, good buswirea, what dmngs are here.
Set forth for a day, as it should for a year :
Both easy to follow, and aooo to atduere.
For such as by huswifeiy locAeth lo thrive.
S. The forenoon afikirs, till dinner (with some)
Then afternoon doings, till inpper-tiaM coma ;
With breakfast and dinner time, sup and to bed,
^taad, orderly placed, to quiet thine bead.
3. TTm meaniiig Is this — for a da^ what ye see,
That monthly and yearly, contmued must be ;
And hereby to gather, (as prore I intend),
Tliat htuwifWy matters have nerer an end.
4. I have not by hear-say, nor reading in book,
Set out (peradventure) that some aunot broiA ; '
Nor yet of a spite, to be doing with any.
But such as have scared me, many a pemiy.
5. If widow, both huswife and husband may be.
What cause hath a widower, leaser than she ?
'Tis needJ\ill that both of them look well about ;
Too cardess within, and too lazy without.
6. Now, therefore, if well ye consider of this^
What losses and croeics come d^y amiss ;
Then bear with a widower's pen as ye may.
Though husband ofhuswiffeiie, tomewhatdoth say.
1 THE 7BEFACB T
E BOOK OF BUSWIFERT.
I serve for a day, for a week, for a year.
For lifb-time, for ever, while man dwelleth ha*.
For richer, for poorer, &om north to the aouth.
For honest, for hardhead, for dunty of mouth.
For wed and unwedded, in sicknesa and healtl^
-For all that well liveth, in good commonwealth.
For city, fbr country, for court, and &a cart.
To quiet the head, and to comfort the heait.
OF HUSWIFE A
i miSWIFEKT.
li Or huswife, doth huswifery challenge that name,
Of huswifery, huswife doth likewise the same.
Where husband and husbandry joineth with theae,
llere wealthiness gotten, is holdcn with eaae.
8. The name of a fauswifb, what is it to say?
The wife of the house, to the hurtiand a slay.
If huswife doth that, as belongeth to her.
If husband be witty, there needelh no stir.
9. The huswife is she, that to labour doth &1I,
The labour of ha I do huswifery call :
If thrift by that labour be honeMly go«^
Then is it good huswifery, else it is not.
4. The woman the name of a huswife doth win.
By keying her house, and of doings therein ;
And she that with husband, will quietly dwell,
Host think oo this lesson, and IbUow it wdL
1 IN3TRUCnON9 TO HUBWIFEBY.
True lore ii i
1. A dailf good itmoa, of huswife indeed.
re aa she ougbt.
Wife cotnely, no grief,
Man out, busvUe chief.
4. When hoiband is absent, let huiwifW be chief.
And look U> tbeir labour, that eateth her heeC
Both out, not allow.
Keep bouie, huswife tbou !
& Tlic huBwife, w named (of keeping the hoiiie)
HdM teod on ber profit, ■* cat on the mouses
Seek borne for rest.
For home U beat.
8. Though home be but homelj, yet huswife is
taught.
That bonw hath no fellow to niih as hare aught.
Y Uae all with akill,
Aik what ye will.
](X What husband refiiseth, all comely to haie.
That hath a good huswife, all wilUng to laTe.
Be ready at need,
AU thine to feed.
THE POINTS OF HUSWIFERY. 185
17. The love of thy neigfalHniT, shall stand thee (n
The poorer the gladder, to help at a need.
18. This care hath a huswife^ all day in ber bead.
Hat all thing in season, be huawibly fed.
By piactice go muse,
Hos, bouafaold to uae.
ntlj, keep this as a law,
1 to & d*il, keep servant in awe.
Who cvelnB do live.
Occasion do give-
No ndgfabouT reprove,
IX>, aa to have lore.
18. Use friendly thy neighbour, else trust bim in
As be bath thy Mendsliip, so trust unto his
% Strike TKittuDS, unknown,
Take heed to thine own.
90. What husband provideth with money his drudge.
The huswife must look to, which way it dotb
COCKXROWINa A DlORBSaiOK.
Now out of the matter, this lesson I add,
Concerning cock-crowing, what profit is had.
£iperieuce teacheth, as true as a clock.
How winter night paaseth, by marking the cock.
Cock croweth at midnight, few times above six,
^ntb pause to his neighbour, to answer betwii :
At three a dock thicks- ; and then as ye know.
Like all in to mattins, near day they do crow.
At midnight, at three, and an hoiir ere day,
Tbey utter their language, as well as tbey may ;
Which who so regardeth, what counsel they giv^
Will better love crowing, as long a* they live.
For being afraid,
Take he^ good maid ;
Mark crowing of cock.
For fear
ynrng of coc
of a knock.
^ The first cock croweth.
Ho [ dame, it is midnight, what rumbling is tiiat 7
The next cock croweth.
Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what.
If noise ye hear,
Look all be clear.
Lest drabs do noy thee.
And thieres destroy thee.
1 The first cock croweth.
Maids ! three a clock — knead, lay your bucks, or
Tbe next cock croweth.
And cobble and botch, ye that cannot buy new.
mi cock crow again,
Both maidens and men.
Amend with speed.
That mending doth need.
% The first cock croweth.
Past five a clock, Holla ! maid, sleeping beware,
Tbe next cock croweth.
Lest quickly your nristrces uncover you bare.
Maid*, up, I beseech ye.
Lest mistress do breech ye.
To work and away.
As fiwt as ye may. ,
1 HUSWIFERY.
1 MORNING WORK&
Ho sooner Bome up,
2. Some alovena, from sleeping no sooner get up,
But hand is in aumbry, and nose in the cup-
That early is done.
Count huswtfcly won.
C, Let some to peel hemp, or else rushes to twin
To spin, or to card, or to seething of brine.
Grind null for drink.
See meat do not stink.
B. Some cometh, some biinelh, some will not be
taught,
.Where meat is attainted, their cookery is naught.
1 BREAKFAST DOIMG&
To brealcTast that come.
No more tittle tattle.
Go serve your cattle.
3. What tack in a pudding, saith greedy gut wringer.
Give such, ye wot what, ere a pudding he finger.
1 HUaWIFELY ADUDNITIONS.
LcaaH you that will tMe,
llis lesaoo of me.
I , No break&st of custom, proride for (o ana,
But only (bt such as dcKTvetb to have.
Of havock beware.
Cat nothing will spare. [bulch ?
. Where all tlung is common, what needeth
Where wanteth a saver, there havock is much.
I^ok well nnla thine ;
Slut sluthfull must whine.
. An eye in a comer, who useth to have,
Reinleth a drab, and prerenteth a knave
Let holly wand threat,
Let Fizgig be beat.
. A wand in thy b^d, though ye fight not at aU,
Makes youth to thar buaineas, better to £dL
Too easy the wicket.
Will still qipease clicket.
, With ber that wUl clicket, make danger to cope.
Lest quickly her wicket seem easy to ope.
wUt.
f^ght seldom ye shall,
ButusenottobrawL [atnde?
11. Much brawling with servant, what man caa
Pay home when thou Gghteat, hut love not lo
18. Ab order is I
a mischief as bad.
What better a law.
Than subjeMs io awe?
13. Such awe as a warning will cause to bewa
Doth make the whole boushold the better to
Good music regard.
Good servants reward.
15. Such serranla are oftsitst punfiill and good.
That sing in thdr labour, as birds in the wood.
16.
Good
frel,
nktoha
hope justly, K«n.
fiiendrfnpto
Aodl.
ve bvour, what time they do welL
By once or twice,
"lis time to be wise.
Some change Tot a shift :
Oft change, small thrift.
', Make few of thy ctHinsel, to change for (he best,
Lett one that it tnidging, infectcth the rot.
THE POINTS OF HUSWIFERY.
Bodi libcnll, sdcketfa,
Some proTcntler pHcketh.
. One dog for > hog> Bui one cat for
Ono rcadf to give, is enough for a
1 BREWING.
Bkiw lomewhat for Ihine,
E1*e bring up no iwine.
1. Wliere brewing is needfull, be brewer thyself,
WtMt fiUelfa the roof, will help furnisb the shelf.
Well brewed, worth coat,
lU uKd, bslf lost.
3. One bushel weU brewed, oulUsteth M
And saveth bolb malt and eipences in
Bemenber, good Gill,
Take pain with thy swiU.
5. Seeth grains in more water,while grains be yet hot.
And stir tbem in capper, aa porridge in pot.
6. Sudi. beating with straw, to baTeoff'all good store.
Both pleaseth and easelb, what would ye h»e
1 BASING.
Niw bre«] is a driTeU,
Good cookery craTeth ;
Good tum-brocfae saveth.
1. Good cook to dress dioner, lo bake aiu
Deoenes a reward, being honest and ti
Good dairy doth pleasure:
III dairy spends treasure.
1. Good huswife in daby, that needs not be tc
Dtsuieth ber fee, to be paid her in gdd.
Good droy worth mnc^
Mark sluts and such,
S. Good droy to aerie hi^, to help wash, and to milk.
More needfiill ii truly, than some in their silk.
In dairy no cat.
Lay bone for a rat.
5. Though cat (a good mouser) doth dwell in a bouse,
Yet eier in dairy, have liap (or a mouse.
No scouring for pride :
Spare kettle whole side. [mtlch,
. Though scouring be needfuU, yet scouring too
Is pride without profit, and robbeth thine hutch.
1 WASHING.
Take heed when ye wash.
Else run in the lash. pnw,
. Maids, wash well, and wring well, but beat, ye wot
T« 1 L !.<_,:.... 1 f~., :• I
If any lack beating, 1 feai
Dry sun, dry wind.
Safe bind, safe find.
3. Go wash well, suth Sununer, with sun I will dry ;
Go wring well, aaitlt Winter, with wind so shall L
Where many be packing,
Are many things lacking.
5. Where hens &11 a cackling, take heed to theirnest,
Wben drabs &11 a whispenng, take beed to the rest.
6. Through negligent huswifes, are many thing*
And ^let suspected, will quickly be packing.
Ill malting is theft ;
Wood dried hatb a weft:
1 . House nuiy be so handsome, and skJlfullneis such.
To make thy own malt, it shall profit thee much.
2. Some dried) with stnw, and some drietb with
wood; [good.
Wood asketh more charge, and yet nothing so
Take he«d to the kell,
Sing out as a belL
3. Be Buer no chances, to fier can draw,
The WDod, or the furzen, the brake, or the st
Best dry'd, best ipeeds :
11] kept, bowd breeds.
S, Malt being well Bpeered, Uie more it will cas'
Malt being well dried, the longer will last.
t DINNER »ATTEIt&
Let meat tairy servant, ni
llie Udcker together, the charges the thinner.
Together is beat,
For hofltia and guest*
S. Due >eaw>D is best, altt^ether is gay.
Dispatch hath no fellow, make tluat and away.
Let such have enongb.
That follow the plough-
5. (Hts serrant no dainties, bnt pve him enou^
Too many chaps walking do btggar the plough.
Give ncTer too niucb.
To lujr, and such.
T. Feed laiy, that threafaeth, ■ flap and a tap,
Like slodifuU, tbat alw^ be Mopping a gap.
Where nothing will laat.
Spare gucb a> thou hast.
. 9> Some cuttetli thy linen, some spoileth thy broth,
Baie table to some, doth as well at a cloth.
Knap hoy on the thumbs.
13. Some gnaweth and leaieth, some ctubIs and
Home crumbs.
Eat luch their own leavings, or gnaw thdr own
Serve God ever first ;
Take nothing at wont.
1 3. At dinner, at supper, at morning, at night.
Give thanks unto Cod, for his gifts so in ught.
Enough thou art told ;
Too much will not bold.
15. Threedisheswell dressed, and welcome withalL
Both pleaseththyfriendiandbecometh thine balL
The plough, with ill holding, goes quickly ai
1 AETEEKOON WOKKa
Maki company break ;
Go cherish the weak.
1. When dinner is ended, set servant to woitl.
And follow such fellows, as lovetfa to lurk.
Who many do feed.
Save much they had need.
3. Put chippings in dippings, use parings tc
Fat capons or chickens, that lookest to hi
Dear fed is unsweet,
5. Sudi off com aa comelh, give wife to her fee,
Feed willingly such as do help to feed thee.
Piece hole to defend;
'Hiings timely amend.
'. Good sempsters be sewing of fine pretty knacks.
Good hmwires be mending, and piecing their
Buy new as is meet,
Mark blanket and sheet.
9. Thou^ Udiesmay rend, and buy new every day.
Good huswives must mend, and buy new aa they
Shift slovenly elf,
Be jailor thyself.
1. Though sluftiog too oil, be a thief in a house,
Yet shift slut and sloven, for fear of a louse.
THE POINTS OP HUSWIFERY.
Wife, make thine own
Spare penny to tuuidle.
15. Fioride for Ihj tallow, ere f^M
And malie thiiM: own ondle, ei
1 EVENING WORKS.
Tp» drawing to nigbti
See all things go right,
1. Whoi hens go to rooM, go in hand to dma mmt.
Serve bogs, and to milking, and Mme lo aerve neat.
Hake lacke; to trudge,
Make acrrant th; drudge.
% Fw CTcrjr trifle leave jaunting thy nag,
But TStber make lackej of Jack-bojr, ihy wag.
Falae knave ready preat,
Take heed, it i> needliiU,
IVue pity ii meedfulU
7. No clotbea in garden, no trinketi without.
No door leave, unbolted, for fear of a doubt.
1 SUPPER MATTEia
UsB nnrlfa and good word.
At bed and at board.
I. Pnivide for Ihy biuband, to make him good dm
MAji mviy together, while time ye be here.
No brawling make.
No jealouay take.
3. No taunta before lervanls, for hindering of fame.
No janii^ too loud, for armding of shame.
Tend luch aa ye have,
Stop talkative knave.
5. Toungchlldrin and chlckene would ever beeeting.
Good aervanta look duly for gentle entreating. ~
No matching at all,
Siri, hearken now all.
, No lurclung, no matching, no Mriving at all ;
Lest one go without, and another have alt.
1 AFTER SUPPER HATTERS.
Tht aoul hath a clog i
Forget not thy dog,
■ Remember those children, whose parent! be pi
Which hunger, yet dare not to crave at tbydc
Make keys to be keepen.
To bed, je ileepera.
3. Wbcre mouthi be many, to spend that thou hast.
Set keys to be keepers, for upending loo faat.
Keep keys aa thy life ;
Fear candle, good wife.
5. Such keys lay up bb&, ere ye lake ye to reM,
Of diury, of buttery, of cupboard and cbest*
6. Fear candle in hayloft, in bam, and in shed.
Fear ftea-smock and mendbreech, for buniing
their bed.
See door lockt bat,
Two keys make wait.
7. A door without lock, is a bait for a knave,
A lock irithout key, i« a fool that will have.
Night-woriis trouble head,
Lock doors, and to bed.
9. The day willeth done, whatsoever ye bid,
Tba night is a thief, if ye take iioi good hee
To bed after supper, both maidens and m
Lore ao ai ye maj
Ixwe many ■ day.
13. Be lowly, not suUeo, if aught go amias,
What wreating may lose Ihee, that win with ■
14. Both bear and forbear, now and then as ye may;
Then wench, God a mercy ! thy husband will
t THE FIX>U0HUAN'3 FEASTINO DAV3.
Tats would not be alipl.
Old guise must be kept.
1. Good huswives, whom God hath enriched enough.
Forget not the feasts, that belong to the plough :
The meaning is only to joy and be gUd,
For comfort with Uiour, is fit to be had.
S. Plough Monday, next afler that Twelithtide i>
past, [last:
Bids out with the plough, the worst husband is
If ploughman get hatchet, or whip to the screen.
Maids toseth tluir cock, if no water be seen.
3. At SliroTatide to siuoving, go thresh the fat hen,
If blindfold can kill her, then give it thy men.
Maids, frittei^ and pancakes, enow see ye make.
Let slut have one pancake, for company sake.
4. Wife, make us a dinner, spare flish neither corn.
Make wafers and cakes, for our sheep must be
shorn, [craye.
At sbeep-sfaesring, neighbours none other thing
But good cheer utd welcome, like neighbours to
5. Fill oven with Sawns, Jenny, pass not for sleep.
To-morrow, thy father hi* wake-day will keep.
Tlien every wanton may dance at her will.
Both Tomidn with Tomlin, and Jenkin with GilU
6. For all this good feasting, yet art thou not loose,
mi [doughman thou giveat liis harvest-home
goose,
lliough goose go in stubble, I pass not for that,
IiCt gooae bare a gooae, be she lean, be she fat.
7. '^ife, aome time this week, if the weadter bold
clear.
Ad end of wheat sowing we make for this year:
Remember thou therefore, Ihough 1 do it not,
Tbe seed-cake, the pasties, and fiirmenly pot.
8. Good plowmen look weekly, of custom and right,
ForroaAmeat on Sunday*, and Thursdays at nipht.
Thus doing and keeping such custom and guise,
They call thee good huairife, — they love thee
f THE GOOD HUSW1PBLT PHYSIC.
Good huswives provide, ere an* sickness do come,
Of sundry good (lungs, in her house to hare some;
Good B^ua compoBIa, and vinegar tart,
Itose-water, and treacle, to comfort the heart.
Cold iierbs in her garden, for agues that bum.
That over strong heat, to good temper may turn.
White endive and succory, with signage enou^.
All such, with good pot herbs, shoiiM follow the
Get water of fumitory, Lver (o cool, [plough.
And others the like, or else go like a fool.
Conservei of barberry, quinces, and audi.
With sirups, that eateth the sickly so much.
Ask Metiiciu counsel, ere med'cine ye nuke.
And honour that man for necessity's sake-
Though thousaads lute physic, because of the cost.
Yet thousands it helpeth, that else should be lost.
Good broth and good keeping do much, now and
Gooddietwith wisdom, bestcomfortethman. [than.
In health, to be stirring, aboil profit thee best ;
In sickness hate trouble, seek quiet and rest.
Remember thy soul, let no fancy prevail,
Make ready to God-watd, let faith never quail,
lie sooner thyself thou submittest to God,
llie sooner he ceaaeth, to acourge with his rod.
) MOTHERLY NURSEBT.
suck.
Ibough wrauling and rocking, be ninsame so near.
Yet lost by ill niu^ng, is woraer to bear.
But one thing I warn thee, let huswife be nune.
Lest husband do find thee, too Ironk with his purse.
What Hilback and Hlbelly maketh away.
That help to make good, or el&e look for a fray.
Give child that is iitly, give baby the big.
Give hardness to youth, aod to rope-ripe a twig.
We find it not spoken so often for nau^tt,
lliat cltildren were better unborn than untaught.
Some cockneys with cocking, ore nude very fools.
Fit neither for 'prentice, for plough, nor tor schoolo.
Teach child to ask blessing, serve God, and to diurcb.
Then bless as a mother, else bless him with birch.
Thou huswife thus doing, what further sliall need ?
But all men to call thee good mother indeed.
Reuehbsb the poor, that for God's sake do call.
For God both rewordeth and btcsseth witlull.
Take tlu* in good part, whatsoever thou be.
And wish me no worse, than I wish unto thee.
A COMPARISON BETWEEN GOOD HUSWIFEBY
ComptriDf toother CDOd hutwLfc irilh bad.
The knowledge ofelUier, the better Is bad.
1. Ill huawifery lielh
THE POINTS OF HUSWIFERY.
To make benelf brave :
Gook hiuwjfery looketh
Wtut hooabolil must bne.
Tohimai
Good hmti'iferj luNeth
HenelffOTtonir.
4. Ill buawifWy caretb.
For this nor for Out :
Good btuwifeiy ipanth,
For ftar, je wot what.
5. 111 biuwifery prickelli,
Hcnelf up in pride :
Good hiuwiftrjr tricketh,
H«r house as & brid«.
6. lU buiwiferj iHie thing
Or otfaer must cave ;
Good huawifeiy nothiag,
But Hedfull will have.
7. ni buBwifeiy moveth.
With go«dp to spend :
Good huiwifeiy loreth
Her hoiuludd to tend.
8. Ill hunrifet; wanleth,
With (pending too fut :
Good bnnnferr cantelh
The longer to last,
9. HI buiwlfery eueth
Henelf with unknown :
Good hniwifeiy pleaietb
Henelf widi ber own.
10. Ill buswifeiy brooketh
Had toy* in her head :
Good huEwifeiy looketh,
That all things be fed.
11. Ill buswiferjr bringetb,
A shilling to naught :
Good huswifcry dngeth —
Her coSers full fraughu
19: III buawifery rendelh,
~ And castcth aside ;
Good buswifery roendeth.
Else would it go wide.
IS. Ill fannrifery iweepeth.
Her Unen to gage i
Good buswifery keepelh.
14. lU huiwifeiy cniTeth,
15. HI huswifcry pineth,
(Not haring to eat)
Good huBwifisy dineth,
Wlh plenty of meat.
16. Ill huswifcn lettstb
The devil t^ all :
Good huswifery settelh
Good brag of a smalL
Tkvt enietk the Book of Hiuaifery.
1. All you that fain would learn the perfect way,
To have your child, in music something seen ;
Ask Nature first, what thereto she doth say,
£re furUier suit ys make to such a queen :
For doubtless (groirum caput) is not be.
Of whom the learned Muses, seen will be,
S. Once tried, that Nature, trim, bath done her part.
And lady Music, bi iu love witholl.
Be wise, who firM doth teach thj child that art.
Lest homdy breaker mar fine ambling BaU.
Not rode in mad brains liaod, is that can help.
But gentle skill doth make the proper whelp.
3. Where choice is hard, count good for well a fine.
Skill, milt with will, is he that tewjieth best ;
Let thii suffice for teaching child of thine,
Chuse quickly well, for all the hngering rest.
Miataught at first, bow seldom proreth wcD ?
Trim taught (O Ood) how shortly d(^ eicell ?
4. Although as ships, must tarry wind and tid^
AimI perfect hoUrs, abide their stinted time : .
So likewise, though of learning daily tri'd,
^lace, must be bad, ere wit may thereto climb ;
Tet easy steps and perfect way to trust,
Doth cause good speed, confess of force we must.
5. Thus in the child, though wit enough we find.
And teacher good, oearband, or other where j
And time as apt, as may be thought with mind.
Nor cause in such thing much to doubt or fear I
Yet cockitig Mams, and shifting Dads from schools.
Make pr^nant wits, to prove unlearned fbols.
LUght,
6. Ere learning come, to have, first
Apt learning child, apt time thni imng lo irau
Apt cunning man to teach, else atl it naught, .
Apt parents, glad to bring to pass the same.
On Buch ^t ground, the Muses hive to build,
This lesson learn : — adieu else, learned child.
1 THE DESCRIPTION OF A WOMAN'S AGE,
14. Two first seven years, for a rod they do whine,
2B. Two ncit OS a pearl in the world tbey do shine.
15. Two next trim beauty beginneth to swerve,
56. Two next for matrons or drudges they serve.
TO, Two next doth crave a stslTfor a stsy.
84. Two next a bier to fetch them away.
Tben purchase tome pelf,
Bj' Atiy and three :
Or buckle Ihyself,
A dniiige for lo be.
1 THU INHOLDER'8 POST.
At meals, m; fiiend, who vict'leth 1
with his host.
Shall both be nire of better cheer, .
ere, and litteth
nd 'ac^ie with
But be that will atteudauce have, a chamber la bim-
■df, [woridlr pelf.
UuM more regard what patna do crave, (ban pass of
Let no man look
by the wa; .
But la; before be Eakea
purchase Ljtui, witb iHnching
(topaj.
lo make hu puree
For nothing pay and nolhing pnf, in inn it is the
guise ; [if you be wiu.
Where no point gain, there no point pain, think this
For toiling much, and ipoiling much, great charge,
small gaius or none, [the beggar's bone-
Soon sets thine boet at Needham'i ebore, to crave
FfKcaedng this, come day or night, take up what
place ye please, [thine ease.
Use mine as thiu^ let Fortune spile, and boldly take
1 CEBTAIN TABLE LE3S01I&
1. FaiiKD, eat less, and drink less, and buy thee a
knife,
Else look for a carver, not always too rife.
Some, kniveless, their daggers for bravery wear,
Tliat often for surfeiting, need not lo fear.
3. At dinner and supper, the table doth crave.
Good fellowly neighbour, good mannen to have.
Advise thee well therefore, ere tongue be too free.
Or sl^ sauce be noted, too saucy to be.
3. If any thing wantelh, or aeemelh amiat.
To call for, or shew it, good nuumer it is ;
But busy fault-finder, and saucy witball,
Is rcrisler like ruffian, no manner at ail.
4. Some cuttetb the napkin, some treocbers will nick ;
Some (beweth like folly, in many a trick :
Let such apeish body, so toying at meat.
Go toy widi his noddy-like ape in the street
5. Some cometb unsent for, not for thy good cheer,
But sent as a spiall, to listen and hear ;
Which being once known, foraknavelethimgo;
For knave will be knavish, hi* nature is to.
1 LESSONS FOR
I. One diligent serviturc, skilfull to wait.
More comelieth thy table, than other some e>|
That stand for to listen, or gaiing about.
Not minding their duty, within ot tritboul.
2. Such waiter is faulty, that standetb so by,
Unmindfull of service, fo^fctling his eye :
If master to such give a bonv'for to gnaw.
He doth but his ofSce to leaclkMch a daw,
3. Such servilure, also, dcaerveCh a check.
That runneth out fisking, witb meat in his bed :
Such ravening puttocks for victuals so trim.
Would have a good master, to puttock witk him.
4. Who daily can suffer, or else can affoid, [bowd?
His meat, so upsnatcbed, that comes from his
So teaied with cormorants, here and there aome^
Aitd others to want it that orderly coma.
5. Good serviture weigheth (onci
What Ukeih sitentknce, and i
So purchauug master a praise
Gets praise to himself, both ol
■ dinner b^un)
rhit lo be done;
with the best.
1 HU3BAKDLY POSIES FOR THE HALL
I. FaiiHD, here I dweU, and bare I have a littie
worldly pelf, [on myself.
Which on my IHend I keep lo spend, as well as
S. Whatever fkre you hap to find, take welcome for
theben, [of the rest.
That having then, disdain thou not, fiH' warning
3. Backbiting talk, that flattering blain, know wily
how to blenge, [en'my will revenge.
The wise doth note, the fViend doth hale, the
4. The vise will qwud, or ^ve ot lend, yet keep to
have in store, [upon no more.
If fooli may have &om hand to moutli, they pass
5. Where ease is sought, at length we see, tlMt plen^
waieth scant, [oDen want.
Wbo caieleaa live, go borrow must, or else flill
6. The world doth think the wealthy man, ia be that
least shall need, [speed-
But true it is, the ^idly man, is he that best shall
1 POSIES FOR THE PARLOUR.
5. In time that man shall icldam friendship m
That weighth what thing, touch kept in f
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. Would'st hanafHtiid, would'it know what ftimd
ubeM?
Haire God Ihy flinid, wbo paneth all the km.
f POnES FOR THE OUESTV CHAMBER.
I. Thi «)oT«n and tba ggelaa nun, tb* roynUh
DOIhiiig nice, [niinnd twice.
To lodge in chamber, comely deckt, are leldom
8. Widi rnrtain aome make acabbard clean, with
coierlid tbar ihoe, [uae to do.
AU dirt aod mire, votoe wallow bed, as Kpaniels
foul, what
3. Though btioti and ipun b<
passeth Knoe th^coa, [tumbliiw tta<
What place thej foul, what things they
D iair board, be carpet IH
4. Foul male i
» clee .
Wbat maanen cueleai master hath, by knave his
5. Some make tbe chimney chamber-pot, to imell
like filthy unk, [houieg stink 7
Tet wbo to bold, w aoon to lay, faugh ! bow theae
6. Tbey tf^nfore nicb, ai make no force, what
comely thing tbey ipill, [againit their will.
Hnst baTe a cabin like (hemseNeB, akbough
7. But gentlemen will gently da, where gentlenea
is sbew'd [beihrew'd.
Obau'iing thia, with lore atnde, <»■ else hence all
f POSIES FOB THINE OWN BEDCHAUBEB.
1. What wisdom more, what better lifb, than
pleaseth God lo send, [God to lend.
What worldly goods, what longer use, tbanpleaseth
3. What betto- (are, than well content, agieeiag with
thy wealth, [and in health ?
What belter gueM than trusty friend, in aickneat
a. WhU better bed than cimsdence good, topaiathe
night with sleep, [to keep?
What better wi»k, than duly care, from un thyself
4. What better tbooght, than think ou God, and daily
him to serre, [sterre ?
What better gift than to tbe poor, that ready be to
5. What greater praise of God and man. than moi?
for to shew, [to few 7
Whoraerdleas, shall mercy find, that mercy ahewi
& What wone despair, than loth to die, for tear to
ga.tDhell7 [Christ in heaTen to dwell?
What greater faith than trust in Cod, through
1 A SONNET TO THE LADT PAOCT.
SoMi pleaaurea take,
And cannot gi*^
But only make,
Poor thanks their shift :
Some meaning well.
In debt do liie.
And cannot tell.
Where else lo shift.
To lea;
itfaevt
Goodti
Some shew good face.
And be but poor j
Yet hate a grace
Good Emie to raise.
Some owe and give,
. Yet still in debt.
For alight I know;
Some wish to pay.
But night and day.
Must still mors owe.
1 PRINCIPAL POINTS OF RELIGION.
1 . To pray to God continuaUy,
8. To learn to know him rigbtfuHy,
3. To honour God in Trinity,
The Trinity in Unity,
The Father in his majesty,
The Son in his humaiuty.
The Holy Ghost's benignity.
Three persons, one in Deity-
4. To serre him always, holily,
5. To ask him all tiling needfully,
6. To praise him in all company,
T. To lore him alway, heartily,
8. To diead him alway, chiiitiardy,
9. To ask hitn mercy, penilcnllj,
la To trust him alway, faithfully,
1 1 . To obey him alway, willingly,
1 3. To abide him alway, patiently,
13. To thank him alway, thankfully,
14. To live here alway, virtuously,
15. To use thy neighbour, honestly,
16. To look for death still, pieaendy.
17. To 1
le. To hope for Ileav'n
19. Tobavefitith, hope,
m. To count this life but vai
Be points of Christianity.
1 THE AUTHOR'S BELIE?,
. This i* my itedbst creed, my faith, and\an my-
trust, [mild, attdjuat;
That in the heavens there is a God, moat.mighty,
A God above all Gods, a King above si] Kings,
The Lord of Lords, chief Governor^ of hearen
and earthly things.
a. Tliatpowei-lKtfhofliAwidd«»th,ofbwTen«nd| IS. Tbl«, JudMaidbetiiqr,l(.iUMdq«D)Kl>ig/pir^,
Thkt bU thing! mwlt ' ' ' '
That madeChe huiging >ki«, u deckl with diveiB
lighta, [mlfull tdgbXt.
Of daricneu made the ebeafliU d£7>, ud all our
3. That clad thia euth with barb, with trca, and
niodiy (hiin,
W!th beart, with bird, with wild and tanw, of
strange and sundry auita ; \pn,
Thatintenniit the same with niinet>like Teini of
Of ailver, gold, of prepoua atons^ and treuum
4. That j<Hned broc^ to d»laa, to hilla <V«h water
ipiinga, [many tbingi :
With riven sweet, along the nindi, to profit
niat made the hoary &a«ti, the flaky anowi to
trim, [pleaseth him.
The honey dewa, the bliuterinig windi^ to serve a*
5. That made the ■ut;^g seaa, in cBuna to ebb and
flow, [to and fro ;
That sUlfbll man, with sailing ship, might travel
And stored so the same, for man's unthankfUlI
sake, [profit take.
"Diat every nation under heaven, might thereby
6. rniat gave l« man a soul, with teaaon bow to live,
^liat both to him and all tilings else, bis bieosings
daily give : [race,
Th«tisD0t sMO, jetsealhihownun doth run bis
Whose daily woiks, both good and bad, stand
known before his bee.
7. That sendeth tbund'riog cIkm, like terrors out of
hell, [heaTena doth dwelL
That man may know a God there ii ,and in the
That sendeth thitaleoing plaguee, to keep our
His benefits, if we forget, or do contonn his law.
g. That daily hateth sin, that loveth virtue well.
And is the God of Abtaham, Isaac, and Israel ;
That doth displeaiure take, when we his laws
And yet amidst hit beavy wiatli, his mercy doth
9. Thia ia the Lord of Hosts, the Father of us
The maker of whate'er was made, the God
whom I call ;
Which for the love of man, sent down hii only s
Begot of biro, before the worlds were any whit
10. This ent«cd Maiy^ womb, as Etith afflimetb Bui«,
Conceived by tbe Holy Ghost, bora of '
Virgin pure :
Tbk was both God and man, of Jews tbe hoped
[thing.
king,
And lived here, save only sin,
1 . This it that Virgin's child, that same moat holy
priest
The Lamb of God, the Prapbet great, whom
Scripture calleth Christ :
Thia, that Mesnai was, of whom the prophet
spake.
That riiould tread down the svpent'i 1
Which unto Pilate, being Judge, did falaelj bim
Who (through that wickad judge) and of tboo*
Jews' despight.
Condemned and loimaitad was, with bU tba ti>rc«
they might.
13; To living wight more evil, what could each
wiutchet do ? [they did put tnta to ?
More piercing wounds, more bitter pains, than
Hiey crowned him with thorn, that was the
iting of Kings, [worldly thingi,
llat sought to lave the soui of man, above all
14. Thii was that Bsactl I^mb, whoae love for us
so stood, pds blood;
That on the Mount (rf Calvary, for us did shed
Where hanging on the eraas, no thame he did
fonake, [of life did make.
Till death given him, by [uercing spear, an end
15. Tbia, Joseph seong dead, the body Ibence did
crave, [in bis grave i
And took it forthwith from the cross, and biid it
g there hia
Hu p
n
r I mean, bis slained
16. From death to Ijfla again, the third day be did riae.
And seen on earth to fait elect, times oft in
lundry wise j
And tSiB into heaven, ascend he did in ligh^
And sittetb on the right band there, of God the
htfaer of might.
17. Whare for ui wretclies all, his Father he doth
pray, [away (
To have respect unto bis death, and put our sins
From thence with sounded trump, which nuse
all fiesh shall dread, [quick and dead.
Hfr shall return with glory again, to judge the
IB. Then shall that voice be beard. Come, come, ye
good, to me, [p>><i *hall ever b« <
Hence, hence to bell, yOU mnkeis evil, where
Thitiathst laving Chriat, whom I my Saviour call.
And only put my tnut in him, and in noneelae
at alt
IS. In God the Holy Ghent, I firmly do believe,
Wtuch from tbe Father and the San, a blessed
lifb doth give ; [comfort send.
Which by the prophets spake, which doth alt
Which I do trust shall be my guide, when this
my life shall end.
Sa AHoly Catholic Chutch,onearth,I grant tbercii.
And those who fbame their Uvea by that, shall
never speed amiss : [pot,
llie head thereof is Christ, his word the chiefest
Fntanet of this temple great, u God, the Holy
Ghost.
SI. I do not doubt, there is a multitude of Saints,
More good ii done resembling them, than shew-
ing them our plaints ; [did give.
Their bith and works in Christ, that glory them
Which glory we shall likewise W*b> if likewiae
we do live.
MISCELl^ANEOUS.
196
33. ^t GodofhencnilNnsijifaigiTaieMofouriini, 15. BntfbrtbeHoljr GboKiHWlforliugifliof grKe
Through Chiutei death, through &ith
through oo other gins ;
If VI lEpentant here, his mercy dulj cnve,
Through atedTut bape mnd faith in Christ, for-
giTeaea we shsJl have.
33, I hope and tnul upon the rianf of the flesh.
This curpH of mine that fint must die, shall riae
•gain sfresh :
The sou I and bod J eren then, in one shall joiued be,
A* Christ did rise from death to life, eren so
through Christ shall we.
»i. As Christ is gloriGe^, and nerer more shall die.
As Christ ascended is to heaven, tbrough Christ
eren so shall I. [his.
As Christ I count my bead, and I a membCT of
So Cod I trust fur Chiistes sake, shall settle me
in bliss.
Tans here wa learn of God, that there be perwms
three, [Trinltj.
The Father, Son, the Holy Ghost, one Cod in
In siibafnf all like one — one God, one Lord, one
"igbt. , [bj right
Wluae p«aoiM yet we do diride, and so we may
This is that God of Gods, whom every soul
■bould lore, [wrath on them to move.
Whom all men's heart* should quakewith fear, his
That this same mighty God, above all other chief,
ShaU save my soul ftom doIefuU hell, u all my
whole belief.
1 OF THE DHNIPOTBMCE OF fiOD,
I. OGod! thou glorious God, what God i* like to
tbee ? [the world may see ?
What Kfe, wlut itrengtb, is like to thine, as all
Tlia heaven, the earth, the seoa, and all thy wotke
therein, [thou hast ever been.
Do diew (to whom thou wouldst to know) what
S. But all the Aougfats of man, are bent to wretched
Man ever waa a hypocrite, and ever will be still.
3. What duly waleb ii made, the Boul of man to flea.
By Lucl&r, by Beliebub, Mammon, and Asmode?
In deriliah pnde, in wratb, in coveting too much.
In fleshly luM, the time is spent — the life of man
4. Tlie joy that man hath here, is as a spark of fire,
Hia acts be Uke the smouldering smoke, himself
like dirt and mire :
His strength even as a reed, his age much like the
flower, [hoiir.
Hii breath or life is but a puff; uncertain every
O grant us, therefare. Lord, t'amend what ii
And when fhnn hence we do depart, to re
thee in bliss 1
Let gift no glny look, nor evil possess thy mind,
And for f truth, these profits three, through almes
shall thou find.
1. first, here the Holy GhoK shall doily through
hii grace, [embrace.
Provoke thee to repentant life, God's mercy to
S. Of goods and friends (hy death) when thou thy
leave must take, [it forsake.
Thine almes deeds shall clasp thy soul, and never
3. When God shall aA«r death, call soon for thine
account, [all things else surmounL
Thine almes then through fiulh in Christ, shall
But yet for any deed, pat thou no trust therein.
But put thy trust in God (through Christ) to
pardon thee thy sin. [nest,
Far else, as cackling hen with noise bewrays her
Even BO go thou, and blaze thy deeds, and lose
thou all the reo.
f MALUS UOUOl
■o stmdry things are meant,
.ught, which ought him to
nan we ought to love, because of much therdn,
ivil in him, we ought to hate, because it is a sin.
So doth thy daily sins the heavenly Lord oKnd,
But when thou dost repent the same, his wratb ii at
Since first the world began, there was and shall be
still.
Of human kind, two sundry sorts, th'one good, and
th'olher ill ; [dwell.
Which till the judgment day, sliall here togedier
But then the good shall up to heaven, the bad shall
down to heU. , - i
T BT. BARVARD-3 VERSES.
1 isbUtiir, «it ul fimala : cttia leA
tlo iwpltur, foTtii SI ut Ihl
] . Cim munduD militst, sub Tana gloiia,
Cujus proaperilsB, eM tnmaitoria?
Tarn cit6 Isbitur ejua potendo,
Qjiikm TBu Gguli. que lunt fimgilu.
I. Why so triumph) the<iorld,inpampand glory Tun,
Whose state soh^pT-thmtglit, so lickle dc t'l remun?
Whose brsrery slippery stands, and doth so soon
As doth the potter's pan, compact of brittle day.
8. Plus cr«de Uteris, scriptis in glacie,
Qutlm muudi fragilis vanie bllaciffi ;
Fallal in pnemiis, virtutis specie,
S. More credit fee tbou give, to letters wrote id ice.
Than unto vain deceits, of brittle world's device ;
In gifts to virtue due, beguiling many one.
Yet those same never have, long time to hdpe upon.
3. Magis credendum eat virii ralladbui,
Quun mundi miseris prosperitatibuSj
Falne iiuaniis et voluptatibus,
Falsis quoque studiis et vanitatibut.
4. Die ubi Salamon, olim tam nobilii 7
Vel ubi fiamsou est, dui invindbilis ?
Vel dulcis Jonathas, mulium unabilis 7
Vel pulcher Abiolon, vultu mirabilU ?
1. Tell where ja Salamon, that once so noble i
Or worthy Jonathaa, that prince so lovely bold?
Or fair Absolon, so goodly to bdwld?
TUSSER.
i. O dwu flt bait Ibr womu ! O diou great heap of
Dogood to every man, while here thou haitto^**.
7. Quim breve fe«tum est, hnc mundi gloria?
Ut umbra hominis, bIc ^us gaudia ;
Qua! semper subtrahit rtenia premia,
Et ducunt hominem ad dun devia.
7. How short a feast (to count) U this same worid'i
renown ? [town ;
Such as men's shadows be, such joys it brings to
Which always pi uckcth ua,froinCad'setemBlbliia,
And leadeth man to hell, a just reward of his.
S. Shew whither is Casar gone, that conquer'd &r
Or that rich bmotu carl, su given to belly cheer?
Shew where is TuUy now, for eloquence so fit ?
Or Arinoteles, of such a pregnant wit?
6. O esca vennium ! O maua pulveris !
Oros! Otanitasi cur sic eitolleiii ?
IgDons pcDil&i, uuilm eras vixens,
Fac bonum omnibus, quimdlu potetis.
8. Htec mundi gloria, que magni penditui
Sacrisin lileris, das fceni didtur ;
Vel leve folium, quod vento rapitur.
Sic vita hominum, hlc rild toljitur.
8. TTie bravery of this worid, ea
In Scripture likeoed is, to flower of grass and luidL
Like as the leaf so light, which wind allroad doth
blow.
So doth this worldly life, the life of man bestow.
: UMKED VERSES,'
. FWM diBtfi cwTt <o wnftT fcv, 'J C Wb«nH*dr«cu.
llTW°A(*lfrltfld> sn fAirl*.! bKH,
1 THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.
I. Now, gentle friend, if thou be kind.
Disdain thou not, although the lot.
Will now with me no better be.
Than doth appear :
Nor let it grieve, tliat thus I live,
But rather guess, for quietness.
As others do, so do I too,
a. By leave and love of God above,
I mind lo shew, in verses ftw.
THE AUTHORS LIFE.
Bow through tha bricn, mj fouthful jtiaa
Hare run tberncc;
And ftirtbcr Mf , whj thus I sMj
And mind to liie, u bee in hive.
Full bent to q>eitd m? life fan end.
Id this iBine plwe.
3. It ouiM to p«M, tb«l bom I wu.
Of lineage good, of penile blood,
In EsKi layer, in nlUge filr.
That KivcDball lughi :
Which Tillage if'd, by Banktree side i
There ipend did I mine infancy,
7%ere then my name, in honest fame.
Remain^ in light.
4. I yet but young, no speech of t»ngue,
N« tean withal), that often tall.
From motber'a ryes, when child outcries,
To pajt her frv,
Cwild |»ty make, good &ther take.
But out I muM, to song be thnut,
6ay what I would, do what I could,
Hi* nund was so.
5. O paioAiU &ne, for erery crime]
What touxed ears, like baited bears I
What bobbed lips, what jerks, what nipst
What hellish toys 1
What robes bow bare, what college fare !
What btead how stale, what penny ale !
Then WaUingford, bow wert thou Bbh(»'d,
Of seely boys !
6. Then for my Ttace, I must fno choice)
Away of force, like posting hone.
For sundry men had placards then.
Such clutd to take:
The better breast, the lesser rest.
To serre tfae choir, now there, now here ;
For time so spent, 1 may repent,
7. But mark the chance, myself to 'Tance,
By fiiendship's lot to Paul's I got ;
So OxukI I grace, a certain qiace
With Bedford there, the like no where.
For cunning such, and virtue much.
By whom some part, of musick art.
So did I gain.
8. From Paul's I went, to Eton sent,
To learn itraightways, the Latin phtase,
WbBc fiAy-three stripes, given to me.
At once I had,
For fault but small, or none at all.
It came to pass, thus beat I was :
Sec Uniu, see, the mercy of thee.
To me, poor lad.
9. To LondoD beDC«j to Cambridge thence,
Widi thanks to thee, O Trinity,
Hist (o thy Hal], so passing all,
I got at last.
There joy I felt, there trim I dwelt,
Tbnc heaven from hell, X shifted well.
With learn ad men, a number then.
The time I past.
10. Long dcknass had, then was I glad,
To leave my book, to prove and look.
In court what gain, by taking pain.
Might well be found i
Lord I'aget than, that nobleman.
Whose soul, I trust, is with the juit,
lliat same was be, enriched me.
With many a pound.
11. While this betide, good paicnia dy'd.
One after one, till both were gone.
Whose pedigree, who list may see,
In herald's book :
Whose souls in bliss, be long
For hope we must, a< God is just.
That mercy look.
e, shsUmen
13. By court I spy'd, and ten yean try'd,
That cards and dice, with Venua vice,
And peevish pride, from virtue wide,
With some so wraught.
That Tyburn play, made them Bwaf,
Or beggar'* state, as ill to bate,
By such like eTih^ I saw such driveli,
To come to naught.
1 3. Yet it is not, to be forgot.
In court that some, to wor^p come.
And some in time, lo honour climb.
And speed full well :
Some have such gift, that trim they shift.
Some profit make, by pains they lake.
In peril! much, though ofl are such.
In court that dwell.
14. When court 'gan frown, and strife in town.
And lord* and knights saw heavy siglits.
Then took I wife, and led my life.
In Sulfolk soil :
There wis I fain, myself to train.
To Inm too long, the farmer's song.
For hope of pelf, like worldly elf.
To moil and toil.
15. As in this book, who list to look,
Of husbandry and huswifery.
There may he find, more of my mind,
Concenung this :
To cark and care, ind ever bare,
Widi loss and pain, to little gain.
With Bhifts to save, to cram Sir Knave,
What life it is.
16. When wire could not, through sickness got,
More toil ainde, so nigh sea-side,
Then thought I beat, from (oQ to rest.
And Ipswich try ;
A town of price, like Paradise,
For quiet then, and honest men,
lliere wia I glad, much friendship bad,
A time to lie.
17.
Ilierc left good wif^ this present lifb,
And there left -I, bouse charges lie.
For glad was he, nught send for me,
Good luck so stood :
In Suffolk there, where everywhere.
Even of the best, beside* tbe rest.
That never did their friendship hide,
To do me good.
O 3
1 8. O Saffblk, thou, conUUt thM Mw,
Thou hidst the praise, In thnw mme dB^i,
For squires and knlghte, that well delights.
Good house to Iteep :
Far Noriblk wiles, so full of goilM,
Have cBugiit my toe, by wiving so,
Tlul out to thee, I see for me.
No wBj to creep.
19. For to ! for guile, what haps the while.
Through Venus toys, in hope of joys,
I chanced soon to find a Moon,
Of cheerful hue ;
Which well and fine, me (2iought did shiae,
And never change — (a thing most strange)
Yet kept in sight, her course aright,
And compass true.
SO. Behold of truth, with wife in youth.
For joy at Utge, what daily charge.
Through children's bop, what op«ied gff,
To more begun :
The diild at nurse, to rob the purae.
The same to wed. In Imuble liead ;
For pleaiure rare, such endless caret
Hath husband won.
ai. Then did I dwell, in INmn cell,
A place for wood, that trimly Mood,
With flesh and Hsh as' heart could wish ;
Bui when I spy'd,
llial lord with lord, eould not accord.
But now pound he, and now pound wo t
Then left I all, because such brawl,
Hi
Abide.
£S. O Southwell ! what, mesDst thou by that.
Thou worthy wight, thou hmous knight.
So tae 10 crave, and to thy giave.
Go, by and by.
O Death ! thou foe, why djdat thou so,
Ungently treat that jewel great.
Which op'd hia door, to rich and poor.
So bounteously.
S3. Iliere thus bestad, when leave I had,
By death of him, to unk or swim.
And ravens I un, together dravr.
Then ways I sought, by wisdom taught.
To bear low sail, lest stock should quail,
Tdl ship might find, with prosperous wind,
Some safer port.
24. At length by view, to shore I drew,
IMscharg^ng straight, both ship and freight.
At Norwich fine, for me and mine.
Where strangers well may seem to dwril,
That pitch and pay, or keep thdi day ;
But who that want, shall find it scant.
So good for him.
Sj. But Sallabury, bow wire kept my tow.
If praise from thee were kept by me ?
Thou gentle dean, my only mean,
There then to live:
Though churls such some, to crave can come.
And pray once got, regard thae not.
Yet, lira or die, bo will not I,
Example give.
S8> Wken learned men could there nor Ifaav
Devise to 'swage, Lbe stormy rage.
Nor yet the fiury at my diniuy.
That long I had;
From Norwich air, tn great-despair
Away to fly, or else to die,
To seek more health, to seek more wealtl^
Theawaal glad.
< ST. From thence so sent, away I went,
With sickness worn, as one foriomi
To house my head at Fainted,
Where whiles I dwelt :
The tithing lifb, the tithing strife,
llirougb tithing ill of Jack and OiD,
The daily pays, the miry ways.
Too long 1 fblb
38. When ehaigea grew, still new «nd new.
And that 1 spy'd, if parson dy'd,
(All hope in vain) lo liope (or gain,
1 might go dance ;
Once nd my hand, of paraonage land.
Thence, by and by, away went I,
To l-ondon straight, to hope and wait.
For better cbance-
29. Well, London 1 welt, thou bear'st the bell.
Of praise ahout, England throughout.
And doet indeed, to such aa need.
Much kindness shew.
Who that with thee, can hardly agree.
Nor can well praise, thy iiiendly ways.
Shall fHendship find, to please his mind.
30. As for such mates aa virtue hates.
Or be or they, that go so gay.
That needs he must, take all of truat.
For him and his i
Though such by wo, through Lothbury go,
For being spy'd about Cheapside,
Lest mereen' books, for money looks.
Small matter it is.
3 1 . When gains were gon^ and yeara E>vw on.
And death did cry, fiwn London fly.
In Cambridge then, I found again,
A resting plot ;
In college best, of all the real.
With thanks to tbe^ O Trinity !
Through thee and thine, for me and mine.
Some stay 1 got.
3S. Knee bap haps so, let toiling go.
Let serving pains, yield forth her gains.
Let courtly gifts, with wedding shiita.
Help now to live:
Jiet music win, let stock come in;
Let wisdom carve, let reason serve.
For here I crave, such end to have,
As God shall give.
33. Thus friends by ma, pcrcedve may ye.
That gentry studs, not all by lands.
Nor all BO feft, or plenty left.
By parent's gift ;
Hie younger son
And glad to aedt, liVDl «C«k M CTMfc,
To come by thrift.
THE AUTHOR'S UFE.
M. And men br thb, to conMv li
Id worid 19 act, enough to get ;
But where and when, that acarcelj can
Bj dup and plough, lome get enough ;
And aoine w wive, thai tiim Ihej thiife,
And ipecd full well.
;. To tlu« befbn, add one thing more, [wrought.
Youth bardnea* taught, with knowledge
Most apt do pro«e, to shift and ihoT^
Among the hest.
Where cocking dads, make nuc; ladi.
In youth so lage, to b^ in age,
Or elac to fetch, a T>buin Kretch,
36. Not rampish toy of girl and boy.
Vat gannent trim of her or him.
In cUMhOod spent, to fond iDten^
Good end doth ftvtw.
If mark we tball, the «um of ^,
The end it b that noted ia.
Widely if it Idde, with nrtue try'd,
¥1. VHien lU is doD*, le«ii this mj sob,
Not friend nor akill, nor wit at will,
Hot ship DOT clod, but onlj God,
Man taleUi pain, Ood gireth gain,
Man doth bii best, God doth the rest,
Man well intends, God foixon send^
Else want he ahall.
SS. Some seek for wealth, I seek my health.
Some iOek ta please, I seek mine ease,
Some seek to save, I seek to have,
To lire uptight.
More than lo ride with pon^ and piida.
Or for to jet, in others debt ;
Such ii mjr skill, and ahall be atill.
For any wight.
S9. Too fond were I, hen thus to lie,
Unleaa that wealth might fiudiei health,
And profit some should thereby com^
Tohelpwithall;
This cauaeth me, well pleas'd to b^
Such drift to make, such life to take.
£nf<Mtdng mind, remorse to find,
As need, need shalL
40. Pnend, all things wagh'd, that ben la said.
And being got, that pays the shot,
Methiaki of right, have lene 1 migh^
(Death drawing near)
To seek some ways, my God to pniB%
And mercy c^ave, in time to have,'
And for the rest, whu he thinlu hast.
To suffer here.
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GEORGE GASCOIGNE.
Dud Ocnin» Ttb, 157T.
Tou poet waa of an honounblr tmulj in Enei,
being SOD of Sr John Gtacoigae, who diiinhcrited
bini for bjs jouthfuL prodigaJity. Gascoigne lived
to Bmend the erron of hia youth, and became ■
wise and good man ; bul the father died with the
ein upon him of ao uuforgiving temper. The
youDg man, who liad been educated at Cambridge,
and entered at Cray's Inn, was cast upon the world.
He had lold such of his patrimony as could not be
alienated from bim; and finding hu hopes of prefer-
ment at home fail him, ecnbarked as an adventurer
for Holland, in wiuch country, it appears, he hod
pretiously travelled. We may believe him that he
bad shaken off his evil habits, but lie bad not shaken
off his evil companions ; for, on this occasim, he had
for his fellow-ad venturer that Rowland Yorke, who
before that time was notorious as a profligate, and
afterwards infamous as a traitor.
The most valuable of his poems, if not the best,
relate to his adventures on ibe voyage, and in the
Dutch war, where he behaved well, and obtained
the good opinion of the Prince of Orange, whose
sterling worth he seems Co have justly appreciated.
After two years' hard service, he waa compelled to
■urrender, with a body of five hundred English, in
attempting to escape fhim tlic unfinished and inde-
fensible fort at Valkenburg. It waa during the
niemorable and dreadful ^ege of Leyden ; they made
Ibeir way to the walls of that city; but from suspi-
cion, jealousy, and misunderstanding, combined
with UM dread of famine, the citifcns refused to
jipen the gatesj the English were then fortunate in
.obtaining honourable terms of surrender ; still more
•o in having them observed. For the Spaniards,
in that age, were as ragardless of honour as of faith,
'When heretics were to be dealt with; but it was
their policy then to conciliate England, not to pro-
■vokeit; and though Don LuysOayet»n,towbom they
Jta4 surreodered, was for putting them to death, in
conformity with the advice of tb
lors at the Hague, Don Bernardino de Mendoaa, who .
was then at Brussels, on bis way to London as
ambassador, desired that their lives might be spared,
and that they might be sent home. During thor
imprisoiunent^ they received every poeabie kindneaa
trma the'Barou de Liques, and from Verdugo.
This put an end to his military career. He i«-
Gumed the study of the law, but with neither liking
nor aptitude for the profession ; and soon seems to
have depended for his fUture proapecta upon the fair
character which he had now established, and up<Hi
those who were alike able to appreciate and to serve
him 1 for be had ftiends among the best and noblest
of the age. By some of these, ( Raleigh perhaps, or
Arthur Lord Grey, the friend and patron of Spenser,)
be was in&oduced to the queen, whom he accom-
panied to Kenilwortb in one of her progresses, and
recited before her some of the verses which he com-
posed on that occasion. His immediate means
appear to have been such as might content one who
hod become a wise and thoughtful man. He
married, settled at Wolihamslow, amused himself
with gwdening, and employed himself in compo-
sition i but falling into a lingering and wasting
disease, he was taken to Stamford by bis friend
George Whetstone, and there, bdng worn almost to
a skeleton, but in a religious, calm, and happy
frame of mind, he eipinsl without a struggle, re-
commending his wife and only child to the queen's
bounty. His age is not known, but it cannot bare
been under forty, for he frequently speaks of himself
as in middle age ; and says, in one place, that the
crow's foot had grown under his eyes.
Gascoigne vrrote the first prose comedy in ovi
language, and bis Jocaita (partly paraphrased, paiij
abridged, from the nxtnissn of Euriindes), is the
second of Ol ■■ ■ .......
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MISCELLANEOUS.
THE ARRAIOMENT OF A LOITER.
Ai BcamtjM bum b I d^ d rtanda^
tFboi blH nupcct accuaed inec,
G«oi^ (quod Uk Judge) halde Tp thj haada,
Thau ut amlgude of Flattaije i
Tall tbeiefbre bowe thou wylt bee trfde i
WboK iudgemeot ben wjlt tbou abjde 7
Hf Lorde (quod I ) thia I«dy bcre,
Wbome I esteeme iboue the rem,
Do»h kuowe my guiltc if any frere ;
Wherefbre hir doome ihall please me bert ;
Let hir bee Jud^ and Jurour boattae.
To trye mee guiltlesee bjr 11171W oatlie.
Quod Beautie, do, it flttetli not,
A Prince hir aelje to iudge tbe cwiae ;
Wjll is our Juidce irell ;ou wot,
AppoinUd to diacime our Lawei :
If you wyll guiltlene aeeme to goe,
God and joaz cousliey quitte ;ou lO.
Then crafte tbe ciyer cal'd a quest,
Whkb came falae witneue for to beare.
The Jurye nube, the Judge Tuiuct,
Scnlcoc* was Hijrde I *bauld be trust,
Jelou* tHe Jayler Iwund mee fart,
To hears tbe verdite of the byll,
George (quod tlie Judge) nowe thou art caat,
Tboo muM goe hence to beauie bill,
And tltere be hangde all bye the head,
God reit thy soule when tbou art dead.
Downe fdl I tlien rpon my itnee,
AU flatte befor* Dame Beauliea Uix,
And etyed, good Ladye pardon one,
WUch Iwre appeale tiiIo your grace,
Tou knowe if I haue been* Tiitnie,
It wai in too much praynng you.
And tltough thia Judge doe make auche baate.
To abead with dianw my guiltleiae blood :
Yet let yoor pittie first bee plaste.
To noe tbe man that meant you good,
Bo shall you abewe your selfe a Queene,
And I maye bee your scruaunt secna.
(Quod Beautie) well : bieause I gnesse.
What tbou dost ntcane bencefboith to be^
Although thy fiiultea dcaenie no lesae,
Than lustice here hath iudged tfaee,
Wylt tbou be bounde to styiit all strife.
And be true prisoDer all thy lyfe ?
Yea Madame :quad I) that I aball,
Loe i^th and tnieth my tuertiea ' :
ifhy then (quod shee) codk when I call,
I aake iK» beua- wairandae.
thia am 1 Beautiea bounden thrall,
At Ur coramaimde when shec doth call.
THE LULLABIE OF A LOUEB.
SiKQ lullaby, as women do^
Wherewith thej bring their babe* la real,
And lullaby cau I<aing to,
As womaoly as can the best.
With lulbby they still the childe.
And if I be not much beguild.
Full many wanton babes haue I,
Which must be stihl with lullsibie.
First lullaby my youthfiill yeares.
It is nowe time to go to bed.
For croocked age and hotuy heares,
Haue wone the hauen with in my head:
With Lullaby then youth be still,
With Lullaby coment thy will.
Since courage quayles, and commcs behind,
Go sleepe, and so beguile thy minde.
Neit Lullaby my guing eyes.
Which wonted were to glaunee apace.
For euery Classe maje nowe suSse,
To abewe the furrowea in my face !
With Lull^ye then winke awhile,
Witii Lullabye your lookes beguile:
Lette no byre face, nor beautie bright^
Entice you efte with layne detigbte.
And Lullaby my wanton will,
Lette reasons rule, nowe rcigne tby Ihou^t,
Since all to late I flnde by ikyll,
Howe desre 1 haue Ihy fansies bought :
With Lullaby nowe tak tbyne eaae.
With Lullaby thy doubles appease :
For trust to this, if thou be ttyll,
My body shall obey thy wilt.
My will, my ware, and 1
I can no mo delayes deuise.
But welcome payne, let pleasure paiaa :
With Lullaby now take your leaue.
With Lullaby your dreama deceiue.
And when you rise with waking eye.
Remember then thia Lullabye.
Eurr or Neuer.
OASCOIGNES GOOD MORROW.
You that haue spent the silent night.
In sleepe and quiet rest.
And ioye to see the cheerefull lyght
That ryaeth in the East :
Now deare your Toyce, now chare your har^
Come belpe me nowe to sing :
Eche willing wight come beare a part.
To prayae tbe heauenly King.
And you wbome care in priaon kcepes,
Or sickenes doth auppreaae,
Or secret atnowe breaikes your ileepes,
Or dolotm doe dlatresse :
Yet beorc a parte in dolfuU wis^
Yea thinke it good accord^ O Q I C
And aecaptabb aacriflce, O
Eche sprite to prayae the lordta
OA8COIGNB.
Tht dmdfull night irith dukstomiiea^
Had ouer spread the light,
An^ lluggiih alecpc wSh drowlrnow,
H*d ouer pmt our migbt :
A gl>u« wheiin you ma; beholde,
Eche ■tonne that ttopea our breath.
Our bed the graue, our clothn lyke molde,
And deepe l&e dnadfull death.
Yet u thia deadly night did UMe,
But for a little space,
And beauenlj dsje lunre night a put)
Doth ihewe hii pleasaunl bee :
So muit *e bope to aee Godi tmce,
At laat in faeauen on hie.
When we hau* dDmg'd lliie moriall plaes,
For Inunoctalitie.
And of tucb bai^ie* and beauenly ioTei,
Ae tben we bope to bold^
All earthly ughtea and wonUf toyes.
Are toLena to beholde.
The dajre is like Dm daje of dooBi^
The miime, the Sonne of nun.
The ikfca the heauena, the earth the tinube
Wherein we reat till thMi.
The Rainbowe beniUng In the ikye,
Bedeckte with auodiTe bewea,
la like the aeaxe of Cod on hye.
And aeemei to teQ theu neffea :
Tbat as thereby he promised.
To drowne the world no nkore.
So by the bioud wbicb Chiiat IMh ihead,
He will our helth restore.
The mlatie cloudea tbat fUl lomtiaie,
And ouereast the skyes,
Are like to troubles of our time.
Which do but dynone our ejrea :
But as luche dewea are dryed Tp qnit^
When Pbabm riiewet hii bee.
So ate luch faniiee put to Bigbte,
Where God doth guide by graco.
The caryon Crowe, that lothaome bew^
Which cryes agaynit the rayne.
Both for hir hewe and tor the rest.
The DeuiJl resemblelh playne ;
And as with goBDea we kiH the crave.
For spoyling our releefe,
The Deuill so must we ouerthrawe,
With gonihote of beleefe.
The little byrde which ung so swete.
Are like the angellea rayce.
Which render God hi* iiiai»«e maete.
And teacbcTi toi
1 a* thev more
Than dread the nights anoy.
So much we decma our days on eanh.
But hdl to beausnly ioya.
Unto which Joyes for to sttayne
God graunt vs alt his grace,
And sende ti oAer worldly payne.
In beauen to haue a place.
Where wee maye still enioye that light.
Which neuo' shall decaye :
Lorde for thy mocy lend rs might.
To aee that ioyfuU daye.
Antut iatu tapio-
OASCOTNES GOOD NIGHT.
Warn iLou bast s|Nnt Ihe Uogring Aaf in plemire
and delimit, [at nights :
Or after toyle and wesije w^^ dort seuc to mt
Unto thy paynes or pleasuics past, adde this one
labour yet, [Ood fbrget.
Ere sleeps close vp thyiM eye to &st, do not thy
But searehe within thy sea3«t thoughti^ what deeds
did thee befsl : [calL .
And if thou And amiise in ought, to God for merry
Yea though thou find nothi^ siriiimi-, which thou
canst cal to mind, [behind :
Yet euer more remember this, there is the more
And thinke how well so euer it be, tiiat thou hast
spent the daye, [waye.
It came of Ood, and not of tbee, so to direct thy
Thus if thou trie thy dayly deedes, and pleasure in
this payne.
Thy life shsll dense thy come finm weeik, and
- thine shal be the gainc : [to wioke.
But if thy nnlidl slu^ishe eye, will lenlsr for
Before thy wsding will may trye, how tu thy soule
maye sinke, [smoth is made.
Beware and wake, for else thy bed, which soft and
May he^M more harm vpo thy bead, than blowes of
enmies blade. [thou doest lye.
Thus If this paine procure thine ease, in bed aa
Ferhsps it shall not God displease, to sing thus
soberly i
I see that sleqie is lent me hoc, to t»te my wesrye
bones, [greeuous grone*.
As death at laste (btf eke appeere, to ease iny
My dayly apottes, my panch ftill fed, haue causde
my drousieeye, [soule to dye:
As carelesse life in quiet led, might cause my
The strvlching armes, the yaunlng breath, which I
to bedward Tse, [me refuse.
Are pattemea of the pangs of death, when life will
And of my bed ecbs sundiye pad in shaddowes
doA resemble [fleeh to tr3>le.
The siidiT ahqies of detb, wbose dart ahal make my
My bed it aeUe k like the graiM^ my sbeelea the
winding sbeeta, [nw most meete:
My clothes the mould which I must haue, to couer
T^ hungry fleas which Aiske so freshe, to woimes
I can Gopar^ [the bones ful bare :
Whidi greedily shall gnaw my fleshe, and Icaue
The waking Cock that esly crowes to we«e the
n^(ht awaye, [the Utter day.
Futa in my minde the trumpe that blowea before
Andaa I riae Tp lusdly, when sluggish sleeps is past,
So bope I to rise ioyfully, to Judgement at the last
Thus wyll I wake, thua wyll I 2eq«, Hms wyl I
hope to lyse, [godly wy»e.
Thus wyll I nntbW waile nor weepe, hut sing in
My bones shall in ttus bad wnaiM, my soule in
Ood shall tnisl, [earthly dust
By whome I hope to ryae agalns from death and
Haud ictw aaf».
Tiu iMTaonnciKm >o
THE PSALME OF DE PBOPUNDI&
t with misty dnwdes,
MISCEIJ.AMEOUS.
Hi> be«l dbwtka, and ytl6i ibe niAe hii rcMb,
1111 in ba orMh, Dan loua haue wuM the gnil^i
And ir*£ht me wretcb which in his Iraiuile toile.
But boUa [here] doth nidene»e me ^pctidi.
Since laue lb Lord uid king of luigfatj power,
Wtucb can commaund the Sunoe to ihew* hia &ce,
And [ wbm him ija) to giue the nine hii place.
Wliy doe not I in; wer; muiei fnme,
( AllbcKiigb I bee well souwd in tlii« ibowra, )
To mite ■OBW rcne is bonour of hit mum ?
GA8COIGNE8 DE PROFUKDIS.
fmtat depth of dotde wherein mj aoule doth dwell,
From beaii; besrt whicb berboun in my bcest.
From troubled qirite which lildome taketh rest.
From hcqw of heaueis fVom dreade ef dariceiome
belL
O gi«ooua God, to tbee I cije and yelL
M7 God, my Loide, mj lonely Lorde alcana,
To tbee I call, to thee I make my moane.
And tliou (good God) voucbsafe in gree to tak^
Thb woefull plaint,
Wbosin I fkint,
Oil Iwe me then fur tby great merde* Mke.
Ob bende thine earn attentiuely to heare,
Ofa tome tfaine ejta, heboid me how I waylt^
Oh huiken Ixml, giue eare for mine auaila,
O maike in minde the burdens that I bears :
See bowe I anke in Borrowes euerye whoe.
Bebolde and aee what doUora I enduie,
Giue ewe and marke what plaiuta I put in vra.
Bende wylling eare : and pilde therewitballf
My wayling Toyce,
Wliicii haib no cboyce.
But euennere vpon thy name to call.
If thou good Lorde (faouldeat take tby rod in hands,
If tbou n^aid what Hunea are daylye done,
If Ihoa lake holds where wee oui workes begme.
If tbon decree in Judgement for to itande.
And be eztraame to eee our icaaei duuidev
If thou take note oTsuery thing amysi^
And wiyte in rowles bowe fniyle our nature ii,
O gtoryona God, O king, O Prince (tf power.
What mortall wigbt,
Khye then haue light,
To Acle thy frown^ if tbou haue lyit to lowre?
But thou art good, and
Tbou net delyght to see
Tfaou hearknett first, bef(
Tfaine ea» aie ut wyde
Beftin we knocke thou a
Then be ii quicke to cUm
Thy mighty name bee pn
Let Eiydi and fears,
Howe &>t they stand wl
bait of mercye ttoia.
sent to the doors.
a nnner ciye,
o thee on hye.
d then alwsye.
rbicb on thy mercy staye.
I looks fbr tbee (my louelye Lord) theiefan
Tgr thee J w^le, fiw tbee I tartye s^U,
Hyne eyes doe long to gsie on tbee my l^ll.
For Aee I watehft IW thee I prye and pore.
My SmdebrtbesattcBdatilo - -
My Souls doth tbyrsl to takt of thN a twts.
My Boule deritn with tbee fW to bee plaate.
And to thy worde (whicb can no man deceyus)
Myne onely trust.
My loue and lual.
Id c(mflde(ic« continnallye shall clsaus.
Before the breake or dawning of the dayc^
Before the lyght be aeene in loAye Skyes,
Before the Sunoe appeare in pleasaunt wjiie, '
Before the wstche (before the watche I saye)
Before the warde that waytes therefore alwaye :
My wule, my aense, my aecreete thought, my ^irite.
My wyll. my wislie, my ioye, and my delight :
Unto the Lord that nttei in heauen on highe.
With hastye wing.
From me doelh fling.
And itiyueth styll, TOto the Lorde to Sje.
O Israeli, O housholde of the Loide,
O Abrshama Brattea, O broode of blwed eeed^
O chosen sheepe that loue the Lorde in deede :
O hungrye hcartes, ftede Myll vpon Ms wonie.
And put your trust in him with one accord*.
Fori ■ ■ ■ ■
Hee wyll redeeme our deadly drowping itatef
He wyll bring home the iheepe that goc astrays.
He wyll helps them that bops in him alwaye 1
He wyll qipeaie oui diecords and debate,
Hs wyll soone saue, though we repeat ts late.
Me wyll be uun if we i^ntinewe las.
He wyll briog bole to ioye and perfect bUsse.
He wyll redeeme the flocke of las electa
Fnim all that ia.
Sauce Abrahams beyrea dyd first hia Lawes rdect.
OA8COIGNES MEMORIES
Written vpon this occasion. Hee had (in myddeat
of his youth) detenniued to abandons all vaine
delightea and to retume vnSo Greyea Inne, tbers
to vndsrtake againe the studdie of the aomman
Lawes. And being required by fius siuidiT
Gentlemen to write in veres somewhat wortbys
lo bse remsmbted, before he entered into their
fellowihippe, hee compiled these fiue sundrie
sorts* of metre Tppon Sue sundrya thsamea,
wbicbe tbey deliuered vnto him, and the fiist waa
at request of Fraunds ICinwslmarsha who d*-
litiered him Ihia theanie. Audaottforttina itaut.
And thersvppon bee wrote this Sonnete ibUowiag.
It yelding feore, or cancred villanie.
In Ciesani baughtle heart had tans the charge.
The walles of Rome had not bene rearde so hye*
Nor yet the mightye Empire left so large.
If Menelaua could haue tuld his wyll.
With fowle reproche to loose bis faire delight,
Thcs hod the stately lowres of Troy itoode styll.
And Grtekes with grudge hod dronke tlieir uwue
deapigfat.
Iring Prince amfdile his race,
AftcaniuH then, the fmite of hu d«ure,
In Lauine Lande had not possesied place.
But true it is, where lotted doc l^ght by cbaiiDC«,
There Fortuue helpes the boldest to sduaunce.
Sc lull.
"ITie neite was at requert of Antony Kinwelnunhe,
who deliuered him this iheame, Satii ttfffidt, and
tbereirpon be wrote us fuloweth.
Tai vaine excesw of fialtenng fortuDea giftea,
Enuenomelh the minde with vanity e,
And beatcsibemtelesKbraine with endieaae driitea,
To naye the BtafTe of worldly dignitie :
The begger atandes in like extremitie.
Wheifore to Ucke the moste, and leaue tfae least,
I cotimpt enough as good as any feast.
By too too much Dan Cra«us caught his death,
And bought with bloud tbe price of glitteHng gold.
By too too title many one lackes breath
And sterues in stretes a mirroure to bcbotde :
So pride for heate, and Pouertye pynea for colde.
Wherefore to lacke the most, and leaue the least,
I coumpt enough ai good as any feast
And mo then
. no sore : loe this secmea coatrarye,
lerier is a Prouerbe eke,
uui »uic ui iiores maye make a nuladye.
And one to many maketh some U> seeke,
Whan two be melte that bankette with a teeke ;
Wherefoic to locke tbe most and leaue the least,
I coumpt enough as good as any feast
The rych man surfetteth by glottony.
Which feedeth still, and neuer standes content,
The poore agayne he pine* for penurye,
WUch 1iu« with lacke wben all and more is tpente :
So to much and to little boche bee shente.
Wherefore to locke llie nu»te, and leaue the least,
I coumpt enough as good as any feast.
Tfae coitquerDur with mcontented iwaye.
Doth rayse »p rebelles by his auarice.
The recmunt dothe yeeld hinueife a ptaye.
To forraine spoyle by slouth and cowardyre :
So too much and to little both be vyc&
Wlierefbre to locke the most, and leaue the least,
I coumpt enough as good as any feast.
If ao thy wifebe too too fayreof face:
It drawes one gest too many (o thine inne :
If she be fowle, and foyled with disgrace,
In othor pillowea prickst thou many a [nnne :
So fowle poore foolea, and Ayrer fall to dnne,
Wherf(H« to lacke the mnst^ and leaue the least,
I coumpt enough as good as any frast.
And of enough, enough, and nowe no more,
0ycause my brmynes no better can deuise,
When thinges be badde, a small summe maketh store,
So of luche verse a fewe maye soone suffice :
Vet still to this my weaiy penne replyes.
Thb common speech ii, spend and God will send
But what sendes he ? a bottell and a bagge,
A stafTe a wallet and a wofull ende,
For such as list in brauery so to bragge,
lien if thou couet Coyne enough to spend,
Leame first (o spare ihj budget at the brinks
So shall the botlome be tbe faster bound :
But be that list with Isuisb bond to linke,
(In like eipence) a pennye with a pound.
May cbaunce at last to sitte a side and ahrinke
His harbraind head with out dame dainties dore.
Hick, hobbe, and Dick, with clouts vpon their knee,
Haue many times more goonbole grotes in store
And change of crownes more quicke at cal then he.
Which let their lease and take their rent before.
For he that rappes a royall on his cappe.
Before he put one penny in bis punse.
Had neede tume quicke and broch a better tappe.
Or els his drinke may chance go dowoe the vunse.
I not denie but some men haue good hap.
To climbe a lofle by scales of courtly grace.
And winne the world with liberohtye :
Yet he that yerke old angellt out apace.
And hath no newe to purchase dignitye,
When orden fall, may chaunce to lacke his grace.
For haggard hawkes mislike an emptie hand :
So stiSely some sticke to the mercers stall.
Till sutes of silke haue swet out all their land.
So ofte thy neighbours banquet in thy hall.
Till Dauie Debet in thy parler stand,
And bids the welcome to thine owne decay.
I like a Lions lookes not worth a leeke
Wlien euery Foxe beguiles him of his praye :
What sauce but sorrow serueth him a weeke.
Which all his catcs consumeth in one daye?
First Tse thy stomacke to a staud of ale.
Before thy Sfalmesey come in Marchanles bookea.
And raliier were (for shifte) thy shirte of male,
llian teore thy silken sleuea with teynter hakes.
Put feathers in thy pillowes great and small,
Leite them be piinckt with plumea, that g^e for
plur
Before thou decke thy hatte (on high) with broaches.
Lette first thyne one band hold fasle all that commeo.
Before that other leame his letting Hie:
Remember itill that soft fire makes sweet malte.
No baste but sood (who meanes to routtiplye : )
Bought witte la deare, and drest with sower salte,
Repentaunce commea to late, and then saye I,
Who spares the first and keepes the last vnspent,
Shall finde that sparing yeeldes a goodly rent.
Aleiander Netiile deliuered him this theame, Sal
Clio, n M/ bene, whererpon hee compiled these
seuen Sonets in sequence, therin bewraying tua
owne l^imit ctio: and therwith his Fix bene, as
folowelh.
In haste paste haste, when first my wandring mjnde,
Behelde the glistring Courte with gaiing eye,
Suche deepe deligbtcs I seemde tbnin to flnde.
As mi^ b^uilc a grauer guMt than I.
MISCELLANEOUS.
205
"n* ilatdy pompa of PiincM lad tb^ pccro,
Did icciDC to swinune in flouddei of beaten goiild%
The want(»i world of jong delightfuU yeerei,
Wh not mlike ■ hnuen for to bfbotilde.
Wboon djd iwanne (for mery uint) ■ Dune,
So fure of hue, m freshe of their sttire,
Ai might eicell dnme Cinlhia for Fune,
Or conquer Cupid with bja owne desire.
Tbew and ■uche lyke were baytes that blaied Mill
Bdbcv m]rue eje to leede my greedy wilt.
3. BcTara mine eye to feedc my greedy will,
Oan mutter eke mine olde tcqiutinud match
Who belpt the diih (of Tayne delighte) to 811
My empty month with dayntye delicates :
And foli^ie boldeneHe tolce the whippe in haitde,
To Uibe my life iota this trva^ewe trace,
lU all in baste 1 le^te a loofe from lande.
And boyatc vp wyte t« eatcbe a Courtly grace :
Echc lingfing daye did leeme a worid of wo,
Till in that lttpl«se bauen my bead was brought :
Wauca of wanhope so toat me to and fro.
In deepe diipayre to drowne my dreadfull thought :
Eche houre a day ecbe day a yeare did seeme.
And «MTy yaare a woride my will did deeme.
S. And eoery ynrc a woride my will did deeme,
mi lo^ at laat, (o Court nowe am I come,
A Ketnely iwayne, that might the place beieenie,
A ^adaome guest embraste of all and aome :
Not there contente with common dignitie.
My wandring eye in haflte, (yea poste poate haite)
Bdielde the blaiing badge of brauerie.
For wantc wberof, I thought my nelfe disgraale :
Then peeuiahe pride pufile vp my swelliDg harte.
To further foorth bo holte aa entetpriie :
And comeiy cost b^anne to playe hi« parte.
In pnyiing palteraes of mine owne dcuise.
Thua all WM good that might be got in haMe,
To princke me vp, and make me higher plaate.
4. To prioke me Tp and make me hi^ier plaM^
All came to late that taryed any time,
miea of prouiiion pleased not my taate,
Tliey made my beelcs to heauie for to clime :
Mce thought it best that bougbei of boyMrou* oake,
8honld Gnt be ahread to make my festbeiB gaye.
Tyll at the last a deadly dinting atroake,
Bmught downs the bulkewith ^Igetoolnof decaye:
Of euery &rme I then let Hye a lease.
To feede the purse thai piiyde for peeui«hnfsse.
Till lenle and all were falne in sucbe disease,
A* scarae ooulde serue to mayntayne cleanlynease :
Tbey bought, the bodie, fine, femic, lease, and lande.
All woe to little for the merchauntes haode.
5. All were to little for the merchauntea hande,
And yet my brauerye bigger than his booke :
But when this botte occompte was coldly scande,
I thooghl highe time about me for to looke :
With heauie cheare I cute my head abacke.
To tee the fountainc of my furious race.
COmpatde my luM, my liuing, and my lacke.
In equall balance with my iolye grace.
And save expence* grating on the grounde
Ijke lumpes of lead to pretse my purase full oAe,
When li^t lewsrde and recompence were founde,
Fleeting like feathers b the winde atofte :
Tlte« thttt comparde, I left the Courte at large.
For why 7 the gainta doth seeldome qnitte the charge.
fi. For why ? the gainea doth aeldome quttta the
And ao laye I, by proofe too dearely bought.
My haste mad wast, my braue and brainsicke barge.
Did float to fast, to catch a thing of nought ;
With leasure, measure, meane, and many mo,
1 mought haue kepi a chayrt of quiet Male,
But hastie heads can not bee setled lo,
■nil croked Fortune glue a crabbed mate :
As busie braynet muste beate on tickle toyea,
As rashe inuention bivedes a rawc deuise,
So sodayne foUei doe hinder hastie ioyes.
And as swifte baytes doe fleetest fyshe entice.
So haste makes watte, and therefore nowe 1 saye.
No haste but good, where wisdome makea (he wayc.
7. No haste but good where wisdome makea the
waye,
For ptoCe whereof, behold the simple snayle,
With hotte sssaulte the Castle to asukyle.)
By line and leysure clymea tha loftye wall,
And winnes tbe turreltes toppe more cotmiugly.
Than doughtye Dick, who losle his life and all.
With hoysting Tp hia head to hastilye.
Tbe swiAeat bilche brings foorth the blyndeM
whelpes,
Tbe hottest Feuen coUeM crampes ensue,
Tbe nakedst neede hsthe ouer latest helpea :
With Neuyle then I fiode this prouertw true.
That baste make* waste, and therefore still 1 saye,
No haate but good, where wisdome makea tlie waya.
Ricbarde Courtop (the last of the Hue) gaue him
this theame, Dtirum imeum ^ miiembiU omm,
and tberevpon hee wrote in ttus wise.
Wbih peerelesn Princes courtes were free from
flatteiie, [periurie.
lie Justice from vnequal doome, tbe quest from
The pillers of the state, from proude presumptioD,
The clearkea from heresie, the conunonea fnaa re-
bellion : [desarte,
Hien right rewardefl were giuen, by iwaye of dewe
Then vertues derlingea might be plasle aloft to play
, their part : [of olde.
Then might tbey coumpt it true, that hathbeene sayda
The children i^ thoae h^pie dayea, were borne in
beds of golde. [sucke.
And swadled in the same : tbe Nurse that gaue them
Was wife lo libemllitie, and letnman to good lucke.
When Cesar woon the fields, his caplaines caught
tbe Townes, [ful ofcrownet.
And euery painful soutdiours purse was cranuned
Licuigus for good Lawen, lost bis owne libertie,
Andthoughtitbelterto preferreconimon commoditie.
But nowe tbe times are tumde, it is not aa il was,
The golde is gone, the ailuer sunke, and nothing left
butbi
[se,
To see a King encroaches what wonder siiould it
When commons cannot be content, with countrie
Dyadeeme?
Tbe Prince may dye a babe, trust »p by trechetie,'
Where TSine ambidiHi doth moue trustlesse nobil-
Utye. [hilea,
Errotm in pulpit prache, where fait
Promotion (not deuotion) is cam
U tbawputn
S06
'On it tlw maea itakl out, wban
And I the prologue should pnmouncei but thM I im
tlHide. [ki>%>
Fiist Cayphu playea the Frieft, and Herode ait* u
Fflate the JuilgCi ludu the Jurour verdict in doth
bring, [anyi
V^ne tatling pUic* tbe noc^ well cladde in ritche
And pooni Ton IVootb u Ui^bt to dcon, with gu-
mcnts Dolfaiiig gay. [tnina,
Hie woman wwiConneiw, the commet with tjcing
Pride in hir pocket pUiea bo pe^w, and bawdry in
HirhandiDaides be dacdpte, daunger, and dalliaunee,
Riot and Keuell follow bir, tb^ be of hir aUiaunoe :
Next these commei in Sim Swaibe, to see what (turre
they keepe. [him to creepe :
Climof tbe Clough then takes hiilieeles, tis time for
To packs the pogeaunt vp, commes Sotrow with a aong,
He saj IbcH iesl« can get no grotea, and al thii
gears ^oth wrong : [parte,
FjTBt pride without oause why, he nngea the tniAe
71m meanc bee mumbles out df tunc, for lacke of
Life and hartt
Coit lort, the counter Tenor chantetb on apace,
Tbui all in diacordfl stands tbe cliffe^ and beggne
singe* the base. [are sturring.
The players loose their painei, where so fewe pence
Tlmr gannRs weare for lacka of gain*, and fiet fur
lack of funing.
Whrai all is done and past, was no part plaide but one
For euefye player plaide tbe fools, tyll all be spen^
And thus an ende of these fiue Theames, admountinE
to the nombO' of CCLVIIl. venea, deuiied
ryding by the way, writing none of them Tndll he
came at ^e ende of his Journey, the trhich was no
longerthan one day in ryding, one daye in tarying
widi his fHend, and the thirde in returning to
Greyes Inne : and therefore called Oaacoignes
' AN ETITAPM VPOM CAPTAIME BOUKCKER
l_kll U.4IHI II TBC WS.>Bn IN IILAHDI, TBI WHICH
KATH »n TiaMU) ZHI lAU OT A ROKB AS
Ftb captaines Ae, your longuea are tyed to close.
Your souldiours Ae by silence purduse shame :
Can no man penne in meetre nor in prose.
The lyfe, the death, the lalliaunt actes, the tanie,
Tbe birth, bebauiour, nor the noble name.
Of sudi a feere as you in Gghl haue loS :
AIm swb painaa wotild quickly quite tbe cost.
Bourcher is dead, whom eche of you dyd knowe,
Yet no man writes one worde to paint his prauie.
His sprite on bigb^ his carkiwse here belowe,
Dq(b both condemne your doting ydle dayea :
Yet ccasse they not to sounde Us worthy wayai,
"Who liued to dye, and dyed againe to liue^
_jruh deitb deere bought be dyd his deWb forgiue.
Ho might Cw byith hMW bfMWd iwbU we,
Yet were hie ovHim week* and alwsye* milda^
Who gaua a geaae by gaiing OB hla tuef.
And judge t^nby, might qoitUy be begujlde.
In Selde a lion, and io Towiie a Childs,
lilerce to bis foe, but courteouse to his friende,
Alas tbe whilst his lifo so Hoona should eade ?
To sBue his Prioce bis life was auer pieat.
To serue hit God, his death be thought but d«w.
In all UtempU as foreward as the best.
And all to fonwardea, which we all may tww.
Hi! life so shewed, his death eke tried it true :
For where his foes in thickest pnase dyd staoda,
Bourcher caught bane with bloodie swwde in hMde-
And marke the counge of a noble hean,
When be in bed lays wounded woodrou* sore.
And heard allanne, be soone forgot hit smart
And calde for arroes to shewe his seruice more :
I wyll to fielde (quod he} and Ood before ;
Which sayde, he sailde into more quiet eoatt,
Styll ptaysing God, and so gaue Tp the ^loel.
Nowe muie not teader (hough we stones can ^leake.
Or write sometimes Che deedes of worthy ones,
I could not bolde although my heart should breaks
(Because here by me buryed an his bones,)
But I must tell this tale thus for tbe nones
When men crye mumnteand keepe such silence long,
nien Blonss must spetike, else deed msu ahall haue
wrong.
Fnii jttod Mia-maituit Martlatone,
THE FRUITES OF WARRE,
Writtm vpon tills Iheame, Oulce Bdbtm turpeWtt,
and it was written by peecemeale at sundrye
tymes, as the Auctbour had Tacaunl leysurca
fWnn seruice, being began at DeUe in Hollande,
and dyrected to the ryght bonourable the Lord
Greye of Wyllon as appeareth by the E^stle
Dedicatory next following.
Mt Singular good Lorde ; I am of opinion that
long before this time your honour hath throughly
perused the bodke, which I pr^ared to bee soil
TUto you somewhat before roy commyng hytber,
and therewitiiall I doe lykewise coniectour that
you haue founde therein iust cause to laugh M
my follies forepassed. So that I am paruy in
doubte whether I were mi»e oucrseene in my first
deuising, or in my last dyrecting of the same ? But
as fantstticatl humours are conmum imperftctiona
in greene vninellowed braines : So Jiope I yet that
your good LordiJuppe wyll rather winke at my
weakenesie in generalhtie, than reproue my rasb-
nesse in perticularitie. And because I would bee
glad, to dravre your Lordshippe into forg^fiilnesae
thereof, by freshe recorde of some more martiall
THE FRUITE8 OF WARRE.
wd) tisM* M wa [lOftaad finot Mniico. And
tb* totnect tliereof being wmti*, I could Dot nore
■*-— — i— 'ij- addreiae tha ume tdIo utf Ma>-
ihiallniaD, then mto jour good Loitbhippa; Wbonie
I hmaa bemzd to be «i vniuenotll patnuie of all
SoaUitnin, ud haue found to bee mn eiceeding
&uaurouT of inee ;oui Tnwortb; follower. Tbe
rene is itMighc. And k good reuon, atheoci
treateth of rou^e nutten, but if the Hence
Eood then haue I byt the Durke which I shote
Koowing that your Lordihippe can winne Honnj
out of the Tbinle. And luch u it is, I dyrect "
TDto your Hoaour. Beweching the naine, to tal
it in gre^ and to perceaue that I am and euer wj
Your Lorddupi
DULCE BELLUM INEXFERTIS.
To write of Wwrre and wote not what it ia.
Nor euer yet could march where War was made,
Hay well be thought a wi»'ke b^onne amis,
A rash attempt, in woorthlene Tene to wadf.
To tdl the tiiall, knowing not the trade i
Tet mch a nine euea oowe doth feede my Muta,
That in this theame I must »me labor tes.
S. And bamwithal I cannot but conftaae,
Howe Tneipst 1 am in fcatefl of waire :
For man than wryting doth the ume expiene,
I may not boaat of any cniell iarre,
Nor Taunt to aee full raliant facta fratn farre :
I haue Dor bene in Turkie, Deiunarke, Greece,
Ne yet in Colcb, to wiime ■ Golden fleece.
3. But natbelaaM I aome what reade in writte.
Of high eiploila by Martiall men ydone.
ADd dxreipoo 1 haue preaumed yet.
To take in hands thii Poeme oow b^onne :
WlKrin I mesne to teU what race they roDBe,
Who fbllowe Drumme* befbre they knowe the dubbe.
And hiaggc of Mats before they feele his dubbe.
4. Wldchtalk to tell, let first with pennedeclare^
What thing warre ifl, and wbereof it proceed*.
What be the fruitea that fall mto iheir shore
That gape for honor by thoie haughtie deeds,
Wliat bjotidie broyles in euery state it breeds :
A -weary woike vnethi I shall it write,
Tet (u I may} I muat the same endite.
5. The Poeta olde in (bar fimde fables Gune,
Thtf mightie Mars is ^ of Warre and Strife,
Tbeae aatrottomen^ thmke, where Mars doth raigne.
That all debate and discorde muat be rifW,
Sane thinke Bellona goddesse of that life :
So that Bome one, and some aiiother Judge,
To be the cause of euery greeuous grudge.
6. Among the rest that Painteri had some ski]],
Wliich Unn in anmea did once act out the same,
A Aelde of Geules, and on a Golden hill
On ebtatt at Sfibia (taken tnxa tbe dame)
d with alauno.
T. On high the Helme, I beare it vail la tninde,
He Wreath was Siluer poudred all wilb shot.
About tbe which fgovUi du utngj did twinde
A ndl of Sable, blackc and foule beblot,
Tba Creast two handea, which may not be forgot,
Fi« in the Right a trenchand blade did atande.
And in the L^ a Gria burning braode,
S. Thui Poets, Painten, and Astrooomera,
Haue giuen their gesae this lubiect to define.
Yet are those three, and with tfaem tnuellersi
Not best betrust among the Worthies nine^
Their woordes and workea are deemed not diuina :~
But wby? Gud knowes (my matter not *p mam,)
Unlesse it be bicauie they fitine to fiure.
S. Well then, let see what aayth the common
voice,* tsay?
Iliese olde sayde nwes, of waire what can ttaay
Who list to barken to their whispiiog noiti^
May heare them talke and tattle day by day.
That Prioce* pryde ia cause of wane ^way :
Plantie brings piyde, pryde plea, plea pme, ^ne
Peace ploitie, and so (say they) they neuer cease.
1<X And though it haue bene thought aa true as
WUcb people prate, and prasoh aboue tba reat,
Yet could I neuer any reason feele.
To thinke Fax prmih vox Da ut.
As for my skill, I compt him but a beast.
Which trusteth truth to dwell in common ipeecbe.
Where euery lourden will become a leech.
11. Then what is waire? define it right at last.
And let TB set all olde ssyde sawes aside,
Let Poets lie, let Painters faigne as fast,
Astronomen let marke how Btaires do glide.
And let these Trauellen tell wonders wide i
But let vs tell by trustJe proufe of truth.
What thing is warre which laiseth all this lutb*
1 2. And for my parte my fansie for to wiigh^*
I say that warre is euen the scourge of God,
ToRnenting such as dwell in princelie plight.
Yet not regorde the reaching of his rodde.
Whose deeda and dueties often times are odde.
Who iBunge at nndom iesting at the iust.
As though they raignde to do euen what they lust.
13. WbiRne neytbci plague can pull into remone.
Nor dearth aa dnwe to mende that is amiaai^
Within whose hearts no pitie findeth force.
Nor right can rule to iudge what reason ib
Whome lickneaae salueth oot, nor bale brings bliNe:
" ' high loue by waste of hloudie waire,
!e the case so plaine by proufe doth
Who compt tbe quiet Burgher but an Assc^
> (Jommoa people'i cnlnlm.
• The Aitthoi'i deflollin.
15. irMusmoouewan
And PoeU eke in ftblei tse to foine,
Or if Belloiu cauM laennei heoites to swell
Bj deadly grudge, by rancor or dyftdainef
Then vrbkt delight may in that life remuDe ?
Where aager, wnth, teene, miuJiiefe and debate,
Do itill vpholde the pilUn of the State ?
16. If Funten cimft haue truly wane dyiplajrde.
Then U it woorsw (and badde it is at best)
Where toirnea destroyde, and fields with bloud
Tong children slaine, olde widdowet foule npprest,
Maydea rauiahed, both men and wiues dlKtrest ;
Short tale to make, where sworde and cindring flame
Conniine aa much as earth and ayre may frame.
IT. If piTde make warre 'as common people prate)
Hwn is it good (no doubt) as good may bee.
For pryde is roote of euill in euerie state.
The sowne of ainne, the very feend his fee,
The head of Hell, the bough, the braunch, the tree,
FroDiwhlcbdo spring and aproiitestichfleihlieieedea,
Ab nothing else but moane and myschiefe breedes.
IB. But if warn be (as I haue sayde before)
Godi scourge, which doth both Prince and people tame,
Then wame [be wiser sorts by learned lore,
To flee ftota that which bringeth naught but blame.
And let men compt it griefe aud not a game.
To feele the burden of Goda mightie hande.
When he cODCludes in iudgement for to atande.
19. Oh Prince' be p
ledia-
Confine thy countries with their common boundea,
Enlarge no lande, ne stretch thou not thy streamy
Penne vp thy pleasure io Repentance poundea,
Leaat thine owne awordes be cauae of all thy woundea:
Claime nought by warre where title is not good.
It is Goda tcourge, then Frince beware thy bloud.
90. Oh Dukes, oh Earis, oh Barons, Knight! and
Kepe you content with that which is your owne.
Let biauerie neuer bring you in his briers,
Seeke not to mowe where you no seeds haue sown*.
Let not your neighbors bouse be ouerthrowne.
To make your garden straight, round, euen, and
For tl
B, (Goda scourge) then Lordea be-
Sl. Oh Inshops, deacons, prelate*, prieats, and all,'
Stiiue not for tythes, for glcbelande, nor for fees.
For polling Peter pens, for popish Pall,
For proud pluralities, nor newe degrees,
And though you thinke it lubberlike to leeae.
Yet shoulde you lende that one halfe of your cote :
^en Piieata leaue waire, and leame to aing that
- S3. Oh lawlease Lawyers, '0 ttoppe your too long
And la your nilea Tplandiah loulaa can laiie.
Till you haue brouf^t their wealth mto the wT*d« :
This is plaine warre, although you terme it ttrite.
Which God will acourge, then L«wyen leaue thia
S3. Oh Merchants'' make more conscience in an
Sell not your Silkea by danger nor deceyte,
Breake not your bankea with coine and aedite botb^
Heape not your hoordea by wilinesse of weyght.
Set not to sale your aubdlties by aleight,
Breede no debate by bargayning for dayea.
For God will skourgc auch guiles U
34. Oh countiie ctownes," your cloaca see you
With hedge, and ditcbe, and marke your mead* widi
Let not dame llatterie in your bosonie creepe.
To tell a fittone in your Landlordes eares,
And say the ground is his as playne appeu«s>
Where you but aet tlie boundera foortb Co &rre :
Plie you the plough and be no cause of wan«.
S5. Ob common people'} clayme nothing but
right,
And ceasse to ae^e that you haue neuer tost,
Striue not for trifles : make not all yoiu' might
To put your neighbours purse to oeedelesae cost.
When your owne gilte is spent, then farewell frost:
The Lawyer gaynes, and leades a Lordly lyfe,
Whiles you leeec all and hegge to adnte you stiyfe.
26. Knew Kings and Princes what a payne !t wcr^
To winne mo reajroes Chan any witte can weclde,
To pine in hope, to fret as fast for feare.
To aec their aubiecCa murdred in the Geld,
To loose at last, and then themaeluea to yeeld.
To breake aounde aleepe with carke and inwards care^
They would loue peace, and hidde waire well la
ST. If noble men and gentle bloodes yborne.
Wist what it were to haue a widdowe* cane.
Knew they the akourge of God (which wroga doth
Who sees the poors still wronged to the worse.
Yet stayes reuenge till he it list disburse :
Wist they what were to catche Goda after dappes.
Then would they not oppresse so much perhappes.
88. These apirituall Panors, nay these spitefull
Popes,
Which ought to tende a lanteme to the rest.
Had they themaeluea but light to see tlie ropea.
And snares of Hell which for their feele are drest,
Bicause they pill and pole, bycauae tbcy wteat.
Bycause they couet more than borrell men,
( Harde be their hartea) yet would they tremble then.
99. Lawyers and Marchanta put tbem both yCean,
Could they foresee bow fast tbeyr beyres lasbe out,
If they in nditde this old Prouerbe could beare,
De imit maleparHM si* (through out)
GatuMit tertiut haeet ont of doubt.
THE FRUITES OF WARRE.
30. Whilei Fierce the Flowini hopei b
B]t mouiiig boundo (wliich gM akacco fiue hii
BO"*)
His l.uidloTd lawe* ma long to winoe that baoke,
"nU « the lut the Fenno uu) all flie* looM,
Tben Aueirdl Pierce tlte man proun but a moiue.
And sBekes ■ cottage if he coiild one get,
So fajTc be GilU \»j mo
31. If common people could foresee the inn.
Which lights at lart by lashing out at lawc.
Then wiw best loues this question, Myne or Thyne,
Would ueuer grease the giEcdy ^ergeantB pawe.
But nt at home and Icame thii old sayde uve^
Had I rcumged bene of euery haime,
Hj coste bad neuur kept mc halfe » wanne.
32. But whether now 7 mjwlllej are went awrie,
I baue piesumde to preache to long Cod wote.
Whoe mine Empryse waa well to lestifie
How sweet warre is to nucii aa knowe it not,
I baoe but toucbt their yll luck and fhdr lot.
Which are the cause why strife and warns begin,
Nooght baue I aayd of lucb u seme tberan.
33. And tbenrithal I termed huue all strife,
AU quarella, contecks, and all cruel! iarres,
Oppression*, brybercs. and all greedy life,
A> (o mn^ matter doth mj Muw nircbarge.
S4. But as the hawk I
And clymbes aloft for soUai
"" te she gettetli
'bich soareth in the akie.
SpofaaUyouM _
Fiade out at last the right and ready way.
And kepe it sure thoi^h eant it went astny.
35. My promiiae waa, and I recorde it so,
Td write in Terse (God wot though lyttle worth)
Tbat warre aeemes sirecte to such as Uttl« knowe
What conunes therfay, what fhiteaitbfuinthroTthi
Wbo fcnowes none euil his niinde no bad abhortb,
But such aa once haue fcalt the skortching fire.
Will iddame (efte] to pla; with flame denre.
36. Tben warreisbadde: and ao it ia in dewle,
Tct an thiK swica which Ibeiin lake deligbt.
But wbo tbey be now herken and take faewle,
For (aa I may) I mesne tbeir names to wrighl,
Tbt first b>gl>t Haughlie harts, a man of might,
The second Greedy minde most men do call.
And HiBer~(be tbe mome) comes last of alL
37. As for ths flirt,'* three apaikes of migbty
Scmv of &me, disdayne of Idleneaae,
And hope of honor, ao inHame his bloud,
Tbat be haunts watTE to winne but worthinesses
His doughty dcedca slwayes declare no lesie ;
For whyles moM men for gainea or malice fighl.
He gipaa for glory setting lyfe but light
3S. O noble mind'; alas and who Could tlnnket
So good a hart so hard a "happe should hsaie
A aweete perfutnc to fkll into a sinke,
A coatly iewell in a swelling waue.
Is happfl as liarde as if in greedy giaue,
The lustiest lyfb aliould shryncd be peiftnte,
Be&re dyre deatbe gyue seutence of diuorce,
3i». And such I countc tba happe of Haughty hart.
Which hunts (nought els) but honor for to get.
Where treascnl, nudyce, aicknesae, sore and smazto.
And ba means while (which migfat liaue spent it bet]
But loseth time, or doth the aama mispend.
Such guerdons giues the wicked warre at end,
40. I set aside to tell the restlesfe toyle.
The mangled corps, the lamed limbcs at las^
The ihorDicd yearcs by fret of feuers foylc,
Tba snuotbest skinna with scabbes and skanai A^
gr»»t.
The froUcke favour frounst and fouie de&st.
Tin brcAen sleepea, tbe drcadfull draunes, the woe.
Which wonne with warn and caoiKit tmm him goe.
41. I lint not write (tor itbecommes me not}
The secret wrath which God doth kindle oft,
To see [he sucklings put Tnto the pot.
To heare their gtltlesae bloode send cries altrfle.
And call for rengeance vnto bim, but aofte
Tbe Souldiouis tbey commit those hejnous actea.
Yet Kings and Captsynea answere for sucfa facte^
49. What neede ma now at large for to rdwaiSf^
The force of Fortune, when the liat to frowne ?
Why should I heet« display in barreyne mae.
How realmes are turned topeie turuie downc.
How Kings and Keysara louse both claym« and
43. AU these with mo my pcnne shall ouerpaasa,
Since Haughty barte hath fiit bis fknue thua,
Let cbauitCB (sayetta he) be fiekell as it was,
SU hmul {in rt nataj Amnut,
Sim ontna tobitn virofinu Iu%
And fie (sayetb be) ior goods or filthie gaine,
1 gqie for ^orie, all the rest is vayne.
44. Vayne is the rest, and that moat vajne of all,
A smouldriog smoke which dieth with euery winde,
A tickell treaaure, like a trendlyng ball,
A passing pleasure mocking but the miiida,
A fickle fee as fansie well can flnda.
A soDunera fhiice whiche long can neuer las^
But ripenetfa aoone, and rottea againe as bat,
45. And tell mo Haughty harte, confcaae a tnitb,
What man was aye so safe in Gloiiea porte ?
But traynas of Deason (oh tbe more the ruth)
Could vndennine tbe Bulwarkes of this forte.
And raic his tamparta downe in sundrie aorte 7
Seaicbe all thy bookes, and thou abailt flude therein,
Tbat honour is more barde to hidde than wiimA
:I0 GA8C(
WhoM oiwIt mird« commuindBd all the crua.
Of RonuTne Knigbti M nuny a tiina and tid*^
Whose poinpe wu thought w> great it could not
glide.
At last with bodkiDi dubd and doiiit to death,
Ami all hia ghnie baniiht iiilh his breath.
47. Ornuliceiaore whatsbould I nuLediccource,
'TbMB thy fiiule fell pTOude PonqMf >* by thy name,
Whow awelUng harte enuying Ciesar's force.
Did boyla and bume in will and wicked Aame,
By hii downe bU (hy fonder clyme to frame,
1111 thine owne head bebathed with enmiea team.
Did enda thy gloria with thy youthfull yearaa.
48. AUa alas bow many may we reade,
'Wboroa aidkncssa ailhe hath cut ai grsene as graiae?
Whom* colde in Canipes hath cfaaungd u pale as
leade?
Wboae grtue hath lacAt all chafled as it waa,
With cbsrges giuen. with skarmouching in chaste ?
Some lamed with gouU (aoone gotten in the field)
Some font by fluie all glorie rp to yeeld.
49. Of sodayne sores, or clappes caught ynawaie,
By Bworde, by shotte, by mischief, or by mine,
What necde I more eiamplca to declara,
Tlien Montacute ^^ which died by doome deuine ?
For. when he bad all France de&yct, in fine.
From lofty tawre discouering of his foei,
A CaniUMU da^pe did all his glorie lose.
50. I had forgot fwherein I was to blame)
Of bolde bnue Bourbon " soniewbat for to say
That Haughty harte whome neuer Prince could
Wbome neytber towne could stoppe nor wall let wiy,
Vor king nor Keyser could his iomey stay :
His Epitaph downe set Tpon his Toiobe
Dedaiea no lewe i I leaui it to your doome.
Dtukta OoBo, Aaeto Imperio, Pm^fb* okttm), RaUa
■Jtama CBpta, Barbmg hoc marvur.
51. Oh glorioua title ringing i
Oti Epitaph of honor and U^ tx^fi
Who teades the same as it is there set uowni^
Would thinke that Borbon sata in fortunes lappa.
And could not fall by duuince of after dappe ;
Yet be tbat wrote this (hundring Battering Terte,
ijdl out one thiag which I must Deedee reheuia.
53. t'orwbaibeliBdluikiiigltywaiTefbrednw,
B, aod Italy bad
ts be Aint, alwayea from Uwes
And trudge from triall so (o scape the rope :
Yea more than tbat a baniaht man he serued,
Least toued of them whose tbanlu he roost descrued.
S3, ija lordiugs bcre ■ lesson for the nonet.
Behold this glasae and see yourselue* thenin.
This Epitaph was writte for worthy ones,
For Haughty haiM which honor hunt to wione.
Berare beware, what broyles you do begin.
For aimling lucke hath oft times Ttnent duranif
And tberatias thiiike jwuit tscMria Qiront.
ir Mcntseuie ERteofSsUAury.
54. And yet if glory do your harta infcnws
Or bote deaire a haughty name to baue.
Or if you thirst for high renowne or &me,
To blase such brute as time might not deprauc^
You leese the labour that you might well saue ;
For many a prayse in that mane while you part.
Which (bet than warre) Diigttt make your name to
SS. As first (perease) you skipt niyloaophie^
That noble skill which doth surmount tbe rest,
Wherto if you had tied your memorie,
Then bruntes of warre had neuer bniide your brert.
Yet had our name bene blasde, and you bene bleat ;
Aske Aristotle ^ if I speake amis,
Fewa Souldien Dune can greater he than his.
58. Neit Rethorikc, tbathoonnieharmelessearte^
Which conquers moe than wane can well subdu^
You past it by, and Iherfore loose your parte
57. Of Physike speake for me Ling Auicen, *
Who more esteemde tbe mesne to saue himseUe,
Than lessons leude of proude ambitious men.
Which make debate for roueke and worldly peUb :
Yet was his g](»y neuer set on shelfe.
Nor neuer sbal, whylet any worlde may stands.
Where men haue minde to take good bookea in
58. Wbatsbouldelttretdiinto Aalnmomia?
Or maruels make of Husikes sugred sounde 1
Or beate my braynes about OaoaialTie ?
Or in Arithmetike of artes the grounde ?
59. My meaning it no mora bnt to declan^
ThaX Haughtie hartes do spends their time in Tauten
Which fbllowe warm, and bring thematluea in snare.
Of tundiie ylls, and many a pmohing paine,
Whilealf tbey list to oeeupie tluar braine.
In other teatea with leaser toile ygot.
They might baue hme whco aa tfaey haoe it not.
60. Well, Oreedieniiodaait ofanothermoode.
That man was fivmde out of some other molde.
He (bilowes warrea fbr wealth and worldlie good.
To fill his purse with grotea and gllatring goMe,
He hopes to bnie tbat Hau^itie harte h^ aolde :
He is as bote as any man at spoile,
But at a bnadi he kecpelh no fuch coyle.
61. Alas good Oreedie minde, and canst thoii
Ande
No better trade, to fill th^ iMystroua baggt T '
Is witte nowe wenle so wandring ftom thy minde ?
Are all thy prints so Toide of Reasons taggs ?
Well so rnayst thou come royating home id ragg^
And lose thy lime aa Haughtie harte doth eke.
Whiles like a dolt tbou wnlth in warre dart aAie.
J° MAKla n Cloera. ■> Aukena
THE FBUITE8 OF WAR RE.
Looke ac tbae iMwjtn bowe they purchue htt,
Marka wel thm M uchmnls (bctttr minda God Mod
tbee)
ScchowctbCBUtesof ulke tbattbe^ woul^ldidetlw*.
And many mo to fine in fa^aii ilaade,
nil at tbe la^ thsy pay for mthrifta landa.
63. The Grauer gea bj feeding fute his neate.
The ClotfaieT cojnn by carding locks of wooti,
Tlie Butclwr fauildn bj cutting out of meats,
Hm Tanocn byda do fill bii budget full,
The Sbeep maiMer hia old* caK croanea can cull.
The SbngmakeT can d^ by sliapiiig ifaoon,
TIn Craftis bairde can lioe i>y keeping atewea.
64. The gorgeous Ooldesmitli getts tbe Diuell
and all,
He Haberdasher beapeth wraltb by battel,
Tbe Bwbcr liun by handling of his ball,
Tbe Coupen house is beelde by hooping fattn,
Tbe Rogc rubbes out by poysoning of Ratles,
The Chuiell raker liueth by bis fee,
Tat compt I him more worthie prayae thao tbee.
65' To rake vp rytches euemiore by wroDg,
To muhiplie by moouing of mysthiefe,
To liue by sp<Hle which seeldome laatetta long,
To hoorde Tp hcapea whne* otbers lacke relive,
To winne all wealth by playing of the ibeefe.
Is oot so good a gaine I dsrc auowe.
At his that liues by (oyling at the plowe.
66. And yet the drudge that deluelli in the
grounde,
Hk pmreat pesant and the bnmelieat hinde.
The meanest man that euer yet waa founds.
To get a gaine by any Ijade or kinde,
liue* more at rest and hatb more ease of mlnde.
Hare sure to winne, mudi lesser dread to leese,
Than any page that Cues by Man Us fbes.
. 67. Ne will I yet aBlay the doubtfull baitet
^such as seeke for welth in warre to fal.
By thundiing out the sundrie sodaine Emartea
Which daily chaunce as fonune tiilles tbe ball :
Sufflseth llus to prooue my theame wiihall,
"Hiat eueiy bullet hath a lighting place.
Though Greedie minde Ibrseeth not that dlsgrace-
6B. Tbe myst of Mora irould hau^ dolb hlaan
So is be aimde with auarice alway.
And as be couet* more than may luffln,
So is be blinde and dailed day by day,
For whilea he Tentures for a double pay.
He quite foi^ets the pay that payea for all,
Ta Leade (for GoldeJ do glut bii greedie gaL
69. Tea though he gaine and cram hii pum with
And tbeieiitlh tcfpe tbe fbemeni fc^ce in fieldi .
He umgfat fuTeaeatfa what treasons dwellsin Townn,
He what mislufipea hia yll got goods may yeelda
For ID may cbaiince (and scene it is not seelde}
e M* thvate and rime fail budgets cleene.
What inwarde gricTes to quiet mindes may grow*
By greedie Ihynt of rycfae* or renowne.
Where wrung of warre ofl dmes erects the ctowne.
He would penase confesse among the reel.
That Dtdee bdlum uunpenit ft.
T 1 . So thai I say as earst I sayda before.
That cuen as Haughtie iiarte doth hunt in lain^
Which seekes to wione most honor euermM^
By haunting warres : so can 1 see no gaine,
(With calme content) to feede tliat other* taine:
Wherfore my worde is still (1 change it not)
Hiat Warre siimiIii swaete to such as raunge H not
73. Well then, let tee what reason or wbal rula
Can Miser'* moue, to march among the nat:
I meane not Miser be that sterues lus Mule
For lacke of meatc : no that were but a iesi :
My Miser is as braue (sometimes) as best.
Where if he were a snudge to spare a groate,
Then Greedie miitde and be might wearc ooc coate.
73. But I l>y Miser meane the very man,
Which is enforst by chip of any chaunca,
To steppe add* and wander nowe and Chan,
Till lowring lucke may pipe some other daunce.
And in meane while yet hopeth to aduaunce
Hi* Btaylease state, by sworile, by speare, by shiclde.
Such bulwarkes (loe) my Misers bniaa both builde.
74. TheforloTDe hope, whichhauesctip Aeirrelt
By rash eipence, and knowe nut howe to liue.
The busie braine that medlelb with the best.
And gets dyagrace his ra&hnesse to repreeue.
The man that slewe the wiglit that diought to Iheeue,
Such and such moe which Hn the Calchpols fis^
I compt them Misers, though the Queene It wlat.
Where if they sawe how much deceyued they are.
Whiles they be brought into mine vncle* beanes,
And boppe in haiarde by their headia meanes :
Then woulde they leame and loue to tine at home.
Much father yet than wide in warres to rome.
76. The unthrifk be that selles a roode of lande.
For Flemish iiticke* of Slke* and audi like wane,**
Weenes yet at last to make a happie bands
By bloudie warre, and hopes to riiradde such shares
In goods yll got to counteruaile hia cares,
That he may oDce recouer his estate.
To royst againe in spite of Catchpolles pate.
77. The renlesse long that tattleth still at larg^
Til iust correction cause it to be still, -»
Is banisht oft, and sitta in Misers barge.
To brydle ao the wandring of bis will:
Yet when be hearei a trumpet sounding shrill.
He firilowea fast, and to bimselfe he aayes,
Nowe can I keepe me out of Cotchpols wayea.
73. The bloudie murdrer and the crafti* tbeeb, IT
Which bane by fin-oi or frande dona what oOenmi
1' MlRT. B UnthrtAa. *> Pntira
GASCOIGNE.
Though IMiier there do p^y for th«r eipence :
But when they heore a pay proclaimde for pencei
Jah! then they trudge, and gape (o get such nealth,
As may dischjuge thnr he*da from hangnuiu health.
79. or theie three (ortM fliU many haue I seene,
Some hate the slreate*, bicoiue the atones were hot.
Some shunde the Court (and though they lovde our
Yet in the Counaelhira wayes they stumbled not.
Some might not drinke of Justice Giiffyni pot :
But oil and lome had rather fight witb foes,
Thaa once to light within the l^ipca of those.
80. Ai for the flrM what needeTmuch to Wright?
Since now odayes the Sunne so bole doth shine,
lliat fewe yong blouds (vnlesse it be by night)
Can byde the strcelts ; no, narrowe lanei be fine.
Where oucry shade may seme them for a thrine :
But in Chcapside the Siuine so scaldea the atroetc.
That euery pauing Mone would partch thdi fcete.
ei. So of the seconde aomwhat eould I My,
Howe tattling tungi and busie byting pennes,
Haue fledde from CouK long sithent many a day.
And bene tiill gladde to lurke in Hiscn dennea,
Some for their owue speech, lome for other mcnnes.
Some for their bookes bicaute they wrute t<
Yea some for rymca, but sure I koowe none
8£. And for the thirde, I cannot blame them I,
Jf they at barre haue once hetde vp their hande.
And smelt the smoke which might haue made them
Or leamde the leqw out of their natiue lande,
Me tliinke if then their cause be riglitly tcande.
That they should more delight to follow drummet,
Than byde at home to come in hongmans thumbes.
83. But holla yet, and lay a strawe theteliy.
For whyles they scape for one offence or twaine.
They goe so long to scbole with feltonie.
And leaine such lesMna in the Soldiers (nine.
That all deiayea are dalied but in value :
For commonly at their home come they pay,
The debt which hangman claimde earst many a day.
84. How much were better then, with contrite
First to repent, aad then to make amendes ? ptarte
And therwithall to leame by troubles smaMe,
What sweete repose the lawful! life tb tendes ;
For when nich plaguea the mightie God tb sendes,
They come as wdt to scourge offences past,
Ai die to teache a better tnide at last.
85. Andekehowmncb werebetterfoTtheflnt,
To beare lowe sayle, beginne the worlde anewe.
And stande content to muster with the wont.
Till God conuey tbem to >oroe better crewe.
It better were to bydde all pryde adieu.
And stoupe betimes in hope to lyae againe.
Than still to striue againBt the Mteame in vaine.
BS. So were more meele for mealy mouthed HUO
And busie medlers with theli Princes mates,
Wryten and rimen for to tunie their pcone
In humble style vnto the loftie states,
And eke with tongue attending at their gates.
ST. But mighty Mars hath many men in tUat,
Which wayle ^wayes to keepe his kingdome vp.
Of whome no one doth shewe his seruice moret
Thaa lingring Hope which still doth beare hiaeuppcit
And flatteringly lendes euery man a suppe.
Which haunts his courte or in bis )HX]zresse pane,
Hope brings the boll whereon they all must quaase,
88. Tfa'ambitiousFriucedothhopetocanqueratl,
The Dukes, Earles, Lords, and Knights h<^ to be
The Prelates hope to pushe for Poiush pall, [kings.
The Lawyers hope to purchase wonderous tlungs.
B9. Amongst the rest poore Miser is so dri^
And tbriatetb so to taste of some good cbauDge,
That be in haste to Hope runnes by and by.
And drinkea so deepe (although tbe taste be
stnunge,)
That madding moode doth make liis wittea to raunge^
And he runnes on where Hope doth leade tbe way.
Most commuoly (God knowes] to his decaye,
90. So that for companie he ^ngs the same.
Which Haughty harle and Greedy minde do sing
"e sajeth that Bellum breedeth grief of game :
nd though at first it seeme a pleasant thing
I last (sayeth Le) it striketh with a sting.
And Icaues a skarre although the wound be heald.
Which giuea disgrace and cannot be conceald.
91. To proue this true how many in my dayes,
(And I for one) might be rehearced here,
Who after proofe of diuers wandring wayes,
Haue bene constreynd to sit with sorie cheeie.
Close in a comer fumbled vp for feare? [for^
nil fro such denne^ dnimmesdubbe hath calld thS
To chaunge their cbaunce for lottes (oftej little
93. But here (me thinks] I heare some carping
That barkes apace and killes me with his crie, [tang,
One thinkes be sayes that all this genre goeth wroD^
When wrakes of warre are wrotte by such as I,
Me thinkes I heare him still this teat applie.
That euill may those prestime to teache a trade.
Which nay tbemselues in Scbollers roome did wade.
Since jet mine eyes the warres did neun- sec ;
Therefore (say some) how fonde a foole is ha.
That takes in hande to write of worthy WMT^
Which neuer yet bath come in any iaire?
94. No iarre (good sir) yes yes and many ian«%
For though mj peniie of curt«sie did puttt^
A difference twiit broyles and bloudje waiTe%
Yet haue I shot M maister Bellums butte,
And tfarowen hi* ball although 1 toucht no tuttt :
I baue p»CBSe aa deepely dealt the dole.
As he that hit the marke and gat the gole.
THE FRUITES OF WARRE.
95. FtaIi»i>»mKaBfuaiaitj*Ihuliyjig6»j»,^
And Beest in Flawnden die unong tbe rest.
The bngge of BrngOt where WBi I tbnt daye ?
Before tbe waile* good air u bnue u bat,
And tfaougb I Durcht all unode withouten rest,
Vmia denkntmigk and back againe that night.
Yet niadde were he that would baue nude me luiight.
96. So ma I one ftonooth that Icept the towne,
Of jUntailHirglk » (withouten anj waUei)
Ftom all tbe force that could be dresaed dowue,
By Alba Duke for all hia crin and cbUm,
A hi^ eiployte. Wee held the Flenuogi thralles,
Seuen dayes and more without or braggeiorblowei,
Fo all that while we neuer herd of foes.
91. I wai ageine in trench before Tergoa, "
(I date not ta; in liage for bothe mine eatrea)
For loake as oft M euer Hell bnke low,
1 mcnite a* often as the ^lainiih pearea.
Made aalie fooith (I apeak thia to my pheares)
It waa no more but which CoA for a groale.
Such troupea we were to keepe them ip in coate.
9S. Tet nirel; thi* witbouten biagge or boast.
Our English bloudei did there full man; a deede,
Which may be cbromcled in euery maste.
Fur bolde attempts, and well it was agreed,
That had their bcade* bene rulde by wane beede.
Some other feale had bene attenltited then.
To ibew their forre like worthie English men.
99. Since that u«e nysde I romed htue about,
In Zetland, HoUand, Woteiland, and aU,
By sea, by land, by ayre, and all throughout.
As leaping lottes, and chance did seeme to call,
Mow here, now there, as fortune trilde tbe ball.
Where good Guyllam of Nassau ^ badde me be,
Thtxe needed I none other guyde but he.
loa 1
ss 8 Gyptiar
h(ye
pilgrymage,
mgei
To brake the Bowre«, and racke them
Bieause they had do better cheere in al
BeeA, Mutton, Capon, Plouer, Pidgeoni, Bore,
AU tids was naught, and for no SouTdiouis toothe.
Were these no iureg ? (apeake now Sir)yea fonoothe.
101. And by my troth to apeake euen as it is,
Sndi piankea were pUyde by Souldiouri dayly ther^
And ilxni^ my self did not tbiirein uniaac^
(AtGodheknoweaandmencan witnene beam,)
Yet ance I bKl a charge, I am not eleare,
Fbr Mldcnne climes that Captaine to renowne,
Wboae Souldioun Ihults lo plucke Im boDDur dowue.
103. Well let that puae I w» in rolling trench.
At Baamtuu," where little tbotte was spent.
For goldand gmatet their matches •till did quenche,
Whwb kept £e Forte, and f«th at last Uny went.
So [node for hunger (almost tenne dayes pent}
That men could aee no wrincles in their faces,
Thar ponder packt in cKuea and priuie places.
Against Mountdragon^ whilea be did aasaie.
To lande bis men along the udt aea aide,
For weU he wiat that SoTHifiim went wide,
And therfore sought with victuall to aupplie,
Foore MybUtburuk which then in auddea did lie.
104. And there I sawe full many a bold attempt.
By seelie soulei best executed aye,
And brauest braggea [the foemens force to tempt)
Accomplished but coldely many a daye.
The Souldiour charge, the leader lope away,
The willing drumnie a luatie marche to aounde.
Whiles ranke retyrers gaue their cnimies ground.
lOj. Againe al Sea the Souldiour forward atil].
When Msrinera had little lust to fight.
And whiles we ataie twiit faynte and forward will,
Our enemies prepare themselues to flight,
They boyste vp uiiie (o wearie worde to wright)
They hoyste vp saile that lacke both streame and
id still so for^ by frowarde i
IOC. O victorie: (whome Haughty hattca do
O spoyle and praye (which greedy '"■"'*»« tlesire)
O golden heapes (for whom these Misen wonte
To follow Hope which settea all hartea on fir«)
O gayne, O golde, who list to you aspyre,
And glorie eke, by bolde attempts to winne,
Thei« was a day to take your prisooeiB in.
107. The sbippearetyre with riches fiillyfraught,
The Saul dioutB marche (mesne while) into die towne.
The tide akorce good, the winde atark ataring naught.
The haste so boate that (eore they sinke the aowne)
Tbey came on ground, and strike all saylesadawne:
While we (ay me] by backward aaylera ledde.
Take vp the wont when all the best an fledde,
108. Such trijjphs chance where lucfa lieutenits
Where will commaundes when skill is out of towne,
Where boldest bloudea are forced to recule,
By Smme the boteswayne when he list to frowne.
Where C^taynea crouch, and fiabers weAre the
109. And in thaae hroylea (a bcMtly broyle
wryte,}
My Colonell, and I tell at debate.
So that I left both charae and office quite,
A Csptaynes charge and eke a Martials Mate,
1 10. My harte was high, I could not assnu
In regiment where no good rules reinayne.
Where ofBeers and su(£ as well deserue,
Shall be abusde by euery page and awayne.
Where discipline shall be but deemed Tayne,
Where biockes are aliidde by stumblers at a stn
And where selfe will must stande for maitiall la
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111. Then tlimgi (with mo) I couU not leniu
And thempon I crakt laj stafFe in two.
Yet tUjde I Mill thougli out of pay I were.
And leame to liue u priustc Souldiourm do,
1 Jiu€d jct, liy God and Uclced too:
Till at the lut when Beauiat Bedde unayne.
Out c«mpe remavde loctniiM tte laiUe nn iStraytv .*
. When
fi Aiituntdngon came
And like a Snuldiour Mt/dde&uTgh he kept,
Sut coursge now was coldly come adowne.
On either side ; sad quietly they atept,
80 that my self from ZeUnd lightly lept.
With full enlent to taste our English ale,
Yet fint I ment to tell the Prince my tale.
1 13. For tliough the warrea woxt colde in euery
place,
Aitd small eiperience wia there to be leene.
Yet thought I not to parte in such disgrace,
Although I lunged much to see our Quecne :
For he that once a hyred man hath bene,
Must take his Maistera Icaue before he goe,
Unleiae he moHie to make his freend hu foe.
1 14. Then
Uoto t)i
I nraight to Delfen, ■ plewaot
( Prince, whose pasring Tertuea shine,
And ynto him I came on knees adowne.
Beseeching that lili excellence in fine.
Would gtaunl me leaue to see this countrey mine ;
Mm that I wearie was in warm to setue^
Nor that I ladtt what co I did deaerue.
115. But for I found some coBtecke and ddMt^
In regiment when I was woont to rule,
And for I founde the stale of their estate.
Was forced now in townes for to recule,
I craued leaue no longer but till yivk,"
And promist then to come againe Sanifiyle,
To spende my blond where it might him auayle.
1 1 1. The mbla Prince pne gnunt to my requot.
And made ret passaporte signed with his Male,
But when I wna with baggs »nd baggage prest,
The Prince began to ring another peale.
And sent tor me, (desiring for my weale)
That 1 would stay a day or two, to see,
What was die cause be sent sgaine for mee.
117. My Colonel! was nowe come to the Conrte,
Wth whume the Prince had many things to treala.
And for he hoapte, in good and godlic sorte,
Tweene him and me to woike a fricndlie &ate,
H« like a gracious Prince his braines did beale,
To set acconle betweene vs if lie might.
Such psynes he toke to bring the wrong to right.
lis. O noble Prince, there are too fewe like thee,
If Vertue woke, she watcheth in thy will,
If Justice Uue, then surely tliou art hee.
If Grace do growe, it groweth with thee still,
O worthy Prince would God I had the skill.
Tc ^orled b)r cpurcn
KC'K
119. TherimplaSotlesdocoumpttbevsiinpletOO,
Whose like for witta our age hath addome bredde.
The ruyling roges mistruBt thou daieat not do,
As Hector did'for whom the Oredans fledde.
Although thou yet werte neuer scene to dredde.
The elsnilrous tongues do say thou dtinkat to mndi.
When God he knowes thy custome is not such.
isa But wby do I in worthlesae Terae deuiae.
To write his prays* that doth eieell so fiure?
He heard our greeues himself in gtatious wis*.
And mildly msnt to ioyna our angry iarra,
He ment to make that we beganne to marre :
But wicked wrath had some so Hm enraged.
As by no meones tlieyr malice could be swaged
21. In'
Yet truth to tell (I speake it tor no pryde)
I could not leane that Prince in such dinrassa.
Which cared for me and yet the causa much lesac.
1S9. But see mishappe how craflely it ctstpea
Whiles fawning fortune fleareth full ia face.
My heauie barte within my bellie weepea.
To reckcn here a droppe of darke disgrace.
Which fell vpon my pleasant pHgbt apace.
And brought a packs of double and dumps to paaav.
While* I with Prince in loue and fauour was.
193. A woTtUe dame whose prayaa my pouw
( My sworde shall eke hir honour still defaida)
A louing letter to me did endight.
And from the Campe the same to me did seode,
I meane ftom Campe when foes thdr fiirce did
bende:
She sent a brief vnto me by hIr mayde.
Which at the gates ot JMfi was stoutriy staydc
194. This letter tane, I was mistruMed mock.
And thought a man that were not for to truste,^
The Burghers streight began to besie me gnitche.
And cast a snare to make my necke be trust ;
For when tbey had this letter well disctut,
They sent it me by Ur that brought it so^
To trie if I would keepe it close or no.
1 B5> I redde the Knes, and knuwing whence tbey
My harmelesae harte began l« pwit apaccv
Wei to be playne, I thought that neuer Dmm^
Should make me deate in any doubtful! ewe,
Or do the thing might make me hide my boa i
So that vnlo the Prince I went fortfawitfi,
And shewed to trim of all this padie ttie pith.
1£6. The thing God knowes was of no great
Some freendly lines the Tertuous Lady wTota
To me hir freend : and for my safe passepoitc^
The Campo-master Valdes his hand was goUa,
And seole thercwitli, that I might safely trotl^
THE FEUITES OF WAEEE.
SM
irt. And bare I ael la open Ttrm» to ibinr*,
Tlw whole (OlKt wtwrfbre thia wok w» anrougbt,
Sbe lud of iniDe (wbcreof few folka did knove)
A CDunlerfkjte^ ■ thinf to me dcAre bought.
Which thing to hww I man; timn bad :
And when she knew bow much I did a
SbecTowde that none bat I should I
ought
1S8. Lo here the ceiue of ell tfaii tecrete fleight,
1 «we«re by loue that nothing eli wai ment.
The noble Prince (who tawe that no deceipt.
Was pradued) gaue iruM to mine entent :
Aad teaue lo write Itihb wheoca the same wai •cut,
Tet ilill the Bowgen-fBurghen ibould I (ajc)
Fncra— tbor doubtea and watcht me daj b; daj.
139. At auoy parte llWH (fonooth) belart,t>
That I (dl grme Hi^muin*^ might not go out.
But when tbeir taa came •kinniihing full flat,
n^ with the nat the Gieoie knight fur them
fought,
nea might St go whbotit nditruM or doubt :
It cauM wh J,
lebutl.
130. I was the fbole to flght in your defencet
WUcb know no fteende, nor jet your (eloes ftill
well,
Tet thus you we bow paye pntclsymde for pence,
PuUe* necdie Boules in rteadc of heeuen to hell,
Aitd make* men hope to beare away the belL
u they hang in rope* that oeuer rotte.
Tetw
uchaaki
a Dtffi a winters tyde.
131. Well thus I dweh
In Dejft (I aay) without one pennie pay
Hy men and I did colde and hunger bids,
To ehew our truth, and yet was neuer day,
WberaD the ^auyard came lo make is play.
But that the Greene knight waa amnngat the rest.
Like Utn Grcyea bird* that Tenlred with tba beil.«
132. At lart tlw Prince to Zeland came hhnielfe,
To hunger Hiddlebui^h, or make it yeeld.
And I tl^ neoer yet was aet on tbelf,
When any sayld, or winde, or waueg could weeld.
133. The force of Fltnmdat, Braianl, GMrrt,
Frytt,
HenauB, Artayt, Lt/tgdan^, and JmemftrBBg*,
Were all ybeni, to bryng in new suppliea
To MydilelMrgh .- and little all enough,
For why the Gttuli*' would neyther bend nor bough.
But one of force muit brake and come to nought.
All Watktrn** theirs, ai Fbi^yng dearly bought.
w 'nw ijleiaBuateAt Ti
It did one day tba Frlnee (my eUefkayne) jilasa.
To aaka me thus : Oaacaigne (quoth be) you dwcH
AmiMigit ts Mill 1 and thmby Mcmetb well.
That to our side you bean a &itfafull harte.
For else long since weihould haue leene you atartK
135. But are (aayde be) your Souldionis by your
0 Princa (quoth I] full many iajm be paat.
Since that my charge did wiA my Cronell glyd* -.
Yet byde I here, and mcane to be with lasli
And for fidi prooft that thii is not a blail
Of glorious talka : I craue nme flaber boatt^
To abew my farce among thia ftirioua AoMa.
136. The Prince gan like my (sylh and fatmti
Equyppt s Hoye** and set hir mder sayh^
WbRvin I aenied according w my ikill,
My rainde was such, mycunningf could not quayls)
Withouten bragge of tboie that did aaaayla
The faemens fieete which came in good aray,
1 put my aelfb in formost ranke alway.
I long aa water
13T. Three dayea wee fought, ai
And come to ancor neygfabourtike yfeere.
The IMnce himselfe to i • ■ ■
Sloode euery day attending on the peere.
And might behold what batle went formost lliere ;
HI haite had he that would not itoutely fight.
When as hli Prince ii present itill in right.
138. At lest our foes had tidings ouer lande.
That neare to ArgA" their fellowes went lo wrack.
On Schrld'» they mette by Rumermaea a bande
Of EdtUbloett, *9 who put thor force ahacke,
Lenti dt Baytott*" did put them (here lo sacke.
And lo*t an eye, bicBune he would resemble
Don luliant, ^' whome (there] he made to tremble>
139. When this was kuowen Soncio de AvOa,*''
Who bad the charge of tho» that fought with n.
Went Tp the Honl" and tooke the ready way.
To Anaerjie townr ; leaning in dsunger thus,
Poore Mudd^urgk which now wait dolorous.
To see ail hope of succour shrinke away,
Whiles they lackl bread and had done many a day.
140. And when Mmintdragon mi^t no mora
He came to talke and lendred all at last,
With wbome I was within the Citlie sure.
Before he went, and on his promisse past.
Such trust I hod W thinke his fayth was fast ;
I dinde, and supt, and laye within the towne,
A days before be was from thence ybowne.
141. Thus iGdHAargh, Arnem, and all the rest.
Of Walkem lie became the Princes pray,
Who gaue to me bycause I was so prest.
At such a pLnche, and on a difimall day,
Three hundretb gildenii good aboue my pay.
And bad me bide till his abiiitie.
Might better gwerdon my Gdelilie.
u Rlued Tp and AiUr tUmlihed..
fii6 C.
143. IirflliiotliflitbMeOIIilenupleaidniewell,
And mncfa ihe more bycaiue they came menu
Though nol Tnneeded aa my fortune fell,
But yet thereby my eredite still was saued,
My diores were payde, and with the best I bn
Till (lo) at last, an Englibti newe relief,
Came ouer terns, and Cheater nas their chief.
143. Of tfaeae the Piince penwaded me to take,
A baud in charge iritb Coronela conacat.
At whose requests I there did vndertake.
To make mine ensgne once a^^ne full bent,
And looth to say, it was my full enlent.
To loose the sadle or the horse to wiiuie.
Such haplease hope the Prince had bmughl me
144. Souldiours behold and Captaynei marke it
well.
How hope is harbenger of all mishappe,'''
Some hope in honour for to beare tbe bell.
Some bopa for gaine and venture many a clappe,
Some hope for trust and light in treasons lappe.
Hope leades the way our lodging to prepare,
Where high mishap (ofte) keepes an Inne of care.
145. I hoapt to shew such force agaynst our foes,
Thatthoseof JJef^ might see how true I was,
1 hopt ID deede for to be one of those [passe.
Whomc fame should follow, wbere my feete should
I boapt for gaynes and founde great losse alas :
I hoapt to winne a woitliy Souldiours name.
And light DO lucke which brought me still to blame.
146. In VaSlenbvrgh fa fort but new begonne)
With otbers moc I was ordeynde to be,
And foire befome the worke were half way done.
Our foes set forth our sorie seate to see.
They came in time, but cursed time for mee.
They came before the courtinc raysed were,
One ooely foote aboue the trcnchM there.
147. What should we do, fotire ensignes lately
J^ue hundreth men were all the buike we bare.
Our enimies three thousand at tlie least,
And BO much more they might alwayes prepare:
But that most was, the trulli for U> declare,
We bad no stive of poudcr, nor of pence,
Not meate to eate, nor meane to make defence.
To get such gea» If once we should be shut.
And God he knowes, the EngUsh Souldiours gnt.
Must haue his fill of ijctualles once a day.
Or els he will but homely eame his pay.
151. To scuse ourseluo, and Coronell witball.
We did foretell the Prince of all these needea.
Who promised alwayes to be our wall.
And badde vs trust as tniely as our creedes.
That all good wordes should be pcrfonnd with
And that before our foes could come so neare,
He would both send vs men and meirie cheare.
152. Yea Robyn Hoode, our foes came downe
And firat they charade another Forte Ukewiae,
Alphen I meane, which was a stronger place.
And yet to weake to keepe in warlike wise.
Fine other bandes of English Fanteries, *^
Were therein set for to defend the same.
And them they chargdc for lo beginne tbe gaow,
153. This Forte &d ours was distant ten good
miles,
I mesne such myles as English measure makes,
Belwcene vs both stoode Leydta Cowne therewhilea.
Which euerie day with feyre Hordes vndertakn.
To feede vs fat and cramme vs vp with cakes.
It made vs hope it would supplie our neede,
For we (to it] two Bulwarkea were in deede.
154. But when it came vnto the very pincb^
Leyden farewell, we might for Leydm sterue,
I like him well that promiseth an inche.
And payes an ell, but what may he deserue
That flatters much and con no fajth obscrue 7
And old sayd sawe, that fayre woides make foolem
Which prouerbe true we proued to our paynct
148. Here »
Which would presume in such a place to hyde,
And not foresee fhow euer went the gome)
Of meate and shotte our souldiours to prouide :
^Vho so do say haue reason on their side.
Yet proues it still Ithough ours may be the blot)
That warre seemes sweete to such as know it not.
149. For had our forte bene fully fortified.
Two thousand men had bene but few enow,
To man it once, and had the truth bene tried.
We could not see by any reason how,
The Prince could send yb any succour now.
Which was canstreynd in townes Iiimself to shield.
And had no power to ibew his force in field.
150. Herewith we had nor powder pockt in store.
Nor flash, nor fiabe. in poudiing tubbes yput,
" Hofe ii Ihe btiliMnei tfnlshippa
1S5. A conference among our selues we cald.
Of Officen and Captayoes all yfeet«.
For truth {lo uA\) the Souldiours were apalO.
And when we askt, nowe mates what merie cheere?
Their aunswere was : it is no bidyng hei«.
So that psrforce we must from thence be gone,
Uiilesse we ment to keepe the place alone.
y that we were much to 156. Herewith we thought dial if in dme we wod^
Before all stroghts were Etopt and taken vp.
We might (perhaps) our enimics preuent,
And teach them eke to taste of' sorowes cuppe.
At ilBtUand Sluyte, wee hoped for to suppe.
To keepe them out which tooke it after too.
n. Whiles thus we talke, a messenger behold.
From Aljihen came, and told vi heauy newes,
Captayncs (quod he) hereof you may be bold^
Not one poore soule of all your fellowes crewe^
Can scape aliue, they haue no choyse to chuse :
They sent me thus to bidde you shif^ in tjma,
£la looke (,like them] to stjcke in Spaioish lime.
15B. Thus tale once tolde none other ipeedi
preuaylde.
But packe and trudge, al leysure was to loog.
THE FRUITES OF WARRE.
To mend* the turte, our wUcbe (which oeuer
Descried our foa which nurcbed mil Uong, [&;kle)
And towmrdi n began in hut to throngi
So that before our lagte could paue the porte,
m were now within the Forte.
1J9. I promcM oiks and did perfoniie it too,
To bide tberan as long as an;r would.
What booted that? or what could Captaynes doo,
When common none would tarie for no gould 7
To veake a tnth, the good did what the; could.
To kcepe the badde in rankcs and good uaye,
But labour lost to bold that will away.
lea It needelcHB were to tell what deedea were
Nor wbo did brat, nor who did wont that da;.
Nor who made head, nor who began to ninne.
Nor in retmte what chief wai lailt alway,
Bitt Souldiour like we held our enimlea pUy :
And eaaj Captajue itiwie to do hit bca^
To il>y bii owne and so to ita; tbe reat.
Ifil. In tlutfetynthreeEn^
Witfa to b« foe* and ahot aa thi
Of vboM cboyce men full GItie i
We layed on ground, this is wit]
Tetofour
lb milea we tioddt
ke M hayle,
lulea and odde,
>u(en fayle,
by tale
169. Thus came we late at last (o Leydea wallei.
Too late, too soone, and so may we well say.
For Dotwlthttanding all our cries and calles,
They shut their gales and tumd their eares away :
In fine tbey did forsake rs euery way,
And badde vs shifle to siue outseluea apace.
For <>tilo them were fonde to trust for grace.
163. They nntber gaue ts meate to feede vpon,
Ifoc drinke, nor powder, pickar, (oole nor spade.
So might we Eterue, like misen woe begone,
And ttoA our foes, with blowes of English blade,
Fiw ibotte was shronke, and shift could none be
Witlwnt defense trom shotte our lelura to sbielde.
164. TUs thus wel weyed, whc weary night was
Aid day gan pecpe, wee heard the Spainiah
Which sBnke a mardie about ts round to cast.
And foorth witball tbeir EnMgnes quickly comes.
At sight whereof, our Souldiours bitte their thomes:
For well they wist it was no boofe to flie.
And biding there, there was no boole but die.
1 S5. So that we aent a drumme to lummone lalke,
And cam* to PoriK middle way betweene,
Jfyminr de Licfoeh and Mnno did walke.
From foanou ade, and from our side were seene,
M7 adf, that matche for Mario migtit bene ;
And Captayne SuffM borne of noble race,
Xo T— *-*" dc lioqva, which there was chief in place.
166. Ttnu met we lalkt, and Btoode vpon our toes,
Widi great dcmaundea whome little might content.
We ensued not onely frccdome from our foes,.
But afaippyng eke with saylct. and all full bent,
TofiomaaniiM&onl whence we flr« were went:
Which soyle was sura, and might cnntenl
1ST. An old sayde sawe, (and ofte m
»)«
Thou conule to craue, and doubtat for to obti^no,
IniquMM, pelt (then) W apaanjerat.
This had I heard, and lure I was full byne,
To prone what profile we thereby might gayne :
But at the last when time waa Molea away.
We were full gladde to play anather play.
168. We rendred then with aafetie tar oai Unet,
Our Enfignea splayed, and manyging our anuea.
With iiirdcr&iytb, that frotn all kind* of giuea.
Our souldiours should rentayna witbouten hammi
And sooth to say, tbete were no false allarmc^
For irtiy ? they were within twelue daye* discharge^
And sent away from pryion quite enlarged.
169. Tley were aent home, and we temajned
still,
In pryaon pent, but yet right gently vaed.
To take our liuea, it was not Lic^utt will,
(lliat noble blood, which neuer man abused,]
ITO. We bode behind, foure monetht or little
But whererpon that Cod he knowes not I,
Yet if I might be boide to giue a gcsse,
Tiiea would I say it was for to espie.
What rauosome we would pay contentedly :
Or eb to know how much we were cMeemde,
In England here, and for whit men ydeemde.
ITI. Now so it were, at last we were dispatcht.
And borne we came as children come from schoolet
As gladde, aa fishe which were but lately catchl^
And straight againe were cast into the poole ;
For by my fay I coumpl him but a foole.
Which would not rather poorely liuc at large,
Hian rest in pryion fedde with costly charge.
ITS. Now haue I tolde a tedious tale in rimi^
1, and what ill lucke I had,
r, that all to lowdc I chime,
And many a man in pryson would be gladde,
To fare no wone, and lodge no worse than we^
And eke at last to sc^tt and go to free.
ITS. I muM confesse that both we wen well Tsei^
And promise kept according to contract.
And that nor wee, nor Souldiours were abused.
No rigour shewed, nor louely dealing lackti
I must confesse that we were neuer rackt.
Nor forst to do, nor speake agaynst our will.
And yet I coumpt it froward fortune still.
1 74. A truth it is (since warres are ledde by chaunee^
And none so stoute but that sometimea may fall,)
No man on earth his honour nught aduaunce.
To render better (if he once were thrall)
Why who could withe more comforte at hii call,
TJian for to yeeld with ensigne full displayde,
And all aim** borne in warlike wise for ayde ?
OASCOIQN&
175. Or who could wiiba dlipatdM with greater
speeds,
Than souldioim famd which tAried bo few da^eB ?
Or whp could wiafae, more succour Bt hii neede,
Thui vsed was to tliem at all aauyes?
Bread, meate, and diinLe, jca wigmu in their wajM,
Td ease the ucke and hurte which could not go,
All tane in watras, are Beldome vsed lo.
I TG. Or who could wishe (to e*«e his c<q>tiue dajre*)
More libeitie than on fai« fajth to rert?
To eate and drinke at Baroni horde alwaTei,
To He on downe, to banquet with the be«t.
To baue all things, at euei? lust request,
To borowe coyoa, when any aeemde lo lacks,
To bane hia owne, away with him to packe ?
117. All this and more I must confene we bad,
God saue (say 1) our noble Queene therforc.
Hint: UUr lac/irima, there lays the psdde.
Which mad* the Miswe suspected be the more.
For trust mc true, thej coueted fuU sore.
To keepe our Qneene and conntrie fut their tmaita.
Till all their warm might gnrw to luckie endes.
17S- But ware that once to happy ende ybrougfat.
And all stray sheepe come home agayne lo folde.
Then looke to dore : and thioke the at is nought,
Althou^ &he let the mouse from out hir holde :
Beleue me now, me thinkea I dare be bolde,
To thinke that if Ibey once were Ireendes againe.
We might wone sell, all freendship founds in Spain*.
179. Well these are woorde* and fam beyod my
Yet by the way reccyue them well in worth)
And by the way, let neuer Licguei qipeach
Hy rayling penne, for thoughe my minde abhorrth,
All Spainish prankes : yet must 1 thunder forth
His worthy praysc, who held his layth vnataynedt
And euermore to v* a freend remayned.
ISO. Why sayed I then, that n-arre is fhll of woes?
Or sowre of taste, to them that know it beat?
Who so demaundes, I will my minde disclose.
And then iudge you the burdens of my biesl:
Marke well my wordes and you shall finde him blest,
That medleth least with warres In any wise,
But quiet Hues, and all debate defies.
181. For though we did with truth and honour yeeld,
Yet yeelding is alwayes a great tfsgrace,
And though we made a braue retyre in field.
Yet who retyres, doth alwayes yeeld hii place:
And though we neuer did our selues embase.
But were alwayes at Barons table fedde.
Yet better were at home with Barlie br^de.
192. I leaue to tell what losse we did suMalne,
In pens, in psy, in wares, and readie wealth,
Since all such trash may gotten be againe,
Oi wasted wtll at home by priuie stelth :
Small losse hath he which all his liuing selth.
To aiue his life, when other heipe is none.
Cast vp the saddle when the horse is gone.
1 B3. Bat what 1 sayde, I say and sweare againe,
For first we were in HuUande sore suspect.
The sUtes did thinke, that with some filtbie gaine
The Spainiah pecrci TS Captaina had intect.
They thought wa UNOt our ensignes to erect
184. Againe, the Kings men (oody Licqua* except.
And good Vardugo*"} thought we were loo well.
And that we were but playde with in respect.
When as their m«i in great distrease did dwell :
So that with hate their burning hartee did avell.
And bad hang v/t or drowne rs euerfdiaDe,
These booci we had alway to byte rpon.
IB5. This sause we had TUto our costly Are.
And euery day we threabied were in deede.
So that on boUi sides we must byde the care.
And be mistrust of euery wicked deede.
And be reuilde, and must ou'r setues yet feede
With iingring Hope, to get away at last.
That self same Hope wbiche tyed vs there so faaC
1 S fi. To make TpaU,aurownemen playde Ibdr parte.
And rang a peale to make tb more mystrust.
For when they should sway from rs dapait^
And sawe tb byde, they thought we stayed for lust.
And Bent them so in sacnte to be trust : [solde
They thought and sayde, thus haue our Ca^^aiDCs
Us ^ly Boules, for groates and glistring golds.
1 B7. Tea, when they were to England safely brought.
Yet talkte the; still euen as they did before :
For slaundrouB tongues, if once they tattle ought.
With mickell paye will chaunge tb^ wicked lore :
It hath bene proued fiill many dayes of yore.
That he which once in slander takes delight.
Will Beldome frame his woordes to Bounde aright.
188. Stimunee tale to tell, we that had set them free.
And set ourselues on sandes for their eipeoce.
We that remaynd in daunger of the tree.
When they were safe, we that were their defence.
With armes, with cost, with deedes, with eloqnenoO :
We that saued such, as knew not where to flie.
Ware now by them accusde of trecheiic
ISS.These fruits (Isay) in wicked waireslfound^
Which make me wryte much more than else I would.
For lOBse of life, or dread of deadly wounde,
Shalt neuer make me blame it though I could.
Since death doth dwell on eueiie kinde of mould :
And who ia wsire hath caught a fatall clappe,
Might chaunce at home lo haue no better happc
190. So loase of goodes Bhall Dcuer trouble DM,
Since God which giues can take when pleueth luia>
But losse of &me or slaundred so to be.
That makes my wittes to bnake absue their brimm^
And frettes my harte, and lames me euery limme:
For Noble minds thor hanour more eateeme.
Than worldly wights, or wealth, or life can dcema,
t9I> And yet in warres, such gnfies of grudge do
growth
Such lewdnesse lurkes, sudi malice makes mischiaC
Such enuie bibles, such fUshood be doth blowa.
That Bountie bumes, and truth is called thief.
And good desertes are brought into such brief.
That Slaunder snufTe which sweares the matter oat.
Brings oftentimes the noblest names in dotibt.
•THE FRUITES OF WARRE.
219
IM. Tba wbatbM I be oi
Or Grwdj miutle, or Miia in decay,
I ia]rde and say that for mine ovne poore parte,
I may ctmTtMe tbax Belliuu cimy way,
bSweete: but bow? (bean well my woonlei awmy)
Fonoalh, to such as neuci did it trie.
193. O n ^le Queene, >' whoK high fomight pro-
uid»,
HM wast of waiTC, your realmes doth ihk desuoye.
But pkanunt peace, and quiet luncord glydei.
In euery coait, to driue fwt dariie anoye,
O TCTtuoiH dame, I wy PardoiKi nugr, .
That 1 presume in worthlesae - - - - —
TliaiDfaitioiB Prince, hia duelii
194. TouT*lulfullmiDde(0 QueeueHithoutcom-
pare)
Can aoone conceyue that cauie constiaynea me lo.
Since wicked wanes hwie bredde such cruell care.
Wlarii reape diereby none other worth but wo :
WUlei you (mcaoe while) enioy the fruil«a of peace.
Still pr^iiug God, whose bounties neucr cease.
195. If you (my liege) Touchsafe in giatiouB wise,
To p«don that which paneth from my Muae,
llien core I not what other kings deuise,
tn warrea deftnie : nor though they me accuse.
And say that I thdr bloudie deedea abuse ;
Tour (Hwly grace my soumigne Lttdj be.
Let other I^igs thioke what tbey list of me.
19G. And yoo my Lordes'B to wboDMlduelieaowe,
And beare sucb loue as beat becommeth me.
Pint Earle oT Bedford, whome I right well know.
To booour annes : and woorthle Warwyke be.
197. Tong Oienford as toward as the best,
Notdnunberland, and Ormount woorthy prayse,
Lyncolne, Kildore, and Worster with the rest
Of noble Earlei, which hold your happy dayes
In higb renovme, as men of wane alwayes :
Viih othen mo lo many to recite,
Voocbsafi: my Lordes lo pardone that I ^rtite.
Isa.OrWilton Grey (to whome these rimes I wrote
Wttb all tbe Banms bold of English soyle,
I humbly craue that it may be fbrgotte,
Altbough my Mu>e baue seemde to keepe a coyle
With lugbly men which put the weake to fbyle :
J meat not you aince, by your deedes appeeres,
Yoo rule with rigkt, like wise and worthy pearea.
199. Right reueieud, of Canterhnry chiefe,
LoDdon, and Lincoln, BUhoppes by your nsmc, >0
OoDd Beane ef Pawles (which lend a great relief.
To naked neede) and all the rest of Ume,
In |i«a(iiiii place : widi whome [ were too blame.
If Neoynsone my muster were not ploate,
ante tjj bia helpe I learning first embmste.
'' Mnce. *' tigbUitit " PreUdc.
SOO. Bean with myTtfne, and tfalBkaliacDtBotyo^
Whereas I spake of pride in Prelacie,
But let it bide euen there where first it giew.
Till God vouchsafe to quench hjpocride,
Which by pretence to punish Iietetie,
Doth conqueierealmes, and common concords brcake,
You know my mind, I neede no playuer speake.
901 . Tongemmeeof JuMic(^ctiie& of eitberbcach, «>
And be that keepes hir Maiealic* great seoJe,
Good Quceoes attorney, he wboae pittiea auancb
And Sergeant Lcuebce, many ways my friend.
As J haue found (yet let nw there not eml,)
90S. But hold my tale to Rugge and all the rcrt
Of good Greyta lone, whoe honest YelosrtoD,
And I per it sometimca yftere did rest,
Wben amilie first in our biests begonne.
Which shall andure as long oa any Sunne
May shine on earth, or water (wimma in Seas,
l^ not my Tsise your lawlike minds diqilease,
90S. For well wot you, our master Cliriat himielf^
Which bad but tweluc Apostles in his trayn^
Had ludss yet, which aolde for worldly pelfe
Our Souiour : this text is true and plaync ;
904. In Chancerie I neede no man siispect,
Snce conscience, in that court beeteth sway.
Yet in the same I may no wayes neglect.
Not worthy Powle, nor Cordell by the way.
Of wbome that one, is of my keq>e the keye.
That other once did lende me such aduise.
As was both lounde and good, had I bene wise.
305. Hetoldemeonce,(Ibeareilirelliaminde,
And shall it nay forget whyles lyfe doth last)
That harde it is a noble name lo finde,
In iucb attempts as then in seruice past t
Beleue me now T founde his wordca no blast,
Wbeiftnr I pray both him and his compeeie.
To beare with that which 1 haue written beers.
SOG. And as fiir Merclianis, *■ though I flnde the
Hard harted men and compdng cunninEly, Fmost
Yet Albany sImII thinke I do not boast
In rayling wise : for sure his curtede,
Constreynes me now to prayse him worthely.
And gentle Rows with LuntlyeO' make me soy.
That many Merchaunia beare auen what they may.
COT. But to conclude, I meane no mora bnt thus.
In all estate* some one may treade awrye.
And he that list my verses to discusse.
Shall see I ment no more, but mkodestly
To wame tbe wise, thai tbey such faults do lie
As put downc peace by couine or debate,
Since warre said strife bryng wo to etiery state.
L-KNDOlt.
Go little Booke, God graunt thou none oAend^
ror so meant bee wbicii soitghi to set thee foortb.
It irbere So1<Sb> leeme t
And when thou
wend.
Submit Ihj lelfe aa writte but little woorth :
Coofease withill, Chat ttaou hist bene too bolde.
To Bpeak so plmine of Uau^htie bartes in place,
Aod say tliat he which wrote thee couide haue totde
Full man; a tale, of blouda that were not base :
He couide haue writte Dan Uudleyet noble deedea.
Whose like hath «nce bene harde on earth to flnde,
Although his Vertue ihewes it selfe in Seedea,
Whlcb treade hii bHcki, and come not farre behinde.
He might haue aung of Grej the woorthie prayie,
Who*e ofspring holdes the honor of his lire :
He ooulde declue what Wallop was alway es,
What AwdeLe seemde, what Randetl did require.
He couide aay what desertes in Drewrie be.
In Reule, in Bryckwcll, and a meany moe :
But baahfulnesee did make him hlual^ least he
Should but eclypie their fimei bj singing so.
Suffiwth tfaia, that still he hooon thosu
Which wade in wbitc* to get a woorthie name.
And least esteemei the grecdie uiudge, which goe*
To gayne good golds, without rcspecte of fame.
And for the thirde sorte, those that in dysb^sse
J>o diiue their dayes, till drummes do draw them out.
He coumptB him selie to bee nor more nor lewe.
But euen the same : for sure withouten doubt.
If drummes once sounde ■ lustie maitch in deede.
Then fkrewell bookes, for he will trudge with speede.
Who soeuer is desirous to reade this propasicion
more at large and cunningly handled, let him but
peruse the Prouerbe or adage it self in the first
Centurion of the fourth Chyllyade of that famouae
Clarke Enamut Soterodamua .■ the wliiche ia there
ijgo Entituled i Dulct beUum mtxpettit.
GASCOIGNE8 GABDNINGS,
Tuc figure of this world I can compare,
To Gai^en plota, and such like pietuaunt places.
The world breedes men of sundry shape and share,
Ai hearbes in gardeim, grow of sundry graces i
Some good, some bad, some amiable faces.
Some foule, some gentle, some of froward mind,
Subiect like bloome, to blast of etieiy wind.
And aa you see the floures most fresh of hew.
That they prauc not alwayea the holesomeit.
So fayrest men ar« not slwayes found true :
But euen as witlired wcedcs fall from the rest.
So latteren fall naked from their neast ;
When truth hath tried, their painting tising tale.
They loose thdr gtoae, and all their iesU seeme sule.
Yet some do present pleasure most esteeme,
mi beamei of brauerie wither all their welth.
And some agaync there be can rightly deeme,
TboM betbes tm best, which may maiutone their
helth.
Considering wdl, that age drawea on by tidth.
Then thus the re«lesse lif% which men boe leade.
May be resembled to the tender plant,
In spring it sprouts, as babes in cradle breede,
Floiish in May, like youtbes that wisdome want.
In Autumne ripes and rooles, least store waieskanta
In winter shrinks and shrawdes euery blas^
Like crooked age when lusty youth b past.
And as the grounde or grace whereon it grew^
Was fatte or leane, euen so by it appesres.
If barreyn suyle, why then it chaungetfa faewe.
It ladeth taste, it flits to fumbling yeares.
But if he gathered roots amongst his feeiea.
And light on lande that was well muckte in deede.
Then otaudes it still, or leaues increase of seede.
As fiw the reste, fail aundrie wayes (God wot)
Some &yBt lyke froathe at euery little pufTe,
Some smarts by swoorde, Uke hearbes that seme A«
pot,
And some be weeded liom the finer stuSe,
Some staode by proppes to maynteyne all thedi title :
And thus (rnder correction bee it tolde)
Hath Gascoigne gathered in his Garden molde.
Himd ictat tapio.
Ir any floure that here is growne.
Or any hea>i>e may ease your payne.
Take and accomple it as your owne.
But recompence the lyke agayne:
For some and some is honest playe.
And su my wyfe taughte me to saye.
wlU:
If here to walke you take delight,
Why come, and welcome when you i.
If I bidde you suppe here this night,
Bidde me an other time, and still
Thinke some and some is honest playe.
For to my wife taught me to saye.
Thus if you suppe or dine with mee.
If you walke here, or mtte at ease.
If you desire the ^ng you see,
And haue the same your minde Is please,
Thinke some and some is tMoeat player
And so my wife taught me to saye.
Haad ictus lapio.
Ir thou ntte here to viewe tins pleasant garden
place, [floures deface :
Think thus ; at last will come a &ost, and all thcM
Betoemberdeathbringifinallreat loall ouregtveu-
ousgrones.
So whether for delight, or here thou aitte for raif.
Thinke still Tpoa the latter day, so (halt thou God
best please.
Hm4 ktxa mA>,
VOYAGE INTO HOLLANDE.
821
Vpon B Ktaae In tbe mil of iam Ouden be had
written the yean wherrin he did the c«te oT these
deuiae^ niA tberewithall thia poaie in Ltiii&
OAacoiONEs ToTAfiE nrro hollaiide, /
A araAOiiai conceyte, a va^ne of ncwe delight,
Twiit weale and woe, trriite ioy and bitter griefe,
Hath pricked foorth my baatie penne to write
This woonhiesae vene in haiarde of repreefe :
And to miue Aldttlieueit^ Lorde I muU endite
A wofull case, a chippe uf sone chauuca,
A tipe of beuien, a liuel; bew of hell,
A Kare to fall, a hope of high aduance^
A lUb, a death, a diearie tale to telL
But unce I luiow the pith uf my pastauoce
SbOl moat coiisiit in telling of s truth,
Vouchsafe my Lord (en bun grJ") tot to tdte
This teustie ule the ttoiie of my youth,
Tfai* Chronicle which of my lelfe I nuke.
To shew Btj Lord what healpleiae h^ipe ensewth.
When heddy youth will gad without a guide.
And ruinge Totide in leas of libertie,
Or wbui bare neede a starting hole hatb spide
To peepe abroade from mother Miseiie,
And buildeth Castels in the Welkin wide.
In hope thereby to dwell with wealth and ease^
But be the Lo«l (wbome ray good Lord doth know)
Can bind or lose, as best to him shall please.
Can saue or spill, rayse vp or ouerthroire,
Can gaui with griefe, and yet tlie payne appease.
Which thin^ to proue if so my Lord take time,
SVhcD gnster cares hia head shall not potaate)
0 atte and reads this raungiag ragged rime,
I doubt not then but that he will coofeiKe,
What fallB 1 found when but I leapt to clime.
In March it was, that cannot I forget,
In this last March vpon the nintenth day,
Wboi from Grauesend in boate I gan to ietle
To bocsde our sbippe Jo Quinborough that lay.
From whence tbe reiy twentieth day we set
Ow HylEs abrade to slice the Salt sea fome.
And ancon weyde gan trust tbe trustleue Baud :
Tlat day and Digbt amid tbe waues we rome
To iiilr the coast of Holland where it itoode.
And on the neit when we were fane from home.
And nearc the hauen whereto we sought to sayle,
A feariy chaunce ; (wheroon alone to thinke)
Hy iMOde now quakes, and all my senses fayle)
Gan Ti befall : tbe Pylot gan to sbrioke.
And all agaate his courage seemde to quayle.
Wlwraat amaied, the Maister and his mate
Gan aake the cause of bis so sodeyne chaunge.
And fram alofte the Stewarde of our state,
(The founding plumbe) in baste posle hast mus
raunge,
To tryo the depth and goodnesse of our gate.
Mee th™^"* (euen yet) I beare his heauie Toyce,
Fadome three', ibure,fiM>te more, foote lease, that
Ha thinka I heare the fearefull wbispring ooyi^
Of anch aa sayde full toftely (me beside)
Cod gnumle tliia ioumey cause va to reioyce.
When I poors aoule, whldi close in caban taye.
And there had reacht till gaule waa welneare buf*t
With giddie bead, my stumbling steppes must stay
To lo^e abroade as boldly as I dunL
And whyles 1 hearken what the Ssylen aaye.
The fownder sings, fadame two full no more
Aloofe, aloofe, then cried the Maister out,
~ " I to sende ti from the shore,
whereof wee eant had doubt,
Tweene two eitreeme thus were we loaaed acre.
And went to hull*, mtill we leyiurc had
To lalkg at large, and eke to know tbe cause
What moode had made our Pylot looke so sad.
At last tbe Dutcbe with butterbitten iawem,
( For so he was a Dutche, a Deuill, a awsdde,
A foole, a drunkarde, or a tiaytour tone)
Gan aunswere thus ; GAy tiii te vnesh > here come,
Tim niel gcet tal ' and standing all alone,
Gan preache to ts, which fbolea were all and some
To trust him foole, in whom there skill was none.
Or what knew wee if Albaea subtill brayoe
So to preuent our enteipryse by treason)
Had bim subomde to tice vs to this trayne
And so biro selfe (per Company and season)
For spite, for bale, or else for tuqie of gayne.
Tills must we thinke that Alba'' woold not spare
To giue out gold for such a nnfull deede :
And glistriog gold can oftentimes ensnare.
More perfect wits than Holland soyle doth breede.
But let that passe, and let vs now compare
Our owne fVmd fact with this hia foule offence.
We knew him not, nor where he wond that titne,
Nor if he had Fylota experience,
Or PyUta crafte, to cleare him selfe from crime.
Yea more than that (how voyde were we of sense)
We had small smacke of any (ale he tolde.
He pDwrde out Dutch to drowne ti all in diinke.
And we [wise men) vppon his words were bolde.
To runne on hud : but let me now bethinks
The masters speech : and let me so vnfold
The depth of all this foolish ouersight.
The master spake euen Uke a skilfuU man.
And sayde I sayle tile Seaa both day and night,
1 know the tides as well as other can,
l^m pole to pole 1 can the courses pHght :
I know France, Spaine, Greece, Deiunarke, Dgnak
and all,
Friae, Flauoders, Holland, euery coast I know.
But truth to tell, it seldome doth befall,
That English merchants etier bend their bowe
To shoote at Breyll, where now our flight should (idl.
They send their shafYs Carder for greater gayne.
So that this hauen is yet (quoth he) Tnkouth,^
And God gnuint now that England may attune
Such gaines by Breyll, (a goapell on that mouth)
As is desired : thus iqiake the master playne.
And aince (aaide he] my selfe knew not tbe aown^
How could I well a better Pylot fynde.
Than this (which first) did aaye be dwelt in townei
And knew the way where euer sat the wynde ?
While we thus (alke, all sayles are taken downe.
And we to hull (as earst 1 saydj gan wend,
Till full two houiea and aoniewbat more were paa^
Our guyde then i^ake in Dutch and bad vs txnid
All sayles againe ; for now quod he (at last)
Die tiU it goett dot heb id arei bekend,"
* Whpn iJ] u^lrt are tsU downe.
tB
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OASCOIGNE.
Wb; Mwje I long to coda » wofiill tab ?
We tnnt bii Dutch, and ip tbe forauyle goet.
We fffll on kt<v« amyd the happy gale,
(Which by Gods will fiill hynd, andcalmriy blown)
And vnto him ire there TUtblde our bale.
Whereon to thinke I wryle and weepe for ioye.
That pleasant song the hundreth and seuenth Psahne,
There dyd we made to cofnfoit our aonaje.
Which to mj aoule (me thought) was sweete ai
Tea Farre more sweete than any worldly toye.
And when he had with preyerc pniysd the Lord,
Out Edell BlodU ^, gan fall to eate and drinke.
And for their sauce, at cakyng rp the horde
1'he shippe so strake (as all we thought to sinke)
Against the groatuL Then alt with one aceorde
We fell againe on knees to pray ^lace,
And therewithall euen at the second blowe,
(The number cannot from my minde outpace)
Our helme strake of, and we must fleete and flowe,
Where winde and mue* would guide vb by their
Hie winde wait calme as I haue sayde before.
( O mightie God so didst thou swage our woes)
The selly shippe was sowst and snutten sore.
With counter bufietts, blown and double bloces.
At last the keele which might endure no more,
Gan rende in twayne and suckt Che water in ;
Then might you see pale lookes and wofull cheare,
Then might you hnre loudc cries and deadly dinne;
Well noble minds in perils best appears,
Aod boldest haitt ia bale will neuer blinne.
For there were some (of whom* I will not say
Hiat I was ooe) which neuer changed hew.
But pumpt apace, and labord euery way
To saue themselues, and all their lonely crew.
Which cast the best fnught ouerboorde away.
Both come and doth, and all that was of weight.
Wbicb halde and pulde at euery helping corde,
Wluch prayed to God and made their conscience
BlreighL
As for my self: I here protest my Lorde,
My.wordi were tfaeM: O God in beauen on beigh*.
Behold me not as now a wicked wight,
A taA» of mnae, a wretch ywiapt in wratfa,
Let no bvlt past (O Lord) offende tin right.
But weye mj will which now those faults doth lotbe.
And of thy mercy pittie this our plight.
Euen thou good God which of thy gntee didst saye
Tliat for one good, thou woutdst all Sodome saue,
Behold Ts all : thy ahyning beames displaye,
Some here ( I trust) thy goodnease shall eograue.
To be chast vessels rnto the* alwaya.
And >o to liue in honour of thy name ;
Belaue me Lord, thus to the Lord I sayde.
But there wire srane (alas the caon Ibeir blame)
Which in the pumpe their onely comfort layde.
And trusted that to tume our griefe to game.
Alas (quod I) our pumpe good Cod must be.
Our sayle, our stems, our tackling, and our trust.
Some other cried to cleare the shipboMe tVee,
To saue the chieft and leaue the rest in dust
Which word once spoke (a wondrous thing to see)
All hast post hast, was made to haue it done :
And ip it eommes in hast much more than speede.
There did I see a wofuU worke begonne, [bleede.
Which now (euen now) doth make my hart to
Some nude such hast (hat in the boete they wonne.
Before it was aboue the hatches brought.
Stiwingetale to tell,w1iat haat K
To find iheir death before the same be sought.
Some twist the boate and shippe their bane do take.
Both drownd and slaynewith braynes for hast cnidit
At last the boat halfe fraighted in the sire [out.
Is hoyst alofte, and on the seas downe set.
When 1 that yet in God could not dispaire.
Still plide the pumpe, and patiently did let
All sucli take boate as thither mule repaire.
And herewithall I safely may protest
I might haue woone the boate as wel as one.
And had that seemed « safrtie for the rest
I should percase eu«i with the flnt haue gone.
But when I saw the boate was ouer prest
And peslred full with moe than it might beare.
And therwithall with cherefull looke might Me
My chiefe companions ' i whome I bdd most dcaie
(Whose companie had thither trained me)
Abiding still aboorde our shippe yfeare :
Nay then (quoth I) good God thy will be done.
For with my feeres I will both liue and dye.
And eare the boate farre from our sight was gon
Tbe wane so wrought, that they (which thou^ ta
And so to scape) with wsues were ouerronne. [flc«
Lo how fie striues in yaine that striues with God
For there we lost the flowre of the hand,
And of our crew full twentie soules and odd^
The Sea sucks rp, whils we on hatches stand
In smarting feare to feele that self^ same rodde.
Well on (sa yet) our battrcd batke did pisse.
And brought the rest widun a myle of lande.
Then thought I sure now neede not 1 to passe.
For I can awynune and so escape this sande.
Thus dyd I dreme all carplesse like an Ash,
When sodaynely tbe wynde our foreaayle looke.
And tumd about and brought ts eft to Seas.
Then cryed we all, cast out tbe ancor booke,
And here let byde such helpe as God may please :
Which ascor cast, we soone the same forso^
And cut it c^, for feare least thererpon
Ourshippe should tiowge, then callde we fast for Bre,
And so dischargde our great gumtes eucrydione.
To wame the towne tliCTeby of oui- desire :
But all in rayne, for succor sent they none.
At last a Hoy from Sea came Singing fsst,
And towards ts belde course as sttejght as lyite.
Then might you see our hands to heauen Tp oast
To render thanks vnto the power detdne.
That so Toucbsafte to saue ts yet at Int :
But when this Hoy gan (welneere) boorde onr bait*,
And might perceiue what peryll we were In,
It tumd away and left ts still in earke, '*
This tale is true (for now to lie were dn)
It lefta ts there in dreade and daungen dirice>
It lefte TS so, uid that within the sight
And hearing both of aD tbe peare at BrcylL
Now ply thee pen, and paint the foule despttc
Of drunken Dutchmen standing there euen still,
For whom we came thar stale fin- to defende.
For whom we came as friends to grieue their foes.
They now disdaynd [in this distresses lo lend
One helping boate (br to assw^e our woes :
They sawe our hermes tbe wUch they would not
And had not bene that God euen then did rajse
Same instruments to succor ts m neede,
We had bene sunk and swallowed all in Seas.
But Cods will was (in way of our goad veaie)
11 Yiate SDd Herlc » Cam,
THE STEELE GLAS.
That cxf A* pan (InMUdDg ma mjiMM)
Some Engluhe vcte, whoM naked ■•Tordc* did fbrce
'^m dninkm Dutch, the cankral churlei to come.
And 90 M bat (not moued by renoorce,
Bui forst by Teare) tbej unt vi succor lOiue ■.
Some must I mj - and for to teU the couiae,
Tbe; aeiit t* succor sauit with M>wi« dB«|ute,
Tbej aaucd our liu« and Bpoylde t> of the res^
They stale out goods by day and eke by night,
Tbe; shewed the worst and closely kept the best.
And in this time (this treason miut J vryts}
Our Pylot fled, but how ? not emptie handad :
He fled from ts, and with hun did conueye
A Uoj fuJl fraught (whiles we meuie while were
landed)
With pouder, sbottc. and all our best aray* i
Thk iltiU he had. Tor all he sat vi san4e<l-
And now my I<onl, declare your noble myud^
Wag this a Pylot, or a Filate iudge?
Or rather was he not of ludas kynda i
Which left rs thus and close away could trudge ?
Well, at the BryeU to Cell you what we finds.
The Gouemour was all bedewed with drinke,
Hia truls and be were all layde downe to sleepe,
And we must shift, and of our seluci must thinke
What meane was bat, and how we beat might kecpe
That yet remaynd : Hw rest was close in dinke.
Well, OD our kness with trickling teareg of ioye,
Wc gaue God thankii : and as we might, did laanie
What might be founde in euery pynke '^ and boye.
And thus my Lord, your honour may deacema
Our pcrila fuat, and how in our anoye
God saued me (your Lordsbippes bound for euer)
Who ebe should not be able now to tell,
Tbc state whoain this countrey doth peneuer,
^e bow they seeme in carelease mindes to dwaU.
(So did they carat and so they will do euer)
Ami to roy IjxA for to bewray my minde
Ue thiokes they be a laee of BuJbeefe borne,
Wboae bartaa tbor Butter mollyfieth by kinde.
And BO the ttatxi of beefe i* cleane oulworne :
And eke their biainea with double beers are lynde :
80 that tbey march bumbast with buttred bawe,
tjke BOppea of broweme puffed if with froth.
Where inwardely they be but hollowe geere,
A> weake as winde, which with one pufieTpgoetk:
And yet they bragge, and thinke they haue no peere,
Bitanae Harlem bath hitherto hetde out,
Although in deed (as they haue suffred E^yne)
Tbe endc thereof euen now duth rest in doubt.
Weit, as for that, let it (for me) remune
In God his hands, whose hand buh brought me out.
To tell my Lord this tale nowe taoe in bande.
As bows they traine their trcions all in diinke.
And whan them selues for drunk can scarcely
Ytt sucke out secretes (as thero selues do thinke)
From guests. The best (almost) in all their Isuda
(I name no man, for that were brode before)
Will (as men say) enure the same sometime.
But surely this (or 1 mistake him sore)
Or else be can (but let it psae in rime)
Disarmble deepe, and mocke sometimes the more :
Well, dniokenneaae is here good companie,
And therewithal! per comequenj it falles
Hm wbordome is accompted iollitie :
A giiitle state, where two 9ucbe Tenisballea
Arc iMsed still and better bowles let lie.
> cannot berawilh ftmn my Lord a
How God and Mammon hen do dwell yttm.
And how the Masse is cloked vnder veale
Of pollide, till all the coaat be cl*u«.
Ke can I chuse, but I must ring a peale^
To tell what hypocrytes the Nunnea here be:
And how the olde Nunoes be content to ge^
Before ~a man in streales like mother B,
L'ntil! they come wheras there dwels a Ho,
( Receyue that balfe, anil let the rest go free)
There can they poynt wilh finger as they pi
Yea sir, sometimes they can
To strike the bergaine tweene a wanton laise.
And Edd btoeU: DOwe is not this good pelfe?
As tor the yong Nunnes, tbey be bright as glasse.
And chaste forsooth, nut v: and loulerituit:
Whatssyde I? what? that is a misterie,
I may no lene of such a theame endite,
Yong Rowland Vorke may tell it bet than T ;
Yet to my Lorde this little will 1 write.
That though I haue (my selfe) 00 skill at nl).
To take the counlnance of a Colonel,
Hsd 1 a good Lieutenant general,
Ab good lohn Zuche whereuer that he dwel.
Or else Ned Dennye [faire mought him befal)
I coulde haue brought a noble regiment
Of smugskinnde Nunnes into my countrey soyle :
But farewell they as things impeitineni.
Let them (for me) go dwell with master Mojle,
Who hath behight to place them wcU in Keut.
And I sfialt well roy ullie selfe content.
To come alone tnto my louety Loide,
And mto him (when riming sporte is spent)
To tel some sadde and reasonable worde.
Of Hirilandes stale, the which I will present.
In Cartes, in Mappes, and eke in Models mad«^
If God of beauen my purpose not preuent
And in meane while although my wits do wade
In ranging rime, and Bing some follie foorth,
I trust my Lords will lake it wall in woortb.
Satid ictiu upk.
THE STEELE GLAS.
Thi Nightingale, whose hq>py noble hart.
No dole can daunt, nor feareful force affright.
Whose cbereful Toice, doth comfoit saddest wighls.
When she hir self, hath little cause to sing.
Whom louen loue, bicause she plaines their greues^
She wraiss their woea, and yet reliattes their payne.
Whom worthy raindes, alwayes esteemed much.
And gnuest yaarcs, haue not disdainde hia notes:
( Only thM lung proud Tarsus by his nam*
Wilh murdring knile, did came hir pleasant ton^
To couer so, his owne fouls filthy &ult)
This worthy bird, hath taught my wesry Muze,
To sing a song, in spight of their delight.
Which worke my woe, withoutsn cause or crnn^
And make my tmcke. a ladder for Ihdr Acts,
By slaundrouB steppes, and stayres of tickle talks
To cljme the throne, wherin my selfe sbould sitle.
O Philomene, then help roe now to chaunt:
And if dead beastes, or hving byrdes have ghosta.
Which canconeesue the cause of carcAill mone^
When wnmg triumpbes, and right is ouertroddt^
Tlien belpe me now, O byrd of gentle bloud,
In barrayne rerse, to tell a fnitefull tale.
GASCOIGNE.
And fou my Lord (wh«e iuppe tuth beictofon
Bene, louinglf Co resde mj recklea rimes.
And yet luve didgiule, with fmuor to forget
Tlie foults of fouth, wliich put my hasty pen i
And therH-ithill, haae gndously vouchifte.
To feld tlie rest, mucli more thiin they deBCnde)
Vouchufe (lo now) lo reade and to peruse,
ThU rimtes verse, whicli Howes froin troubled mind.
Synce that the line, of that false caytife king,
(Which reuistied fayre Phylomcne for lust,
liuea yet (my Lord) wJiich wonle I weepe to write.
They Hue, they liue, (slas the worse my lucte)
Whose greedy lust, vnbridled from their brest.
Hath raunged long about the world so wyde
To linde a pny for Ehrar wide open mouthea.
And me they found, (O wofull tale to tell)
Whose harmalesse hart, percdvde not this decdb
But that my Lord, may playnely Tndentand,
The mysteries, of all that I do mesne,
I am not he whom slaunderoua tongues haue lolde,
( False tongues in dede, and craflie subtile braines)
To be tlie man, which ment a common spoyle
Of louing dames, whose eares wold beare my words
Or trust the tales duuised by my pen.
In'am ■ man as some do tliinke I am.
(I^ugh not good Lord) I am in dede & dam<^
Or at the least, a rigbt Hermaphrodite :
And who deures, at large to knowe my name,
My birth, my line, and euery circumstance,
I^ reade it here, Playne dealyng was mj Syie,
And he begat roe by Simplicitie, '
A paire of twinnes nt one selfc burden borne,
My Sist' and I, into this world were sent.
My Svsten name, was pleasant Foesys
And I my aelfe hitd Satyra to name, •
Whose bappe was such, that in the prime of youth,
A lusty ladde, a stately man to see.
Brought Tp in place, where pleasures did abound,
(I dare not say, in court for both myne eares)
Beganne to woo my sister, not for wealth.
But for hir (kce was louely to beholde.
And tlierewitliall, bir speeclie was pleasant stil.
This Nobles name, was called Vayne Delight, >
And in his trayne, he had a comely crewe
Ofguylefullwights; FRlsesemblantwaatheflrat,^
The second man was, Flearing Huttry,
(Brethren by like, or very neare of kin)
Then followed Ihem, Detraction and Deceits,
Sym Swash did beare a buckler for tbe first.
False witnesse was tlie second stonly page
And thus wel armd, and in good equipage,
ThU Galant came, mto my fathers courte,
And woed my iDsCer, for she eidn- waa,
And fayrer eke, hut out of doubt (at least]
Hir pleasant qwech surpassed mine so much,
TiBt Vayne Deligbt, to hir address his sulc
Short tale to nuke, she gaue ■ free consent,
And forth she goetb, lo be bis wedded mate, ■
Entyrt percaae, with glaiM of gwgeotu sbewe,
1-Not InuTsnt trmpUcltrbut ■ tlkautl>> "t 'Rn decelte,
• SMrrW potbre mij ri(tall; ba caOad the daugbtei of
(Or else perfaa^pes, penuaded by hii pMHi)'
That constant loue had herixnd in hia brest.
Such ermn gniwe where sucbe false Prophets |mach.
How BO it were, my Byster likte him wel,
And forth she goeth, in Court with him to dwel.
Where when she Ziad some yeeres ysoiomed.
And saw the world, and marked eche mans miade,
A deepe Desire hir louing liart enAamde,
To see me ail by hir in seemely wis^
That companye might comfort hir sooMtimea,
And sound advice might ease hit wearie tfaoughtea :
And forth with speede, (euen at hir first h!()ueu;
Doth Vaine Delight, bis hasty caurae direct.
To seeke me out bis saytes are fully bent,
A nd winde was good, lo bring me to tbe bowre.
Whereas she laye, that mourned days and nights
To see hir selfe, so matchle and so deceivde.
And when the wretch (I csjinot terme him bet)
Had me on sea) ful farr^ from friendly help,
A sparke of lust, did kindle in his brest.
And bad him harke, to songs of Satyta.
I selly soulc (which thought no body harme)
Gan clecre my tlirote and strauo lo ung my best.
Which pleasde bim so, and so enSamde hia hart.
That he forgot my nster Poesys.
And ravisht me, to please his wanton niinde, ^
Not so content : when this foule <iut was done,
(Yfraught with Aare, least that I should disclose
His incest : and bis doting darke denre)
Hecauwleitraightwayes, tbe tbrmost of hiscrewT
With his compeare, to trie me with their tongue* :
And when their guilea, could not preuails to winiw
My simple mynde, from tiscke of truslie truth,
Noryetdeceytcauldhleare mine eyes through Irau^
Came Slandef then, accusing me, and sayde.
That I entist Del3^bi, to loue and luste.
Thus was I caugbl, poore wretch that thought none il-
And furthermore, to cloke their own oSbuce,
They clapt me tbste, in cage of Myserie, *
And there I dwelt, full many a doleful day,
Vutil this theefe, tliis traytor Taine Delight,
Cut out my tong, with liaysor of Restiaynte,
Least I should wraye, this bloady de«de of hib
And thus (my Lord) I Hue a weary life, ■
Not as I seemd, a man sometimes of might.
But womanlike, whose teares must Tenge her harma.
And yet, euen as the mighty gods disdatue
For Philomele, that thoughe hir tong were cutle.
Yet should she sing a pleasant note sometimes :
So haue they deignd, by their deuiue decrees.
That with the stumps of my reproued tong,
' may aometimeB, Beproiiers deedet reproua,
nd sing a Terse, to make tbem see thrinsdim
Then thus I sing, this selly aong by night
Like Philomene, since that the shining Sunrte
Is now eclypst, which wont to lend me light.
And thus 1 sing, in comer closely cowcht
Like Philomene, nnce that the stalely courts.
Are DOW no place, for such poore byrds as 1.
And thus I sing, with pricke against my breat
Like Philomene, unce that tbe priuy worme.
■ Ssl^ricsl Poetry it HHuetlmet tm
PtiLlomels.
u-IMMit.
dle^^iial
THE STEELE GLAS.
And thus I ang, wben plawint "ptiaif begiiu,
Like PbiknnenGi since euery tangling byrd.
Which iqunketta loude, >hall neuer triumph so.
Am thougl) mjr miue irere mute Mid Jurat not dug.
Tbi* ii (1h cwse (or dae mj Muia mistikn)
T^tot things ate thou^it, which neuer yet wet«
id cMtels bujit, aboue in lofty >Ium, [wrought.
Which neuer ^et, bui good Toundatian.
And that the ume may aeme no f«ned dreanie.
But words of worth, and worthy to be wayed,
I haut preBumde, my IxJrd for to present
With thin poore gla-siie, which is of Irustie St«le,
Ijke Philomene, when u pcroue (roeane while
The Cuckowe nickei mine eg^B by foulc deceit
Andlickes the aweet,whichuiiglithavefed me first.
Ofoi
, a Glassemaker
A playne K
which CI
; clyfffs .
■arbie well.'
AndTi
How
For whyles I mark thii weak and wretched world, »>
Wberin I see, liuwe euerj- kind of man
Cbd flatter still, and yet deceiues himselfe.
I seeme to miue, from whence such errour springs.
Such grosse conceits, such mists oTdarke mistake.
Such Sutcuydiy, ^ ' such weening ouer well,
And yet in dede, audi dealings too too badde.
And as I stretch my weary witles, to welghe
The cause theraf, and whence it should proceede,
Hy battred braynes, (which now be shrewdly brusde
With omaon sllot, of much miagouemmenl)
Can spye no cause, but onely one conceite.
Which makes me thinke, the world goeth slil awry.
1 see and sigh, (bycause it makes me sadde)
Hiat peuiahe pryde, doth al the world posscase.
And euery wight, will haue a looking glasse
To see himselfe, jet so he secth him not :
Tes sbal I say ? a glasse of cammon glasse,
Which glistreth bright, and sfaewes a seemely shew,
Ts not enough, the days are past and gon.
That Berral gluse, with foyles of louely tirown,
IGgfat aerue to shew, a seemely fauord face.
Thai age is deade, and Tanisht long ago,
WUch thought that Steele, both trusty was and true
And needed not, a foyle of contraries.
But shewde al things, euen as they were in deede.
In sleade wberetrf', our curious yeare* CMi tinile
Tlte christal glas, which glimseth braue and bright.
And sbewea the thing, much better fiirr than it,
Beguylde with foyles, of sundry subtil sights,
8a that they sseme, and couct not lo be.
"niat kings declini
cely gouemment.
D thoi>e, that loue I
fnyre, si
He gan betjueath a gla&ae of triistie Steele,
Wherein they may be bolde alwayes to kwke,
Bycause it sliewes, all things in their degree.
myselfe [now pride of youth is past)
> be, and let al seeming pasae,
ure. to see my selfe in deed,
Not what I would, but what I am or shouUI,
Therfore I like this tt^stie glasse of Steele.
Wherin I see, a frolike fauor froutiEt "
With foule abuse, of Uwlesse lust in youth :
Wherein I see, a Sampsons gnm regarde
Disgraced yet with Alcianders bearde ; n
Wherein I see, a corps of comely shape
(And such as might beseeme the courte full wel)
Wherein I see, a quick capscilie, "
Berayde with blots of hight Ineonslancie :
An age suspect, bycauie of youthea mlsdeedes
A poets brayne, poaseste with layes of loue ,
A Cenars minde, and yet a Codrus might,
A Souldiours hart, supprest with feaieful doomet
A Philosopher, foolishly fordone-
And lo be playne, I see my selfe ao playne.
And yet ao much inlike that most I seemde,
Aa it were not, that Reason ruleth me,
I should in rage, this face of mine deface,
And cast this corpa, downe headlong in dispalre,
Bycauae it ia, ao farre nilike it selfe.
And therewithal, t
leagaine.
That Lorda do lai^e, their auncestors good wil,
That knights ctmsumc, their patrimonie still,
That gentlemen, do nuke the merchant rise,
Tlial plowmen b^lge, and craftesmen cannot thriue,
That clergie quaylea, and hath smal reuerence,
Hat Uymen liue, by mouing mischief atil.
That courtiera thriue, St letter Lammas day,
TbMt officers, can scarce enrich their heyreg.
That SoJdiouTs stene, or prech al Tibome croasi
That lawyers buye, and purchase deadly hate,
That meichanta clyme, and fal againe as fast.
Thai royslers brag, aboue thtir betters rome.
That scopbants, are counted idly guests.
That Las teades a Ladies life alolte,
And Lucrece lurkee, with ttiitte bashful grace.
>• BtnUiB nlmancc oTUicm beglnneth.
■^ Orenptaotnc eqncelt, from the Frencfa- C-
'orld, of worthy gouemment,
A common wtllh, with policy so rulde.
As neither lawes are sold, nor iuslice liought.
Nor riches sought, unlessc it be by right.
No cruellie, nor lyrannie can raigne.
No right reuenge, dolh Isyse reliellion,
No spoyles are tayne, although the sword prtua
No ryol spends, the coyne of common welth.
No rulera hoard, the countries treasure vp,
No man growes riche, by subtilty nor sleight :
Alt people drtade, the magistrates decree,
And al men fearc, the Kcourge of mighty loue,
Lo this (my lord) may we] deserue the name.
Of such a land, as milke and bony flowea.
And this I aee, within my glaase of Steel,
Set forth euen so, by Solon (worthy wight)
Who taught king Crresus, what it is to seme.
And wliat to be, by proofe of bappie end.
The like Lycurgua, I«cedemon king.
Did set to aher, bj viewe of thU m; gUsM^
And UA the tun^ > mirraur to behold.
To euery priooe, of hii foaleritj.
But now (tijt me) the gliding christal gbsse [<7chi
Doth make us tbinke, that rolmea uid lowiua are
Where fouor sirafi, the lenleace of the Uw,
Where al ii fiihe, that cometh to the net.
Where mightj power, doth ouer rule the right.
Where iniuriea, do foeter leovt grudge,
Where bloudy aword, nukea euery boutj prize.
Where buiquetting, is compted comly cost,
Where officen grow rich by prince* pena,
Where purchaae comes by conin and deceit.
And no man dreads, but he that cannot shift,
Nor none serue God, but only long tide men.
Againe I aee, within my glasrn of Steele,
But some esUtes, to lerue eche country sofle,
The King, the Knight, the Fesant, and the Prieat
The King ahould care for al the subject! Mill,
The Knight should light, for to defende the same.
The Peaswit he, should Idwur for their ease,
And Frieila should pray, for them andforthemselues.
But oat alas, such mists do bleare our eyes.
And christal glasae, doth glister so tberwith.
That Kings conceiue, their care is wonderout great
When a< they beat, thdr busie restla braynea.
To maintaine pompe, and high triumphant sighlit
To fede their fil, of daintie delicales,
To glad thiar harts, with light of pleasant q»rt«.
To fil their esraa, with sound of instruments.
To breake with bit, the hot coregious hone,
To deck their bandes, with sumpleoui cloth of gold,
To cloth thenuelues, with silkes of straunge deuis^
To search the rocks, for pearlei and pretious stones,
To delue the ground, for minee of glistering gold :
And neuer care, to maynteine peace and reit,
To yeld reliefe, where neady lacke appesri,
To stop one eare, vntil the poore man speake.
To seme to sleepe, when Justice still doth wake.
To gard their lands, from sodaine sword and Ger
To feare the cries of giltlei luckling babes.
Whose ghosts may cal, for vengeance on their bloud.
And stirre the wrath, of migbtie thundriog lone.
T speake not this, by any englishe king.
Nor by our Queene, whose high forsight prouids.
That dyre debate, is fledde lo forsine Resjmes,
Whiles we enjoy the golden fleece of peace.
But there to turn my tale, from whence it came,
In olden dayes, good kings and worthy dukes,
(Who sawe themselues in glasse of trusty Steele)
Contented were, with pompes of little pryce.
And set their thoughtes, on r^al gouemement.
An order was, when Rome did flourish moat,
, That no man might triumph in stately wisc^
But such ns had, with blowes of bloudy blade
Five thousand foes in fougbten Seld foredone. >*
Now he that likes, to loke in Christal glasee.
May tee proud pomps, in high triumphant wia^
Where neuer bkiwe, was dell widi enemie.
When Sergiu^ deuised Gist the means
To pen up fisbe, within the swelling floud,
And so content his mouth with daintie fare,
Then fallowed last, eicesse on Princes hordes.
And euery dish was cbargde with new concdta,
To pleaM tha taste, of Tnoontnted minTki.
But had he Beene, the Btr«n of straunge deuiae.
Which l^picures, do now adayes inuent,
To yeld good smacke, vnlu their daintie tooguea -.
Could he conceiue, how princes paunch is fillde
I secret cause, of stckenesse (otl) rnseene.
Whiles lust desires, much more than nature etanca,
ould he say, that al the Romane cost
nmon trash, compard to sundrie Sauce
Wbicb princes ne, to pamper Appetite.
O Christal Glasse, thou settest things to shew,
Wliichare (Godknoweth) of Uttle worth in dede.
Al eyes behold, with eagre deep desire.
The Faulcon flye, the greybounde ninne his coune.
The bayted Bui, the Beare at stately stake.
These Enterluds, these new Italian sportes,
uery gawde, that glads the minde of man :
'we regard, thdr needy neighbours lacke
And fewe beholde, by contemplation,
of heauen, ne yet the paines of hel.
ngaic
A swete consent, of Musicka sacred sound.
Doth tsyte our mindes (as rept) al Tp on hi)^
But sweeter soundes, of Concorde, peace, and toue^
Are out of tune, and iarre in euery sCo[q>e.
To toBie and tume, the sturdie tnmpling steds^
To bridle him, and make him meets to aerue,
Deeeruei (no doubt) great commendation.
But such as haue, their stables ful yfraught,
With pampred Isdea, ought therewithal to wey.
What great excesse, ipon them may be spent.
How many pore, (which nede not brake nor bit}
Might thetwith al, in godly wise be fedde.
And kings ought not, so many hone to haue.
The sumpleo
But vaine eices
Our bumbafat hose, our bvhle double rufies*
Our sutes of Slke, our comely garded cape^
Our knit silke stockes, and punish letber shoea,
I Yea Tctuet semes, otl times to trample in j
Our plumes, our spangs, and al our queint arsj.
Are pricking spurres, prouoking filthy pride.
And snares (vnteen) which leade a nun to bel.
How tiue the Moores, which spume at glistrins
perie.
And scome the costs, which we do hold » dcarv ?
How? how hut wel? and weare the precious pearle
Of peerleese truth, amongst them published,
f Which we enjoy, and neuer wey the worth.)
They would not then, the same (like vs) despise.
Which (though they lacke) they hue in better wise
T^n we, which holde, the worthies pesrie so deawa.
But glittring gold, which many yearea Uy bidde.
Til gredy mindes, gan search the very ^ti
Of earth and clay, to Snde out sundrie moulda
(As redde and white, which are by melting made
Bright gold and siluer, mettals of misrhiefe)
Hath now enflamde, the noblest Princes harta
With foulest Bre, of filthy Aoarice,
And seldome scene, that kings can be contente
To kcpe their bouiKls, which their fbreftthers Idi.
:t causeth this, but greedy gold to get ?
n gold, which is, the T«y cause of warrea,
neast of strife, and nourice of debate,
barre of heauen, and t^en way to bel.
THE STEELE GLAS.
SfiV
Bm ■■ Ou ilrangaT wtta Lordi wbra Kn^hts
and Squire*
(Which ought defends, tlie il^a of conunon trrttfa)
Are not affkfd (o couet like ■ King ?
0 bllnde desire : oh high aspiring barti.
The connlTy Squire, doth couet to be Knight,
The KoigiM ■ Loid, the I^rd ao Erie or Duke,
The Duke ■ King, the King would Monuke be.
And none omtent, with thtt which is his own.
Tct noH of thcM, can see in Chriititl glaate [eye*)
Which glistereth bright, and bieares tfaor gawig
Hdw euei7 life, beans with him his disease.
But in mj glane, which is ot U-uMie Steele.
1 can petceiua, bow kingdomeg breede but care.
How Lordship liuea, with lots of lesae ddighl,
(Though c^pe and knee, do leciue a reuaence.
And courtlike liie, it thought an othar heauen)
Than coamion people fisde in euerj coast.
Tbc Genllenian, which migbt in countrie keepa
A plenteotiB boorde, and faed the fatherteese.
With pig and gooBe, with nmUtm, beefe and Teale,
(Tea now and then, a capon and a cliicke)
Wil bnake Tp houae, and dwel in nuuket townee,
A loytring life, and like an Epicure.
But who (meane while) defends the common
wellh?
Wbo niks the flocke, whoa shepherds are so fled?
Who stayes the staff, which ahuld Tpbold the state?
Fonoth, good Sir, the Lawyer leapeth in.
Nay ladier leapea, both ouer hedge and ditch.
And ralea the rost, but fewe men rule by right.
O Kiugbta, O Squina, O Gentle blonds jbome,
Tou were not bottM, al onely for your seluea :
Tour countrie claymes, some part of al your paines.
Tbeiv should you liue, and therin should you loyle.
To bold Tprigbt, and banish cruel wrong.
To helpc the pon, to bridle backe the ricbe.
To puoiih vice, and Tcrtue to aduance.
To see God serrde, and BeUebub supprest.
Tou should not trust, lieftenauuts in your rome,
And let Ibeia <way, the sceptre of your charge.
Whiles you (meane while) knowscareelywbatisdon.
Nor yet can yeld, accompl if you were callde.
Hie Elately lord, which woonted was to kepe
A courts at home, is now come Tp to courte.
And leaues the country for a conunon |irey,
To pilling, polling, brybing, and deceit :
(Al which bis presence might haue padlied.
Or elae haue made oSi-nderg smet (he smoke.)
And now the youth which might haue aenied him,
In comely wise, with countrey clothes yclad,
And yet Ihertiy bin able to preTerre
Valo the prince, and there to seke aduaoce :
b bine to sell, his landes fbr courtly doules,
Or else «la still, and liueth like a Ionic.
(Yet of these two, the lilt fault is the lease :)
And au those imps whidi might in time haue eprong
Alol^e (good lord} and serrde to sbielde the Mate,
Are aths nipt, wiA such vntimely tVosta,
Or ebe growe crookt, bycause Ifaey be not proynd.
Theae be the Km'ghts, which shold defend the land.
And these be tbey, which lesue the land at large.
Tet here percase, it wil be thought I roue
And rnnne aitray, bendes the kings hi^ way,
Sinte by the Knights, of whom my (cit doth tell
iAnd mch m itunr, man petfbet la wj i^'^")
1 ment no mora, but wanhy SotiMiiiw«
Whose skil in armea, and long eipeiiimoe
Should Mill vpbold the pillers of ttie woride.
Yes out oT doubt, this noble name of Knight,
May comprehend, both Duke, Erie, Lorde, Ki^ht,
Tea gentlemen, and euery goalie borne.
But if you wi), c
What BOuldiours ars, or what they ought to be
(And I my saUb, of that profbsuon]
I see a crew, vhich gliaterjn my glasae,
Tfae brsuest bande, ^at euer yet was aene ;
Behold behold, where Pompey comes befi^e,
Where Maoliui, and Maiius inauc,
j£milius, and Curiua 1 see,
Falanwdes, and Fabius Maiimus,
And eke their mate, Spaminondaa ioe^
Protesilaiis and Pbocyan are not fair*,
Peridea stands, in raocke ammigst the rei^
Aristomenfl% may not be forgot,
Vnlessc (be lilt, of good man be di^TMt
Behold (my lord) these Mnildioun can I apie
Within my glane, within my true Sterie glaito.
I see not ona therin, whiofa ssekaa to hmpe
A world of pence, by pinching of dead payee.
And so beguiles, tl>e prince in time of nede.
When muster day, and foughten fielde are odde.
Since Pompey did, enrich the common heapa.
And Peulus he, (^milius sumamcd)
Relumde to Rome, no richer than he went.
Although he had, so many lands subdued.
And brought such treasure, to the common cheats.
The fourscore yeres, the state was ( alter) fica
" n greuous tatke, and Imposition.
aince againe, good Marms Curius,
Thought ncriledge, himaelfe toi to aduaunce,
And see his sotd£ours, pore or Uue in lacke.
I see not one, within lliii glaasa of mine,
Whose fethCTs flaunt, and Akker in the whide.
As though he were, all onely to be narkt.
When nmple snakes, which go not halfe so gay.
Can leaue him yet a furlong in the field :
And when the pride, of sll his peaeoehes plumes,
I« daunted doime, with dastard dreadftitnasae.
And yet in lowne, he iettMh euery strecte.
As thoi^ the god of warree (euen Mars MmHtf)
Might wel [by him) be liuely count«rlhytc.
Though much more like, the cowarJ Conttantm*.
I see none such (my Lorde) I see none such,
I Phodon, which was In deede a Mars
And one which did, much more (hui he w(dd vautt.
Contented wai to be but homely clad.
And Marius, (whose constant hart could bi^
The TCry Taines, of his forwearied l^ges
To be both cut, and earned ftvm his corps)
Could neuer yel, contented be to spend,
idle groate, in clothing tKB- in caMa.
lee not one, (my Lord) I see rkot one
Which stands so much, Tpon hii painted dieath
(By cause he hath, perchaunce at BoUeyn bene
And loytered, since then in idlenesse)
That he accompta, no Soldiour but himselfe,
Nor one that can, despise the leaned brsyne.
Which joynoth reading with experienc*.
Knee Palamedee, and VUsaes both,
Q2 -
Were much (Meased for thdr poUidn
Although tbej were not tbi>uf;ht long iTained men
Epamynondas, eke wme much esteemde,
Whose Eloquence, wm nicb in all respect*,
As g^ue no pliLct, vnCo his mnnly hut.
And Pabius, Bumamed Muimiu,
Could iojme «uch leaminff, with eiperience.
As made his name, mora famous than the rest.
These blood; beasti, apeare not in m; glaue,
Which caunot rule, their s»ord in TuriouB rage.
Nor haue respecte, to age nor yet to ktnde :
But ddwne goeth al, where they get vpper hand.
Whose greedy harts so hungrie are to Bpoyle,
That few r^ard, the veiy wrath of God,
Which grecucd is, at cries of gillleaw blaud,
Pericles was, a famous man of wirre.
And victor etc, in nine great foughtcn fielda.
Whereof he wag the general in charge.
Yet at his death he rather did rdoyce
Be still quoth he] you grsue Athenians,
(Who whispered, and tolde his calianl facts)
You haue forgot, my greatest glorie go^
Fop yet (by me, nor mine occaaon)
Was neuer sene, a mourning garment wortke.
O noble words, wel worthy golden writ,
Beleue me (Lord] a soldiour cannot haue
Too great regarde, wheran his knife should cut.
IDds,
Ne yet the men, wbich woader al their woi
And ^we their acaires to eueiy commer by,
Dare once be eeene, within my glasse of Steele,
For lo the faults, of Thraso and his trayne,
(Whom Terence told, lo be but bragging brutes)
Might sone appeare, to eueiy skilful eye.
Bolde Manlius, could close and wel convey
Ful thirtie wounds, (and three) vpon his head.
Yet neuer made, nor bones nor biaggea theroU
What should I speake of drunken Soldiours?
Or lechers lewde, which flght for filthy lust?
Of whom tliuone, can.sit and bybbe his fil,
Consume his coyne (which might good corage yeld.
To such as march, and moue at his commaunde)
And mokes himaelfe, a worthy mocking stocke
Which might destrue (by sobre life) great laude.
That other dotes, and driueth forth hts dayes
In vaine delight, and foule concupiscence.
When works of weight, might occupie his hedde.
Yea tbetwiihal, he puts hii ownc fonde headc
Vnder the belt, of such as should bim serue.
And so becoms, example of much euil,
Which should haue servde, as lanleme of good life :
And ii contTolde, wberss he sbould commaund.
And seldome drank his wine unwatered.
Aristomenes, dayned lo defende
Bis dames of prise, wbom he in vrarres had won.
O Cqitayns come, and Souldioura come apac
Behold my glane, and you shall see therin.
Proud Crassus bagges, consumdc by couetise,
Great Aleiiuider, droiinde in dninkennesse,
^Htar and Pompey, spilt with priuy grud^
Brennus beguild, with lightnesae of beliefe,
Cleomenes, by ryot not regarded,
Ve^Bsian, disdayned for deceit,
Demetrius, light set for by his lust,
Wherby at last he dyed in prison pent.
Hereto percase, some one man will alledge.
That Princes pence, are pursed up so close.
And faires do fall so seldome in a yeare.
That when they come, prouision must be made
To fende the frost, in hardest winter nights.
Indeede I finde, within this glasse of mine,
Justinian, that proude vngrateful prince,
Which made to beggc, bold Belisarius
His trustie man, which bad so stoutly fought
In bis defence, wilt euery enimy.
And Scjpio, condemnes the Itomaine rule.
Which BufTrvd him (that had so truely serued)
To Icade pore life, at his (Lynlemum) ferme.
Which did deserue, such worthy recompence.
Yea herewithal, most Souldioura of our time,
Beleeve for truth, that pioude Justinian
Did neuer die, without good store of heyres.
And Romanes race, cannot be rooted out.
Such yssence springs, of such vnplesant budds.
But shal ) say ? this lesson leame of me.
When drums ara dumb, and sound not dub a dub^
Then be tbou eke, aa mewt as a mayde
(I preach tliis sermon but lo souldioura)
And learn to Hue, within thy bravries Iwunda.
Let not the Mercer, pul thee by the sleetie
For sutes of silke, when cloth may serue thy tume.
Let not thy scores, come robbe thy needy puna.
Make Dot the catchpol, rich by thine arrest.
Art Ifaou a Gentle? liue with gentle ftieodea.
Which wil be glad, thy companie to haue,
If manboode may, with mamien well agree.
Art thou a seruing man ? then seme againe.
And stint to steale as common souldioura da.
Art thou a craftsman? take Ihee lo thine arte.
And cast off slouch, wbich loytretfa in the Campea.
Art thou a plowman pressed for a siiift?
Then leomc lo clout, thine old cast cobled sboea,
And rather bide, at home with barly bnwd.
Than teame h> spoyle, aa tbou hast seen some dp.
Of truth (my friendes, and my companions ^e)
Who lust, by warres lo gather lawful welth.
And so lo get, a right renoumed name.
Must cast aside, al common trades of warre.
And leorne to liue, as though he knew it not.
Well, thus my Knight hath held me al to long,
Bycause he bare, such compaise in my glasse.
High lime were then, to tume my wery pen,
Vnto tliH Peasant comming next in place.
And here to write, the summe of my conceit,
I do not meane, lonely husbandmen.
Which till the ground, which dig, delve, mow, and
sowe, [snort.
Which swinke and sweaie, whiles we do sleepe and
And serch the guts of earth, for greedy gain.
But he that labours any kind of way,
To gather gaines, and 10 enrich faimselfe.
By King, by Knighl, by holy helping IMesti,
And al the rest, Ihat liue in common weltl^
THESTEELE GLAS.
^So tbal Ug gsines, by greeitj gufla be got)
Him on I compt, m P«suit in bit place.
At oflicen, all uluocateg nt Uwe,
Al men of vn^r irhicfa get goodes greedily.
Must be coalent, to take a Peuants rome.
je deuiw, ntA sure m; Lord wil laugh.
To see it ao, deageMcd in degrees.
Bat be wbieh eaa, in office drudge, and dray.
And eraue at a), [although euen now a dayes,
Host officers, commaund that sbould be craide]
He that can nhare from euery pention payde
A Peeter peny veying haife a pounde,
He that can plucke, sir Bennet by the sleeue,
And finde a fee, in his pluralitie.
He that can winke at any foule abuse.
As long aa gaines, come trauling in therwith,
Shal such come see themselues in this mygtaaaa?
Or shai they gaze, aa godty good men do?
Tea let them comet but dial 1 tell you one thing ?
How m their gownes, be gathred in the backe,
With organe pipes, of old king Henries clampe,
HoH ere their cappes, be folded with a flappe.
How ere their beards, be clipped by the chiaaci
How ere they ride, or mounted are on mules,
I compt them worse, than harmless homely hindet.
Which toyle in dede, to serue our common fae.
Stnngc tale to tel : all ofRceis be biynde,
And yet their one eye, sharpe as Linceus aight.
That one eye winks, as though it were but blynd,
ThM other pries and peekes in euery place.
Come naked neede 7 and chance to do amisse ?
He shal be sure, to drinke upon the wliippe.
But priuie gaine, (that bribing busie wretch)
Can finde the meanes, to creepe and couch so low.
■ ■life
These (biiigs (my Lord) my glasse now sets to show
Tbcreas long bince, all officers were scene
To be men made, out of another moulde.
EpomynoDd, of whom 1 spake before
(Which was long time, an officer in Thebes)
And toylde in peace, as wel as fought in warre.
Would oeuer take, or bribe, or rich reward.
And thus he Kpake, to such an sought hi? heipe :
If it be good, (quoth he) thai you desire,
Tben wil I do it, for the vertuea sake :
If it be bsdde, no bribe can me inl'ecte.
If so it be, for this my common wcste,
Tben am I borne, and bound by duelie both
To see it done, withouten furder words.
But if it be, Tnprofilable tiling.
And might empaire, olTcndc, or yeld anoy
Vnto the »t»ic, which I pretende to stay,
Then al the gold rquoth he) that growes on earth
Shal iieuer tempt, my free consent thereto.
How many now, wil treade Zeleucus steps?
Or who can byde, Carabyses crui^l dome ?
Cruel ? nay iust, (yea solie and peace good sir)
For lusticc sleepes, and Troth is iestcd out.
O that al kings, would (Aleiander like)
Hold eueimore, one tinger sireight stretcht out.
To thrust in eyes, of all their master theeues. "
But Brutus (tiiFd, without posteiilie.
And Uarcus Crassus had none issue male,
'" FshejiidjH,
Ocero sllpt, vnsene out of this world.
With many too, which pleaded romaiiu pleM, **
And were content, to Tse their eloquence,
Demosthenes, ik Athens vsde his arte,
(Not for to heape, himselfe great hourda of gold
But) Mil to stay, the towne from deepe demle
Of Philip* wyles, wlJch had hesii^d it.
Where shal we reade, that any of these foure
Did eucr pleade, sa carelesse of the trial ?
Or who can say, they builded sumpteously?
Or wroong the weoke, out of his own by wyles?
They were ( I trowe) of noble houses borne.
And yet content, to use their best deuoire,
In furdering, eche honest harmelesae cause.
They did not rowte (like rude inringed swine)
To roote nobilitie from heritage.
They stoode content, with gaine of glorious fkinc,
(BycaosB they had, respect lo equitie)
To leade a lif^ like true Philosophen.
Of all the bristle bearded Aduocates
That euer lorde their fees aboue the cause,
I cannot see (scarce one) that is so bolde
To shewe bis face, and fayned Phisnomie
In this my glasse : but if he do (my Lorde)
He ahewes himselfe, to be by uery kinde
To do amal right, but sure lo take a
And master Merchant, he whose tiauail ought
Commodiously, to doe his countrie good.
And by his toyie, the same for to enriche.
Can Gnde the mesne, lo make Monopolyes
Of euery ware, that is accompted strange.
And feeds the raine, of courtiers vaine dedres
Vntil the court, haue courtiers cast al beele,
" Quia non habent vesles Nuptinles."
O painted fooles, whose hairbrainde heads must
More clothes attonn, than might become a king :
For whom the rocks, in forain realmes must spin.
For whom they carde, for whom they weaue their
For whom no wool, appeoreth Qne enough, [webbes
(I apeake not tliia by English courtiers
Since English wool, was euer thought most worth)
For whom al aeaa, are tossed to and fro,
For whom these purples come from Persia,
The crimosine, and liuely red frum Inde;
For whom soft tilka, do sayle front Sericane,
And al queint costii, do come from fardcat coasts t
Whiles in meane white, thai worthy Emperour,
Which rulde the wurid, and had all welth at wil.
Could be content, to tire his wcorie wife.
His daughteis and, hia niepcea everychone.
To apin and worfce the cloihis ihal he shuld wear^
And neuer carde, for ulks or sumpteoua cost.
For cloth of gold, or tinsel Rgurie,
For Baudkin, broydrie, cutworks, nor conceits.
He set tlie shippes, of merchantmen on worke,
With bringing home, oyle, grainc, and savrie salt
Yea for my life, those merchania were not woont
(To gaine no more, but Cento per cento]
To teach yong men, the trade to sol browne paper.
Yea Moirice beUs, and byllcti '
«M GASCX
To niaks their oofiw, o ntt W ealch joiig trjm.
Ta bfads nick bdiM, in &tber DerfuM bvub.
To May their ttept, by ttatule Suplei MaSa,
To rule foog rojaten, with R«agiuB»iice,
To read Aritbnielicke once cucrj day,
In ^oodslnat, Biedstnat, and in Pulterr
Where luchBCboolmaistciake^MthiiiicoiuUiiigliiniH
To fcde on boDca, when Or^ and feU » gaa.
To keepe their byrdi, ful dose in caytiuei aft,
(Who being brought, to liliettie at large, [thine
Might sing porcbaunce, abroada, when Bunne dotb
Of their minhapa, and how thnr fethera felj
Vntil tha canker m^ their corpse caiuume.
TbfiH knackea [ray lord) I cannot ca] to mind^
Bycauie ttaey ahowe not in my glaaat of Ueele.
But holla : here, I aee a wmtdroiu aight,
I we a nraniM^ of Sainti within my glaaac :
Beholde, behold, I aee a swaime in d«eda
Of holy Sainta, which walke in oomely wiie.
Not declct in nlMi, Mr ganidied with gold.
But KHne TMltod, yw mbn ftil thinly clotbck^
And yet tlwy amai. k) iMaumly for to acc^
As if thar eyea, inre al of Diamondi,
Thdr face of RuUe^ Saphiiea and ladnatt.
Their comly beards, and beare, of siluer wisrs.
And to be short, they sceme AngelycaU. [be ?
What ahould they be, (my LordJ what should they
O giatioui God, I see now what they be.
771616 be my prieali, which piay for eny slate.
These be my piiasts, deuorced from tha world.
And wedded yet, to heauen and balyne»^
Which are not proude, nor couet lo be riche.
Wtiich go not gay, nor fede on daintia foode.
Which BQuie not, nor knowe what malice meanes,
"Which lodi all lust, disdayning drunkenesse.
Which cannot faine, which hue hjpocrisie.
Which neuer aawe, Sir Simonies deceits.
Which preach of peace, which carpe contentunu.
Which loyter not, but labour al the yeare,
Which thunder threts, of Gods most greuous wratli.
And yet do teacb, that mercie is in store.
Lo these fmy Lord) be my good praying piJesta,
^Descended &oui Melchysedec l>y line
Coaens to Paule, to Peter, James, and John,
These be my priests, the seasning of the earth
Which wil not leese, their savrinene, I tro-e.
Not one of theee (for twenty hundretb groats)
Wil teach the teii that byddea him take a wife,
And yet be combred with a concutHne.
Not one of these, wil reade the holy wrila
Which doth bibid, all greedy usiuie,
And yet receiue, a shilling for a pounde.
Not one of these, wil preach of patience.
And yet be found, aa angry as a waspe.
Not one of these, can be conleat lo ait
Id Tauems, lunes, or Alebouaes all day.
But spends his time, devoutly at his booke.
Not one at these, wil rsyle at rulers witMigt,
\nd yet be blotted, with eitortion.
Not one of these, wil paint out worldly pride,
And he himaelfe, aa gallaunt as he dare.
Not one of thcK, rebuketb suarice,
And yet procureth, ploudc pluralities,
Not oike of these, reproueth vanitie
(Whiles be himselfe, with hauke upOD his flat
And houndca at lieele) doth nuite forget bis teit
Jfat one of these, corr --
For trifling thing* : and yet wil sue for tytha^
Not one of these (not one of these my Ixnd)
Wil be ashamde, to do euen as he teacheth.
My prieals haue [eaml, to pray vnto tha Lord,
And yet they trust not in their lyplahour.
My priests can fast, and vse al abstinence,
Fnim lice and ainne, and yet reAua no meals.
My priests can giuc, in charitable wise.
And lone also, to do good slmea dades,
Although they tnist, not in tbcir owne deserts.
My priestes can place, all penauncc In the bait.
Without regard, of outward ceremonies.
My priests can keepe, their temples Tudofyled,
And yet defle, all Supentition.
And since the time, is such eueo now a dayea.
As bath graate nede, of prayen iruely prayd.
Come forth my priests, sjid I wU bydda your beade*
I wil presume (although I be no priest)
To ladde you praj, aa Faule and Peter prayde.
Hien piay my priests, yea prey to Cod luauelft.
That he Touchaafe, (eueu for bis Christes sake}
To giue his word, free passage here on earth.
And that his church (which now is Militant}
May aoone be sene, triumphant ouer all.
And that he deigue, to ende this vicked woild.
Which walloweth atil, in Sinka of filthy ^nne.
Eke prey my priests, for Princes and for Kings,
Emperours, Monarkt, Duka and all estates.
Which sway the sworde, of royal gouemrocnt, [pare
fOf whome our Queene, which liues without coin-
Must be the chiefe, in bydding of my beades.
Else I deserue, to lese both beades and bonen)
That God giue light, vnto their noble mindea.
To maintaine truth, and therwith sdl to wey
That here they reignc, not onely for thetoseluea.
And that they be but slaues to comtnon weltb,
Snce al their toyles, and all thcsr broken sleepa
Shal scant aufflie, to hold it sdl vpright. [closets.
Tell some (in Spaine) how close they kepe dtetr
How selde the winde, doth blow vpon tbdr cheeks.
While as (mene while] their tunbamt aulours ctcme
And pine before, their processe be preferrde.
Then pn^ (my priests) that God wil giue his grace.
To such a prince, his fault in time to mend.
Tell some (in France) bow much tbey loue (o dance.
While autoun daunce, atteudaunce at the dore.
Yet prey (my priests) for preyera princes mende.
Tel some (in Fortune) how colde they be.
In setting forth, of tight religion :
Which more esteme, the present, pleasures here.
Then staUishiiig, of God his holy worde.
And prey (my priests) least God such princes spit.
And f omit them, out of his angrie mouth.
Tel tome (Italian) princes, how they winkc
At stinking stewes, and say they are (forsooth)
A remedy, to quench foule Slthy luste ;
When aa (in dede) they be the snkes of sinne.
And pray (my priests) that God will not impute
Such wiUiil Acts, unto such princes charge.
When he himselfe, commaundeth euery man
To do none ill, that good may growe tboby.
And pny likewise, for all tbat rulen be
By kings cammaimdea, aa tfaeur Ueftenantt hartv
Al m " ■
ol councellours, and all
THE STEELE GLAS.
Thmt Bt in offlee or Aatbcntie.
I^f > VJ> (j^7 piinla) th>t neitber lone nor iiiada
Do ftwKf their minds, fttnn furdenng of nghU
That thcj be not, too suntish nor too atnm.
But bcsre the bridle, euenli; lietwene both,
That Etil the]' stoppe, one eue to htare him ipeake.
Which ia accimed, absent as he ii :
That euermore, thej mojk what moode doth moue
The mouth which make*, the information,
That Taults forpaste (90 that thejr he not huge.
Nor do exceed, the bonds oT lojaliie)
Do neuer quench, their charitable minde.
When as the; see, repentance bold the reines
Of beadj jouth, which wont to ninne astray*
That malice make, no mansion in their minds,
Niv enuy frete, to see bow rerlue clymes.
The greater Birth, the greater glory sure.
If deeds maintaine, their aunceston degree.
Eke pray {my priests) for them and fire jour-
■aues, [Priests.
For BUhops, Ptelats, Ardideans, Deaoea, and
And al that preach, or otherwise profease
Gods bolj word, and take the cure of soulea.
Pr^ pray chat you. and euery one of you.
May walke upright, in your vocation.
And that you sliine tike lamps of perfect lifb.
To lende a light, and lanlerae to oar feete.
Say therwithall, that some (I see them I
Wberas they fling, in Flaunders all a&ne.
For why my glarae, wil shew them as they be)
Do neithtT care, for God nor yet for deuiil.
So libcrtie, may launch about at large.
And some again (I see them wel enough [lurke)
And note their rkacnes, in Lieieliind where they
Vndcr pretence, of lioly bumble harts
Would pluckc cdowno, al princely Dyademe.
Pray, pray (my piiestt) for these, they touch you
Shrinke not to say, that some do ( Romainelike)
Esteme their pall, and hobyte ouermuche.
And therefore pray (my priests) leel pride preuaile.
Pray tliat the soules, of aundric damned goata.
Do not come in, and bring good euideitce
Before the God, wliich iudgetli al mens thoufhu,
Of some whose weltb, n^de them neglect their
charge
Til secret ainnes (untouch!) infecte thnr flocks
And bredde a scab, wMch brought the ahep to bane.
Sotne otho' nuuie, before the greedy woolfe.
And leR tbe folde, vnitnded ^om the foi [earea.
Which dunt not barke, nor bawle for both theyr
lliea pn? (iny priests) that such no more do so.
Pray fbr the nourcea, of our noble Reolme,
I meane tbe worthy VniuendticB,
(And Cantabridge, shal haue tbe dignitie,
Wlwrof I was, ■mworthy member once)
That they bring xp' their babes in decent wise :
That Philosophy, smel no secret snudie,
Whicb Hagike makes, in wicked mystaiea :
That Logike leape, not ouer euery stile.
Before he come, a lurlong Dears the bedge.
With curious Quids, to maintain argument.
That 9opfaistrie, do not deoeiue it selfe.
That Cosmography kecpe bia compasse wel.
And such as be, Hiaioriogiaphers,
Trust not to much, in euery tatlyng tong.
Not blyndcd be, by paftfalitie.
That Phisicke, tiiriuB not ouer fast by murder :
That Numbring men, in al their euens and oddi
Do not fbrget, ttiat only Vnitie
Vnmeaaursble, infinite and one.
That Geometrie, measure not lo long,
m al their measures out of measure be :
That Muake with, hia heauenly harmonic.
Do not allure, a beauenly minde from heaueu.
Nor set mens thouglita, in vorliUy melodic,
Til heauenly Hierarchiea be quite forgot :
That Rhetorick, leome not to ouerreache :
That Poetrie, presume not for to preache.
And bite mena faultes, with Satjtes corodues.
Yet pamper up hir owne with pultesaea !
Or that she dote not vppon Erato,
Wheriu should inuokc the good CaJiope :
That Aatroli^e, looke not ouer high.
And light (meane while) in euery pudled pit;
That Grammer grudge not at our Engliah tong,
Bycauae it atands by Monosytlaba,
And cannot be declind as others are.
Fray thus (my priests) fbr vniuersitieB.
And if I haue forgotten any Arte,
Which hath bene taught, or exercised there.
Pray you to God, the good be not abusde,
With glorious shewe, of ouerlodlog skilL
Now tfaeae be past, (my priests) yet thai you pray
For common people, eche in his degree.
That God vouchsafe to graunt Ihem al bis grace.
Where should I now beginne to bidde my beades ?
Or who ahal lint be put In conunon place?
Hy wittes be wearie, and my eyea are dymroe,
I cannot see who best deserucs the roome.
Stand forth good Peerce, thou plowman by thy name.
Yet so the Sayler sajth I do him wrong :
That one contends, his paines are without peare.
That other aaitb, that none be like to hi^
In dede they labour both eiceedingly.
But since 1 see no shipman that can line
Without tbe^plough, and yet 1 many see
Which liue by lande, that neuer saw the seas :
Therefore I say, stand forth Peerce ploi
Tbou wioBt the roome, by « '
Behold him (priests) and though he stink of sweat
Diadaine him not : for shal I tel you what 7
Such clime to beauen, before the shauen crownes :
But how? forsooth, with true humilytie.
Not that tliey hoard, Ibeir grain when it is cheape.
Nor that they kill, (he calfe to haue the milke.
Nor that they set, debate betwetie their lortis.
By earing vp the balks, thit part their bounds :
Nor for bcouse, they can both crowche and creep
(Tlie guilefulst men, that euer God yet made}
When as they meane, moat miscbiefe and decdle.
Nor that they can, crie out on landelordea lowde,
And aay they racke, tbejr rents an ace to high.
When they themaeluea, do sel their Undloids lambe
For greater price than ewe waa wont be wortli.
I aee you Peerce, my glasse was lately scowrde.
But for they feed, with frules of their gret paines.
Both King and Knight, and priestsin Joysterpentt
Tfaerefon I say, that sooner some of them
Shal scale the walles which leade IS Tp to heauen.
Than comfed beasts, whose bcllie is thor God,
Although they preach, of more perfection.
And if you haua > PatcniiMter ipue
Then shal you pny, for 8&;len (God tbem Knd
More mind of him, when ns they come to lande.
For towarde shipwracke, many men can pr«y)
Tliat Ihey once leame, to speakc witiioul ■ lyp.
And mcaae good faith, without hlaspheming oth« :
'rb«t they foi^et, to iiesle from euery fraiglit.
And for to forge, false rockets, tree to passe.
That mATUien make them giue their betten place.
And vie good words, though deeds be nothing gay.
But here me tliinks, my priests b^D to frowne,
And say, that thus they ahsl be ouercbargde.
To prey for nl, which seme to do amisae :
And one I heare, more saude than the rest.
Which aaketh me, when flhal our prayers end ?
I tell thee (priest) when shoomakers make shoes,
Tliat are wel sowed, with neuer a stitch amisse.
And vse no crofte, in vttring of the aame :
When Taylours steole, no siuSe from gentlemen.
When Tanners are, with Cortiers wel Bgreede,
And both so dresse (heir hydes, that we go dry ;
When Cutlers leaue, to sel old ni>,tie blade^
And hide no crockes, with soder nor deceit ;
When tinkers make, nomore holes than theyfoimde.
When thatchers thinke, their wages worth their worke.
When colliers put no dust into Ibeir sacks.
When maltemen make, vs drink no Armentie,
When Daiie Diker diggs, and dollies not,
When smithes shoo horses, as they would be shod.
When millers, toll not with a golden thumbe.
When baken make, not bnrme beare price of wheat,
When brewers put, no bagage in their beere.
When butchen blowe, not ouer a) their fleshe.
When honecorsers, beguile no frrcndes with Jades,
When weauers weight, is found in huswiues oeb.
(But why dwel I, «o long among these iowts P)
Whenmer<
■ers make, more bones to awere and lye
When vintxe
» mix, no water with their wine.
When printer
passe, none errouis in their bookes,
When halters
Yse, to bye none olde cast robes.
When goldsmithes get, no gaines by sodred crovnes.
When Tpholsters, set fethers without dust.
When pewterers, infbet no tin with leade.
When drapers draw, no gaines by gluing day.
When perchmenticni, put in no ferret silke.
When Surgeons heale, al wounds without delay.
(Tuih these are toys, but yet my glas sbeweth al.)
When purveyours, prouide not for themselues.
When Takers, take no brybes, nor vse no brags,
When custumers, concesle no coTine Ysde,
When Searchers see, al comers in a shippe,
(And spie no pens 1^- any ught they see)
When shrives do serue, ^ processe as they ought.
When baylifes strain, none other thing but stray*.
When audilours, (heir counters caimot change.
When prtiude surucyouni, take no parting pens.
When siluer sticks rot on the Tellers fingers,
And when receiucts, pay as they recciue.
When al these folke, hsue quite forgotten fraude.
( Againc (my priests) a little by your leaue)
wlien Sicophants, can findo no place in courte,
But are espied, for Ecchoes, as they are.
When roysteni ruffle not slwue their rule.
Nor colour craRe, by swearing precious colei ;
When Fencers fees, are like to apes rewards,
A pcece of bteade, and tberwithal a bobbe
When Lais liue^ not lika a Udiea pewc,
Nor Tseth art, in dying of hir beore.
When al theae tbinges, are ordred as they ought.
And see themseluei, within my glasae of Steele,
Euen then (my priests) may you make bolydaji
And pray no more but ordinarie prayen.
And yet therin, I pray you (my good priests)
Prey Rtil for me, and for my Classe of steels
That it (nor I) do any minde offend,
Bycause we shew, all colours in thor kinde.
And pray for me, that (since my hap is such
To see men so) I may perctjue myselfe.
O worthy words, to end my worthlesse vera^
Pray for me Priests, I pray you prey for me.
Tarn Marti, juam Meretiria,
Alii (my lord) my hait was al to bote
I shut ray glasse, before you gasde your fill.
And at a glimse, my seely selfe haue qiied,
A stranger trowpe, than any yet were sene?
Behold (my lorde) what monsters muster bet^
With Angels face, and harmefull helish harts,
With smyling lookes, and depe decdlfull thought*.
With tender skinnes, and stony cruel nuDdei,
With stealing steppes, yet forward feet* to &iude.
Behold, behold, they neuer stand content.
With God, with kinde, with any help of Arte,
But curie tfaar locks, with bodkins and with tirajd^
Bui dye their heare, with sundry aubdll sleights.
But paint and slickE, til fayrest face be foule.
But bumbasl, bolster, fiisle, and perfume :
They marre with muske, the balm which nature made.
And dig for death, io dellicaiest dishes.
The yonger sorte, conio pjping on apace.
In whistles made of line enticing wotxl,
Til Ihey haue caught, the birds for whom they bryded.
The elder sorte, go stately stalking on.
And on their backs, (hey beare both land and ke.
Castles and towres, revenewcs and rcceits,
Ix>rdships, and manours, fines, yea farmes and al.
Wlial should these be? (speake you my louelylord)
They be not men : for why ? they haue no beards.
They be noboyes, which weare such side long gowna.
They be no Gods, for al their gallant glosse.
Theybenodiuels (I trow) which seeme so saiotiah.
What be they ? women ? masking in mens weedea?
With dutchkin dubleta, and with lerkins iaggde?
With Spsniih spangs, and ruffes fel out of I'raiM^
With high copt hattes, and fethers flaunt a flaunt?
Tbey be so sure euen Wo to Men in dede.
Nay then (my lorde) let shut the glasse apace.
High time it were, for my pore Muse to winke.
Since al the hands, ol paper, pen, and inkc^
Which euer yet, this wretched world poasest.
Cannot describe, this Sei in colours dewe.
No, no (my Lorde) we gased haue inoi^h,
(And I too much, God pardon me tlierfore)
Better loke of, than loke an ace to fatre :
And better tnumme, tlian meddle ouenauch.
lut if my Glasse, do like my louely lorde.
We vril espie, some sunny Sommers day.
To loke ogaine, and see some semely sights.
le while, my Muse, right humbly doth hrHrh.
That my good lorde, accept this ventrous vcnt^
Vntil my biaines, my better stuBe dcuise.
Tom Marti, guaai Mercurio,
EDMUND SPENSER,
Died jAHuiar 16lh, 1598-9.
Ebmdhd SrsMna, tbe Tocat illustrious of ui old
■nd bonounble name, wtu bam in London, aixnit
the beginning of Queen Hsj^'b eiL'cnble rdgn ;
Ent SmithGeld wu tfae ptueofliis birth. Notliing
but ib«i be HH a branch of the old Spcn«r funi);
U ceclHn. In 1569 lie ciilDred si a Siler lit Pcm~
broke Hall, Cambridge, at which UniveniiC; he
graduaicd u Halter of Arti ; Brtecmrds, it ii sup-
poKd that be ofiidalcd as tutor Mniiewliere in tbe
Noiifa of England. Itcmavin^ however to London,
be WW introduced to Sir Philip Sidney, became a
welrome gucut at PnnbuFSt, dedicated to bim tbe
Shetriaerd'a Calmdar, and being by him recom-
mended to Leicester, wm sent out lu Irclund with
Aithnr Lord Grey of Willon, as his aecrelary.
He bad bitter reabon to repent that lie had not
cbnen tlie better path of prirale life; and yet no
man could be more highly qualified, cither by capa-
city or diligence, for a public »l»lion. His trea-
tiie upon the state of Irehind showi how folly
he had made hunself acquainted witli the afbin i^
IbM unhappy country, how well he understood the
real cauKi of its misery, and bow distinctly be
percdved the niurM wliich ought to haie been
After iocae yean be obtained a grant of SOOO
acres from tbe forfeited lands of the Earl of Des-
mond, and filed hia resirlence nt Kilcolmen in the
county of Cork. There he »«s visited by Sir Walter
BalHgh ; and when he went to England in 1530 for
the purpose of publislung the first three 1>oo1es of
tbe Faery Queen, Raleigh introduced him to the
QlieeD, who canferrEd upon him a pension of SOI.
nil grant it is which gave rise to tbe o)nnion that
be was one of that Queen's Laureates. In 1594
be married ; but so little is known of his private
life, that there is some doubt whether this was a
Atst or second majriage. In 1596 a second portion
of his great poero trtt published, containing three
more books { and two yean afterward he was re-
commended to be SherifT of Coik. But Tyrone'*
rebels, and in ti liis |ia|iEni and one of his children.
Tliis was in October 1598; and in the January
following, he died in King Slnxt, Westminster:
his broken foiiunc* might have been repaired, for
he wai in no want of friends ; but Ilicre was no
remedy for a broken heart.
It Is believed (liaC tlie Faery Queen won com-
pleted, and that the manuscript of (he latter half,
which he bad sent to England, was lost tlirough tbe
careletisness of the pccMin to whom it wus entrusted.
He would bardiy have risked Ihe only copy of so
elaborate acomiMnilion : but two cantos, puhlislied
in IG09, are all that, by some accident, escaped
He was buried, notfarfhnn Chaucer, in Westmin-
ster Abbey. Essex was at the cost of his funeral.
■Some thirty years afterwards, Anne Countess of
Dorset erected a monument to him, which in tbe
year 1 778 was restored at the expense of his College,
— a becoming mark of respect to the most distin-
guished of tlieir meinbera.
It would be superfluous to speak in praise of
Spenser. With Chaucer, with Shakspcarc, and
with Milton, lie rank* in the fint cina of poeta.
THE FAERIE QUEENE,
In ! I, the man whose Muse whylome did maske
As time her taught, in lowly shephearda weeds.
Am now enforsl, a ferre unfilter taske,
Fot trumpets sterne to ehaunge mine oaten reeds,
And sing of knight* and ladies gentle deeds ;
Whose praises having slept in silence long.
Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areeds
To blaieo broade emongst her learned throng :
Fierce warrcs and faithful loves shall moraliie my
song.
Help then, O holy virgin, chiefe of nyne,
'1 by weaker novice to jierfonn thy will i
Lay forth out of thine everlasting scryne
The intiijue rolles, wliich there lye hidden still,
Of Faerie knights, and fayrest Tanaquill
Wbom that moM ooble Brilon prince M long
Sought througb the world, am) suflcred SD much ill.
That I must rue fail undewned wrong : [long '■
O, helpe thou my ireake wit, and ihupen my dull
And thou, moBl dreaded impe of h^heat love,
Faire Venu9 aonne, that with tb; cniell dart
At that good knight bo cunningly didst rove.
That glorious fire it kindled in hia hart;
Lay BOW thy deadly heben bowe apart.
And, with thy mother mylde, come to mine ayde ;
Cotne, both; and with you tniag triumphant Uart,
In loves and gentle iollitiei airaid.
After his murdrous epojlea and bloudie rage ollayd.
And with them eke, O goddewe heavenly hri^t,
Mimnir of grace and majesde divine.
Great ladir; of the greelcst iale, whose light
LikePhnbuslampethronghout the world doth shine,
8bed thy laire beamen into my feeble eyne,
And niise my thoughtea, wo humble oiid too vile,
To thinke of that true gloriuug type of thine,
The argument of mine afflicted stile : [while.
The which to bcarc vouchsafe, O dearest dread, ■
The patroD of true Holineue
Poule Errour doth defetue j
Hypocnaie, him to entrappe,
Uoth to liis bomu entreate.
A aiNTLi knight was pricking on tlie plaine,
Ycladd in mightle annes and silver sliielde.
Wheran old dints of deepe woundes did remaine,
Tlie cruel morkcs of many' ■ bloody flelde ;
Yet armes till that time did he never wield :
Hii angry atcede did chide his faming bitt.
As much disdayning to the curbe to yield :
Full iolly knight he seemd, and faire did dtt.
As one for knightly giusti and fierce encounten fltt.
And on hii breit a bltkodle cmHC he bore,
The deare remen^nancc of his dying Lord,
For whoac sweete «ke that glorious badge he wore,
And dead, as living ever, him ador'd ;
Upon hia shield the like was- also icor'd,
For soveroine hope, which in his helpe he had.
lUgbt, Uthfull, true be was in deede and word ;
But i^ hit cheere did teeme too solemne sad ;
Yet nothing dad he dread, but ever was ydrod.
Upon a great adventure he was bond.
That greatest Glonana to him gave,
(That greatest glorious queene of Faery loud)
To winne him worihippe, and her grace to have,
Which of all earthly thinges he most did crave ;
And ever, as be rode, his bart did eamc
To prove his ptiissance in bsltell breve
Upon bis foe, and his new force to leamc ;
Upon his Ibe, a dragon horrible and itcame.
A lovely ladie rode him faire betide,
Upon a lowly asse more while then snow ;
Yet she much whiter ; but tlie sanw did hide
Under a vele, that wimpled was full low ;
And over all a blacke stole ihec did throw :
As one that inly moumd, so was she sad.
And heavie sate upon her palfrey slow ;
Smncd in heart some hidden care she had ;
And by her in a line a niilkc>white lambe ibe lad.
So pure and innocent, as that same lambe.
She was in life and every vertuoui lore ;
And by descent from n^all lynage came
Of andenl kinges and queeites, that had of yora
Their scepters stretcht from east to westone sbon^
And oU the world in their subjectioD held;
Till that infernal feend with foule uprore
Forwasted all theJT land, and them eipeld ; [peld.
Whom to avenge, she had this knight from for com-
Behind her &rre away a dwarfe did lag,
That lasie seemd, in being ever last.
Or wearied with bearing of her bag
Of needments at bis backe. Thus as they past.
The day with cloudes was auddeine overcast.
And angry love an hideous atorvie of raine
Did poure into bb lemans lap ao fast.
That evoie wight to shrowd it did constrain; [iaiu.
And this &ire couple eke to shroud themselvw were
Enfant to seeke some covst ni^ at baw^
A shadie grove not &n away tbey spide,
That promist ayde the tempest to withstand ;
Wbase lafbe trees, yclod with aommere prid^
TUd spred so broad, that Heavens light did Eiide^
Not perceable with power of any starr :
And all within were pathes and alloei wide.
With footing wome, and leading inward tajr :
Faire harbour that them seems ; so in they entred ar.
And foiffth they paaae, with pleasure forward led,
loying to beare the birdea sweeta harmony,
Which, therein shrouded tram the tempest dred,
Seemd in their song to scome the cruell sky.
Much can they piaiae the trees so straight and hj.
The sayling pine ; the cedar proud and tall ;
The vine-propp elme ; the poplar never dry ;
The builder oake, sole king of forreats' all ;
The aspine good for staves ; the cypreise iiineraD ;
The laurell, meed of mighty conquerours
And poets sage ; the Srre that wecpeth still ;
The willow, wome of forlome paramours;
The eugh, obedient to the benden will ;
The bitch for shaftes ; the sallow for the mill ;
The mirrhe iweete-bleeding in tlie bitter wound ;
The warlike beech ; the ash for nothing ill ;
The fiuitful ulivE ; and the platane round;
The carver holme; the maple seeldom inward soiind.
Led with delight, they thus beguile the way,
Untill ilie blustring stonne is overblowne;
When, weening to retume whence they did stray,
ley cannot finde that path, which first was showne.
It wander too and fro in waies unknowns.
Furthest from end then, when they neerest weeoe.
That makes them doubt their wiis be not their owoe:
. patlies, so many turnings seene, [been.
That, which of them to ta^e, in diverse doubt they
At last resolving forward still to &re,
Till that some end they finde, or in or out.
That path they take, thai beaten seemd most bare,
And like to l«d the labyrinth about ;
Which when by tract Ihcy hunted had throughout,
At length it brought them to a hollowe cave,
Amid the thickest woods. The champion stout
Eftsoones dismounted IVnm his course)- brave,
And to the dwarTc a while his needlcose spcre be gave.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
And pcrill without ibow ; tbtrefore your struke,
Sir Ksjgbl. witb-bold, till further trrali miide.''
■■ Ah, ladie," itijd ht, " shantc were to icriAe
Tbe fbrwuil fooliiig for an hidden ihade : [wide."
Vcftua gives her eefic light through daikneu for to
" Yea but," quoth she, " the perill uf this i>lacs
I better wot then you : Though nowe too Ute
To wish ]-ou b«cke returoe with foule disgrace.
Yet wiaedome wames, whileit foot is in the gU^
To a»j tbe iteppe, ere forced to r«tiste.
Tfaii is the WanJrinf Wood, tins Errouri Dm,
A monsta- lile, whom Cod and man iloa hate :
Tbaefcwe 1 read beware." — <• Fly, fiy," quoth then
T^tbarefiilldwarfei ■■tbuianoplacefurliTingmBii.''
Tbe youthful knight ■
But fbrth unto tbe darksom hole he went,
Apd looked in : his glistring unnor nude
A Utle glooming light, much hkc ■ shade ;
By which be b«w the ugly monster plaine,
Hallb like ■ seipeut horribly duplaide,
But th' other halCe did womans ^apo retaine,
Hsat iMhiom, filtbie, fbule, and full of vile disdaine.
And, t she lay upon the durtie ground,
H^ huge long taile her den all OTernpred,
Yet waa in knc4a and many bougtitcs upwound.
Pointed with mortall sting : of her Chcre bred
A (faenisatMi yong ones, which the dayty fbd,
So^ng upon her poisnouB dugs ; eadi one
Of Bandrie shapes, yet all ill-favored :
Soooc as that 6acoutb light upon them shone.
Into her mouth they crept, and Buddain all were gone.
TbBT dam upstart out of her den efiiaide.
And rudied forth, burling her Udeoua taile
About bar cnned head ; whose folds displaid
WeT« stntcfat DOW forth at length without entnile.
She lookt about, and sedng one in tnayle,
Anoed to point, sought haeke to tume againe ;
For light aba hated as Ihe deadly bale.
Ay wont in deaert darknes to remaine, [plaine.
Wve ]daiii noiw might her see, nor she see any
Wbidi when the raliant Elfe perceiv'd, he lept
As lysa fiercs upon tbe flying pny.
And with hia trenchond blade her boldly kept
Pram turning backe, and forced her to stay ;
Therewith enrag'd she loudly gan to bray.
And turning fierce her qieckled taile advaunnt,
Hirealning her angrie sting, him to dismay ;
Wbo, nought agbaal, his mighiia hand enhaunst ;
The stroke down fiom her bead unto her shoulder
Much daunted with tbat dint her wnce was daid ]
Yet kindling r^e her sdfe she gathered round.
And all attonce her beastly bodia raiid
With doubled fbrcea hi^ above the ground :
Tito, wrapping up her wrrthed steme arownd,
Lept fioce apoo his shield, and her huge mdne
All suddmly about bis body wound.
That hand or foot to stirr he strove in vaine.
God b^a the nunm wiapt in Erronn endl wse I l rin
His lady, sad to «ee hia wre coiutniit^
Crideout, " Now, now, air Knight, shew what ye baa;
Add ftith unto your force, and be not faint ;
Strangle her, els she sure will strangle thee."
Tliat when he heard, ID great perpleiitie.
His gall did grate for griefe and high disdaine ;
And, knitting all bis force, got one hand free,
Wberewitb he grypt her gorge witb so great paine.
That soone to loiHe her wicked bauds £d her con.
Therewith she spewd out of her lilthie maw
A floud of poyson horrible and blacke.
Full of great lumps of flesh and gobbets raw.
Which Btuiu^ BO Tildly, tbat it forst him slscke
His grasping hold, and from her turne him backe -.
Her vomit full of hooka and papers was.
With loathly frogs and toadea, which eyes did lacke.
And creeping sought way in tbe w«edy gms ;
Her fillhie paibreaka all the place defiled has.
As when old &tber Nilui gins tn iwell
With timely prida above the Aegyptian vale.
His bttie waves doe fertile alime outwell.
And overflow each plaine and lowly dale :
But, when his later spring gini to avals.
Huge he^ie* of mudd he leaves, wheiin there breed
Ten thousand kindes of creatures, partly aale
And partly femall, of bis fruitful seed ; [reed.
Such ugly monBtrouB ihapes ebwhere may no maa
Tlie same so sore annoyed has the km'ght.
Thai, weUnigh choked with the deadly sUidce,
His forces faile, ne can no lenger fight.
Whose corage when the fecnd perceivd to shrinke,
She poured forth out of her hellish nnke
Her fruitfiill cursed spawue of serpents Bmall,
( Deformed monsiHa, fowle, and blacke as lake,)
Which Bwarming all about his legs did crall.
And him encombred sore, but could not hurt at all.
As gentle abepheard in sweets eventide.
When ruddy Phebus gins to weike in west.
High on an hill, his flocke lo vewen wide,
Markes which do byte their hasty supper beM ;
A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him molas^
All striving to infine their feeble stinges,
That from tbnr noyance he no where can rest ;
But with his elowiush bands their tender wings
He hrusbetfa oft, and oft doth mar their munnurings.
Thus ill bestedd, andftareftilt moreof sbatde
Then of the certelnc |H>rill he stood in,
Halfe furious unto his foe he came,
Resolvd in oiinde all suddenly to win.
Or soone to lose, before he once would lin ;
And stnike at her with more than manly force.
Tint fh>m her body, ftill of filtbie sin.
He rail ber hateful! heade without remorse: [corse.
A slreameirfcole-black blood fbrth gushed tmn her
Her scattred brood, soone as their parent deare
They saw so rudely blling to the ground,
Oronii^ fbll deadly ^1 with troublous fbu«
Galhr^ themselves about ber body round,
Weening their wonted entrance to have found
At her wide mouth ; but, being there withstood.
They flocked all about her bleeding wound.
And sucked up their dying motbets bloud ; [good.
Making hei death their Uf^ and eke her hurt their
236 SPEI
That AttKSUJAe nght him much unuile.
To ue th" unkiniiUy impes, of Heaven Bccunt,
Deroure their dam ; on whom wliile lO be gud,
HsTJng ill utiatide Iheir bloudy thunt, .
Their hcllia swolne he mw with fuine«e burst.
And bowels gushiag forth : well worthy end
Of auch, Bs ihunke her life, the which them mint '.
Now needeth brm no lenger labour spend,
Hii foea hive sloine theauelTes, with whom he thould
contend.
Hi» ladjr aeeing ill, that chkunst, from arre,
Approcht in bast to greet tria Tictorie ;
And saide, " Faire knight, borne under h^>|He aturre.
Who «e your vanquisfat foes before you lye ;
Weil worthie be you of thst armory.
Wherein ye have great glory wonne this day,
And proov'd your strength on a strong enimie ;
Your firel adventure ; rawiy such 1 pray.
And henceforth eierwish that like aucceed it may!"
Then mounted he upon liia ateede againe.
And with the lady backward aought to wend :
That path he kept, which beaten was most plaine,
Ne ever would to any by-way bend j
But atill did follow one unto Che end.
The which at laat out of the wood them brougbt
So forward on hu way (with God to frend]
He pftssi'd forth, and new adrcnturB sought ;
Voag way he trartaled, before he heard of ought.
At length tlicy chaunat to meet upoo the way
An aged sire, in long blocke weedea yctad.
His feete oil bare, liia beard all hoarie gray,
And by hia belt his booke'hc hanging hod;
Sober he seemde, and very mgely sad ;
And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent.
Simple in shew, and vmdc of malice bad)
And all the way he prayed, as he went.
And often knockl hi) brest, as one that did repent.
He faire the knight saluted, looting low,
Who faire him quiled, as that courteous was ;
And after asked him, if he did know
Of Mraunge adveatures, which abroad did pas.
"Ah ! my dear aonne," quoth he, " bow ahould, alaa !
Silly old man, that livea in hidden cell.
Bidding hia beadea all day for his trespis,
Tydinga of wane and worldly trouble tell ?
With holy father aits not with such thinges to mell.
" But if of daunger, which hereby doth dwell.
And hamebredd evil ye desire to heorc.
Of a straunge man 1 can you tidingi lell.
That wasteth all tlu> countrie brre and neare."
" Of such," laide he, " I chiefly doe inquere ;
And shall thee well rewardc to shew the place.
In which that wicked wight his daye* doth weare :
For to all knighthood il is foule disgrace.
That such a cursed creature lives so long a space."
" Far hence," quoth be, " in wastfull wiidemesae
Hia dwelling is, by which no living wight
May ever paaiie, but tliorough gmR diAtrcHse."
" Now," saide the ladie, " drawelh toward night j
And well 1 wole, that of your later flght
Ye all forwearied be ; for what so atrong,
But, wanUng rest, will also wont of might 7
The Suline, that measure* Heaven all day long,
At night doUibaitc his steedcBtbc ocean waves emong.
Than with tb* Sunne take, air, your timely raat,
nd with new day new worke at once b^n :
ntroubled night, they say, gives counsell best."
[tight well, sir Knight, ye hare advised bin,"
;uoth then that aged man ; " the way to win
Is wisely lo advise : now day ia ^)ent ;
ThereTore with me you may take up your in
For this aame night." The knight waa well ctHitent i
I with that godly father to hia home they went.
litle lowly hermitage it was,
owne in a dale, hard by a forests ^de.
Far from reaort of people, that did pas
ivdll to and froe : a litle wyde
; woB an holy chappell edifyde.
Wherein the hermite duly wont to say
Hia holy things each mome and eventyde :
Thereby a chnstall atreomc did gently play.
Which from a aacred fountaine welled forth aw^.
le bouse they fill,
id all thinges at their will :
For that olde man of plcavng wordes hod store.
And wel could tile his tongue, as smooth as glas :
He told of saintes and popes, and evermore
He strowd an Ave-Mary after and before.
Tlie drouping night thus creepeth on them fast ;
And the sod humor loading their eye-liddea,
Sweetalombringdeaw, the which toaleepthembiddea.
Unto their lodgjnga then his guestes be riddes :
Where when all drownd in deadly slccpe he finder
He to hia atudie goes ; and there amiddea
Ilia magick bookes, and irtes of sundrie kindes.
He aeekaoutmightychaimes to trouble ^eepy minds.
Then chooring out few words most borribl*,
( Let none them read I ) thereof did verses fl«me -.
With which, and other apellea like terrible.
He bad awake blacke Plutoea griesly dame ;
And cuned Heven ; and spake reprochful shame
Of highest God, the Lord of life and light.
A bold bad man ! that dar'd to call by name
Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead mght ;
At which Cocytua quakes, and Slyi is put to flight.
And forth he cald out of deepe darknes diedd
I.egions of sprighti, the which, like litle flyes,
Fluttring about his ever-damned hedd,
Awaite whereto thar service he applyea.
To aide his friendes, or fray hia enimies :
Of thoee he chooe out two, the falsest twoo,
And fittest for to forge truerfecmtng lyea ;
The one of tbem be gave a metsage too.
The other by himsclfe alaide other woriie to doo.
He, making speedy way through apened ayre.
And through the world of watera wide and deepe.
To Morpheus house dotli hastily repaire.
Amid the bowela of the Earth full steepe,
And low, where dawning day doth never peepe.
Ilia dwelling is ; there Tethys hia wet bed
Uoth ever wuh, and Cytithia still doth ateepe
In ailver deaw his ever-droupiiig bed, [spred.
Whiles a*d Night over him her mantle black dolk *
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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Whom double gUM he flodoth lockxl fkrtj
The one fiure fnm'd of bumisht yTory,
Tbe other all with silver overcaat ;
And waLeTul dogge* before Cfaem fure doe lye.
Watching to buiiiji Cve their enimy.
Who oft IB wont to (nnilile gentle Sle^.
By them the iprite doth puse in quietly,
ijti unto Morpbeua coma, vhom drowned dcepe
In drowaie fit be fiodea ; of DoUung he t^es kee|ie.
And, more to'lulte hitn in hia slumber w>t^
A trickling atrewne from high rock tumbling downe,
And erer-drizling rune upon the loft,
Milt with « murmuring winde, much like the uwne
Of mwuming bees, did cut him in a iwowne.
No other noyse, nor peoples (roubloua cryes.
As still ue wont I'wuioy the wdled towne,
Might then be heud : but cuelesse Quiet lyes.
Wrapt in etenull silence Aire from eoimyea.
He messenger appnwhiiig to him spake ;
But his waste wordes retoumd to him in vaine :
So, sound be slept, that nought mought him awake.
"nien rudely be him thrust, and pusht with pain^
Whereat he gan to stretch : but he againe
Shooke bun so hard, that forced bim to speake.
A* one then in a drcamc, whose diyer hraine
Is to*t with troubled sights and fancies weake.
He mumbled soft,butwould not all his silence brcake.
Tbe sprite then gan more boldly him (o wake.
And threatned unto him (be dreaded name
Of Hecat£ t whereat he gan to quake,
And, lifting up his lompi&h head, with blame
Halfc angrie asked him, for what he came.
" Hetber," quoth he, " me Archimago sent.
He that the stubbome sprite* can wisely tame,
He bids thee to him send for his intent
ABtlUse Dreame,tbM can elude tbe sleepers sent."
The god obayde ; and, calling forth straight way
A diTerse dieame out of hii prison darke,
Ddiiered it to him, and downe did lay
His heavie bead, deviride of careful carke ;
Whose sences all were straight benumltd andstsrke.
He, backe reluming by the yvorie dore.
Bemounled up as light as chearefull larke ;
And on his title i>1nges the Dreame he bore
In hast unto bis lord, where he him left afore.
Who all this whil^ with charmes and hidden artes,
Had made a lady of thai other spright,
And fram'd of liquid ayre her tender partes.
So lively, and so like in all mens sight,
Aat weakH- sence it could haie ravisht quigbt :
'gie maker selfe. For all his wondrous witt,
' Was nigh beguiled with so goodly sight.
Her all in while he clad, and oyer it
Cast a bl«k stole, most like to seeme for Uo« 6t.
Now when that ydle Dreame wU to him brought,
Unte that Elfin knigbt he had him fly,
Wbov be ^pl soundly void of evil thought.
And with false sbewet abuse his fantasy ;
Id sort M be him schooled privily.
And that new creature, borne witbout her dew.
Full of Uk maken guyle, with usage sly
He taught to imitate that lady trew,
j< WbosH imHamf she did canic under fUgiied hew.
Thus, well instructed, to tbeir worice they baste ;
And, conuning where the knight in sloRiber lay.
The one upon his hardie head him plaster
And made him dreamv of loves and lustfull play;
That nigh his manly hart did melt away.
Bathed in wanton blis and wicked ioy.
Then seemed bim his lady by him lay.
And to him playod, how that false winged boy
Her chaste liart had subdewd to leame dame Plea-
[sures toy.
A nd she her selfe, of beautie sovetaigne queene,
Fayre Venus, seemde unto bis bed to bring
Her. whom he, waking, evermore did weene
To bee the chastest fli
ipnng
On eattbly brsuach, tbe daughter of a king.
And eke [lie Graces seemed all to sing,
Hyim I!i Hymtn, dsuncing all around j
Whylst fresiica " ■
h yviegii
ncouth sight.
In this great passion of unwonted lust,
Or wonted feare of doing ought amis.
He atarteth up, as seeming to misiruat
Some secret ill, or bidden foe oT his :
Lo, there before his face his ladie ia.
Under bUcke stole hyding her bayted hooke ;
And as halfe blushing oBr«i him lo kis,
Withgenlle blandiahmcnt and lovely looke, [look.
:like that virgin true, wiiich for her knight hira
All cleane dismayd tc
And halfe enr^ed at
He thought liave slaine her in his fierce dopight ;
But, hastie heat tempring with sufferance wise.
He stayde his band ; and gan himselfe advise
To prove his sense, and lempt her hJgned truth.
Wringing her hands, in wemena pttteous wise,
Tho can she weepe, to stirre up gentle ruth
Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.
And sayd, " Ab, sir, my liege lord, and my love.
Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate.
And mightie causes wrought in Heaven above.
Or the blind god, that doth me thus amale,
For hoped love to winne me eertaine hate ?
Yet thus perforce he bids me do, or die.
Die is my dew ; yet rew my wretched slate.
You, wliom my hard avenging destinie
tisth made iudge of my life or death indifferently i
' Your ownedeare sake font meat firat to leave
Myfitthers kingdom" — There she slopt wilhteares;
Her swollen bart her speech leemd to bereave ;
And then againe begun ; " My weaker yeares,
Captiv'd to fortune and frayle worldly feares.
Fly to your fayth tat succour and sure ayde:
Let me not die in languor and long teares."
' Why, dame," quoth be, " what bath ye thus dis-
mayd? [ftayd?"
What ftayes ye, that were wont lo comfort me af-
[straint,
' Love of youraelfe," she saide, " and deare con-
Leta me not sleepe, but waste the wearie night
ecret anguish and unpittied plaint.
Whiles you in carelesse sleepe are drowned quight,'-'
Her doubtfull words made that redoubted knigbt
Suspect her truth ; yet since no' untruth be knew.
-ullsi
He would not shend ; but said, " Deare dame, I
That Ibt my sake unknowne such griefb unto
99B
" A«un yeati Blfe,
For aU w devc, m 1
I dceoe jeut love, ■
Ne let TBJne tean procure ji
Where cause « none i but to
Not kll content, ^et
loldD
e to yon bound :
needleHB murt,
ur rest depart.^'
to nppCMe
nefull pluntes l»uiled of her ut.
And fed with woi^ that coi^d not choie but pleue :
So, algrding aafHj forth, aha tumd as to her eaae.
Long after laj he musing at her mood.
Much giiev'd to thinke that gentle dame so ligbt.
For vrhose defence he iras to abed his blood.
At last dull weannea of fonner fight
Having yrocbt asleepe hi« irkesome spright.
That tmublous Dreame gan freslily t«Ese bid biaioe
With bowrea, and bedi, and luUes deare delight :
But, when he taw his labour all was vaine,
With that miafotmed aprigbt be backeretumdagaine.
The guileAiU great encbaunler parta
The RedcnMW knight from Truth :
Into wboae alead faire Faliihood slept.
And woikea him woefull ruth.
Bt this the nortlicme wagoner had set
Hb leienfuld leme bcliind the stedfast storre
That waa in ocean wavea yet never wet.
But firme is fiit, and sendeih light fnjoi tarre
To all that in tlic wide deepe wondring aire ;
And chearefull chaunticlere witli his note sluill
Had warned once, that Phoebus fiery carre
Id hast was climbing up the easteme hill,
Full envious that Night ao long hia roome did fill :
When tboae accursed mesaengen of Hell,
That feigning Dreame, and tlut fidre-forged sprigbt.
Came to their wicked maister, and gan tell
Their booteiesse paines, and ill-succeeding night ;
Who, all in lage to see his skilful) might
Deluded so, gan threaten helliah poine
And sad PrtK&^ines wratb, them lo affright
But, when he saw his threatning wag but vaine,
He cast about, and searchi his baleful bokea againe.
Etboones he looke that nuscmted Faire,
And that false otber aprigbt, on whom he apred
A aeeming body of the subtile aire.
Like a young squire, in loves and lustybed
His wanton dales that ever loosely led.
Without regard of armes and dreaded fight ;
Tboae two he tooke, and in a aecretc bed.
Covered with darkeaes and miadeeming nigbt,
Tbem both together laid, to ioy in vaine delight.
Fcflbwith he runnea with fdgncd-ftitbfull hast
Unto bis guest^ v/ba, alter troublous rights
And dreameSf gannoiw to talte more sound repast j
Whom suddenly he wokea with fearful fiighta,
As one aghut with feends or damned sptights,
And to luit calls ; " Rise, rise, unhappy swainc,
That hen -ktx old in sleeps, whiles wicked wights
Hne knit Oiemselvea in Venus shameful chaine :
CooM, see Wbere youf ftbe lady doth her honor
All in ■ flMoe be nddenly up Mart
With sword in hand, and with the old man went;
Who soone him brought into a secret port.
Where that false couple wen fiill closely Rmt
In wanton luM and lend embraohnait :
Wbich when he saw, be burnt with gcaloua firv ;
Tbe eie of reason was with rage ybhnt ;
And would have slaine them in Ina furious bn
But hardly was resti«ned of that aged sire.
Retouroing to his bed in tonneut great.
And bitter saguish of his guilty sigfat.
He could not rest ; but did hia stout heart eat.
And wast hia inward gall with deepe deapight,
Yrkesome of life, and too long lingring night.
At lest faire Heaperus in highest skie [ligkt;
Had spent his lampe, and brought forth dawnii^
Then up he rose, and clad him hastily ) [II*.
The dwarfe him brought his steed : so both away do
Now when tbe roay'fingred Morning fkirs,
Wewy of aged Tithones saffhm bed.
Had spread her purple robe through deawy aine ;
Arid the high bi^ Titan discovered ;
The royoll virgin sbooke off dnnisyhed :
And, riong forth out of her baser bowi*,
Loakt fur her knight, who br away was fled.
And for her dwarfe, that wont to waite each bom* :—
Then gen she wail and weepe to see that wovfbl
And after him she rode with so much speede.
Ah her slowie beast cotitd moke; but oil id vaine:
Far him so far had Ixvne his Ijght-fbot stecda,
Pricked with wrath and fiery fierce disdoine,
That him to follow waa but firuitlease poine i
Yet she her weary limbea would never rest ;
But every hil and dale, eodi wood aitd plainer
Did search, aore grieved in tier gentle brest.
He so ungenCly left iier, whome she loved besC
But snbtill Archimago, when bis gueita
He saw divided into double parts,
And Una wondring in wooda and Torritta,
(Th' end of bis drift,) he praised his divelish arts.
That had such might over true-meaning harts :
Yet rests not so, but other meanes doth make.
How he may workc unto her further smarts :
For her be hated as the hisnng snake,
And in her many troubles did most pleasure take.
He then devisdc lumself^ how to disguise ;
For by his mighty science be could lake
As many formes and shapes in seeming wise.
As ever Proteus to himselfe could make :
Sometime a fowle, sometime a fish in lake.
Now like B foie, now like a dmgon fell i
That of himselfe he afte for feore would quoke.
And oft would flie away. O who can tell [spelt!
The hidden powre of hetbes, and might of nuigick
But now aeemde best the person to put on
Of that good Itnight, his lote beguiled guest:—
In mighty armes he was yclad anon.
And silver shield ; upon bis coward brest
A bloody crosse, and on his craven crest
A bounch of hearts discolourd diveraly.
Full iotly knight he seemde, and wel addicst ;
And, when he sate uppon ids courser free, [to be.
fihint George himself^ ye would hare daemcd hnn
But 1m^ the knight, whuM lemMMiiit b* did bmn,
Tbe true Sont Gaorge, wu wuidrcd far awsf ,
StiU fl jing troBi bi> thoughu and gealmu fcwc :
Will was hii guide, and griefe led him utraj.
At last him chaunU to meete upon tbe waj
A bithleaae Saraiin, all anode to point,
In whose great ihield was writ with lettcn ga^
Simtjoit I full large of limbe and eTerjr joint
He waa, and cared not for God or man a point.
See bad a &ire companion of his way,
A goodlj lady clad in scarlot red,
Pc^cd with gold and pesrle of rich aaaf ;
And like a Fenian mitre on her hed
Sbee wore, with crowns and owcbes gamiaiied.
The which her larish loren to lier gaTe :
Her wanton palfrey all waa orerspred
With tinsell tnfjpioga, woven like a wave,
miaae bridle rung with golden beb and boMg brave.
With taiie diiport, and courting dalliaunce.
She intBtainde her lover all the waj :
But, when she hw the knight hii apearc advaunc^
Sbee aoone leA nS* ber mirth and wantoo play,
And had her knight addraaae him to the ftay ;
Hii foe waa ni^ at hand. He, prickte wilh prida.
And hope to winne hia ladies beartc that day,
Forth qKutad &M; adowne his couraeta ade
Tbe red Maud tricUingataind die way, ai he did ride.
The kni^t of the Redcnxse, »ben him he spide
Spurring an bote with i^e di^teoui^
<^n fkiivly couch hia speare, and towards ride :
Sonne meete they both, both fell and furious.
That, daunted with their forces hideous,
Thar steeds doe stagger, and amased stand ;
And eke themselves, too nidelj rigorous,
Aslonied with tbe stroke of their owne hand,
Doe bade lebutte, and each to otber yealdelh land.
As wben two rams, atird with amtntious pride,
n^t for (he role of the rkh-fleeced flocke,
Their homed fronts so fierce on either side
Doe meete, that, with the terrour of tbe shocke
Attonied, both stand sencelesse as a biocke,
Forgetfuil of tbe banging victory :
So stood these twaioe, unrnored as a rocke.
Both staling fierce, and holding idiily
Tbe broken leliques of their former cruelty,
Tbe Saruin, sore daunted wilh the buffe,
Snatcheth hia sword, and fiercely to him flies ;
Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff cith cuff:
Each others equall puissaunce envie%
And through tbeir iron sides with cruel! spies
Does aeeke to peree ; repining courage yields
Na fooCe to foe : the flasiiing Ger flies,
AsfrDmafMgeiOutoftheirbumingshieldsi [Setds.
And streams erf* purple bloud new die the verdant
" Curae on Uiat crosse," quoth then the Sarazin,
" TlHt kee^ thy body from tbe biUer flttj
Dead laiig ygoe, I wote, thou haddest bin.
Had not that dianne fma thee fbrwanied itt ;
But yet I wame thee now assured sitt.
And hide thy bead." Therewith upon his cr«sl
With rigor so outrageous he snilt.
That a lairge share it bcwd out of the rea^
And glaundng downe hia shield front blanw him
birly Mast.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Who, thereat w«
DdrMM WTDlh, the sleaping qiark
in nauve venue gan eAMMMtes revive ;
And, at Ins haugh^ helmet making mark.
So hugely stroke, thst it tbe Steele did riro.
And def^ his head ; be, tumbling downe aljvct
With bhmdy mouth his mother Earth did kia.
Greeting bis grave : hia grudging ghost did Krivs
With tbe fiaile fleah ; at last it flitted is,
Whetho- tbeaoule* doe fly of men, that live amis.
The Isdy, when sbe saw ber champion &11,
Like the old mines of a bn^cn lowre.
Staid not to waile bis woeful) funeral! ;
But from him fled sway with all Iwr powre i
Who af^r her as liaitily gan scowre.
Bidding tha dwarfe with him to bring away
The Sarasins shield, signe of the conquetoure :
Her soone he oiertooke, and bad to stay ;
Shee turning backe, with rnefuU countenauncei
Cride, " Mercy, mercy, sir, voucbaafe to show
On ^ly dama, suhiect to hard mischaunce,
And to your mighty will." Her humbh
rilch weedes, and seeming glorii
low
Didm
■nickeb.
sid, " Dears dame, your suddrin overthrow
Much rueth me ; but now put fearc apart, [part."
And lei, both who ye be, and who that toolu your
Uelting in learea, then gan sbee thus lament ;
" The wretched woman, whom unhappy howre
Hath now made thrall to your commandement,
Before that angry Heavens lilt to lowre.
And fortune ftlse betrside me to your powre.
Was, (O what now availeth that 1 was !)
Borne the sole daughter of an emperour;
He that the wide west under his rule has.
And high hath set his throne where llberis doth pas.
" He, in the first flowre of my freshest age.
Betrothed me unto the onely haire
Of a most mighty king, most rich and sage;
Was never prince so fsithfuU and so bire.
Was never prince so meeke and debonaire !
But, ere my hoped day of spDusall shone.
My dearest lord fell from high honors staire
Into the bands of hys accursed fane,
And cruelly was alaine j that shall 1 ever mone !
" His blessed body, spoild of lively breath.
Was aflerwanl, I know not how, convaid,
And fro me hid ; of whose most innocent death
When tidings came to mee unhappy mud,
O, how great sorrow my sad soule assaid 1
Then forth I went his woeful] corse to find.
And many yeares throughout the world I atnid,
A virgin widow ; whose deepe-wouuded mind
With love long time did languiidi, as tbe striken bind.
" At last it chaunced this pioud Saraiin
To meete me wandring; who perforce me led
With him away; but yet could never irin
Tbe fort, that ladiee hold in sovemigne dread.
lliere lies he now with foule dishonor dead,
Wtio, whiles be livde, was called proud Sausfby,
The eldest of three brethren ; all thrc« bred
Of one bad sire, whose youngest is Sansioy ; P'?'
And twiit them both was bom the bloudy bold Sana-
" In (tda sad pliltht, fHeniUeue, unfortunate.
Now
mnble I Hdeu
. dwell.
Craving of you, in pitty of my
To doe none ill, if please ye not doc well."
He in great paHsioD nil Ihis while did dwell,
More busying his quicke eies, her lace to view,
Then his dull earea, to heare what shee did lell;
And said, " Fwre Indy, hart uf flint would rew
He undeserved woes and sorroweg, which ye ihew.
■■ Henceforth in safe s&sutauncc may ye rest,
Having both found a new fiiend you to aid.
And lost an old foe that did you molest :
Better new friend then an old foe is said."
With chaunge of chear the Hteming-umple maid
Let fal her eien, as sliamefasi, to the eaith,
And yeelding sofl, in that she nought gainsaid.
So forth they rode, be feining teemely merth,
Andsbeecuylookes: so dainty, they say, makethderth.
Long time they thus together travelled i
111, weary of their way, they came at last
Where grew two goodly treCT, that faire did spred
Their annes abroad, with gray mosse overoui ;
And their greene leaves, trembling with every blast.
Made a calme shadowe for in compasse round :
TTie ffearefoU shepheard, often there aghast.
His mery oaten pipe; butshund th' unlucky ground.
But this good knighl, soone as he Ihem on spie,
For the coole shade him thither hastly got :
For golden Phoebus, now jinuunted hie,
From fiery wheeles of his faire chariot
Hurled his beamc so scorching cruel! hoi.
That living creature mote it not abide ;
And his new lady it endured not.
There they alight, in hope themselves to hide
From the fierce heat, and rest their weary limbs a tide.
Fute-seemely pleasaunce each to other moke*.
With goodly purposes, there aa they sit;
And in his falsed fancy be her takes
To be the fairest wight, that lived yit ;
Which to eipressc, he bends his gentle vrit;
And, thinking of those braunches greene to frame
A girlond for her dainty rorebeod lit.
He pluckt a bough ; out of whose riftc there came
Smsldropsofgorybloud,tbat trickled down the same.
Therewith a piteous yelling voice was heard.
Crying, " O spore cvtth guilty hands to teare
My tender sdes in this rough rynd iinbard ;
Bui fly, ah ! fly for hence away, for feare
Least to you hap, that happened to tne beare.
And to this wretched lady, my deare Inve;
O too de«re love, love bought with death loo deare
Astond he stood, and up his heare did hove :
And with that sndddn horror uould no member mov
At last wbenaa the dreadfull passion
Was overpast, and manhood well awake ;
Tet muring at the rtraunge occasion.
And doubting much bis sence, he thus bespake :
" What voice of damned ghost from Limbo lake.
Or guileliill sprigbt wandring in empty aire,
(Bath which fraile men doe oitentimes mistake)
Sends (o my doubtful eares these q>eaches rare.
And ru«&ill plaints, me bidding guiltlesae blood to
I "nieo, groningdeep; "NordamnedgluMt," quoth h«,
I " Nor guileful sprite, to thee these wmda doth ipeake;
I Wretched man, wretched tree ! whose nature weake
A eruell wiich, her cursed will to wreake,
Hath tlius traiisformd, and plast in open plainea.
Where Boras doth blow full bitter bleoke,
And Bcorehing Sunne does dry my secret vaines ;
For though a tree 1 aeeme, yet cold and heat me
paines."
" Sa^ on, Frodubio, then, or man or tree."
Quoth then the knight ; " by whose niisclu£voi» arts
Art thou misshaped thus, as now I see?
He ofl finds med'cine who bis griefe imparta.;
But double griefs afflict concealing harts ;
supprei
dhe, "of all m
That many emuit knights hath broght t
" In prime of youthly yeores, when corage hott
The fire of love and loy of cheralree
First kindled in my bresC, it was my lott
To love this gentle lady, whome ye see
With whome as once 1 rode accompanyde.
Me chaunced of a knight encounlred bee.
That had a like Mn lady by his syde ;
Lyke a faire lady, but did fowle Duessa hyde ;
" Whose forged beauty he did take in band
All other dames to have exceded tairc ;
I in defence of mine did likewise staitd.
Mine, that did then shine as the morning starre.
So both to batteill fierce arraunged arre;
In which his harder fortune was to &I1
Under my speare ; such is the dye of warr&
Hia lady, left as a prise martiall.
Did yield her comely peraon lo be at my calL.
" So doubly lov'd of ladies imlike Ure,
Th' one seeming such, the other such indccflc,
One day in doubt I cast for lo compare
Whether in beaudes glorie did eicnde ;
A rosy girlond was ^ victor* ineede.
Both seefnde to win, and both seemde won to bee;
8o hard the discord was to be agreiede.
Frslissa was as hire, as faire mote bee.
And ever false Duessa seemde as faire as sfaee.
" The wicked witch, now seeing all this while
The doubtftill ballaunce equally to sway.
What not by light, she cast to win by guile ;
And, by her beltish science, laisd Mrd^ way
A foggy mist that overcast the day.
And a dull blast that breathing on her fane
Dimmed her former beauties shining ray.
And with foule ugly forme did her disgrace:
TlienvrBs she &yre alone, when none was laire in place.
" Then cride she out, ' Fye, fye, deformed wight,
Whose borrowed beautie now appeardb plun«
To bate before bewitched all mens right .
Olem
!hers(
o-letb.
Her loathly visage viewing with diadaine,
Eflsoones I thought her such as she me told.
And would have kild her ; bul with fUgncd ptuna
The &]Be witch did my wratbfuU hand withbold :
So left her, where she now is tumd to trdjo ntould.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
241
" llieiiifinth I tooke Doom ibr mj dame.
And in tlw witcb unweeting ioyd long tune ;
Ve ercr wist, but that ibe was the unw:
Till on a day (that da; u cverie prime,
Wben witdiei wont do penance fbr thdr crime,)
I ^'**i*"*t to see bar in her proper faew.
Bathing her aelte in origane and thyme :
A filthy fbule old woman I did icff,
That erer to haTe toucht her I did dewlly row.
^ H^ n«Ather partes niiuhapeOf monHtruoiu,
Were hidd in water, that I could not see ;
But tbej did aeeme more faule and hideous,
Then womans shape man would beleere ta bee.
Tbenrfbrth from ber roost beastly companie
I gac refraine, in minde to slipp away,
Soone aa appeard safe opportunitle :
For danger great, if not assurd decay,
I nw befbie mine eyes, if I were knowne to stray.
" The dJTelish hag, by cbaunges of my eheare,
PerceiT'd my thought ; and, drownd in sleepie night,
With wicked herbes >nd oyotments did beameare
My body, all through charroes and mogicke might.
That all my senses were bereaved qiiight :
^lien brought she me into this desert waste.
And by my wretched lovers side me pight ;
Where now enclosd in wo«len wait full ftste,
Baniriit from linng wigbta, our wcarie daies we
*■ But bvw hmg time," said then the Eifln knight.
Are yon in this nusfonoed houa to dwell ? "
"We may not chaunge," quoth be, "this erill plight,
TTQ we be bMhed in a living well :
HiM is the terms prescribed by the ipell."
" O bow," sayd he, " mote I that well out find.
That may rectors yoa to your wonted well ? "
" Hme and auffiaed fiitea to former kynd [bynd."
Siall us reatore ; none el*e fixnn bence may u* un-
Tbe blae DneHa, now Fldeaia higfat.
Heard bow in raine Fradubio did lament.
And knew well all WM true. But the good knight.
Foil of sad feare and ghaitly dreriment.
When all this speech the living tree had ipent,
Tbe bleeding bough did thnut into the ground,
That from the bload he might be innocent.
And with freah clay did close the wooden woqikL:
Then turning to his lady, dead with feare her fownd.
Ra seeming dead he fownd with feigned fiear^
A* all Dnwening of that well «he kiMw ;
And p^md himielfe with buae can to rears
Her out of eardesse ewownc. Her eyelida blew.
And dinunMl sight with pale and deadly hew.
At laat abe op gan lift ; with tfembUng cbeare
Ho- up be ttuktv (too simple and loo ti«w)
Ant oft Imt kisb At length, all passed ieaie.
He set ber on hcTilecde, ai^ forwaid forth did beaie.
FoTMken IVutb long aeekes her lore.
And mahee the lyon mylde ;
Marres blind Derations mart, and bis
In hand of leacbour vylde.
HouowT is there under Heav'Di wide hoUowneele^
ThM morei more dears compassion of mind.
Then beautie brought t'unwotthle wretcbednease
Through envies snares, or fortune! fieakes unkind.
' ' n lately through her brightnea bljmd,
gb alleageance, and liut fealty.
Which I do owe unto all womankynd,
Feele my hart pent with so great agony,
When such i see, that all for pitty I could dy.
r it is empossioDed so deepe.
For fairest Unaes sake, of whom I sing,
Tbrnt my ^yle eies these lines irith tearea do steeps.
To thinke how she through guyleful handeling,
Though true as touch, though daughter of a kin^
Though fairs as ever living wight was tayre,
Hough nor in word nor deede ill meriting.
Is fi-om ber knight divorced in deapayre,
And her dew laics deiyv'd to that vile witcba
Yet she, most ftithfuU ladye, all this while
Forsaken, wofiill, solitarie mayd.
Far from all peoples preace, as in exile.
In wildemesae and waitfull desertt strsyd.
To seeke her koigbt j who, subtily betrayd
Through that Iste vision which th* enchaunter
wrought,
abandond : she, of nought aflrayd,
Tlvough woods and wastnes wide biro daily sought;
Yet wished tydinges none of him unto her bnn^t.
One day, nigb wearie of the yrkewme way.
From bet unhastie beast sbe did alight ;
And on the giasee her dainty limbs did lay
In secrete ihadow, &r from all mens eight j
From bar byre bead her fillet she uiidigh^
And layd ber iloleaatde: ber angels fiux^
As the great eye of HcsTSn, abyned bright
And made a lunshiDe in tbe shady place j
"■ ' r mortall tje behold nich hsavroly gvacfc
It fortuned, out of the thickest wood
A raminng lyon rushed luddeinly.
Hunting ftiU greedy after salvage blood :
Soone as the roysll virgin be did ^y,
With gHiing mouth at her ran greedily.
To have attonce devourd ber tender corse :
But to tbe pray when as be drew more ny.
His bloody rags aawaged with ranotas.
And, with the sight amaid, forgat his furioui fone.
InMead thereof bs kist ber wesrie ^t,
And lickt ber lilly hands with fawning long t
A,s he her wrongvd innocence did waet.
Still dreading death, when ibe bad marked long.
Her bait gan melt in great compasdon ;
And drilling tearea did shed fbr pure afibctioru
< The lyon, lord of everie beast in fleld,"
Quoth she, " his princely puissance doth abate.
And mightie proud to humble weake don yield,
Forgetfull of the hungry rage, which late
Him prickt, in guttie of my tad estate : —
But he, my lyon, and my noble lord.
How does he find in cruell hart to hats
Her, that hhn lov'd, and ever most adord
As the god of my life 7 why hath be ms iHtfil'"'
' end of her plaint,
leighbour wood ;
And, &ad 10 irBP her sorrowfull constnunt.
The kingly beosl upon her gazing stood ;
mih pillie calmd, dowiie fell biH uigry mood.
At last, in close hBrt shutting up htr pajFne,
'irgin borne of hisTeiily brood.
Andtc!
To leeke her strayed champio
gayne,
if she migbt atl&yiw.
The lyoD would not leave her desolate,
But with her went along, as a strong gard
or her chast person, and a faylhfuil mate
Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard :
Still, when she slept, he kept both wsich and ward;
And, when she wakl, he wayted diligent.
With humble service to her will prepard :
From her fayre eyes he look comnuuidSinenl,
And e»er bjr her lookes conceived her intent.
Long she thus travelled through deserts wyde,
By which she thought her wandring knight shold pas,
Yet never shew of living wight espyde ;
- "nil that at length she found the troden graa,
In which the tract of peoples footing was.
Under the stecpe foot of a mouotaine hore ;
The some she follovre», till at last she has
A daniicl spyde slow-footing her before,
Hiat on her shoulders sad a pot of water boi«.
To whom approching she to her gan call,
To wcct, if dwelling place were nigh at hand :
But tlw rude wench her answerd nought at all ;
She could not hears, nor speake, nor understand :
Till, seeing by her aide the lyon aland,
With suddein feare her pitcher downe she threw.
And fled away : for never in that land
Face of fayre lady she before did vew.
And that dredd tyons looke her cast in deadly hew.
Full &a she fled, ne ever lookt behyad,
As if her life upon tlie wager lay ;
And home she came, wberean her mother blynd
Sate in elemall night ; nought could she say j
But, suddein e catching hold, did her disntay
With quaking hands, and other ugnes of feore :
Who, full of ghastly fright and cold aflray,
Can shut the dore. By this arrived there
Pame Una, weaiy dame, and entiwice did reqoen
Which when none yielded, her utmily page
With his rude clawes the iriekel open rent,
And let her in ; where, of hU cruell tags
Nigh dead wjth fcare, and &int astonishment,
Shee found them both in dartsome comer pent;
Where thai old woman day and night did pray
Upon her beads, devoutly peoitent ;
Nine hundred Poicr wojim every day.
And Ihrise nine hundred jhf she wb« wont to sa;
And. to augment her pMnefull penaunce more,
Thrise every wceke in ashes shee did aitt.
And nest her wrinkled skin rough sackeclolh wore.
And thriatvthrce times did fast from any bitt i
But now for feare her beads she did forgctt.
Whose needlcsse dread for to remove away,
Fiire Una framed words aod count'naunce fitt :
Which hardly doen, at length she gan them pray,
That in their cotage unall that night she rest her
The day is spent ; and commeth dnnrda nigbC,
When every creature sbrowded is in sieepe :
Sad Una downe her laiee in wearie plight.
And at her feete the lyon watch doth keepe :
In stead of rest, she does lament, and weepe.
For the late losse of her deare-loved knight.
And sighes, and grones, and evermore doea steep*
Her tender brest in bitter team all night; [light.
AU night she thinks too long, and often lookes for
Now when Aldeboran was mounted hye
Above the shinie Cassiopdas chaire,
And all in deadly sieepe did drowned lye.
One knocked at the dore, and in would fare ;
He knocked fast, and often curst, and sware.
That ready entraunce was not at his call ;
P<w on his backe a heavy load he bare
Of nightly stclths, and pillage severall.
Which he had got abroad by purchas criminolL
He was, to weete, a atout and sturdy thief^
Wont to robbc churches of their omamenta,
And poore mens boxes of their due reliefs.
Which given was to them for good intents :
The holy saints of their rich vestiments
He did disrobe, when all men careiesae slept;
And spoild the priests of their habiliments ;
Whiles none the holy tilings in safety kept,
Then he by conning sleights in at the window cnp^
And all, that he by rfght or wrong could find.
Unto this house he brought, and did bestow
Upon the daughter of this woman blind,
Abeasa, daughter of Corceca slow,
With whom he whoredome usd that few did IcnoWt
And fed her btt with feast of offerings
And plenty, which in all the land did grow j
Ne spared he to give her gold and rings ;
And now he to her brought part of his stolen thingo.
Thus, long the dore with rage and threats he bett i
Yet of those fearfull women none dunt rin^
(The lyon frayed them) him in to lett ;
He would no lenger slay him to adviie,
~ open breakes the dore in furioua wii^
Andei
when i.
jifull h<
[ Buddan doth surprise j
And, seizing cruell clawes on trembling breM,
Under bis lordly foot him proudly hath supprtst.
Him booteth not resist, nor succour call,
is bleeding hart is in the vengen hand ;
Who Btreight him rent in thousand peeces iniaU,
And quite dismembred haih : the thinty land
Dronke up his life ( liis corse left on the itroiid.
His fearefull freends weare out tlie wofull night,
Ne dare to weepe, nor seeme to understand
The heavie hap, which on them is ahght ;
Affraid, least to themselves the like misbafieD mi^il;
Now when broad day the world discovered has.
Up Una Tone, up rose the lyon elte;
In waics unknowney her wandring knight to leeke.
With paines far passing that long-«andting Greeks,
That for his love refused ddtye ■
Such were the laboura of this lady meeke,
Still Keeking liim, that from her still did flye; [nye.
Then furthest from her hope, when mont she weened
THE PAERIE QUEENE.
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SoaiB m abe ptrted tlienee, the fettrftill twoyne.
That blind old woman, and her daughter dear,
CaniB forth ; and, flndiiig Kirknpine there slayne,
For •nguiah great tbe; gui to rend their beare,
Aod beat tbor bnets, and naked fltsh 10 teare :
And wlMn they both had wept and wajM their fill,
Tbeo forth th^ lao, like two amaKd deare.
Half* mad through malice and rerenglng will,
To tMaw W-, that was tbe caiuer of their ill :
Whoms ovotaking, tliey gao londlj br*]'.
With hollow faoalh^, and lamenting cry ;
Shamefully at her nyling all the way,
And ber accusng of disboneMy,
That was tbe fluwre of Cuth and chutity :
And itjll, amidit h^ isjUng, ihe did pray
Thaa plagues, and TDisciueTtis, and long miiery,
BUgbt &I1 on ber, and follow all tbe way ;
And that in endlesw error ihe nught ever stray-
But, when she saw bo' pmyer* nought preraHe,
Shee backs reloumed with soma labour lost ;
And in tbe way, as shee did weepe and waile,
A knight ba mett in mighty armes endtoet.
Yet knight was not for all his bragging bost ;
But subtill Archimag, that Una sought
By Oraynes into new troubles to have teste ;
Of that old woman tddingg he besought,
If thai of such a lady shee could lellen ought.
Therewith cbe gan her passion to renew,
And cry, and curse, and raile, and rend her beare,
Saying, that bsrlott the too lately knew,
That cBusd her shed so many a bitter teare ;
And so forth told the story of ber feare.
Much seemed he to mone her haplesse chaunce.
And after for that lady did inquere ;
Which being taught, be forward gan advaunce
Ha fair enchaunted steed, and eke his charmed
Ere long he came where Una traveild slow.
And that wilde champion wayting her betyde ;
Wbotoe seeing such, for dread bee dunt not show
Him selfe too nigh at hand, but turned wyde
Unto an hil ; from whence when she him apyde.
By his like-seeming shield her knight by name
Shee weend it was, and towards him gan ride :
Approching nigh she wist it was the samu ; [came:
A[id with faire learefull humblesse towards him shee
And weeping said, '■ Ah my long-lacked lord,
Wbere hare ye bene thus long out of my sight ?
Much hared I to have bene quite abhord.
Or ougbt haTe done, that ye displeasen might ;
That dwuld aa death unco my deare heart light :
For unce mine eie your ioyous sight did mis,
My cbearefutl day is tumd to chearelesse night,
Aodde my night of death the shadow is: [blis!"
But welcome now, my light, and shining Umpe of
He thereto meeting said, *' My dearest dame,
Far be it from your thought, and fro my wit.
To tlnnke diat kiugbthood 1 so much should shame.
At you to leave that have me loved slil.
And chose in Faery court, of meere goodwil.
Where noblest knighu were to be found on Earth.
The Eardi shall sooner leave her kindly skil
To faring ibrtli &uil, and make eternal derth,
Then I lere yon, my liefe, ybom of herenly berth.
" And sooth to say, why I leftc yuu so long,
Wat for (u seeke adventure in straunga place )
Where, Archimago said, a felon strong
To many knights did daily worke disgrace;
But knight he now shatl never mone deface :
Good cause of mine excuse that mote ye please
Well to accept, and evermore eralrace
My futhfidi servioai that by land and seas
Hafe vowd you to defend: now then your plaint
Hia lovely words her seemd due recompence
Of all her passed painea : one loving liowre
For many yeares of sorrow can dispcnce ;
A dram of sweete is worth a pound of sowre.
Shee has forgott how many a woeful ttowre
For him the late endurd ; she speakes no more
Of past : true is, that true love hath no powre
To looken backe ; his eiet be fiit before. [sore.
Befbre ber stands her knight, for whom she toyld so
M>u^ like, aa when tbe beaten marinere,
That long hath wsndred in the ocean wide,
Ofte soust in twelliog Tethya ultish teare ;
And long time having tand his tawney hide
Wilhiluslring breath of Heaven, that none can bide,
Ind KorcWng Sames ofietix Orion's hounds
Soone as the port from far be has eapide.
His chearfult whistle merily doth lound,
And NereuB crownes with cups; hit mates him
pledg around.
Such ioy made Una, when ber knight she found ;
And eke th' encbaunter ioyous seemde no Icsse
Tlien the glad marchant, that does tcw ficm ground
His ship far come from waliie wilderncsse i
He buries out vows, and Neptune oft doth bletac.
So forth they past ; and all the way they spent
Discouning of her dreadful late distresse,
Id vrtncb be askt her, what tbe lyon ment i
Who told, ber all that fell in ioumey, aa she went.
They had not ridden fkr, when they might see
One pricking towards them with hastie heat,
P^ill strongly armd, and on a courser fi-ee
That through his fiennesie fomed all with sweat.
And the sharp yron did for anger eat,
When his bat lyder spurd hts cbaufRxl tide ;
His looke was steme, and seemed still to threat
Cruell revenge, which he in hart did hyde :
And OD hia sbicid Sani toy in bloody lines was dyde.
When nigh he drew unto this gentle payre.
And saw the red cnnse, which the knight did beat«.
He burnt in fire ; and gan cftsoones prepare
Himselfe to batteill with his couched spearc.
Loth was that other, and did faint through fa,n.
To taste th' untryed dint of deadly tteele :
But yet his lady did to well him cbeare.
That hop« of new good hap be gan to feele ; [heele.
Su bent hia speare, and q>urd his horse wilb yron
But that proud Paynim forward came so ferce
And full of wrath, that, with his sharp-head speare.
Through vainly crossed shield be quite did perce;
And, bad hit staggering steed not shronke for feare.
Through shield and body eke he should him beare i
Yet, so great was tbe puissance of his push.
That from hit sadle quite he did him beare :
He tomhling rudely downe to ground did rush,
AndfRMU bisgoredwoundawellof blouddidgush.
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Dismounling tightly from his loftii) steed.
He to him lept, in mindv to reave tiii life,
And proudly said ; " Lu, there the worthie meed
Of hiiD, thit slew Suiifoy with bloody kiiiTe ;
Henceforth hia ghost, freed from repining atnfe,
In peace nifty pasnen over Lethe laJce ;
Wlien mourning sltars, purgd with enimies life.
The black infemall Furies doen aslake : [thee take. '
Life from SunsToy thou loskst, Sonsloy shall from
Therewith in haste his helmet gan unlace.
Till Unft cride, " O hold that henvie band.
Dearer, what ever (hat thou be in place :
Enough is, that ^ly foe doth vftnquisht stand
Now at thy mercy ; mercy not withstand j
For he is one the truest knight alive,
Though conquered now he lye on lowly land ;
And, whilest him fortune &Tourd, fayre did thrivi
In bloudy field ; therefore of life him not deprive
Her piteous wordes might not abMe his rage j
But, rudely rendiDg up hia helmet, would
Have slayne him streight : but when he sees tail aga,
And hoarie head of Archimago old.
His hasty hand he dotb amased hold.
And, balfe ashamed, wondred at the ught :
For that old man well knew he, though untold.
In charmes and magick la have wondrous might ;
Ne ever wont in field, ne in round lisla, to light ;
I now is left to keepe the fMone maid
n raging apoile of lawlesse victon will ?
' ' hfull gard remov'd ; her hc^ie di
He
Her aelfe a
ielded
prayt(
>r spill \
', lord of the field, his pride tc
With foule reprochea and diadaineful spight
Her vildly entertainca ; and, will or nill,
Besres her away upon his courser light i [might.
Her prayers nought prevaile : bis i^e is man of
And all the way, with great lamenting paine.
And piteous plainces, she filleth his dull cares.
That stony hart could riven have in Iwune ;
Ind all the way she wetU vrith flowing team ;
3ut he, enrag'd with rancor, nothing hearea.
^er servile beast yet would not leave her so,
Jut follows her tar off*, ne ought he fearei
To be partaker of her wandring woe.
"' 'n beastly kind, then that her beaMljr foe.
And said, " Why Archimago, lucklease syre.
What doe I see ? wtlat hard mishap is this.
That hatli thee hether brought lo taste mine yre ?
Or tliine the fault, or mine the error is,
Instead of foe to wound my friend amiss?"
He answered nought, but in a traunee still lay.
And on those gullefull daied eyes of his
The cloude of death did sit ; which doen away.
He left him lying so, ne would no lenger stay :
But to the virgin comes ; who all this while
Amased stands, herselfe so mockt to see
By him, who has the guerdon of his guile.
For so misfeigning her true knight to bee :
Yet is she now in more perpleillie.
Left in the hand of that same Faynim bold.
From whom her booteth not at aU to Hie i
Who, by her cleanly gannent catching hold.
Her from ber palfrey pluckt, her visage to behold
But her fiers servant, full of kingly aw
And high disdaine, whenas Ida soveraine dame
So rudely handled by her foe be Mw,
With gaping iawes full greedy at him came,
And, ramping on his shield, did weene the same
Have reft away with his sharp rending clawes :
But he was stout, and iust did now inflame
dnwes.
O then, too weske and feeble was the forse
Of salvage beast, hia puissance to withstand '.
For he wan strong, and of so migblie corse.
As ever wielded speare in warlike hand;
And feates of armcs tUd wisely understand.
Eftwonea he perced tlirough his chaufed cbest
With thrilling point nf de«ily yron brand,
And launcht his lordly Iiart : with death opprest
^ib ror'd aloud, whiles life forsooke his stubbotne
brert.
To sinful! hous of Pryde Duess-
a guydea the fUthfull knight {
Where, brothers death to wreak, Sanday
Doth chaleng him to fight.
YouNO knight whatever, that dost armes profess^
And through long labours buntskt after fame,
beware of fiaud, beware of Gcklencsse,
!n choice, and chaunge, of thy deare-loved dame i
Least thou of her believe too lightly blame.
And rash misweening doe thy hart remove :
For unto knight there is no greater shame.
Then lightnesse and inconstancie in love ; [prove.
Iliat doth this Redcrosse knights ensomple plainly
Who, afWr that he had faire Una lome,
Tlirougb light misdeeming of her loialtie ;
And false Duessa in her sled had borne.
Called Fides*', and so supposd to be i
Long with her traveild ; till at last they ise
A goodly building, bravely garnished i
The house of mightie prince it seemd to be i
ids it s broad high way that ted.
All bare through people* feet, which thethertTKveiied.
ipes of people traveild thetherward
Both day and night, of each degree and place ;
But few relumed, having scaped hard,
With tnleiull l>eggery, or foule disgrace ;
Wtiich ever after in most vrretcbed case.
Like loalliBome lazars, by the hedges lay.
l^hether Dueasa liadd him bend liis pace j
For she is weatie of the loiUom way;
And also nigh consumed is the lingriug day.
A stately pallace built of squared bricke.
Which cunningly was without morler laid.
Whose wals weretiigh, hut nothing strong ni^ thick,
And golden foile all over them displsid,
Ttiot putent skye with brightnesse they diomaid :
High lifted up were many loftie tovnes.
And goodly ^leries for over laid.
Full of &ire windowea and delightful bowres ;
And on the lcf> a diall (old tha ttmely trawica.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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Ilw
le for ID bchouy,
And spake the prmses of the workman
But full grot pittie, that so ^re a mould
Did on to weakc roundadon ever liu :
For OD a Hndic hill, that alll did flitt
And (idl away, k mounted was fuil hie :
Hut ever; breath of Heaven ahaked itt :
And all the hinder partes, thai few could spie,
Were rviiunis and old, but painted cunmugly.
Arrived there, they passed in forth nRht ;
Pot still to all the gates Htood open wide ;
Tet charge of them was to a porter hight,
Cald Malventi, who entrance none denide :
llience to the hall, which w&s on every side
With rich array and costly anas dight :
Infinite sortes of people did abide
There waiting long, to win tlie wi-Aed sight
Of her, that was the lady of that piUacc bii^t.
By them they paasc. sU gazing on them round.
And to the presence mount ; whow glorious vew
Thar frayle amaaed sense* did confound.
In liriDg princes coiirt none ever knew
Such endlesse richesse, and so sumpteous sheiv ;
Ne Persia selfe, the nourse of pompous pride.
Of lords and ladies stood on every side, [heautifide.
Which, with thor presence fayre, the place much
High abore all a cloth of state wag apred,
A Dd « rich throne, as bright as )unny day ;
On which there sate, most brave embelliahed
With loyali robes and gorgeous array,
A mayden queene that shone, as Ulans ray.
In glistring gold and perelesse predous stone ;
Yet her bnght blazing beautie did assay
To dim the brightnesse of her glorious throne.
As CDTying her selfe, that too eieeeding shone :
Eieeedlng tbon^ tike Phiebus tayresi childe.
That did presiune his fathers fyrie wayne.
And flaming mouthee of steede^ unwonted wUde,
Through highest Heaven with weaker hand to rmyne i
Pmud of auch glory and advancement vaync.
While flashing beames do daie liis feeble eyen.
He leaves the welkin way most beaten playne.
And, i^it with whirling wheeles inflames the skyen
With fire not mode to bume, hut byrely tor to sbyne.
So prond she shyned in her princely slate,
Lookinj; to Heaven ; for Earth she did diadayne ;
And sitiag high ; fbr lowly she did hate ;
Lo, tmilenieath her scomefull feet was layne
A dreadfull dragon with an hideous trayne ;
And iu her band ahe held a mirrbour bright.
For the wai wondroiu bait, a* any living wight.
Of giiealy Ftuta she the daughter was.
And isd Proa/rpina, the queene of Hell ;
Yc( did she thlnke her pi«rele«e worth to pas
That parentage, with pride so did the swell ;
Aodthundring love, that high in Heaven doth dwell
And wield the world, she claymed for her syre ;
Or if that any else did love excell ;
For In the highest she did sdll aspyre ;
Or, if ought bigbCT were then that, did it desyre.
And proud Luclfera men did her call.
That made her selfe a queene, and crownd to be ;
Yet rightfull kingdome she had none at all,
Ne heritage of native soverainde j
But did usuipe with wrong and tyrannle
Upon the scepter, which she now did hold ;
Ne ruld her realme witli Iswes, but pollicia,
And strong advixament of six wisards old, [hold.
That with their counseli bad her kingdome did up-
Soone as the EIRd knight in presence came.
And blse l>ue9Ba, seeming lady fayre,
A gentle huiher, Vanitie by lume.
Made rowme, and passage for them did prepaire ;
So goodly brought them to the lowest atayre
Of her high throne ; where they, on humble knee
Making obeysaunce, did the cause declare.
With loftie eyes, halfe loth to looke so lowe.
She thancked them in her disdainefull arise ;
Ne other grace vouchsafed them to showe
Of princBsse wortiiy ; scarse them bad arise.
Her lordes and ladies all this while devise
Themselves to setten forth to stnungen ught:
Some frounce their curled beere in courtly guise ;
Some prancke their ruffes; and others trimly dight
llieir gay attyre : each others greater pride doe*
Goodly they all that knight doe entertayne,
Right glad with him to have increast their crew )
But to Duess' each one himselfe did payne
All kindnesse and faife courtesie to shew ;
For in that court whylome her well tfaey knew i
Yet the stout Faery mongat the middest crowd
Utought all th^ gloHe vaitie in knighttie vew.
And that great princesse loo exceeding prowd.
That to Mrange knight no better countenance sllowd.
hcall-.
Aii hurtlen forth ; and she, with princely pace.
As faire Aurora, in her purple pall.
Out of the east the dawning day doth call,
So forth she comes f her brightnes brode doth blaie.
The heapes of people, thronging in [he hall,
Doe ride each other, upon her to gaie :
Hergloriousglitterondlightdothallmensraesamaie.
So forth she comes, and to her coche does clyme,
Adorned til with gold and girlonds gay.
That seemd as fresh as Klora jn her prime ;
And strove to match, in roiall rich array.
Great lunoes golden chayre ; the which, they say.
The gods stand gazing on, when she does ride
To loves high hous through Heavens bras-paved way,
Drawne of fayre pecocks, that excetl in pride.
And full of Argus eyestheJr tayles dispredden wide-
But this was drawne of ox unequall beasts.
On which her tdi sage counselloura did ryde^
Taught to obay tlieir bestiall beheasH,
With like conditions to their kindes applyde ;
Of which the iirtt, that all the rest did guyde,
Was sluggish Idlenesse, the nourse of Sn ;
Upon a slouthfuU asse he chose lo rjde,
Arayd in habit blacke, and amis thin ;
Like lo an holy monck, the service to begin.
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And in bis band bia portena gtill lie bare.
That much khb worae, but therein little redd ;
For of devotion he bad little eve.
Still drownd in sleepe, aod moM of hia daie* dedd :
ScuK could he once uphold his heavie hedd.
To looken whether it were tiigbt or day.
Ma; seem the wsyne wu very evil ledd,
When such on me had guiding of llie wtj.
That knew not whether right he went or else «timj.
Froin worldly cares bimselfe he did esloyne.
And greatl; shunned manly exercise ;
From ererie worke he chalenged essoync.
For contemplation sake ; yet otherwiite
His life be led in lavlesse riotise ;
Bf which be grew to grievous ni^ady :
For in hii luatlease limbs, through evill gul*^
A nhalung fever raignd continually ;
Such one was Idlenesse, &rst of this oranpany.
And by hit side rode loathsome Gluttony,
Defunned creature, on ■ fillhie swjme ;
His belly was upblowne with luiury.
And eke with iatnease ■wolloi were his cync;
And liiie a crane his necicc was long and fyne.
With which be swallowed up excessive teast.
For want whereof poore pe<^>le oft did pyne :
And alt the way, mort like a bnitisb beast.
He spued up hii gorge, that all did turn detewL
In greene vine leaves he was right fitly clad ;
Far other clothes he could not wear for beate :
And on his head an ;iiie girland had.
From under which fast trickled downe the sweat:
Still as be rode, he somewhat (till did eat,
And in bis hande did beare a bouiing can.
Of which he supt lo ott, that on his seat
His dronken corse be scarae upholden can :
In shape and life more like a monster then a man.
Unfit he was tot any worldly thing,
And eke unhable once to stirre or go ;
Not meet to be of counaell to a kiug,
Wboae miitd in mcate and drinke was drowned lO,
'iW from lus frend he seeldome knev hii fo :
Full of diseases was his carcas blew,
And a dry dropsle through his fiesb did flow,
Which by mtEdiet daily greater grew ;
Such one was Gluttony, the second of that crew.
And neit to him rode lustful! Lechery
Upon a bearded gole, whose rugged heare,
And whally tin, (the signe of gelosy)
Was like the person selfe, whom he did beare :
Who rough, and blacke, and filthy did appeare ;
Unsecmely man to please ftir ladies eye ;
Yet be of tsdics oft was loved deare,
Vilicn fairer fnces were bid Btanden by :
O wiio does know the bent of womena fkntasy !
In a greene gowne he clothed was fiill faire.
Which undemcMh did hide his filthineaie ;
And in his hand a burning hart he Inre,
Full of vaine folhei and new-tlsnglenesae :
]'~or he was false, and fraught with Scklenesse ;
And teamed had to love with secret lookes ;
And well could daunce i and sing with ruefulnesHj
And fortunes tell ; and read in loving bookes :
^ — ' thousand other waies, to bait his fiethly bookes.
Inconstant man, that loved all he saw.
And lusted after all, that he did love )
Ne would hia looser life be tide to law,
But ioyd weake wemeoB liearts to tempt, and pitrv^
If from their loyall loves he might them movei
Which lewdnes Gld bim with repiwhiull pun
Of that foule evill, which all men reprove,
Tliat rotti the marrow, and consumes the braiDe ;
Such one was Lediery, the third of all this tiaiue.
And greedy Avarice by him did ride^
a camell losden all with gold i
_ - .roD coffem liong on either ude.
With predoua metall full bb tfaey might hold;
And in his lap an heap of coine be told :
For of his wicked pelf Ids god lie made,
0 Hell him selfe for money sold :
Accuned usury waa all his trade ;
And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waida.
His life was nigh unto deaths dore yplasts ;
And Ihred-bare cote, and eofaled shoes, hee ware ;
Ne scarse good morselL all his life did (aate ;
But both from baeke and belly still did spare.
To fill his tiags, and richesse to compare -.
Yet chiide ne kinsman living had he none
To leave them to ; but thorough daily care
To get, and nightly feare 10 lose bis owne.
He led a wretched life, unto bimselfe unknowne.
Most wretched wight, whom nothing might suffise;
Whose greedy lust djd lacke in greatest stme ;
Whose need bad end, but no end covctise ;
Whose welth was want; whose plenty made him piwe;
Who had enough, yett wished ever more ;
A vile disease ; and eke in foote and hand
A grievous gout tormented him flitl sore ;
That well he could not toucb, nor goe, nor stand t
Such one was Avarice, the fburlh of this fUre band!
to him maliciouB Envy roda
Upon a ravenous wolfe, and still did ctiaw
n his cankivd teeth a venemoua tode^
That alt the poison (an about hia chaw;
But inwardly he chawed bis owne maw
At neibors welth, that made him ever sad j
For death it was, when any good be saw ;
And wept, that cause of weeping none he had;
But, when he heard of liaime, he wexed woodrmtt
gUd.
a Idjtle of discolourd say
He clothed was, ypaynled full of des ;
And in his bosorae secretly there lay
' n halefuU snake, the which hia laile uptyea
1 many foldi, and mortall Bting implyes :
d!l as he rode, lie gnashl his teeth to see
Those heapei o( gold irith griple Covetysc ;
And grudged at the great felicitee
Of proud Ludfbn, and Ids owne companec
He hated all good irorkes and vertumis deeds.
And him no lease, that any like did use ;
And, who irith gmtioui bread the hungry feeds.
His almes for want of faith he doth accuse ;
.So every good to bad be doth tbiae :
And eke the verse of famous poeta witt
He does Ijackebite, and s|nriiliidl poison sptiea
From leprous mouth ori alfthal ever writt :
Such one vile Knty was, that fiA« in row did silt.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
And him bedde ridea fierce revenging Wnth,
Upon ■ lion, loth for to be led ;
And in hi« hand a burning brond be hath,
The which he brandisheth ibout hit hed ;
HtB da dM huile forth sparclea fiery red,
And (tared steme on all that him Ijeheld ;
As ashes pale of hew, and seeming ded ;
And on fais dagger still his hand he held, [sweld.
TfEmbling dirough hastj nge, vhen choler in him
His mffin raiment all was staind with blued
Which be hail spilt, and all to rags yrent ;
Through unadviied rashnei waxen wood ;
For of his hands he had no governement,
Ne car'd for blood in his avengemenl :
But, vhen the furious Btt was oTerpast,
His cnel ISwts he often would repent ;
Yet, wilfull man, he never would forecast.
How many miscbievea should ensue bis heedlesse hist.
Full naoT nuKbiefes follow cniell Wrath j
Abhorred Bkudabed, and nimultuous Strife,
Unmanly Murder, and unthrifty Scath,
Bitter Despight with Rancours ruEity knife ;
And fretting Griefe, the enemy of life -.
All these, and many evils moe hsunt 1>«,
Tbe swelling Splene, and Frenzy raging rife,
lie shaking Palsey, and Saint Frauncea fire ;
Such one was Wrath, the hut of this ungodly tire.
And, cAer ail, upon the wagon beame
Rode Sathon with a smarting whip in hand.
With which he forward hubt the Uesy teme.
So oft as Slowth still in the mire did stand.
Huge routs of people did about them band,
Showting for joy ; and still before their way
A fbiggy miftt bad corered all tbe land ;
And, underneath their feel, all scattered lay
Dead sculls and bones of men, whose life bad gone
So Ibrtfa they marchen in this goodly sort.
To take the solace of the open aire,
And in fresh Howring fields themselves to ^lort :
Enwngst the rest rode that false lady faire,
Tlie foiile Oueiaa, next unto the chaire
Of proud X^ucifer^, as one of the traine :
But that good knlgbt would not so nigh repaire.
Him selfe estraunging from tbnr ioyaunce vaine,
Wbow fellowsbip seemd far unfitt for warlike swoine.
So, baring solaced IhemselTes a space
With plasaurtce of the breathing fields jted.
They backe retoumed to the princely place i
Whercn an errant knight in artnes ycled.
And hrathninh shield, wherdu with letters red'
Was writt Sinl ag, they new arrived find :
Kndam'd with Cory and flers hardyhed.
He seemd in hart to hoiboiir thoughts unkind.
And nourish bloody vengeounce in his bitter mind.
WbOk when the shamed shield of slaine Sansfoy
He spide with that name Fary champions page.
Bewraying him that did of late destroy
His ddest brother i burning all with rsge,
■o him l^t, and that some envious gage
Of.
iclors gloi]
th' Elfin ki
iiy from him
ochtai
And, faimrenoountring Serce, reafcewd tlic noble pray-
Therewith they gan to hurtleo greedily,
Redoubted battaile ready to daiTayne,
And clash their Bhields,and sliake their sn
That with their sturre tliey troubled all the
idsonhy;
Till thai groat quee:
Of high displeasure that I'nsewen might,
Commaunded then) their fury to refraine j
And, if tliat rallier to lliat shield bad right.
In equall lists they should the morrow next it fight
" Ah, dearest dame," quoth then the Paynim bold,
" Pardon the error of enraged wight,
Wliome great griefe made forgett the nunes to hold
Of reasons rule, to see tliis recreaunt knight,
(No knight, but creachour fiill of false despight
And shameful treason,) who through guile hath slayn
The prowest knight, that ever field did fight.
Even stout Sansfoy, (O who can then refrayn ?)
Whose shield he beares reoverst, the more to heap
disdayn.
*^ And, to augment the glorie of his guile,
Hii dearest love, the faire Fidesaa, loe
Is there possessed (^ tbe traytour vile)
Who reapes tbe harvest sowen by his foe,
Sowen in bloodie field, and bought with woe :
That — brothers hand shall desreiy well tequight.
So be, O queene, you equall favour showe."
Him litle answerd th' angry Elfin knight ; [right I
He never meant with words, but swords, to plead hb
But threw his gauntlet, as a sacred pledg.
His cause in combat Uie next day to try :
So been they parted both, vrilb harts on edg
That night they pas in ioy and iallity.
Feasting and courting both in bowre and hall ^
For steward was eicewtive Gluttony,
That of his plenty poured forth to all ;
Which doen, tlie duunberUia Slowth did loren
them call.
Now whenas darksome Wght had all displayd
Her colehlacke curtein over brightest skyc ;
The warlike youthes, on dayntic couches layd.
Did chace away sweet sleepc from sluggish eye.
To muse on meimes of hoped victory.
But whenas Morpheus had with leaden mace
Arrested all that courtly company.
Uprose Duessa from her resting place.
And to the Paynims lodging comes with silent pace:
Whom broad awake she findes, in troublous fim
ForKdSsting, huw his foe he might annoy ;
And him amoves with speaches seeming 6a,
" Ah deare Sansioy, next dearest to SansToy,
Cause of my new griefe, cause of my new ioy;
loyous, to see his ymage in mine eye.
And greevd, to thinkc how foe did liim destroy,
That was the Aowre of grace and chevaliye ;
Lo, his Fidessa, to thy secret faith I flye."
With gentle wordes be can her fayrely greets
And bad say on the secrete of her hart :
Tlien, sighing sofl ) " I leame that litle sweet
Oft tehipred is," quoth she, " with muchell smart i
For, since my brest was lauDcbt with lovely dart
Of deore Sansfoy, I never ioyed hovTo,
But in etcmall woes my weaker hart
any an heavy atowir.
«8 SF£:
" At Ui^ wbao perils ill I weened past.
And bop'd to reape the crop of all my csr^
Bj tbia false faylor, who unwoithie *aie
Hii wortbie iluetd, wbom he with guilefull snare
£abapped aleWf and brought to ahainefull grave :
Me nil; maid away with him he ban,
And erer since hath kept id daritaom care ;
For that I would not y'eeld that la Saiufby I gave.
I) BpoM that lowring
" But nnce faire SuDne
And to ay loathed life now ihewea >oiiia light.
Under your beames 1 will nw ufely ehrowd
From dreaded itonne of hi* disdainfull spight :
To you th' inheritance belongea by right
Of brotbere prayie, to you eke longes his love.
Let not bis love, let not his restlcMe qirigfat.
Be unrereng'd, that calleg to you above
Ftotq wandnng Stygian ahoiea, where it doth end-
Thercto nid ha, " Faire dame, be nought diunaid
For soTTOwea past ; their griefe ii with Uiem gone.
Ne yet of pretent peril! be aflVaid :
Forneedlen
-edida
And helplesae h^ it bootatfa not to nunc.
Dead is Sanifby, bis vitaU paioe* art past,
Though greered ghost fbr vengeance deep do grooe :
He lives, that shall him pay his dewties last.
And guillie Elfin blood shall sacrifice in bast."
■■ O, but I tean the fickle fVeakes," quoth shee,
" Of Fortune false, and oddes of annes in field."
" Why, dame," quoth he, " what oddea can ever bee.
Where both doe fight alike, to win or yield ?"
" Yea, but,'* quotii she, *' be beares a charmed sfaield.
And eke encbaunced armes, that none can perce ;
Ne none can wound the man, that does them wield."
** Charmd or enchaunted," answerd he then ferce,
" I no wbitt reck ; ne you the like need to reberce.
■■ But, faire Fidessa, stthena Fortunes guile.
Or enimies powre, both now captjved you,
RetURie from whence ye came, and rest a.wlule.
Till morrow next, that I the elfe subdew,
And with Sansfoyea dead dowry you endew."
" Ay me, that is a double death," she said,
" With proud foes sight my sorrow to renew ;
Where ever yet I be, my secret aide
Shall follow you." So, passing forth, she bim obaid.
The faithfLiU knight in equall field
Subdewes his faithlcsse foe;
Whom false Dueua ssves, and for
Hia cure to Hell does goe.
Thb noble hart that harbours vertuoua thought,
And is with childe of glorious great intent.
Can never reat, untill it fbrth luve brought
111' etemall brood of glorie excellent.
Such restlesae passion did all night torment
The fljiwJTig corage of that Faery knight,
Devidng, how that doughtie tumament
With ^reatiat honour be alchieren might :
Sdll did he wake, and still did watch for dawnin
light
At laat, the goUea oriantall g»u
Of greatest Heaven gan to open fayre j
And PbOibUB, fresh as brydegroiH to his mat^
Came dauncing forth, shAing his deawie hayre ;
And hurld hiaglislring beams through gloomy ayie.
Which when Ibc wakeful elfe perceiv'd, streightway
He started up, and did him selfe prepayre
In BUnbright armes, and battailous array ;
For with that Pagan proud be combatt will that day:
And fortb he comes into the commune hall ;
Where earely waite him many a gaiing eye,
To weet what end to straunger knights may falL
There many minstralcs maken melody.
To drive away the dull meWncholy ;
And many bvdes, thai to the trembling chord
Can tune tbeir timely viuces cunningly ;
And many chroniclen, that can reconl
Old lovea, and warres for ladies doen by many ■ lonL
Soone after comes tbe cruell Saraain,
In woven maile all armed warily ;
And sternly lookea at him, who not a pin
Does care for loc^e of living creatures eye.
They bring them wines of Greece and Araby,
And daintie sfuces fetch tmn furthest Ynd,
To kindle beat of corage privily ;
And in the wine a solemne olh they hynd
T' observe the sacred Uwes of armes, that are aaaynd.
At last forth comes thai far renowmed quecoe;
With rayall pomp and princely maieatie
She is ybrougbt unto a paled greene.
And placed under stately canapes.
The warlike feates of both those knights to MS.
On th' other Bide tn all mens open vew
Duesia placed is, and on a tree
Sansfoy his siiield is hangd irith bloody bew :
Both thoae, the Uwrell girlonds to the victor dew.
A shrilling tr
And unto bat
n on hy«.
Theb
ddsi abput their wrestes they (yv^
And burning bladea about thai hradm do bl^ac^
The inatrumoits of irrath and hesvineaae ;
With greedy force each other doth aasayls.
And strike so fletuely, that they do in^sreaa
Deepe dinted furrowa in tbe hattred mayl* :
The yron wallea to ward their blowes are weisk and
frails.
Tbe Saiazin was stout and wondrous strcmg.
And heaped bloires like yiou baramera great ;
For after blood and vengeance be did long.
The knight was fiera, and full of youthly hoU,
And doubled Urokes, like dreaded thunders tlueatt:
For all for praise and honour did he figlit.
Both stricken stryke. Bod bealen botfa doe beat;
That from their shields forth flyeth fine light.
And helmets, hewen deepe, shew marks of atbera
So th' one for wrong, the other strirea for right:
As when a gryfbn, seiied of his pray,
A dragon flen encountreth in his fiight,
Tlrough widest ayre making his ydte way,
That would his rightfuU ravine rend away :
With hideous horror both together smight.
And Bouce so sore, that they tbe Heavens afflvy :
The wiae southaayer, seeinf su sad nghl,
Tb' amaied vulgw telles ofwairea and inortal Aght.
THE FAEBIE QUEENE.
S49
So th' one for witmg, tb« ocher Mrives for right ;
And each to dekdlj' sbame would driye hii foa :
Tb* cruell iteele bo greedily doCh bight
In tendsr Geah, tfae «trt^ame( of blood down Sow i
With which tb« ttratt, that ant so brigbt did show.
Into a pure venuiiUan now uv dydh
Great ruth in oil tiie guen barti did grow,
Sedag the gored woundce to gape no wyde.
Thmt Tictory the; dare not with to either Bide.
At bat the Peyiiim chauiut to cait hii eye.
His sudddn eye, fUming with wnUtifull fyre.
Upon his brother? shield, which hong thereby ;
Tlierewitb redoubled waa hia raging yre»
And uid ; " Ahl wretdied Hame of wofull syra,
Doest Ihou Bit wayling by blacke Stygian lake,
Whylest here thy shield is hangd for victon hjre?
And, iluggiah germon, doest thy forces slake
To aftcT'seiid his foe, that him may overtake ?
" Go, caytiTe Elfe, him quickly overtake.
And toooe redeame from his long-waodring woe :
Goc, guillie ^tost, to him my message make,
That 1 his shield hare quit from dying toe."
Therewith upon his crest be etroke him bo.
That twise he i«eied, readie Iwise to fall :
End of the doubtful) baltoile deemed Uio
The fiJse Duesu, " Thine tl
Soone u the Faerie heard his ladie speake.
Out of his iwowning dreame he gan awake ;
And quick ning faith, that earst waa wosen i
The creeping deadly cold away did shake ;
Tho mov'd with wrath, and shame, and ladies take.
Of all attonce he cast aveng'd to be.
And with so' exceeding furie al him stnke,
Tliat forced him to sloupe upon hia knee :
Had be not ilouped so, be should have cloien bee^
And to him said ; ** Goe i»w, proud miscreant,
ThyseUe thy message do to german deare ;
Alooe be, wondring, thee too long doth want ;
Goe say, his foe thy shield with hia dotb beare-"
Tlovwitfa liis heavie hand he high gan resre.
Him to hsTe slaine ; when lo ! a darkesome clowd
Upon him fell ; he no where doth appeare,
But Tanisht is. The Elfe hira calls alowd.
But anawer none receives ; the darkness him does
In haste Duessa from her place arose,
And to him running sayd ; " O prowest knight.
That ever ladie lo ber lore did (Aose,
Let DOW abate the terrour of yarn might.
And quench the flame of fiirioiu despight
And bloodie Tengeaoce: lo! th' iufemall powrea,
Corering your foe with cloud of deadly night,
HsTe borne hiro hence to Plutoea balt^ull bowres :
Hw conquest youis ; 1 youn ; the ihield and glory
Not all *o saliifidei with graedy eye
He Bought, all round about, his thinty blade
To batbe in blood of faithlesse cnimy ;
Wbo all that while lay bid in secret shade :
He stande* amazed how he thence ibould fade.
At last the trumpets triumph sound on hie ;
And running heralds humble homage made.
Greeting bim goodly with new viclorie ;
And (a him brought the daeld, the cauM of enmitie.
Wherewith ha goeth to that iovenine quaene ;
And, falling ber before on lowly knee.
To her makes present of his service seene :
Which she accepts with thankes and goodly gTea^
Greatly advaundng his great chevaltee :
So marcbeth bume, and by her takes the linigbt.
Whom all the people followe with great glee.
Shouting, and clapping all their hands on hight.
That all the ayre it fils, and llyes to Heaven bright.
Home is be brought, and layd in sumptuous bed :
Where many skilful! leaches him abidu
To olve his hurts, that yet still freshly bled.
In wine and oyle tbey wash his woundes wide,
And softly gan embalme on everie side.
And all the while most heavenly melody
About the bed sweet musicke did divide.
Him to b^uile of griefe and agony ;
And all the while Duessa wept full Inttcrly.
As wben a wearie traieiier, that (trayes
By muddy shore of broad seven-mouthed Nile,
Unweeting of Ibe perilloua wandiing wayes.
Doth meete a cruell craftie crocodile.
Which, in falae griefe hyding hia harmefuU guile.
Doth weepe fuli sore, and sbcddeth tender tears ;
The fooliib man, (hat pities all this while
Hia mourtiefull plight, is swallowed up unwores ;
Forgetfull of hia owne, that mindes an others cares.
So wept Duessa untill eventyde.
That shining lampes in loves hi^ house were lighl:
Tben forth she rose, ne lenger would abide ;
But comes unto the place, where th' Hetben kni^t.
In slombting swownd nigh voyd of vilall sprif^
Lay covar'd with inchauuted cloud all day :
Whom when she found, as she him left in plight.
To wayie his wofull case she would not slay, [way.
But lo the easteme coast of Heaven makea apeedy
Where grieslf Nigbt, with visage deadly sad.
That Phtefaus diearefiill face durtt never vew.
And in a foule blacke pitchy mantle clad,
She fiudes forth comming from her darksome mew;
Wiiere she all day did hide her hated liew.
Before the dore ber yron charet stood.
Already harnessed for ioumey new,
And cole-blacke sleedcs ybome of hellish brood.
Hut on their ruity bits did champ, as they were
Who wben she saw Duesaa, sunny bright,
Adomd with gold and jewels shining cleare,
She greatly grew amazed at the sight,
And th' unacquainted light began to feare ;
(For never did such brigbtnes there appean)
And would have liacke retyred to her cave,
Untill the witches apeach ahe gan to heare.
Saying ; " Yet, O Ihou dreaded dame, 1 crave
Abyde, (ill I have told the message which I have."
She Btayd ; and foorth Duesaa gan proeeede ;
" O thou, most aiuident gnndmotbaT of all.
More old than love, whom lbouatGtaldidilbi««de,
Or that great bous of gods CBlcstiall ;
Which wast begot in Dtemogoi^na hall.
And sawst the seoetB of the world immade ;
Why suifredst tluu thy nephewes deare to fall
With Eliin Bword, moat ahameAilly betrade ?
Lo, where the stout Saniioj doth tleepe in deadly
" Ao^ him bcfbre, I nw wltli bttter tjta
The bold Saoifoj' ihriack undemeath hii ipeare ;
And now the praj of fowlea in field he l;eis
Nor WBjld of friends, nor Uyd on groning be«re.
That whjlomawas lo me too deuvly dearc.
O ! what of godi then boots it (o be bomc.
If old ATCUffln aonntn lo erili heare?
Or who ahalT not great Nightea children Econie,
Wbon two of three her nephewt are «o fowle for.
lome?
■' Up, then i up, dreary dame, of darkoea queeue ;
Go, gather up the reliques of thy race ;
Or elae goe, them avenge ; and let be seene
That ilreaded Night in brightest day bath place.
And can the children of fay j^ Ligbt deface* "
Her feeling speaches some compasaion mov'd
Id hart, and chaunge in that gnaX mother* face :
Yet pitty in ber hart was never prov'd
Till then ; for evermore she bated, never lov'd :
And nid, " Deare daughter, rigbtly may I letr
The tall of famous children borne of mee.
And good successes, which their foei enaew ;
But who can tume the streame of destine*^
Or breake the cbajme of strong necessitee.
Which fast is tyde lo lorea etonalt seat ?
Hie tonnes of Day be fovoureth, I we,
And by my ruinea thinkes to maiLs tbem great:
To make one great by otben losae is bad eicheal.
" Tet shall they not escape so fieely all ;
For some shall pay the price of other* guilt i
And he, the man that made Sansfoy to fidl,
Shall with his owne blood price that Eke hath spSh.
~ what art thou, that telst of nephews kilt ?"
"I, t
tdoM
It I, 1
Quoth she, " how ever now, in garments gilt
And gorgeous Bold arrayd, 1 to thee came;
Duessa I, the Daughter of Deceipt and 9uune."
Thai, bowing downe her aged backe, the kist
The wicked wittdi, saying ; " In that fayre face
The false reaemblaunce of Deceipt, I wist.
Did closely lurke ; yet so true-«e«ning grace
It carried, that I icane in daiksome place
Could it disceme ; tliough I the mother bee
Of Fallbood, and rooCe of Duwaes race.
O welcome, child, whom I have tongd to see,
And now have leeue unirares ! Lo, now I go with
tbee."
Tben to her yron wagon ihe betakes.
And with her beares the fowle wel&vourd witch :
Through mirkesome aire her ready iray she makes.
Her twyfbid teme (of which tvro blacke as pitch,
And two vrere browne, yet each to each unlidi)
Did softly swim away, ne ever stamp
Unlesse ehe cbaunst ttieir stubbomemoutluto twitch j
So well dny sped, that they be come at length
Unto the jMtx, whotas tin P^nim lay
Devoid oi^ outward aence and native strength,
Coverd with dunned cknid from vew of day
And light of men, since his late luckeleise fray.
His CTuell wound* with eruddy bloud congeald
Tlwy binden up so wisely as they may,
Aod iMndle loftly, till they can be heald :
So lay Um in ber cbaiett, cloae in tnght ooncwld.
And, all the while she stood upon (be ground.
The wskefutl dogs did never cease to bay ;
As giving warning of th" unwonted sound.
With which her yroti wheeles did them aifray,
And her darke griesly looke them much dismay.
The messenger of death, tlie gtnstly owle,
With drery sbriekus did also her bewray ;
And hungry wolvea continually did bowie
At ber abhinrtnl ftce, so filthy and so fowle.
Thence turning backe in silence sone they stolen
And brought the heavy corse with easy pace
To yawning gulfe of deepe A vemus iMde :
Ry that same hole an entmunce, darlie and bace.
With imoake and sulpbui hiding all the place.
Descends to Hell : there creature never past,
Iliat backe retoumed without heavenly gmce ;
But dreadfull furies, whidi their cfaaines have brw^
And damned sprighta tent forth to make ill m^
By that same way Ihe direfull dames doe drive
lieir moumefull charelt, fild with rusty blood.
And downe to Plutues house are come bilive i
Which pasung through, on every side than stood
The trembling; ghosts with sad amaied mood,
Chattring thdr iron teeth, and staring wide
With stony eies ; and all the hellish brood
Of feends infemall flocki on every side, [ride.
To gaie on erthly wigbt, that with the Ni^ dunt
They pas the Utter waves of Acheron,
Where many soules sit wnjling woefully ;
And come to fiery flood of Phlegelon,
Whereas the damned ghosts in torments fry.
And vrith sharp tJuilling bhriekes doe bootlesse cry,
Curnng high love, the which tbem thither sent.
The House of endlesse Paine is built thereby.
In which ten thousand sorts of punishment
The cuiaed creatures doe elem^y torment.
Before the threshold dreadfull Cerberus
Hia three deformed heads did lay along,
Curled with thousand adders venemous ;
And IQIed forth his bloody flaming toog :
At them he gan to reare his bristles strong.
And felly gnarre, untill Dayes enemy
Did him iq>peaie : then downe his taile he hoo^
And BUileied them to passen quietly :
For she in Hell and Ileaven bad power equally.
There was Iiion turned on a wbeele.
Far daring trmpt the queene of Heaven to sin ;
And Sisyphus an huge round stone did rcele
Against an hill, ne might from labour lin ;
There thirsty Tantalus bong by the chin ;
And Tityus fed a vullur on his maw ;
T^phceus iointt were stretched on a gin ;
Theseus condemnd to endJesse slouth by law ;
And fifly sisters water in leke vessels diaw.
They, all beholdTng worldly wights in place.
Leave off their worke, unmindful! of (heir smart.
To gaze on them ; who forth by tbem doe pace.
Till they be come unto the furthest part ;
Where was a cave ywrought by wondrous art,
Deepe, darke, uneasy, doleful!, comfortlesse.
In which sad £sculapius far apart
Emptisond was in cbaines remidilesse;
Vor that HippcdytuB rent cor>« be did r«dnssc.
THE FAEUE QUEENE.
Btppoljtui ■ ioUf hi
"nait wont in (IttTettdiaccihe iomiiig bora 1
He all Ml pane* in beaut; did sutpa* ;
But ladies love, M ' ' ''
tttuid,
r lore ifae tumd to hate, and bim before
o &l>e acciud.
And with her gealoiu
a hit open cane abuad :
Who, all in nge, his sea god sfra besought
Some coned vengenunec on bis soniw to cast :
From surging gulf tiro moaiteis (Ireight were
brought ;
Tith dtead whereof bis cliacing steeda aghast
Biith cbantt swifte sod huntsman overcast.
His goodly corps, on ragged cliK Trent,
Was quite diimetntirtd, uiA hit mcmbnt chast
Sialteied on erery nxninlaine as be went,
That of HippolTttu waa lefte do monimeut.
gib'
of her
Which bearing, his rash ajre began 1
Hb heara, and hatt; tmg that did offend :
Tbo, gathering up the reuquss of hit imart^
By Dianes meanes who was Hippolyla IVend,
Them brou^t to Aeacul^e, tliat bj his art
Did beale tbem all againe, and ioyned erery part.
Sucb wondnnia science in mans witt to rain
When lore aviid, that could the dead reTive,
And fates expired could renew again,
Of endleaae life he might him not deprivej
But unto Hell did thrust him downe alire.
With flHhing thunderbolt ywounded ton :
Where, long remaining, he did alwuet ttrive
Hbnsetfe with talrts to health for to restore.
And slake the heavenl]' fire that raged erennotei
There aundent Night arrinng did alight
FrcBu her nigfa-wear; wayne, and in ber snnes
To Aesculapius brought the wounded knight :
Wbocn having softly mssniid of artnet,
Tbo gan to him discover all his hsrmes,
Baeecbing him witii prayer and with praise.
If dtber talTes, or oyles, or herbet, or charmes,
A fardonoe wight flvm dore of death mote raiie.
He would at ber request prolong her nef^ws daies.
** Ah, dame," quoth he, " thou lemptett me in vaine
To daie the thing, which daily yet I rew ;
And the old cause of my continued paine
With like attempt to like end to renew.
Is not enough, tliat, thrust from Heaven dew,
Here endlesse pentunce for one &ult I pay ;
But that redoubled crime with vengeaunce new
Thou biddett me to eeke? can Night defray
Tbe wrath of thundring love, that rules both Nighl
and Day?"
» Not so," quoth thei "but, sith that Heavensking
From hope of Heaven hath tbee excluded quighl.
Why fearest drau, that canst not hope for thing {
And fearett not tint more thee hurlen might.
Now in tbe pDwre of everlsating Night ?
Coctc
I, O tl
Of great Apollo, shew thy funous might
In mcdidne, thM els hath to thee wonne [donu
Great pains, aitd greater piaLw, both never to
Her woidt prendld : and thai the teamed
His cunning hand gan to hit wounds to la
And all tUngt els, the which hia art did ti
Which having laant^ from thence arose aw
~ 'at dtedd Dtrknesse, and let st
retouming, took her wonted way
To ronoe her timely race, whilst Fboebus pure
weary wagon did recure.
The false Ducssa, leaving noyoos Night,
itstumd to stately pallace of dame I^de :
Where when she came, she found the Faery knight
Departed thence; albee (bis wounds wyde
Not throughly heald) uiueady were to ryde.
Good cauae be bad to batten thence away ;
For on a day his wary dwarfe had spyde
Where, inadungeon deepchngenomberaUy [day;
Of caytive wretched thrallt, that wayled night and
(A ruefull Bight as could be seene with eie ;)
Of whom he learned had in secret wise
The hidden causa of their cqitivitie ;
How mortgaging their lives to Covetite,
Through wastfull pride and wanton riotise.
They were by law of that proud tyrsnneste,
Frovokt with Wrath and Envyes false surmise,
Condomied to that dongeon mercileBse, {natsa.
Where they should live m wo, and dye in irTetched<
Tbse was that great proud king of Babylon,
That would compell all nationi to adore
And him, as onely Cod, to call upon ;
mi, through celettiall doome thrown out of dore,
Into an oie be was transfonnd of yore.
There alto waa king Cnaou, that enhaunst
Hit batt too high through hit great ridKase store ;
And proud Antiochus, tbe which advaunit
His cuned hand gainst God, and on hit altaretdaunat.
And, them long time befine, great Nimrod iras.
That Hrat the world with sword and Are wair^;
And after him old Ninus far did pas
In princely pomp, of all the world obajd.
There also was that mighde monarch layd
Low under alt, yet above all in pride,
That name of native syre did fowle upbrayd.
And would as Ammont aonne be magnifide ; {dide^
nil, acomd of God and man, a shamefnll daMh ba
All these together in one beape '
Like rarVanrti of beaatea in butchers atalL
And, in another comer, wide were atrowne
The Antique ruins of the Romanes fall :
Great Romulus, the grandsyre of them all t
Proud Tarquin; and loo lordly Lentulus;
Stout Scipio ; and atubbome Ilanuiball ;
Ambitious Sylla; and atcme Marina;
High Caesar ; great Pompey ; and flers Antonius.
ongsttli
niit.
Proud wcmen, vaine, forgetAill of their yoke :
Tbu bold Seniinunis, whose sides trantfixt
With tonnea own blade her fowle reprocbea spoke i
Fayre Stbenolxea, that her aelfe did choke
With wilfull chord, for wanting of her vriU ;
Uigb-minded Cleopatra, that with stroke
Of Bsp& Sling ber selfe did stoutly kill : [filL
And tbousaodt moe the like, that did that dongeon
Boida the endlease nnitea of wretched thrallei.
Which tbetber Here uaen^led, dmy by day,
From »I1 the world, lAer their wofull fklla
Through wicked prida and wutsd weltbn decay.
But most, of nil which in that doHKon lay.
Fell {torn high piincea courtcs, or Udies bowm ;
Where (hey in ydle pomp, or wanton play,
Consumed had their goodi and thiiftlase howres.
And IsMly thrown themaelves into Ibeae faesTy
Whose aue wbenss the careful dwarfc bad totdd.
And made enwmple of their moumftili sight
Unto hia muster; he no lenger would
There dwell in perill of like painefult plight.
But earely rose ; and, ere that dawning light
Discovered had the world to Heaven wyde.
He by a privy posteme tooke his flight,
Tliat of no envioua eye» be mote be apyde :
For, douhtlessc, death enMwd if any him descryde.
Scaise could he footing And in that fowle way.
For many corses, like a great lay-stnl).
Of murdred men, which thcrdn strowed lay
Without remorse or decent funerall ;
Which, al throu^ that great princesse Pryde, did
&]],
And came to shamduU end : and them besyde,
Forth ryding underneath the costell wall,
A donghlU of dead carcases he spyde ;
The dreadfull spectacle of that sad House of Piyde.
From lawleaae lust by wondrous grace
Fayre Una is relmt ;
Whom salvage nation does adore.
And learoes her wise beheast.
As when a ship, that Byes layre under ssyle.
An hidden rocke escaped hath unwares.
That lay in waite her wrack for to bewaile;
The mariner yet halfe amazed stares
At pertU past, and yet in doubt ne daies
To ioy at his foolhapjae overught ;
So doubly is distresi twin joy and carea
The dreadlesse corage of this Elfin knight,
Hanng escapt so sad ensample* in his sighL
Yet sad he was, that his too haatie q>eed
The fayre Duess' had font him leave behind ;
And yet more sad, that Una, his dears dreed.
Her truth had stayad with Dvason so unkind ;
Yet cryme in her could never crrature find !
But for his love, and for her own selfe sake,
She wandred had trvm one to other Ynd,
Him for to sedte, ne ever would forsake ;
Till her unwares the fieri Sansloy did overtake :
Who, after AichiiDagaes fowle defeat.
Led ha away into a forast wilde ;
And, mmmg wrMhfbU f^re to lustfiill heM,
With beotly sin thought bmr to have defilde.
And made the vassal] of his pleasures vilda.
Yet first he cast by treaties and by traynes,
Her to persuade ^tat sttdrtMKtie fort to yilde ;
For greater conquest of hard lore he gaynes,
That woAca it to his will, then be ihM it constnines.
With Awning woniea he courted berawhUe;
And, looking lovely and oft alriiing sore.
Her constant hart did tempt with diverse guile :
But wordes, and lot^iei, and dghes she did abhore;
As rock of diammid stedAst evermora.
Yet, for to fted his fyrie InstflUl eye.
He snetcht the vale that hiMig her Isce before :
Then gan her beautie shyne as brightest skye.
And burnt his beastly hart t'enforce ba chastityo.
So when he saw his flatt'iing artes to fayle.
And subtile engines bett from batteree ;
With greedy force Iib gan the fort assayle.
Whereof tie weend puiewssed soone lo bee,
■ hideous act bobold.
And heavenly virgin thus outraged see.
How can ye vengeance iust so long withhold, [bold ?
And hurle not flashing flames upon that I^ynim
The pitteous mayden, carefull, comfortiesse,
Doesthrow out thrillingshriekes, and shrieking cryea,
(The latl vaine helpe of wemens greatc disttessc)
And with loud plaintes impdrtun^th the skycs ;
That molten staires doe drop like we^niig eyes ;
And l*h(Ki)u», flying so most shameful sight,
His blushing face in foggy cloud implyes.
And hydes for shanie. What witt of mortall wight
Can now devise to quitt a thrall IVotn such a plight 7
Etemall Providence, exceeding thought.
Where none appeares can make her selfe a way 1
ondroui way it for this lady wrought,
From lyons clawes to pluck the giyped pray.
Her shiill outcryes and shrieks so loud did bray,
That all the woodes and foresees did resownd :
A troupe of Faunes and Satyres far away
Within the wood were daundng in a rownd.
Whiles old Sylvanus slept in shady arfaer aownd :
when they heard that pilteoui strained voice,
ite forsooke their rural! meriment,
-an towardes the far rebownded noyce,
wt what wight so loudly did lament.
Unto the place they come incontinent :
Whom when the raging Saradn espyde,
A rude, mishapen, monstrous rablement.
Whose like he never saw, he durst not byde ;
But got his ready steed, and Hat away gan ryde.
The wyld wood-gods, arrived in the place.
There find the virgin, doolfuU, desolate.
With ruffled raymeo^ and Tayre blubbred face,
,s her outrageous foe had left her late ;
And trembling yet through feare of former hate i
All stand amazed at so Uncouth sight.
And gin to pittie her unhappie state ;
All stand asttmied at her beautie brigbt.
In their rude eyes unworthy of so wofull plight.
Sbe, mtxe amaad, in double dread doth dwell,
Ind every tender part for fears does shake :
ks when a greedy wolfe, through honger fell,
L aeely lamb far iVom the flock does uke.
If whom he meanes his bloody feast lo make,
L lyon spyes fast running towards him,
Iilie innocent pray in hast he does forsake ;
Whicb, quitt fhnn death, yet quakes in every lim
With cfauinge of feare, to see the lyon lo(Ae so
THE FAEBIE QDEENE.
Such fanfVill itt unid her trembUng hait ;
Ne vrard to sptake, ne ioynt to more, abe had i
The ulTBge uBtion f«cle her secret inuirt.
And read her khtoi* in her count'iunce ndj
Tfaeu- TiOHDiiig forbeads, with rough homa fdad
And nutick horror, all M^de doe laj ;
And, gently grenoing, ibew a aeinblaiice glmd
To comfort her i and, feare to put away, [alMy.
Their backward-bent kneea teach bar humbly to
The doubtfall damiell dare not yet conunilt
Her single person to their bari>arous (ruth ;
But still twiit feare and btqw unaid does silt.
Late leamd wbat harme to hasty trust enni'th :
They, in compaHion of ber tender youtb.
And wonder of faer beautie ■orermjne,
Are woone with pitty and unwonted ruth ;
And, all pmuiile upon the lowly playne.
Doe June ber feete, and &wne on b^ wltb eount'-
nance byne..
llieir harts ihe gbeaaetb 1^ their bumble guise,
Aod yjeldes ber to emenutie of time :
So from the ground she fearelesse doth artse,
And waiketh forth without suspect of crime :
They, all as ^ad as birdes of iojotis pryme,
Tbraice lead ber forth, abonl her dauncing round.
Shouting, and singing all a shepheards lyme ;
And, with greene btaunchesstrov'ing all t2ie ground.
Do wcnhip ber as queene with olive girlond crouod.
And all the way thdr miny pip« they sound,
llat all the woods with doubled eccho ring ;
And with tbor homed feet doe weare the ground.
Leaping like waatoo kids in pleasant spring.
So tawards old SyWanus they her bring ;
Who, with the noyse awaked, commeth out
To weet the cause, bit weake steps governing
And aged limbs on cypresse Madle stout;
Aad Willi an yWe twyna ins waate is gin about
Far ofl* ha wonder* wbat them nukea so glad,
Or Bacchus merry fruit they did inveut.
Or Cybeles fVanticke rites have nude them mad :
Tbey. drawing nigh, unto their god preaent
That flowra of fayth and beautie excellent :
The god himaelfe. Tewing that mirrbour rare,
Stood long amaid, and burnt in hi) intent :
His owne Ikyte Uiyope now he tbinkes not faire.
And FbaWf Ibwle, when ber to this he doth com-
Tbe wood-borne people fall before ber flat.
And worship her as goddease of the wood ;
And old Sylvanus selfe bethinkes not, wbat
To thinke of wight so fayre ; but gaiing stood
In doubt to deeme ber borne of earthly brood :
Sometimes danw Venui selfe be seemes tc see ;
But Venus never had/o sober mood:
Sonietiinee Diana be her takes to be ;
But miiaeth bow and sbafles, and builcins lo her knee.
By vew of her he ginneth to rerive
Hia ancient lov^ and dearest CypariJMe ;
And caUei to mind Ms pourtraiture alive.
How fayre he waa, and yet not tkyT9 to this ;
And how be slew with glaundng dart amine
A gentle hynd, the which the lovely boy
Did love as life, above all worldly bline :
For griefc whereof the lad n'ould atla ioy ;
But pynd away in anguub and Mlfewild annpy.
The wooddy nymi^iea, fUra Hamadiyadea,
Her to behold do tbatber runne apace ;
And all the troupe of light-foot Naiades
Flocke all about to see bar lovely face :
But, when they tewed have her heavvnly grace,
Tbey envy her in their malitiona mind.
Glad of such lucke, the luckelease lucky nuyd
Did her content to please tfaeir feeble eyea ;
And long time with that salvage people staydt
To gather breath in many mjseryes ;
During which time her gentle wit she plyat.
To teacb them truth, wliich worshipt her in vaine,
knd made her th' image of jdolatryea :
But, when their bootleese leale she did restrayne
From her own worship, they her aaae would wonhip
fayn.
It fortuned, a noble warlike knight
To seeke his kindred, and the lignage right,
Fnnn whence he tooke his wel-deserved name:
He had in annes abroad wonne mucheil fame.
And Gldfarlandea with gloHe of his might;
Plaine, tuthfull, true, and enimy of shame.
And ever lov'd to ligbt for ladies right :
^ut in vuine glorious frayes he litle did delight.
A satyrea soime ybome in forrest wyld.
By straunge adventure as it did betyde.
And there begotten of a lady myld,
Fayre Tbyamis the daughter of Labryde ;
Hat was in sacted bandes of wedlocke tyde
To Tberion, a loose imruly awayne.
Who had more ioy to niunge tbe forrest wyde.
And chase the salvage beast with busie paync.
Then serve his ladies love, and waste in pleasures
llie foriome mayd did with loves longing bnme,
And could not lacke her lovers company;
But to the wood ahe goes, to serve her tume.
And seeke her spouse, that from h^ still does fly.
And followea other game and veaery:
A Satyre chauosl her wandring for to finde ;
And, kindling coles of lust in brutish eye,
The loyall Unices of wedlocke did unbinde.
And made her pervon tfuall unto his beaatly kind*
So long in secret cabin there he held
Her captive to his sansuall desyre ;
Till that with timely fruit her belly sweld,
And bore a boy unto that salvage syre ;
Then borne he suf&ed her for to retyre ;
For ransoms leaving him the late-borne dulde %
Whom, till to ryper yean ha gan aspyre.
He nousled up in life and manert wijde, [eiilda.
Emongst wild beaates and wooils, from lawes of men
For all he taught the tender ymp, waa but
To banish cowardiie and bHtard feare :
His tremblmg hand he would turn force to put
Upon the lyon and the rugged beare ;
And from the shc-baares teals her whelps to teare ;
And eke wyld roring buls be would him make
To tome, and ryde their hades not made to beare ;
And tbe rohuckfls in Sight to orataka :
That ereriebeMtfiM'eBareitf him did fly andquakaiiM
SH SI
Tbenbj to ttuAetai and w> ftU be gnw.
That bia owns Ryre Bod mauter irf'hu guiw
Did often tremble at his horrid vow ;
And oft, for dr«ad of butt, would him adviie
The uigT7 beut« not rashtj' to desp'ua.
Nor too much to proroke; for he would larna
The If on Btoup to him in lowly wim,
(A lesKm hard) and make tbcliblMrd Meme
Leave roaring, when in nge he for lereogcdiil ear
And, for to nuke bia powre approved more,
Wyld beartet in yron yokes he would compell;
The spotted ponUier, and tbe (uiked liorcs
The pardale swift, and the tigr^ cru^ll,
The antelope and wolfE, both (ien and fell ;
And them consCnune in equall teme to draw.
Such ioy he had their stubboma harts to quell,
And sturdie courage tame with dreadfull aw ;
That hii beheaat they fearad, ai a tyrana law.
Aodcl
ruell pastime doim
After his sportes ai
When after him a lyooesae aia ninne,
That roaring all with rage did lowd requere
Her children deare, whom be away had wonne :
The lyoa whelpes she saw how he did beare.
And lull in rugged irmei witbouten childish feare.
The feanfull dame all quaked at tbe ligbt.
And turning backe gan fast to fly away ;
Untill, with love rarokt from vaine affiigbt.
She hardly yet penwaded was to May,
And then to him tbete womaniah words gan Myi
" Ah, Satyiane, my dewling and my ioy.
For lore of me leave off this dreadful! play ;
To dally thus with death is no it toy : [boy."
Go, find some other play-feUowes, mine own sweet
In theae and like delightes of bloody game
He tnyned was, till ryper yean he niughl ;
And tberE abode, whybt any beast of name
W^kt in that fbrreat, whom he had not taught
To feare his force : and then his courage baugfat
Desyrd of forreine foemen to be kaowoe.
And far abroad for stiaunge adioiturea sought ;
In wluch bis might waa never orerthrowne j
But through al Faary land his fiunoua worth waa
Tet evermore it was his manner fiurc,
After long labours and adventures spent.
Unto those native woods for to repairs.
To aee his ayre and oispring auncient.
And now he thetber came for tike intent;
Where he unwaret the &irest Una found,
Straunge lady, in no straunge habiliment.
Teaching the Satyrcs, which Iwrsatarotrnd, [dound.
Trew sacred Ion, wbidi from her sweet lipa did i».
He wondred at her w
Whose like in women* witt ne never knew ;
And, when her curteous deeds he did compare,
Gan her admire, and her sad aorrowei rew,
Blaming of Fortune, which auch troubles threw.
And ioyd to make proofe of her cruelty
On gentle dame, so burtlesse and \o trew :
I Thenceforth be kept her goodly
But dw, all Towd imto the Redooae knigh^
His wandring peiiU closely did lament,
Ne in this new acquaintaunce could delight;
But her deare hfart with anguish did torment.
And all her witt to secret counsels spent,
How to escape. At last in privy wise
To Satyrane she shewed her intent ;
Who, glad to gain such tavour, gan devise, [arise.
How with that pensive maid he best might thence
So on a day, when Satyres all were gone
To do their service to Sylvanus old.
The gentle virgin, left behinde alone.
He led away with oorage stout and bold.
Too lata it was to Satyna to be told.
Or ever hope recover her againe ;
In vaine he seekes that, having, cannot bold.
So fast he carried her with carefuU peine, [plains
Tlist tbey the woods are past, and come now to tbe
Hie better part now of tbe lingring day
They trareitd had, whenaa they far eB]ade
A weary wight forwandring by tbe way ;
And towards btm they gan in hast to iide.
To weete of newes that did abroad betyde,
Or tidings of her kni^tt of the Kedcrosse ;
But he, them spying, gan to tume aside
For feare, aa se«nd, or for some feigned loose :
More greedy they of newes fast towards bim do
A silly man, in simple w
And sc^d with dust of the long dried way ;
His sandales were with tnlsome travel] totne,
And face all land with scorching sunny ray.
As he had traveild many a tommers day
Through boyling sands of Arable and Ynde;
And in his hand a lacobs staife, to stay
His weary limbs upon ; and eke betaind [Innd.
His scrip did hang, in which his needments be did
Tbe knight, ^proching niali, of him inquerd
Tidings of warre, and of adventures new ;
But warres, nor new adventures, none ho bvd.
Then Una gan to aske, if ought he knew
Or heard abroad of that her cliampion tmr.
Hut in his armour bare a croslet red.
"Ayme! dearedame," quothhe, "well may I mr
To tdl tbe sad sight which mine nes have red; [ded."
These eies did sec tbit knight both living and cka
That miell wi»d ha tender hart so thrild.
That suddein cold did ronne tbrougfa every vaine.
And stony horrour all her sences Bid
With dying fitt, that downe she fell fm peine.
Tbe knigbt her lightly reared up againe.
And comf<«ted with curteous kind reliefe :
Then, wonne from death, she had him tellen planie
The Airtber processe of bier hidden griefe ; [chief.
The leaser pangs can b«ar<^ who balb endur'd tba
Thta gan the [ulgrim thus ; " I chaunst this day,
This falall day, that shall I ever rew,
To see two knights, in travell on my way,
(A sory aght) arraung'd in batteill new,
Both breathing vengeaunce, both of wrmthfull bew i
My feareful fieah did tremble at their strife,
To see their blades so greedily imbrew,
That, drtaike with blood, yet thristed after lifi- -.
What more? the Redcrosee knight was slain wilb
Faynim knifo,"
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255
■■ Ah ! dcarert lord," quotti ihe, *■ bowinlght that bee,
And be the ■Mutest knight, that ever wonne?"
■■ Ah ! deanst dame," quoth he, " how might I lee
The thing, that might not be, and jet wac donrw ?"
" Where i^"«»d Sotjnne, " that FaTnimi wniM,
That bim of life, and tuafior, hath refte?"
" Not taz away," quoth be, " be bence doth wonne,
Fotebj • foontain^ where I late him left
, Waahii^ bii bloody wounds, that through the ataele
were elefL"
Tboewith tbe knight then marched forth in bast.
Whiles Una, with huge heatineite oppmt.
Could not for niitow follow him so fast;
And aooue he came, ai he the place had ghest,
Wbema that Pagan proud bimielfE did rest
1q secret ahadow hj a fountaine side;
Etbd he it wai, that eant would have Buppreit
Faiie Una ; wliom when Saiyranc rapide.
With fbule reprochfiil words he boMljr him defide;
And aaid, " Arise, thou cuned mitcreMmt,
That hast with knightlcae guile, and trecherous train,
Faii¥ knighthood Fbwly sliamed, and doeat vaunt
That good koigbt of the Redcroase to have ilain :
Arise, and with like treason now maiiitaju
Thy guilty wrong, or els thee guilty yield."
The Saraiin, this beaiing, rose amain.
And, catching up in hast his three-square shield
And shining helmet, soone liim buckled to the field;
And, drawing nigh him, said ; " Ah ! misbom Elfe,
lo erill boure thy foes thee hither sent
nreaki
setfe:
Yet ill thou blamest me, for having blent
That Kederosse knight, perdie, 1 never slew ;
But had be beene, where carat his armee were lent,
TV enchaunler vaine his eirour should not rew ;
But tbou his errour shall, I hope, nowproventrew."
Therewith tbey gan, both furioua and fell.
To thunder blowea, and flersly to anaile
Each other, bent his enimy to quell ;
That with tbdr force they pent both plate and maile.
And made wide fuimwes in their Beriies fraile.
That it would pitty any living eie :
Large floods of blood adowne their sides did railc ;
But flooda of blood could not them sataslle :
Both boDgred after death 1 both chose lovrin, or die.
8a long they flgfat, and full terenge pursue,
lint, fainting, each themselves to brealhen lett;
And, ofte re^eshed, battell ofte renue.
Aa when two bores, with landing malice mett.
Their gory tides fresh bleeding fiercely frett;
Til breathlesae both themselves aside retire,
Where, foming wrath, their cruell luske* they wbctt,
Add trample th' earth, the whiles they may respire j
Tbeo backe lo light agaiue, new breathed and entiic
So fiersly, when these knights had breathed once.
They gan lo fight retouroe ; increasing more
Their puiseanl force, and cruell rage atlonce.
With heaped btrokes more hugely then before ;
That with their drery wounds, and bloody gore.
They both deformed, scarsely could bee known.
By this, sad Una fraught with anguish sore,
Led with their noise nhicb through the aire was
thrown, [sown.
ArriT'd, wber tbey in erth thirir fruitle* blood bad
Whom all so tomie a* that proud fc™»i>i
Gspide, he gan revive the toemory
Of big leud lusts, and late attempted sin ;
And lefte the doubtful! battel hastily,
To catch her, newly oBHd to bis eie:
But Satymne, with sbokes him turning, staid.
And stenwiy bad him other buainesa plia
Then bunt the steps of pure unspotted maid :
Wherewith ha al enrag'd theaa bitter spcachea said ;
" O faoUsh Faeries Sonne, what fury mad
Hath tbee incenit to bast thy dolefull bte?
Were it not better I that lady had
Hieii tlHt thou hadst repented it too late?
Most sencelesse man he, thai himselfe doth hate
To love another ; lo then, for thine ayd,
Here take thy lovers toksi on thy pate."
So they lo fight ; the whiles the royall mayd
Fledd torre away, of that proud Paynim sore afrayd.
But that false pilgrim, which that leasing told.
Being in deed old Archimage, did stay
In secret shadow all this to behold ;
And much reioyced in their bloody fray :
But, when he saw the damsell passe away,
He le4Y his stond, and her pursewd space,
In hope to )»ing ber to ber last decay.
But for to tell her lamentable coce.
And eke this battels end, will need another places
Tbe Redcroue knight is captive made
By gyaunt proud opprest :
Prince Artbure meets with Una great-
ly with those newes distrest.
What man so wise, what earthly wilt so irar%
As to discry tbe crafty cunning traine,
By which Deceipt doth maske in visour iaire,
And cm ber coulours died deepe in graine.
To seeme tike Truth, whose shape she well can laine.
And fitting gestures to her purpose ftwne,
The guiltlcsse man with guile to enterlaine ?
Great maistresae of her art was that fUse dame.
He &lse Duesaa, cloked with Fuleasaes name.
WIh> when, returning from tbe drery N^t,
She Enund not in that perilous Houi of Pryda,
Where she had left the noble Redcrosse knight.
Her hoped pray ; she would no lenger byde.
But forth she went to seeks him far and wide.
Ere long she fownd, whereas he wearie sate
To rest him selfe, fbreby a fountaine syde.
Disarmed all of jron-coted plate j
And by bis side bis steed the gnssy forage ale.
Hee feedes upon the cooling shade, and bayes
His sweatie forehead in the breathing wynd, [pl^fM,
Which through the trembling leaves full gently
Wherein the chearefull birds of sundry kynd
Doc chaunt sweet musick, lo delight his mynd:
The witch approching gan him fajrely greet.
And with reproch of carelesnes unkynd
Upbrayd, for leaving her in place unmeet.
With fowle words tempring &ire, soure gall with
bony sweet.
Uokintlnease put, they gaa of solace treat.
And baCfae in pleaaaunce or the io;ouB shade.
Which shielded them against the boyling heat.
And, with |reene boughes decking ■ gloom; glade,
About the fiHinlaine like a girlund mule ;
Whose bubbling wave did e»er freshly well,
Ne ever would ttirough fervent aoromer fade :
The sacred nymph, which therein wont to dwell,
Was out of Dianea fkvoT, as it then beteU.
The cause was this : One day, when Phnbe ftyre
With a]l her band was following the chace,
This nymph, quite tyr'd with heat of scorching ayrs,
Sott downe to rest in niiddest of tbe nee : -
Be such as she her aelfe was then in place.
Thenceforth her waten weied dull and slow ;
And all, that diinke tbcTeof.do fiunt and feeble grow.
Hereof this gCDtle Lnight tinweeting waa;
And, lying downe upon tbe aandie graile,
Dronke of tbe streuue, et cleare ■£ christall glss ;
Eftsoones his manly forces gan to iayle,
And mightie strong was tumd to feeble fnyle.
His cbaunged powres at Gnt themselves not felt;
Till crudled cold his corage gan assayle.
And cheareftil blood in fayntnes chil] did melt,
Wbicfa, lilLe a fever fit, through all his bodie swelt.
Yet goodly court be made still to his dame,
Pourd out in loosnesse on the grasey grownd.
Both carelesse of hia health, aiul of his fame ;
Till St the last he heard a dreadfull wwnd,
Which through thewood loud bello wiog did rebownd.
That all the Earth for tenor seetnd to ahske.
And tms did tremble. Tb' Elfc, therewith astownd.
Upstarted lightly from his looser moke.
And bis unready weapons gan in hand to take.
But ere he could his annour on him dight,
Xh gett his shield, his monstrous eniroy
With sturdie steps came stalking in bis sil^t,
And liideous geaunt, horrible and hye.
That with his tallnease seemd to threat the skye ;
The ground eke groned under him for dreed :
His Uving like saw nerer living eye,
Ne durst behold ; his stature did exceed
He hjght of three the tallest sonnes of mortall seed.
The greatest Earth his Uncouth mother was.
And blustring £olus his boasted syre ; [pas.
Who with his breath, which through the world doth
Her hollow womb did secretly inspire.
And Gld her bidden caves with stonuie yre.
That she concejv'd ; and trebling the dew time.
In which the wombcs of wemen do elpyre.
Brought forth Ibis monstrous masse of earthly slyme,
Fufl up with emptie wynd, end fild with siofViU
80 growen great, through arrogant delight
Of th* high descent whereof he was ybome,
And through pmumption of his mMcblesee might.
All other powres and knighthood be did scome.
Such now be marcheth to this man forlome,
And left to losse j his stalking steps are stayde
Upon a snaggy oke, which he had tome
Out of bis mMhers bowelles, and it made [loayde.
,Jii« mortall mace, wbercwilh bis foemen he dis-
Tbat, when tbe knight he spyde, be gac odraunce
With huge force and inslipportable mayne,
And lonardfs him with dreadfull fury prsunee ;
Who haplesse, and eke bopelesse, all in Tains
Did to him pace sad battaile to damyne,
Disarmd, disgraste, and innrdly dismayde;
And eke so ftiut in eveiy ioynt and vayne,
Through that Aaile founlain, which him fed>le made.
That scarsely could he weeld his bootlene nngle
blade.
The geaunt strooke so maynly merdlesse,
Tbat could have overthrowne a stony town ;
And, were not hereidy grace that did him blase.
He bad beene pouldred all, as thin as flowre j
But he was wary of that deodly atowre.
And lightly lept from undemcath the blow :
Yet so exceeding was the villeins powre,
lliat with the winde it did Iiiti overthrow.
And all hia sencea sloond, that still he lay full low.
As when that divelish yron engin, wrought
In deepest Hell, and fiamd by Furies skill.
With windy nitre and quick sulphur fraught.
And ramd with bollet rownd, ordaind to kill,
Conceiveth fyre ; the Heavens it doth All
With thundring noyse, and all the ayre doth choke.
That done can breath, nor see, nor heare at will.
Through smouldry cloud of duikish atincking smoke ;
That Ih' only breath him daunts, who bath escapt
tbe stroke.
So daunted when the geaunt saw the knight.
His heavie hand he heaved up on bye,
And bim to dust thought to have baltied quight,
Untill Duessa loud to bim gan crye ;
" O great Orgogllo, greatest under ^yo,
O ! hold thy mortall hand for ladies sake ;
Hold for my sake, and doe him not to dye.
But vanquiibt thine etemall bontblave nu^e.
And roe, thy worthy meed, unto thy leman take."
He hearkned, and did stay from tUrtber haimes.
To gayne so goodly guerdon u she spake :
So willingly she come into hia armes.
Who her aa willingly to grace did taiv,
And was possessed of hia newfound moke.
Then up he tookc the slombred sencelesse corse ;
And, ere he CQuld out of his swowne awake.
Him to hia castle brought with haatie forse.
And in a dongeon deepe him thraw without ranorse.
From that day forth Duessa was his deare.
And highly honourd in his liaughtie eye :
He gave her gold and purple pall to weare.
And triple crowne set on her head full hye.
And ber endowd vrith royall moiestye :
Then, for to make her dreaded more of men.
And peoples hartes with awfull terror lye,
A monstroua beast ybredd in filthy f^ [den.
He chose, which he had kept long time in darkiom
Such one it was, as that renowmed sn^e
Which great Alddes in Stremona slew.
Long fostred in the filth of Lema lake :
Whose many heades out-budding ever new
Did breed bim endlesse labor to subdew.
But tliis same monster much more ugly was ;
For seven great heads out of his body gnew.
And yron bresl, and back of scaly braa.
And all embrewd in Uood his eyes did tdnne as glaa.
THE FAEHIE flUEENE.
Hi* t«f 1e WH Hntchcd out in wcmdnxu length.
That to the boiu of berenl; fods it tmugbl;
And with extorted powre, and borrDw'd stiength,
Tbe eTerbuming Iwaps fmm Ibence it bnught,
And prowdJy threw to ground, ob thingB of naught;
And undemestb his filthy feet <Ud tread
'n* (acred thingea, and holy heastea foretaughL
Upon thu dreadfull bcMt with eeTeofold bcMl
He Ktt tba blse Dueua, for mare aw and dread.
Tbe wofull dwarfe, which MW his mualen &1I,
(Whiles he bad keeping of hii graaing iteed)
And valiant kn^I beooiae it oyti*e thrall ;
When all was put, tooke up his forlorne weed ;
Hii mightie armour, mining most at need ;
Hii bItct ahield, now idle, mUBlcrleaae ;
Hii pojnant apeare, that many made to bleed ;
The rueAil monimenta of beavineEse ; [time.
And with tbeni all departes, to tell hii great dii-
He had itot tranild long, when on the way
He wofull lady, woAill Una, met
Flat flying fnnn that Fajflimi greedy pray,
Whilest Satyrane him from punuit did let :
Who when ber eyes ibe on the dwaif had let.
And Hw the ngnca that deadly tydinga ipake,
a>e Ml to ground for lorrowfu]! rejtret.
And lively breMh her sad breil did foriakei
Tm might her pitteoiu hoit be seen to pant and
llie menengCT of so unhappie newes
Would faine have dyde ; dead wai hia hart within [
Yet outwardly aome little comfort ahewea :
At last, recovering hart, he do« begin
To rub her temples, and to chaufe ber chin.
And everie tender part doei bme and tume :
So hardly Iw the flitted life does '
Unt
[m.
Tbeu gim her grieved ghoat thus to lament and
" Te dreary inatuiiKati of doleTull right,
That doe thii deadly ipectade behold.
Why doe ye lenger feed on loathed light.
Or likiog find to gaie on earthly mould,
»th crueU Fates the corefiill thraids unfould,
TIm which my life and love together tyde?
Now let the atony dart of lenceleMe Cold
Perce to my hart, and pai through everie aide ;
And let et^nall night «o aad tight fio me hyde.
" O, li^rtaome Day, the lampe of bigheat lov^
Fin* lude by him mena wandring wayea to goyde.
When DarknesH he in deepeat dongeon drove ;
Henceforth thy bated face for ever hydc.
And shut up Heavens wiiidowes ahyning wyde:
For earthly light can nought but sorrow breed.
And late repentance, which ahall long abyde.
Mine eyes no more on vanitie shall (bed, [meed."
But, seeled up with death, ihall have their deadly
Then downe agune ihe fell unto the grouod i
But be ba quickly reared up againe :
Thriae did the ainke adowne in deadly twownd,
And thrisc he her revii'd with buaie peine.
At last when Life recaver'd had tbe laine.
And over-wreslled hii itrong enimy,
^^th foltring tang, and trembliug everie vaina,
" Tell on," quoth ihe, " the wofull tragedy,
Hm wUcii thcM ttiiquea Md preaent imlo miiw eye !
« Tempeatuotii Fortune hath ipent all herapiglit.
And thrilling Som>w throwne hii utmost dart ;
Thy nd long tsnnot tell rnore heavy plight
Then Out 1 feele, and harbour in mine hart :
Who hath endur'd the whole, can bew ech part.
If death it be ; it ii not the fint wound,
llat launched hath my brest with bleeding smart.
Begiii, and bikI the bitta balefull itound;
IfleiM thai that I foate, more favour 1 have fiMmd."
Then gan the dwarfe the whole discoune deefaue;
Tbe subtile trainea of Archimago old ;
Tbe wanton lorn of falw Eldeua &yn,
Bought with the blood <^ vanquiahl P^nim hold
Tbe vrretcbed payre transfbnnd to tre^n mould ;
The House of Pryde, and perilles round about ;
The combat, which he with Suuioy did hould ;
Tie lucklesw conflict with tbe gyaunt stout,
Whereiu c^tiv'd, of life or death he stood in doubt.
She heard with patience all unto the end ;
And strove to maister sorrowfuU assay.
Which greater grew, tbe more ibe did eontan^
And almost rent h^ tender hart in tway ^
And love fredi colei unto her fire did lay :
For greater love, the greater ii the loase.
Wai never lady loved dearer day
Then she did love tbe knight of tbe Rederooa;
For wboie deare sake ao many troubles ber did toae.
At last when fervent sorrow slaked waa,
She up arose, resolving him to ind
Alive or dead ; and forward tMh doth paa,
All u the dwarfe tbe way to her aisynd ;
And evermore, in constant carefiill mind.
She fedd her wound with fresh renewed hale:
Long tost vritli stormea, and bet with bitter vrind.
High over hills, and lowe adowne the dale, [vale.
She vrandred many a wood, and meanird many a
At last she cbaunced by good bap to meet
A goodly knight, Erire nnrching by the way.
Together vrith hia squyre, arrayed meet :
Hu glitterand armour ahined far away,
Uke glaundng Ugbt of Phtebui brightwt ray ;
From top to toe no place ^leared bare,
That deadly dint (rf Steele endanger may :
Athwart hia brest a bauldrick brave he ware^
That ihind, like twinkling stars, with ttouea most
pretioui rare:
And, In the midst tl>ere<^, one preiioas stone
Of wondrous worth, and eke of woodrotn roighti^
aiapt like a ladiei head, eiceeding ahonc^
Like Heq>erus emongat the leaser lights.
And strove for to amaie the weaker sights :
Theieby hia m«lall blade full comely bong
In yvory sbeath, ycarv'd irith curious alights.
Whose bilti were bumiaht gold ; and haniUe strong
Of mother perle; and buckled with a golden tong.
Hi« hau^ide helmet, horrid all with gold.
Both glorious brigbtnesse and great lerrour bredd i
For all the crat a dragon did enfold
With greedie pawes, and over all did spredd
His golden wingei ; his draidfult hideous hedd.
Close couched on the bcver, seemd to throw
From flaming mouth bright sparckles fiery redd.
That Huddeine horrour to faint hartes did show;
And scaly tayle vraa atretcht adowne his back full 1*™
£5B SPE1
Upon the top of all his lofUe crcM,
A bounch of heares ducolourd diTeral;,
Vfith sprinclHi peu-le uid gold full richly drcst,
INd shake, and seemd to daunce for ioUity ;
Uke to an almond tree pnounted h]>e
On top of gteene Selinia all alone,
With blossoDu brave bedecked daintily ;
Whose tender locks do tremble ererj one
At everie Uttle breath, that under Heaven ii blowite.
His warlike «hidd all closely rorer'd was,
Ne might of moTtall eye be ever seene*]
Not nutde of Steele, nor of enduring brss,
(Such earthly meUals soon conHunied beene)
But all (tf diamond perfect pure and cleene
It framed was, one massy Entire mould,
Hew'n out of adamant rocke with engines keene,
ThtX point of speare it never percen could,
N« dint of direful] sword divide the gubstance would.
The Hioe to wight he never wont disclose.
But whenas monsters huge he would dismay.
Or daunt unequall armies of his foes,
Or when the nying Heavens he would afiray :
Pot so exceedinf; shone his gliitring ray.
That Phcebus golden face it did attaint.
As when a cloud his beames both over-lay ;
And silver CyDthia weied pale and faynt,
Aa when her face is ataynd with magicke arta con-
No magicke arts hereof had any might,
Mor bloody wordes of bold enchaunters call ;
But all that was not such as seemd in sight
Before that shield did fade, and suddeine fall :
And, when him liM the raskall roiites appall,
And Btonea to dust, and dust to nought at all ;
And, when him liit the prouder lookes subdew.
He would them gaung blind, or tume to other hew.
Ne let it eeeme that credence this eiceedes ;
For he, that made the same, was knovme right well
To have done much more admirable deedes :
II Merlin was, which whylome ijd eicell
All living wightes in might of magicke spell :
Both shield, and sword, and armour all he wtnughl
It young pnnce,
vhen first to armes he 1^11 ;
A gen^e youth, hifi dearely loved squire.
His speare of heben wood behind him bare.
Whose harroeflil hod, thrise heated in the Are,
Had riven many a brest with pikehead square;
A goodly person ; and could menage fsire
His Btubbome steed with curbed canon bitt.
Who under him did trample an the aire,
And chauft, that any on his backe should sitt;
Hie yron rowels into frothy fome he bitt.
Whenaa this knight nigh to the lady drew.
With lovely court he gan her enlertaine;
But, when he heard her aunswers loth, he knew
Borne secret sorrow did her heart distnune :
Which to allay, and calme her storming paine,
Faire feding words he ?FiEely gan display.
And, for her humor fitting purpose faine,
TotemptlhecBuseitaetfefortobewrayi [to say;
- ■""■TTPwith enntotd, theiie Weeding words she gan
" What worlds delight, or 107 of living speach.
Can hart, so plungd in sea ihT eorrowes deep.
And heaped with so huge misfortunes, reach }
The csrefiiU Cold bcginneth for to creep.
And in my heart liis yron arrow steep,
Soone as I thinke upon my bitter bale.
Such helplesse harmes yts better hidden keep.
Then rip up griefe, where it may not availe;
My last lefl comfort is my woes to weepe and wwle."
" Ah, lady dears," quoth then the gentle knight,
" Well may I ween your griefe is wondrous grest ;
For wondrous great griefe groneth in my fright,
Wh^es thus I heare you of your sorrowes treat.
But, woefiill lady, let me you intrete
For to unfold the anguish of your hart :
Mishaps are maistred by advice discrete.
And counsel mitigates the greatest smart;
Found never help, who never would )us hurts imiran.''
O ! but," quoth she, "greatgriefe willnotbetould.
And on more easily be thought then said."
" Right so," quoth he; "but he, that never would,
outd never : will to might gives greatest aid. "
Butgriefe,"quath slie,"does greater grondisplaid,
if then it tind not heipe, and breeds despaire.^'
" Despaire breeds not," quoth he, " where faith ia
staid." [paire."
No faicb so fast," qunlh she, " but flesh does
Flesh may empaire," quoth be, " but reason can
His goodly reason, and well-guided speach.
So deepe did settle in her grecious thought.
That her perswaded to disclose the bnpach
Which love and fortune in her heart had wrought ;
And said, " Faire ur, 1 hope good hap hath brought
You to inquere the secrets of my griefe;
Or that your vrisdome will direct my thought ;
Orthat your prowesse can me yield reliefe ; [briefe.
Then heare the story sad, which I shall tell you
" The forlome maden, whom your eies have seene
The laughing stocke of Fortunes mockeries.
Am th' ouely daughter of a king and queene^
Whose parents deare whiles equal destinies
Did ronne about, and their felicities
The favourable Heavens did not envy)
Did spred their rule through all the territories,
Which Phison and Euphrates Howetb by,
And Gehona golden waves doe wash continually :
" Till Oat their cruell cursed enemy.
An huge great dragon, horrible in sight.
Bred in the loathly hikes of TaHary,
With murdrouB rarine, and devouring might.
Their kingdome spoild, andcountrey wasted quiglit :
Themselves, for feare into his iawes to taU,
Me forst to caatle strong to take their flight ;
Where, fast embard in mighty brasen wall, [thrall.
He has them now fowr years besiegd to make them
, " Full many knights, adventurous and stout.
Have enterprii'd that monster to subdew :
From every coast, that Heaven walks about^
Have thither come the noble martial crew.
That famous harde atchievements still pursew ;
Yet never any could that giriond win,
But all still shronke ; and still he greater grew ;
All they for want of faith, or guilt of sin.
The pittPout pray of his fiers cruelty have bin.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
" At laat, f lad with fitr npatiad pnne,
Thkb fijing Pune thmugbout the world hd ipTed,
CVdougfaty knighti, whom ¥mrj Inid did imae,
Hat noble onler bigfat of Mndenlied,
Fordiwitli to court of Clotiuie I wpcA,
Of Cloiiuie, great queent of glory brigbt,
Whose kingdomes Mat Cleopolu ii red ;
There to obtaine ume nidi redoubted knigbt,
" Tt was mf cfawince (my chaunce wu fairs tad
There for to God a fresh unprored knight ; [good)
Whose manlj hands imbrewd in guilty btood
Had never becne, ne ever by his might
Had thrawne to ground the unregarded right :
Yet of his prowesse proofs he lince hath made
(I witDesain)iii many a cruell fight;
The gioning ghosts of many one disinaide
Have felt the bitter dint of his aienging blade.
" And ye, the fbrlome retiques of his powre,
His hating Sword, and his derouting Speare,
Whidi have endured many a dreadliill stowre,
Can sptake his prowesse, that did earst you ba
And well could rule ; now be hath left you bet
To be the ncoid of his ruefull losw.
And of my dolefull diaadnntuTOus deare :
O heavie record of the good Hedcrosse, [u
Vbae hare ye left your lord, that could so well you
■■ Well hoped 1, and IWn banning! bad,
Hat he my capdve languor should redeeme :
mi all unweeting an enchsunter bad
His sence abtud, and made him to misdeeme
Hy loyalty, not lucfa as it did seeme,
That rather death desiin then such despight.
Be iudn, ye HeaTens, that all things right esteeme,
Ho* I Um lor'd, and lore with all my might !
SothosiglMlekeofhini, and dunk I thought ariglit.
" TheDceftntli me dcsolale he quite fbrsooke.
To wander, where wilde Fortune would me lead,
And odier bywaies he hitmelfe betooke.
Where never foole of living wight did tread.
Thai brought not backe the baleRiU body deul ;
In which bim chaunced false Duessa meetc.
Mine onely foe, mine onely deadly dread ;
Who with hcT witchcraft, and misaeeming swcete.
to follow bcT desires muneete.
■■ At last, by subtile sleights she him betraid
Unto his foe, a gyaoM huge and tall ;
Wbo him disarmed, dissolute, dismaid,
Uuwans surprised, and with mighty mall
Tlie monster merdlesse him made to fall.
Whose EdI did never foe before behold :
And DOW in darkesomc dungeon, wretched tbiall,
BcDiMilesse, for aie he doth him hold : [told."
This is my cause of giiefe, more great then may be
Ere sbe had ended all, she gan to faint ;
But be her comforted, and faire bespake ;
" Certcs, "*■«**"*", ye have great cause of plaint.
That stoutest heart, I weene, could cause to quake.
But be of cheaie, and ctnnfart to you take ;
For, till I have acquit yonr eapdve knight,
Aenin your selfie, I will you not foisoke."
His cbearefuU words reviv'd her chearelesse spright :
So fbftb tbey went, the dwarfe them guiding ever
Faire virgin, to redeeme her deare.
Brings Artfaura to the flghl :
Wbo slayes the gyaunt, wounds the beast.
And strips Duessa qui^it.
At me, how many perils doe enfold
The righteous man, to make him daily foil.
Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold.
And stedfiutt Truth acquite him out of all !
Her love is firme, her care continual!.
So oft as he, through hit own foolish pride
Or weakoes, is to linfull bands made thrall :
Elsahould thisRedcnisseknight in bands bavedyde.
For whose deliverance she this prince doth Ihether
guyd.
Ihey sadly traveild thus, undll tbey came
Nigb to a castle builded )>trong and hye :
Then cryde the dwarfe, " Lo ! yonder is the same.
Id which my lord, my liege, doth lucklesse ly
lluall (0 that gyaunts hatefull tyranny :
Therefore, deare air, your mightie powres assay. *'
The noble knight alighted by and by
From loftie steed, and badd the ladie stay.
To see what end of fight should him be&ll that day.
So with liis squire, th' admirer of bis might.
He marched forth towardes that castle wall ;
Whose gates he fownd fast ihutt, ne living wight
Whose gates h<
ro warde the «
tcall.
Then (oolre that squire an home of bugle small.
Which hong sdavme liia side in twined gold
And tasselles gay ; wydu Hondeis over all
or that same hornes great vertues weren told.
Which had approved bene in uses manifold-
Was never wi^t that beard that shrilling aownd.
But trembhi^ feare did feel in eveiV vaine :
Three miles i I might be easy heard arownd.
And ecchoes three aunsiver'd it selfe agoine :
No faulse enchauntment, nor deceiptfuLl tiaine.
Might once abide the terror of tliat blast,
Bui presently was void and wholly vaine :
No gate so strong, no locke so finne and fast.
But with that peicing noise flew open quite, or btBst.
The same before the geaunts gale he blew.
That all (he castle quaked from the grownd.
And every dore of free-will open flew.
The gyaunt sclfe dismaicd with (list sownd,
WheiE he with his Uuessa dallmunce fownd,
In hast came rushing fortli from inner bowre.
With staling cnuntenaunce stcniG, as one astownd.
And staggering steps, lo wect what suddein stowre
" ' rrought that horror strange, aud dar'd bis
dreaded powre.
And after him the proud Duessa came.
High mounted on ber many-headed beast ;
And every head with f^rie tongue did flame.
And every head was crowned on his creast.
And bloody mouthed with late cruell feast.
That when the knight beheld, lus mightie shild
Upon his manly arme he soone addrest,
And at him fienly flew, with rorage fild,
And egergreedinesse through et
Tberewilh the gjaunt buckled him to fight,
Inttamd with ccornefull wrath and high disdune.
And Ufling up Ms dreadfull club on hight,
Atl annd with ngged luubbes and koattie graine.
Him thuughl at Snt encounter lo have slaine.
But wiK and vitij iras that noble pere ;
And, lightlf leaping from so monitraus maiaS,
Did fayre svwde tlie violence bim nere ; [beare ;
It booted nought to thinke such thuiidetbolca lo
Ne shame he thought to ahonne so bidepui might :
The ydle stroke, enforcing furioua way,
Missing the marke of his misaymed aght.
Did fall to ground, and with big faeaTj sway
So deepely dinted in the driven clay,
That three yardes deepe a funow up did tbrow :
The sad eanh, wounded with » sore asaay.
Did grone full grievous underneath the blow ;
And, trembling with stnnge feare, did like an erth-
As when almightie love, in wrathfull mood.
To nreake the guilt of mortal! sins is bent,
Hutles forth his thundring dart with deadly food,
£nrold in flames, and Kmouldring dreriment,
Thiougb riien cloudes and molleo firmament ;
The flei^ thnteforked engin, making waj',
Both loftJe Cowres and highest trees hath rent.
And alt that might his angry passage stay ;
And, ahooting in the earth, castes up a mount of clay.
Hia boystrous club, so buried in the grownd.
He could not rearea up againe so light.
But that the knight him at advantage fownd ;
And, whiles he strove his combred clubbe to quight
Out of the earth, with blade all burning bright
He snotl off his led arme, which like a block
Did fall to ground, depriv'd of native might ;
Large streames of blood out of the truncked stock
Forth guihed, like freah-water stieame frnm riven
Dismayed with so desperate deadly wound.
And eke impatient of unwonted payne,
He lowdly hrayd with beaally yelling sownd,
That all the Heldes rebellowed againe :
As grtat a noysc, aa when in C}'mbrian plaine.
An heard of bulles, whom kindly rage doth ating.
Doe for the milky motherm want complaine.
And fill the fleldes with troublous bellowing: [ring.
The neighbor woods aiownd with hollow murmur
That when his deare Dueaaa heard, and saw
The evil ilownd that daungerd her estate.
Unto his aide she hastily did draw.
Her dreadfull beast ; who, swolne with blood of late,
Came ramping forth with proud presumpteous gate.
And threatned all Ins heades like flaming hrandea.
But him the squire made quickly to retrale,
Encountring fien with single sword in hand;
And twiit him and bis lord did like a bulwarke stand.
The proud Duessa, f\ill of wiathfuU apight
And Hen disdaine, lo he afllonted so,
Eriforst her purple beaat with all her might.
That stop out of the way (o overthroe.
Scorning the let of so unequall foe :
But nath&nore would thai corageous swayne
To her yeeld passage, gainst hia lord lo goe ;
But wiUi outrageous strokes did him restraine.
*-'> -ith hii bmly bard the way Btwixt them twaine.
Then tooke the angry witch her golden cup.
Which still she borv, replete with magick aitei ;
Death and deapeyre did many thereof aup.
And secret poyson tbrough their inner parte* ;
Th' eumall bale of heavie wounded huti;
Which, after dianne* and some enchauntmanta said.
She lightly sprinkled on hia weaker pajtea :
Therewith his sturdie corage soon was quayd.
And all hia aencea were with suddein dread diam^d.
So downe he fell before the cruell beast,
Who on hia neck his bloody clawes did leiie.
That life nigh crusht out of his panting brest :
No powre hejiad to stirre, nor will to rise.
Thai when the carefuU knight gan well avise.
He lightly left the foe with whom he fought.
And to the beast gan tume hia enterprise ;
For wondrous anguish in his hart it wrotight.
To see his loved squyre into such thraldcnn brou^it :
And, lugh advaundng his blood-thirstie blad^
Strt^e one of those defonned heades so sore.
That of his piuBsaunce proud ensample made ;
His monstrous acalpe down to his teeth it tore.
And that misfonned shape misshaped more :
A sea of blood giuht from the gaping wownd,
Ibat her gay garments stayud with filthy gore,
And overflowed aU the field amwnd ;
TlM over shoes in blood be waded on the grownd.
Thereat he rored for eiceeding paioe.
That, to have beard, great horror would have bred ;
And scourging th' emplie ayrewjib hi* long trayne.
Through great impatience of liia grieved bed.
His gorgeoiu ryder from her loftie sted
Would have cast downe, and trodd in durty myr^
Had not the gyauni soone her succoured ;
Who, all eniag'd with smart and flantiek yrc, [tyre.
Came hurtling in full fleia, and focat the knight re.
TTiB force, winch wont in two to be diipcnt.
In one alone left band he now unites, [nt ;
Which is through rage more strong than both wev«
With which hi* hideous club aloft be dites.
And at his foe with furious lign- amite^
That strongest oake might seeme to overtbrow :
The stroke upon his shield to heavie litea,
Tliat lo the ground it douMeth him (iill low : —
What mortall wight could ever bea» so iruimtrotB
blow?
And in his ftll his shield, that covered wai,
Did loose his vele by chaunce, and open flew ;
The tight whereof, that Hevens tight did pa*.
Such blazing brightnene through the ayer threw.
That eye mote not the same endure to vew.'
Which when the gyaunt spyde with alaring eye.
He downe let fall his arme, and soft withdrew
Hia weapon huge, that heaved was on bye [IjB.
For lo have slain the man, that on the ground did
And eke the ftuilfull -headed beast, amaad
At flaahing beemes of Chat sunshiny shield.
Became Mark blind, and all his sences daad.
That downie he tumbled on the durtie field.
And seemd himselfe as conquered to yield.
Whom when his maialresae proud percnv'd to fall,
Whilea yet his feeble feet for faintnesse leeld,
Unto the gyaunt lowdly she gan call ;
"O! helpe, Orgoglio; helpe,or elawc perish atl,"
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
S6l
At h«r KF [Maou* erf wo much tmam'A
Her dMrnpion itout ; and. Tor to ayde hii fVend,
Againe lis wonted uigiy weapon pmov'i,
But«U in Taine ; for he has redd hii end
In thai bright aliield, and all cbeir forces ipend
ThermelTei in laiDc : for, nnce tlat glauncing nght,
H* hatfa DO pawn to hurt, nor to defend.
As where th' Alnughde* lightning bnmd doe* light.
It 'If— T*" tile dai«d bjsd, and daunti the KDcea
quigbt.
Wbom when the prince, to batteiU new addmt
And thrratning high hi> dreadfull iilnjke, did seei
Hi> qkarkling blade about his bead he bles^
And Huote off quite hii left leg by the knee.
That downe he tomblixi ; aa an aged tree,
High growing on the tap of rock; clift.
Whose hait-atriogswitlikEene Steele nigh bewen be;
The mighlie IruDck halfe rent with ragged rift
Doth roll adowae the rocks, and fiOl with feartfull
drift.
Or *■ a castle, reared Ugh and round.
By subtile engins and malitioufi slight
Is undeimined from the lowest ground.
And ber foundsdon font, and feebled quight.
At last downe falls ; and with her heaped bight
Her baslje mine does more hesTie make.
And yieidi it lelfe unto the victours might :
Such was this gyaunti Ml, that seemd to shake
The stedfast globe of Earth, u it for feare did quakes
Ibe knight then, lightly leaiHng to the pray.
With moitall Steele him smot againe so sore.
That headlease las unweldy bodie lay,
AU wallawd in his owne fowle bloody gore.
Which flowed from his wound* in wondrous store
But, aoooe as breath out of his brest did pas.
That huge great body, wfaich the gyaunt bore.
Was vanisht qnile ; and of that monstrous mas
Was nothing left, but like an emptie blader was.
Whoae grierous fall when false Duessa tpyde.
Her golden cup she cast unto the ground.
And crowned mitre rudely threw asyde :
SuiA percing gricfe her stubbome hart did wound
Tbat she could not endure that dolefull stound j
Bat, Itating all behind her, fled away :
Hk light-foot squire her quickly tumd around.
And, by hard meanes eafordag her tb stay,
So Inuagbt tiDto his lord, aa his deserred piay.
The roiall Tirgin which beheld from farre.
In pensiTe plight and sad perplciitie.
The w1wl« aUhieTement of this duubtfull warre.
Came running Esst to greet his rictorie.
With sirfier gladnesee and myld modestie ;
And, with sweet ioyous cheare him thus bespake -.
" Fayra brauneh <^ noblesse, flowre of cbeialrie.
That with your worth the world amaied make.
How shall Iquite thepayneB,yesuSWrformyBake?
" And you, fresh hudd of rertue springing ftst.
Whom these sad eyes saw nigh unto Deaths dare,
What hath poore rirgin for such perill past
Wherewith jou to reward ? Accept therefore
My simple sdfe, and service evermore.
And He that high does sit, and all things see
With equall eye, their merilea to restore,
Bdwld what ye this day have done for mee ;
And, what I cannot quite, requite with uiuitc !
'■ But ailh the HeaVMU, and your fain handellng,
Have made you master of the field this day ;
Your fortune maister eke with goreniing.
And, well begonne, end all so well, I pray !
Ne let that wicked woman scape away \
For she it is, that did my lord bethrall.
My daattst lord, and deepe in dongeon lay ;
Where he his better dayes hath wasted all :
O heare, how piteous he to you for ayd doe* call I "
Forthwith he gave in charge unto his squyre.
That scarlet whore to keepen carefully ;
Whyles he himselfe with gieedie great desyre
Into the castle entred forcibly.
Where living creature none be did espye ;
Then gan he loudly through the house to call ;
That on a stafie his feeble steps did frame.
And guyde his wearie gate both too and fro ;
For lus eye sight him faylcd long ygo ;
And on his anne a bounch of keyes he bor^
The which unused rust did overgrow :
lliase were the keyes of every inner dore { [stor^i
But he could not them use, but kept thraa still in
But very Anconth sight was to behold,
" IV be did fashion his untowatd pace ;
For as he forward moov'd his footing cjd,
lo backward still was lumd his wrincled bee i
Unlike to men, who ever, aa they trace.
Both feet and face one way are wont to lead,
' u the aundvnt keeper of that place.
And foster father of the gyaunt dead ;
"' I name Ignaio did his nature right aread.
His reverend beares and holy giavitee
The knight much honord, as beseemed well ;
And gently aakt, where all the people bee,
Which in that stately building wont to dwell :
Who answerd him full soft, He could not UlL
Again he askt, where that same knight was Isyd,
Whom great Orgoglio with his puissance fell
Had made his caytive thrall : againe be sayd<^
Ht amid not teii ; ne ever other aniwere made.
Then aaked be, which way he in might pas i
He could not till, againe he answered.
Thereat the courteans knight displeased was.
And said ; " Old syre, it seemes thou hast not red
How ill ii sits with that same ulver bed.
But if thou be, as thou are pourtrahed
With'Natures pen, in ages grave degree,
Aread in graver wise what I demaund of thee."
His aniwere likewise was, Jfe covld not IdL
Whose sencelesse speach, and doted ignorance,
Whenas the noble prince had marked well.
He gbest his nature by hii countenance ;
And calm'd his wrath with goodly temperance.
Then, to him etepping, from his arme did reache
Those keyes, and made himselfe free enterance.
£ach dore he opened without any breach ;
There was no baire to stop, nor foe him to empeach.
8 3 ^^
There mil wilUn fUU rich arayd he found.
With royall amus and resplendent gold,
And did with Bloie of every thing abound.
That greatest princes presence might behold.
But aU the flooie (too filthy to be told)
With blood of guildesse babes, uid innocents ti«w,
Which there were ilaine, u aheepe out of the fold,
Defiled was; that dreadfull was to vew j
And lacied ashes ov<v it wai simwed new.
And there beside a marble atone was built
An altare, carv'd with cunning ymagerf;
On which crew Christians blood was often ^ilt,
And holy nurtyrea often doen to dye,
With cruell malice and strong tyranny ;
Whose blessed sprites, from underneath the stone,
To God for vengeance cryde continually ;
And with great griefe were often heard to grone;
Hut hardest heart would bleede to hear thdr piteous
Through erery rowme he sought, and evcrie bowr ;
But no where could he find that wofull thrall.
At last he came unto an yron doore.
That fast was lockt j but key found not at all
Emongst tliat bounch to open it withall ;
But in the same a little grate was pight.
Through which be sent his loyce, and lowd did call
With all his powre, to weet if living wight
Were housed tbetewilhin, whom he enlargen might.
Therewith an hollow, dreary, murmuring yoyce
These pLtteous plaintes and dolours did resound ;
■■ O ! who is that, which bringes me happy cboyce
Of death, that here lye dying every atound,
Tet live perforce io balefull darkncsse bound?
For now three moones have changed thrice their hew.
And have been thrice hid underneath the ground.
Since I the Heavens chearefull face did vew: [trew."
O welcome, thou, that doest of death bring tydings
WWch when that champion heard, with perciag pcant
Ofpitty deare his hart was Ibrilted sore;
And trembling horrour ran through every ioynt.
For ruth of gentle knight so fowle forlore :
Which shaking off, he rent that yron dore
With furioua force and indignation fell ;
Where entred in, his foot could find no flore.
But all a deepe descent, as dark as Hell,
That breathed ever forth a filthie banefull smell.
But neither darkenesse fowle, nor filthy bands,
Nor noyous smell, his purpose could withhold,
g Entire affection bateth nicer hands)
ut that with coiutant lele and cotage bold.
After long paines and labors manifold.
He found the meanes that prisoner up to reare ;
Whose feeble thighea, unable to uphold
His pined coise, him scarw to light could bears;
A rueful) spectacle of death and ghastly drere.
His iad dull nes, deepe sunck in hollow pits.
Could not endure th' unwonted Sunne to view ;
His bare thin cheekea for want of better bits.
And empty aides deceived of tbcii dew.
Could make a stony hart bis hop to rew ;
His nwboDe armes, whose migh^ brawned bown
Wve wont to rive Steele plates, and helmeta hew.
Were clene consum'd i and all his vitall powres
Decayd; and al his fiaah shrook up like withered
Wbome wlien lui tady saw, to him aha nn
With hasty ioy : to see him made her glad.
And lad to view his visage, pale and wan ;
Wbo earst in flowres of freshest youth was clai
Tho, wben her weU of tvares she waited bad.
She said ; " Ah, dearest lord, what evil stane
On you hath frownd, and pourd his influence bad,
Tlat of younelfe ye thus bcmbbed arte, [marre ?
And this misaeeming hew your manly lot^ doth
" But welcome now, my lord, in wele or woe ;
Whose presence I have Uckt too long a day ;
And fye on Fortune mine avowed foe.
Whose wrathful wreakes themselves doe now alay ;
And for these wronges ^all treble penaunce pay
Of treble good ; good growes of evils priefe.^'
llie chearlesse man, whom sorrow did dinnay,
Had no delisbt to treaten of his griefo ;
His long endured funine needed more reliefb.
" Faire lady," then said that victorious knight,
" The things, that grievous were to doe, or beare,
Tliem to renew, I wote, breeds no delight ;
Best musicke breeds delight in loathing eare ;
But th' only good, that growes of passed feare.
Is to be wise, and ware of like agein.
TbiB dales ensample hath this lesson deare
Deepe written In my heart with yron pen,
Tluii blitte mot/ rat aUdi in tiau ofmoTlall mat.
" Henceforth, airknigbt,taketo you wonted strength.
And maiater these mishaps with padent might :
Loe,where your foe lies atretcht in monstrous length ;
And loe, that wicked woman in your dghl.
The roote of all your care and wretched plight.
Now in your powre, to let her live, or die."
" To doe her die," quoth Una, " were despight.
And shame I'avenge so weake an enimy ;
But BpiHle ha of her acailet robe, and let her Ay."
So, as she bad, tbd witch they diiaiaid.
And robd of roiall robes, and purple pall.
And ornaments that richly were dispUidj
Ne spared they to strip her naked all.
Then, wben they had despoyld her tire and call.
Such, as she was, their cies might her behold.
That her misshaped parts did tbem appall ;
A loatfaly, wrinckled hag, ill favoured, old.
Whose secret filth good manners biddelh not be told.
Her ciafty bead was altogether bald.
And, as in bate of bonoutsblc eld.
Was overgrowne with acurfe and filthy scald ;
Her teeth out of her rotten gummes were feld.
And her sowre breath abbominably smeld ;
Her dried dugs, lyke bladden lacking wind.
Hong downc, and filthy matter from tbem weld ;
Her wriilcd akin, as rough as maple rind, [kind.
So scabby was, that would have loalhd aU wooum-
Her neathv parts, the shame of all her kind.
My chaster Muse for shame doth bluih to writ* -.
But at her rompe she growing had behind
A foiea laile, with dong all fowly dight t
And eke her ftete most monstrous wera in sight j
Fin- one of tbem waa like an eaglea cUw,
With griping talaunts armd to greedy fight ;
The other like a bearea uneven paw :
More ugly shape yet never living creature a«fr.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
ses
Whid vbco the koighu bebild, amud tbej »«ra.
And wondred at so fowle deformed wight.
■■ Such then," aid Una, " u she ■eenutb here,
Such ii the iace of Fabhood ; nich the ngbt
Of fovie DuesM, when her borrowed light
Is kid away, end counteriauinK knowne."
Tbus wbeD tbe; had the witch disrotied quight.
And all ber Bitfay feature opem ■bmrDe,
Tbey let ber goe M will, and wander wnes unkuawne,
Sbee, flying bat irom Meaven* hated Uix,
And friaa the world that ber diicorered wide,
Fled to the wastfull wildemeaae apace,
Proa livtag eiei ber open shame to hide ;
And lurkt in roclu and caves, long unespide.
But that flaire crew of knighti, and Una faire,
Did in that caatle afterwardfl abide.
To rest thetnaelTes. and weary powres repairs :
When store they fownd of al, that dainty was and
Hifl lorea and lignage Arthure t^Ua ;
The knj^its kniti friendly bands :
Sir TreTisan fliea from Deapeyre,
Wbam Bedcroa knight withstand*.
O ! oooDLT golden chayne, wherewith yfere
Tbe Temies linked are in lovely wise ;
And noble mindes of yoreallyed were.
In brave pourHutt of chevalrom emprise,
Tlut none did others sarety despize.
Nor aid envy to him, in need that stands ;
But friendly each did others praise devise.
How to advaunce with fBTourable hands.
As this good prince redeemd the Redcrosse knight
from bands.
Who when their powres, empayred through labor
With dew repast they hail recurcd well, [long,
And that weake captive wight now vreied strong;
Them list no lenger there at leasure dwell.
But fcvwaid fare, as their advenlures fell :
But, ere Ihqr parted, Una faire besought
That Biraunger knight his name and nation tell ;
Least so great good, as he for her bad wrought,
Should die unknown, and buried be in tfaankles
thought.
" Faire virgin," said the prince, " yee me require
A thing without the compas of my witt ;
For both the lignage, and the certein sire,
From which I sprong, from me are hidden yitL
For all so Hxine as iSe did me admitt
Into (his world, and shewed Hevens light.
From mother's pap 1 taken was unlitt,
And streight deliver'd to B Fary knight.
To be upbrougbt in gentle thewes and majtiaJl might.
" Unto old Tlmon he loe brought bylive ;
Old Timon, who in youthly yeana hath beene
Id warlike feates th' eipertest man alive.
And a the wisest now on Earth I weene :
His dwelling is, low in a valley greene.
Under tbe foot of Rauran mossy bore,
Prom whence tbe rivei Dee, as silver cleene.
His tomUing billowes rolls witb gentle rore ;
There all my daie* he traind roe itp in vertuoua Ic
Thetha the gnat tni^cien Ueriin cmbc^
is was his use, ofttuoo to visitt mea ;
'or he had charge my discipline to fraroe,
ind tutors nouriture to oversee.
lim oft and oft I aakt in privity.
Of what loines and what Egnage I did spring.
Whose aunsweie bad me still assured bee.
Thai I was Sonne and heire unto a king, [bring."
As time in ber iust term tbe truth to light should
'■ Welt worthy impe," said then the lady gent,
" And pupil fitt for such a tutors hand !
But what adventure, or what high intent.
Hath brought you hether into Fary land,
Aread, prince Arthure, crawne of mardall band?"
'■ Full bard it is," quoth he, " lo read aright
The course of heavenly cause, or understand
~ t meaning of Ih' eteniall Might,
Tliat rules mens waies, and rules the thoughts of
living wigbt.
' For whether he, through btal deepe tbrssigfat.
Me hither sent, for cause to me unghest ;
Or that IVesb bleeding wound, which day and night
Wbilome doth rancle in my riven brest,
Witl^ forced fury following his behest.
Me hether brought by wayes yet never found ;
You to have belpt I bold myself yet blest."
courteous knight," quoth she, '■ what secret
wound ' [ground ? "
Could ever find to grieve the gentlest hart on
" Dear dame," quoth he, " you sleeping spatkes
awake.
Which, troubled once, into huge flames will grow ;
Ne ever vrill their fervent fury slake.
Till living moysture into smoke do flow.
And vrasted life doe lye in ashes low.
Yet sithens silence lessenetb not my Are,
But, told, it flames ; and, hidden, it does glow |
I will revele what ye so much desire : [respyre.
Ah ! I«ve, lay dawn thy bow, the whil^ I maj
" It was in freshest flowre of youthly yeares.
When corage fir^t does creepe in manly chest ;
Then Rnt that cole of kindly heat appeares
To kindle love in every living brest :
But me had wsmd old Timona wise beheri:.
Hose cre^ng Hames by reason lo subdew.
Before their rage grew to so great unrest.
As miserable lovers use to rew, [new.
Which still wex old in woe, whiles woe stil vreieth
<■ That ydle name of love, and lovets life.
As losse of time, and vertues enimy,
I ever scorn'd, and ioyd to stirre up stiifo.
In middest of their moumfuU tragedy ;
Ay wont lo laugh, when them I heard to cry.
And blow the iire, which them to ashes brent :
Their god himselfo, grievd at my libertie,
Shott many a dart at me with Eera intent ;
But I them warded all vritb wary govenunent.
It all in vaine : no fort can be so strong,
Ne fleshly brest can armed be so sownd.
But will at last be wonae with battiie lon^
Or unawares at disadvantage fownd :
Nothing is sure that growes on earthly grownd.
\nd who most tnistes in arms of fleshly might,
Ind buastes in beauties chaine not to be bownd,
Dotb soonest fall in dissventrous fight, {dcspigfat.
And yceldes bis caytive neck to vict^ur* Blast
2m spi
■■ Eoumpls maVe of hun ^ur hapInM ioj.
And of my aelfe now mmtcd, sa je tee ;
Whose prouder munt that pnnid arenging boy
Did Kione pluck downe, and curt>«d my libeiiee.
For on a d^y, prickt forth with iollim
Of laoaer li^ and heat of hardiment,
Itaunging the forest wide on courser tree.
The fieldj, the floods, the Heavens, with one content
Did aeeme to laugh on me, and fiiTour mine intent
" FoTWearied with my sportes, I did alight
From loftie steed, and downe to eleepe me lajd;
The verdant graq my couch did goodly dight,
Apd pillow was my hdmett feyre diaplayd ;
'W'hUes every sence the humour iweel embayd,
And slombring soft my hart did steale away.
Me iceraed, by my ude a royall mayd
. H«T daintie limbet fitll soitly down did lay i
So fayre a creature yet saw never sunny da^.
" Uost goodly glee and lovely blandishment
She to me made, and bndd me love ber dears ;
For dearely sure her lore waa to me bent.
As, when luit time expired, should appeare.
But, whether drcsmes delude, or true it were,
Waa never hart so rsiishc '
Ne living man like wordes
Asjhe to me delivered all that night ;
And at her parting said, she queene of Facie* bight.
" When I awoke, and found her place devoyd.
And nought but pressed graa whei% she had lyen,
I sorrowed all so much as earst I ioyd,
;And washed all her place with vtatry eyen.
From that day forth I lov'd that face divyne ;
From that day forth I east in careful! mynd.
To seek her out with labor and Iwig tyne.
And never vowd'to rest till her I iynd : [unbynd."
Nyne menetha I seek in *ain, yet ni'll that vow
Thus as he spake, his visage weied pala,
And chaunge of hew great paision did bewray j
Yett still he strove to cloke his inward bale.
And hide the smoke that did his fire display ;
nil gentle Una thus to him gan say ;
" O happy queene of Paries, that hast fownd,
Jtfon^ man^, one that with his prowesse may
Defend thine honour, and thy foes confownd !
True lorn are often sown, but aeldom grow on
" Thine, O ! then," said the gentle Redcrosse knight,
" T^eit to that ladies love, shal be the place,
O ftyrest virgin, full of heavenly light.
Whose wondrous faith, eieceding earthly race.
Was firmest flit in myne eitremest case.
And you, my lord, the patrone of my life.
Of that great qneene may well gaine wortU* grace ;
Foe <Hidy wocthje you through prowes piiefe,
Tf Ijving man mote worthie be, to be her liefe."
So diversly discoursing of tlieir loves.
Hie golden Sonne his glistring head gan shew.
And sad remembrance now the prince amove*
With fresh dcdre bis voyage to puraew i
Ala Una eamd her traveill to renew.
Then those two knights, fast frendsbip for to bynd.
And love establish each to other trew,
'Gave goodly ^fts, the signes of gratcfuU mynd,
' Andck^a* pledgee firm^ right hiudi together ioynd.
Prince Artbttrgaveaboieof £amaDcl«im^
Embowd with gold and gorgeous omament.
Wherein were dosd &w drops of liquor pur^
Of wondrous worth, and vertue einllcnl,
lliat any wownd could he^e iocontiDent^
Which to requite, the RcdcnMse knight him gave
A booke, wberdn his Saveoiua Testament
Was writt with golden letters rich and brave ;
A worke of wondrous grace, and hable soules to save-
Thus beene they parted ; Arthur on hii way
To seeke his love, and tb' other for to light
With Unaes foe, that all her realme did pray.
But she, now weighing the decayed plight
And shrunken synewas of her chosen knight^
Would not a while her forward course pursew ,
Na bring him forth in face of dreadAill fight,
■nil he recovered had his former hew ;
For him to be yet weake and wearie well she knew.
So as tbqp tiavdld, lo ! they gan espy
An armed knight towards them gallop hst.
That seemed ftom some ftared foe to fly.
Or other griesly thing, that him aghast.
Still, as be fledd, his eye was backward caat^
As if his feara BlilJ followed him behynd ;
Ala flew his steed, as he his bandes had brast.
And with his winged beeles did tr«»d the wynd,
As he had been a fole of Pegasus his kynd.
Nigh as be drew, they might pcrcciTe his head
To be unarmd, and curld uncombed hwres
Upstaring BtiHe, dismaid vritfa lincouth dread :
Nor drop of blood in all his face appeares.
Nor life in limbe ; and, to increase his fcares,
In fowie reproch of knighthoodes fayre decree.
About his neck an hempen rope he weares.
That with his gliataring armes does ill agree :
But he of rope, or armes, hss now no memoree.
The Redcrosse kni^t toward lum croeaed fast.
To ireet what mister wight was so dismayd .
There him he findes all sencelesse and aghaa^
That of bimselfe he seemd to be afrayd ;
Whom hardly he from flying forward stayd,
HI] he these wordes lo him deliver might ;
" Sir Knight, areod who hath ye thus arayd.
And eke from whom make ye Chia hasty flight?
For never knight I saw in such misseeming plight.*
With atony eyes and hartlesse hollow hew,
Astoniahl stood, as one that had aspyde
Infemall Furies with their chaines untyde.
Him yett againe, and yett againe, bes|iike
The gentle knight ; who nought to him replyde ;
But, tmnbling every ioynt, did inly quake,
And foltn'ng tongue at last these words seemd fwtfa
loshskei
" For Gods deare love, sir Knight, doe me not stay;
For loe ! be comes, he comes hst after mee !"
Efl looking back would faine have runne siray ;
But he him font to stay, and tellen free
The secrete cause of his popleiilie :
Yet nathemore by his bold hartie speech
Could his blood-frosen hart emboldned be^
But throu^ bis boldnes rather feare did leacii ;
Yett, foist, at last he made through lilenev tn'lilFin
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
" And an I now in mtede nm," quoth he,
" Fimn Um, that woald bsTe fiirced ma to dye?
And is the point of death dow tunwd fro mue,
That I m>f (cU this IwpliBM iuOoryt "
" PcBriKK^glit," qDotb be, "lia daoDger nowimje."
" Thai dull I jau recount ■ mefull tsce,"
Slid be, " the wbich vilh tbi> unlucky ef*
I late tidield ; uid, had not greater grace
U* reft from it, bad bene partaker of the place.
" I laxel; cbaunst (would I had neTer chaunit!)
'With a fay re knight to keepen companee.
Sir Tvrwin hi^hc, that well himselfe adraunst
Id ell aSayrcs, and was both bold and tre« ;
But not ao happy u mote happy bee :
He tor'd, as was his lot, a lady gent,
That him againe loT'd in the least degree ;
For ahc was proud, and of too high intent,
And ic^d to kc her lover languiih and lament :
" Pram whom ictouniiiig nd and comfbrtleMe,
A* OD tbe way blether' ne did five,
We met that Tillen, (God from him me bleoe !)
Hat cuned wight, from whom I scapt whyleare,
A man of Mell, that calls himselfe DttpaifTt!
Who Grit ui greet*, and after fiiyre areedea
Of tydingea straouge, and of adtenlure* nre :
80 creeping cloae, afl uiakc in hidden weedes,
Inqiiireth^our>ta(e8,aiidof our knightly deedet.
•■ Which when he knew, and frit our fed>le harts
CmboM with bal^ and bitter byting griefe,
Whi<^ Ixne had launched with his deadly darts ;
Whh wounding wonis, and tennei of foule repriefe.
He pluckt from us all hope of dew reliefe,
tYaA esnt d> held in loie of lingring life 1
Thai hopelesae, hartlesse, gan the cunning thiefe
Perawade us dye, to stint all further strife 1
To me be lent this rope, to him a rusty knifit :
" Vlth which sad instrument of hasty death,
lIlBt wofiill lorer, loathing lenger light,
A wyde way made to let forth liTing breath.
But I, more feaifuU or more lucky wight,
Diaoiayd with that deformed dismall sight,
FI«U fast away, halfe dead with dying fesr* ;
Ne yet atsur'd of life by jou, sir Knight,
Whose like infirmity lik^chaunce may beare ;
But God you nerer let his chaimed qieaches beare \ "
" How many a man," said he, " with idle speach
Be wonne to spoyle the castle of bis health?"
" I vote," quoth he, " whom tiyall late did teach.
That like would not for all this worldes wealth.
Hi* subtile tong, like dn^ping bonny, meall'h
Into the heart, and searcheth every vaine;
That, ere mc be aware, by secret stealth
His powie is reft, and wiaknes doth renuine.
O never, sir, derire to try his guilefUll traine 1 *'
" Certes," sayd he, " hence shall I never rest.
Till I that treacfaours art have heard and tryde ;
And you, sir Knight, whose name mote I request.
Of gnce do me unto hia cabin guyde. "
" I, that fadght Trevisan," quoth he, " will ryde,
A^nM my liking, backe to doe you grace :
But Dot for g<dd nor glee will 1 abyde
By you, when yc arrive in that'ome place ;
For levar bwl 1 die then aee hi* doklly fi>c«."
Eie long they come, where that same wicked wtght
His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave.
Far underneath a craggy cliff ypjght,
Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy gravci
That still for carrion carcases doth crave :
On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owl^
Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drove
Far from that haunt all other chearefull fbwie ;
And all about it wandiing gbostea did wayle and
And all about old stockes and stubs of trees,
WberHMi nor fruit nor leafe was ever leen.
Did hang upon the ragged rocky knees ;
On which had many wretches hanged beene.
Whose carcases were scaltred oa the greene.
And throwne about the cliBi. Arrived there.
That bare-head knight, for dread and dolefull teene.
Would &ine have fled, ne durst appnichen neare )
Bui th' other font him slaye, and comforted in fean.
Thai darkcsome cave they enter, where they find
That curved man, low sitting on the ground.
Musing full sadly in his sullein mind :
His griesie lockes, long growen snd unbound*
DiKmired hong about his sboulden round.
And hid his face ; through which hia hollow eyne
Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;
His raw-bone cheekes, through penurie and pine,
Were sbronke into his iawes, as he did never dine.
His garment, nought but many ragged clouts.
With tbomes together pind and patched was.
The wbich his naked sides he wiapt abouts :
And him beside there lay upon the gras
A dreary cotse, whose life away did pas.
All wallowd in his own yet luke-wsime blood,
That from his wound yet welled freeh, alas !
In which a rusty knife fast fixed stood,
And made an open passage for the gushing flood.
Which piteous spertacte, approving trew
The wofull tale thai Trevisan had told,
Whenas the gentle Rcd^osse knight did vew ;
With firie scale he burnt in courage bold
Him to avenge, before his blood were cold ;
And to the villein sayd ; " Thou damned vright.
The BUthuur of this fact we here behold.
What iustice can but iudge against thee right.
With thine owne blood to price his blood, here died
insight?"
■• What fVanticke fit," quoth he, " hath thus di^
taught
Thee, foolish man, so rash a doomc to give ?
What iustice ever other iudgement taught,
But lie should dye, who raeriles not to live ?
None els to death this man despayring drive
But his owne guiltie mind, dewrving death.
Is then uniust to each hi* dew to give ?
Or let him dye, that loatbeth living breath 7
Or let him die at ease, that Uvetb here uneath 7
Too
ailes by the wearie wandring way.
flood, that doth hi* passage sti^ ;
Is not great grace to helps him over past,
Or ttte hit feet that in the myre sticke bit?
Most envious man, that grieves at neighbours go^d;
And fond, thst ioyesl in the voe thou hast ;
Why wilt not let him passe, that long luth stood
Upon the banckei yet wUt thy sclfe not pas the flor^ '
S66 SPE>
« Ha there iaet now enioy etenull reat
And happy ease, which thou doest want and crave,
And further fixnn it daily irondereat :
What if aorae little payne the passage baie.
That mokes fiayle Sesh to feaie (he bitter nave ;
Is not short payne welt borne, that bringes longoue.
And layes the >oule to sleeps in quiet grave ?
Sleepe alter loyle, port after Mormie seas,
Kaseafterirarre, death after life, does greatly please."
The ktu;;ht much wondted at his suddeine wit.
And sayd ; " The tt;mie of life is limited,
Ne may a man prolong, nor shorten, it :
The sou Idler may not move from wstchfull ated,
Nor leave his stand untill his captoine bed."
" Who life did limit by Almightie doome,"
Quoth he, ■' knowes best tbe lermes established j
And he, that points the centonell his roome,
Doth license him depart at sound of morning droome.
" Is not his deed, what ever thing is donne
In Heaven and Earth ? Did not he all create
To die againe ? All ends, that was begoime :
Their times in his etemoll booke of fate
Are written sure, and have their certein date.
Who then cam strive with Urong neces»tie.
That holds the world in his still chaunging state ;
Or shuone the death ordaynd by destinie ?
When houre of death is come, lei none aske whence,
nor why.
" Is not he iiwt, that all tbk doth behold
Prom highest Heren, and beares an equall eie ?
Shall he thy lina up in his knowledge fold.
And guilty be of thine impietie ?
Is not hia law, Let every sinner die,
Die shall all flesh? What then must needa be dmine.
Is it not better lo doe willinglie.
Then linger till the glas he ^ out ronne 7
Deatfaiitbeenditfwoea: diesooneiOFarieasoone.''
The knight was much enmoved with his upeach.
That aa a swords poynt through bis hart did perse.
And in his conscience made a secrete breach.
Well knowing Irew all thai he did reberse.
And to his &esh remembraunee did reverse
The ugly VCR of bis deformed crimes ;
Thai all hia ifianly powres it did disperse,
As he were chaimed with enchaunted rimes ;
That oftentimes he quakt, aod fai
In which araaaeDient when &e m
Perceived him to waver wcake and froile.
Whiles trembling horror did hia conscience daunt.
And hellish anguish did his soule assoile ;
To drive him to deapaire, and quite to quaile,
Hee Bhewd him painted in a table plaine
The damned ghovta, that doe in torments waile.
And thousand feends, that doe them endlet
With fireandbrimstonejWhicb forever shall]
le great battels, which thou boasts to win
Through strife, and blood-shed, and avengement.
Now praysd, hereaflei deare thou shale repent :
For life must life, and blood must blood, repay,
la not enough thy evlU life forespeni ?
For he that once hath missed the right way.
The further he doth goe, the further he dotii stray.
" Then doc no further goe, no further stray ;
But here ly dovme, and to thy rest betake,
Th' ill to prevent, that life ensewen may.
For what hath life, that may it loved make.
And gives not rather cause it to forsake ?
Feare, aickncsse, age, losse, labour, sorrow, atriCs,
Payne, hunger, cold that makes tbe heart to quake ;
And ever lick le fortune ragoth rife ; [life.
All which, and thousands mo, do make a loathsrane
*' Thou, wretched :
If in true hallaunce thou wilt weigh &y i
For never knight, that dared warlike deed,
More luckless dissaventures did amate :
Witnea the dungeon deepe, wherein of late
Thy life Hhutt up for death ao oli did cull ;
Arid though good lucke prolonged hath thy date.
Yet death tlien would the like mishaps forestall.
Into Che which hereafter thou tuoiet happen fall.
>' Why then doeat thou, O man of sin, desire
To djraw ihy dayea forth (o their last degree?
la not the measure of thy ainfull hire
High heaped up with huge iniquitee,
Against ihe day of vnwh, lo burden thee ?
Is not enough, that to this lady mild
Thou falsed boat thy faith with petinree.
And auld thy aelfe to serve Ducssa vild,
__Witli whom in all abuse tbou hast II17 aelfe defild?
The aight whereof so throughly him dismald.
That nought but death before hia eies he saw.
And ever burning wrath before him laid.
By righteooa sentence of th' Almightiea law.
Then gan the villein him to overcraw.
And brought unto him swords, ropes, poison, fire.
And all that might him to perdition draw ;
And bad him choose, what death he would desire '.
For death was dew to him, that had provokt Gods ire.
But, whenas none of them be saw him take.
He 10 him raught a dagger sharpe and kevne.
And gave it him in hand : his hand did quake
And tremble like a leafe of aspin greene.
And troubled blood through his pale fece was scene
To come and goc, with tidings from the heart.
As It a ronning meaaenger had beene.
At last, resolv'd to work his floall smart.
He lifted up hia hand, that backe againe did Mart.
Which whenas Una saw, through every vaine
The cnidled cold ran to her well of life,
iwowne : but, soonc reliv'd againe,
Oul of hia hand ahe snatcht the cursed krufe.
And threw it to tbe ground, enraged rife,
And to him said ; " Fie, fie, faint hearted knight.
What meanest tbou by this reprochfUU strife ?
Is this the battaile, which thon vaunlst 10 figlit
With that lire-mouthed dragon, horrible and bright?
'■ Come : come away, fraile, feeble, fleshly wighl,
Ne let vaine words bewitch thy many hart,
Ne divelisb thou^ta dismay thy constant qtright :
In heavenly mercies hast tbou not a part ?
Why shouidat thou then despcire, that chosen ait?
Where iustice growes, tliere grows eke g
The whicli doth quench the brond of S
And that accurst band-writing doth deface :
Arise, air Knight; aTise,and leave this ci '
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Bo op be raaa, and Ihenca amoimted stnigbt.
Whi<± irtisn the carle beheld, and uw his gust
Would safe depart. Tor mil bds inblile sleight ;
He choae an halter from ejtioDg the reat,
Aod with it bong hinuetfe, uubid, unbleet.
But death be could not voile hinuelfe thereby i
For tbounnd timeg be to himielfe bad dmt,
Tet DBtKleue it coold not doe him die,
nil be ehouM die his last, ibat ii, elenially.
Her &itbfull knight faire Una biii
To House of HoUuesse ;
Where be n taught r^wntaunce, ai
Hie way to berenly blene.
Wu»r nun ia he , that boasts nf fleahlf might
And Tuine assurance oT mortality,
Which, alt so sooae as it doth come to Aght
AgaiDM spirituall foes, yields by and by,
Or from the fielde most cowardly dolh fly !
Ne let the man ascHbe it to his akUl,
Tbat tbonxigh grace halb gained victory :
If any strength we have, it is to ill ;
But all the good is Goda, both power and eke will.
By that wtnch lately hapned, Una sai*
Tbat this her kuight was feeble, and too faint ;
And all bis sinewes woien weske and nw,
Hirough long enpiisonment, and hard constrain^
Which be endured in his late restraint.
That yet he was unfitt for bloody fight.
Therefore to cherisb him with diets daint.
She cast to bring him, where be cbeareu might.
Till be recover^ had his late decayed pligbL
» an auncient houae not far away,
i throughout the world for sacred lore
And puiE unspotted life ; so well, they lay.
It goremd was, and f^uided evennoie,
llirough wisealome of a matrone grave and bore ;
Whcae onely ioy was to relieve the needea
Of wietdied soules, and belpe the helpeleaae pore :
Alt night ibe spent in bidding of bet bedes,
Aod aU the day in doing good and godly deedes.
Dame CKlia men did her call, as thought
Finm Heaven to ctane, or thether to arise ;
7'he mother of three daugblen, well upbrougbt
In goodly thewes, and godly exercise :
Tbe eldest two, most sober, chasi, and wise,
Rdelia and Speranza, virgins were ;
Tbou^ spousd, yet wanting wedlocks solenmiie ;
But bire Cbarissa to a lovely fere
Waa lincked, and by him had many pledges dere.
AmTcd then;, the dore they find fast lockl;
For it was vrarely watched nighi and day.
For feare of many foes ; but, when they knockt.
The porter opei:^ unto them atreigbt way.
He was an aged syre, all horj gray,
WKb looke* full lowly cast, and gate full slow,
Wont on a staflb bis feeble steps to stay,
Higbt Humill^ They pasae in, atouping low;
For stieif^ht and nairow waa the w^ whicli he did
Each goodly thing ia birdest to b^in ;
But, entred in, a apatious court they see.
Both plaine and pleasaunt to be walked in;
Where them does meete a francklin ftite and tree,
Aod entertaines with comely courteuua glee {
His name waa Zele, that him right well became :
For in his speachea and behateour hee
Did labour lively to eipressc the same.
And gbidly did them guide, till to the hall they came.
There ftyrely them receives a gentle squyr^
Of myld demeanure and rare counesee.
Right cleanly clad in comely sad attyre ;
In word and deede tliat aliewd great modestee.
And knew bia good to all of each degree ;
Might Reverence ; be them with speaches meet.
Does fure entreat; no courting nicetee,
But simple, trew, and eke unfained aweet.
As might become a squyrc so great persona to greet.
And aflerwardes them to his dame be leadeg.
That aged dame, the lady of the place.
Who all this whQe was busy at her beades;
Which doen, she up arose with seemely grace.
And toward them full matronely did pace.
Where, wlien that furest Una she beheld.
Whom well she knew to spring from hevetily rac^
Her heart with ioy unwonted inly sweld,
As feeling wondrous comfort in her weaker eld :
And, her embracing, said; '* O happy earth.
Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread !
Moat vertuous virgin, borne of hevenly Iwrth,
That, to redeeme thy woeful parents head
long a day,
I eti ccatsest not thy weary solea to lead ;
What grace hath thee now hether brought this way ?
Or doen thy feeble feet unweeting hether stray ?
It knight U
" Straunge thing it
Here in this place ; or any other wignt,
That hether tumea hia atepa : so few there bee.
That chose the narrow path, or seeke the right 1
Alt keepe the broad liigh way, and take delight
With many rather for to goe aalny.
And be partakers of their evill plight.
Then with a few lo watke the tightest way :
O! foohah men.'why haatye to your own decay?"
" Thy selfe to see, and tyred limbes to reat,
O matrone aage," quoth ahe, " I hether came;
And this good knight his way with me addrest,
Ledd witli tliy praysea, and broad-blaxed fame,
That up to Heven is blowne." The aundent dams
Him goodly greeted in her modest guyae.
And enterteynd them both, as best became,
With alt the coutt'sies that she could devyse,
Ne wanted ought to shew her bounteous or wise.
Thus aa they gan of aondrie thinges deviae,
Loe '. two most goodly virgins came in place,
Ylinked arme in arme, in lovely wise ;
With countenance demure, and modest grace,
They numbred even steps and equaJI pace :
Of which the eldest, that Fidelia highl,
Like sunny beemes threw from her christall face
That could have daid the rash beholders sight,
And round about ber head did shine like Hevens
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She wu anied all ia tilly white,
And in her right hand bore • cup of f;(ild.
With wine »nd water fild up to the hight.
In which b serpent did himwife enfold,
That horrour mode to oil thai did behold i
But she no whitt did chaunge her conBtuil n
And in hn other hand she fast did hold
A booke, that was both signd and neald with
Wherein d&rke things were writt, hard to be
Her younger aiiter, Uut Speranu hight,
Wbs clad m Uew, that her beseemed well )
Not all so chearefull seemed she of sight.
As was her siUer; whether dread did dwell
Or anguish in her hart, ia hard to tell :
Upon ber arme a dlvet anchor lay,
Whereon slie leaned ever, as beTell ;
And erer up to Heren, as she did pray,
her sted&st eyea were benl, ne iwarred other way.
Thejr, seeing Una, towards: her gan weiid,
Who them encounter? with like courtesee ;
Many kind speeches they betweene them spend.
And greatly ioy each other for to see :
Then to the knight with shameTast modestie
They tume themselveB, at Unaes meeke requeat.
And him salute with well beseeming glee ;
Who faire them qultes, as him beseemed best.
And goodly gan discourse of many a nobis gest.
Then Una th>» ; " But iht^ your aster deare,
Ibe deue Charissa, where is she become 1
Or wauli she health, or buae is elswlwre ? "
" Ah! no," said they, "but forth she may not come;
For she of late is ligbtned of her wombe.
That her to see should be but troublesome. "
■' Indeed,"qi)othshe, " that should her trouble sore ;
But thankt be God, andher encreai
Then said tbe aged Ciella ; " Deare dame,
And you, good tit, I wole that of youre toyte
And labors long, through which ye hether came.
Ye both forwekiied be i therefore a whyle
I read jou rest, and to your bowres reeojle."
Then called she a groome, that forth him ledd
Into a goodly lodge, and gan despoile
Of puissant aimes, and laid in eaiie bedd :
His name was meeke ObedieDce rightfully arcdd.
Now when tbar wearie limbes with kindly reat,
And bodies were re&esht with dew repast,
Fayre Una gan Fidelia layre request,
.To bate ber knight into her scbuotehoua plaste.
She graunted; and that knight so much agrasle.
That she him taught celestiall discipline, [shine.
And opened his dull eyes, that light mote In them
And that her sacikd booke, whh blood ywrilt,
'Hiat none could reade eicepl she did them teach,
Sbe unto him disclosed every whitt ;
And heavenly documents thereout did preach.
That weaker witi of man could never reach ;
Of God I oT grace; of iustice; of free-will;
That wonder was to heaic ber goodly speach:
Pot she was hable with her wordes to kill.
And nyse againe to lift tbe hart dial she did thrill.
And, when ilie liat poute out ha Ui^er fright.
She would commaund the hasty Suime to stay,
Or backward tume his course &om Herens bight ;
SometimeB great busies of men she could disniaj }
Dry-shod to passe sbe parts the flouda in tway;
And eke huge mountsinea from thor native seat
She would commaund themselves to beare awi^.
And throw in nging sea with roaring llireat :
Alnughlie God ^r gave such powre and pi '
The bithfuU km'ght now grew in little space.
By hearing her, and by her sisteti lore.
To such perfection of all hevenly grace.
That wretched world he gan for to abbore,
And mortalL bfe gan loath as thing forlore ;
Greevd with remembrance of his wicked wajres.
And prickt with anguish of his unnes so sore,
Tltat he desirde to end his wretched dayes;
So much the dart of sinfull guilt thesoide dismayea!
But wise Sperania gave him comfort sweet.
And taught him bow to take assured hold
Els has his sinnes so great and manibld
Made him forget all that Fidelia told.
In this distressed doubtfuU agony,
When him his dearvst Una did behold
Disddning life, desiring leave to dye.
She found herselfe assayld with great perplexity ;
And came to Cnlia to declare her smart ;
Who well acquainted with that commune plight.
Which sinful! horror workes in wounded hart.
Her wisely comforted all that she might.
With goodly counsell and advisement right ;
And streightway sent with careful! diligence.
To fetch a leach, the which had great insight
that disease of grieved conscience, [tie
And well could ci
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Wbo, comming lo that sowle-diseaaed knight.
Could hardly him inireat to tell his grief:
Which knawne, and alt, that noyd his heavie qnjght.
Well searcht, eAaoones he gan ^ply relief
Of salves and med'ciues, which had passing pricf ;
And thereto added wordes of wondroua might :
By wbicb to ease be him recured brief;
And much aswag'd tbe passion of his plight.
That he hispaine endur'di as seeming nowmoic li^t.
But jiet tbe cause and root of all his ill,
Inwwd corruption and infected sin.
Not purg'd nor heald, behind remained still,
And festring sore did mnckle yetl within.
Close creeping twiit tbe marow and the skin :
Which to extirpe, he laid him privily
Downe in a darksome lowly place (ar in.
Whereas be meant his cdtrosves to apply.
And with strcight diet tame his stubborae malady*
In ashes and sackcloth be did amy
His dainCie cone, proud humors to abate ;
And dieted with fasting every day,
Tbe swelling of his woundea to mitiaate;
And made him pray both earely and eke late :
And ever, as superfluous flesh did rott.
Amendment readie still at hand did wayt.
To pluck it out with pincers fyrie wbotl,
That soooe in him was lefle no one comipted iott.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
And bitto' Pcnaunce, with »n yroa wh^,
Wb iniat him once to disple ever; daj :
And iharp Rcmorw liu h>it did prick and nip,
lliat drop* of blood tbeiuc like a wdl did play:
And ih] Repentazwe used lo embay
Hit body in salt water ■muting sor^
The Glthj blotlei of (in to WMh vnj.
Soinsbtvtipacu thejdidtoheallhrertore [dore.
The mnn that would not lite, bnt eiM la; at deatbea
low.
hUstc
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t, like a IjOD, be would cry ai
And reiid hia fleih ; and hia owne synewe« eat*
Hi* Dwne deare Una, bearing evermore
Hia mefull siiriekei and groningii, often tore
Her guiltlote garments and her golden beare.
Foe |ntty of hia pajne and anguiBh ton :
Yet all with patience wisely ihe did beare ;
For well ibe wist bis cryme could els be never cleare.
Vbom, thus recoier'd b; wise Fatioice
And trew Repentaunce, they to Una brought;
Wbo, ioyoua of hia cured consdence,
Him deanly kist, and fayrtly die besought
HimseUe to cbeariah, and coniuming thought
To put away out of hia careful! breat.
By thia Chariasa, late in child-bed brought,
Wai woien strong', and left her Aruitfiill neat i
To 1b layre Una brougbt Ihia unacquainted gueat.
She waa a woman in ber iresheM age.
Of wondrous beauty, and of bounty rare.
With goodly grace and comely peiaanagc,
Tliat was on Earth not eaaie to compare ;
Fnll or great love ; but Cupidi wanton ware
As Hell she hatad ; chaste in worke and will ;
Hb- necke and br^ts were ever open bare.
That ay tbereaf her babes might sucke their fill;
The rcM was all in yellow robes arayed stiU.
A multitude of babes about her hong,
Playing tbeir sptHrlea, that ioyd her to behold ;
Whom still she fed, whiles they were weake and
young,
But thrust them forth ilill aa they weied old :
And on her head she wore a tyre of gidd,
Adomd with gemmea and owcbes wondrous &yre,
Wboae passing price uneath was to be told i
And by ber ayde there ate a gentte payre
Of turtle doves, she sitting in ao yraiycfaayre.
The knight and Una entting fayn ber greet.
And bid ber ioy of that ber happy bnwd :
Wbo Otaa requites with court'sies seeming meet.
And enteniyaes with fHendly cbearefull mood.
Tlwn U^ her besought, lo be so good
Aa in her vertuou* rules to scboole her knight.
Now afler all hia torment well withstood
In that «d House of Penaunce, where his spright
Had past the paines of Hell and long-enduring night.
She was ri^t loyom of her iust request ;
And, taking by the band that Faeriea soune,
Gan him instruct in eierie good behest,
Of lore i and ri^teousnes ; and well to donne ;
And wrath and hatred warely to shonne,
TliaC drew on men Gods hatred and his wrath.
And many soules in dolours had fordonne ;
la which when him she well inorucled hath, [path.
F^wn tbence to Heaven she teacheth him the ready
Wherein his weaker wandriog nepi to guyde,
An auncient matrone she to her does cul.
Whose sober lookes her wisedome well descryde;
Her name was Mercy ; well knowne over all
To be both gradous and eke liberall :
To whom the carefull charge of him she gave.
To leade aright, that he should nercr &1I
Id all his waies through this wide worliKs wave ;
Iliat Mercy in the end hia righteous soule might save.
Tfae godly matrone by the hand him bearea
Forth from her presence, by a narrow way,
Scattred with bushy thomei and ragged breares.
Which still before him she remov'd away,
Hut nothing might his ready passage stay :
And ever when his feet encambred were.
Or gan lo sliriuke, or from the right to stray.
She held him fast, and Grmely did upbeare ;
As carefull nourae her child from falling oft does
Eilaoones unto an holy hospilall.
That was foreby the way, abe did him bring ;
In which seven bead-men, that had rowed all
Their life to service of high Heavens Kbg,
Did spend their daica in doing godly tiling ;
Their gates to all were open evermore,
That by the wearie way were travelling ;
And one sate irayting ever tbem before.
To call in eommers-by, that needy were and pore^
The first of them, that eldcM was and best.
Of all the house bad ctiarge and govememenl>
As guardian and itevrard of the rest :
His office was to give entertainem^nt
And lodging unto all that came and went ;
Not unto such as could him feast againe.
And double quite for that he on them spent ;
But such, as want of harbour did constrains ;
Hwse for Gods sake his dewty wsa to entertaine.
The second waa an almnet of the place :
His office was the hungry for to feed.
And thirsty give to drinke ; a worke of grace i
He feard not once himselfe to be in need,
Ne ear'd to hoord for those whom he did breeds :
The grace of God he Uyd up still in store.
Which as a stocke he left unto hit seede ;
He liad enough ; what need him care for more ?
And had he less^ yet some he would give lo the pwe.
Tbe third had of their wardrobe custody.
In which were not rich tyres, nor garmenia gay.
The plumes of pride, and winges ^ vanity.
But clothe meet to keep keene cold away,
And naked nature seemely to amy ;
With which bare wretched wigbcs be dayly dad.
The images of God in earthly day ;
And, if that no spare clothes to give he had.
His owne cote he would cut, and it distribute glad,
Tbe fourth ^pointed by bis office was
Poore prisoners to relieve with gntious ayd.
And captives to redeeme with price of brsa
FnMn Turkes and Saraiins, which them had stayd ;
And though they faulty were, yet well he wayd.
That God to us forgiveth every howre
Much more than that why they in bands were layd;
And he, that harrowed Hell with heavie stowre,
The &ijty soules from thence brought to bis hew
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TiiB fift had charge dck penoiu to attend.
And comfort tbosc in point of death which la; ;
For them most needetfa comfbit in the end.
When Sin. and Hell, and Death, doe most diamaj
The foeble soule departing hence away.
All is but lost, that living we hestow,
If not well ended at our dying day.
For as the tree does tM, s
The silt had charge of them now being dead,
And deck with dainty flowres their brydall bed,
That (o their heayenly Spouse both sweet and brave
They might appeare, when he their loules shall ssve.
Hie wondrous workmanship of Cods owne mould,
Whose face he made all beastes to feaje, and gave
All in his hand, eren dead we honour should.
Ah, dearest God, me graunt, I dead be not defould!
The seventh, now after death and burioll done.
Had charge the tend« orphans of the dead
And wydowes ayd, least they should be undone i
In bee of judgement he their right would plead,
Ne ought the powre of mighty men did diead
In their defence ; nor would for gold or fee
Be wonne their rightfull causes downe to tread:
And, when they stood in most necesutee,
He did supply their want, and gave theui ever free.
There when the EMn knight airived was.
The first and chiefest of the seven, whose care
Was guests to welcome, towardes him did pas ;
Where seeing Merde, that his steps upbare
And alwaies led, to her with reverence rare
He humbly louted in meeke lovlinesse.
And seemely welcome for her did prepare ;
For of their order she was pi '
Albe Cbarissa were tl:
Utere she awhile him stBye^ himseltt to rest, '
That to the rest more hahle he might bee :
During which time, in every good behest,
And godly worke of almes and charitee,
Shee him instructed witli great industrec.
Shortly therein so perfect he became,
That, from the first unto the last degree,
HU mortall life he learned had to frame
In holy rigbteoiunesae, without rebuke or blame.
Thence fbrward by that painfull way they pas
Forth to an hill, ^lat waa both ateepe and by j
On top whereof a sacred chappell was.
And eke a litle hermitage thereby.
Wherein an aged holy man did lie,
That day and night said his devotion,
Ne other worldly busines did apply:
His name was Hevenly Contemplation,
Of God and goodnes was his mniitBtion.
Great grace that old man to him given had ;
For God he often saw frata Heavens hi^t :
All were his earthly eien both blunt and bad.
And through great age had lost their kindly sight,
Yet wondrous quick and persaunt was his spright.
As eagles eie, that can behold the Sunne.
That hill they scale with all their powre and might.
That his fraile thighea, nigh weary and fordonne,
— — ™ cii, . i^t^ by her belpe, the top at last he wonne.
There they doe finde that godly aged aire.
With snowy lockes adowne his shouldera shed ;
As hoary frost with spangles doth attire
The mossy braunchea of an oke halfe ded.
Each hone might through his body well be red.
And every ^iieW secne, through his long taut :
For nought he car'd his carcas long unfed;
His mind was full of spiritual! repast.
And pyn'd his flesh to keep his body low and cbast.
Who. when these two approching he aspide.
At their flnt presenca grew agiieved eore.
That forat him lay his hevenly ChouRhta aside ;
And hod he not that dame respected moic,
Whom highly he did reverence and adore,
He would not once have moved for the knight.
They him saluted, standing far otbre ;
Who, well them greeting, humbly did requight.
And sdted, to what end they domb that tedious higbt?
" What end," quoth she, '■ ^ould cause i» take
such paine,
But that same end, which every living wight
Should make his marke, high Heaven to attoine?
Is not irom hence the way, that leadeth ri^t
To that most glorious House, that glistrtth bright
With burning starres and everliving fire,
Whereof the kdes are to thy hand behight
By wi» ndelia? She doth thee require.
To shew it to this knight, according his desire."
" Thrise happy man," said then the fUher grave,
" Whose ftaggertng steps thy steady hand doth lead.
And shewes the way his nn^ll soule to save f
Who better can the way (o Heaven oread
Then thou thyselfe, that was bAth home and brad
In hevenly throne, where thousand angels shine 7
Thou doest the praiers of the righteous sead
Present before the Majesty Divine,
And his avenging wrath to clemency incline.
" Yet, tince thou bidst, thy pleasure sbal be doiuie.
Tlien come, thou man of Earth, and see the way.
That never yet was seene of Foriea Sonne ;
That never leads the traveiler astny.
But, alter labors long and sad delay.
Brings them to ioyous rest and endleise blla.
But first thou must a season fast and pray.
Till from her bonds Uie sprif^ assoiled i^ [(ia."
And have her almiglh recur'd ttota IVsile infirmi-
That done, he leads him to the highest mount j
Such one, as that same mighty man of God,
Tlat blood-t«d billowes like a walled front
On other side disparted with his rod.
Till that his army dry-foot through them yod.
Dwelt forty doiea upon ; where, wrEtt in stona
Willi bloody letters by the hand of God,
The bitter doome of death and bolefult mane
He did receive, whiles flashing fire about him shone:
Or like that sacred hill, whose head full hie,
Adomd vrrth fruitfiill olives all arownd.
Is, as it were for endlesse memory
Of that deare Lord who oh thereon was fownd,
For ever with a flowring girlond eroimd :
Or like that pleasaunt mount, that (a for ay
Through famous poets teree each whete renoimd.
On which the thrise three learned ladies play flay.
Their hevenly notes, and make full many a lovriy
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Fram tboMe, &r off he unto him did ihcw
A little path, tbat iru both iteepe and long,
Whidi to ■ goodly cittj led hii Tew ;
Wbo«e wala uid towies nere huilded hi^h end strong
Orperie and precious stone, tliaC eanhly long
CaiiDot deacHbe, nor wit of nuui can lell ;
Too bigb a ditt; for my simple song !
The dtty of the Create King hight it weTT,
Wberan etenull peace and happinesse doth dwell.
At be thereon Mood gating, he might see
Hw blessed angels to and fro descend
Prom highest lleven in gladsome companee.
And with great ioy into that citty wend,
As commonly as frend does with his frend.
Wfaeimt he wandred much, and gan enquere.
What stately building diint no high extend
Her lofty towm unto the starry sphere.
And what unknowen nation there empeopied were.
" Faire knight," quoth he, " Hierusalem that is.
The New Hierusalem, that Cod lio.^ built
For those to dwell in, that are chown his,
Bis d»aen people purg'd from unFul guilt
With predous blood, which cruelly was spilt
On cursed tree, of thai unspotti-d Lam,
That for the sinues ofal the world was kilt:
Now are they taints all in tliat dity sam, [dam."
Hare dear unto their Ood then younglings to their
■■ Till now," said then the knight, " I weened well,
Tbat great Cleopc4ia where 1 have beene,
fn whicfa that fairest Fary queene doth dwell.
The fairest dny was that might be leene ;
And that bright towre, all built of cliristall dene,
I^nlhea, uciud the brightest thing that was :
But now by proofe all otherwise I weene ;
FiH- this great dtty that does &r surpas, [of glas."
And tlus bright angela towre qiule dims that towre
" Moat trew," then said the holy aged man ;
*■ Yet is Cleopolis, fbr earthly frame.
The lairest peece that eie beholden can 1
And well beseemed all knighti of noble name,
Tbat covett in th' immortal booke of fame
To be etemiied, that wme to haunt,
" And tbou, iaireymp, sprong out fixini Engliih race.
How ever now accompled Elllns sonne,
Well worthy doest thy service for her grace,
To aide a virgin desolate fordonne.
But When thou famous victory haiit wonne,
And high emongsl alt knights hast hong thy shield,
Tbencefbrth the suitt of earthly conquest iihonne,
And wash thy hands from guilt of bloody field :
For blood can nought but un. and wars but sorrows,
yield.
" Thai seek this path that I to thee presage,
Whicfa aAer all to IlesTen shall thee send;
Then peaceably tfay painefiill pilgrimage
To yofKUr same Hienisalem doe bend,
Wfieic is fbr thee ordaind ■ blessed end :
Fortbouemongstthose taints, whom thou doest see,
Shall be a laiut, and mine owne nations trend
And patrone : thou Sml George shall called bee,
Stint Georgt otmert En^ind, the signs of rictoree."
" Unwortfay wretch, "quoth he, " of lo greM gnce.
How dare I thinke such glory to attainc I "
" These, that have it attaynd, were in like cace,"
Quoth he, *'aA wretched, and liv^d in like pajne."*
" But deeds of annei rauM I al lost be faine
And ladies love to leave, so dcarely bought?"
" What need of armes, where peace doth ay remaine,"
Said be, "and battailes none are to be fought?
As for loose lovea, they are vaine, and vanish into
nought."
" O let me not," quoth he, " then tume againe ^
Backe to the world, whose ioyes so fmitlesse are;
But let me here for aie in peace remaine,
Or streightway on that last long voiage fare.
That nothing may my present hope empai?."
" That may not be," said he, " ne ntaist thou yitt
Forgoe that royal ntaides bequeathed care.
Who did her cause into Ihy hand committ,
Till from her cursed foe thou have her freely quiet. "
" Then shall I soone,*^ quoth he, " so God me grace,
Abett that vi^ns cause disconsolate.
And shortly back retume unto this place,
To walke Ibis wsy in pilgrims poore estate.
But now Bread, old father, why of late
DidM thou behight me boms of English blood.
Whom all a Faeries sonne doen nominate?"
" That word shall I," said he, "avoucben good,
Sith to thee is unknowne the cradle of thy brood.
" For well 1 wote thou springsl from andent race
Of Saion kinges, ttiat have with mightie iiand.
And many bloody battailes fought in place,
High reanl their royall throne in Britane land.
And vanquish! them, unable to withstand:
From thence a Faery thee unweeting reft.
There aa thou slepst in tender swadling band.
And her base Eien brood there for thee left :
Such, men do chaungelinga call, so cbauns'd bv
Faeries theft.
" Thence she thee brought into this Faery lond.
And in an heaped furrow did thee hyde ;
Where thee a ploughman all unweeting fond.
As he his toylesome teme that way did guyde.
And brought thee up in ploughmans state to byde.
Whereof Georgos he thee gave to name ;
Til! prickt with courage, and thy forces pryde,
To Fary court thou cam'st to seek for fame.
And prove thy puissant aimes, as seemes thee best
" O holy aire," quoth he, " how shall I quigbt
The many fkvours I with thee have fownd.
That haat my name and nation redd aright,
And taught the way that does to Heaven bownd I "
This Eside, adowne he looked to the grownd
To have retumd, but daied were his eyne
Through passing brightnes. which did quite confound
His fe^le sence, and too exceeding shyne. [vine !
So darke are earthly thinges compard to tliiiiges di-
At las^ whenas himself he gan to fynd.
To Una back he cast him to retyre ;
Who him awaited still with peiiMve mynd.
Great thankes, and goodly meed, to that good ayr«
He theoB departing gave for his payties hyre.
So came to Una, who him ioyd to see ;
And, after litle rest, gan him desyre
The koigbt with that old Jngon fights
Two dtJM incess»ntly :
The thiid, bim overtbrowes ; and gajna
Most glorious victory.
HioH time now gui it wei for Una fkyre
To thinbe of those her captive parents deare.
And their lV>rwas(«d kingdom to repayre :
Whereto whenas they now approched neare.
With hartie wordea her knight she gan to cheare,
And in her modest auumer thug bespake ;
■' Dears knight, as deare as ever knight was deare.
That all these sorrowes auSei for my sake,
High Heven behold the tedious tojle, ye Tur me take !
" Kow tn we come unto my native soyle.
And to the place where all our peiillea dwell ;
Here hauntes that feend, and does his daily spoyle ;
Thertfoie henceforth bee at your keeping well,
And ever ready for your foeman letl :
He iparke of noble corage now awake.
And strive your excellent selfe to eicell i
That shall ye evermore renowmed make
Above all knights an Earth, that batteill undertake."
And panting forth, " Lo \ yonder is," aaid she,
" The brasen knvre, in which my parenli deare
For dread of that huge feend emprisond be ;
Whom I fi-onj (ar see on the walles appeire.
Whose ught my feeble soule doth gtealXj cheare :
And on the lop of all I do espye
The watchman wayting tydings glad to heare ;
That, O my parents, might I happily
Untoyoulningitoeaseyouof your misery!"
That all the ayre with
And seemd uneath to shake the sted^st ground,
Eftsoones that dreadful dragon they espyde.
Where Mretcht he lay upon the sunny side
Of a great hill, himselfe like a great hill :
But, all so soone ai he Avm lar descryde
7%we gliatring annes that Heven with light did Gil,
Uennisd himaelfe fiill biyth, and hastned them untilL
Then badd the knight his lady yede aloof.
And to an bill herselfe withdraw aayde ;
From whence she might behold that battailles proof,
And eke be safe from daunger tisr descryde :
She him obsyd, and tumd a little wyde. —
Now, O thou sacred Muse, most learned dame,
Fayre ympe of Phtebus and his aged bryde,
Tlie Dourse of time and everlasting fame.
That warlike bandesemubleMnitb immortal! name;
O, gently come into my feeble brest.
Come gently ; but not with that mighlie rage.
Wherewith the martiall troupes thou doeat inieat^
And bartes of great heroes doest enrage.
That nought tbejr kindled corage may as wage :
Soone as thy disadfiill trcnnpe b^ns to sownd,
The god of warre with hit 6era equipage
Thou doest awak^ sleepe never be so sownd ;
•-] I Ds doaat with boiTor stems Bstownd.
Fayre goddease, lay that fiiiious fitt nyde,
Till I of warres and bloody Man doe sing.
And Bryton fleldea with Saraiin blood bedyde,
Tffiit that great Faery queene and Payiiim king,
That with their horror Hevrai and Eanh did ring ;
A worke of labour long, and endlease pmyse :
I But now a while Ictt downe tlial haughtie strings
I And to my tunes thy second tenor rayse.
That 1 this man of God his godly armes may blase.
y this, the dreadful beast drew nigh X4j hand,
Halfe flying and halfe footing in his haste.
That with his largenessc measured much land,
made wide shadow under his huge waste i
lountaine doth the valley overcaste.
Approching nigh, he reared high afore
Hit body monstrous, horrible, and vaste;
Which, to increase his wondrous greatnes more.
Was swoln with wrath and poyson, and with bloodj
gore;
And over all with brasen acales was armd.
Like plated cote of Steele, so couched neve
Ihat nought mole perce; nemight his corse be harmd
With dint of swerd, nor push of pointed speare :
Which, as an eagle, seeing pray appeare.
His aoy plumes doth rouse full rudely dight]
So shaked he, that horror was to heare :
For, as the clashing, of an armour bright, [knigbt.
Such noysc his roused scales did send unto the
His flaggy winges, when forth be did display,
'" B (wo saylea, in which the hollow wyad
Is gathered full, and worketh speedy way:
\nd eke the pennes,- that did his pineons bynd,
Vere hke mayne-yardes with flying canvas lynd ;
With which whenas him list the ayre to beat.
And there by force unwonted passage fynd.
The dondes before him fledd for terror great.
And all the Ilevens stood still anused with his thrMt.
His huge long tayle, wownd up in hundred foldea.
Does overspred his long bras^caly back,
Whose wreathed boughtes when ever he unfoldea.
And thick-entangled knots adown does slack,
Bespolted as with shieldes of red and blscke.
It aweepeth all the land behind him farre.
And of thnte furlongs does but little lacke;
And at the pcnnt two itinges infixed arre, [fiuve.
Both deadly sharp, that sharpest Steele eiceeden
But Btinges and sharpest Steele did far exceed
The sharpnesse of his cruel rending clawes .
Dead was it sure, as sure aa death indeed.
What ever thing does touch his ravenous pawes*
Or what within his reach be ever drawes.
But his moat hideous head my tongue to tell
Does tremble ; for Ills deepe devouring iawes
Wyde gaped, hke the griesly mouth of Hell,
Through which into his darke abysse all
fell.
And, that more wondrous was, in dlher iaw
Three ranckes of yron teeth eiuraunged were.
Id which yett trickling blood, and gobbets raw.
Of tate devoured bodies did appeare ;
That sight thereof bred cold congealed feare:
Which to increase, and all at ouce to kilt,
A cloud of smoutberiog amoke, and sulphure sean.
Out of his stinking gorge forth sleemed still, [GIL
That all the ayre about with smoke and stench did
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Hb bkiiiigcyca, lika two brigiit (hming ihieldcm,
Did buim with wntfa, and iparkled living fym ;
Ai two broad btacam, mU in open Geldn,
Send forth tbor Btxaatti ofttoevaj •hjre.
And warning ^TC, that oiemia caaapytB
With fire and ■word the rtgioD to iande ;
So Aam'd hii eyae with lage and imnoroui fre :
But bi wicliin, u in a hollow glade, [full
Thoae glaiiog lampes were sett, that m
dnad-
So dmdfuUj he towudea him did pu,
Fonliftillg up aiofl his ipeckled brest,
Aikd oAeo bounding on cbe bnued gni,
Aa Ihr great JDjvnce of his new come guest.
Efbomea he gan advance his haughty crest ;
As cbaufied bore his bristles doth upnaie ;
And sboke his scales to batlaile ready drest, ffeare)
(Tbat made the Redcroaae knight nigh qus^e Tor
As bidding bold defyaunoe to his foeman neara.
Tbe knigbt gan &jrelj couch his steady speare.
And fitnel; ran at him with rigorous might :
The posnUd Steele, arriving rudely theare.
His harder hyde would nether percc nor bight.
But, glouncing by, foorth passed fbrward right :
Ye^ sore amoved with so puissant push,
Tbe wiathfuU beast about him turned light,
Andliim BO rudely, passing by, did brush [did rush.
Wdh his long tayle, that hone and man to ground
Both horse and man up lightly rose againe,
And fresh encounter towardes Mm addiest :
But th' jrdle Mroke yet backe recoyld in vaine.
And found no place his deadly point to rest.
Eiceedlng nige cnflam'd tbe furious beast,
To be avHiged of so great despjght ;
For never felt his imperceable breit
So wondimis force Irom hand of living wight ;
Tet bad be prov'd the powre of many a puissant
Thai, with his wavinic wings displayed wyde,
Bimselle up high he mled from the ground.
And with strong Bight did forcibly divyde
The yitlding,ayre, which nigh too feeble found
Ho- flitting pMis, and element unsound.
[away.
, lo oeare uiem quite
Long he them bore shove the subject plaine,
So far as ewglicn bow a shaft may send ;
TUl vtmggling strong did him at last conitrsine
To tet them downe before his flightes end :
A* hagard hauke, pmumjng to contend
With hafdy fowte above his hable might.
His wearie pounces all in vsine doth spend
To trusae tbe pray too heavy for his flight; ffighL
Which, comming down to ground, does free itieUb by
He so disseiifd of his gryping grosse,
Tbe kni^t bis thrillant speare sgain asaayd
In his bras-plated body to embosae.
And three mens strength unto the stroake he layd ;
Wherewith the stiffe beame quaked, as affrayd,
And glanncing from his scaly necke did glyde
Cloae under bis left "ing, then broad displayd :
The poong Steele there wrought a wound full wyde,
ThM with the lineouth smart the monster lowdly
He cryde, as raging seas are wont to mre.
When wintry storme his wrathful wreck does threati
The rolling billowes beate the ragged shore,
Ai they the Earth would shoulder from her seat;
And greedy gulfe does gape, as he would eat
His neighbour element in his revenge :
Then gin theblustring brethren boldly threat
To more the world from off his sledfast benge.
And boystrous battaile make, each other to aTenge.
The steely head stuck fast still in bis fiesh,
Till with his cntell ctawea he snachl the wood,
And quite asunder lirokc : forth flowed fresh
A gushing river of lilacke gory blood.
That drowned all the land wbereoo he «ood ;
The itreame thereof would drive a water-mill ■
Trebly augmented was his furious moud
With bitta: sence of his deepe rooted ill, [thrill.
'Ihat flames of fire he threw forth from his large nose-
His hideous tayle then hurled he about.
And therewith all enwrapt the nimble thyes
Of his firoth-fomy steed, whose courage stout
Striving to loose the knott that fast him tyes,
Hlmselfe in streighier bandes too rash implyea.
That tu the ground he is perforce constraynd
To throw his ryder ; who can quickly ryse
Prom off the earth, with durty blood diataynd,
For that reprochfull fall right fowly he disdayud ;
And fercely tooke his trenchand blade in band.
With which he stroke so furious and so fell,
Tlut nothing seond the puissaunce could withstand ;
Upon his crest the hordned yton fell ;
But his more bardned crest was armd so well.
That deeper dint therein it would not make ;
Yet so eilremel; did tbe buffe him quell,
Tbat from thenceforth he shund tbe like to take.
But, when he saw tfaem come, he did them still fonidie.
The knight was wioth to see his stroke beguyld,
And tmot againe with more outrageous might;
But backe againe the sparcling Steele recoyld.
And left not any marke where it did light.
As if in adamant rocke it had beene pigbt.
The beast, impatient of his smarting wound
And of so tierce and forcible deepight.
Thought with his winges to stye above the ground ;
But his late wounded wing uusentceaUe found.
Then, full of grief and anguish vehement.
He lowdly brayed, that like was never heard;
And from hia wide devouring oven sent
A flake of Are, that, flashing in bis beard.
Him all amasd, and almost made sfeard :
The scorching flame sore swinged all his face,
And through his armour all his body seord.
That he could not endure so cniell cace, [lace.
But thotight his amtes to leave, and helmet to un-
Xot Uiat great champion of the Antique world.
Whom famous poetes verse bo much doth vaunt,
And hotb for twelve huge labours high eilold.
So many furies and sharpe fits did hwitit,
When him the poysoned garment did enchaunt.
With Centaures blood and bloody verses charmd ;
As did this knight twelve thousand dolours daunt,
Whom fyrie Steele now btimt, that ent him aimd ;
That ent him goodly armd, now most of all him
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Faynl, we»rie, lore, emboyled, griercd, brent, [Are,
With heat, toyle, woundu, Bmies, onart. Mid inward
That never man such mitchiefea did torment ;
Death better were ; death did he oft desire ;
But death will never come, when needei require*
Whom BO disnayd when that his foe beheld.
He cast to suifer him no more respire.
But gan his sturdy steme shout to weld.
And him so stronglj stroke, that to tiie ground him
feld.
It fortuned, [as fajre it then befell}
Behind Us backe, unweeting where be ibiod.
Of aundenl time there was a springing well,
From which fiut trickled Ibrth a silver flood.
Pull of great tertues, and for med'cine good :
Wbylome, before that curwd dragon got
That happy land, and all with innocent blood
Defyld those sacred waves, it rightly hot
Hie WeU of Life i ne yet his lertues had fbrgot :
For unto life the dead it could restore,
And guilt of sinful! crimes deane wash away j
llioae, that with aicknesse were infected sore,
It could recure ; and aged long decay
Renew, as one were borne that very day.
Both Silo ftiis, and Iwtlan did eicell.
And th' English Bath, and eke the German Span ;
Ne <wi Cephisei nor Hebrus, match this well :
Into the same the knight back overthrowen feU.
Now gan the golden Phcebus for to steepe
His flerie face in hillowes of the west,
And his faint sleedes watred in ocean deepe,
Whiles from their ioumall labours they did rest ;
When that iniemall monster, having kest
His wearie foe into that living well.
Can high advBunce his broad discoloured brest
Above his wonted pilch, with countenance felt.
And clapt his yron wings, aa victor he did dwelL
Which when his pensive Isdy saw ftnm farre.
Great woe and sorrow did her toule assay.
As weening that the sad end of the wane )
And f^an to highest God entirely pray
That feared chaunce from her to tume away :
With folded hands, and knees full lowly bent.
All night she watcht j ne once adowne would lay
Her dainty lintbi in her sad dreriment.
But praying still did wake, and waking did lament
But earely, ere
Out of the sea faire l^lans deswy fare.
Up rose the gentle vii^n fhim her place.
And lotted all about, if she might spy
Her loved knight to more his manly pace :
For she had great doubt of his saTely,
Snce late she saw him fall befbre hu enimy.
At last she saw, where he upstarted brave
Out of the well wherein' he drenched lay;
As eagle, ftesh out of the ocean wave.
Where he bath lefle his plumes all hory gray.
And deckt himselfe with fetbers youthly gay.
Like eyas haukc up mounts unto the skies,
His newly^udded pineons to assay,
^ And marveiles at himseUe, stil as be flies : [rise.
~"t this new-botne knight to battell new did '
Whom when the damned fbend so fnth did spy.
No wonder if he wondivd at the sight.
And doubted whether lus late enimy
It were, or other new supplied knight.
He now, to prove his late-renewed might,
High brandishing his bright desw-buming blade.
Upon his crested scalp so sore did smite,
lliat to the scull a yawning wound it made :
The deadly dint his dulled sences alt dismaid.
1 wote not, whether the revenging Steele
Were haidaed with that holy water dew
Wherein he fell j or sharper edge did feele ;
Or his baptized hands now grmter grew;
Or other secret vertue did ensew ;
ir could the force of fleshly ame,
Ne molten mettall, in his blood embrew : '-
For, till that stownd, could never wight him barme
By Bubtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighlj
The cniell wound enraged him so sore.
That loud he yelled for exceeding paine ;
As hundred ramping lioits aeemd to rore.
Whom ravenous hunger did thereto constniine.
Then gan he tosse aloft his stretched traine.
And therewith scourge the buxome aire so sore.
Thai to his force to yielden it was hint ;
Ne ought bis sturdy strokes might stand afhre,
llat high trees overthrew, and rocks in peeces ton i
The same advsunnng high above his head.
With shurpe intended sting so rude him smott.
That to the earth him drove, as stricken dead ;
Ne living wight would have him life behott :
The roortall sting his angry needle shott
Quite through his shield, and in his dioulder seaad.
Where fast it stucke, ne would thereout be gott :
The griefe thereof him wondrous sore diseud,
Ne might his rancling paine with patience be appeaad.
But yet, more mindbitl of his tiODOur deare
Then of the grievous smart which him did wriDg,
From loathed soile he can him tightly r^are.
And strove to loose the far infixed sting :
Which when in vaine he tryde with struggieling,
Inflam'd with wrath, his raging blade he hcRe,
And strooke so strongly, that the knotty string
Of his huge taile he quite asonder cleAei ^leftc
nve iointx thereof he hewd, and but the stump him
Hart cannot thinke, what outrage and what cries.
With fowle enfouldred smoake and Sashing fttc.
The helt-bred beast threw forth unto the skiea.
That all was covered with darknesae dire :
Then fiaught with rancour, and engivged yr^
He cast at once him to avenge for all,
And, gathering up himselfe out of the mire
With big uneven wings, did fiercely tall {all.
Upon his suime-brigbc shield, and grypt it bat vrith-
Much was the man encombred with his hold.
In fare to lose his weapon in his paw,
Ne wist yett, how his tiJaunts to unfold ;
Nor liarder was (torn Cerberus greedy iaw
To plucke a bone, then from his cruell claw
To reave by strength the griped gage away ;
Thiise he asmyd it from Us foole to draw.
And thrise in vaine to draw it did taauy ;
It booted nought to thinke to robbc him of lU* pnj-
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Tbo, when ha ■■* no pow«i aiAt fnwiHt,
Hii tnntjr iwotd ba c^ to his Ust aid,
Wbeicwith ba fisvl; did hii foe uHiIe,
And double blowei about him lUiutlf laid.
That glaunang fir« out of tba yron plaid ;
A* qi^Uea from the andnle uu to fly.
When heavy hanmuTB on the wedg are awaid t
Hicmritli at lait he font him to untr
One of hii graaping ftele, him to defend tberd)]'-
Tba odMr fbote, &M fixed on lu> shield,
WbenM no ttnatgfh tux atrsluiDMe )um camtraiiie
To looaa, ne yat tba warlike pledg to yield ;
Ha nxM thereat with rnU Ua migfat and maio^
That Bou^t N> woDdroui puinauiMC might Biiataina t
Upon the iojpnt the lucky iteala did light,
And made luch vay, that hewd it quite in twaine )
Ha pair yett miMed not fail miiuBht mi^t.
But boDg Mill on the alueld. ai it at Srtt wa> pi^it.
For giiefe thereof and deriliafa despight.
From hii infernall buraace fourth be threw
Huge fiaoies, that dimmed all the Herena lights
Enmld in duskiab uniAe and brimitona blew :
As bumiug Aetna inun hi* boyling >t«w
Doth belch out flame*, and Rxiea in peeee* taixAc,
And ragged rib* of mauntainai moltan new,
Emmpt in coleblacke clowd* and filthy amake,
That al the land with iteach, and Herco with lior-
Tha hnato whawf^ and haimrfull pestilence.
So im him noyd, thai font him to redro
A little backeward for his best defence.
To aaire hii body from the scorching fire.
Which he frocn helliih euCrailes did eipire-
It cbaunat, (elenudl God that chaunce did guide}
Ai be reonled backeward, in the mire
IB* lu^ forwcaried feeble feet did slide, [fide.
And downe be fell, with dread of ihama aore terri-
There grew a goodly tree him &ire beude,
Leaden with ^ruit and apples rosy redd,
Al they in pure Termilion had beea dide.
Whereof great rertuei OTer all were redd :
For happy life to all which thereon fedd.
And life eke eTerlsning did befall :
Great God it planted in that blessed atedd
With his almi^ity hand, and did it call
The Tree of Life, tba crime of our fint fktbcrs tUL
In all the world like was not to be fownd,
SaTC in that sole, where all good tilings did grow.
And freely spiong out of the fniitfull gnjwnd,
As inEScTuiited Nature did them sow,
im thai dredd dragon all did overtbrow.
Another Uke fkitt tree eke grew thereby.
Whereof whoso did eat, eftioones did know
Both good and ill : O moumfiill memory ! [to dy !
Thai tree through one mans fault hath doen us all
Fran that first tree forth flowd, as from a well,
A trickling straame of baliiw, most soreraiiia
And dain^ deare, which on the ground still fell,
And OTwJowed all the IWtile plaine.
As It had deawed bene with timely rains :
Ijtt and long health that gracious ointment fa*e i
And deadly wounds could heate ; and reaie againe
The acncalsasa cone appointed for the grare :
Into that same he fall, which did from Oaatta bim
For nigh Ibareto tba erv-daiancd beatt
Durst not approcfa, tea be was deadly made^
And al that life preserred did detest ;
Yet he it oft adventur'd to iSTBila.
By this the drouping Day-light gan to fade.
And yield his rowme to sad succeeding Night,
Who with her sable mantle gan to shade
T^ face of Earth and wayei of living wight,
And high her burning torch set up in HeaTeu bright.
When gentle Una saw tlie second bU
Of ber deare knight, who, weary of long fight
And faint through losse of blooiit moov'd not at all.
But lay, as in a dreame of deepe delight,
Besmuud with pretiou> balme, whose lertuoui might
Did beale hii woundes, and scorching heat aUy j
Againe she stricken was with sore afiHgbt,
And Ibr his safelie gan deTOutly pray,
Aod watch the noyous night, and wait for ioyou* day.
The f oyoui day gan early to appeare ;
And fayre Auron from the deawy bed
Of aged "nthone gan heiselfe to reare
With rosy cbeekes, for ibame aa bluihiog red :
Her golden lodi, for hast, were loosely shed
About her eares, when Una her did marke
Clymbe to her charct, all with Sowera spred.
From Heren high to cbace the cheaivlesse darke ;
With mery note her lowd salutes the mounting larke.
And did himselfe to battaile ready dight ;
Whose early fbe awaiting him bende
To have derourd, so soone as day he spyde,
When now he saw himselfe so freshly raaia^
Aa if late fight had nought him damnifyde.
He woie dismaid, and gan bis fate to fcare ;
Nathlesse with wonted rage he him adTBunoed MM<[
And in his first eDeounler, gaping wydi^
He thought attcooe him td haTe sw^owd qm'^it,
And ruiht upon him with outragious pryde ;
Who him recouotjog fierce, as hauke in fli^it,
Perforce rebutted back ; the weapon blight.
Taking advantage of h»s open iaw,
Ran Ihrou^ his mouth with so importune might,
llat deepe empent bis darksmn hollow maw,
Ai>d,backretyTd,hisIifebloodfonhwitliall did draw.
So downe he Ml, and fratfa his li& did breath.
That vankbl into smoke and cloudb swift ;
So downe be fell, that Ih' Earth him undetneatb
ENd grane, as Aebla so great load to lift;
So downe h* (el], as an huge rody dift,
Wboae blaa fbundacioD waTCS have washt away,
With dreadfrill poyae is from Ibe mayneland rift.
And, ndling downe, great Neptune doth dismay :
SodowiMbefell,aiullikeanba -'-- - '-
The knight lamselft arem trembled at I
80 buge and boTTibla a masse It seemd
And Ida dean lady, that beheld it all,
Dunt not approcb for dread which she n:
But yet at last, whenaa the direful! feend
She saw not Btirrc, ofl'.ihsking vaine affiight
She nighcr drew, and saw that ioyous end :
TImo God aha praysd, and tlMiUct her MthlU)
Tliat bad atchierde so 1
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I conquest by hii mi^it.
Fayre Una to the Redcrowe knight
Bctroutbed ia with ioj -.
Tbough falw Duesia, it to bure,
Her fidae ileightei doe imploy.
BmoLD I Ke the biven nigh at hand,
To wbicfa 1 meane mj wearie coune to bend ;
Vere the nuine tbete, aod beare up with the Und,
The which afore is ra;rl^ to be keDd,
And Heemeth safe from atonnft that may off'end :
lliere thii fayre virgin wearie of her way
MnM landed bee, now at her iourneya end ;
Tbere eke my feeble barke a vhile may stay.
1^ nwry wynd and weather call her thence away.
Scanely had Phcebu* in the glooming eaat
Tett harnessed his fyrie-footed teeme,
Ne reord aboTe the Earth his Baming creast ;
When the last deadly smoke alod did steeme,
Hiat dgne of last outbreatbed life did seeme
Unto the watcboiBQ on the castle-waJI,
Wbo thereby dead that balefull beast did deeme,
And to bis lord and lady lawd gan call.
To teU haw he had seene the diagous hull fall.
Uprose with basty loy, and feeble speed.
That aged ayre, the luid of all that land.
And looked forth, to wcet if trew indeed
Those tydinges were, as he did undciatand :
Which whenas Irew by tt^all he out fond,
He badd to open wyde his braien gate,
Which long lime had beene shut, and out of hond
Proclaymed ioy and peace through all his state ;
For dead now was Cheit foe, which Ihem fonayed
Then gan triumphant trompets sownd on hye,
That sent to Heren the ecchoed report
Of their new ioy, and happie victory
Gainst bim, that had them long opprest with tort.
And fast imprisoned in ueged fart.
Then all the people, as in solemne feast,
Tn him assembled with one full consdrt,
Reioycing at the foil of that great beast.
From wboae etetnall bondage now they were releait.
Forth came that auodent lord, and aged queene,
Arayd in ^tique robes downe to the grownd.
And aad habiliments right well beseene :
A noble ciew about them wailed rownd
Of sage and sober peres, all gravely gownd j
Whnn far before did march a goodly band
Of taU yomig men, all hable armea to sownd,
Bnt now they laurell brsunctaes bore in hand ;
Olad Bgne of Tietoiy and peace in all their land.
., w.
d did bim proclame.
And at his feet Ifaeir lawrell boughea did Ihraw.
Soone aAer them, all daunidng on a row.
The comely Tirgini came, with girlands digfat.
As fresh aa flowrea in medow givene doe grow.
When morning deaw upon tbev leaves dolh light ;
And in their haodea sweet timbreUs ail nph^ 01
befitre, (he firy of children yong
on sportea and childish mirth did play,
lydens sowtiding tymbrela song
And made detightfull muaick all the way,
Unlill they came when that faiie virgin stood :
Aa fkyra Diana in fresh sommen day
Beboldea her nymphes enraung'd in shady wood.
Some wrestle, aome do run, some bathe in christall
flood;
And her ador'd by honorable aante,
lifting to Heren her everlasting fkme 1
Then on her head they sett a girlond greene,
And crowned her twiit earnest and twiit gtunt :
Who, in her •elf-rcsemblance well besaeae.
Did seeme, such as she was, a goodly maiden queene.
And af^ all the raskall many ran.
Heaped tt^ether in rude nblement.
To see the face of that victorious man,
Whom all admired aa from Heaven aent,
And gaz'd upon with gaping wonderment.
But when they came where that dead dragon lay,
Strelcht on the ground in monatroua large eilenl.
The sight with ydle feare did them dionay,
Ne durst approch him nigh, to touch, or once asMiy.
Some feard, and fledd: some feard, and well it fiiynd ;
One, that would wiser seeme then all (he i«st,
Wamd him not touch, for yet perhaps remaynd
Some lingring life within his hollow brest,
Or in bis wombe might luile some hidden neM
Of many dragonettes, his fmitTull seede ;
One mother, whenaa her foolehardy chyld
Did rome (00 neare, and with his tatants play,
Haifa dead through feare, her little babe revyld.
And to ber gossihs gan in counsell say j
" How can I tell, but tliat his tslatits may
Yet scratch my sonne, or rend his tender hand ? *'
So diversly themselves in vaine they fny ;
Whiles some more bold to measure him nigh stand.
To prove how many acres be did spred of land.
Thus flocked all ihe foike him rownd about ;
The whites that hoarie king, with all bis traiiw.
Being arrived where tliat champion alout
After his foes defeasaunce did remaine,
Bim goodly greetes, and fayre does entertayoe
With princely gifla of yvory and gold.
And thousand thankea bimyeeldesftM'all his paina.
Then when hia daughter deare he doea behold.
Her dearely doth Imbrace, and kiaseth manifold.
And after to hia palace he them btinges.
With ahatunea, and trompeta, and with clarion* sweet ;
And all the way the ioyou* people singes.
And with their garments slrowea the paved ttntl ;
Whence mounting up, theyfynd purveyaunce meet
Of all, that royall princes court became;
And all the floore was underneath their feet
Bespredd vvith costly searlott of great name.
On which they lowly siU, and Guing purpoa* Avms.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
WhM needcs me l«U tbdi feaH utd goodijr guiio,
Id which wv Dotfauig rioUxu nor Tome ?
Wlwt necda of tUintf duhea lo deviw.
Of comelj serTLces, or courtly timjoe?
H; narrow leaiei ouinoE in them contayne
- The Urge diKoune of rcull princea itate.
Yd wu th«T mannrr then but bare and plaync ;
For th' iaiique world exceae and pryde did hale :
Such pToud luiuiioui pompe ij ■wollen up but late.
Then, wben witb niealei and drinkea of ereiy kinde
Tlkor fcrrcnt ^petita they quenched had.
That aundent loid gan fit occaaion finde.
Of vtiaunge adventures, and of peHln sad
Which in hii tniTell him beikllen had.
For to demaund of hii renowmed gucM :
Who then with ud'nuice grate, and counl'nauce ud,
F^om poyat to po}^l, aa is before eiprtst,
INianirat bi> voyage long, according hia lequeiL
Gmt pIcMure, milt with piltif\if ngard.
Thai godly king and quecne did panionale,
Whyira tbey his pitlifull adrentutea beard ;
That oft they did lament his lucklasse itate.
And often blame the too inip6rtune &Ie
lliBt heapd on him n many wiatfafull wreakca ;
(For never gentle knight, as he of late,
So toaeed was in fortunes cruel! fhakes ;) [cheaks.
And all the while ult team bedeawd tbe bcarera
Then sayd that toyall pere in sober wise ;
" Dear* tonne, great beene tbe evils which he bore
From 6rtt to last in your late enterprise.
That I no'te, whether praise or pitty more :
For never living man, I weene, so soi«
In lea of deadly daungen was distrest :
But since now safe ya s«sed have the •bore,
And well arrived are, (high Cod be blest >)
Let us device of ease and everlasting rest."
" Ab, deareM lord,", said tben that doughty knight,
" Of ease or rest I may not yet devise j
For by the &itb, which 1 to armet have plight,
I bowodeo am streigbt after this empriie.
As Chat your daughter can ye well advise,
^ke to retoume lo that gnat Faery queeni^
And her to lerw «M yeares in warlike wlie,
Gainst tliat proud Psynira kin|[ (hat works her teene:
llierefbre I ought crave parkin, till I ibere have
" Unhappy falls that hard neeesdty,"
Quoth he, •• the troubler of my happy peace.
And vowed foe of my felidty ;
Ne I against the same can justly preace.
But stoce tbt band ye cannot now release,
Nor doen undo, (for vowes may not be vayne,)
Soone as the terme of those six yeares shall cease.
Ye then shall hether backe retoume a^yne,
Tbe maniagc la accomplish vowd betwiiEyou twayn :
" Whidi, tor my part, 1 covet lo performe.
In sort as through the world I did proclame,
Tint wboso kild that monster most delbitne.
And him in haidy batlayle overcame.
Should have mine onely daughter to bis dame,
And of my klngdome heyre apparaunt bee :
"nicrefon since now to thee perteynea the same,
Bj dew desert of noble chevalree, ^thee."
Both daughter and eks kingdome lo! I yield to
Then forth he called thai hia daughter hyi^
Tbe fairest Un', hi* onely daughter deare.
His onely daughter and his onely bayre ;
Who forth proceeding with lad sober cheara.
As bright aa doth the morning starve appeare
Out of tba east, with flaming lockes bedigbt.
To tell that daiming day is drawing ncare.
And to the world does bring long-wished light :
So ftire and fresh that lady ^wd heraelfe in sight :
80 faire and frnfa, aa freshest flowre in May ;
For she bad layd ber mouraefull stole aside, '
And widow-like sad wimple throwne away.
Wherewith her heavenly beaulJe she did lude.
Whiles on her weary ioumey she did ride;
And on her now a garment she did weaze
All lilly white, withouiten spot or pride,
But neither tjlke nor silver therein did ^tpeare.
The blsziiig btigbtnesse of ber beauties bcame.
And glorious light of her sunshyny face.
To tell, were as to strive against Che streame :
^7 rafrged rimes are all too rude and bace
Her heavenly lineaments for to enchace.
Ne wonder ; for ber own deare loved knight,
All were she daily vrith himselfe in place.
Did wonder much st ber celeslial dghl :
Oft had he seene her iaire, but never so Gure dight.
So fairely dight when she in presence came.
She lo her syre made humble reverence.
And bowed low, that her right well became.
And added grace unto her excellence :
Who with great wisedome and grave eloqueaca
Thus gan to say — But, eare he thus had sayd.
With flying speede, and seeming great pretence.
Came running in, much like a man dismayd,
with letters, which his message sayd.
All in the open hall amaied stood
At iuddeinnesse of that unwary sight,
And wondred at bis breathlesse hasty mood;
But he for nought would stay hia pasaage rigti^
Till fast before the king he did alight;
Where falling flat great humblesse he did make.
And List the ground whereon bis foot was pight ;
Then to his handea that wrilt he did betake.
Which he disclosing, read thus, as tbe paper spake :
" To thee, moat mighty king of Eden &yre,
Her greeting sends in tbeie sad lines addrest
The worull daughter and forsaken heyre
OflhaC great emperour of all the west;
And bids thee be advized for the best.
Ere thou thy daughter linck, in holy hand
Of wedlocke, to that new unknowen guest :
For he already plighted Itis right hand
Unto another love, and to another land.
'■ To me sad m^d, or raiher widow sad.
He was a^UTkced long time before.
And sacred pledges he both gave and had.
False erraunt knight, inCunous, and forswonn !
Witnesse the burning altars, which he swor^
And guilty Heavens of his bold periury :
Which though he hstb polluted oft of yore.
Yet I to them fbr iudgement iust doe fly.
And them coniure t' avenge this sbamefuU iniury '
T 3
STB SPl
" ThetehtB unes mlm ba i^ or frn or tmod,
Or islie ot tnir, or living or elra dead.
Withhold, O Knenjne piinn, your hutj hond
From Imitling lague with him, I you areod ;
Ne wnne my right with atrength ulowDe to trod.
Through wnkneise of my widowhed or woe:
For tnith is strong ber rightful! cause to plead,
And shall Bade liiendi, if need raquireth see.
So bidt Ibce well to fare, tfa; ndtber Mend nor foe.
When be these tatter tnting wordes had red.
The tydings itnunge (Ud lum abaahed make,
That niU he iste long time astonished,
Ab in great muse, ne word to creature spake.
At last hi* solemn silence thus he brake.
With doubtfiiU eyn &rt fixed on his guest ;
" Redoubted knight, that for myne only laka
Hiy life and honor late sdTentureM;
Let nought be hid from me, that ought to be eiprest.
*' What mesne theaa bloody Town aod idle threats,
Throwne out from womanish inipatieot mynd ?
What Hevens? what sltan 7 what enraged heatea,
Here heaped up with tennes of lore unkynd,
My consdence cleare with guilty bands would bynd ?
High God be witnesse, that I guiltleaw ame !
But if younelfe, air Knight, ye faulty fynd,
Or wrapped be in lores of former dune,
Wth cryme doe not it coicr, but disclose the same."
To whom the Reddosse kni^l this anawere sent ;
" My lord, my king ; be nought bereal diinuiyd,
mi well ye vote by grave intendiment.
What woman, and wherefore, dotb me upbrayd
With breach of lore aiid loialty betrayd.
It was in my misfaapa, as hitherward
I lately traveild, that unwares 1 strayd
Out of my way, through perils straunge and hard ;
That day should taile me ere I had them all declard.
•' There did I find, or rather I wu fownd
Of this Man woman that Fidessa highl,
Fldessa bight the fUsest dame on grownd,
Most blae Duesia, roysll richly d^hl.
That easy was t' inveigle weaker dght :
Who by her wicked arts and wiely skill,
Too false and strong for earthly ^U or might,
Unwares me wrou^ unto ber wicked will.
And to my foe belnyd, when least I fesnd iU."
Then stepped fotth the goodly royall mayd,
And, on the ground herselfe prosoicing low.
With sober countenance thus to him sayd ;
" O pardon me, my soveralne lord, to show
Hie seerel treasons, which of late I know
To hare bene wrought by that false sorceresse :
Slwe, onely she, it is, that earst did throw
This gentle kni^t into so great distresae.
That death Mm did awaite in daily wi ' '
" And now it seemes, that she suborned hath
This crafty messenger with letters *aine.
To woile new woe and unprorided scatfa.
By breaking of the band bctwiit us twaine [
Wheiein she used hath the practicke paine
Of this &laa fimtmao, chokt with limplenesse,
Wbome if ye please for to discover plaine.
Ye shall Mm Archimago find, I gbesae,
— Tfc. fidjest man alivej who tries, shall find no leai
TlM king was greatly raovad at her speach ;
And, all with sudden indignation fraight,
" ^ >n that mesaenger rude hands to reach*
ones the gard, wbich on his state did wait,
Attacbt that faytor hlae, and bound bim strait :
Whose seeming sorely chauffed at his band,
As chained beare whom cruell dogs do* bait.
With ydle force did faine them to withstand ;
And often semblaunee made to scape out of thijr
But they bim layd foil low in dungeon deepe.
And bound him hand and foots with yion ehaina ;
And vrith continual watch did WBrely keepe :
Wtu then would thinke, that by his subtile train*
He could escape fowle death or deadly paini ?
Thus, when that princes wrath was padfide.
He gan renew the late forlndden baina.
And to the knight hii daughter dear ha tyde
With sacred lites and vowes for ever to abyde.
His own* two bands the boly knotta did knitt.
Hist none but death for ever can divide {
His owne two hands, for such a tume moat fit^
Hie bousliug fire did kindle and provide
And holy water thereon aprinckted wide ;
At which the bushy tcade t groome did li^t.
And aacred lamp in secret chamber hide.
Where it riiould not be quenched day nor nigh^
For fsare of evil fotes, but bumen ever bright.
Then gao they sprinckle all the posts with wine.
And made great foast to solemnise that day :
They all perfomde with frankincense divine.
And precious odours fettdit from for away.
That all the house did sweat with great aray:
And all the while aweete musicke did ^ply
Her curious sldll the warhling notes to play.
To drive away the dull melincholy ;
The whiles one sung a song of love and iollity.
During the which there was an heavenly noise
Heard sownd through all the patlace pleasantly.
Like as it had bene many an angels voice
Singing before th' Eteniall Maiesty,
In their trioalt triplicities on hye i
Yett wist no creature whence that hevenly sireet
Proceeded, yet e«h one felt secretly
Himselfo thereby refte of his seneea nseet,
.And ravished with rare impression in his qnits.
Great ioy was made that day of young and old.
And solemne feast proclaynid throughout the land.
That thdr exceeding menh may not be told :
Suffice it heare by signea to understand
The uBuall ioyea at knitting of loves band.
Thrise happy man the knight himselfe did bcM,
Possessed of his ladies hart and hand ;
And ever, when his eie did her behold.
His heart did seeme to melt in pleasures manifbld.
Her ioyous presence, and s
In full content he tJiere did long enioy ;
Ne wicked envy, ne'vile gealosy.
His deaie delights were hable to annoy :
Yet, nrimming in that sea of blissfiill ioy.
He nought forgott how he whitoms bad swosne.
In esse he could that monstrous beast dssuuy.
Unto his Faery queene backe to rctourne ;
The whidi be shortly did; and Una left to mauns
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Kow, itrike your sailes, jree la]lj a
For WB be come unto ■ quiet rode,
Tbere we mud land wxxui o
And light this wearj ve»ell of htr lt>de,
Here she s while nuy make Iier BBf« abode,
TIU she repured have ber tocklefi spen^
And wants lupplide i and then agune abroad
On the long voiige whereto she is bent :
Veil niaj ihe speede, and tairely finish her intent
THE FAERIE QUEENE,
BlsHT well I »ote, nusl mi^
Tliat all this famous Antique huitory
or some th' aboundauce of au ydle biaine
"Wil] iudged be, and painted lbrgi?ry,
Ratbei than matter of iust metnoiy ;
Sth none (hat breatheth liviag aire doth know
Vboe ii that happy land of Faery,
Vhicb I so much doe 1811111, yet no where show ;
But TOuch antiquitieii, which 00 body can know.
But let that man with better nence adnie.
That of the world least part to us is red ;
And daily how through bardy enterpiiie
Many great regions ore discovered.
Winch to late age were nerer mentioiKd.
Who ever beaid of th' Indian Peru 7
Or who in yenrurous Teasel! measured
The Amazon huge river, now found trew 7
Or fruitfulleat Viiginia who did ever vew 7
Tet >U diese were, when no man did them know,
T(i have fiom wisest ages hidden beene ;
And later times thinges more unknowne shall show.
Why then should witlesse man w much misveane.
That nothing is, but Chat which he hath seena ?
What, if within the Moonea fayre sbiniug spheore.
What, if in every other stane unaeene
Of other worldea he happily should heare 7
He wonder would much mote ; yet auch to (ome
appeare.
Of Faery lond yet if he more inquyre,
Bj ccrtcin signes, here sett in sondrie place.
He may it fjnd ( ne let him then admyre
But yield his sence to bee too blunt and bace,
HibI no'te without an hound fine footing trace.
And thou, O GiyreM princesse under Ay,
In tlus fayre miirhour maist behold thy face.
And thine owne realmes in lond of Faiiiy,
And in this inlique ymage thy great ouncestry.
The which O 1 pardon me thus to enfold
Id covert vele, and wrapt in shadowes light.
That fWeble eyes your glory may behold,
Which ells djuld not endure those beamvs bright,
But would bee duled with exceeding light.
O ! pardon, and vouchtofe with patient eare
The brave adventures of this Faery knight,
The good sir Guyon, gratjouely to lieare ;
In whom great rule of temp'rmuiice goodly doth
Guyon, by Archimage ahuad.
The RedcTOBse knight awaytes;
Fyndes Mordant and Amavia slaine
With pleasures poisoned bayleo.
That conning architect of cantred guyle.
Whom princes late displeasure left in baala.
For lalsed letters, and suborned wyl« ;
Soone as (he Redcnnae knight ba UDdenlaDdi
To beene departed out of £deti londes.
To serve againe his soveraine EICd qtiecne ;
'" loves, and out of caytivea honilea
«es by secret i
His tbocLles emptie lefle, h
And forth he fives, full of malicioas mynd,
To worken mischiefe, and avenging woe,
Wbereever he that godly knight may fynd.
His onely hart-sore and his ouely foe ;
Sth Una now he algates must forgoe.
Whom his victorious handes did earst rertora
To natjve crowne and kingdom late ygoe ;
Where she enioyes sure peace for evermore.
As wetbeibeaten ship arryv'd on happie shore.
Him therefore now the obiect of his spight
And deadly food he makes ; biia to ofitod
By fbrved treason, or by open fight.
He aedies, of all his drifte the aymed endj
Thereto his subtile engins he does bend.
His practick witt and his fayre fyled tonge,
With thousand other sldghtes ; for well he kend
His credit now in doubtfull ballaunce hong :
For hardly could bee hurt, who was already lUmg.
Slil], as be went, be craftie stales did lay.
With cunning trsynes him to entn^i uuwans,
And privy spyals plast in all his way,
To weete what course he takes, and how he foret ;
To ketch him at a vauntage in hi) snares.
But now so wise and wary was the knight
By tryoll of bia former barmes and cares.
That he descryde, and shonned slill, his alight:
The fltb, that once wu caught, new bayt wil banlly
byte.
Nath'leaae th' encbaunler would not spore Ui payna^
In hope to win occasion to his will :
Which wben be long awaited had in vayne.
He chaungd his mynd irom one to other ill ;
For to all good he enimy was still.
Upon the way him fortuned to meete,
Fayre marching uodemeath a sliady hill,
A goodly knight, all armd in hamesse meete.
That from hit bead no place qipeared to his Aete.
His carriage was full comely and upright ;
His countenance demure and temperate ;
But yett so Bteme and terrible in sighl.
That dieard his friendes, and did his foes amate :
He was an ElSn borne, of noble state
And mickle worship in his native land ;
Well could he tourney, and in litta debate.
And knighthood tooke of good dr Huons band.
When witli king Oberon be came to Far7 land.
Him kli wxompanj'd upon tlie wa;
A csmelj palmer, clad in black tOjn,
Of lypfst yeares, and heares all hoarie gra;,
That with a staSe hia feeble steps did stire,
Least hii long way bis aged liuibei should tire
And, if by lookes on* may the mind aiead,
Mb seemd to be a sage and sober syre ;
And ever with slow pace the knight did lead, [t
Who taught his tiampling steed with equall steps to
Sticb wbenas Archimago them did view.
He weened trell to n-orke 60me lincauth wyle :
Eftsoones, untwisting his deceiptfull clew.
He gan to weave a web of wicked guyle ;
And, witb faire countenance and flattring style
To than ■{>piocIung, thus the knight bespake ;
" Fajresonae of Main, that seeke with wBfUkespoyle,
And great atchiei'menti, great younelfe to make,
Vouchsafe to stay your steed for bumble misen sake. "
He stayd his steed for humble misers sake.
And badd tell on the tenor of bis plsynt:
Who fsgning then in erery limb to quake
^n-ough inward feore, and seeming pale and fcynt,
With piteous mone bis percing speech gan paynt ;
'■ Dear lady 1 how shall I declaiv thy cace.
Whom late 1 left in languorous consbaynt?
Would God ! thyselfe now present were in place
To tell this ruefiill tale : thy sight could win thee
grace:
■■ Or rather would, O i would it so had chaunit.
That you, most nMa sir, had present beene
When that lude rybauld, with vyle lust adrauns^
Laid first his filtlue hands on virgin cleene,
To spoyle her dainty corps, so ^re and sheeoe
A* on the Earth, great mother of us all,
With living eye more fayre was neier aeene
Of chastity and honour virginall : [call ! "
Witoes, ye HeaTens, whom she in vaine to help did
" How may H be," sayd then the knight halTe wroth,
'■ Hut knight should knighthood ever so have
shent ? " [troth,
" None but that saw," quoth be, '• would weene for
How shamefully that mayd he did torment :
Her looser golden lockes he rudely rent.
And drew her on the ground ; and bii shajpe sword
Against her snowy brest he fiercely bent.
And thieatned death with many a bloodie word i
TouDge hates to tell the resttliateyetoseeabbonL"
Therewith amoved from his sober mood.
(act?
And doen the Heavens afford him vitall
" He fives," quoth he, " and boasteth of the fkct,
Ne yet hath any knight his coonge erackt." [found,
" Where may that Oeacbour then," sayd he, " be
Or by what meancs may I his footing tract ? "
" Tlut I shall shew," said be, " as sure as bound
The stricken deare doth chaleng by the bleeding
He stayd not lenger talke, but with fierce yre
And sealous basic sway is quickly gone
To seeke that knif^t, where him that crafty squyre
Supposd to be. Tbey do arrive anone
Where sate a gentle lady all alone.
With garments rent, and heare discheveled,
Wringing her handes, and making piteous mone :
Her swollen eyes were much disfigiued,
* -d her fiure face with teares was fbwly blubbered.
The kni^it, ai^irochlng nl^ thus to bo- said ;
" Psire lady, through fowie sorrow HI bedight,
Great pitty is to see you thus dismayd.
And marre the blosHOm of your beauty bri^it :
Fortlle appease your griefe and heavy plight.
And tell the cause of your conceived payne ;
For, if he live that hath you doen despight.
He shall you doe dew recompence agsyne.
Or els his vrrong with greater puisaaunce ■"""*— '-t "
Which when she heard, as in despigbtfull wise
She wilfully her sorrow did sugment.
And olired hope of comlbn did despise :
Her golden lockes most cruelly she rent,
Aud scrstcht her face with ghastly dreriment j
Ne would she speake, ne see, ne yet be scene.
But hid her visage, and lier head downe bent,
Either for grievous shame, or for great teoie.
As if her hart with sorrow had tnnsfiied becne ;
Till her that squire beqiake ; " Madame, ro}P lieffe.
For Gods deare love be not so wilfiill bent.
But doe vouchsafe now to receive reliefe.
The wliich good fortune doth to you present.
For what bootes it to weepe and to wayment
When ill is chaunst, but doth the ill increase.
And the weake minde with double woe tonn«it7"
When she her squyre beard speake, she gan appease
Her voluntarie painc, and feele some secret ease.
What comfort can I, wofull wretch, concB
Or ivhy aliould ever I henceforlli desyre
To see bire Heavens fk^e, and Ufe not leave,
Sith tlut blse iraytour did my lionour reave ? "
" False traytouT ceites," saide the Faerie knight,
" I read the man, Iliat ever would deceave
A gentle lady, or her wrong through might :
D^tb were too little paine for such a fbwle ■<— r-ght
'* But now, &yre lady, comfort to you makc^
And read who hath ye wrought this sluunefull plight.
That short revenge the man may overtake,
Wheteso he be, and soone upon him liglit. "
" Certes," said she, " I wote not how he highl.
But under him a gray steede he did wield.
Whose aides with dapled circles weren dight ;
Upright be rode, and in his silver shield
He bore a bloodie crosse, that quartred all 11k field. "
■■ Now by my head," said Guyon, <■ much I muse.
Or ever gentle damsell so abuse ;
For may 1 boldly say, he surely is
A right good kniglit, and true of word ywis :
I present was, and can it witnease well,
Wiien armes be swore, and strdght did enteipria
H' adventure of the errant damoiell ;
In which he bath great glory wonne, as I hears tdL
■' Nathlesse he shortly diall againe be tryde.
And Ctirely quit him of th' imputed blame ;
Els, be ye sure, be dearely shall abyde.
Or make you good amendment for the same :
All wrongs have mendes, but no amendes at diaiti&
Now therefore, lady, rise out of your paine,
And see the salving of your blotted name."
Full loth she seemd thereto, but yet did faine j
For she was inly glad her purpose so to gajnc.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
S8l
H«r pM[im» wM not mdi u Ac did bine,
Ne jEt bar penon nuh aa it ms taene ;
But under ninple ihcw, mud wmblant plaine,
Lnikt hiae I>ueiaB bcctmI* unseene.
At ■ cliatc Tirgin that had wnmged baene ;
So bad &lse Archinugo her dii^ywl,
To cloke bar guile with BOrrav mud lad tceiw ;
And dee himarife hul cnftilj deviid
To be ber squin, mnd do her terticc well aguiid.
Ho-, late fiNlome and naked, he hmd round
Where ibe did wander in wute wildeniene.
Lurking in rockca and caTei far under ground,
And with greene tnone cm'ring her nakednese
To hide her shame and loathly filthiucsM,
Sith ber prince Arthur of proud oruamenta
And boTTDwd beauty ipajrld : her natbelene
lb' encbaunter finding fit for hi* intents
Did thui mat, and deckt with dew habiliments.
For all be did wu to deceive good fcnighti,
Atkd draw tbem fttnn pur^t of praise and fame
To alug in etouth and Nusuall delights,
And end thnr daies with irrenowined •hante.
And DOW exceeding griefs him orercame,
X the RedcrosK thui adtsunced hye ;
* is craftie engine he did fiame,
Against his praise to stirre up enmitye
Of such, ai vertues like mote unto him allye.
So now be Guyon guydes an Uncouth way
TfartM^h woods and mountainea, till they came at
Into a pleasant dale tbat lowly lay [last
Betwixt two hils, whose high heads, orerplaat,
IW valley did with coolc shade overcast ;
Through midst thereof a little river told,
By which there sate a knight with helme unlaste, .
HimaeUe lEfreahing with the liquid cold,
AAer hia travell long and lahoun maniibld.
** ho', yonder be," Clyde Archimage alowd,
•' Tbat wTousht the shamefull bet which I did
And now he doth hinuelfe in secret shrowd, [shew;
To fly the veiigeaunce for his outrage dew ;
But vaine ; far ye shall dearely do him tew ;
(So God ye speed and send you good succeue !)
Which we tar off will here abide to vew."
Sa they him lefl inflam'd with wrathfulnesse,
Thai Mreigbt against that knight his ipears be did
Wbo, aeeing Imn fiom tkr so Berce to pricke,
Hia warlike annes about him gan embrace.
And in the rest his ready ipeare did stirke ;
Tbo, wbenai still be saw him towards pace,
When suddeinly that wairiour (^
His threatned spearc, as if soma new rnidnp
Ilad him belide, or hidden danger did entrap i
And cryde, " Merde, sir Knighll and made, lord.
For mine offence and heedelesae hardimeni.
That bad almoH committed crime abhord.
And with reprochfull atuune mine honour shenl,
Whilea cursed Steele against tbat badge I bent.
The sacred badge of my Redeemers death,
WUch on your stueld is set for ornament ! "
But hia fierce foe hia Meed could stay uaeath,
Wbo, pridit with coun^ kene, did cniell battell
But, when be beard him speake, Mrdj^t way be
Hi* errour ; and, himselfe inclyning, sayd ; [knew
" Ah ! deare air Guyon, well becommeth you.
But me behoveth rattier to upbrayd,
Whose hastie hand so br from reason strmyd.
That almost it did haynous violence
On tbat fayre ymage of that heavenly mayd.
That decks and arrnes your shield with faire defence :
Your court'aie takes on you anothers dew offence. **
So beene they both atone, and doen upreare
Their beven bright each other for to greet ;
Goodly comportaunce each to other beare,
A[)d entertwne Ihenuetvei with coitrt'sies meet
Then said the Rednxnse knight, *' Now mote 1 wee^
Kr Guyon, why with so fierce saliaunce,
And fell intent, ye did at eant me meet ;
For, sith I know your goodly gouvemaunc^
Grot cause, I weene, you guided, or some tincoDtb
" CCTto," said he,'" well mole I ibame to tell
The fond encheaaon tbat me hether led.
A false infamous faitour late befell
Me for to meet, that seemed ill bested.
And playnd of grievous outrage, which be red
A knight bad wrought against ■ lady nnt ;
Which to avenge, he to this place me led.
Where you he made the marke of his intent, [wenll "
And now is fled : foule ahame him follow whcr he
So can he tume his earneit unto game.
Through goodly handling ami wiae temperaunee*
By this his aged guicle in presence came ;
Who, soone as on that knight his eye did glauncc^
Hftsoones of him btd perfect cogniaaunce,
Sitb him in Faery court be late arizd : [chaunca.
And said ; ■' Fayre Sonne, God give you hi^ipy
And that deare crosse uppon your shield deviid,
Wbere with above all knighta ye goodlysotma agubd!
" loy may you have, and everlaMing fiune.
Of late most hard atchiev'ment by you donne.
For which enrolled b your glorious name
In heavenly regeatera above the Sonne,
Where you a saint with saints your seat have woaae 1
But wretched we, where ye have left your markt^
Must now anew begin like race to ronne.
God guide tbee, Guyon, xnil to end thy warke.
And to the wished luven bring thy weary barke ! "
" Palmer," him answered the Redcroase knight,
" Hi* be the praise, that this atchiev'ment wrought
Wbo made my hand the organ of his might '.
More then goodwill to tne attribute nought ;
For all I did, I did but aa 1 oughL
But you, faire sir, whose pageant next ensewea,
Well mote yee tbee, as well can wish your tbougb^
That home ye may report thrise b^ipy newes !
Forwell ye wortbybene forworth and gentle tbe we*.**
cong4 both did give and take.
With his blacke palmer, that him guided atiU:
Still he him guided over dale and hill.
And with his stecdy staffe did point bis way g
His race with reason, and with words his will.
From fowle intemperantice he ofte did stay.
And suSred not in wrath bis hasty steps to str
in SPE!
In thu fiun wiia tbey tnTcild long jten,
Thnniffh many hard ■suyes which did betide ;
Of which be bonoui still away did beore,
Aikd ipred his glory through all countryes wide.
At last, as chaunst them by a forest aide
To pane, for luuuur from Che acorching ray,
Tliey hnrd a ruefull voice, that deamly cride
With percing shriekes and many a dolefull lay j
Which to attend, awhile theu fbrwanl Btep> they stay.
" But if that careleve Hevens," quoth ibe, "deepiie
The doome of iust reTeuge, and take delight
To see sad pageaunts of mens miacriea,
Ai bowDd by them to live in Hvee despigbt ;
yet can they not wame Death from wretched wight.
Come, then ; come, soone ; come, sweetest Death, to
And Cake away this long lent loathed ligbt : {me,
Sharpe be thy wounds, but sweete the medidnes be.
That long captired soulea from weary IhraldonM free.
" But thou, sweete babe, whom fifowning froward
Hatb made sad witneaM of thy fatheiB fkll, [&te
Sith Hevea thee deignea to hold in living states '
Long maiit thou live, and better thrive withall
Then to thy luckleise parents did betall ',
live thou ! and to tfay mother dead attest.
That cleare she dide from blemish criminall :
Thy little hands embrewd in bleeding brtat,
Loe! 1 for pledgea leavel So give me leave to rest ! "
With that a deadly shrike she forth did throw
That through the wood re-echoed againe ;
And after gave a grone so deepe and low
That seemd ber lender hart was rent in twoine,
Or thrild with point of thorough-piercing paine :
Ab gentle hynd, whose sides with cruell Steele
Through launched, forth her bleeding life doea nine.
Whiles the sad pang approcbing shee does feele,
Braiti out her latest breath, and up her eies doth
aeele.
Wtucb when that warriour heard, dixmoundng ibaict
From bis tall steed, he nisbt into the Ihicl,
And soone arrived where that sad pourtraict
or death and dolour lay, balfe dead, haife quick ;
In whose white alabaster brest did stick
A cruell knife that made a griesty wownd,
iVom which forth gusht a stream of goreblood thick,
That all ber goodly gannenla itaind arownd.
And into a deepe sanguiiie dide the gtv>^ grownd.
Ktiflill spectacle of deadly smait,
Beaide a bubling fountaina low she lay.
Which shee increased wi.h her bleeding hart.
And the deane waves with purple gore did ray :
Ala in her lap a lovety babe did play
His cruell sport, in stead of sorrow dew ;
For in her streaming blood he did embay
His litle hands, and tender ioints embraw ;
PiiiiHill spectacle, as ever ae did vew I
Besides them both, upon the soiled grta
The dead corse of an armed knigbl was spred.
Whose armour all with blood b^rincled was ;
His ruddy lips did tmyle, and rosy red
TMd paint his chearefuU cheekcj, yen being ded ;
Seemd to have beene a goodly personage.
Now in his freshest flowre of lustyhed,
ntt to inflame faite lady with loves rage,
But tbax fian iate did crap the btoasome of his age.
Whom «hea the good sir Guyon did beboM,
His hart gan weie as starke as marble stone.
And his fresh blood did frieie with fearefull cold.
That all bis sencea seemd berefte attone i
At last his mighty glioat gan deepe to groo^
As lion, grudging in his great disdaiue,
Moumes inwardly, and makes to himselle nume {
Til ruth and fraile a&ctian did constraine [paiue.
His stout cour^ to sloupe, and shew his inward
Out of her gored wound the cruell steel
He lightly snatcht, and did Ibe Soodgate ati^
With his faire garment : Chen gan softly feal
Her feeble pulse, to prove if any drop
Of living blood yet in her veynes did hop:
Which when he felt to move, he hoped faire
To call backe life to her forsaken shop :
So well he did ber deadly wounds repaire,
That at the last shee gan to breath out living aire.
Which be percdvingt greatly gan reiouze.
And goodly counseU, that for wounded hart
Is meeteal med'cine, t«mpred with sweete voice i
" Ay me ! deare lady, wluch Che ymage art
Of ruefull pilty and impatient Hnart,
What direfiill chaunce armd with avenging tkte.
Or cursed band, hath plaid Ibis cruell part.
Thus fowie to hasten your untimely date ? [lata."
Speake, O dear lady, speake ; help never cornea too
Therewith her dim de-lids she up gan reare.
On which the dreary Death did sitt as sad
As lump of lead, and made darke clouds appears :
But when as him, all in bright armour clad,
Before her standing she papied had,
As one out of a dndly drsune aflVight,
She weakely started, yet she nothing dnd :
Streight downe againe herselfe in great despight
She groveling threw to ground, as hatiDg lift and
light
Tie gentle knight iier soone wiih careftiU paine
Uplifted light, and softly did uphold :
Thfiee he her reard, and thrise she sunck againe.
Till he his armcs about her aides gan fold.
And to her said 1 " Yet, if the stony cold
Have not all seised on your froien hart,
Ixt one word fail that may your grief unfold,
And tell the secreu of your mortali smart : [part,"
He oft finds present beipe, who does his griefie im-
Then, casdng up a deadly looke, full low
Shesigb'C from bottomeof her wounded bnst;
And, after many hitler thrc^ did throw.
With lips full j«le and foltring tong opprest,
Tliese words she breathed forth fnHn riven cbeiti
" I«ave, ah '. leave off, whatever wi^t thou bee.
To lett a weary wretch from her dew rest,
luble dying soules tranquiliteej tme."
>C away now got, which none would give to
Taken.
" Ah ! Gu be it," said he, ■• deare dame, tro nice.
To hinder soule from her desired rest.
Or hold sad life in loug captivilee :
For, all 1 aecke, is but to have redrest
The bitter pangs that doth your heart infest.
Tell then, O lady, tell what fatsll pnefe
Hath with so huge misftatune you opprest ;
Thai J may cast to compas your rcliefe.
Or die with you in sorrow, and partake your griefe.**
THB FAERIE QUEEME.
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Whfa ftcbU baiA then abatclwd Ibrtli m h^r^
As Hcraa aixraiiig guilt; of her deBth.
And with dry drops congcalvd in her tje.
In llwae lad wordM ibc <p«nt her utmost bnatb ;
** H«aie then, O man, the soirowei that uneath
My taag aa tell, so br bII mce tfaej pM !
Lot I tlua dead coipM, thM Iks bcre undenuMh,
Tbe gentlcM kni^l, that erer on greme em
a»j stacd with apun did prickc, tbe good nr Mor-
duilWM'.
•• Wu, (aj the while, thM he U not ao DOW 1 )
Mj ioM, m; lore, my deore lord, mj d«re lore.
So long aa Herens iiist with tquall brow
Vouchofed to behold us fnmi above.
One day, when lum lugh conge did emmore,
iA* wont ye kniglites to ucke advemure* wilde)
le priclud forth his pidsastint force to prove.
He then be left enwombed of this cMlde. .[Bid.
TUilucUes childe, wbom dios ye lee with blood de-
TbMi maaj errant knighta bare fbwie fordonna i
Within a wandriog island, that doth ronne
And stray in perilous gulfe, ber dweiling Is i
Fayie sir, if erer there ye travel!, shonne
Tbe cursed land where many wend ami^
Andknowitby thenanie; it bight the Spun i^Bla.
" Her btis is all in pleasure, and delight,
Wlierewith she make* her lovers dronken mad ;
And tiien with wotdes, and waedta, (tf wod^dus
On than she workes her will to uses t»d : [might,
Hy HefcM lord she thui beguiled had ;
For be was flfsh : (all Beah doth frayltie breed !)
Vbooi when I betfd to beene so ill bestad,
< Weaka wreCrii) I wrapt myaelfe in palmcn w«ed,
And cast to aed him fctfth tlurough danger and gnat
dntd.
" No* bad fayre Cynthia by even toumei
Full measured three quatten of her yeare.
And thrice three tymes had fild her crooked homes,
Wbenas my wombe her burdein would fortxsre.
And bad me call Ludna to me nesre-
LociBacame : a manchild faith I brought: [weare:
llie woods, the nymphes, my bowrea, my midwETCs,
Hard help at need \ so deare thee, babe, I bought ;
Yet nou^it loo dear I deemd, while so my deare I
•■ Him so I sought j and so at last I fownd.
Where him thai witch had thrallad \o her will,
In chaines of Itist and lewde di^yrea ybowud,
And so bansfurmed from his former skill.
That me he knew not, nether his owns ill ;
■Till, thniu^ wise handling and laire govei
I Um recured to a better will.
Purged fhmi drugs of fow
Then meanes I gan derise for his delive
" Which when the vile enchaunteresse percsiT'd,
How tint my lord irom her I would reprive.
With cup dnis cbarmd him parting she deceiid )
• Sad verse, give death to him that death doea give.
And losse of love to her that lovn lo live.
So soofie a* Bacchus with the nymphe doeslincke!'
So parted we, and on our ioumey drive ;
im, coming to this well, be stoupt to diincke :
Hk diarme tbtfild, dead soddeiDly be downe did
" Which what I, wretcb'*— Not oae word mon alw
But bnssking off the end for want of bmth, [njA,
And slyding soft, as dowoe to sleeps her layd.
And ended all her woe in quiet death.
That seeing, good nr Guyoo could uneath
From tearas sbstayne i for griefe bis hart did pate,
And fTom so heevie sight his head did wreath.
Accusing fortune, and too cmell bte.
Which pTonged had tun lady in so wretclied state :
Then, turning (o his pslmer, said ; ■' Old syre.
Behold the ymage of mortalitie,
Atid feeble nature cloth'd witli fleshly tyre !
When raging Fassiua with fierce tyranny
Robs Reason of her dew r^aiitie.
And makes it servaunt to her basest part;
Tbe strong it weakens with inflimitie.
And with bold furie aimes the weakest hart :
The stR>Dg through pleasure soonest fldles, the weaka
tiirougb smart."
" But tcmperanDC^" said he, " with golden aquii*
Betwixt them both can measure out a meanei
Nether to melt in pleasures whott desyre,
Nor fi7e in hartlesae griefe and doleful! tene :
Thiise happy man, who fares them both alweene !
But sth tlua wretched woman overcome
Of anguish, rather ttien of crime, hath bene.
Reserve her cause (o her elemall doome ;
And, in the mcane, vouchsafe her honorable toomhe."
" Palmer," quoth he, " death is so equoll doome
To good and bsd, tlw common in of rest ;
But after death the liyall i> lo come.
When best shall bee to them that lived best :
But both alike, when death hath both luppreBt,
Religious reverrace .doth burial teene;
Which whoso wants, wants so much of hi* rest :
For all «o greet shame sAer dealh I weene.
As selle to dycn bad, unburied bad to been*.
So both agree their bodies lo engrave :
The great earth™ wombc they open to the sky.
And with sad cypreaae seemely it embrave ;
Then, covering with a clod thdr closed eye,
They Uy therein their corses tenderly.
And bid them sleepe in everlasting peace.
But, ere they did their utanort obeequy.
Six Guyon more affection to increase,
Bynempt a sacred vow, which none ahould ay releaca.
Tb* dead knights sword out of his sheath he drew.
With which be cult a lock of all thdr heare.
Which medling with their blood and earth he thiew
Into the grave, and gan devoutly sweare ;
" Such and luch evil God on Guyon reare.
And wotse and worse, young orphsne, be thy pane,
If I, or thou, dew vengeauuce doe forbeare,
nil guiltie blood her guerdon doe obuyne !" —
So, shedding many teares, they cload the earth
agayne.
Babes bloody hsndes may not be densd.
The fsce of Golden Heane :
Her siateti. Two Extremities,
Strive her tn banish cleans
S84 SPEl
Tbe end of tlidr nd tragedJe uptyde,
The UtJe babe up in his armeg he hent;
Who wHb sireet pleasaunce, and bold bluidiihmenl,
Gan Binyle OD tbem, that rather ought to neepe,
Ai carelesu of hia woe, or innocent
or that waa doen ; that ruth emperced deepe
Id tb*t knlghtes hart, and wordes with bitter teares
did aleepe i
" Ah ! lucklesae babe, borne under cruel] ntarre,
And in dead parents betefull ashes bred,
FuU little weenesl thou what sorrawea are
Left thee for pordon of thy liveljhed j
Poore orphane ! in Ihe wide world scattered.
As budding brauuch rent from the native tree.
And thrower forth, till ii be withered 1
Into this life with woe, and end with mieetee ! "
Hien, Kifl himselfe inclyning on hii knee
Downe to that well, did in the water weena
(So lore does loath disdainefull nidtee)
Hia guiltie handcs from bloody gore to deene :
He waiht them oft and oft, yet nought they beeno
For all his washing cleaner : itill he strove ;
Yet atill the litle hands were bloody aeene :
The which him into great amaz'ment drove.
And into direrae doubt hia wavering wonder dove.
He wist not whether blott of fowle oSkice
Might not be purgd with water nor with bath ;
Or (hat high God, in lieu of innocence.
Imprinted had that token of his wrath,
To shew how sore bloodguiltinean he hat'th ;
Or that the charme and veneme, whirh they dronck.
Their blood with secret filth infected hath.
Being diffused through tbe sencelesa tronck
That, through the great contagion, direful deadly
Whom thus at gaze the palmer gan to bord
With goodly reason, and thus fayre iHspake ;
" Ye bene right hard amated, grstious lord.
And of your ignorance great merveill make,
Whilea cause not well conceived ye mistake-
In every fbuntmne, and in everie lake.
Which, who hatfa tkill them rightly to have chusd.
To proote of passing wondera hath fiill often usd :
" Oflhoee, some were so from their sourse indewd
By great dame Nature, tram whose rruitftill pap
Their welbeada spring, and are with moisture deawd;
Wliich feeds each living plant with liquid sap.
And fiUes with flowres fayre Floraes painted lap :
But other some, by guifte of later grace.
Or by good pmyen, or by other hap.
Had vertue pourd into their waters bace.
And thenceforth were renowmd, and sought from
place to place.
" Such is this well, wrought by oca
Which to her nymph befell. Upon a day.
As ahe the woodes with bow and (haftes did raunge,
Tbe hartlesse hynd and roebucke to dismay,
Dan Faunus chaunst to meet her by the way,
Andf kindling fire at her faire-buming eye.
Inflamed waa to fallow beauties chace,
And diaced her, that fait from him did By ;
Ai hynd fi'oai her, so ihc flod from her enimy.
" At lact, when hyling breath b^an to ttint.
And saw no meanes to scape ; of shame af&ayd.
She set her downe to weepe for sore constraint ;
And, to Diana calling lowd for Byde,
Her deare besought to let her die a mayd.
The goddesse beard j and luddeine, where she sate
Welling out itreamefi of teares, and quite dismayd
With stony feare of that rude mstick mate,
TiansframdhertOBMonefrom stedfiut Tirana state.
Yet colde through feare and old conceived dreada ;
And yet the stone her semblance seemes to show,
Sh^t like a maide, thst such ye may her know ;
And yet her vertues in her water byde:
For it is chaste and pure as pureet snow,
Ne !el3 her waves with any filth he dydej
But ever, like herselfe, unstayned hath betme tryde.
" FrtKn thence it comes, that this babes bloody hand
May not be clensd with water of this welt :
Ne certes, sir, strive you it to withstand.
But let them stil! be bloody, as befell.
That they his mothers innocence may tell.
As she bequeathd in her last testament ;
That, as a sacred symbole, it may dwell
In her sonnes flesh, to mind :
And be forall chaste dames ai
He beaikued to his reason ; and the cMlde
Uptaking, to the palmer gave to beare;
But his sad rathen anoes with blood defilde.
An heavie load, himseife did lightly reaie ;
And turning to that place, in whidi whyleare
He left his loflie sleed with golden sell
And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not thrum;
By other accident, that eant befell.
He is convaide ; but bow, or where, here fila not telL
Which when sir Guyon saw, all were be wroth.
Yet algates mote he soft himself^ appease^
And fairely fare on foot, however loth !
His double burden did him sore disease.
So, long they travelled with litle ease,
nil that at last they to a castle cam^
Built on a rocke adioyning to the seas :
It was an aundent woriie of intique lame.
And wondrous strong by nature andby skillull frame,
Tlierein iJtree sisters dwelt of sundry sor^
The children of one sjn by mothen three ;
Who, dying v^ylome, did divide this tbrt
To them by equall shares in equall fee :
But atryfiill mind and diTcrae qualilee
Drew them in partes, and each made otbera foe i
Still did they strive, and daily disagree ;
The eldest did against the youngest goe,
And both against the middesl meant to worfcen iroii.
Whi»« when the knight arriv'd, be was right well
Recm'd, as kni^ (^so much worth becanu.
Of second sister, who did far excell
The other two ; Medina was her name,
A sober, sad, and comely courteous dune :
Who rich arayd, and yet in modest guiie^
In goodly garments that faer well became,
Fayre marching forth in honorable wise,
Hun at Ihe threshold metl and vrell did enteipriie.
THE FAERIE QUEENS.
Sba led him uf) into m goodly bown,'
And comelj couiud with meM modenie ;
Ne in ber (peach, ne in htr hmnour,
W» ligbtoase seenc, or loaacr lanitit^
But grmtioui womanhood, and gnivide,
Abore tbe nuon of her jouthly jeare* :
Hct goUen locka die Tciuitd)<r did uptje
In breaded tmiwli, that do looser heares
INd out <rf' order Hnj aiiout ber daintle cares.
WhUest ihe benelfe thui buulj did [niae
Seenwiy to enlertaina her new-come guest,
Newes hereof to ber other uaten oune,
WIu all this while were St their wuitou rest,
Accourting each her frend with Isvinh Test ;
The; were two knights of perelesse puissance,
And famous far abroad for warbke gest.
Which to these ladies Iotc did countenaunce,
:h himselie stroreto adiaui
o the eldeM dame,
Was bight sr Huddibras, an hardy man ;
Tel not so good of deedes as great of name.
Which he by many nuh sdienlures wan,
Suice errant armes to sew he first began.
Hare huge in strength than wise in workes be was,
And naaaii with foole-hardiie orer-ran i
Sterne melaochoty did his courage pat ;
And was, for teiruur more, all aiind in shyning bras.
He,ti
The most unruly and the boldest boy
Tbat erer warlike weapons menaged,
And all to lawlesse lust encouraged
Thnni^ strong opinion of his mstchlesse might ;
Nc ought he i^d whom he endamsged
Hc^ Dvw this ladies champion, cboie for love to fight.
These two gay knigfats, vowd to so diverse lores,
Each other does enry with deadly hate.
And daily wane against hta foeman moves.
And tb' otben pleasing Fiervice to stale.
To magnifie his owne. But when they heard
How in that place straunge knight arrived late.
Both kni^its and ladies forth rigbl angry tki'd,
Ahd fercely unto battell sterna Uiemselves prepar'd.
But, Be tbe7 could proceede unto the place
Where he abode, themselves at discord fell,
And cruel] combat ioyned in middle qiace :
With horrible assault and fur? feU,
Iliey beapt huge strokes the scorned life la quell.
That all on uprore Irom ber settled seat
The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell ;
Seemd that lowde thunder with amasement great
Did Tend the railing skies with Sanua of fouldring
beat.
The Doyse dwreof eald forth (hat stnunger knight.
To weet what dnadTull thing was there in bond;
Where whenas two bnve knigbtes in bloody Agft
With deadly rancour he enraunged fond,
His sunlnnd shield about his wrest he bond.
And shyning blade uosheadid, with which be ran
Unto tfast stead, Iheir strife to undentond ;
And, at his first arrivall, them began
With goodly meanes to pMlfif^ vrell ■■ h^ can.
But they, hbn spying, boA wllli grtedy (bne
Attonce upon him ran. and him beaet
With strokes of mortall Steele without remorse.
And on his shield like yron sledges bet
As- when ■ bcare and tygre, being met
In cruell fight on Lybidte ocean wide,
Espye a traveller with feet suitiet,
Whom they in eqtiall pray hope to diiide.
They stint their sUife, and him assayle on everie sid&
But be, not like a weary ttaveileie.
Their sharp assault right baldly did rebut.
And tuffred not their blowes to byte turn nere.
But with redoubled bulTes tbem backe did put :
Whose grieved mindes, which choler did englul^
Against themselves turning their wimthfull spight,
Gan with new rage th«r shieldea to hew and cut.
But still, when Guyon came to part their fight.
With heavie load on him Ibey freshly gan to snii^t.
As a tall ship tossed in troublous seas,
WIkhu raging windes, threatiung to make tfae pr^
Of the rough rockes doe diversly disease,
Meeles two contrlLrie billowea by the way.
That her on either side doe mh« assay.
And boast to swallow her in greedy grave ; C'T'
Shee, scorning both their spights, does make wide
And, with her brest breaking Ihe fomy wave.
Does ride on both their backs, and faire bersdf
doth Kve 1
80 boldly be him bnres, and ruiheth forth
: of hii t
Wondrous great prowesse and beroick worth
He shewd diat day, and rare ensampte mode.
When two so mighty waniours he lUamade :
Atlonce be wards and strikes i be ulces and paies ;
Now forst to yield, now (breing to invade ;
Before, behind, and round about him laies:
So double was bis paines, so double be his praisei.
Straunge sort of fight, three valisunt kmgbia to sea
Three combatm ioine in one, and to darralne
A triple warre, with triple enmitee.
All for their lidics froward love lo gaine.
Which, gotten, was but hale. So Lore does raine
In atoulest minds, and mskelh monstrous warn j
He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe.
And yett his peace is but continual isrre :
Whilst thus they mingled were in furious amtes,
He fsire Medina with her tresses tome
And nailed brest, in pitiy of their harmes,
Emongst them ran ; and, falling them befbme,
Besought them by the womb which them had bom.
And by tlie loves which were to them most deare.
And by the knighthood which they sure had sworn,
' deadly cruell discord tc ' '
Andtc
St conditions of fair
But her tiro other siKas, standing by.
Her lowd gainsaid ; and both their champions bad
Fursew the end of their strong enmity,
As ever of their loves tbey would be glad :
Yet she with pitthy words, and counsel! sad.
Still strove their alubbome rages to revoke ;
lltst at Ihe last, suppressing fiiry mad.
They gan abstune firom dint of direftiU stroke.
And hearken to the sober speeches whicb sbc^oke;
« Ab ! pulnuiot lonli, wbM cufxd eriU ipriglrt.
Or fell Erinn;*, In your nobla hafts
Her helluh bnmd hath kindled with despiglit.
And Mml you up to worke your irilfidi muili ?
I» this the ioy of mnua ? be these the puts
Of glorioiu knighthood, after blood to thnut,
And not regud dew right and iuit demrti ?
Vaine is the Taunt, and victory uniuit, [trust.
llkat more to mighty bands then rigbtAiU cauM doth
« And were there righcfull cause of diiFuvnce,
Yet were not better ft,yn it (o accord.
Thai with blooii-giultineme to heape offence.
And mortal Tengeaunc« ioyne to crime abhord ?
O \ fly from wTsCh ; fly, O my liefest lord !
Sad be the nghts, and bitter fhiites of warn,
And thousand furies wait on wratbfull sword :
Se ought the praise of prowesee more doth marre
Then fowle
irenging rage, a
" But lovely concord, and most sacred peace.
Doth nourish vertue, and fast fiiendsliip breeds ;
Weake she makes strong, and strong thing does in-
Till it the pitch of highest pnuse eireeds -. [creacc^
Brave be her warres, and honorable deeds.
By which she triumphes over yre and pride.
And wintKS an oliTe girlond for her meeds.
Be tberrfbre, O my deare lords, paciflde.
And this miwrrming discard meekdy lay aside."
Her giadous words thdr rancour did sfipall.
And suncke so deepe Into tbar boyling breath
That downe they leM their cruell irtfora &11,
And lowly did abase their lofty crests
To her fsire presence and discrete behests-
Then she began a treaty to procure,
And Mablish lotns betwiit both their requests.
That as a law for erer should endure ; [sure.
Which to observe, in word of knighla they did ss-
Which to confirme, and fast to bind thdr league.
After their weary sweat and bloody toile,
She them besought, during their quiet treague.
Into her lodging to repairs a while.
To rest thenuelTet, and grace to reconcile.
Tbey soone consent : so forth with her they bre ;
Wbere they are well receiid, and made to (poile
TbenuelTCS of soiled armes, and to prepare [fare.
Their minds to pleasure, and thor mouths lt> dainty
And Ihoee two froward usters, theu faire lores,
Caii» with them Ax, alt were they wondrous loth,
And Mned chesre, as for the time behoves ;
But could not colour yet so well the troth.
But that their natures bad sppeard in both i
For both did at their second sister gnitch
And inly griere, as doth an hidden moth
The inner garment BkU, not th' utter touch ;
One thought her cheare too litle, th' other thou^it
too mutch.
Elissa (so the eldest higtit) did deeme
Such entertainment base, ne ought would cat,
Ne ought would speaks, but araniKin did saeme
As discontent for want of merth or meat ;
No solace could ber paiamour tntreat
Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliaunce;
But with bent lowring bi«W(% as she would threat.
7 of bin ladies contafy gontnaunc*.
But young Pariss* WM of othsr aiijnd,
Full of disport, still laughing, loosely li^itt
And quite conniry to htf jSot kynd ;
No measure In bar mood, no rule at li^i^
But poured out in pleasure and deli|^ :
in wine and meats she iowed abvT* the ban^
And in eicesae exceeded ber owne might;
In sumptuous tire she ioyd ber aelfe tti pian^
But of her lore too laflsb i litle hava she thaodc '
Fast by her side did sitt the bold Sansloy,
Fitt mate for such a mincing mineon.
Who in her loosenesse tooke exceeding ioy ;
Might not be found a francker fraiiion.
Of her leawd pam to make com'panion.
But Huddibras, more like a maleeontent.
Did see and grieve at hit bold fashion ;
Hardly could he endure his hardinwnt ;
Yett still be satt, and inly did hiroseire tormont.
Betwixt them both the &ire Medina sate
With Bober grace and goodly carriage :
With equall measure she did moderate
Tbe strong extremities of their outrage ;
That fonrard paire she ever would aiswage.
When tbey wuuld strive dew reason tti exceed ;
But that same froward twaine would accorfgc^
And of her plenty adde unto their need :
So kept she them in order, and herselfe in becd.
Thus fidrely shee attempered her feast.
And pleasd them all with meete satiety ;
At last, when lust of meat and drinke was ceast.
She Guyon deare besought irfcurtesie
To teU from whence he came through ieopaidy.
And whether now on new adventure bownd :
Who with bold grace, and comely gravity.
Drawing to him the eies of all arownd.
From loity siege began these words aloud to sowtuL
" This thy demaond, O lady, doth revive
FVesh memory in me of that great queene.
Great and moat glorious virgin queeUe alive.
That with her sovenine power, and scatter shefie.
All Faery lond does peaceably iuslene.
In widest ocean she her throne does rears.
That over all tbe earth it may be seene ;
As morning Sunna ber beames dispradden deaiVi
And in her fees bire peace and men^ doth ^ipaaie^
In ber the ridmesse of all beavcsily grace
In chiefe degree are bsi^wd up' on hya i
And all, that els this wolds enclosure bac*
Hath great or glorious in mortall eye,
Adomes the person of ber maiettye ;
Tlat men, beholding so great eicellenc*
And rare perfection in mortalitye.
Doe her adore with sacred reverence
As th' idole of her Makers great magnificence.
■■ To her I homage and my service owe.
In number of the noblest knigbtes on ground,
Moogsl whom on me iba deigned to bestowe
Order of Maydenlieadi. the most renownd,
"niatiMy this day in all the world be found.
An ycarcly solemne feast she wonles to make,
Tbe day that irH doth lead tb( ycaiv aiaund,
1\> which all knigbiB of vroRh ud courage bold
Beaoit, to beareorstnuingtadTeatuns to be told.
THE FAEBIE QUEENE.
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« Tbac tbb old pdmar ibawd himxilfii tbaX dlf,
And to that mightj prinenw did coinplaina
Ofgrierous mischiefn, which a wicked Fay
Had wTongbt, uid nuiny whclird in decdty painB,
Whemrf' be cnT'd ndieae, tSy (ovenine,
Wboie glorjr is in grsdoui deeds, and ioyn
Ttirou^iout tlie world her mercy to maintaine,
Cfbaoaa derbd redrene for lucb annoyn :
He, all uDflIt for lO gn«t purpose, (he employe*.
" Now hath fkire Phriw with ber nlTer face
ThiUF Kene the shedowei of the neather world,
Shh laat I left that honoiable place.
In which her roiall prBence is entrold i
Ne e*ET shall I rest in houie nor hold.
Till I that false Acrasia have wonne;
Of whose fowle deedet, too hideous to bee told,
Wbose wcrfiill parents she hMh wickedly fordonne."
" Tell on, byre sir," mid she, " that dolefiill ule.
From which sad rath doe* Kcme you to restnine,
That we may pllty such unhappic bale.
And leame fima PlcMum pofsou to abMaitie :
III, by ensample, good doth irften gayne."
Then forward he his purpoae gan puneir,
And udd the ttiMy of the Rioitall payne.
Winch Mordant and Amaiia did rew ;
A^ with lamentiiig eyn, hiniMUiB did lately *aw.
Night was far tpeni ; Uld now in ocean deep
Onon, flying &il from hissing Snake,
His ftamiog head did htulen for to steep,
When of hu pitteous tale he end did make :
Whilst with delight of that he wisely spake
Those giiestes b^uyled did beguile their eyes
Of kindly sleepe, that did them overtake.
At last, when they had markt the chaunged akjes,
They wist ttwiT houre was spent ; then each U> rest
Mid hyea.
Vaine Biaggadocebio, getting Guy*
oos hone, is made the icome
Of kni^thood tiew ; and is of fayre
Bdphobe Ibwle forlome.
Sdowi as the morrow ftyre with purple beames
Dispent the shaduwea of the misty night.
And Titan, playing on the eastern streamet,
Gan dean the deawy ayre with Kpiingiug light ;
Sir Guy^i, mindful] of his tow ypligbt.
Uprose fnnu diowde couch, and him addrest
Unto the ioumey which be had behighl :
His puisaant arme* about his noble brest,
Aod many-folded shield be bound about his wiesi
The bloody-haitded babe unto her truth
Did earnestly commilt, and her coniure
In Tertuouf lore to trsine hia tender youth,
And all that gentle noiiture ensu'th ;
And that, >o soone as ryper ycaree be raugbt.
Hem' ■ - ...
So falh he fai'd, ai now befell, on feat,
Sith his good steed is lately from him gone ;
Falienea perforce : helplesse what may it boot
To fiett for anger, or for griefe to mone 7
His palmer now shall foot no more alone.
So fortune wrought, at under greene woodaa syda
He lately heard that dying lady grone.
Ha left his steed without, and speue beoyde.
And rushed it on foot to ayd her m the dyde.
The wfayles a losell wandiing by the way.
One that to bountie nerer cast his mynd,
Ne thought of honour enr did assay
His baser brest, but in bis ksstrell kynd
A pleasing valne of glory be did fynd.
To which his flowing toung and troublous spright
Gave bim gnat syd, and made him more inclynd ;
He, that brave stetd there finding nady dight,
Purloynd both steed aud speare, and ran away iiUl
light.
I big hart all swell in iollity.
That pul^d up with smdce of vani^.
And with selfe-loTed penonage deceiv'd.
He gan to hope of men to be receiv'd
For such, as be him thought, or (aine would bee :
But for in court gay portaunce he perceiv'd,
And gallant shew to be in greatest gree,
Eftsoones to court he cast t' adyaunce his first degree.
And by the way he cbaunced to espy
One sitting ydle on a sunny banck.
To whom avaunting in great bravery.
As peacocke thai his painted plumes doth pnmck.
He smote bii courser in the trembling flanck.
And lo bim threatned his hart-thrilling speare:
The seely man, seeing him lyde ao raock
And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feai«^
And crying, " Mercy," toud, bu pitious bandeagan
Thereat the scarcrow wexed wondrous prowd.
Through fortune i^ his first adventure byre.
And with big thundring voice revyld him lowd ;
" Vile caytive, rasaall of dread and despayre,
Unworthie of the commune breathed ayn,
Why litest thou, dead dog, a lengei day.
And doest not unto death thyselfe prepiyre?
Dy, or tbyselfe my captive yield for ay :
Great favourlthee graunt for auna were thus to stay."
" Holdj O deare lord, hold your deod-drang band,*'
Then loud be cryde, " I am your humble thrall. "
<■ Ah, wretch," quoth he, " thy destinies withstand
My wratbfUll wilt, and doe for mercy call.
I give thee life : therefore prostritcd (all.
And kisae my stirrup ; that thy homage bee."
The miser threw hmuelfe, as an oft&ll,
Streight at bis foot in base humilitee,
And deeped Mm his liege, to bold of him in fee.
EAaoonea this liegeman gan to weie mor
And, when be tell the foOj of his lord.
In his owne kind he gan himselfe unfold :
For he was wylie witted, and growne old
In cunning sleightea and piactiek knavery.
From that day forth he cast for to uphold
Hit ydle bumour with fine flattery,
And blow the bellowes to his swelling Tani^
TWnpart, fitt mui for BiaggadoccMo
To Mrre at court in new of Taunting eje ;
Vaine-glorioiu mui, when fluttring wind dooblow
In his light wingea, ia lifted up to skya ;
The Kome of knigtithDnd and trew cherkliye.
To Ihinke, without desert of gentle deed
And noble worth, to be kdvaunced hj e g
Such prmyie U dume ; but honour, vertues meed,
Dotb bene the fsynst Sowre in honourable seed.
So Toftb ttiey pu, a well consorted payre.
Till that at length with Arcbimage they meet:
Wbo wdng one, that shone in armour byre.
On goodly courser tbondring with his feet,
Eftsoonea supposed him a person meet
Of hit revenge to make the instrument :
For snce the RederosM knight he em did weeC
To been with Guyon knitt iu one consent,
Tbe ill, which eant to him, be now to Guyon ment.
And comming cloae to Trompart gan inqucre
Of him, what nilghlie warriour that moli! bee.
That rode in golden sell with nngle spere.
But wanted sword to wreeke his enmitee.
" He is a great adventurer," laid he,
" That hath his sword through hard assay forgone.
And now hath vowd, till he avenged bee
Of that deapight, never to wearen none ;
That speare is him enough to doenathou sand grone."
Tl' enchaunter greatly ioyed in the vaunt.
And weened well ere long his will to win.
And both his fben with equall foyle to daunt :
Tho to him louCing lowly did begin
To plaine of wronger, which had cumniitted bin
By Guyon, and by that false Redcrosse knight;
Which two, through treason and deceiptfull gin.
Had ilayne air Mordant and his lady bright :
That mote him honour win, to wreak so foule deapight.
Therewith alt sudileinly he seemd eniag'd.
And threatned death with drtad^U counlenaunce,
As if thoT lives had in his band beene gag'd ;
And with stiffe force shaking hia mortall Uunce,
To let him weet his doughtie valiaunce,
Thua aaid ; " Old man, great sure shal be thy meed.
If, where thoae knighta for feare of dew vengeaijnce
Doe lurke, thou certeinly to mee areed, [deed. "
Hiat. I may wreake on them their hainoua hateful
The man was much ^Mailed at hii boast ;
Yet well he win thai whoso would contend
With either of Chose knjghtet on even coast,
Should neede of all hia armea him to defend (
Yet feared leaat hii boldnesae abould offend :
When Braggodocchio aaide ; ■■ Once I did swcore.
When with oneaword seven knigbtes I brought to end,
Tbeneeforth in battaile never sword to beue.
But it were that which noblest knight on Earth doth
" Perdy, nr Knigbt," aaide then th' enchaunter blEvc^
" That ahall I shortly purchase to your htmd :
For now the beet and noblest knigbt alive
Prince Arthur ia, that wonnea in Faerie lond ;
Me hath a sword, that flames like burning bnuid :
The same, by my device, I undertake
ShaU by to-morrow by thy aide be fond."
At which bold word thai boaster gan to quake.
And wondred in his minde what mole that mimster
" Certea, my lord," swd he, "that
And give you eke good helpe to th
Bui mote I wisely you advise to di
I, my lord," swd he, "that shall I sooni
te you eke good helpe to their decay.
Dui mote I wisely you advise to doon ;
Give no oda to your foes, but doe purvay
Yourselfe of sword before that bloody day ;
(For they be two the prowest knights on growi
And oft approv'd in many hard assay ;}
And eke of surest Steele, that may Ik fownd,
Do arme yourselfe against that day, them to
" Dotard,** said he, *' let be thy deepe advise ;
Seemca that Ihraugh nuuiy yesires thy wits tbee faile,
And Otat weake eld hath left thee nothing wise.
Els never should thy iudgement be so frsyle
To meiBure manhood by the sw«d or mayle.
Is not enough fowre quartera of a man,
Witbouten sword or diield, an hoate to quayle?
Tbou litle woteat that this right-hand can :
Spetke they, which have beheU the battaile* wbi
He St
I away
Was suddcin vanished out of his sight i
The northeme winde his wings did brood displaiy
At his comnuund, and reared him up light
From off the earth to take hia aerie fligbL
They lookt about, but no where could eepye
Tract of bis foot : then dead through great a&Hght
They both nigh wete, and each had odier flye :
Both fled atloDce, ne ever backe reloumed eye,
T^I that they come unto a furrest greene, [ftnre ;
In which tiiey ahrowd themselves from causelea
Yet feare Ihem followea still, where so tbey beene :
Each trembhng leafe and whistling wind tbey hearer
As ^Mslly bug, does greatly them afieote :
Yet both doe strive thdr fealfulnease to falne.
At lost they heard a home that shrilled cleare
llirougbout tbe wood that ecehoed againe.
And made the forrest ring, as it would rive in twaine.
Downe fell to ground, and crept into a bush.
To hide his coward head from dying dreed.
Bui Trompart stoutly slayd to taken heed
Of what might hap. EfUoone tliere stepped foorth
A goodly ladie chid in hunters weed.
That seemd to be a woman of great worth,
And by her stately portance borne of heavenly birth.
Her face so fiure, as flesh it seemed not,
Bui hevenly pourtraicl of bright angels hew,
Cleare as the skye, witbouten blame or blot.
Through goodly miiture of compleiions dew ;
And in her dieekes the venneill red did shew
Like roses in a bed of lillies shed.
The which ambrodall odour* from them threw.
And gaien sence with double pleaaure ftd,
Hable to beale the ncke and to revive tbe ded.
In her Aire eyes tv>o living lamps did flamei
Kindled above at th' bevenly Makers light.
And darted fyrie beames out of the eam^
So passing persant, and so wondrous bright,
lliat quite bereav'd the rash beholders sight :
In them the blinded god his luatfull fyre
To kindle oft assayd, but had no might t
For, with dredd maieatie and awfull yre [de^re.
She broke his wanton dart*, and qufocbed bace
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
UcT TTorie fbrfaead, full of bountie bnTc,
like m bimd table did itselb dixpred,
Fn Love his loftie triiunpbes to engnve,
And write the bMtailcs of his great godhed :
All good and bonour migbt tliertin be red ;
For there thar dwelling wu. And, when Hfae spttke,
Swceta wordei, like dropping bonny, she did Aed ;
And twiit (he perla and rutrias noSVij brake
A tilTcr 30und, thatheaTcnly miuicke ttecmd to make.
XJpcn h^ ejelida manj Graces sate^
Under the abadow of her even browea,
Wnfcing belgardei and amoiou* retrale ;
And ererie one her with a grace endowes,
And e«enE one with meekeiMeae to her bowes ;
So glorious minbODr of celettjall grace,
Mow aball iVaylc pen descrire her beerenlj iace,
For hare, through want of >kill, her beauty to dis-
gnce!
So &iie> and thousand thousand times more bire,
Sbt secfDd, when ifae presented was to sight ;
And was ydad, for beat of scorchiDg aire,
AD in a silken Camus lilt; whighl,
Pmflad upon with many a folded plight,
Whidi all abore bespriackled vras throughout
ITitb golikn aygulets, that glistred bright,
Uke iwinckliag Warres ; and all the skirt about
Was Iwmd with golden fringe.
Below her ham ber weed did lomewhat tiayne.
And her streight legs most braielj were etnbayld
In gildcn buskins of coMly cordwiyne.
All bard with golden bendes, which were entayld
With cunout *nticke>i and full fayre aumayld :
Bdbre, they faslned were under her knee
In a rich iewell, and therein entrayld
Tlw ends of all the Vnots, that none might see
How they withi ntheirfoulffingt close enwrapped bee :
like two faire marble pilloun they were seene,
Whidi doc the temple of the gods support,
Wbooi all the people decke with girlands greene,
And hoJHntr in their festivall resort ;
Those aaiiie with stately grace and princely port
She taught to trend, when she heraeUe woiild grace ;
Bnt with the woody nymphea when she did play.
Or when the flying libbard ibe did chace,
She could then nimbly mare, and aAer dy i^Mce.
And in her hand a ibarpe bore-speare she held,
And at her backe a bow and quiver gay,
ScuR with tteel'headed dartes wherewith she queld
Tlie aalTage beasles in her victorious play,
Kirit with a golden bauldrickc wbicb forelay
Athwart ber snowy brest, and did £ride
Ho- daintie paps ; which, like young fruit in May,
Now little gan to swell, and being tide
Through ber thin weed their places only aignifide.
Her yellow lockca, criqied like golden wyre,
About her sfaouLden weren loosely shed.
And, when the winde emongst them did inspyre,
Tlief ws¥ed like a pcnon wyde despred.
And low beMnde her backe were scattered :
And, whether art it were or beedlesse hap,
A« throu^ the flouring forrest ra^ she fled.
In ber rude herei sweet flowre* themselves did lap,
And flourisliii^ fresh leaves and bknooms did en-
Sucb as Diana by the sandy shore
Of swift Eurolas, or on Cyntbus greeiie.
Where all the nymphea have her unwares forlore,
Wandreth alone with bow and arrowes keene.
To seeke her game : or as that famous queene
Of Amarona, whom Pyrrhus did destroy,
The day that first of Priame she w
Did Ae*
selfei
™phan
loy.
le weake stale of sad afflicted Troy.
Such when as hartleise Trompart her did vew.
He vras dismayed in his coward minde,
And doubled whether be himselfe should shew.
Or fly away, or bide alone behinde ;
Both feare and hope he in her face did finde :
When she at last him spying thus bespake ; [hynde,
" Hsyle, groomei didit not thou see a bleeding
Whose rigbt haunch earst my sledfaat arrow atiake?
If thou didst, tell me, that I may her overtake."
Wherewith reviv'd, this answere forth he threw ;
■' O goddesae, (for such I thee take to bee)
For nether doth thy face terrestriall shew,
Nor voyce sound mortall ; 1 avow to thee.
Such wounded beast, as that, I did not sec,
Sith esnt into this forrest wild 1 came.
But mote thy goodlyhed forgive it mee.
To weete which of the gods I shall thee name,
That uuto thee dew worship I may rightly ftame."
To whom she thus — But ere her words ensewd.
Unto the buah ber eye did luddein glaunce.
In which vune Braggadocchio waa mewd.
And saw it atirra : she lefts her percing launce.
And towarda gan a deadly sbaAe advaunce.
In minde to marke the bessl. At which sid stowre,
Trompart forth stept, to stay the mortall chaunce.
Outcrying; "O! wbaterer herenly powrc.
Or eatthly wigfat thou be, withhold this deadly howre !
" O ! stay thy hand ; Ibr yonder is no game
Tar thy Sen arrowes, them to eierciie ;
But loe ! my lord, my liege, whose warlike name
Is br renownd through many bold empriic ;
And now in shade he sbrowded yonder ties."
She staid : with that he crauld out of his nest,
Forth creeping on hit caitive hands and thies ;
And standing stoutly up his lofty crest [rest.
Did fiercely shake, and rowae as comming late fhnn
As fearfuU fowle. that long in secret cave
For dread of soring hauke herselfe hath hid.
Not caring how, her silly life to save.
She ber gay painted plumes disorderid ;
Seeing at last henelfe from daunger rid.
Peeps forth, and suone renews her native pride j
She gins htr fathers fowle disfigured
Prowdly to prune, and sett on every ride ;
She shakes off shame, ne thinks bow erst sbe did her
So when her goodly visage he beheld.
He gan himselfe to vaunt : but, when he vewd
Those deadly tooles which in her hand she held,
Soone into other fitta he was tranimewd.
Till she to him her gradous speech renetrd ;
" All hailc, sir Knight, and well may thee hefUl,
As all the like, which honor have puraewd
'nnough deeds of aimes and proweme martiall 1
All vertue merits praise, but such the most of ell.
To wbom he thus; " O fUrest under skie,
Traw be thj words, uid worthy of thy praise,
TbM vmrlike feats doesE highest glorifie.
Themn ! have spent ait inj youthly daiea.
And many baiuiles fought and many fraiea
Thnnigbout the world, wherao they might be found,
Endevoring my dreaded Qum to raise
Abore tbe Moone, th»t Fame may it resound
In her eteriMtll tromp with laurell girkind cround.
» But what art thou, O lady, which doest raunge
In this wilde forest, where no pleasure is.
And doest not it for loyous court eichaunge,
Eroongst thine gqiuill peres, where h^py blia
And »U delight docs raigne much more than this ?
There thou maist love, and dearly loved be.
And swim in pleasure, which thou here doest mis ;
There maist thou best be scene, and best must see :
The wood is fit for beasts, the court is fitt for thee."
'■ Wboao in pompe of prowd estate," quoth she,
•■ Does swim, and bathes hinuelfe in courtly blis.
Does waste his dues in darke obscuritee,
And in oblivion ever buried is ;
Where cue abownds, yt 's estb to doe (unig ;
But who his limbs with labours, and his mynd
Behaves with cares, cannot so easy mis.
Abroad in Biinea,athome in studious kynd, [(ynd;
Who aeekes with painfull toile, shall Honor sooneat
« In woods, in waves, in wanes, she wonts to dwell.
And will be found with perill and with paine ;
Ne can the man, that moulds in ydle ceU,
Unto her happy mansion ettaine ;
Before her piie high God did Sweate ordaine.
And wakefull Watches ever to abide ;
But easy is the way and passage plaine
To Pleasures pallace ; it may soone be spide.
And day and night berdores to all stand open wide.
•■ Inprinces court" — The rest sbe would have sayd.
But that the foolish man (fild with delight
Of her sweete words that all his sence dismayd.
And with her wondrous beauty ravisbt quight, )
Gan biime in filthy lust ; and, leaping light.
Thought in his bastard armea her to embrace.
With that she, swarving backe, her iavelin bright
Against him bent, and fiercely did menace :
So turned her about, and fled away space.
Which when the pesaunt saw, amsid he stood.
And grieved at her flight ; yet dural he not
Pursew her steps through wild unknuwen wood ;
Besides he feard her wiath, and threatened shott.
Whiles in the bush he lay, not yet forgotc ;
Ne card be greatly for her presence vayne,
But turning said to Trompart ; " What fowle blott
Is this to knight, that lady should agayne [dayne !"
Depart to woods untoucht, and leave so proud dis-
" Perdy," said Trompart, " iett her pas at will,
Least by her presence daunger mote befall.
For who can tell (and sure I leare it ill)
But that sbce is some powre celesIisU ?
For, whiles she spake, her gi^t words did appall
My feeble coroge, and my heart oppresse,
That yet I quake and tremble over all."
" And I," said Braggadocchio, " thought no lease.
When first I heud her bom aonnd with nicb ghaM-
' firom my motWa womb* Itds gtace I have
Me given by etemall destiny.
That earthly thing may not my coragc brave
Dismay with fesre, or causa one foote to flye.
But either hellisb feends, or powres on hye :
Which was the c^use, when earst that home I heard.
Weening it had beene thunder in the skye,
I hid my selfe from it, as one afieard ;
But, when I other knew, my self 1 bohlly reard-
<' But DOW, for feare of wane that may betide.
Let us soone hence depart." They soone agree :
So to his steed he gott, and gan to ride
As one unfitt therefore, that all might see
He had not trayned bene in chevalree.
Which well that valiaunt courser did discemc ;
For be deepisd to tread in dew degree,
But chaufd and fom'd with corage fiers and iteme.
And to be easd of that base burden still did ame.
Guyon does Furor bind in chainea.
And slops Occaaon :
Delivers Phaon, and therefore
By Strife is rayld uppon.
In brave poursuiCt of honorable deed.
There Is I know not what great difference
Betweene tbe vulgar and the noble seed.
Which unto things of valorous pretence
Seeraes to be borne by native influence ;
As feales of amies j and love to enlertaine ;
But chiefly skill to ride seemes a science
Proper to gentle blood : some others faine
To menage steeds, as did this vaunter ; but in vune.
But he, the rightful! owner of that steede.
Who well could menage and aubdew his prid^
Tbe wUles on foot was forced for to yeed
With tbat hlacke palmer, bis most trusty guid^
Who sufifred not his wandring feete to slide ;
But when strong passion, or weake fleshlinesae.
Would from the right way aeeke to draw him wide.
He would, through temperaunce and stedfastneiae,
Teocb him the weak to alrengthen, and the strong
suppresse.
It fortuned, forth faring on his way.
He saw from for, or seemed for to see,
Some troublous uprore or contentious ft»y.
Whereto he drew in bast it to agree.
A mad man, or that feigned mad to bee.
Drew by the heare along upon the grownd
A handsom stripling with great crueltee.
Whom sore be bett, end gor'd with many a wownd,
Tbat cheekes with teares, and sydes with blood, did
all abownd.
And him behynd a wicked hag did stalke.
In ragged robes and Slthy disoray ;
Her other leg was lame, that she no'te walks,
But on a stifle her fteble steps did stay :
Her lockes, that loathly were and hoarie gray.
Grew all afore, and ioosly hong unruld ;
But all behinde was bald, and worne away.
That none thereof could ever token hold ;
And eke her face ill-fiivour'd, full of wrincUea old.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
And. «TCr •• di« weat, her toung did walke
In fbwie reiiiiich and tenoa of lile deqnght,
Pioirotiiig him. bj her outrageous Ulke,
To beape more rengeance on tbat wretchea wight :
Sometimeasberaugblhiai slooea, wherwicb IDsmilCi
Sometimea her tUSe, though it her one teg were,
Witbouten which atie could not goe upright j
Nc any eril maanei ihe did forlieaje.
TIm aoUe Gujon, mov'd with great remone,
Appnctdng, fint the hag did thrust awaj' ;
Aim! after, adding more iuipetuous furae.
And pluckt hint backe i who, all onfirestreightwa;,
Againu him ♦■■"■■"g all his fell inteot,
Wilh beasllx brutiah rage gan him Biaay,
And smott, and bitt, and kick), and KrBtcbt,«nd rent,
Aad did ha wiat not what in hi& aiengemeot.
And Hiie he was a man of mickle might.
Had be had goreniauiKe it well lo guyde :
But, when the frentick fitt inSamd Iub apright,
Hia fbrcc was laioe, and itrooke more often wjde
Then at the aymed matke which he hod eyde ;
And oft himficlfe he chaunst to hurt unwaresr
Whylnt reason, blent through paision, Dought dea-
Bot, ai a blindfold bull, at random fares, [ciyde ;
And where he hits nought knowea, and whom he
fauru nought cares.
His rude aasault and rugged handeling
3&annge aeeiuol to the knight, that aye with foe
In &yre defence and goodly raenaging
Of amwB was wont to fight : yet osthemoa
Was he abobed now, not fighdng so i
But, mme enfierced through his currish play.
Him Btemty grypt, and, bailing to and fro.
To omthrow lum strougly did usaj.
But orertbrew himselfe unwares, and lower lay :
And hong downe the villein sore did beate
And bmae with clowniBh fistea his manly &ce :
And Ae the bog, with many a bitter threat,
Sdll caM upon to kill him in tlie place.
With wboae reproch, and odious menice.
The knight emboyling in bis haughtie hoit
Knitt ali his forces, and gan soone unbrace
Hi* grayling bold ; >o lightly did upstart.
And drew bis deadly weapon to maintaine his part.
Which when tbe palmer mw, be loudly cryde,
" Not to, O Guyon, neier tbinke that so
Tliat mmater can be inaistred or deslroyd :
He ia not, ah ! he is not such a foe.
As stede can wound, or strength con oierthroe.
That same is Furor, cursed cruel wight.
That unto knighthood workesmuch sbame and woe;
And that same hag. Lis aged mother, hight
OccasioD; the n
« of all wrath and despight.
" With ber, wfaoco will raging Furor tame,
Mmt first begin, and well her iioenage ;
Tint her rcstraine fnKn her reprochfull blame
And erill mcanes, with which the doth enrage
Her frantick aonne, and klodlea his corige ;
TbeD, when the is withdnwne or strong withstood.
It 's eatfa hi* ydle fury to Mwige,
And calm the tempest of his passion wood ;
The bankes are orerflowne when stopped is the flood. "
Therewith sir Ouyon left hia ftnt emprise.
And, turning to that woman, bat her hent
B; the hoare lockee that bong before her eye*.
And to the ground her threw ; yet n' ould she stent
Her bitter rayling and foule r^vilement ;
But still proTokt her sonne to wreake her mrong :
But natbelesae be did her still torment.
And, catclung hold of her ungratious tcHig,
Thereon an yron lock did fasten finne aiul strong
Then, whcnas ute of speach was from her reft.
With her two crooked handes she idgnes did make.
And becfcned biro i the hut help she bad left ;
But he that last left helpe away did lake.
And both her handes fast bound unto a stake,
Hiat she no'te stirre. Then gan her eonne to flye
Full fast away, and did her quite fbnake ;
But Guyon after bim in bast did hye.
And loooe him overtooke in sad perpleiitye.
In his strong armes he stifly hira
Who him gain-stiiTing nought at all prevaild ;
For all his power was utterly debate.
And furious fltta at eaist quite weren quaild :
Oft be re'nforst, and oft his farces fayld.
Yet yield be would not, tu>r his rancor slacke.
Then him to ground he cast, and rudely liayld.
And both his bands fast bound behind bis hacke.
And both his feet in fetten to an yron lacke.
With hundred yron cbaines be did him bind.
And hundred uiots, that did him sore canslraiae :
Yet his great yron teeth he still did grind
And grimly gnash, llireatning revenge in voine :
Hi* burning cyan, whom bloody strokes did sloine,
Stairai full wide, and threw fordi sparkes of fyre ;
And, more for ranck despight then for great paiue,
Shakt Ins long locks colourd like copper-wyre.
And biti hi* tawny beard to shew bis raging yre.
Tlins whenas Guyon Furor bad capttvd,
Turning about he saw that wretched squyre,
Whom that mad man of life nigh late deprird.
Lying on ground, all solid with blood and myre :
Whom whenas he perceived to reepyre.
He gsn to comfort, and his woundes to dressc.
Being at last recured, he gan inquyre
What hard mishap him brought to such distnsse.
And made that caytivea thi^, the thrall of wretch.
With hart dien throUnng, and with walry eyes,
" Fayreur," qtiothhe, " what man can shun the hap,
Hiat hidden lyca unwares him to surprise ?
Misfortune waites advantage to entrap
The man most wary in her whelming lap.
So me weake wretch, of many weakest one,
Unweeting and unware of sucli misbs^,
She brought to mischiefe through occasion.
Where ibis some wicked villein did me hght upon.
" It was a faithleaie squire, that wai the soune
Of all my sorrow and of these sad teares.
With whom from tender dug of commuae nourse
Attonce I was upbrought ; and eft, when yeares
More rype us reason lent to chose our peares,
Ouraelvet in league of vowed love we knitt;
In wluch we long time, without gealous fearei
Or faultie thoughts, con^newd as was fitt ;
And, for my part 1 vow, dissembled not a whitt.
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" It WM my fortune, commune to tint a^
To love m lady fsyre of great degree,
The which was borne of noble parentage.
And set in highest seat of dignitee, '
Yet aeemd no lesse to love tben lovd to bee :
Long I ber serv'd, and found her faithful! itill,
Ne ever thing could cause ub disagree :
Love, that two harts makes one, nukes eke one will.
Etch ■trove to please, and otbcn pleanue to fulfill.
" ftf; fKend, hight Philemon, I did partake
Of all mf love and all my privitic i
Who greatly ioyoua seemed for my lake,
And gratioua to that lady, u to mee ;
Ne ever wight, that mote lo welcome bee
As he to her, withouten blott or blame ;
Ne ever thing, that she could tldnk or see.
But uaio him she would impart the ume :
O wretched man, that would abuse so gentle dame !
" At laM such grace I found, and meanes I wioughl.
That 1 that lady to my spouse had wonne ;
Accord of friendes, consent of parents sought,
ASyaunce made, my happinease begonne,
There wanted nought but few rites to be donne.
Which manage make : that day too farre did seeme !
Most ioyous man, on whom the shining Sunne
Did shew his face, myselfe I did esteeme.
And that my falser fiiend did no leu ioyous deeme.
■* But, ere that wished day tus bcwne discktsd.
He, dther envying roy toward good.
Or of himselfe to treason ill diipoad,
One day unto me came in friendly mood.
And told, for secret, how he understood
lliat hidy, whom I had to me assynd.
Had both distaind her honorable blood.
And eke the faith which she to me did bynd ;
And thenfore «isbt me stay, till I more tniHi
should fynd.
'• The gnawing anguish, and sharp gelosy,
Which his sad speach inRied in my brest,
Raaekled so sore, and festred inwardly,
Ibat my engreeved niind could find no rest,
111] that the truth thereof I did out wrest;
And him besought, by that same sacred bond
Belwiit ua both, to counsell me the best :
He then. with solemne oath and plighted hand
Aasurd, ere long the truth to let me undentand.
" Ere long with like againe he boorded mee.
Saying, be now had boulted all the Aoure,
And that it wa* a groome of base degree.
Which of my love was partner paramoure :
Who used in a daikesome inner bowre
Her oft to mcele : which better to approve.
He promised to hHng me at that howre.
When I should see that wouU me nearer move.
And drive me to withdraw roy blind abused love.
" This graceless man, for furtherance of his guile.
Did court the handmayd of my lady dears.
Who, glad t' embosome his aJTectian vile.
Did all she might more pleasing to nppcare.
One day, to work her to his will more neare,
He woo'd ber thus ; ' Pryenf," (so she hight)
' What great de)i)ri|^ doth Fortune to thee beare.
Thus lowly lo alwne thy beauCie bright.
That it ihoutd not deface all others lesser light?
■• • But if she had her least heipe to thee lent,
T' adome thy forme according thy desalt,
llieir blazing pride thou wouldest soone have blent.
And itaynd their prayses with thy least good part ;
Ne should faire ClaHbell with all her art,
ITio' the thy lady be, approch thee neare ;
For proofe thereof, this evening, as thou aft,
Aray thyselfe in her most gorgeous geare.
That I may more delight in thy embracement deare.'
" T^mayden, proud through praise and mad through
Him hearkned to, and soone herselfe arayd ; [love.
The whiles to me the treachour did remove
His craAie engin ; and, as be had sayd.
Me leading, in a secret comer layd.
The sad spectataur of my tragedie :
Where left, he went, and hii owne ftlae part playd.
Disguised like that groome of base degree.
Whom he had feignd th' abuser of my love to bee.
une unto th^ appointed placCp
And with turn brought Fryenf, rich arayd.
In Claribellaes clothes : her proper face
I not descemed in that darkesome shade.
But weend it was my luve with whom he playd.
Ah, God ! what horrour and tormenting griefe
My bait, my harden, mine eies, and all aaaayd 1
Melieferwereten thousand deathespriefe [repriefe.
T^KD wounde of gealous worme, and shame of aodh
'■ I borne retouming, fraught with fowle despight,
And chawing vengcaunce all the way I went,
Soone ai my loathed love appeard in sight.
With wrathful hand I slew her innocent ;
That aAer soone I dearely did lament :
For, when the cause of that outisgeoui deedc
Dcmaunded I made plaine and evident.
Her faultie handmayd, which that bale did breede,
Conftet how Philemon her wrought to diaunge her
" Which when I heard, with horrible affiigfat
And hrilish tYiry all enragd, I sought
Upon myielfe that vcngetdile despight
To punish : yet it better first I thought
To wreake my wrath on him, that first it wrought :
To Philemon, fidse bytour Philemon,
I cast to pay that I so dearly bought t
Of deadly drugs I gave him drinke anon.
And wasfat away his guilt with guilty pottoo.
" Thus heaping crime on crime, and griefe on griefc,
To losse of love adioyning loose of IVend,
I meant to purge both with a third mischtefe.
And in my woes beginner it to end :
That was Pryenf ; she did first oiTend,
She last should smart : with which cruell intent.
When I at her my murdrous blade did bend.
She fled away with gliaslly dreriment,
And I, pouiacwing my fell purpose, after went.
" Feare gave her winges, and rageenfbrst my flight;
lliroueh woods and plaines so long I did her dw^
Till this mad man, whom your victorious might
Hath now fast bound, we met in nnddle uptux :
As I ber, no he me pounewd apace.
And shortly overtooke : I, breathing yie.
Sore diBulTed at my stay in such a cace.
And with my Heat kindled his cruell fyre; {spyn.
Which kindled once, hi) mother djd more rage in-
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
" Betwixt Ihcm belli tbe; ]»*■ me docn to dy*,
^linnigb wDundj, vid strokei, aod atubbonw handet-
Thet deirth were better then tuch >gon;, [ing,
Ai griefe and furj unto m« did bring ;
or which in me jet itickei (he mcnUll itiiig,
That during life will Qever be qipeesd !"
When he tbiu euded bad hia ■ocrowing.
Said Guyon i " Squyre. lore have jc be«u diieaad ;
^ut all jour hurts ma; soone through temperaDce
beeiud."
Thea gBD the palmer tbua ; " MoM wretched man,
That to aficctiaai does the bridle lend 1
la Ibcdr beginning Ifae; are weake and wan,
Bat loone through aufiVsnce growe to fearefull end :
Whiles thejr are weaite, belimeg with them contend )
For, when Ihey once to perfect strength do grow,
Stnwg wairei the; make, and cruell battiy bend
Gaimt fiwt of Beaaon, it to oTerthniw : [thui low.
Wrath, Gelosy, Criefe, Love, thia squyre bsie laide
Wrach, Gealosie, Griefe, Love, do thus eipell :
Wftth ii a Gre i and CesloMC a weede ;
Griefe b a flood ; and Lore a monster feU ;
The 6ns of sparkei, the weede of tittle uede,
Tbe flood of drops, the monster filch did breeds :
But B|jarkst seed, drops, and filth, do thus delay ;
The sparks soone quench, the apringing seed outweed,
Tbe drops dry up, and filth wipe cleane away :
Soshall WtatiiiCealoay, Griefe, Love, die and decay.
" Unlucky squire," saide Guyon, " uth thou bast
Falne into miichiefe through ioterDpersunce,
HeOO^mlh take heede of that Ifaou now hast past.
And guyde thy wuea with wsrie goiematmce,
l^ast worse betide tliee by some later chaunce.
Bm i«ad how an tbou nam'd, and of what kin."
■■ HiaoD I hight," quoth he, " and do sdvaunce
Mine auncestry from famous Coradin,
Who first to rayse our bouse to honour did begin."
Hus as he *|»ke, lo ! far sway they spyde
A nrlet ronning lowardes hastily,
Wbooe flying feet so fast tbdr way applyde,
lliat nniiid about a cloud of dust did fly,
Which, mingled all with sweate, did dim his eye.
He<
le approched, pantiag, t
athlesi
And all so aoyld, tliat none could him descry .
His couoteiUHince wag bold, and bashed not [shot.
ForGuyons lookea, buIscornefuUey-gUunceat him
Bdiinde his backe be bore a biasen shield.
On which wns drawen Urc, in colouis fit,
A flaming fire in midst of bJoody field,
And round about the wreath thia word was writ,
Bumt I doe buraf : right well beseemed it
To be the shield of some redoubted knight j
And in bis hand two dartes eicaeding flit
And deadly sharp he beld, whose heads were dight
In poyson and in blood of malice and despight.
When be in presence came, to Guyon first
He boldly spake ; ■' Sir Knight, if knight thou bee.
Abandon this furestolled place at erst.
For feare of further harmc, I counscU thee ;
Or bide the chiimce at tliini: owne iedpardce."
Tbe knight at liis great boldaesse wondered ;
And, though he scom'd hie ydle Tanitee,
Yet rniidly him to purpose anbncred ^
For not to grow of uoiight he is conieitured ;
" Varlet, this place most dew to me I deeme,
Tieldcd by him that beld it forcibly ; [seema
But whence shold come that harme, which thou do(t
To threat to him ibat'mindes hia chaunce I' abye ?"
" Ferdy," sayd be, " here cornea, and is hard by,
A knight of wtmdrous powre and great asiay,
Tliat never yet encountred enemy.
But did him deadly daunt, or fowle dismay ;
Ne thou for better hope, if thou his presence May."
" How higbt be," tben sayd Guyon, " and from
" Pyrochlesi3hianame,renowmedfaiTe [whence?"
For bis bold feotes and hardy confidence.
Full oft approid in many a cruell warre ;
The broCber of Cymocbles ; both which arre
The sonnes of old Aerates and Despight ;
Aerates, Sonne of Fhlegeton and lorre ;
But Phl<^(eton is sonne of Herebus and Night;
But Herebua sonne of Aetemitie is bight.
His am I Atin, liia in wrong and right.
That matter make for him 10 worke upon.
And stirre him up to strife and cruell fight.
Fly therefore, fly thia fearefuU stead anon, _
Least thy foolhardiie worke Cby sad confuBion."
" Hia be that care, whom most it doth conceme,"
Sayd be : ■' but whether with aucb batty flight
Art thou now bownd ? for well mole I diacsme
Great cause, that caniea thee so swilie and light."
" My lord," quoth he, " me sent, and atim^t be-
To seeke Occasion, where so she bee : [bight
For he is all dispoad to bloody fight.
And breathes out wrath and heinous cruellee ;
Hard is his hap, that first fsla in his iei^ardie."
« Mad man," said then the palmer, " that does
Occancm to wrath, and cause of strifa ; [seeke
Shee comes unsought, and ahonned followes eke.
Happy ! who can abatoitie, when Rancor rife
Kindles revenge, and threats his ruaty knife :
Woe never wants, where every cause is caught ;
And rash Occasion mikes unquiet life ! " [sought,"
" Tlien loe I wher bound she aits, whom thou hast
Said Guyon ; " let that message to thy lord be
brought."
That when the tarlctt heard and saw, streightway
He weied wondrous wroth, and said ; " Vile knigbt.
That knigbla and knighthood doesi with shame
upbray.
And sbewst th' eiuample of thy childishe might.
With ally weake old woman thus to fight !
Great glory and gay spoile sure hast thou gott,
And stoutly prov'd thy [luisaaunce here in sight!
That shull I^roehles well requite, I wott.
And with thy blood abolish so reprocbfull blott"
With that, one of his tbrillant darta he threw.
Headed with yre and vengeable despight i
The quivering Steele his aymed end wel knew.
And to his brcst itselfc intended right :
But he was wary, and, ere it enipight
In the meant marke, advaunal his shield alween.
On which it seizing no way entir might,
But bocke reliownding lefl the forckhead keene ;
Eftsoooes he fled Bwav, and might no where be seen*
PyKichleg doe* with Guyon figfat.
And Furon chcyne untyes,
Who him ton wounda ; while* Alin to
CfTDDchles far ajd Qyea.
Whoitik doth to Tempermuncc ■pply
His stHliasE lift, and all iiig sctioiis frame,
Tnat me, ahal And no greater enimy,
Then ([ubbome PerturbatioD, to the Hme ;
To which right wel the wiie doe give that nmw ;
For it the goodly peace of staicd mindei
Doe* oTerttinm, and tcoublotu mure prodame ;
His owne woe* author, who so bound it findes.
As did Fyrochlra, and it wilAillj u " '
After that varleli flight, it wa* not long
Ere on the plaine iast pricking Gujod spide
One in bright annes etnbatteiled full strong.
That, as the sunny beames do glaunce and glide
Upon the trembling wave, so shined bright
And round about him threw forth sparkling flre.
That seemd him la enflame on every side:
His steed wa* bloody red, and fomed yre.
When with the maistring spur he did him roughly
A^nichuig nigh, ha Dcver *Mid to greets,
Ne chaffiir words, prowd corage to pronrite.
But prickt ao flers, that und^ealh his feete
Hie tmouldriiw dust did rownd about him smoke,
Both horse and man nigh able for to choke ;
And, fayrljr couching his steeleheaded speare,
Him first saluted with a sturdy stroke :
It booted nought sir Guyon, eomming neare.
To thincke such hideous puissaunce on foot to baare ;
But lightly ihuntied it i and, passing by.
With his bright blade did smite at bira so fell.
That the aliarpe ste«!e, arriving forcibly
On his broad shield, bitt not, but glaundng fell
On his hone necke before the quilled sell,
And from the head the body sundied quight ;
So him dismounted tow he £d compeU
On foot with him to matchen equal! light ;
Hie truncked beaat fast bleeding did him fowly dight.
Sore bruied with the tall he slow uprose.
And all euTBged thus him loudly sheut ;
■' Disleall knight, whose coward comge chose
To wreake ilsdfe on beast all innocent.
And shund the marke at wliich it should be raent ;
Therby thine anuea seem itiong, but manhood frayl :
So hast thou oft with guile thine honor blent;
But litle may such guile tbee now avayl.
If wonted force and fortune doe ma not much fbyl."
With that he drew hi* flaming tword, and Mrooke
At him so fiercely, that the upper niargs
Of his serenfolded shield away it laoke.
And, glauiunng on his helmet, made a large
And open gash therein : were not his targe
That broke the violence of his intent.
The weaiy sowie tVom thence it would discharge ;
Nathelean so Bore a bulT to him it lent.
That made him reele, and (o his brest bis berer bent.
Eiceading moth was Guyon at that blow.
And much aahamd that atanke of liviDg am
Should him diiDuy, and make Urn stoop ac
Though otherwise it did liim litle harme ;
Tho, hurling high his yroD-hraced arme.
He smote so manly on his shoulder plate.
That alt his left side it did quite disarme ;
Yet (here the steel stayd not, but inly bate
Deepe in his Besh, and opened wide a red '
Deadly dismayd with horror of that dint
Pyrocblea was, and griered eke entyre ;
Yet nathemore did it hit fiiry stint.
But added flame unto his former Are,
That wel-nigh molt his hart in raging yre :
Ne thenceforth his approved skill, to ward.
Or strike, or hurtle rownd in warlike gfi^
Bemembred he, ne car'd for bis saufgudi,
But rudely rag'd, and like a cniell tygre fhrM*
He hewd, and lasht, and foynd, and thondred hlowea.
And every way did seeke into hi* life ;
Ne plate, ne tnale, could ward so mighty throwea.
But yielded passage to bis cruell knife.
But Guyon, in the heat of all his strife,
Wa* waiy wise, and cloaely did awayt
Avauntagc, wfaileit hia fbe did rage most lif^ ;
Sometimes athwart, sranetinies be attnok tnra stmyt.
And falsed oft his blowes t' illude him with such bayt.
Like ai a lyon, wboae imperiall powre
A [vowd rebellious uoicom defyea,
T avoide the rash assault and vrrathful stowr?
Of his flers foe, him to a tree applyes.
And when him ronning in full course be spyea.
He slips a*ide ; the whiles that furious beaat
His precious home, sought of his enimye^
Strikes in the stocke, ne thence can be releait.
But to the mighty victor yields a bounteous Araal.
With such fitire ildgbt him Guyon oTIen byld.
Till at the last all bmthlease, weary, Hunt,
Him spying, with fresh onsett be aisayld,
And, kindling new his corage seeming queint,
Strooke him so hugely, that through great constr^nl
He made him stoup perforce unto his knee.
And doe unwilling worship to the saint.
That on his shield depainted he did see ;
Such homage tilt that instant never learned hee.
Whom Guyon seeing stoup, poursewed faat
The present offer of faire victory.
And Boone his dreadfull blade about be caaC,
Whereniih be smote his haughty crest so bye.
That streight on grownd made him full low to lye ;
Then on his brest his victor foote be thrust :
With that he cryde ; " Mercy, doe me not dye,
Ne deetne thy force by Fortunes doome uniuat.
Hud hath (maugre her ipight) thus low rue hUd in
dusL"
For th' eqtiall die of warre he well did know :
TTien to him nid ; " Live, and alleagaunce owe
To him, that gives thee life and liberty;
And liencefortfa by this dales ensample trow.
That baaiy wroth, and heedlesse bazardry.
Doe breede repentsunce lale, and lasting iobmy."
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Soupb
And coi >, „ „
Hi) gimted tteth foi great disdcigne, uid iho^e
Hit SAndy lockes, long hAnging downe bchindT
Knotted in blood and dust, fat grief of mind
That be in ods of umen wa» conquered ;
Y« in liimHife tame comfort be did find,
Tbat him so noble knight bad mar^lcred ; [dcrcd.
Whose boiintj more then might, jet bodi, he won'
Wlncli Guyon marking nid i " Be nought agrieT'd,
Sir Knigbt, tbat tfau* je no* lubdewed ane :
Was never man, who moM conqu^itH atchiev'd.
But MXDetinwB had the «one, sod lost by warre ;
Yet shortly gaynd, tbat losae exceeded forre i
Lone i) DO sbione, nor to bee lease then foe ;
Bat to bee lesser then himsctfb doth mane
Botfa loosen lott, and Tictoun
" Fly, O Pyrochlea, fly the dreadful warn
That in tfa^elfe tby leaser partes do move ;
Outrageous Anger, and wa&-working larre.
Direful! Impatience, and bart-mtuilring Lorp'
TboBc, tfaoee thy foes, tliose wartiotin, far remoTe,
Which thee to endless« bale captired lead.
Bat, sitb in might titou didst my mercy prove.
Of courtese Id me the cause aread
That thee against n>e drew with hi impetuous dread."
e, "that shall I soone declare:
tX tbou hadst done great tort
Unto an aged woman, poore and bore.
And thralled her in chaines with strong eiiort,
Voide irf'all succour and needfull comfiirt:
TbM ill besecmes thee, such as I thee see,
To worke such shame : therefore I thee exhort
To chaunge tby will, and set Occasion fre^
And to her o^itive soone yield his first libertee."
Thereat dr Guyon sir
Ssid he, " that thee sc
Gnat mercy sure, for t
Whose freedon
"-And is that all,"
Ibpleaaed hath ?
;o enlsTge a clirall,
-0 greBtest scstb '.
Nalh'lesae now quench tliy whott entlKiyling wrath :
IdX l there they bee ; to thee J yield them free."
Thereat he, wondrous glad, out of the path
Kd lightly leape, whei« he them bound did see,
And gan to breske the bands of thejr captivitee.
Soone as Occasion felt her selTe untydc.
Before her soune could well assoyled bee.
She to her use retumd, and strdght defyde
Both Guyon and Fyrocblai th' one (said shee)
Bycauae he wonne ; the other, because hee
Was wonoe : so matter did she make of nought.
To stinc op strife, and garre them disagree ;
But, soone aa Furor was enlargd, she sought
To kindle his quenchi fyre, and thousand causer
wrought.
It was not loDs eie she inflam'd him so,
That he would olgates with Pyrocbles fight.
And his ledeemer cbalengd for his foe.
Because he had not well uiainteind his right.
But yielded had to that same strmunger knighL
Now gan Pyrocbles wei as wood as hee.
And him afiTronled with impacieiit might :
So both together fiers engiasped bee, [see.
Whyles Guym standing by thor fincoutb stiife does
Him all that while Oceaslon did provoke
Against Pyrocbles, and new matter fnm'd
Upon the old, *<"" stirring to bee wroke
Of his late wrongcs, in which she oil him blam'd
For suffering such abuse as knighthood gham'd.
And him didiabled quyte : but he was wise,
Ne would with Taine occasons be infldm'd;
Yet othen she more urgent did devise ;
Yet nothing could him to impatience entise.
Their fell contraitlon still increased morc^
■e thereby increased Furors might.
Hut he bis foe has hurt and wounded sore.
And him in blood and durt deformed quight.
His mother ^e, more to augment bis spighl.
Now brought to him a flaming lyer-brond.
Which she in Stygian lake, ay hurtling bright,
Had kindled : that she gave into his bond.
That Bimd with fire more hardly he mote him with-
Tho gan tbat villein wei so Hers and strong,
Hiat nothii^ might sustain his furious forse :
He cast him downe to ground, and all along
Drew him through durt and myre without remorse,
' [td fbwiy battered his comely corse,
ut Guyco) much disdeigned so loathly sight.
1 last he was compeld to cry perforse.
Help, O sr Guyon ! heipe, most noble kni^t,
Tondda wretched man from handesof hellish wight!"
The knight was greatly moved at his playnt.
And gan him dight to succour his distresse.
Till that the palmer, by his grave reatrayni
Him stayd from yielding pitiful! redresse, [press^
And said; " Desre Sonne, thy causelesae ruth re-
Ne let thy stout hart melt in pitty vayne;
He that his sorrow sought through wiliiilnesse,
And his foe fettred would release agayne.
Deserves to taste his follies fruit, repented payne."
Guyon ohayd ; so him away he drew
~ 1 necdlesse trouble of nmewing fight
Already fought, his voyage to poursew.
But rssh Pyrocbles varlett, Atin hight,
' e he saw his lord in heavie pHghl^
Under sir Guyons puissaunt stroke to bll,
ning dead, as then he seemd in sight,
Fledd last away to tell his funerall
Unto his brother, whom Cymocbles men did call.
He was a man of rare redoubted might,
mous throughout the world for warlike prayse,
d glorious spoiles, purehast in perilous fight:
Pull many doughtie knightes be in his dayes
Had doen to dutli, subdewde in equal) ftayes ;
Whose carkases, for terrour of his name,
Of fowles and beastes he made the piteous prayea.
And hong tfieir conquerd aimes for more defimie
On gallow trees, in honour of bis dearest dame.
His dearest dame is that enchaunteresse,
■ vyle Acrasia, tbat with vaine deliglites.
And ydle pleasures in her Bowre of BUsse,
I charme her lovers, and the feeble sprightes
Can call out of the bodies of traile wigfates ;
Whom then she does transforme to monatrous hew«s,
rribly misshapes with ugly ughtea,
Capliv'd eternally in yron mewes
\nd darksom dens, where Titan his face never sliewea.
Then Atin fowod Cjmoctilw Mriouinii^
To tune hii liini«ii« love : for he bjr kynd
Wan given all lo lust and Ioomi living,
Wheaerer hii flers handea he fVee mMe f^nd :
And now he has paiird out his ydle m;nd
In daintie delices and lavish ioyei,
lianng hii warlike weapons east behynd,
And flowes in pleasuna and vsine pleasing iajvt.
Mingled emongat loose ladies and laKdrious bo^et.
And over him Art, striving to compaTre
With Natun, did an arber greene diipred.
Framed of wanton yvic, flouring fayre.
Through which the fragrant eglantine cUd spred
His prickling annei, enlnyld with roses red.
Which daintie odours round about tbcm threw :
And all within with flowre* was gamisbed,
That, wlien njjid Zepbyrua emongst them blew.
Did breath out bounteous smela, and painled c<^ri
And fast beside tjiere trickled sofUj downe
A gentle streame, whose murmuring wave did plaj
Emongst the pum; stones, and made a sowue.
To lull him son asleepe that by it lay :
Tbe wearie traveiler, wandring that way^
Therran did onen quench hi? thirsty heat.
And then by it his wearie Umbes diqilay,
(Whiles creeping slomber made him to forget
His former psjme) and wypt away his toilsom swetf.
And OD tbe other syde a pleateunt grove
Was shott up high, full of tbe stalely tree
That d«Ucated is t' Olympick lore.
And to Ilia sonoe Alddes, wbenas hee
In Nemus gayned goodly lictoree :
Therein tha mery birdes of erery sorte
Chaunted alowd their cbearefull bannonee.
And mode emongil themselTes a nweete consort,
Tliat quickued the dull tpright with muucall comfort.
latere he him found all canlesly displaid.
On a sweet bed of lillies softly laid.
Amidst a flock of daouelles fresfa and gay,
Hat rownd about him dissolute did play
Thar wanton follies and light meriment ;
Every of which did looacly disaray
Her upper partes of meet habiliments, [menti.
And stiewd them naked, deckt with many omJk-
Otbers sweet wordes, dropping Uke hoany 4
Some bathed kisses, and did kA embrew
Tbv lugred lirour through hii melting lips 1
One boasles her bnulie, and does yi^d to vew
Her dainde limbes above her lender hip* :
Another her out boastes, and all for tryall Miipa.
He, tike an adder lurking in the weedea.
His wandring thought in decpc deairc does stecpe.
And his IVnyle eye with spoyle of beauty feedta :
Sometimes he falwly faines himielfe (o sleepe.
Whites through their lids his wanton cica do pecpc
To itcale a snatch of amorous concapt,
Whereby close Are into his hart does creeps 1
So' he them deceives, deceivd in his deccipt.
Sfade dronkc with drugs of deare voluptuous receipC
Atin, arriving tbare, when him he spyde
Thus in still wavei of deepe deli^ to wade.
Fiercely approching to him lowdly cryde,
" Cymochlea ; oh ! no, but Cymochlei shades
In wliich tluU manly person late did Cide 1
Wtiat is t>ecome of great Acratea aonne 1
Or where hath he bong up his mortal! blade.
That bath so many huigbty conquests woime ?
Is all his force forlome, and all his glory donue 7"
Then, pricking him with his sbarp-pointcd dart.
He said ; " Up, up, tliou womanish weake knigh^
Ttiat here in ladies lap entombed art,
Unmindfiill of thy praise and prowest might.
And weetlesse eke of lately-wrought deapight ;
Wtiilea sad Fyrochles lies on lenoelcas ground.
And gronetb out liit utmost grudging iprigfat
Through many a strcAeandmanyastreaming wound.
Calling thy help in vaine, that here in loyei art
^und."
Suddeinly out of bis ddightfiill dreame
The man awoke, and would have quesliond more ;
But he would not endure that wo^l theame
For to dilate at large, but urged sore,
With perdng wordes and [nttifull implor^
Him hasty to arise : as one aSHgbt
With hellish feends, or furies mad upntfe.
He then uprose, infiamd with iell desplgfat.
And called for his armea ; tat be would algata
flght:
Tbay bene ybrou^it ; he quickly does Iiim dight.
And lighty mounted passeth on bis way ;
Ne ladies lovca, na sweete entreaties, might
Appesae his heat, or hastie passage stay ;
For he has vowd to lieene avengd that day
(That day itselfe him seemed all too long)
On him, tliat did Fyrochles deare dismay :
So proudly pricketh on his courser strong, [ivrong.
And Atin ay him pricks with spurs of ■^^"ii* and
Guyon is of immodest mettb
A BAaoaa lesson to leanM coolinaice
In ioyous pleasure then in grievoua peine :
For sweetneaae doth allure the weaker sencs
So stnmgly, that uneatfaes it can reiraine
From that which feeble nature covets faine s
But giiefe and wrath, that be her enemies
And foes of li^ she better can restraine :
Yet Vertue vauntes in both her victories ;
And Guyon in them all shewes goodly maysterie*.
Whom Irald Cymoddea traveling to finds,
With cruell purpose l>ent to wreake on him
The wrath which Atin kindled in his mind.
Came to a river, by whose utmost brim
Waytiag to pasae be saw whcnas did swim
Along the shore, as swift as glaunce of eye,
A lille gondelay, bedecked trim
With bougbes and arbours woven cunningly,
*._. .^. ,... - J outwardly.
Hm like a iitle torn
THE FAERIE QUEEME.
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D niB ■ Iail<r ftoh and hjn, ■
■ottK solace to bencUb alone i
•he long as lowd u loike in ayre,
shelaugbt, Uiat nigh her brtathwwgone;
en DDt with her dse tiaj one.
Muter of meitfa enough, though thare woe n
She RHiM derke ; and thoiHand waies invent
Tfaich when Tar off Cfmochles beard and law.
He h>wdl]r cald to mch a* were abord
The little baHce unto the ibore to draw,
And hiin to ferry orer that deepe ford.
ne inerj mariner unto hia word
SnoDe bonkncd, and ber painted bote Mrnghtway
Tumd to the ihore, wfaen that nine warlike lord
She in icca* ~
; but Atin bv DO way
it, albe die knight bar much did
pray.
EHaooaia bar dullow dup away did tlide.
More awift than iwallow iberea tlie liquid ikye,
Witfaooten oare or pilot it to guide,
Ot wingexl caoTai with tiie wind to fly :
Onely ahe tumd a pin, and by and by
It cut away upon the yielding ware,
{ Ne cared «be her courae for to apply)
For it was taught the way which ulie would have.
And both from rocka and Bala itaelfe could wisely save
And an the way tlie wanton damsell found
New DKTth her passenger to entertaine ;
Par she in pleasaunt purpow did abound,
And greatly ioyed merry tales to &yne,
Of which a ilorebouse did with her remaine;
Tel seemed, nothing well they her became .
For all ber wordes she drowud with laughter vaine
And wanted grace in utt'ring of the same,
Tbat turned til her pleasaunce to a scoffing game.
And odier whiles raine toyes she would deriie.
As her tantaaticke wit did moat delight :
SoRietinia her head siie fondly would aguiie
With gaudy girlouds, or fresh flowret* dight
About her necke, or rings of nubei pligln '■
fioDielimea, to do him iuigh, she would assay
T« laugh at ihaking of the leaves light,
Or to bduld the water worke and play
About her little fiigot, Iheiein making nay.
Her light behaviour and loose dalliaunce
Gave wondrous great contentment to the knight,
Hiat of his way ha had no sovenauDce,
Nor care of vow'd revenge and cruel! light ;
But to wesike wench did yield his martiall might.
So easie iraa to quench his flamed minde
Wtdi one sweete drop of sensuall delight.
So easie is tVppease the stormy winde
or malice in the calme of plei
Divenc discotuaea in their way they spent ;
Hongat which Cymochles of her questioned
Both what sbe waa, and what that usage ment,
Which in her colt sbe daily practised :
" VainaiDBn,"Baideshe,"thatwouldest be reckoned
A stiaui^er in thy home, and ignoraunt
Ur Phsdria, (for *o my name is red)
Of Phadria, thine owne fellow sarvafint J
For tbou to aetve Aciasa tliy selfe doest vaunt.
" In this wida inland aea, that hight by name
The Idle Lake, my wandring ship I row,
That knowta her port, and tbether aayles by ayme,
He care ne feare I how the wind do blow.
Or whether iwifl I wend or whether slow:
Both slow and swill alike do serve my lounie ;
Ne (Welling Neptune ne lowd-thundriiig love
Can chaunge my cbeare, or make ma ever mouraa ;
My litle boat can safely paste this perilous boutne."
Whiles thus sbe talked, and whiles thua she toyd,
Hiey were lai past the passage which he spake.
That floced-in tlie midst of that great lake ;
Hiere her small gondelay ber port did make.
And tbat gay payre iasewing on the shot«
Disbuidited her ; Ihcir way they forward take
Into the land that lay them faiie befinv, [store.
Whose pleasaunce she him slKwd,Biidplenlilull great
It was a chosen plutt of fertile land,
Emongst wide waves sett, like a Utle neat.
As if it had by Natures cunning hand
Bene choycely picked out from all the rest.
And laid forth for ensample of the best :
No dainty flowre or herbe that growes on grownd.
No aibar«tt with painted blooWMnes drat
And smelling sweete, but there it might ba fbwnd
To bud out laire, and her iweete smets throwe al
arowDd.
No tree, whose brauochea did not bravely spring t
No braunch, whe
No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetely sing ;
No song, but did conCaine a lovely ditt.
Trees, braynches, birds, and songs, were framed Gtt
For to allure fiiule mind to care1e»e ease.
Corelesse the man soooe wole, and his weake wilt
Was overcome of thing that did him please :
So pleased did bis wrathful! purpose faire appease.
Hius when sbee had his eyes and sences fed
With false delights, and fild with pleasures rayn.
Into a shady dale she soft him led.
And layd him downe upon a gnasy playn ;
And her sweete selfe without dread or dlsdayn
She sett beside, laying his head disarmd
In her loose lap, it softly to sustiyn,
Whoe soone he slumbred fearing not be harmdr
The whiles with a love lay she thus Urn aweetly
" Bdnld, O man, that toilesome painea doest take.
The flowTs, the fields, and all that pleasaunt growes.
How they themselves doe thine ensample make.
Whiles nothing envious Nature them forth throwM
Out of ber fruitf ull lap ; how, no man knowes,
They spring, they bud, they blossome fresh and faire,
And decke the world with their rich pompouashowesi
Yet no man for tbem taketh punes or car^
Yet no man to them can his carefull painea compare.
" The lilly, lady of the fluwring field.
The flDwiw.ide!uce, her lovely paramoure,
Bid thee lo them thy fruitlease labor* yidd.
And soone leave off this toylsome weaiy stoure ;
Loe ! loe, howbrave ahe decks herbounleousboure.
With silkin curtens and gold coverletls.
Therein to shrowd her sumptuous belamoure !
Yet nether spinnes nor cards, ne cares nor fretts.
But to ber mother nature all her care she letta.
" Whj' thm doost tboa, O mui, ibM of them all
Art lord, anil eke of nature soTeraine,
Wilfully mske thjselfe a wretched thrall.
And waiiCe th^ ioyaus bowrea in jieedeleiie p^ne,
Seeling for daunger and wlventures Taine?
What bootes it ol to havs and nothing UK?
Who ihall bim rev that awimming in the maine
Will die for thrist, and water doth refuK? [chuse."
RefuK fluch fruitleue toile^ and present pleasurev
B; thii she had him lulled fast asteepe,
That of no worldly thing he care did take :
Then »he with liquori strong hi» eies did neepe,
That nothing should him hastll; awake.
So she him lefte, and did henelfe betake
Unto her boat again, with which she clefte
The Blouthflill wave of that great griesy lake :
Soone thee that island far behind her lette.
And luw is come to that same place where fint she
By this time was the worthy Guyon brought
Unto the other side of that wide strond
Where she was rowings and for paaaage sought ;
Him needed not long call ; shee soone to bond
Her fbtry brought, where him she byding fond
With his sad guide : himselfe abe tooke aboord.
But the blacke palmer suflred still to stond,
Ne would for price or prayera once afToord
To ferry that old man oTcr the perlous foord.
Gnyon was loath to leave his guide behind,
Tet being entred might not backe retyre ;
For tbe flitt baHie, obaying to her mind.
Forth launched quickly aa she did desire,
Ne gave him leave to bid that aged sire
Adieu, but nimbly ran her wonted course
Throuf^ the dull billowea ihicke as troubled mire.
Whom nether wind out of their seat could forae.
Nor tiniely tides did drive out of their sl\iggisb sourse.
And by tbe way, as waa her wanted guize,
Her mery fitt she freshly gan to reare.
And did of ioy and iollity devise,
Herselfe to cberish, and ber guest to cheare.
The knight was courteous, and did not forbears
Her honest merth and pleaiaunce to partake (
But when he saw her toy, and gibe, and geare.
And passe the bonds of modat merimake.
Her dalhaunce be despia'd and follies did forsake.
Yet she still followed her former style.
And said, and did, all that mote him delight,
Till tbey arrived in that pleasaunt iU,
Where keeping late ahe lelYe her other knight.
But, wbenaa Guyon of that land had aight.
He wist bimselfe amisae, and angry said ;
" Ah ! dame, perdy ye have not doen me right.
Thus to mislead mee, whiles I you obaid ;
Ht lltla needed troia my right way to have straid. "
" Faire air," quoth she, " be not displeasd at all ;
Who far« on sea may not commaund his way,
Ne wind and weather at his pleasure call :
Tbe sea is wide, and easy for to stray ;
The wind unstable, and doth never slay.
But here a while ye may in safety rest.
Till season serve new passage to assay : ■
Better safe port then be in seas distrest."
Therewith she laught, and did ber (arnnt end in ietf.
But he, halfe discontent, mote natheleiae
Himselfe appease, and issewd forth on sbora :
The ioyes whereof and happy fi-uitfijlnesae.
Such as he saw, she gan him lay befbre.
And all, though pleasaunt, yet she made much more*
The fields did laugb, the flowres did ireshly springs
Tbe trees did bud, and early blossomes bore ;
And all the quire of birds did sweetly sing,
And told that gardins pleasures in their caroling.
And she, more sweete then any bird on bougb.
Would otlentimes enwngit them beare a part.
And strive to passe (as she could well enough)
Their native musicke by her skilful art ;
So did she all, that might his constant hart
Withdraw from thought of warlike enlerpriae.
And drovme in dissolute delights apart,
Where noise of arniei, or vew of martiall guiu.
Might nut revive deaire of knightly exaroae ;
But be was wise, and wary of her will.
And ever held his hand upon his hart ;
Yet would not sceme so rude, and thewed ill.
As to despise so curteous seeming part
Thai gentle lady did to him impart :
" "urfy lempring, fond desire subdewd,
vcr ber desired to depart.
She list not beare, but her disports poursewd,
bad him stay till time the tide iviiewd.
And now by this Cymochles howre was ^ent.
That he awoke out of his ydle dreme ;
And, shaking off his drowsy dreriment,
" m him aviie, howe ill did him beseme
slouthfull slcepe his molten hart to steme.
And quench the brond of his conceived yre.
o up he started, stird with shame extreme,
staled for his damsell to inquire.
But luarched to tlie strond, there passage to require.
n the way he with sir Guyon mett,
□ panyde with Phnfdria the fsire:
Efisoones he gan to rage, and inly lietl.
Crying ; " Let be that lady debonaire.
Thou recreaunt knight, and soone thyselfe prepaire
To battcile, if thou meant her love to gayn.
e already how the fowles in aire
Doe 6ocke, awaiting shortly to obtayn
Thy carcas for their pray, the guerdon of thy pajm.'
And therc-witholt be fiervly at him flew.
And with importune outrage him assayld;
Who, soone prepard to Geld, his sword forth drew.
And him with equall valew countervayld ;
Tbeir mightie strokes their habeiieons dismayld,
laked made each others manly spalles ;
The mortall Steele despiteously entayld
Deepe in their flesh, quite through ^e yron whiles.
That a large purple streame adown th«r giambeux
biles.
Cymochles, that had never mett before
So puiMBnt foe, with envious despight
His prowd presumed force increased more,
Disdeigning to bee held so long in fight.
Sir Guyon, grudging not so much bis might
' s Chose unknigliily raylinges which be spoke.
With wrathfuU fire his corage kindled bright.
Thereof devising shoitly to be wroke.
And doubling all his powres redoubled every stmkc
THE FAERIE QUEEME.
Bolfa of than high mtumca their handi eofaMuut,
And both atkoice that hup blowca down did mj :
Cfmochles looid on GufOiu thiald ygUuoM,
And tbereof nigh one qiuiter Wieud t,wm,j ;
But Guyoiu angry blade ao flen did pUy
On tfa' othen belmett, which M Titan ilKine,
HhI quite it cTove fats plumed cn«t in tway*
And tnnd all his bead unto the bone ; [stone.
t itili he Bhiod OS lOiceleaae
SUll as be ttood, &jTe Fhndria, that bebeld
That deadly damper, lODne atweene them ran ;
And at tlteir Aet henelfe moet humbly feld,
Ciyii^ with pitteous Toyce. and count'nance wan,
" All, well away > moM noble lords, how can
Your cTuell eyes endui« w iHlteous aght.
To shed yonr Ut™ on ground? Wo worth the man,
Tbal fini ilid teach tlie cursed Steele to iH^ht
In his owne flesh, and make way to tbe linng spright !
" If rm lore of lady did empierce
Tour yron brcstes, or pittie could 6nd l^ace.
Withhold your bloody bandcs tiotn batiaitl Berce ;
And, flith for me ye fight, to me this grace
Both yield, to stay jotir deadly stryfe ■ space."
They stayd a while ; and forth she gan proceede ;
" Most wxetcbed woman and of wicked race.
That am the authour of this hainous deed,
And cause of death betweeue two dougbtie knights
" Bat, if for me ye flght, or me will serre.
Not this TTide kynd of battaill, nor these aimes
Are meet, the which doe men in bale to nterte,
And doole^ll aormwe heape with deadly harmes :
Such CTuell game my scarmoges disarmes.
Anotber warre, and other weapons, 1
Doe love, where Love does give bis sweet alarmes
Without bloodsMd, and where the enimy
Does yield unto bis foe a pleasaunt victory.
" Debotefull sbrife, and cniell enmity,
Tbe fiunous name of knighthood fowly sbend ;
But lorely peace, and gentle amity.
And in amoun the passing howres to spend,
Tbe migblie nurtiall hoodes doe most commend ;
Of love they ever givater glory bore
Then of tbeir armes ; Mais is Cupidoes ttead.
And is for Venus loves reaowmed more [yor^
Then all his wars and spoiles, tbe which be did of
Tberewrtb she sweetly smyld. They, though full
To prove eitremitin of bloody fight, [bent
Tet at her speach their rage* gan relent.
And colme tbe sea of their tempestuous splght :
Such powre hare pleasing wordes ! Such is tbe mi^
Of courteous clemency in gentle harti
Now after all was cealt, the Faery knif^t
Besought that danuell suffer him deport.
And yield bim ready passage to that other part.
She no lease glad then be desirous was
Of Ina departure thence ; for of her ioy
And vaine delight she saw he liglit did pas,
A foe of folly and immodest toy,
Sdll solemne sad, or still disdainftill my ;
Delighting all in armes and cmell waire.
Thai bcr sweet peace and pleasures did annoy,
Troubled with terrour and unquiet iarre,
That she well pleased was thence to amOTe him brre.
Tbo Um she brought abord, and btr swift bote
Forthwith directed to that further strand ;
Tbe which on tbe dull wnves did lightly flote,
And soone arrived on tbe shallow suid.
Where gladsome Guyon sailed forth to land.
And to that damsel] thankes gave for reward-
Upon that shore be ipyed Attn stand.
There by bia muster left, when late be ftr'd
u revylt, and bitter rate,
rre, that in darke ereninges shade
some salvage beastefi trade ;
. 'said be, •■ whether dost thou flye
Tbe shame and death, which will tbee soone invade?
What coward band shall doe thee neit to dye,
That art thus fowly fledd from femous enimy?"
With that he stifly ibooke Ids steelhe«] dart :
But sober Guyon bearing him so rayle.
Though somewhat moved in his mightie hart.
Yet with strong reason maistred passion fVaile,
And passed byrely forth : he, turning taile,
Backe to the stroiid retyrd, arid there sdll stayd.
Awaiting passage, which him late did foile ;
The whiles Cymochles with that wanton mayd
The hasty beat of bis avowd revenge deiayd.
Wbyleat there tb* varlet stood, he saw from iarra
An armed knight that towordes him ftst ran ;
He ran on foot, as if in luckleaae warn
His ft^rlorne steed from bim the rictour wan :
He seemed breathlesse, hartlease, Mnt, and wan ;
And all his armour sprinckled was with blood.
And soyld with durtie gore, that no man can
Disceme the hew thereof ; he never stood.
But beat bis bastie course towardes the Ydle Hood,
Tbe Tsrlet saw, when to the flood he came
How without stop or stay he fiersly lept.
And deepe himselfe beducked in the some.
That in the lake his loftie crest was slept,
Ne of his sofetie seemed care he kept;
But witfa bis raging armes he rudely flaoht
The waves about, and all his aniiour swept.
That all the blood and flitb away was washt ;
Yet still he bet die water, and the billowe* dwht,
Atin drew nigh to weet what it mote be ;
For much he wondred at that Ancouth sight :
Whom should he but his own deare lord there see^
His owne deare lord Fyrochles in sad plight,
Ready to drowne himselfe for ftll despight :
■• What disnull day hath lent this cursed light.
To see my lord so deadly damnilyde?
Pyrocbles, O Fyrochles, what is thee betyde ? "
*< I bume, I bumc, I bume," then lawd be cryde,
" O how I bume with implacable fyre 1
Yet nought con quench mine inly flaming ayde.
Nor sea of licour cold, noi lakeofmyre;
Nothing but death can. do me to respyre.*'
" Ah ! be it," ssid he, " from Pyrochles fiure
After pursewiog death once to requyre,
Ortbink, that ou^tthosepuissant hands nuymarre.
Death is for wretcbea borne under unhappy *■
SOO SPEI
■< Pttdye, then is ft fitt for me," said h«,
" Th»t am, I w«eae, most wretched nun alite ;
BuminK in fluoee, ja no Aaioei con I see,
And, dying deyly, dajly yet revive:
O Atin, heipe to me Ust death is give ! "
The Torlel at bis plmint iraa giievd bo sore,
Thit his deepe-wounded hut in two did rive ;
And, hia owne healtb remerobring now no more.
Did follow that cnumple which be blem'd- afore.
tnto the lake he lept his lord to ajd, .
(So love the dread of daunger dotb desp'se)
And, of him catching hoid, him strongly stayd
From drowning ; but more bi^ipy be then wise.
The waves thereof so slow and sluggish were,
EngTost with mud which did them fowie agiiae,
That every weighty thing they did upbeeret
Neought mote ever unck downe to the bottom tbeie.
Whyles thus they stnjgled in that Ydie wave.
And strove in vaine, the one hinuelfe to drowne.
The other both from drowning for to aave ;
Lo ! to that shore one in an auncient gowne.
Whose hoary locks great gravitie did crowne.
Holding in hand a goodly aiming Bword,
Bv foHune came, ledd with the troublous sowne ;
Where drenched deepe be fownd jn that dull ford
The carefuil servaunt siryving with his raging lord.
Him Atin spying knew right well of yore.
And lowdly cald i Help ! helps, O Ardiimagc^
To save my lord in wretched plight forlure ;
HeIpe with thy hand, or with thy counseU sa^ :
Weake handes, but couniell is moat strong in age."
Him when the old man saw, he woundred sore
To see Pyrochles there so rudely rage :
Yet sithens helpe, he saw, he needed more
Then pitty, be in haat approched to the shore.
And cald; " Pyrochles, what is this I see?
What bellisb fury hath at ewst thee bent ?
Furious ever I tfaee knew lo bee.
Yet never in this itiaunge aatoniahment."
" These Samea, these flames," he cryde, " doe me
torment ! "
" What Hames," quoth be, " when I thee present see
In daunger rather to be drent then brent ? "
" Harrow ! the flames which me consume," said he,
■* lie can be quendit, witlun my secret bowelles bee.
'■ That cursed man, that cruel f^end of Hell,
Furor, oh ! Furor hath me thus bedight :
His deadly woundet witlun my liver swell,
And his wfaott lyre bumes in mine entralles bright.
Kindled through hia infemall brond of spight,
Sitb late with him I battoll vaine would boete i
Hiat DOW I weene loves dreaded tbunder-light
Doei search not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste
In flaming Phlegelon does not so ttilj roste."
Which wbenas Archimago heard, his griefe
He knew right well, and bim attonce diaarm'd :
Then searcht bis secret woundes, and made a priefe
Of every place that was with bruzing harmd.
Or with the hidden fier inly warmd.
Which doen, he balmea sod herbes thereto applyde,
And evermore with mightie spels tliem charmd ;
That in short sjiace he hai them qualilyde, [dyde.
And him reUord to helch, that would have algatei
Guyon findes Mammon in a del**)
Sunning his threaaure bore ;
la by him tempted, and led downs
To see his secrete store.
As pilot well expert in perilous wave.
That lo a sledfast stain his course hath bent,
Wben foggy mistea or cloudy teni^ests havs
The bithfiill light of thai faire lampe yblent.
And cover'd Heaven with hideous drHiment}
Upon Ills cord and compas tirmes his eye.
The mayslers of his long experiment.
And to them does tlie steddy helme apply,
Bidding his winged vessell tUtely forward fly :
So Guyon having lost hia trusCie guyde.
Idle left beyond that Ydle Lake, proceedes
And evennore himaelfe with comfort feedes
Of hia own vertues and piaise-wortlue deedes.
So, long be yode, yet no adventure found,
Which Fame of her shrill trompet worthy reedes :
For still he traveild through wide wastfull ground.
Thai nought but desert wildemesse shevd all around.
At Usl he came unto a gloomy glade,
Cover'd with boughes and shrubs fVom Heavenslight,
Whereas be sitting found in secret aliade
An uncouth, salvage, and undvile wight.
Of griesly hew and fowIe ill-Civour'd tight ;
His lace with smoke was tand, and eies were bleard.
His head and beard with sout were ill bedight,
His cole-blocke hands did seeme to have b^ seard
Insmytfaes fire-spitting forge, and nayles like dawea
His yron cote, all overgrowne with rust.
Was underneath enveloped with gold;
Whose glinring gloase, darkned with filthy dual,
Well yet appered lo have beene of old
A works of rithe entayle and curious mould.
Woven with nntickes and wyld yroagery :
And in hij lap a masse of coyne he told,
And turned upside downe, lo feede hit eye
And covetous desire with his huge tfareosury.
And nmnd about him lay on ev^ side
Great beapea of gold that never could be spent ;
Of which some were rude uwre, not purifide
Of Muldbers devouring etemeal;
Some otheis were new driven, and distent
Into great ingovres and to wedgea square ;
Some in round plates witbouten moniment :
But moat were stampt, and in their metal bare
The antique shapes ot kings and Kesars strauog
Soone as he Guyon saw, in great affright
And haste he rose for to remove aside
Those prctious hits from stiaungers envious sight,
And downe them [joured through an hole full wide
Intu tlie' hallow earth, them there to hide :
But Guyan, lightly to him leaping, stsyd
His hand that trembled as one terrifydo i
And though himselfe were at the sight disnayd,
Yet him perforce restmynd, and to him doubtful!
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
" What art thou, nun, (if man at all thou art)
Tbat here in desert lust thine hatritaunce.
And thew rich hils of wetth doeat hide apart
Prgm the worlds eye, and from her right usaunce ? "
TbercKt, with staring eyes Gied askaunce,
In gi^ diidaine he answerd ; " Hardy Elfe,
That damt riew mj direful couDterwunct !
I read tbee rwh and heedleaM of ttijtelfe, [pelfe.
To tnnible my Mill Mate and beapes of pietioku
" God of the world and worldling! I me call,
Gmt MamiDon, giealest god below the akye,
Tbat of my plenty poun out unto all.
And unto none my graces do earje :
Ridiea, renowme, and principality,
Honmir, estate, and all Ihia worldes good.
For winch men iwiiick and sweat incesumtly,
Fro me do Htnr into an ample Bood,
And in tlw hollow earth Iutb their etemall brood.
« WbercTore if me thou deigne to serre and «ew.
At thy commaund lo '. all tbt-se mountaines bee :
Or if to thy great mind, or greedy Tew,
AU tboe may not suffice, there shall to thee
Ten times lo much be nombred fiaacke and free."
" Mammon," laid he, " thy godheads raunt is Taine,
And idle oSen of thy golden fee;
To them that coret such eye-glutting gaine
FniKr ihj gifles, and fitter aervaunis mtertaine.
« Me iU befito, tbat in derdnng armea
And himauTs suit my Towed dales do ipend.
Unto thy bounteous baytes and pleasing charmes,
Whh which weake men thou witcbest, to attend ;
Regard of worldly mucke doth fbwly blend
And low abue the high heroicke spnght.
That ioyea for crownea and kingdomea to contend :
Faire abieUs, gay ateedes, bright arme* be my de
light;
Those be tite ridtea fit for an adTent'rous knight."
" Tane glorious Elfe," sude he, " doest not thou
That mcoiey can thy wantes at will supply ? [weel
Shidda, steeds, and armea, and all things for thee
It mn purray in twinctling of an eye i [meet.
And crowna and kingdomes to thee multiply.
Do not I king* create, and throw the crowns
Sometimes to him that Ion in dust doth ly,
And him that raignd into his rowme thrust downe ;
And, whom I lust, do heape with glory and renowne?"
" All otherwise," saide he, " I riches read,
And deeme them roole of all disquietneasc i
First got with guile, and then preserr'd with dread,
And after spent with pride and lavishnesae.
Leering behind them Kti*!^^
801
n thatloaaa
ischiefes of t^
Strife and debate, bloodshed and bittemesse.
Outrageous wrong, and hellish covetiie ;
That noble heart, as great dishonour, doth despise.
" Ne thine be kingdomes, ne the scepters thine ;
But r^dmes and rulen thou doest both confound,
And loyall truth to treason doeat incline ;
Witnesae the guiltlesse blood pourd oft on ground ;
The crowned often slaine ; the slayer cround ;
The sacred diademe in peecea rent (
And purple robe gored with many a wound )
Castles suiprisd ; great cities aackt and brent :
So niak'tt tbou kings, and gaynest wrongliill go-
Long were to tell the troublous st
The private state, and make the life unsweet :
Who swelling sayles in Caspian sea doth crosae,
n frvyle wood on Adrian gulf doth fleet,
Doth not, I weene, so many evils meet." [sayd.
Then Mammon weiing wroth ^ " And why tlien,"
" Are mortall men so fond and undiacreet
Soerill thing lo seeke unto their ayd; [brayd?'
And, having not, eomplaine ; and, having it, up-
" Indeed," quoth he, " through fowle inlemperaunce,
Frayle men ore oft captiv'd to covetise :
But would they thinke with bow small allowa&nce
Untroubled nature doth herselfs suSise,
Such superfluities they would despise
Which with sad cares empeach our native ioyes.
At the well-head the purest stresmea arise ;
But mucky filch his braunching armea annoyes.
And with uncomely weedes the gentle wave accloye*.
" Tbs Antique world, in his first flowring youth,
Fownd no defect in his Creators grace ;
But with glad Ihankes, and unreproved tnit)i.
The guifts of sovcraine bounty did embrace :
Like angels life was then mens happy cace :
But later sges pride, like corn-fed steed,
Abusd her plenty and fat-swolne eucreace
To all licentious lust, and gan eiceed
The measure of her meane and naturall first need.
« Then gan a cuned hand the quiet wombe
Of hig great grandmother with Steele to wound.
And the hid treasurea in lier sacred tombe
With sacriledge to dig : therein he fownd
Fountaines of gold and silver lo obownd.
Of which the matter of his huge desire
And pompous pride et^aoones he did compownd ;
Then Avarice gan through his veines inspire
Hia greedy flames, and kindled life-devouring fiie."
" Sonne," said he then, " lett be thy bitter scome.
And leave the rudenesse of that Antique age
To them, that liv'd therin in Btate forlome.
Thou, tbat doest live in later times, must wage
Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.
" ' 31 thee list my offred grace to use.
Take what thou pleaae of dl this surplusage ;
If thee list not. leave have thou lo t^use :
But thing refused doe n
" Ma list not," said the Elfln knight, " reeeave
Thing offred, till I know it well be goU ;
Ne wole I but tbou didst these goods bereave
From rightiiili owner by unrighteous lott,
Or that blood-guiltinesse or guile them blott."
" Perdy," quoth he, " yet never «e did vew,
Ne tons did tell, ne hand these bandied not;
But safe I have them kept in secret mew [sew."
From Hevens sight and powre of al which them pout.
" What secret place," quoth he, " can safely hold
So huge a maaae, and Mde from Heavens de ?
Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold
Thou canst preserve from wrong and robbery?"
" Come thou," quoth he, " and see." So by and by
Thnnigh that thick covert lie him led, and fi)wnd
' ' ' rhich no man could descry.
And was with dread and horror compa
302 SPEl
At length tbey came into > lai^cr ipace.
That Btretcbl iteeUe into »n (inple plaTne ;
Through which a beaten broad high way did Inct^
That streight did lead to Plutoa griedy layne :
By that wayea aide then sate infemall Payne,
And fast be«de him lal tumultuous Strife ;
The one in hand an yron whip did itrajrne.
The other brandished a bloody knife ;
And both did gnaah their teeth, and both did threaten
life.
On tfa' other ude in one consort there sate
Cniell Reienge, and rancorous Despight,
Diiloyell Treuon, and hart-buining Hale ;
But gnawing Gealoiy, out of their sight
Sitting alone, his bitter lips did bight ;
And trembling Feare still to and &d did fly.
And iiiuud no plsce wher safe he shroud him might ;
Lamenting Sorrow did in dsrknes lye i
And Shame liis ugly iace did hide fVom living eye.
And over them sad Horror with grim bew
Did atwaies eore, beating hi* yron wings ;
And after him owlea and night-raTeni flew.
The halefull messengers of he*ry things.
Of death and dolor telling sad tidings ;
Whites sad Celeno, sitting on a. clifte,
A song of bale and bitter sorrow sings.
That hart of flint aaonder could have rifte ;
Which having ended itW bim she Syeth iwifle.
All these before the gates of Pluto lay ;
By whom tliey passing spake unto them nought.
But th' Elfin knight with wonder all the way
Did feed his eyes, and lild his inner thought
At last him to a little dore he brought.
That to the gate of Hell, which gaped wide.
Was neit adioyning> ne them parted ought :
Betwixt them both was but a little stritk, [vide.
That did the House of Richesae from Hell-mouth di-
gCare,
Day and night keeping wary watch and ward.
For feare IcMt Force or FVaud shotild unaware
Brealta in, and ncule the treasure there in gaid :
Ne would be sufl^ Sleepe once thether-wanj
Approdi, albe his drowsy den were neit ;
For next to Death is Sleepe to be compard ;
Therefore his house is unto his anneit : [betweit
Here Sleep, there Riciiesae, and Hel-gale them both
So soon as Mammon there orrivd, the dore
To him did open, and aflborded way :
Him followed eke sir Guyon evermore,
Ne darknesae him ne daunger might dismay.
Soone as he endvd was, the dore streightway
Did shutt, and fhim behind it forth there l^t
An ugly feend, more fowle then ^■■'"■^^ day ;
The vrhich with monstrous stalke behind him stept.
And ever as he went dew watch uptm him kept
Well hoped hee, ere Img that hardy guest,
If ever coretous hand, or lustftdl eye.
Or lips be Uyd on thing that likt him best,
Or ever sleepe his eie-strings did untye.
Should be his pray ; and therefore still on hye
He ova bim iid hold his cruell elawes,
Threatnio^ with greedy gripe to doe him dye.
And lend m peeces with his ravenous pawes,
ir«^ be tiMUgiest tbe latali S^giw:) lawcs.
That bonset lonM within was rude and strong,
Lyke an huge cave hewne out of rocky clift^
From wiMse rough TSut the ragged breaches hong
Emboat with massy gold of glorious guifte.
And with rich meMlt loaded every riiVe,
That heavy mine they did seeme to threatt ;
And over tliem Aracbne hi^ did lifte
Her cunning web, and spred ber subtile nett,
Envrrapped in fowle smoke and clouds more black
Both loote, and floore, and walls, wen all of gold.
But overgrowne with dust and old decay.
And hid in darknes, that none could bdiold
The hew thereof : for vew of cherefutl day
Did never in that house itselfe display.
But a faint shadow of unc^tan light ;
Such as a lamp, whose life does Udt away ;
Or as the Hooni^ cloathed with dowdy night.
Does shew to him that walltes in feare and sad af^
In all til
IS nothing to be aeene
with double bends, that none could we«ie
Them to enfbnx by violence or wrong ;
On every side they placed were along.
But all the grownd with sculs was scattered
And dead mcna bones, which round about were Bong ;
Whose lives, it seemed, whilome there were shed.
And their vile carcases now left unburied.
Hiey forward passe ; ne Guyon yet spoke word.
Til! that they came unto an ynm dore.
Which to them opened of his uwne accutd.
And shewd of richesse such eiceeding store.
As eie of man did never see before.
Ne never could within one place be fownd.
Though all the wealth, which is or was of yore.
Could gatberd be through all the world arownd.
And that above were added to that under grownd.
T^e charge thereof unto a covetous spright
Coinmaunded was, who thereby did atlaid,
And warily awaited day and night,
From other covetous feends it to defend.
Who it to rob and laniacke did intend.
Then Mammon, turning to that warriour, sud ;
" Loe, here the worldes blis ! loe, here the end.
To which al men do ayme, rich to be made !
Such grace now to be happy is before thee laid-"
" Certes," sayd be, " I n'ill thine oflVed grace,
Ne to be made so happy doe intend \
Anotlter blis before mine eyes I place.
Another happines, another end.
To them, that list, these base r^ardes I lend :
But I in amies, and in atchievements brave.
Do rather choose my flitting boures to spend.
And to be lord of those that ridics have, [sclave.'
Then them to have my selfe, and be their servile
Thereat the feend his gnashing teeth did grate.
And gtiev'd, so long to lacke his greedie play ;
For well be weened thai ao glorious bayte
Would tempt his gueat to take thereof assay :
Had he so doen, he had him snatcbt away
More ligiit than culver in ttie faulcona fist -.
Etemall God thee save fVom such decay I
But, wbenas Mammon saw his purpose mist,
Him to entrap unwares another way be wist.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
SOS
TiBtea, forward be him Icdd ud drattlr bmugfat
Unto wxitlier rowme, whow dore forthright
To him did open u it had beene taught :
Tberau an hundred raunges weren pigbc,
And hundred fauinacCB ill buraisg bright ;
Bj erer; fburnace many feendi did bydc^
Defonni^ crestutES, horrible in ngbt ;
And eoery feend hii busie piines applyde
To melt the golden metall, ready U> be tryde.
Oh with givat bellowea pitbered filling ^re,
And ivith TotA wind the fewell did inflame ;
ADotba- did tbe dying bronds repiyre
With yron tongi, and iprinckled i^e the wme
With liquid waves, fioa Vulcana rage to tame,
irba, maystring them, raiewd hia former beat :
Some >cutnd the drone that from the metall came ;
Some adid the molten owre with ladles great:
And every one did swincke, and every one did sweat.
But,, when an earthly wight they present uw
GUfitring in armei and butailouj array,
From their whot work they did themselves withdraw
To wonder at the sight ; for, till that day,
Tbey never creature saw that cam that way :
Tbor staring eyes sparckliag with fervent tyre
And ugly shapes did nigh the man disnuy^
That, were it not for shame, he would retyre ;
mi dnU him thus bespoke their soveisine lo^ and
" BdMdd. duHi Faeries lonne, with moitall eye,
lliat living eye before did never see !
The thing, that thou didst crave lo earnestly,
~ whence all the wealth late shcwd 1^ mee
Here it the fountaine of the worldes good!
Now therefore, if thou will enriched bee,
Ariae tbee well, and ehaunge thj wiifull mood;
Lcaat tbou perhaps bereafla' wish, and be withstood. "
" Sufflse it tben, Ibou money-god," quoth bee,
" That all thine ydle offers I refuse.
All tbaC I need I have ; what needeth mee
To ODVet more then I have cause to use ?
Widl SDch vaine sbewes thy worldlinges vyle abuse ;
Bnt give nw leave to follow mine emprise."
HamnHm wm much diapleasd, yet no'le he chuse
But besre the rigour of his bold meqirise;
And tbence turn forward ledd, him further to enCise.
He brought him, through ■ darksom narrow nrayt,
To a bnad gate all built of beaten gold :
The gate was open; but therein {Ud nayt
A Murdie villein, Btryding stifib and bold.
As if tbe highest God defy be would :
In his right hand an yron club be held,
But be lunuelfe was ail of golden mould.
Yet had both life and sence, and well could weld
Hat cursed weapon, when his cruell foes he queld.
Disdayne be called was. Mid did diadsyne
To be so cald, and who so did him csU :
e waa bis looke, and full of stomacke vayue ;
Hu
rrible, a
■etall.
Far pMscing th' hight of
Like an huge gyi ' " "
Ai^ with faks pride all others powre deface : [place.
Hoie Gtt emcmgst black Gendes then men to have hn
he did eqiye,
l^t with th«r brigbtoesse made that da^oca ligb^
His harmefull club he gan to hurtle hye.
And threaten batteill to the Faery knight ;
Who likewise gan himselfe to batteill dight.
Till Msomioa did his hasty hand withhold.
And counseld him abslaine bom perilous fight ;
For nothing might abaab the villein bold,
Ne mortall Steele emperce bis miscreated mould.
So having him with reason pacilyde.
And that fiera carle commauading (o forbeare.
He brought him in. The rowme was large and wyde,
As it some gyeld or solemne temple weare ;
Many greM golden pillouts did upbeare
Tbe massy roofe, and riches huge sustayne ;
And every pillour decked was full deare
With crownes, and diademes, and titles vaine.
Which mortall princes wore whiles they on Earth
did njae.
A route of people there usembled were,
or every swt and nation under skye,
AVhich with great uprore preaced to draw nere
To th' upper part, where was advaunced bye
A Mately siege of soveraine maiestye ;
And thereon ntl a woman gorgeous gay.
And richly dadd in robes of royaltye,
Hiat never eartldy prince in luch aray
His glory did enbaunce, and pompous pr7de display.
Her face right wondrous bire did secme to bee.
That her biwd beauties beam great brighbies threw
Through the dim shade, that aU men might it see ;
Yet was not that same her owne native hew.
But wrought by art and counterfetted shew,
Therd>y more lovers unto her to tall ;
Noth'lesse most hevenly fairc in deed and vew
She by creation was, till tbe did fall ; [withall.
Thenceforth she sought ibr helps lo clde her crime
There, a
She held
Whose upper end to highest Heven was knitt.
And lower port did reach to lowest Hell ;
And all that preace did rownd about her swell
To catchen hold of that long chaine, thereby
To climbe aloft, and others to eicell ;
That was Ambilian, rash desire to sty.
And every linck thereof a step of dignity.
Some thought to rai^e themselves to high degre*
By riches and unrighteous reward ;
Some by close shouldring; some by flotteree;
Others through friendea ; others for base regard ;
And all, by wrong wwes, for themselves pr^xrd :
Those, that were up themselves, kept others low ;
Those, that were low themselves, held others hard,
Ne suAnd them to ryse or greater grow ;
But every one did strive his fellow dowiw lo thraw.
Which whenas Ouyon aaw, be gan ioquire.
What meant that preace about Ibal ladies throng
And what she iras thst did so high aapyre ?
Him Mammon answered; " That goodly one.
Whom all that folke with such contentian
Doe dock about, my deare, my daughter is :
Honour and dignilie fiom her alone
Derived are, and all this worldes blis, [mis :
For which ye men doe strive ; few gett, but man*
3M SPEl
" And ftyra Philotun^ abe riglitly hight,
TIm fiurest wight that wonneth uiukr skie.
But that thi* dark»m ncather woild her light
Doth dim with horror and dcfonnitf,
Wortbie of Heveo uid hyo felicitie.
From nhence tb« gods haie her for envy thrust :
Bui, uth thou haU found fiivour in mine eye.
Thy spouN I will her make, if that thou lust ;
Tliat she maf thee adtance for works and mecibi iuat."
" Gnunercy, Mammon," uid the gentle knight,
■■ For so great grace and ofiled high estate ;
But I, that am fiaile flesh and earthly wight.
Unworthy match for such immortall mate
Myaelfe well wote, and mine unequall fete :
And were I not, jet is my trouth yplighE,
And lore aiowd to other lady latCp
That to remore the same I have no might :
To cfaaunge lore causelene ii reproch to warlike
Mammon cmmoied was with inward wrath ;
Yet, Ibrdng it to byne, him forth thence ledd.
Through griealy shadowcs by a beaten path.
Into a gardin goodly garnished [redd ;
With hearbs and fniiti, whose kinds mote not be
Not such as earth out of her fhiitfiill woomb
Throwcs forth to men, sweet and well saTored,
But direful! deadly black, both Icafe sod bloom,
Fitt to adome the dead lad ded the drery loombe.
T^iae moumfull cyprene grew in greatest store ;
And tree* of bitter gall { and heben aad ;
Dead sleeping poppy ; and black hellebore ;
Cold coloquintida ; and tetra mad ;
Hortall samnitia ; and cicuta bad,
With which th' uniusl Albeniens made to dy
Wise Socntes, who, thereof quaffing glad,
Fourd out his life and last philoaophy
To the byre Critias, his dearest bdamy !
The Gardin of Prosirpina this hight :
And in the midst theruif a silver seat,
With a thick arber goodly o*er-dighl.
In which she oflen usd from open heat
Henelfe to shroud, and pleasures to entreat :
Neit thereunto did grow a goodly tree,
With braunches broad diipndd and body gnat.
Clothed witli leaves, that none the wood mote see,
And toaden all with fruit as thick as it might bee.
^leir fruit were golden ^ples glistrrng bright,
That goodly was their glory lo behold ;
On Earth like itever grew, ne living wight
like ever saw, but they Irom hence were sold ;
For those, which Hercules with conquest bold
Got l^om great Atlai daughters, hence began,
And planted there did bring forth fruit of gold ;
And those, with which tb' Eubcean young man wan
SwiA Atalanta, when through craft he ter out ran.
Here also spnmg that goodly golden fruit.
With which Acontiui got his lover trew.
Whom be had long time sought with fhiillesae suit :
Hera eke that &moUB golden apple grew,
Th* which emongit the gods fidse Ate Ihrewf
For which th' Idiean ladies disagreed.
Till pariiall Paris dempt in Venus dew.
And had of htr fayre Helen for his meed,
I'hat many DoUe Credies and TroUns made to bleed.
Hie warlike Elds much wondrad at this tree.
So byre and great, that shadowed all the ground ;
And his broad braunches, laden with ticb fee.
Did stretch themselves without the utnuiet bound
Of this great gardin, cumpBst with a mound :
Which over-huiging, they Ihemseltea did tteepe
In a blacke flood, which flow'd ^nut it round ;
That is the river of Cocytus deepe.
In which full msoy soulea do endlesie wayte aoti
Which to behold he clomb up to the bancke ;
And, looking downe, saw many damned wigbtcs
In those sad waves, which direfull deadly stancke,
Plonged continually of cruell sprightes.
That with their piteous cryes, snd yelling al
Tbey made the further shore resounden vride :
Emongst the rest of those same ruefull sighlea.
One cursed creature he by chaunce espide,
That drenched lay full deepe under the garden aide.
Deepe was he drenched lo the upmost chin.
Yet gaped still as coveting to drinke
Of the cold liquour which he waded in ;
And, stretching forth his hand, did often tfainke
To reach tbe fruit which grew upon the brineke ;
But both the fruit from hand, and Hood from mouth.
Did fly abacke, and nude t'im vainely swincke ;
The whiles be slerr'd with hunger, and with droutli
He daily dyde, yet never througly dyen couth.
Tbe knight, him seeing labour so in vaine,
Askt who he was, and what he meant thereby?
Who, groning deepe, (bus answerd him againe ;
" Most cursed of all creatures under skye,
Lo Tantalus, I here tormented lye !
Of whom high love wont whylome feasted bee ;
Lo, here I now for want of food doe dye !
But, if that thou be such as I thee see.
Of grace I pray tbee give lo eat and drinke to mee!"
" Nay, nay, Ihon greedy Tanl>Ius," quoth be,
" Abide the fortune of thy present fate ;
And, unto all that live in high degree,
Enaample be of mind intemperate,
To teach them bow to use their present state."
Ilien gan the cursed wretch alowd to cry.
Accusing highest love and gods ingrale;
And eke blupheming Heaven tntterly.
As author of iniustice, there to let him dye.
He lookt a lille further, and eepyde
Another wretch, whose carcas deepe was drent
Within the river which the ssme did hyde :
But both hia hande^ most filthy feculent,
Above the water were on high extent.
And fayud lo wash themselves incesiantly.
Yet nothing cleaner were for such intent,
But rather fowler seemed to the eye ;
So lost hia labour vaiiw and ydle industry.
Tbe knight, him calling, asked who he was?
Who, Uftiug up his bead, bitn answerd thus ;
" I PilBte am, tbe blsest iudge, alaa <
And most umust; that, by unrighteous
And wicked doome, to lewes despiteotia
Deliva''d up tbe Lord of Life lo dye,
Aud did aequite a murdrer fdonous ;
Tbe whiles my handes I washt in purity,
The whites my soulc was sojld with fowlciniijiuty."
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
' t»*nif moa tamiaitcd in like poine.
He ibcre bebcld, loo long here to be told ;
Ne Mmmiiion would there let iiim long remajne,
For tcTTOiir of tlw tortiLrce mamfoldt
In wtaicb tbe daraoed loula he did behold.
But RMghl; him tnpake : <• Tliou fHiefuU foole,
WI17 takfst not of thMnmciruiteof gold?
Ne littat downe on that Mme olrer stool^
To ml thj wear; poMHi is the ihsdow coole ! "
All wtiirfa he did to do him deadly fall
la fnjle intemperauTKe tlirough nnfull bAyt ;
To irUch if be inclyned bed at alt,
That dnadfuil feend, which did behinde him wayt,
Would him have r?nt in thousand peecn fltrayt :
Bot be was wary wise in all hi< way.
And well perceived his deceiptfull ileight,
S* NifFred luit his lafety to betray :
Sn goodly did beguile the guyler of his pray.
And now be has u> long remained thcare.
That ritall powrea gan ircie both weake and wan
For want of food and sleepe, which two upbeare,
like inigfade pillourt, this flrayle life of man.
Thai none without the same enduren can :
For now three day« of men were fii
9b>ce he this hardy enterpriie b^an
Foitby great Mammon fayrely he besought
Into the world to guyde him backe, aa h* him
brought.
TTie god, though lolh, yet was conitraynd t' obay ;
For lengCT time, then that, no living wight
Below the Earth might suffred be to stay ;
80 backe againe him brought to liiiog light.
But all H> soone as hii enfeebled xpright
Gan sudie this vitall ayre into hii brest,
Ai orerrome with too exceeding might,
Tlv life did flit away out of her nest,
A\d all hia Kncea were with deadly fit oppreM.
Sr Gtiyoo, Uyd in iwowne, is by
Asa a there care in Heaven ? And ii there lova
In havenly spiiits to these crestuna bote,
That may compasaion of their evila move 7
TbcR i>: — elu much nuKe wretched were thecaee
Of mai then beaata: But O! lb' exceeding grace
Of higbeat God tbtt lovea hi* creaturea to,
And all hia imfces with mercy doth embrace.
That Ucsaed angela he senda to and fro,
To'anre to wicked EaaD, to aerre hi* willed fbe I
How oft do they thrir nlver bowers lea«e
To cone to mccour u« that niccour want !
How oft do they with golden pineoni cleave
Tbe flhling skyea, like flying punuivanl,
A^inat fowlc feendefl to ayd ua militant !
Tbn for us fight, they watch and dewly ward.
And thdr bright mjuailrona round about ub plant ;
And all for love and nothing for reward : [e»rd !
O, why abould herenly God to men have such n.
During the while that Guyon did abide
In Mammooa bouae, the palmer, whom whyleare
IJy further search had passage found elsewhere ;
And, being on hia way, approached neare
Where Guyon lay in traunce; when niddeuily
He heard a loyce that called lowd and cleare,
■* Come bether, come hether, O ! come hastily ! "
lliat all l6e fields resounded with the ruefuU cry.
The palmer lent his eare unto the noyct^
To weet wlio called so impiSrtunely ;
Againe he heard a more effbrced voyce.
That bod him come in baste : he by and by
His feeble feet directed to the cry ;
Which to that shady delve him brought at last.
Where Mammon eant did sunne his threaaury 1
good Guyon he found slumbring fast
Bedde his head tliere satt a Ciirc young man.
Of wondrous beauty and of freshest yeares,
Whose tender bud to blosaome new began,
And florish £sire above his equsB peares :
His snowy fttmt, cnrled with golden heares,
Like Phoebus tkce adomd with sunny rayea.
Divinely shone 1 and two sharpe winged shearea.
Decked with diverse plumes, like painted jayea.
Were fixed at bu backe to cut his ayery wayes.
Like as Cufrido on Idiean hilt.
When having laid his cruell bow away
And mortall arrowes, wherewith he doth fill
The irorld vrith murdrous apoiles and bloody pr^,
With his &ire mothet he him digbts to play,
And with his goodly niters, Graces three ;
The goddease, pleased with his wanton play,
Suffers herselfe through nleepe b^uild to bee,
Tbe whiles the oths- ladies mind theyr mery glee.
Whom when tbe palmer saw, abashl he was
Through fear and wooder, that he nought could say.
Till him Uie childe bespoke ; " Long lackt, alas.
Hath bene thy faidifuU side in hard asssy !
Whiles deadly fitt thy pupill doth dismay,
Behold this heavy sight, thou reverend sire !
But dread of death and dolor doe away ;
For life ere long shall to her home retire. [spire.
And he, that brcatblesse seems, shal cotage bold re-
" The charge, which God doth unto me arrett.
Of bis deare safety, i to thee commend ;
Yet will I not forgoe, ne yet forgett
The care thereof myselfe unto the end,
But evermore him succour, and defend
Against his foe and mine : watch thou, I pray {
For evill is at hand him to offend."
So having said, eftsoones he gan diiplay
His painted nimble wings, and vanisht quite away-
The fnlmer seeing bis lefte empty place,
And his slow eiea beguiled of their sight,
Woie sore aftaid, and standing still a space
Gai'd after him, la fowle eecapt by flight 1
At last, him tuining to bis charge beliigh^
With trembhng hand his troubled pulse gan try i
Where finding life not yet dislodged quigbt.
He much reioyst, and courd it tenderly.
As ductcn nawly hatcht, from dreaded destiny.
SOS SPE
At last he ijiide where towards him did pace
Two Pajtiim knighti •] umid as bright u gkie,
And them beude an aged sire did trace,
And ftr before a light-foote page did flie
TbM breathed acrifE and troublous enmitie.
Those were the two sonnes of Aerates old,
Who, meetinB eani with Archimago olie
Fonbj that Idle stroDd, (rf'liim were told [bold.
That he, which eanl ^em combMted, was Gujon
Which to avenge on him they dearly Towd«
Whereerer that on ground they mote him find :
False Archimagc provokt their corage prowd.
And stryful Atin in their stubborne mind
Coles of conteniioD and whot vmgeaunce tind.
Now beene they cam« wberou the palmer sate.
Keeping that slombred n
Whom when Pyrochles saw, inflam'd with rage
ThM sire he fowl bespake ; " Tbou dotard rile,
IliBt with thy brutenesae shendet thy comely age,
Abandon aoone, 1 read, the caytire spoile
Of that same outcast ureas, that erewhile
Hade itaelie fsmou* through false trecbery.
And crownd his coward crest with knigh^y stile ;
Loe ! where he now inglorious doth lye.
To proove be lived il, that did thus fowly dye."
To whom the palmer feareleue answered ;
" Certes, air Knight, ye bene too much to blame,
Thus for to blott the honor of the dead.
And with fowle cowardiie hie carcu ahame
Wboae living handes immiHtaliid I
Vile
'cngeaunce
!n\j base to batke at sleeping fame
Wis nerer wight that treaaon <k ima told
Youraclfe his prowesse proi'd, and found him fiai
and bold."
Then wyd Cymochles i " Palmer, thou doest dots^
Ne canst of prowesse ne of knighthood deeme.
Save as thou seest or hearst : but well I vote,
lliat of hia puissstmce tryall made eitreeme :
Yet gold hJI is not that doth golden seeme ;
Me ^good knights that shake well spesre and shield;
The worth of all men by their end estaeme ;
And then dew praise or dew reprocb them yield :
Bad therefore I him deeme that thus lies dead on Geld,"
" Good or bad," gan his brother tiers reply,
■' What do I recke, sith that he dide entire?
Or what doth his bad death now satiify
The greedy hunger of revenging yre,
Sith wrathful! hand wrought not her owne desire?
Yet, lince no way is lefle to wreake my spight,
I will him teave of armes, the victors hire.
And of that shield, more worthy of good knight ;
For why should a deaddog bedeck t in armour bright ?"
*' Fayr idr," said then the palmer suppliaunt,
" For knighthoods love doe not so fowle a deed,
Ne blame your honor with so shamefull vannt
Of »ile revenge : to spoile the dead of weed
Is sacrilege, and doth all sinnes exceed ;
But leave these relicka of his living might
To decke hi* herce, and trap hi* tomb-ldacke steed."
" What bercc or steed," uid he, " ibould he hate
~^»"^ entombed in the riTKi or the kight ? "
With that, ruib hand upon M* dricld tie lad,
And th' other brother gan his bdme unlace ;
Both Bercely bent to have him disaraid :
Till that they spyde where lowaniB them did pace
An armed knight, of bold and bounteou* grace.
Whose squire bore afler him an beben launee
And coverd shield : well kend him so far space,
Th' enchaunter by his armes and amenaunce.
When under him lie saw his LyiHau stead topiaunce ;
And to those brethren sayd ; " Riie, rise bytive.
And unto batteil doe yourselves addrcase;
For yonder comes the proweec knight alive,
Fiince Arthur, flowre of grace and nobiless^
That hath to Faynim knights wrought gret diitreue.
And thousand Bar'ains fowly doane to dye. "
lliat word so deepe did in their harts impreaae.
That both eAaooaei upstarted furiously.
And gan themselves prepare to batteili greedily.
But fieri Pyrocfale^ lacking his owae sword.
The want thereof now greatly gan to plaine.
And Archimage besought, him that aJFord
Which he had brought for Bragadocchio vaine.
" So would I," said th' enchaunter, " glad and fains
" ' you this sword, you to defend.
which ye intei
To be contriiy to
" For that same knigbta owne fword this is, of yore
Which Merlin made by his almighlie art
For that his noursling, when he knighthood swore.
Therewith to doen hia foes etemall smart.
The metall first be mJit with medewart.
That no enchauntment from Us dint might save ;
Then it in flames of Aetna wrought qiart,
And seven times dipped in the bitter wave
Of hellish Styi, which hidden vertue to it gave.
■■ The vertue is, that nether Steele not stone
The stroke theiWirom entraunce may d^nd;
Ne ever may be used by his (one j
Ne font bit rightful owner to oRend ;
Ne ever will it breake, ne ever bend ;
Wherefore Morddurt it rightfully i« h^lit.
In vaine therefore, Pyrochles, should 1 lenH
llie same to thee, against his lord to fight ;
For sure yt would deceive thy labotu' and thy might.''
Soone tbtlt thou see, and then beleeve for troth.
That I can carve with this inchaunled brand
Hia lords owne deth." Therewith out of hia bond
That vertuous Steele he rudely snatcht away ;
And Guyons shield about his wrest he bond :
So ready digbt, fierce batlaile to assay.
And match liis brother proud in battailous an^.
By this, that atranngo' knight in pmence camg^
And goodly salved tbem ; who iKHigfat againa
Him answered, aa courteide became ;
But with Sterne locJcea, and stomachou* diadaine.
Gave *ignea of grudge and diseontentmesit vaine :
Then, turning to the palmer, he san spy
Where at hi) feet, with BorrowfuU deiaq>iM
And deadly hew an armed cone did lye.
In whose dasd bee be ledd great magnantmity.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
907
SajdlW tbcn tottu palmer; " It«r«reDd tjn,
WhU grwt mirfwtniie hath bttldd tluB km^f
Or did his life Iwr fiWall data eipjre.
Or did be bll b; treuiHi, or by fight ?
However, sure I rew hi* pitteous plight."
■* Not one, nor other," ajd the palmer gnTa.
" HMb him brfalne ; but cloudn of deadly night
Awhile his beav; eylids coier'd haTe,
An) all hia imeei dimmed in deep leDceleHc waic ;
HWbidi tboae hb cnwU ftxa, that atand berebj.
Making adnntage, to rereoge (bar ifH^t,
Would him djaamw and and tiiaten abanwAillj ;
Unworthie aaagB al redoubted knight !
Bm JQU, fldrc sir, nitote honourable nght
Dodi pntmiae hope of belp* and timely grace.
Mote I beseech ID mecont his tad plight.
And by your powre protect hia feeble cace? [faca."
Flat pnyae (^ kui^jthood is, finrte outtvge to de-
T» wnak* yoor wrath oi
MMe ought allay the itc
And setW padenee id k
Not to debate the dialenge of your right.
But Utr his catkai pardon 1 entreat,
Wkom fivtune bath already laid in lowest seat."
To w\ma Cymochlea said ; " For what art tbou.
That mak'st thyaelfe fats dayea-man, to prolong
lieTengeauncepreat? or who sbdl let me now
On this Tile body from to wreak my wroDg,
And make bis earhai as the outcast dong ?
Why sbould not that dead carrioti satis^e
The gailt, which, if he li*ed had thus long,
His fife for dew revenge should dears abye ?
The iiw|iass itiU dotfa tire, slbe« the penoo dye."
" Indeed," then said the prince, ''the erill donoe
Dyei not, when bteatfa the body fint doth leave ;
But from the grandsyre to the nephewea aonne
Ai^ ail his eeede the cune doth often cleaTe,
Till Tengeaonce utterly the guilt bereave :
So -wiglnly Ood doth iudge. But gentle knight,
TlHtf ^(h against tbe dead his hand upreare.
And great diipatagment makes to bis former might."
FynKhles gan reply tbe second (yme,
And to hhn said ; ■< Now, felon, sure I read.
How that Uwn art partaker of his cryme:
Tberdiwe by Termagaunt thou shalt be dead."
Whfa that, his band, nwre sad than lomp of lead,
UplilUng high, be weened with Morddurc,
His owns good sword Horddure, to cleave his bead.
The fe'*''*'" sta^ such treason no'uld endure.
Bat, swarvmg Ihm tbe marice, hii lordea life did
T«t was tbe force so fUrioos and so (U),
That hotse and man it made to nele asyde :
Nathlesse the prince would not forsake bis sell
(For well of yore be leanted had to lyde),
But fuU of anger Sersly to him cryde;
" False tiaitouri ndscreauni, thou broken hast
The law of armes, to strike tbe undefide ;
But thou thy treaaons fniit, J hope, shalt taste
Right sowre, and feele the law, die which tbou bait
With that bis baleful! apeare be fiercely bent
Against tbe Psgans bnst, and therewith thought
His cuned life out of ber )odg have tent :
But, ere the pmnt arrived where it ought,
That seven-fold shield whicJi he from Guyon brought,
He cast between to ward the bitter slownd :
Through all those foldet the steelebead passage
wrought.
And through his Iboulderperst; wherewith to ground
He groveling fell, all gored in his gushing wound.
Which when bis brother saw, fraught with great
And wrath, be la him leaped furiously, [gneic
And fawly saide ; " By Hahoune, cui^ed tbi^.
That db^ull stndie tbou dearely shalt aby."
Then, hurling up his harmefull blade on by,
Smota him so hugely on his haughtie crest.
That from his saddle forced him to fly :
Elsmoteit neadeadowDeto his manly breat [possest.
Have cleft his bead in twaine, and life thence dis-
Now was the prince in daongerous iliiiliiaiii.
Wanting his sword, when 'he on foot should flghti
Hia uogle apcare could doe him small redrease
Agsinst two foes of so exceeding might,
Tbe least of which was nuttcb for any knight.
And now the other, whom he eant did daunt,
Had'reard bimsalfe sgaine to cruel fight
Three times oURe fiuious and more puissaunt,
Uumindfull of hia wound, of his fate ignoraunt.
So both attonce him charge on either syde
With hideous strokes and importable powre,
Tliat forced him bis ground to traverse wyde.
And wisely watch to ward that deadly slowre :
For on bis shield, as thicke as stormie ahowre,
Ilrar strtJces did rsine i yet did he never quoile,
Ne backward shrioke ; but as a stedfaat tuwre.
Whom foe with double battry doth asaaile, [availe.
Them on her bulwarke bcares, and bids them nought
So stoutly he withstood their strong assay ;
Till that at last, when be advantage spyde,
His poynant apeare he thrust with puissant sway
At proud Cymocbles, whiles his shield was wyde.
That through his thigh the uurtall Steele did gryde:
He, iwaning with the force, within his flesh
Did bieake the Isunce, and let the bead abyde ;
Out of the wound the red blood flowed fresh,
That underneath bis feet soone made a purple plesb.
Horribly then he gan to rage and rajle.
Cursing his gods, and himselfe damning deape :
Als when his brothsr saw the red blood rayle
Adowne so iiut, and all bis armour Meepe,
For very felnesse lowd he gan to weepe,
And said; " Caytive, cune on thy cruell bond,
lliat twiae hath epedd ; yet shall it not thee keep*
From the third brunt of this my fatall brond :
Lo, where the dreadfull Death bcliynd thy hacke
dothstond!"
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With that h« itroolie, and th' other strooke withall,
T^t nothing leeind mote beare w mDnitraiu might;
The one upon his coTered Bhield did ftH,
And glauncing dawne would not his owner bjte :
But th^ other did upon hii ouncheon amyte ;
Which hewing quite aiunder, Anther wk;
It made, and on hit hacqueton did lylc,
The which dJTiding with importune swajf
It leiidin his right dde, and there tiie dinted stay.
Wjde was Che wound, and a Urge lukewarme flood.
Red as the rose, thence gushed grievouaJy ;
Hist when the Pajnym apyde the aretuning blood.
Gave him greiit hart and hope of victory.
On tb' other side, in huge perplexity
The prince now atood, having his weapon broke;
Nought could he hurt, but atill at wa^ did ly :
Yet with his troncheon he so rudely stroko
Cymochles twise, that twi^ him font his foot revoke.
Whom when the palmer saw in
Sir Guyons sword he lightly to him raught, [bleiu,
And said ; " Fayre ^nne, great God thy right hand
To use that sword so well as he it ought ! "
Glad was the knight, and irith fresh courage fraught,
When
d felt hi
Then like a [yon, which had long time saught
His robbed whelpes, and at the last them fond
Emongst the shepheard awaynes, then weleth wood
So fitirce he laid about him, and dealt blowee
On either aide, that neither mayle could hold,
Ne shield defend the thunder of his throwea :
Now to Pyrocfalea many itrokea he told ;
Eft to Cymochles twise so many fold ;
Then, backe againe turning his bunc hand,
Them botli attonce compeld with courage bold
To yield wide way to his hart-thrilling brondi
And though they both stood stifle, yet could ttot
both withstond, '
As salvage bull, whom two Rerce roaatives bayt.
When rancour doth with rage him once engorc,
Forgets with wsry warde diem to awayt.
But wiili his dreadfull homes tbem drives afore.
Or flings aloft, or treades downe in the flare.
Breathing out wrath, and bellowing disdaine,
That all the fomt quakes to hear him rore :
So rag'd prince Arthur twiii his foemen twaiocj
That neither could hia mightie puifisaunce sustaine.
But erer at Pyrochlea when he smitt,
(Who Guyons nhicld cast ever him before.
Whereon the Faery queenes pourtnct was wiilt,)
His hand relented and the stroke forbore.
And hia deare hart the picture gan adore ;
Which oft the Paynim sar'd from deadly stnwre :
But him henceforth the same can save no mn«;
Pot now arrived is his falall howre,
That no'tc avoyded be by earthly skill or powre.
For when Cymochles saw the fowle leproch,
Which them nppeached ; prickt with guiltie shame
And inward gricfe, he flercety gan approch,
Resolv'd to put away that loathly blame,
Or dye with honour and desert of fame ;
And on the haubergh stroke the prince so sore.
That quite disparted all the linked frame.
And pierced (o the skin, but bit no more ;
Yet made him twise to rede, that never mooi'd afbie.
Whetcat ranflerst with wrath and aharp remi;
He stroke so hugely with bis bofiowd blaue,
That it empient the Pagans burganet ;
And, cleaving the hard Steele, did deepe invade
Into hia head, and cruell paaaage made igmuad.
Quite through hia brayne : he, tombliiig dowrw on
Breath'd out his ghost, which, to th' infemall shade
Past 8ying, ^re etetnall tormeat found
For all the ainrtoa wherawith hialewd life did ^Minad.
Whidi when his german saw, the stony fbve
Ran to his hart, and all his sence dismayd ;
Ne thenceforth life ne corage did appeare :
But, as a man whom hellish feendea have frayd.
Long trembling still he atoode ; at last thus sayd|
" Traytour, what han thou doeu ! how ever may
Thy cutied hand so cruelly have awayd
Against that knight ! harrow and well awaf !
After so wicked deede why hv'at thou lenger day !"
With that all desperate, at loathii^ light.
And with revenge deiyiing soone to dye.
Assembling all his force and utmoat might,
With bis owne awerd he fierce at him lUd flye,
And Btrooke, and foynd, and laaht outiageoualy,
Withouten reason or regard. Well knew
The prince, with padence and auSeraunce *W,
3o hasty heat soone cooled to subdew, [renew.
Tho, when this breathlesae woie, that battcjl gan
Ai when a windy tempest bloweth bye,
That nothing may withstand hia stormy stowte.
The dowdea, ■■ thinges affrayd, before him Bye ;
But, all so soone as bis outrageous powre
Is layd, they fiercely then begin to sbowte ;
And, aa in scorne of his spent stormy spight.
Now all attonce their malice forth do poure i
So did prince Arthur beare himaelfe in fight.
And auffred rash Pyrochles waste hia ydle mif^
At last whenas the Saniin percev'd
How that Btraunge sword refusd to aerve his ncede.
But, when he ttrake most strong, the dint deceiv'd ;
He floi^ it from him ; and, deroyd of dreed.
Upon him lightly leaping without heed
'Twiit his two mighty annes engraqied fast.
Thinking to avertfarowe and downe him tred :
But him in strength and akill the prince mrpast.
And through hji nimble sleight did under him down
Nought boated it the Paynim than to atrive ;
For as a bitCur in the eagles cUwe,
That may not hope by flight to scape alive,
Still waytea for death with dread and trembling aw i
So he, now lubiect to the victours law,
r, which did gnaw
Didni
For vile disdaine and ra
Hit hart in tvraine with
As one that loathed life, and yet despysd to dy&
But, full of princely bounty and great mind.
The conqueror nought cared him to slay ;
But, casting wronges and all revenge behind.
More glory thought to give life then decay,
And sayd ; " Paynim, this is thy disuall day ;
Yet if ttiou wilt renounce th; miscreaunce,
And my trew liegeman yield thyielfe for ay.
Life will I graunt thee for thy valiaunce, [naun
And all thy wrongca will wipe out at mj •
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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" Foole," mjA the Pagan, " I tby gift deffe;
Bat nac Iby fiHtune, ta it doth b^l ;
And n;, that I not OTercome doe djt.
But in despigfal of life for deatb doe esB. "
Wnith ns the prince, and sorj yet withall.
That he BO wiliiilly refused grare ;
TM, Hlh hja hte » cruelly did Ul,
Hk ifaioing betmet be gan soone unlace,
And left hii headlene body bleeding all Ibe place.
By Ihit, az Guyon from hit treunce await,
lift baving mayttered lier senceleaie foe ;
And ioolcing up, whenas his ibield he lakt
And sword saw not, he weied wondrous woe :
But when the palmer, whom he long ygoe
Had lost, be by him spyde, right glad he grew,
And aaide ; ** Dearc sir, whom wandring tc
I long have lackt, I ioy thy face to vew !
" But read what wicked hand hath robbed mee
Of my good Bword and shield ? " The t«lmer, glad
Witli «> fresh hew upryiing bim to see.
Htm aitiwered ; " Fayre sonne. be no whit sad
For want of weapons ; they shall soone be had."
So gaa be to diacourae the whole debate,
Vluch that stjaunge knight for bim sustained had.
And Cboae two Saraiins confounded late,
Wboae caicaaes on ground were horribly proUrite.
Whicfa when he heard, and saw the tokens trew,
Hia hart with great afTection wns erobayd.
And to the prince, with bowing reverence dew.
As to the patrone of hi* life, thus sayd ;
** My lord, my hegc, by whose moot gratious ayd
I lire this day, and see my foes subdewd.
What may suffice to be for meede repayd
Of so great graces as ye have me shewdt
Bat to be erer bound" —
To. whom the infant thus) ■■ Fayre vr, what need
Good tumes be counted, aa a servile bond.
To bind tfwir dooett to rtcciTc thdr meed ?
Are not all kni^tea by oath bound to withilond
Oppic«M>urs powre by armea and puiuant hond ?
Soffise, that I hare done my dew in place."
8a gocidly pnrpoae they together fond
Of kindiine and of courteous aggrace ;
Tlw wbUea fidie Aichinu^ and Atln fled apace
Tbe Hotue of Temperaunce, in which
Dolb sober Alma dwell,
Benegd of many foes, whom Bliaung-
er knigbtea to flight compel.
Or all Gods workes, which doe this worlde adome.
There is no one more faite and eicelUnt
Then i* mam body, both for powre and forme.
Whiles it is kepi in sidier govemmenl ;
Bui libne then it more fawie and indecent,
Distempred through misrule and passions bsce ;
Itoth loae his dignity and natire grace :
BtboU, wbo lilt, both oiie and other in thb place.
After the Paynim brethren conquer'd were.
The Briton prince recov'ring hit ttolite sword,
And Guyon his lost shield, they both yfere
Forth paiaed on their way in fayre accord.
Till him the prince with gentle court did b(^ ;
" Sir Knight, mote I of you this court'sy read,
To weet why on your shield, so goodly scord,
Bc«re ye the picture of that ladies head 7
Full li*ely is the semhlaunt, though the mbstancB
dead."
" Fayre sir," uyd he, " if in (hat picture dead
Such hfe ye read, and vertue in Yaine shew ;
What mote ye weene, if tbe trew lively-head
Of that most glorious visage ye did vew !
But yt the beauty of her mind ye knew.
That is, her bounty, and imperiall powre.
Thousand tinwi fairer then her mortall hew,
O! how great wonder would your thoughts devoure.
And iDfinile desire into your spirile poure I
' She is tbe mighty queene of Paery,
Whoae faire retraitt I in my shidd doc beaie ;
Sbet a tbe Sowre of grace and chastity,
Throughout the world renowmed far and ncare.
My life, my liege, my soveraine, my deare,
Whose glory ehinelh as the morning starre.
And with her light the Earth enlumines clearej
Far reach her mercies, and her praises farre,
As well in state of peace, as pulssaunce in warre."
" Tbrise happy man," said then the Briton knight,
" Whom gradous lott and thy gtrU valiaunce
Have made thee soldier of tliat princesse bright,
Which with her bounty and glad countenaunce
Dothhlesse her servsunlii, and (hem high advaunce!
nay straunge knight hope ever to aspire.
By faithfull service and meete amenauncc,
Unto such bliase? sulHcient were that hire
le of thousand lives, to die at bet desire."
Said Guyon, " Noble lord, what meed so great.
Or grace of earthly prince so soveraine.
But by your wondrous worth and warlike feat
Ye well may hope, and easely attaine ?
But were your will her sold to entertaine,
numbred be mongst knights of Maydenhed,
It guerdon, well I woCe, diould you remaine,
And in her favor high be reckoned.
As Artb^all and Sophy now beene honored."
" Certcs," then said the prince, " I God avow.
That nth I armes and knighthood first did plight.
My whole desire hath lieene, and yet is now.
To nerve that queene with al my powre and might.
Now hath the Sunne with his lamp-burning light
Walkt round about the world, and 1 no lesse,
Silh of that goddesse I have sought the sight.
Yet DO where can her Und ; such bappinesse
Heven doth to me en*y and fortune favourlesse."
" Fortune, the foe of famous cherisaunce.
Seldom," said Guyon, " yields to Tertue aide.
But in her way throwes mischiefe and miachaunce,
Whereby her course is slopt and passage staid.
But you, faire sir, be not herewith dismaid,
But constant keepe the way in which ye stand ;
Which were it not (hat I am els delaid
With bard adventure, which I have in hand,
I labotir would to guide you tiirough al Fary land. '
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'■ Gnunenjr, ■ir,"uidhei " but mote I wsele
What Btraunge adventure doe je now punew 7
Perhaps my succour or adTuement meele
Mote stead you much your purpose to aubdew."
Then gan air Guyou all the atorr shew
Of ftke Acrasia, and her wicked wiles ;
Which (a avenge, the palmer him Torth drew
From Faery court. So talked they, the whil«9
Thej wasted hadmuch way, and meanirdmany niilea.
And now (tdrn Phoebui gan decline in haste
His weary wagon In the weateme vale,
Whenas they siiide a goodly caatle, plaste
Fonby a liver in a pleoaaunt dale ;
Which choosing for that evenings bospitale,
They thether marcbt : but when they came in sight.
And trom their sweaty counera did avale,
They found die gates fiut barred tong ere night.
And ever7 loup tttt lockt, u tteiing foes despigbt.
Which when they saw, they weened fawle reproch
Was to them doen, their eutntunce to foiatall ;
nil that the squire gan nigher to approcb,
And wind his borne under the castle wall.
That with the noise it shooke as it would falL
Eftsoones forth looked irom the highest spire
Tbt watch, and lowd unto the knighta did call.
To weele what they bo rudely did require :
Who gently answered. They enttaunce did desire.
" Fly, fly, good knights," said he, " fly fast away.
If that your Uvea ye lovi^ as meete ye should ;
Fly fast, and aave yourselves from neare decay ;
Here may ye not lave entraunce, though we would t
We would and would againe, if that we could ;
But thousand enemiea about us rave.
And with long siege us in this castle hould :
Seveu yearea this wiie they us be^eged have, [save."
And many good knighta slaine that have us sought to
Thus as he spoke, loe ! with outiagious cry
A thousand villeias rownd about them swarmd
Out of the rockes and caves sdioyning nye ;
Vile caitive wretches, ragged, rude, deformd.
All threatning death, all in strauoge manner annd;
Some with unweldy clubs, some with long spearei.
Some rusty knives, some staves in fler warmd :
Sterne was their looke ; like wild amaied iteares,
Staring with hoi low eiesj and stiflb upstanding heares*
Fieraly at first those knights they did assayle,
And drove them to recoile : hut, when againe
They gave fresh charge, their forces gan to ftiyle,
Unbable their encounter to sustaine ;
For with such puissaunce and impetuous maiue
Those champioDs broke on them, that forat them fly,
l^e scattered sheepe, whenas the shepherds swaine
A lion and a tigre doth espye
With greedy pace forth rushing from the foreit nye.
A while they fled, but soone retoumd againe
With greater fury then before waa found ;
And evermore their cruell capitaine
Sought with his rasksU routs I' enclose them rownd.
And overronne lo tread them to the grownd ; [blades
But soone the knights with their bright-bumiog
Brcdie their rude Croupes, and orders did confowo^
Hewing and slashing at their idle shades ;
For though they bodies seem, yet suhslaunct from
Out of Che fennes
Their mum
e of gnats
of Allan d
oallti
-npecta sownden wld^
Whiles in the aire their clustring army fli
That as a cloud doth seeme to dim the skies ;
Ne man nor betiaC nuy rest or take repast
For their sharpe wounds and noyoua iniuties.
Till the fierce northeme wind with blustring blast
Doth blow them quite away, and in the Mean cast.
Thus when they had that troublous rout disperat.
Unto the castle gate they come againe,
And entraunce crav'd, which was denied erst.
Now when report of that their perlous paine.
And cumbrous conflict which they did susCaine,
Came to the ladies eare which there did dwell,
Sbee forth issued with a goodly traine
Of squires and ladies equipaged well.
And entertained them right tairely, as befell.
Alma sbe called waa; a virgin bright.
That had not yet felt Cupidea wanton rage ;
Yet was shee woo'd of many a gentle knight,
And many a lord of noble parentage.
That sou^C with her to lincke in marriage t
For shce waa fure, as faire mote ever bee.
And in the floirre now of her freshest age ;
Yet full of grace and goodly modesCee,
That even Heven reioyced her sweete bee to aee.
In robe of lilly wlule die was arayd.
That &om her shoulder to her heele downeraughtj
The traine whereof loose hr behind her stiayd,
Brauncbed with gold and perle most richly wrou^t.
And botne of two faire damsels which were taugfat
That service well ; her yellow golden heare
Was trimly woven and in tresses wrought,
Ne other tire she on her head did weare.
But crowned with a garland of sweete rodere.
Goodly sbee entertaind those noble knigbta;
And brought them up into her caatle hall ;
Where gentle court and gracious delight
Shee to them made, with mildnesse vii^jinalt.
Shewing heraelfe both wise and Ubeiall.
There when they rested had a season dew,
lliey her besought of ftvour spedall
Of that faire castle lo affbotd them vew;
Shee graunled ; and, tliem leading fbcth, the same
did shew.
le caatle wall,
ight not it clime.
And alt so &ire and sensible withall ;
Not built of bricke, ne yet of stone and lime,
But of thing like to that Egyptian slime.
Whereof king Nine whilome built BabeU tome :
But O great pitty, that no lenger time
So goodly wurkDianship abould not endure ! [aure.
Soone it must tume to earth : no cs^thly thing ia
The frame thereof seemd partly drculan.
And part triangularc ; O worke divine !
Those two the first and last proportions are ;
iperfect, mortall, ftenunine;
Tb' other immortall, perfect, masculine ;
And twiit them both a qaadnts was the base,
Proportiond equally by seven and nine ;
Nine was the circle sett in Heavens place :
AU which compacted made ■ goodly di^se,
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
The twe before, b; whicb «]1 in did pas,
Did th' other far in wtffknunship eic^ i
For DM of wood, nor of enduring !»■■,
But of UMwe worthy lubiuaee &am'd it was :
Doubly disputed, it did locke and clooe,
TbM, wfaea It lotted, none might thorough pu,
And, when it opened, no nun might it elooe i
Still opened lo Ibeir fneiid«*, and cloaed to ti
Of bewcn Mone the porch wes fayrdy wrought.
Stone moTe of ralen', and more nnaath and fine.
Than lett or nuifale far from Ireland brought j
O™- the which wu caM a wandring vine,
Eoctaaced with a wanton yvie twine :
And orer it a fayre portcullis hong^
Which to the gate directly did inctine
With comely compa— e and compacture abYing,
Haha uueemly abort, nor yet exceeding long.
Within the barbican a porter ute,
Dmj and night duely keeping watch and word ;
Nor wight nor word mote pasM out of the gate.
But in good order, and with dew regard ;
tlttercn of secret! he from tbeuce debard,
fiablen of folly, and blaien of cryme:
Hii larum-bell might lowd and wyde be hard
When cauae requyrd, but nerer out of time ;
Early and late it rang, at evening and at prime.
And Towod about the porcb on every ayde
Twise siiteene warden eatt, all aimed bright
In giiatring iteele, and atrongly fortifyde :
lUI yeomen seemed they and of great might.
And were enraunged ready still f^r fight.
By them as Alma passed with her gueates,
Tbn' did obeysBunce, ss beseemed right,
And then againe retoumed to their lestes :
The porter eke to her did lout with humble gestes.
Tbence ibe them brought into a stately hall,
WberesD were many tables fayre dispred.
And ready dight with drspets festiiall.
Against the viaundei should be ministred.
At Ih' upper end there sate, yclsd la red
Downe to the ground, a comely personage,
lliat in his hand a white rod menaged ;
He stewatd was, hight Diet ; rype of age,
Andii • ■ .-..--
And thrtnigh the hall there walked to and tro
A iolly yemnan, nianhall of the same.
Whose name was Appetite ; he did bestow
Both guestea and meats, whenever in they amt
And knew them how to order without blaine.
As him the steward badd. Ttey both attone
Did dewty to their lady, as became ;
Whe^ passing by, forth ledd her guettes snone
lalo tbe kit<Sun rowme, ne qwrd for nicenesae no
It waa a vaut ybuilt for great
With many raunges reard along the
Aod ooe great chimney, whose long tonnell thence
Tbe smoke forth threw : and in the midst of all
There placed was a caudron wide and tall
Upon a mighlie furnace, bunung wholt.
More whoa then Aetn', or flaming Hongiball i
For day and night it brent, ne ceued not.
So loi^ as any thing it in the caudron gott.
But to dday the 1k^ leaal by m . ..
It might breake out and set the whole on ^r^
There added waa by goodly ordinaunee
An huge great payre of bellowea, which did atyra
Conttnuaily, and cooling breath inspyre.
About tbe caudron many cookes accoyld
With hookes and ladles, as seed did rcquyre ;
The wbyles the viaundes in the ressell boyld,
lley did about their tmaiMase sweat, and Kwdy tc^Id.
The maister cooke was cald Concoction ;
A carefull man, and full of comely guysc;
Tbe kitchin clerke, that hight Digesticoi,
Did order all th' achates in s«emely wise,
And set them forth, as well he could devise.
The rest had seveiall offices sssynd ;
Some to remove the scum as it did rise ;
Othos to beaie the aame away did mynd ;
And otben it to use according to his kynd.
But all the liquour, which was fowle and traite.
Not good nor serviceable ellss for ought.
They in another great rownd veiaell plaste.
Till by a conduit pipe it tbence were brought ;
And all the rest, that noyous was and uoughl.
By secret nayes, that none might it espy.
Was close convaid, and to tbe backgate brought.
Hut clep^ was Fort Esquiline, whereby
It was avoided quite, and throwne out privily.
Which goodly order and great workmans skill
Whenas those knightes bebdd, with rare delight
And gazing wonder they their mindes did fill ;
For never bad they teene so ttraunge a sight.
Thence backe againe faire Alma led them right,
And aoone into a goodly parlour brought.
That was vritfa royall artat richly di^it.
In whicb was nothing polirtrabed nor vrrou^it;
Not wrought nor poditriahed, but sasie to be thought:
And in tbe nudit thereof upon the floure
A lovely bevy of laire ladies sate.
Courted of many a iolly poramoure,
The which them did in modest wise amala.
And each one sought his lady to aggrate :
And eke emongst them litle Cupid plsyd
His wanton sportes, being retoumed late
From bis fierce warres, and having from him layd
His cruel] bow, wherewith he tbousuuls hath dismaycL
Divene delights they fownd themselves to please ;
Some song id sweet consArt ; some laught for iaj )
Some plaid witti stiawes j some ydly satt at eaae ;
But other some could not abide to toy.
All pleasaunce was to them griefe and annoy :
This fround ; that faund ; the third for shame did
Another seemed envious, or coy; [blush;
Another in her teeth did gnaw a rush :
But at these straungeiB presence everyone did hush.
? as the gianous Alma came in place,
They all attonce out of their seates arose.
And to her homage nutde with humble grace ;
Whom when tbe knighla beheld, they gin dispose
Themselves to court, and each a damxell chose :
The prince by chsunce did on a lady light,
That was right faire and fresh as morning rose.
But somwhat sad and solemne eke in sight.
As if some pensive thought conslroiud her gentle
surighL
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51S SPI
In ■ long purpi* pall, iAok ikirt wJth gtdd
Wh fnMod >n about, she wu in^d ;
And in her hand m poplar bniuneh did bold ;
To whom the prince jn nHiiteouB maner nyd ;
" Gentle nudiiiDe, why b«ne ye thus dismurd.
And your faire beautie doe with sadiici ipill ?
Livec any that you bath thus ill apayd ?
Or doen you loTe, or doen you lack your will ?
Whatever bee the cause, it
" Fayre sir," lud she, halfe in disdaineful wise,
" How is it that this word in me ye blame.
And in jourselfe doe not the same adrise ?
Him ill beeeemei anotben fault to name,
That may unwares be blotted with (he same :
Praiave I yeeld I am, and sad in mind.
Through great desire of glory and of fame ;
Ne ought I weene are ye therein behynd.
That have twelve months sought one, yet no where
The prince was inly niored at her ipeach.
Well weeling trew wlut she had rashly told ;
Tet with fiure semblaunt sought to hyde the breach.
Which chaunge of colour did perforce unfold.
Now leeming flaming wbott, now Blony cold :
Tho, turning soft aside, he did inquyic
What wight she was that poplar braunch did hold :
It aniwered was, her name was Frayvdesire,
That by well doing sought to honour to aspyre.
The whiles the Faery knight did enteitalne
Another damsell of that gentle crew,
That waa right fayre and modest of demayne.
But that too oft she chaung'd her native hew :
Straunge was her tyre, and all her garment blew.
Close rownd about her tuckt with many a plight :
Upon her flst the bitd, which shonneth yew
And keepes in coverts close from living wight.
Did lilt, as yet ailiamd how rude Pan did her dight.
So long as Guyon with her communed.
Unto the grownd she cast her modest eye.
And eier and snone with rosy red
The bashful! blood her snoivj cheekes did dye.
That ba became, as poUsht yrory
Which cunning ciaftesman hand hath overlayd
With fayre vermilion or pure caWory.
Great wonder had the knight to see the mayd
So straungely passioned, and to her gently said ;
" Fkyre danuelt, seemeth by your tronbled cheare,
TtM either me too bold ^e weene, this wise
You (o molest, or other ill to leare
That in the secret of your hart doM lyes,
From whence it doth, ai cloud fhim sea, aryse :
If it be I, of pardon I yon pray ;
But, if ought else that I mote not deryse.
:, if ousht else that I mote not
ill, if please you it discure, a» ,
ease you of that ill, so wiaely as I may."
She answerd nought, but more abaaht fbr shame
Held downe her head, the whiles her lovely face
The Hashing blood with blushing did inflame,
And the strong passion mard her modest grace,
l^t Guyrai mervayld at her uncouth cace ;
Till Abna him bespakc ; " Why wonder yee.
She is the fountaiue of your modeslee ;
Tou diame&sl are, but Sbamefaatnn itselfe is di««.'
Theraat the EUb did blush in priritee.
And tumd his foce away ; but she the same
Dissembled tUre, and faynd to oversee.
Thus they awhile with court and goodly game
TliemselveA did solace each one with his datne^
"nil that great lady thence away them sought
To Tew her eaitlea other wondrous frame :
Up to a stately turret she them brought,
Aacending by ten steps of alabaster wrought.
That turrets frame moat admirable was,
Like highest Heaven compassed around.
And lif&d high above this earthly maaae,
Which it survewd, as hils doen lower ground :
But not on ground mote like to this be found ;
Not that, which antique Cadmus whylome built
In Thebes, which Alexander did confound ;
Nor that proud towre of Troy, though richly guilt.
From which young Hectots blood by cruell Greekes
was spill.
The roofe hereof was arched over head.
And deckt wilh Sowers and beibari daintily ;
Two goodly beacons, set in watches stead.
Therein gave light, and flamd continually :
For they of living fire most subtilly
Were made, and set In silver sockets bright,
Cover'd with lids devii'd of substance sly.
That readily they abut and open might.
O, wbo can tell the prayses of that Makers migbl !
Ne can I tell, ne a
other worldes wwke doth eicell.
And hkest is unto that heavenly lowre
That God bath built for his owne blessed bovrre.
Tlierein were divers rowmea, and divers nages ;
But three the chiefest and of greatest powi^
In which there dwell three honorable sages,
The vrisest men, I weene, that lived in their ages.
Not he. whom Greece, the nourse of all good atta.
By Pbiebus doome the wisest thought aSv^
Might be compar'd to these by many paits :
Nor that sage Pylian syre, which did surriTs
Tliree ages, such as mortal! men contrive.
By whose advise old Priams cittie fell.
With these in praise of polliciei mote atrive.
Tbeae three in these three rowmes did sondry dwell.
And counselled fairs Alma bow to governe well.
The first irf'them could thinga to come foresee ;
The next could of thingea preaent beat adviie ;
Tbe third things past could keep in memoree-.
So that no time nor reason could ariae.
But that the same could one of these compriae.
Forthy the first did in the forepart dt.
That nought mote hinder his quicke preludixe ;
He had a sbarpe foresght and working wit
That never idle waa, ne once would rest a whit.
His chamber was dispainted all within
With sondry colours, in the which were writ
InHnite shapea of thinges dispersed thini
Some such as in tbe world were never yit,
Ne can devised be of mortall wit ;
Some dtuly aeene and knowen by their namea.
Such as in idle fiuttases do flit ;
Infemall hags, centaure, feendea, hippodamea.
Apes, lyons, aegles, owlev, foolea, lovers, children.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Ad all tba chamber filled wm with fljw
WUch bulled all about, aiul madi nich ■ound
Thit ttxj encomlKvd all meiu eares aiid rjta ;
Ukemany iwarmes of beei anembled round
Aftn- their hives with honnj do abound.
All Ifaoae were idle thougbtn and fantasies,
Defices, dreames, opinions unaound,
amres, risjons, aootb-atftt, and prophede* ;
And all thai bined is, as leaaings, tales, and lies.
I all sate be which wonned thne,
Thai Ugbl Phantasies by his nature trew ;
A nian of jeares yet freshi as mote appere,
Of swaith oompleiion, and of crabbed hew,
Tfaa« Urn fbll of melincbol; did shew ;
Bent hollow beetle browes, shan>e staring eyes.
Hat mad or foolj^ seemd ; one by his vev
Mote deem^ him boma with ill-disposed skycs,
Wben oblique Satume sate in th' house of agonyes.
Whom Aboa having shewed to her guetles, [wals
Thoice brought them to the second rowme, whose
Were panted &ire wkb mcmonble gestes
Of ftmous wisards ^ and with pieturals
n wealthes, of states, of pollicy,
Of lawes, of iudgemeiiles, and of decretals.
All artes, all sdi.'nce, all philosophy,
And all that in the world was ay tbougbt wittily,
or thote that rowme was full ; and them among
lliere sate a mail tf ripe and ]>errect ^e.
Who did them meditate all his life long.
That through continuall practise and us^e
He now was growne right wise and wondroua sage
Great picture had those atraunger knighles to see
His goodly reason and grave pereonage.
That his disciples both desyrd to bee :
But Alioa tbence tliem led to th' hindmost rowm
Ttat
IS and old.
IT behind,
Tet were the wali, that did the same uphold,
Rigtat ftrme and strong, tltoughsomwhat they declindj
And therein sat an old old man, halfe blind,
And all decrepit in bLi feeble corse,
Yei lively vigour rested in his mind.
And reeompenst them vritli a better scorse : [focsc.
Weake body well is chang'd for mind* redotibled
This man of infinite reraembraunce was.
And things foregone through many ages held,
Wluch he recorded still as they did pas,
Ne su&red them to perish through long eld.
As all things els the which this worid doth weld ;
But laid them up in his immortall serine,
Where tbey for ever incorrupted dweld :
The warres he well remembred of king Nine,
Of old Assaracus, and Inachus divine.
Tbe yeares of Nestor nothing were to his,
Ne yet ACathusalem, though longest liv'd ;
For he remembred both their infand* :
Ne wonder then if that he were depriv'd
Of native strength now that he them sunriv'd.
His chamber all was hangd about with rolls
And old records fmm auncient times derivd.
Some made in books, some in long parchment scrolls,
That were all worm-eaten and full of canker holes.
lutfor
lofetl,
A litle boy did on him still attend
To reach, whenever he for ought did send;
And oft when thinges were lost, or laid amis,
That boy them sought and unto him did lead :
Therefore he Anamnestes cteped is ;
And that old man Eumnestea, by their propertii
The knightes there entring did
And wondnnl at his endlesse exercise.
Then as they gan his library to vew,
And antique regesters for (o avise,
An auncient booke, hi)^t Biilan MmimeiUt,
That of this lands first conquest did deviae.
And old division into regiments,
Till it reduced was to one mans goTememenla.
Sir Guyon chaunst eke on another booke.
That bight ^nlifuiiee d^ Faery Lond ,-
In which wbenaa he greedily did looke,
Th'oApring of Elves and Faryrt there be fond.
As it delivered was from bond to bond :
Whereat they, burning both with ferrent firo
Their counlrey* auncestry to uudentond,
Crav'd leave of Ahna and that aged aire
To read those booke* i wbo gladly graunted their
A chmnicle of Brilon kings,
Pram Brute to Uthers nyne :
And rolls of ElAn emperoun.
Till time of Gloriane,
Who now shall give unto me words and sousd
Equall unto this hau^ty enterprise ?
Or who shall letid me wings, with which from groimd
My lowly venie may loftily arise.
And lift itselfe unto the highest skyes ?
More ample spirit than betherto was wount
Here needes me, wbiles the fiimoua auncestryes
Of my most dreaded soveraigne 1 recount.
By which all earthly princes she doth iiu- aurmount.
Ne under Sunne that shines so wide and &ire.
Whence all that lives does borrow life and ligb^
lives ought that to her linage may compaire ;
Which though from Earth it lie derived right.
Yet doth ilaelfe stretch forth lo Hevena hight.
And all the world with wonder ovcrspred ;
A labor huge, exceeding far my might !
How shall fraile pen, with fear disparaged,
Concrave such soveraine glory and great bounty-
hed!
Argument worthy of Mieonian quill;
Or rather worthy of great Fboebus rote.
Whereon the ruioes of great Ossa hill,
And triumphes of PhlegriEan love, he wrote.
That all the gods adnurd hia lofty note.
But, if some relish of that hevenly lay
His learned daughters would lo me report
To deckc my song witball, I would assay
Thy name, O soveraine queene, to blanm hr airast—
SI4 SPE
Thy name, O ameniat queeOis th; radnus-wtd race.
^om this renowmed prince derived arret
Who mightily upheld thu rojall mace
Which now ihou beai'st, to thee dncended Cure
From mightj kings and concjueroun in wane.
Thy fathers and great-grandfatherB of old,
WlioK noble daetU above the northern ttarra
Iniinortall Fame (br ever bath eoiold ;
Aa in that old maiu booke they wen in order told.
The land which warlike Briton* now poHMM,
And, therein baie their mighty empire raysd,
In antique tunes waa salvage wildemeiae.
Unpeopled, unnuuuiurd, unprovd, unpniy>d ;
Ne wai it island (hen, ne waa it psysd
Amid the ocean waves, ne waa it sought
Of merchants fane tint profits tberein prayed ;
But was all desolate, and of some tbougbt
By sea to bave bene from the Celticke mayo-land
broughL
Ke did it then deserve a name to have.
Till that the Teuturoiu niariDer tfaat way
[^earning his ship from those while rocks to aave.
Which all along the southeme sea-ooast lay
Tbreatning unhevdy wrecke and rash decay.
For safety that same his Bea-marke made.
And nam'd it Aliioh : but later day,
finding in it fit ports for fisben trade,
Gan mora the same Acqueat, and fitrther to invade.
Bat far in land a Salvage nation dwelt
Of hideous giaunls, and halfe-beaitly men.
That never tasted grace, nor goodnes felt ;
But wild like beaites lurking in loathsome den,
And flying fast as roebucke through the fen.
All naked without shame oi care of cold.
By bunting and by spoiling liveden ;
Of stature huge, and eke of corage bold,
Tbatsc
ebegott.
But whence they sprong,
Uneath is to assure ; uneam to wena
That monstrous error which doth some assott,
Tbat Dioclerians fifty daughters ihene
Into this land by cbaunce have driven bene ;
Where, companing with feends and filthy sprigbts
Through vaine illusioB of their lust unclene,
Tlierli'vught forth geBunls,and sucb dreadful wights
As nr exceeded men in their inuncasurd mights.
Tbey held this land, and with thai filthinease
Polluted tbit same gentle soyle long time ;
That their owne number loathd their beastliueaae.
And gan abhorre her broods unkindly crime.
All were they borne of her owne native slime :
Until that Bnitua, anciently deriv'd
From rtHsll stocke of old Ascaraca line,
Priven by fatsll error here srriv'd,
And them of their unjust possession deptifM.
But ere he had established his throne.
And apred his empire lo the utmost shore.
He fou^t great hatteils with his salvage fbite ;
In which he them defeated evermore.
And many giaunts left on groning flore :
That wel can witnes yet unto this day
The westeme Hogh, beaprincled with the gore
Of migbty Goemot, wfaome in stout fray
Coiineus conquered, and cruelly did sUy.
And eke that ample pitt, yet ftr rmownd
For die large leape which Dd»n did conqwU
Coulin to nuke, bdng ci^it lugs of grownd.
Into the which retounung backe be fell :
But those threv monatraus stoties doe most eiccll.
Which that htige soane of hideous Albion,
Whose ftther Hercules in Fiaunce did quell.
Great Godmer threw, in fierce contention.
At bold Canutus ; but of him was slaine anon.
In meed of these great conquest* by tbem gottf
Corineus had that province utmost weat
To him Bssigiked for his worthy lott.
Which of his name and memorable geat
He (Klled Comwaile, yet so called beat :
And Debotu sbayre was, that is Devonshyre :
But Canute bad his portion fnuu the rest.
The which he cald Canutium, for his byra ;
Now Canlium, which Kent we comenly inquyre.
Hius Brute this realme unto his rule subdewd.
And rsigned long in great felicity,
Lov'd of hia freends, and of his foes eschewd :
He left three sonnea, his famous pn^eny.
Borne of fayre Inogene of Italy ;
Hongst whom he parted hia impeliall state.
And Locrine left chiefe lord of Britany.
At last ripe age bad him surroider late
Hia life, and long good fortune, unto finall &ta.
Locrine waa left tbe sOTcnine lord oT all)
But Albanact bul all the nortbeme pan.
Which of himselfe Albania he did call )
And Camber did possease the westerne quart,
Which Seieroe now from Logris doth depart i
And each bis portion peaceably enioyd,
Ne waa there outward breach, nor grudge in hart.
That once their quiet government annoyd j
But each his paynes to others profit still employd. .
Untill a nation stratmg, with visage swan.
And corage fierce that all men did aflny.
Which through the world then iwaimd in every parti
And ovCTflowd all countries fiir away,
Like Noyes great flood, with Ibeir impirtune (waf.
This land invaded with like violence.
And did tbemselvia through all the north display -.
Untill (bat Lociina for his realmes defence.
Did bead against them make and strong muiuGceac*.
He tbem eneountred, a confused rout,
Foreby the river that whyl6ma was bight
The ancient Abus, where with courage stout
He tbem defeated in victorious fight.
And chaste so fiercely after fearefull flight.
That forst tbev chiefetain, lor his safetieB sake
t Their chiefetain Humber named was aright).
Into the mighty streame bim to betake.
Where he an end of batleill and of life did make.
Hie king retoumed proud of victory.
And insolent woi tlmHigh unwonted Caa^
That shortly he forgot the ieopardy.
Which in his land he lately did ^ipeaae.
And fell lo vaine voluptuous diseaie :
He lov'd faire ladie Estrild, leudly lov'd.
Whose wanton pleasures him too mudk did plcaiCk
That quite his hart from Guendolena remov'd.
From Guendolene bis wif^ though alwaics laithfyil
Tbtiubb
Wooldiiat
But, gBthering fc
0 bee lo rile dltdund,
1 and conge valoroiu,
b«ttdll well ordoind.
In irliicli bini vanquisht she lo fly cooBtrund :
But she lo Imst punevd, thmt him nhe tooke
And ifarew in bands, where he till death remundj
AU Ms fkinr lanuii Bying through ■ bnx^
Sbegirabeot, nought nuned with her pitaous looke ;
But both henelfe, and efcs her daughter dors
Bf^ouen b; her kingly pamnoure.
The bire Sibiina, almost dead with feom.
She there attached, far ftum all luccoOre :
The one she (lew in that impatient Moure j
But the End virgio innocent of all
AdowDe the Tolling river ihe did poure.
Which ofberniune now Seveme men do call i
Such WIS the end that to disloTall love did &1L
llwa tat ba- loniMi wlucb she to Locriu bor^
eEndan wai young, unmeet the rule to sway,)
her owne band the crowne she kept in store,
Till ryper yean he laugbt and stronger stsy :
During which time her powre she did display
Thnmgh all this realme, the glory of her sei.
And first taught men s woman to obay :
She it Eurreodred, ne her selfe would lenger tbi.
Ilo Hadan nignd, unworthie of his race ;
¥or with all shame that sacred throne he Eld.
Neit Memprise, as unworthy of that place,
In wluch being consorted with Manild,
For Ihirat of single kingdom him he kild.
But Ebranck salted both their infamies
With noble deedes, and warreyd on Brunchild
In Hemuilt, where yet of his victories [ries.
Bi>*c mouiments remune, which yet that land en-
Ab bappy man in his flrM dayea he was.
And b^py fiUher of faire progeny :
For all so many weekee, as the yeare has.
So many children he did multiply ;
Of which were twentie sounes, which did apply
Tbor mindes to pmjse and chevairous desyre :
Those germans did subdew all Germany,
Of whom it bight ; but in the end their ayre [tyre.
With fbule repulse from I^unce was forced to re-
Wliteh blott his sonne succeeding in his seat.
The second Brule, the second bMh in name
And eke in sembtaunce of his puisssunce great,
Hi^K well recur'd, and did away that blame
With recompence of everlasting fame :
He with his rictour sword Grat opened
The bovrels of wide Fraunce, a forlwne dame.
And tMUght her first how to be conquered ;
SotcK which, with aondrie qioiles sbe bath been nn-
Let Scoldis tell, and let tell Hania,
Ai^ let the manh of Esthambruges tell,
Wlwt colour were their wstera that some day,
And all Ihe moors twiit Elvetsham and Dell,
With blood of Henalois which therein fell.
How oft that day did sad Bruncblldis see
TTie grrene Mtrii/ dyde lo dolorous vermeil ?
Thu not MCidth guiridA il mote seeme to bee.
But rather j/ tcuitA gogh, signe of sad cnieltee.
THE FAERIE QUEEME. S15
king Ldll, by fiithen labour lon^
And built Cairleill, and built Cairleon Mrong.
Meat Huddibras his reaime did not tmrreane.
But taught the land from wearie wan to cease.
Whose footsteps Bladud fbllowing, in artes
Eiceld at Atbans all the learned preace.
From whence he brought them to these salvage parts.
And with sweet science mollifide their stuUiome
harts.
Ensample of hia wondrous faculty.
Behold the boyling bathes at Cairbadcm,
Which seeth with secret Ore eternally.
And in their entnilles, full of quick brimst^n.
Nourish the flames which they are warmd upon.
That to their people wealth they forth do well.
And health to every forreyne nation ;
Yet he at last, contending to elcell [fell.
The teach of men, through flight into fond mischief
Neit him king Leyr in bappie peace long raynd.
But bad no issue male him l« succeed.
But three faire dsugfaten, wliich were well uptraiitd
In all that seemed fltt for kingly seed ;
MoDgst whom hIa realme he equally decreed
To have divided ; tho, when feeble age
Nigh to hia utmoat date he aiw proceed.
He cald his daughters, and with speeches sag*
Inquyrd, which of them most did lov "
The eldest, Gonorill, gan to protest.
That she much m«e than bar owne life him lov'd ;
And Regan greater love (o htm profeat
Then all Che world, whenever it were proov'd;
But Cordeill said she lov'd him aa liehoov'd ;
Whose simple answere, wanting colours ftyre
To peinl il forth, him U> displeasaunce moor'd,
Hiat in hia crown he counted her no hayre, [shoyrv.
But twill the other twain his kingdom wbiile did
So wedded Ih' one to Haglan king of Scottea,
And th' other to the king of Cambria,
And twiit them shayrd hia realme by equall lottei ;
Bui, without dowre, the wise Cordelia
Was sent to Aganip of Cellio i
Their aged syre, thus eased of hit crowney
A private life ledd in Albania
With Gonorill, long had in great renowne.
That nought him griev'd to beeoeftom rule depoead
But true it is that, when the oyle is spent,
The light goes out, and weeke is tbrowne away ;
So, when he had reaignd hia regiment,
Hia daughter gan despise his drouping day.
And wearie was of hia continual] stay :
Tho to his daughter Began he repayrd.
Who him at first well used every way ;
But, when of his departure she despayrd.
Her bountie she abated, and his cheaie empsyrd.
The wretched man gan then avise loo late.
That love is not where most it is profest j
Too truely tryje in his eitremest Hate !
At last, resolv'd likewise to prove the rest.
He to Cordelia himselfe sddieat.
Who with entyre affection him rvceav'd,
Ai for her ayre and king her seemed beat ;
And after all an aimy strong sbe leav'd, [reav'd.
To war on those which him had of his realme be-
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So to hia crowne ihc bim mtord againe ;
In «bicb he dyde. nuu]e ripe for d«th by eld.
And after wild it should to her remains :
Who peaceably the same long time did veld.
And all mens harti in dew obedience held ;
1111 that her asters children, woien (trong,
Through proud ambition against her rebeld,
And orercoDunen kept in prison long,
1^ weuj of that wr«tched life henelfe she hong.
llwil gan the bloody brethren both to laiue :
But fierce Cundah gan shortly to envy
His brother Morgan, prickt with proud disdaine
To haTe a pcre in part of Boverainty ;
And, kindling coles of cniell enmity,
Baiiid wane, and him in battdll orerthrew :
Whence as he to those woody htUea did fly.
Which hight of him Glamorgan, there him slew :
Then did he raigne alooe, when he none equal knew.
Hia aonue Rivall' his dead rowme did nipply ;
In whose sod time blood did &om Hea<rai rayne.
Next great Guigustus, then faire Csdiy,
In constant peace their kingdomes did conlayne.
After whom Lago, and Kinmarke did rayne.
And Goifaogud, till far in yean he grew :
Then his ambitious aonnea unto them twayne
AiTBUght the rule, and tram their father drew ;
Stout Ferrei aud steme Porrei him in prison threw.
But O ! the greedy ttunt of royall crowns
That knowea no Unred, nor regaides do right,
Stird Porrei up to put bis brollier downe ;
Who, unto him aasembUng iiMTeigne might.
Made warre on him, and fell himaelfe in fight :
Whose death t'aTCDge, his mother merdlene,
MoM merdleiie of women, WydcD hight,
Her other sonne ftat sleepipg did oppreaie.
And with miM> cnieU hand him miudred pittilesae.
Here ended Brutui sacred progeny.
Which had seven hundred years thii scepter borne
With high renowme and great felicity :
The noble braunch from th' antique itocke was tome
Through discord, and the roiall Ihnme Ibrlonie.
Thencefbrtb this rvalme was into factJons rent,
WhileK each of Brutus boasted to be home.
That in the end was left no moniment
Of Bnilus, nor of Britons glorie aundnit.
Then up arose a man of matchleaae roigbt.
And wondrous wit to menage high afikyres.
Who, slird with pitty of the atresaed plight
Of this Bad reaimc, cut into sondry shayres [hayres.
By audi as claymd themselves Brutes nghtfull
Gathered the princes of the people loose
To taken counsell of their common cares;
Who, with his wisedom won, him streight did choose
Thnr king, and twore him realty to win or loose.
Tlten made he head against his eniraies.
And Ymner slew of Logris miacreole;
Then Ruddoc and proud Stater, both allyea.
This of Albiny newly nominate,
And that of Camhry king confirmed late.
Be oterthrew through his owne valiaunce ;
Whooe countries he redus'd to quiet state.
And shortly brought to avile govemaunce,
^^iow one, which earst were many made through va-
Then made be sacred lawea, which some men aajr
Vere unto him reveald in viuon ;
By which he freed the travdlers high-way,
Tlie churches part, and ploughmons portion.
Restraining stealth and strong eitortiun ;
The gratioua Numa of great Britany:
For, till his dayes, the chiefe dominion
By strength was wielded without pollicy ;
Therefore be first wore crowne of gold fbr dignity.
Donwallo dyde, (for what may lire fbr ay?)
And left two aonnes, of pearelecse prowease both*
That sacked Home too deercly did assay.
The recompence of their peritired oth ; {wroth ;
And ranuckt Greece wel Iryde, irtien they were
Besides subiected France and Germany,
Which yet their praise* speake, all be they loth,
And inly tremble at the memory
Of Brenntia and Belinus, kingea of Britany.
Next them did Gurgunt, great Belinus sonne.
In rule sncceede, and eke in fathers praise ;
He Easterland aubdewd, and Denmorke wonne,
And of them both did foy and tribute raise.
The which was dew in hia dead fathers dales :
Tie also gave to fugitiTes of Spayne,
Whom be at sea found wandring from their wuea,
A seale in Ireland safely to remayne, [tfiyne.
Which tbey should hold of him as subject to Bri-
After him rajgned Guitheline his hayre,
The iusteat man and trewest in his daie^
Who had to wife dame Mertia the fayre.
Which for this realme found many goodly layea.
And wholesome statutes to her husband brought :
Her many deemd to have t>eene of the Fayes,
As was Aegeri£ that Numa (ought ;
Those yet of her be Mertian lawes both nam'd and
thought.
Her Sonne Sifillus after her did rayne ;
And then Kimarus ; and then Danius :
Neil whom Morindus did the crowne austayne ;
Who, had be not with wrath outrageous
And cruell rancour dim'd his valorous
And mightie deedes, should matched have the best:
As well in that same field victorious
Against the forreine Moranda he eiprest ;
Yet Uvea his memorie, thou^ carcas sleepe in i«t,
PiTe sonnes he left begotten of one wife,
All which successively by tumes did rayne .
First Gorboman, a man of vertuous lifo ;
Next Arrhigald, who for his proud disdayne
Deposed was from princedome sorerayn^
And pitteous Elidure put in his sted;
Who shortly it to him rcslord agayne.
Till by his death be it recovered ;
But Peridure and Vigent him djstbroiuxed ;'
In wretched prison long he did remaine.
Till tbey out-raigned had their uUOOSt date.
And then therein reseiaed was againe.
And ruled long with honorable state,
Till he turrendred realme and hfe to fate.
Then all the sonnes of these five brethren raynd
By dew succease, and all their nephcwes late ;
Even thrise eleven descents Ibe crowne retaynd.
Till aged Hely by dew heritage it gajnd.
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Habad twDKnuiM,wba*ecUart,i»Il(d Lnd,
Left of his li& moM finnoui memorj.
And cndlcflBe moniinentt of his great S™^ !
Hw nuD*d mis be did resdifye
Of TrofitaTsnt, gkinM force of enimy ,
Aod biult that gate which of hii name ia hight,
Bj trhicb be l;ca cntoinbed ■olcroDljr :
He lefk two aonno, too ;ouDg to rule aright,
" ~ ■ 1, pictum of his might.
WUkt diey were joung, C
Wb bf the people chosen la ueir «ea.
Who on bin) tooke the roUlI diademe.
And goodly well long time it goreriked ;
Till Ibe prowde Romanei him diaquieted.
Aim! warlike Cinar, tempted with the name
Of tbia awceC ialand nerer cooquered,
And enTying the Britona bUicd fame,
(O bideoua hunger of domiEUon !) hetber cam&
Tet twiae (bey were repulsed backe againe.
And twiae renibnt backe to their ahips to fly.
The whiles with bl<M>d they all Iba shore did ataine.
And the gray ocean into purple dy :
Ke bad they footing found at laat perdie.
Had not Androgeus, false to native aoyle.
Asdei
foyle!
So by him Ciesar got the victory,
Through great bloodsbed and many s sad aaaay.
In which himtelfe was charged heavily
Of hardy Nennios, whom he yet did aUy,
But lost bis swotd, yet to be aeene tfaii day.
Hienceferth this land waa tiibutarie made
T ambitioua Rome, and did tbetr rule obay,
nil Arthur all thU reckoning defrayd :
Yet oft the Briton kings against them strongly swayd.
Neit him Tenantiui raignd ; then Kimbeline,
What liiae th' Elemall Lord in fleibly sUma
Bnwombed was, from wretched Adams line
To purge away the guilt of sinful crime.
O k^ouB memorie at happy time,
Tliat heavenly grace ao plenteously dispJayd \
O loo high ditty for my simple rime ! —
Soone after this the Homanes him warniyd ;
For tbsl their tribute he refusd to let be payd.
Good Claudius, that next waa emperour.
An Bimy brought, and with him batteile fought.
In which the Icing waa by a treachelour
Diiguiwd slaine, ere any thereof thought :
Tet ceased not the bloody fight for ought :
For Arviiage his brothers place supplyde
Botfa in his annes and crowne, and by that drau^I
Did drive the Romanes to the ireaket syde.
That tbey to peace agreed. So all wsa pacifyd&
Waa never king more highly magnifide,
Nor dredd of Romanes, then was Arvirage ;
For which the emperour to him attide
Hia daughter Genuiss' in marriage ;
Yet shortly be renounM the vasssllage
Of Rome againe, who hetber haatly sent
Vespasian, that with great ^Kjile and rage
Fonrasted all, till Genuisaa ^ent
Poxuaded him t(
lisaa gent
I, and her k
He dide; and him succeeded Marius,
Who ioyd bis dayea in great tranquillity.
Then Coyll ; and after him good Ludus,
That flnt iweired Christianity,
The sw^rcd pledge of Christes Evuigely.
Yet true it is, that long befon that (by
Hidier came loseph of Arimathy,
Who brought with him the Holy Grayle (they say).
And preacbt the truth ; but since it greatly did
Thb good king sbortly without isiew dide.
Whereof great trouble in the kingdome grew.
That did beiaelfe in sondry parts divide.
And with ha powie her owne selb overthrew,
Wbilest Romanes daily did the weske iubdaw :
Which seeing, atout Bunduca up arose.
And taking aimes the Britons to her drew ;
With whom she marched straight agaittst h«r foes.
And them unwsres beudes the Sereme did enclose.
There she with tbem a cniell batluU tryde.
Not with so jpiod succease as shee deserv'd;
By resson that the captaines on her syde,
CoiTupled by Paulinos, Irom her swerv'd:
Yet such, as were through former flight prescrv'd.
Gathering againe, her Imt she did renew.
And with fresh corage on the victor servd :
But being sll defeateid, save a few,
Rathn than fly, or be captiv'd, betieUe she slew.
O famous moniment of womena prayae !
Hstchable either to Semirsrais,
Whom Antique history ao high doth rsyse.
Or to Hypsiphir, or to Tbomiris :
Her boat two hundied thouaand numbred is ;
Who, whiles good fortune favoured her might.
Triumphed oft against her enemis ;
And yet, though overcome in haplesse fight,
Sbee triumphed on death, in enemies deipight.
Her reliques Fulgent having gathered.
Fought with Severus, and him overthrew ;
Yet in the chace was slaine of them that fled;
So made them victors wbome be did subdew.
Then gan Carausius tirannize anew.
And gainst the Romanes bent their proper powre;
But lum AUectus treacberously slew.
And tooke on him the robe of mnperoure i
Nalhlease tile aaraa enioyed but short lain>y bown I
For Aaclepiodate bim overcame.
And left inglorious on tlie vanquiaht pUyne,
Without or robe or rag to hide his shame :
Then sflerwards he in his stead did taigne ;
But shortly w** by Coyll in batteill slaine.
Who after long debate, since Lucies tyme,
Was of the Britons first crownd soveraine :
Then gaa this realme renew her passed prime;
He of bis name Coylcbeslar built of stone and Urn*.
Which when the Romanes beard, they hetber sent
Constantius, a man of mickle might.
With wbome king Coyll made an agreement.
And to bim gave for wife his daughter bright,
Fayie Helena, the fairest living wjght,
Wbo in all godly thewea and goodly piaiae
Did far cicell, but was most famous bight
For skit in muaicke of all in hei dales.
At well in curious instnuoenta as cunning laics :
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Of wbome he did great ConMutiDe begett.
Who »ften™rd wm emperour of Rome ;
To which whilea nbMiil he his mind did Ktl,
Octaviug here lepl into hia roome,
And it usurped b; unrighteous doome :
But he his title iuitiSde b; might.
Slaying Tiaheme, uid having overcome
The Romuie tegiun in drea^ill flght:
80 settled he Ms kingdoDie, *nd conflimd hia right 1
But, wanting jssew male, his daughter deare
Be gave in wedlocke to MaTJitiian,
And him with her made of his kingdome heyre,
Who soone by meanes thereof the empire wan,
mi murdred by the freends of Gratian.
Then gan the Hunnes and Picts innde thia land,
I>uriag the laigne of Maiiminian ;
Who dying left none heire them (o withstand ;
But that they oierran all parts with eaiy hand.
The weary Britons, whose war-hable youth
Was by Haiimian lately ledd away,
With wretched mlBeryes and woefull ruth
Were to thoee Pagans made an open pray,
And daily spectacleof sad decay : CT'*''™
Whome Rcnnane warres, which now fowr hundred
Aad more had wasted, could no whit dismay ;
Til, by consent of commons and of peares,
Tbay crownd the second Coikitantine with ioyouB
Who having oft in battall vanquished
Those spoylefull Picts, and swarming Easterlingt^
Long time in peace his realme established.
Yet oSt annoyd with sondry bordragings
Of neighbour Scots, and forrcdn scatterlings
With which the world did in those daycs abound :
Which to oulbaire, with painefull pyonings
From sea la sea he hesftt a miriity mound,
Whiehlhxn Alclidd lol^weltdid that boirderbowiid.
Thine soones be dying left, dl under age ;
By meanes whereof their uncle Vortigere
Usurpt the crowne during tbnr pupillage ;
Which tfa' in&ntfl tutors gathering to feare,
miem closely into Armorick did beare :
For dread of whom, and for those I^cts annoyesi
He sent to Germany straunge aid to rears ;
From wheoce eftaoonea arrived here thice faoyea
Of Saions, whom he for his saTAy imployes.
Two brethren were tl>eir eqiitayns, which hight
Hengist and Homn, well approv'd in waire.
And both of tfaem men of ivnowmed might;
WI10 making vantage of ibeir civile iarre,
And of tboae Aureyneis which came fVom ttire,
Grew great, and got large portions of land.
That in the realme ere long they strpnger arte
Then (hey which sought at first their helping hand.
And Vortiger enfont the kingdome It) ^land.
But, by the helpe of Vortjmen Us sonne.
He is againe unto his rule restord ;
And Hengist, seeming sad for that was donne,
Received is to grace ud new accord.
Through his faire daughters face and Sattring word,
Soone after which, three hundred lords he slew
Of British blood, all sitting it hia bard ;
™^->edolrfuUmoniments who list to rew.
By tiiia Oie WHiiwB of Constandne, wUdi fled,
Ambrose and Uther, did ripe yeares attayne.
And, here arriving, strongly challenged
The crowne which Vortiger did long detayne ;
Who, Rying from his guilt, by them was slayne;
And Hengist eke soone brought toshameAiU death.
Thenceforth Aurelius peaceably did rayne.
Till that throng poyson stopped waa bis iHvath ;
So now entombed Ilea at SitHMlieng by tlie beatb.
After him Uther, which Pendragoa hlght.
Succeeding — There abruptly it did end.
Without full point, or otiwr cemire right ;
Aa if the rest some wicked hand did rend.
Or th' author selfe could not at least attend
To finish it : that so untimely breach
The prince himaelfe halfb seemed to offiaid ;
Yet secret pleasure did crflence empeacfa.
And wonder of antiquity long stopt bit qieacli.
At last, quite rarishl irith delight to beare
The royail' ofspiing of his native land,
Cryde outj " Deare countrey ! O how dearely dean
Ought thy remembraunce and perpetual! band
Be to thy foster childe, that ftom thy hand
Did commun breath and nouriture receave I
Mow brutish is it not to understand
How much to her we owe, that all na gave ;
That gave unto na all whatever good we have ! '
But Guyon all this while bis booke did read,
Ne yet has ended t for it was a great
And ample V(dume, that doth fir eicead
My leisure so long leaves here to repeat :
It told bow first Prometheus did create
A man, of many parts fVom beasts deryv'd.
And then stole fire from Heven to animate
His worke, for which he was by love depryv'd
Of life biinsdft, and hart-atiings of an a^e ryr'tL
That man so made he called Elfe, to weet
Quick, the first author of all Klin kynd ;
Who, wandring through the wiH-Id with wearie feet.
Did in the gardina of Adonia fynd
A goodly creature, whom he deemd in mynd
To be no earthly wight, but ritba spright.
Or angel], tb' authour of all woman kynd ;
"Hier^ore a Fay he her according hight, [ngh*-
Of whom all Faryes ^ring, and fetch their llgnage
Of these a mighty people shortly grew.
And puiisant kinges which all the world warrayd.
And to themselves all nations did subdew :
The first and eldest, which that scepter swayd.
Was Elfin ; him all India obayd.
And all that now America men call :
Next liim was noble Elfinan, who laid
Cleopolis foundation first of all :
But Elfiliue enclosd it with a golden wall-
HIs Sonne was Elfinell, who overcame
The wicked Gobbeljnes in bloody field •.
But Elfant was of most renowmed fame,
Who all of christall did Panthea build 1
Then Elfar, who two brethren gynunH kiU,
The one of which bad two headea, th' other tlit«e 1
Then ElBnor, who was in magick skild ;
He built by art upon the glaasy see
A bridge of bras, wboae sound Hevenathiuuler immM
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
He left tinea teaoa, tb* wMdi in order mrnd.
And all their obpring, in their dew docenti ;
Eren leren hundred princet, which meintaj'nd
With ui^htie deedn their Bondry goveramenti ;
lliat were loo long tbor infinite contente
Here to racxml, ne mueb matsriall :
Tet iboiiid thej be moet bnunu moninMnta,
And breTe ememple, both of martiall
And cndl rule, (o kingee end almtM imperinll.
After all tbew ElficlwM did njne.
The wise BMclcbi in gnat maiestie.
Who mi^itil; that Kepter did austairne,
And with rich ipojixt and famous lictorie
Did hi^ adTaaace the crowne of Fa^ :
He left two eoimn, of which fkire Eireron,
Tin etdeat brother, did untiinel]' dj ;
Whoie emptie place the migfatie ObCTon
Doubir rapplide, in (poiudl and dominion.
Gnat wv his power and glorie orer all
Which, him before, that ncred Male did fill.
That yet remainei hi* wide raemoiiall :
He djring left the fairest Tanaquili,
Him to succeede IhereiD, by his lut will ;
Fairer and nobler Ijveth none thii howre,
Ne like in grace, ne like in learned aliill ;
Therefore they Glarian ca]l thai glorioiu Sowre i
Long maytt thou, Glorian, live in glory and great
Beguyld tbui with delight of naraltica.
And naturaJl deiira of counttyet Mate,
So long they ledd in tboae antiquities,
That bow tlie time was Bed they quite forgate ;
'nil gcDtle Alma, aeeing it w late,
Pcribree tbeir Mudiea broke, and them besought
To thinke how supper did tbam long airaite :
0a balfe UDwilHng from their bm^ea them brought,
And fi^relyfiwiitfd ai so nobla tnighw ihe ought.
Beaiege ber dwelling place ;
Prince Artbure ibem repellcs, aod fowls
Maleger doth deface.
What warre so cruel, or what siege so sore,
Ai that, which atning affectiomi dne apply
Against Ihe forte of Reason eTermore,
To bring the sowle into captifity !
Tlieir force is fiercer through infirmity
Of the fraile fieah, relenting to thar rage ;
And exercise most bitter tyranny
Upon the partes, brought inlo their bondige :
No wTetcbednwe is like to sinfull vellenage.
But in a body which doth freely yeeld
Hi* partea to Reason* rule obedient.
And lectcth her that ought the scepter weeld.
All happy peace and goodly gareriAient
Ii setled there in sure establishment.
There Alms, like a virgin queene most bright.
Doth florish in all besutie excellent ;
And to ber guestes doth bounteous banket dight,
Ancanprad goodly well for health and for delight.
Early, before the Mome irith crenwaln ray
The windowes of bright Heaven op«ied lud,
Throu^ which into the iri>rld Ibe dawning Day
Might looke, that maketh erery creature glad.
Uprose sir Guyon in bright armour clad.
And to his purposd ioumey him prepared ;
With him the palmer eke in habit sad
Hiniselfe addnst to that adventure haid :
So to the riveia syde they both together tu'i :
Where Aeta awaited rea^y at the foid
The Ibniman, aa Alma had behighl.
With his well-rigged bote : they goe abord,
And be eftsoones gan launch his barke (brthrigbt.
Ere long they rowed were quite out of sight.
And laat Ihe land behynd them fled away.
But let them pas, whiles winde and wether right
Doe serve their tnmes : here 1 a while must stay,
To see a cruell fight doen by the prince this day.
For, all BO soone as Guyon thence was gon
Upon his voyage with his truslie guyde,
TliBt wicked band of villeins fiesh begun
That caatle In asaaile on every side.
And lay strong stege about it hi and wyde.
So huge and infinite thnr numbers were.
That dl the land they under tbem did hyde;
So fowleand ugly,. that exceeding fear*
Their visages imprest, when they approcbed neare.
Tliem in twelve troupes tlieir captein did dispart,
And round about in fittest sleades did place.
Where each might best offend his proper part.
And hi* contiiry obied most deface.
As every one seem'd meetest in that cace.
Seven of the same against the caatie-gate
In strong entrenchment* he did clonely plae^
Which with iocessaunt force and endlesae hate
They batind day and night, snd entrannce did
1.UE other five, five sondry wayes he setl
Again*! the fl*e great bulwaikes of that
pyl«i
And unto each a bulwsrke did arrett,
T sssayle with open force or hidden guyl^
In hope Ibereof to win rictorious spoile,
They all that cba^e did fervently apply
With greedie malice aod importune toyle.
And i^anted there their huge artillery,
With which they dayly made most dreadfldl battery.
The first troupe w
Of fowle misshapen wightes, of which some were
Headed like owles, with beckei uncomely bent ;
Other* like dog* ; others like gryphcms dreare ;
And some had wings, and loroe had clswes to teare i
And every one of them had lynco ejt»;
And every one did bow and arrowes beare :
All those were lawlesse Lustes, corrupt Enryes,
And covetous Asptos, all cruet enimyea.
Those same against the bulwaikc of the tigU
Did lay strong giege and battailous assault,
Ne once did yield It reapitt day nor night ;
But soone as Utan gan his head eiault.
And soone agune as he hi* light withhault.
Their wicked engines they again*! it bent ;
That is, each thing by which Ibe eyca may ftult t
But two then all more huge and violent,
Beautia and Money, Ifaey that bidwarfce lorely ~--'
He Bceond bulnike wu tha htaring Knee,
Gainst which the wcood troupe desiignment nukes ;
DefCKiDed cremturM, in atraunge diBerencc :
Some hkVLng henda like harts, iome like to snakei.
Some like wild bora late rouid out of the brakes :
Staunderotis Heproches, and fowle Infamiei,
Leaungea, Backhytingea, and vain-gtoiicua Crakes,
Bad Cuunida, Frayees, and false Flatteriea :
All those against tlul fort did bend their batteries.
likewise thai same third fort, that is the tmell.
Of that third troupe was cruell; assiyd ;
Whose hideous shapes were like to feendes of Hell,
Some like to houndes, some like to apes, dismajid ;
Some, like to puCtockes, aJI in plumes aiay d ;
All sbap't according their conditions :
For, by those ugly formes, weren pouttrayd
Foolish Delights, and (oai Abudons,
Wbicb doe that sence beside with light Mlusioiu.
And that fourth band which cruell battry beat
Agunst the fourth bulnarke, that is the laitt.
Was, as the rest, a grysie rablement ;
Some mouth'd like greedy oystiiges ; some faste
Like loUhly toades ; some fashion'd in the waste
Like swine ; for so defonnd U Luiury,
Surfeat, Misdiet, and unthriftie Waste,
Vain Feaales, and ydle Superfluity :
All those this sences fort assayle iucesaaotty.
But the Sft troupe, most horrible of hew
And ferce of force, is dreadful! to report ;
For sosoe like snailes, some did like spydert shew.
And some like ugly urchins thick and short :
Cruelly they assayied that fift fort,
Armed with dartes of sensuall Delist,
With Btinges of camall Lust, and strong efi%rt
Of feeling Pleasures, with which day and night
^tLgainst that same Gft bulwaritr they continued figbu
Thus these twelie troupes with dresdfull puissaunce
Against that castle restlesse siege did lay.
And erennore their hideous ordtnaunce
Upon the bulworkes cruelly did play.
That now it gau to threaten neore decay ;
And erennore thejr wicked capitoyn
ProToked them the breochet to assay, [gsifn.
Sometimes with threats, sometimes with hope of
Whkh by the ransack of that place they should
On th' other side, tb' osa^ted caMles word
Their sledliut sttoids did mightily mainlaine,
And many tmld r«pulse and many hard
AtchieTemeot wrought, with pcrill and with payne.
That goodly flame Irom ruin to sustaine :
And tbose two brethren gyauntes did defend
Tlie wdis so stoutly with their stunlie mayne.
That never entiaunce any durst pretend, [send.
But they to direfull death their groning ghosts did
Tbe noble nrgio, lodiv of the place.
Was much dismayed with that dreadful sight
(For never was she in so cvill cace),
'nil tbol tbe prince, seeing her wofuU plight,
Gan her recomfort from so sad affright,
OHHng his sorice and bis dearest life
For her defence against that carle to fight.
Which was tbair chiefs and th' autbour of that stii^ :
IS the pstrone of her life.
re issewing am espye,
outrageous dreodfull yelling (17 :
Eflsoones himselfe in giftterand amiea be d^t.
And his well proved weapons to him faent;
So tsking courteous ctmg^, he behight
Those gates to be unliar'd, and forth be went.
Fsyre mote be thee, tbe prowest and moet gent.
That ever brandished bright Steele on bye !
Whom soone as that unruly rablement
With his gay squyre issewing did espye.
They reard a •"~' n..t~~-i... ^nuJA.ll »l
And therewithall aCtonce at him let fly
Their Suttring arrowet, thicke as Bakes of snow.
And round about bim docks impetuously.
Like a great water-flood, that tombling low
From tlic high mountoines, threates to overflow
With suddein fury all the fertile playne.
And tbe sad husbondmans long hope doth throw
Adowne the streame, and all his vowes moke vayne ;
Nor bounds nor bonks his headlong ruine may suo-
Upon his shield their heaped hayle he bore.
And with his sword dispcist the raskall flockes.
Which tied asonder, and him fell before 1
As withered leaves drop from their dryed stockes.
When tbe uroth western wind does reave their locks-.
And underneath him, his courageous steed.
The fierce Spumador, tiode them downe like docks;
The fierce ^umador borne of heaicnly seed ;
Such as Lsonwdon of Phoebus race did breed.
Which uidddne horrour and confused cry
When as their captdne heard, in haste be yode
The cause to weet, and fault to remedy :
Upon a tygre swifi and fierce he rode.
That as the winde ion underneath his lode.
Whiles his long legs nigh inught unto the ground :
Full lar^ he was of limbe, and shoulders brnde ;
But of such subtile substance and unsound.
That like a ghost he seem'd whose gTave-dotbea
were unbound ;
All deadly daungerous, all cruell keene.
Headed with flint, and fethers bloody dide :
Such as the Indians in their quivers hide :
Those could he well direct and streight h line.
And bid them strike the nurke which he had »de :
Ne was there salve, ne was there medicine, (tine.
That mote recure their wounds; so inly Ib^ did
As psle and wan as ashes was his looke ;
Hin body leane and meagre as a rake ;
And skin all withered like a dryed rooke;
Thereto as cold and drery as a snake ;
That seemd to tremble evermore and quake :
All in a canvas thin he was bedight.
And girded with a belt of twisted brake :
Upon his bead he wore an helmet light, [sight :
Made of a dead mans skull, that aeemd a gbsstly
Maleger was his name . and after liim
There follow'd Gut at hand two wicked bags.
With booiy locke* all loose, and visage glim j
Tbeir feet unsbBd, their bodies wrapt in logs.
And both as swift on foot as chased stags ;
And yet the one her other legoe bod lame,
Whicli with a stoH'e oil full i^tle snags
She did support, and Impotence her name : [flame.
But th' other was Impatience, armd with raging
THE FAERJE QUEENE.
S«l
BooDC M dw carls from Ha tha prinee eqijde
Glktiing in trroet and wiriike umuneDl,
His b«t he fell; prickt on either ifde,
And bis nuKhi^rous bow full re«die bent,
Whb Htdcb ■> him a cniell shaft he Bent :
Bui be Hst worie, and il warded well
Upon hii shield, that it no further weut.
But to tbe ground (be idle quarrel! fell :
Then he aiiMfaer aud auotber did eipelL
Which to prevent, the prince'fais moitall spaare
Sooae %o him raught, and fierce at liim did ride.
To be avenged of that ihot wfa^leare :
But be was not m> hard; to abide
llMt bitter Btownd, but, turning quicke aside
His light-foot beast, flad fast away for feare :
Whom to poursue, the infiuil aAer hide
" - ■ ■ ■ could him '
It labour lost^l w
■o wecne approch him neare.
Fir as the winged wind his tigre fled.
That Tew of eye could icarce him orertake.
Ne scane bis feet on giousd were leene b> trcd ;
Hmnigb hils and dales he speedy way did make^
Tfe hedge ne ditch bis readie passage brake,
And in hi* Sight the rilleine Cum'd his face
I As wonts tbe Tartar by the Caspian lake,
Wheiws tbe Ruwian bim in fight does choce,)
Unto hi> tygre* Caile, and shot at bim apsce.
ApKe be shot, aod yet he fled apace,
Still as the greedy knight aigfi to him drew ;
Atid oftentimes he would relent his pace,
That bim his foe more fiercely should poursew :
Bm, wheti his uncouth manner he did rew.
He gan aviie to follow him no more,
BdI keepe his standing, and his ibalteB eschew,
Umill be quite bad epent his perlous store, [^mon.
And then auayle him Iredi, ere be could shift for
Bm tliat lame bag, still as abroad be strew
His wicked airowes, gathered them ag^e.
And to him brought, fresh batCeill to renew i
Which he espying out her to restiaine
From yielding succour to that cursed swaine,
And ber attaching thought her liands te
inledol
' he len
And catching hold of bim, as dowi
Him backeward orenhrew, and dowae him stayd
With their rude bandes and gryesly graplement ;
Till that tbe villein, coming to Cfanr ayd.
Upon him fell, and lode upon him layd :
Full title wanted, but he had liim slame,
A^ of the battell balefull end had made.
Had not his gentle tquire beheld his paine,
And commen to bis reskew ere his bitter bane*
.tglo.
II thing
itpe of weaker hand i
, and life unsound.
Hay often need thi
So feeble u mans si
That in asguraunce it may never stand.
Til il disoolTed be from earthly band '.
Proofe be thou, prince, the proweftt man alyve.
And noblest borne of all in Briton laud ;
Yet thee fierce Fortune did so nearely drive.
That, had not Grace thee bleat, thou shouldeit not
The aquyre arriting, fleroely in lus armes
Bnatcbt fint the one, and then the other jadcg
His chiefest letta and suthon of his Imrmes,
And them perforce withheld with threatned blade.
Least that his lord they should behindc invade ;
The whiles the prince, prickt with reprochful shune.
As one awakte out of long nlombring shade,
Revivyng thought of glory and of lame.
United all his powres to purge himselfe from blame.
Like as s Gre, the which in hollow cave
Hath long bene underkept and down eupprCfltr
With munnurous disdayne doth inly nve.
And grudge, in so utreight prison to be preat.
At lost breokes forth with furious unrest.
All that did earst it hinder and molest,
Yt now deroures with flniaa and scorching heat.
And carries into smoake with rage and horror great.
So migbtely tbe Briton prince him rouid
Out irf his holde, and broke his caytiTe hands ;
And as a beare, whom angry cuires have touad.
Having off-shskt them and cKapt their bands,
Becomes more fell, and all that |um withstands
Treads down and overthrowes. Now had the carle
Alighted from his tigre, and his hands
Discharged of tiis bow and deadly quar'le,
To seise upon his foe fiait lying on the marie.
Which now him tumd to disavantage deare i
For nrither can he fly, nor other harme,
£Hth now lie is fai' from hjs monstrous ewarme.
And of his Weapon?! did himselfe disarme.
Tbe knight, yet wrothfull for his late disgrace.
Fiercely adiaunst his valorous right onue.
And him so sore smott with hi> yron mace,
That groveling to the ground he fell, and fild hia
Wei weened bee that field was then big owne.
And all his labor brought to happy end ;
When Euddein up the villeiiu overthronnc
Out of his swowne arose, fresh to contend.
And gsn himselfe to second battaill bend.
As hurt he had not betne. Thereby there lay
An huge grest stone, which stood npnn one end.
And had not bene removed many a dayi [way ;
Some land-marke seemd to bee, or signe of sundry
Tbe aama he snatcht, and with exceeding sway
Threw at liis foe, who was right well aware
To shonne tha engin of hia meant decay ;
It boated not to thinke that throw to beare.
But grownd he gave, and lightly Itpt areare :
Eft fierce retouming, as a faulcon fayre.
That once bath failed of her souse full neare.
Remounts sgaine into tfie open ayre.
And unto better fortune doth henelfe prepayre ;
So brave retouming, with his brondislll blade.
He to the carle himselfe agayn addresC,
And strooke at him so ntemely, thst lie made
An open passage through his riven brest.
That halfe the rteele behind his backc did rest ;
Which drawing baeke, he looked evermore
When (be hart blood should guE.h out of his chest.
Or his dead cone should fall upon the flore ;
But his dead cone upon the flwe fell nathemore i
Ne drop of blood appeared shed to bee.
All were the wownd so wide and wonderom
That through bis caress one might plsynly Bee.
Halfe in smaze witli horror liidi^us,
And balfe m rage U be deluded Ibus,
Again through iMtth tli« sides he strooke him quight,
That made hia apright lo grone full piteous ;
Tet tuthemore lanh fled bis groning sprif^t,
But freshly, aa at fint, prepard himselfe to fighb
Thet«at he sminen n-ai with great oHnght,
And Iren^ling terror did hia bart apall :
Ne will he wbat to thinke of that same light,
Ne what to say, ne what to doe at ail :
He doubled leaat it were some magicall
Illusion tliat did beguile his sense,
Or wandring ghost that wanted funerall.
Or aen spirile under false pretence,
Or hellish feend rayad up through diveliab science.
Hi* wonder fa exceeded reasons reaeh,
That he began to doubt his daieled sight.
And oft of error did hinueUe appeach :
Flesh without bloodg'a person without spright.
Wounds without hurt, a body without might.
That could doe harme, yet could not banned bee.
That could not die, yet seemd a mortall wight,
Hist was most strong in most infirmitee ;
like did he never beare, like did he never see.
And th' utmost meanes of victory assay.
Or th' utmost ysaew of his owne decay.
His owne good sword Mordure, that never fayld
At need till now, he lightly threw away,
And his bright shield that nought him now arayld;
And with his naked bands him forcibly assayld.
Twiit hia two mighty armea hini up he snatcht
And crush! bis carcas so against his breat.
That the disdwnfuU sowle be thence di^atcht,
And th' ydie breath all utterly eiprest :
Tho, when he felt him dead, adowne he kest
The lumpish corse unto the sencelease giowndj
Adowne he kest it ?rith so puissant wrest,
That backe againe it did alofte rebownd,
And gave against his mother Earth a groneAiU sownd.
As when lores ftaniease-bearing bird from by«
Sloupes at a flying heron with proud disdayne.
The ctone-dead quarrey falls so forcibtye.
That it rebownds og^nst (he lowly playne,
A second fall redoubling backe agayne.
Then thought the prince all peril sure was past.
And that he victor onely did remayne ;
No sooner thought, then that the carle as fitst [cast.
Gan heap huge strokes im bim, as ere he down was
Nigh his wita end then woxe ih' amaied knight,
And thought his Idtor lust, and traveil vayne,
Against this lifelcsse shadow so to fight :
Yet life be saw, and fell his mighty mayne,
That, whiles he marveild still, did slill him payne ;
Forthy he gan' some other wayes advise.
How to Uke life from that dead-living swayne.
Whom mill he marked freshly to ariie
From th' Earth, and from ber womb new spiiils to
He then remembred well, that had bene nyd.
How th' Earth his mother was, and fiiat hmi bore ;
She eke, Bo oftea as his life decayd.
Did life with usury to bim restore,
And reysd him up much stronger then before,
80 soone as be unto her wombe did Ml :
Therefore to grownd he would him cast no more,
Ne bim cornmitt to grave terrestriall,
But beare bim fkrre from hope of sucCOUr usualL
Andh
The lothfull life, now loosd from unfull bands,
Upon his shoulders carried him perforse
AtKive three furlongs, taking his full course.
Until he came unto a standing lake;
Him thereinto be threw without remorse,
Ne slird. till hope of life did him foriake :
So end of (hat carles dayes and his owm paynes did
Which when those iricked hags from fix did cpye,
Like two mad dogs they ran about the lands ;
And th' one of them with dreadfiil! yelling crye.
Throwing away her broken chaines and luuids,
And having quencht her burning fier-brands,
Hedlong herselfe did cast into that lake :
But Ivapoleace with ber owne wilfull hands
One of Malegen cursed daita did tak^ [nuke.
So ryv'd ber O^mbling hart, and wicked end did
Thus now alone he conquerour remaines :
Tho, cumming to his squyre that kept his steed.
Thought to bate mounted ; but his fed>le vainea
Him faild thereto, and served not his need, [bleed,
lluxiugh tosse of blood which from his wounds £d
That he began to faint, and life decay :
But bis good squyre, bim helping up with speed.
With stedfast band upon his hone did stay,
And led bim to the castle by ilie beaten way.
Where many groomcs and tquiers ready were
To take bim from bis steed fiill tenderly ;
And eke the fayrest Alma metl bim there
With balme, and wine, and costly spicery,
To comfort him in his infirmity 1
Eftesoones she caasd him up to be convayd.
And of his armea despoyled easily
In sumptuous bed shee made him to be layd ;
And, al the while his wounds were dreasing, by him
Ginron, by palmers govemaunce,
nsaing Ihrou^ perilles great.
Doth overthrow the Bowpe of Blis,
And Acraay defeat.
Now ginnes that goodly frame of Tempcraunce
Fayrely to rise, and her adorned hed
To pricke of highest prayse forth to advauoee.
Formerly groimded and fast setteled
On firme foundation of true bounCyhed :
And this brave knight, that for this vertue figbtes,
Now comes to point of that same perilous s^
Where Pleasure dwelles in sensual! delighta,
Mongst tbousond dangers and ten thousand mi^ct
urigbts.
THE FAEltlE QUEENE.
323
Two iajea Daw in Ihftt ks be Hjleil baa.
Ha ever Isnd bebeld, ne living wi^ht,
Ne ought save peril), still u he did pu :
"nio, when appeUKl the third morrow bright
Upon the wares to spml her trembling light.
An hideotu roring fiu away the; heard,
That all tbeii aeaces filled with afTrighi ;
And Anight tbe^ saw the raging Burgea reard
Up to the akjes, that them of downing made alSaad.
Said Ibaa the boterOau, •' Palmer, ileTe aright.
And keepe an e*en course ; for yonder way
W« needea muit pu (Ci>d doe ku well aequlght !]
That is the Guire of GreedineBse, they say.
That deepe eogorgcth all this worldes pray ;
Which having swallowd up eicessively.
He soone in lomit up agalne doth lay.
And belcheth forth Us superfluity.
That all the seas for feare doe seeme away to fiy.
" On th' other syde an hideous rock is pight
Ofmightie nugnes itone, whose crag^pe clilt
Depending from on high, dreedfull to nghl,
Orer the wbtcs his rugged srmes doth lift.
And threatneth downe to throw his ragged Hfl
On wbo^o Cometh nigh ; yet nigh it drawea
All
n shift;
Fonraid they passe, and strongly be them rowes.
Until] they nigh unto that gu^e arryve,
Vbere streame more violent and greedy grones :
Then he with oil his puisaunce doth stiyie
To strike his oares, and mightiiy dolb dryve
Tbe bolloff vessell through the tfareatfull wave ;
Which, gaping wide to swallow them aiyve
In th' huge al^sse of his engulfing grave, [rave.
Sutb rare at them in vaine, and with great terrour
They, paaung by, that grisely mouth did see
Sucking the seas into his entralles deepe.
That seemd more horrible than Hell to bee.
Or that darke drewjfull hole of Tartare steepe
Through which the damned ghosts doen often creep
Backe to the world, bad livers to torment :
But nought that biles into this direfull deepe,
Ne that approcbeth lugb the w:yde descent,
llaj backe TCtoume, but is condemned to be drent.
On th' other nile they saw that perilous rocke,
Tlireatiuiig Ittelfe on them to ruinate.
On wbooe ■baipcKftea the ribs of vess^ broke;
And ahivered aldps, which had beene wrecked late,
Yet Muck with carcases exanimate
Of such, aa having all their subatanee spent
In wanton ioyes and luMea intemperate,
Did aAerwardes make shipwrack violent
Fortby this hight the Rock of vile Reprocb,
A datuigercnu and detestable place.
To which nor fish nor fowle did once ^iproch.
But yelling meawcs, with seiguUes boars and bace.
WUcb stiU sat w . .,
I For apoile <rf wretches, whose unhappy a
t After lost credit, and consumed thrift,
'] At hat then dmen ball
Tbe palmer, aeeing them in safetie poKt,
Thus saide ; ■< Behold th' eiisainples in our iJglitca
Of luBtfiil luiurie and thtiftlesse wut !
What now is left of miaerable wightes.
Which spent their looser daies in leud di-li;;hli».
But shame and sad reprocb, here to be red
By these rent reliques speaking their ill plightea ]
Let aU that live hereby be eouDselled
ToshimneBockofR^»ach,aiiditae death to dread!"
80 forth they rowed ; and that ferrymui
With bis stifle oares did brush the sea so strong.
That the hoare waters from his frigot ran,
And the light bubles daunced all along,
Whiles the salt brine out of tlie billowes sprong.
At last far oif they many inlandeii spy
On every side Anting the floodes emong :
Then said the knight ; " Lo ! I the land descry ;
Therefore, old lyre, thy course doe tiiereunto apply."
But stragling plots, which to and fro doe ronna
In the wide waters ; tlierefbre are they hight
llie Wandiing Islands ; therefore doe them shonne ;
For they have oft drawne many a wandring wight
Into most deadly daunger and distressed plight.
" Tet well they seeme to him, that fkrre doth vew.
Both faire and fruitful!, and die grownd dispred
With graasy gteene of ddectible hew ;
And £e tall trees with leaves appareled
Are deckt with blossoms dyde in white and red,
Hiat mote the passengers thereto allure ;
But whosoew once hath faatened
His foot tberecn, may never it recure.
But wandietfa evcnnore uncertein and uniiui«.
" As lb' isle of Delos wbytome, men report^
Amid lb' Aegean sea long time did stray,
Ne made for shipping any certeine port.
Till that Latona tiavcilmg that way.
Flying trom lunoea wrath and hard assay.
Of her fiiyre twins was there delitered,
Which aAerwards did rule (lie night and day ;
Thenceforth it Srmly was establiSted,
And for ApoUoes tanplc highly benied.
They to him hearken, as beseemeth mcete ;
And passe on forward : so their way docs ly.
That one of those same islands, which doe fleet
In tbe wide sea, they needes must pasaen by.
Which seemd so sweet and pleasaunt to the eye.
That it would tempt a man to touchen there 1
Upon tlie banck they sitting did espy
A daintic damsall dressing of her heare.
By whome a little Alppet flotiBg did appeare.
She, tlicm espying, loud to tliem gan call.
Bidding them nigher draw unto the shore.
For she had cause to husie them withall ;
And therewith lowdly laught : but natliemore
Would they once tume, but ke)it on ai afore :
Which when she saw, she left har lockes undigllt.
And running to her boat withouten ore.
From the departing land it laundied light.
And after them did drive with all ber power asd
might.
sM spe:
Wbom OTBTtakiiig, iha In mmy ctM
niem gftn to bord^ mid purpose diTnflty ;
Now faining dslliaunce and wuitoD sport,
Now throwing forth lewd wonleB immodeBtlf ;
Till thai the palmer gin full bitterly
Her tu rebuke? fur being looM and light :
Which not abiding, but more >eotiifull;f
Scoffing At him tlut did her iuUJy wite,
She turod her bote (bout, and from tbem rowed quits.
That wM the wanton Pfaiedria, which late
Did ferry him over the Idle IJke :
Whom nought regarding tbey kept on their gate,
And all her Taine alluiemente did fbmke ;
When them the waiy boleman thui beapake ;
" Here now beboretii ub well to ayyiie,
And of OUT safety good hcede to take ;
Far here before a perlam pssmge lyes, [die*
Where many memuiydt bauitt maliing ftlse melo-
" But by the way there is a great quick>aiid>
And a whirlepoole of hidden ieopardy ;
Therefore, sir Palmer, keepe an even hand ;
For twiit them both the narrow way doth ly."
Scarse had he nide, when bard at hand they apir
That quicksand nigh with water corered ;
But by tbe checked wave thay did descry
It plains, and by the «ea diaeoloured ;
It called was the duickeaand of UnthriAyheiL
Laden tlvm br with preciwia merchandiie,
And bravely furnished ai iMp might bee.
Which through great disaventure, or mespiiM,
Hereelfe had ronne into that hauidise ;
Whoie mariners and merchant! with much toylt
Labour'd in vaine to have recur'd thrar priie.
And the rich wares to save firom pitteoui q>oy]e
But nather toylc nor travail might her bacb re-
On th' other dde they see that periloua pooler
That called was the Whirlepoole of Decay ;
In which full many had with haplesee doole
Beene suncke, of whom no memorie did May :
Whose circled watera lapt with whirling away,
like to a restlease wheele, still ronning round.
Did covet, aa (hey paned by that way.
To draw thdr bote within die uOnoM boiind
Of his wide labyrinth, and then to have themdround.
But th' heedful boteooan Mrangly faith did stretch
That th' utmost sandy breach they shortly fetch.
Whiles the dread daunger does behind remaiike.
Suddeine they see from mite of all the maina
The surging waten like a mountaine risa.
And tbe great sea, pufl up with proud disdajm^
To swtU above tiie meanire of hit guiae,
At threatning to devoure all that hi* powre deqiiae.
The wavea come rolling, and the UUowea roic
Outragioutly, as they enraged were,
Or wrathfull Neptune did them drive before
Hii whirling chuvt for exceeding feare ;
For not one pnfie (rf winde there did appeare ;
That all tbe three thereat woxe much afrayd,
Ijnweeting what audi homrar atrannga did reare.
Eftaooim they saw an hideona hoaat amyd
'^ huxe aea-nonrier^ iDcli aa Unng acBce dtsmayd :
Natures!
Or shame, that ever should so i
From her most cunning hand 0
All dreadfuU pourtnicta of defon
Spring-headed hydres ; and sei
Great whirlpooles, whkb all iii
Bright scolopendraes arm^d wj'
Mighty ni
ttouldring
I silver seal
bredtayles
The dreadful Hih, that hath deaert'd the name
Of Death, and like him lookes in dre^fiill hew;
The griealy waisemuui, that makn bis game
The lying ships with swiflnei to putaew ;
The horrible sea-satyre, that doth shew
Hit fearefuU face in time of greatett ttomte j
Hu^ liffiua, whom marinen eschew
No Icsae than rockes, as Oavellers informe ;'
And greedy roainaiinea with visages deforme:
All these, and thousand thousanda many more.
And more deformed monsters thousand fold.
With dreadfull noise and hollow rombling rore
Came rushing, in the fomy waves enrold.
Which seem'd to fly for feare them to behold:
Ne wander, if these did the knight appall ;
For all that here on earth we draadfuU hold.
Be but as bugs 10 fearen babe* withall.
Compared to tbe creatures in the seas entiW.
" Feare nought," then aaide the palmer well avii'd,
" For these same monsters are not these in deed.
But are into these fearef^iU shapes disguised
By that same wicked witch, to worke ua dreed.
And draw from on this ioumey to proceed."
Tlio, lifting up his vertuous stafie on bye.
He smote the sea, which calmed was with qieed,
And all tliat dreadliill aimie fast gan flye
Into great Tethys bosome, where they hidden lye.
Quit from that danger fortli their course tbey kept;
And aa they went they heard a ruefull crj
Of one that wayld and pittifully wept,
That through tbe sea th' resounding plainti did fly ;
At last they in an island did espy
A seemely maiden, atting by the ihor^
That with great sorrow imd tad agony
Seemed some great misfortune to deplore.
And lowd to them for succour called evemxM^
Which Guyon bearing, streight his palmer bad
To ttere tlie bote towards that dolefull mayd.
That he might know and ease her sorrow sad i
Who, him aviiing better, to him sayd ;
" Faire ur, be not displeaad if disobayd :
For ill it were to hearken to her cry i
*^ To which wheri she yoor cotuvge haA tncUiMl
Through foolish pitty, then her f^leftiU fa^
She will embosome deeper in your mii>d.
And for your -ruine at tbe last awayt."
The knight was ruled, and the boteman strayt
Held on hit course with stayed tted&stnase,
Ne ever shmtcke, na ever soi^t to Inqt
His tyred arines fbr toylctome wea~
But with lut oam did iweqia the w
THB FAERIE QUEENE.
And nmr tba; mgh ^iproobti tg dw Mcd
Whereas those niemuLydt dwelt : it wu ■ atiU
And calmy IM7, on Ifa' one side ifaeltered.
With the brode ahsdoir of in hoarie hill ;
On th' other «de an high roclte toured still,
Thml twiit them both ■ pletnunt port they nutdf^
And did like «■ halTe theatre ftdliU :
There thoae Etb sisten had continuall trade.
And uod to bath themaelvei in that deceiptfidl ahade.
Tlierwere bire ladies, d[I thej fbudly MriT'd
With di' Heliconian ouides for mayitery ;
or whom thej DTer-comen were depriv'd
Of their proud beautie, and th' one moyitj'
TiUBTomi'd to fish for their boid suiquediy ;
But th' upper halie their hew retained stiU,
And their i«e«t skill in wonted melody ;
Vhich eier after tbey abuid to ill,
7" allure weake traTeillen, whom gotten tbey did kill.
So now to Guy on, ■■ he paiaed by.
Their pleaaaunt tunes thi^ sweetly thus ^^yde;
" O thou Ayre aoDne of gentle Fiery,
That art in mightie amtei most magnifyde
Above all knights that erer bstteill tryde,
O turne thy rudder hetherward awhile :
Hen may thy ttoime~bett fcHell (sTely ryde ;
Tliia is the port of rest from tnn^lous toyle,
Iba worldes iweet in from paioe and weaiisome
turmoyle."
With thai the rolling sea, resounding aoft.
Id his big base tbera fitly answered ;
And im the rocke the nSTes breaking aloft
A Kilemne meane unto them measured ;
Tbe whiles sweet Zephjrui low d whisteted
Hii treble, a Miaunge kinds of baimony ;
Which Guyons senses softly tickeled.
That be the botenuui bad row easily,
And let him heare some part of their nre melody.
But him the palmer tnta that Taniw
With temperate advice diicounselled.
Hat they it past, and shortly gao descry
Hie land to which their course they levelled ;
When Buddeioly a grosse f<^ over spred
With his dull v^our all that desert has.
And Heavens cheareftdl bee enveloped.
Hat all things tme, and one as nothing was.
And this great universe Jtemd one couused mas.
Tbeteat they greatly wete dismayd, ne wist
How to diiect theyr way in darkenes wide.
But teard Co wander in that wast^ldl mist.
For lombling into mitcbiefe unespyde :
Worse is the daunger hidden then descride.
Soddeinly an innumerable flight
Even all the nation of unfortunate
And btall birds about them flocked wen^
Such as by nature men abhorre and bate ;
The iU-ftste owie, Deaths dreadfull messengere t
The hoan night-iavBi, trump of dolefull drere ;
The letfaer-winged batt, dayes enimy ;
The ruefull strich, still waiting on Che bere ;
Hie whistler dirill, that whoso hesiEB doth dy ;
Tha ballisb barpyes, prophet* of sad destiny :
All tbosa, and all t^ els does homff bmed,
About them Sew, and fild tbmr sayles with ftsn:
Tet stayd they not, but forward did proceed.
Whiles th' one did row, and th' other stifly sCeare;
Till that at last the weather gan to deare.
And the fain land itselfe did playnly show.
Said Chen the palmar; '• Lo i where does appears
The sacred soile where all our perilb grow !
Therefore, sir Knight, your rMdy anas about you
He hearkned, and bis armes about him tDiAe,
The whiles the nimble bote so vrell her sped,
Tlat with her crooked keele the land she strooke :
Then fbrtb Che uoble Guyou sallied.
And his sage palmer that him governed ;
But th' other by hia bote behind did stay.
They marched tayrely foilh, of nought ydred.
Both fiimely annd for every hard may,
With constancy and care, gainst daunger and dltmay.
Ere long they heard an htdeous bellowing
Of many beaiti, that roaid outrageously.
As if that faungDB poynt or Venus ning
Had them enraged with fell stirqucdry ;
Yet nought they feard, but past on hardily,
Untill they came in vew of those wilde beasts,
Who all attonce, gaping full greedily.
i« (« deroure those ui
But, aoone as they approcht irith deadly threat.
The palmer over them his staffe upheld.
His mighty stalls that could all channes defeat :
Eftesi
a their stubborn
corages V
And high advaunced cresta downe meekety feld 1
Instead of flvying they themselves did feare.
And trembled, as them paadng they beheld:
Such wondrous powre did in that staffe appears.
All monsters to subdew to Mm that did it beare.
Of that same vrood it ftam'd was cunning.
Of which caduceus whilome was made,
Caduceus, the rod of Mercury,
With which be wonts the Stygian realmes invade
llirough ghastly horror and etemall shade;
Th' infernall feends with it he can asawage.
And Orcus tame, wbome nothing can persuade.
And rule the Furyes when Ihey most doe rage :
Such vertuc in his staffe bad eke this palmer sage.
Thence passing fonb, they shoitly doe arryve -
Whereu the Bowre of Blisse was situate (
A place |Hckt out by cboyce of best alyve,
That natures worke by ait can imitate :
Id which whatever in this worldly state
Is tweete and pleasing unCo living sense.
Goodly it irai enclosed rownd about.
As well their entred gucsles t6 keep within.
As those unruly beasts to hcdd without)
Yet was the fence thereof but weake and thin;
Nought fiard their force that fortilage to win.
But Wisedomes powre, and Tempemunces might.
By which the mightiest tbingB efforced bin :
And eke the gate was wrought pf subst^un;e light,
Bather for pleasure thei^ tfa bakery or fight.
326 SPEN
yt frimed >™s of prerfous jmoiy.
That seemd a irorkc of admirable wlH;
And therein all tlie famous liistory
Of laaon and Mediea was jwrilt;
Her mighty channes, ber furious laving fltt ;
His goodly conquest of tJie go1di?n AcevCt
His folsed fiiyth, and love too lightly flitt ;
The wundred Argo, wliich in venturous peece
Vlist ihrough the Euiine seas bore all the Sowr of
Ye might have scene tlie frotliy billoves (rf
Under the ship as thorough them she went.
That secmd the "sies were into yoiy,
And otherwhere the snowy siibstaunee iprent
With vermeil, like the boyea blood therein shed,
A piteous Gpectaele did represent ;
And otlierwhiles with gold be&prinkeled [wed.
Yt seemd th' enchaunted fiwme, which did Creuia
All this and more might in that goodly gate
Be red, that ever open stood to «JI
Which thcther came : but in tbe porch there tats
A comely penonage of stature tall.
And semblaunce pleasing, more then naturall.
That tra»talers to him soemd to entize ;
His looser garment to the ground did fall.
And Hew about his heeic* in wanton wbe.
Not Stt for speedy pace or manly eierdie.
They in that place him Genina did call :
Not that celestiall powie, to whom the caie
Of life, and generation of all
That lives, perteines in charge particulare.
Who wondrous thing* concerning our welfore.
And siraunge phanlomea dotb lett us ofte foresee,
Andofteof secrrt ills bids us bewaie :
That is OUT aelfb, whom though we do not see.
Yet acb doth in himeelfo it well perceite to bee :
Thereibre a god him aage Antiquity
Did wisely make, and good Agdistes call :
But this same iras to that quite contrary,
The foe of life, that good envyes to all,
That secretly dutfa us procure to fWII
Through guilefull scmblania, which he makes us sec :
He' of this gardin had the govemall,
And Pleaaurea porter was devizd to bee.
Holding a Maflb in hand for more Jbcmalitee.
With dirers flowres he daintily was deckt,
And Btrowed rownd about ; and by his aide
A mighty mazer bowle of wine was selt.
As if it had to him bene saonfide ;
Wherewith all new-come guests be gretyfide :
So did he eke sir Cuyon passing bj,;
But he his ydle curlesie deHde,
And overthrew his bowle dlsdainiully, [blanb sly.
And brolce his staSe, with which be dunned sem-
Thus being entrcd, they behold arownd
A large oiu Hpadous plain*, on every side
Strowed with plessaun* j whoae &yre grassy grownd
Mantled with grcenc, and pioodly beautifide
With all the ornaments of t'loraes pride,
Whcrenilh her mother Art, as halfe in scome
Of niggard Nature, like a pompous bride
Did decke her, and too lavishly odome, [mome-
When forth from lirgin bonrc ihc comes in th' early
Thereto the Heavoii atwsyps jorialL
Lookte on them lovely, still in stedfast Mate,
Ne suSted stotmenor bust on tbem to fall
Their lender buds or leaves to violate ;
Nor scorching beat, nor cold intemperate,
T* afflict the creatures which therein did dwell {
But the milde ayre with settaon moderate
Gently attempred, and disposd so well, [smell :
That itill it breathed fbrtb sweet spirit and btdesmn
More sweet and hotesome then the pleosaunt bQl
Of Rhodope, on which the nimpbe, that bore
A gyaunt babe, beraelfe for griefe did kill ;
Or the Theaaalian Tempe, where of yore
Fayre Daphne Fhtebus halt with love did goR ;
Or Ida, where the gods lov'd to repeyre,
Whenever they their heavenly bowrea forhxe ;
Or sweet Farnasse, the haunt of Muses &yre ;
Or Eden selfe, if ought with Eden mote cimpayre.
Much wondred Guyon at the byre asp^
Of that sweet place, yet suBred aa delig^
To aincke into his sence, nor mind aSect ;
But pasaed forth, and lookt still fonnvd right,
BrycUing his will and maystecing bis might:
Till that be came unto another pte;
No gate, but like one, brang.goodly dight
With bowes and braunches, which did broad dilate
Their clasfuug amMa in wanton wreathiogs intricate :
So flubioned a porch with rare device.
Archt over head with an embracing vine.
Whose bounchea hanging downe seemd to entice
All passers-by to taste tbeir Itishious win^
And did thansdves into their hands iocliue,
s iWely ofieiing to be gathered i
Some deepe empurpled a* the hyadne.
Some OS the rubine laughing sweetely red,
e like faiiB emeraudes, not yet well ripened :
And Ihem amongst some were of bumisbt gold.
So made by ait to beautify the rest.
Which did themselves emongst the leaves enfi^d,
As lurking from the vew of covetous guest,
That the weake boughes with so rich load oppren
Did bow adowne as overburdened.
Under that porch a ctaoely dame did rest
Clad in fayre weedes but fbwle disordered, [h6A :
And garments loose that seemd unmeet for woinan-
In her left hand a cup of gold she held.
And with her i^ht the riper fruit did reach.
Whose sappy liquor, thai with fulncuc sweld.
Into her cup ahc scnizd with daintie breach
Of her line fingers, without fowle empeadh.
That so foire winepresse mode the nine moresweet:
Thereof she usd to give to drinke to each.
Whom passing by she happened to meet :
It waa her guise all straungeis goodly so to greet.
So she to Guyon offred it to tast ;
Who, taking it out of her tender bend.
The cup to ground lUd violently cast.
That all in peeces it was broken fond,
.\nd with the liquor stained all the lond :
Whereat Eicessc exceedingly was vrroth,
Yet no'Ie the same amend, nu yet withstond,
But suffered him to passe, all were she loth ;
Who, nought regarding her displeasure, fiKwaid
goth.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
327
Tbere the most duntie pofadiw on grouDil
Iteelfe docZi offer to his wber eye,
In which all pleasures pleoteoualj abowncl.
And Done doa other? hippinessc enrye;
The painted llowrea; the ticea upshooting h;e;
The dales for shade ; the biUis for breathing space ;
The trenibling groies ; the christaJl runniug hy ;
Aod, that nbich all faire workes doth most aggrace.
The art, which all that wrought, appeared id no
One would have thought (so cunningly tile rude
And icomed partes were mingled with the fine).
That Nature had for wantonesse ensude
Alt, and that Art at Nature did repine ;
So Btjiving each th^ other to undermiDe,
Each Sd the othaiB worke mote beautify ;
3o diff~riDg both in willei agreed in fine :
So all agreed, through sweete divernty,
This garidin Co adorne with all variety.
And in tbe midst of all s fountaine ilood.
Of liclmt (ubstance that on Earth might bee,
Sa purv and shiny that the ailTer flood
Through every chminell running one might see;
Host goodly it with curious ymageree
Waa oTer-wrougbt, and dispts of naked boyea.
Of which some seemd with hvely iollitce
To fly about, playing thdr wanton toyes,
Whykst othen did ^emselrea embay in llqtdd ioye«.
And over all of purest gold was apred
A tiayie of yrie io his native hew :
J<* the rich metall was so coloured,
That wight, who did not well avia'd it vew,
Would surely deeme it to bee yvie trew ; ^
Low his ksdrious armes adown did cieepe,
That themselves dipping in Che silver dew
Their deecy flowres they fearefuUy did steepc,
Wliicfadropa of ctuistall seemd for wantones to weep.
In&iut itreanws continually did well
Out of this founlaine, sweet and fairs to see.
The which into an ample laver iell,
And shortly grew 'o so great guantitie,
Tlmt like a litle lake it geemd to bee i
Whose depth eiceeded not three cubits hight,
That through the waves one might the bottom see,
AU psv'd beneath with jaapar shining blight, [right.
Ilat ai' mil the fountaine in that sea did sayle up-
And all the margent round about was sett
With ahady laurell trees, thence to defend
Tbe sunny beames which on the billowes bett.
And those which therein bathed mote offend.
As Guyon hapned by tbe same to wend.
Two naked danuellcs be therein espyde,
Which therein bathing seemed to contend
And wrestle wantonly, ne cai'd to hyde
TTieirdwnty partes from vew of any which them eyd.
Sranetimes the one would liA the other quight
Above the waters, and then downe againe
Her plong, as over-maystered by might,
Where both awhile would covered renuune.
And each the other from to rise restraine j
Hie whiles their snowy limbes, as through a vele.
So dlrough tlie christall waves appeared plalne ;
Then snddeiiily both would themselves unbele,
.\ndtta'amora>u sweet spoiles to greedy eyes revele.
As that fain ataire, tha measenger of mome,
His deawy face out of th« sea doth reare :
Or as the Cyprian goddesse. newly borne
Of th' ocean's fruitful! froth, did first appeare :
Such seemed Uiey, and so their. yellow hears
Chrislalline humor dropped downe apace.
Whom such when Guyon saw, he drew him neare,
And somewhat gan relent his earnest pace;
His stubbome brest gsn secret pleasaunca to em-
The wanton maidens him espying, stood
Gaiing awhile at his unwonted guise;
llien th' one herselfe low ducked in the flood,
Abasht that hei a atraunger did avise :
But th' other rather higher did arise.
And her two iilly paps aloft displayd,
And all, that might his melting hart entysa
To her delights, she unto him bewrsyd ;
llie rest, hidd underneath, him more desirous made.
With that the other likewise up arose.
And her faire lockes, which formerly were bownd
Up in one knott, she tow adowne did lose,
Which Bowing long and thick her cloth'd aiownd.
And th' yvorie in golden mantle gownd :
So that feire spectacle from bim was refl.
Yet that which reft it no lesse &tre was fownd :
So hidd in lockes and waves from lookers thef\.
Nought but her lovely face she for his looking left
Withall she laughed, and she blusht withall,
That blushing to her laughter gave mora grace,
And laughter to her blushing, as did fidl.
Now when they spyde tbe knight to slacke his paca
Them to behold, and in his sparkling Tace
Tbe secrete signs of kindled lust appeare.
And to him beckned to approcb more neare, freare i
And shewd him many sights that corage cola could
On which when gazing him the palmer saw.
He much rebukt those wandring eyes of his.
And counseld well him forward thence did disw.
Now are they come oigh to the Bowre of Blis,
Of her fond favorites so nam'd amis ;
When thus tbe palmer j " Now, sir, well avise ;
For here the end of all our traveill is :
Here wonnes Acraaia, whom we must surprise.
Els she will slip away, and all our drift ieapiie,"
Eftsoones they beard a most melodious sound.
Of all that mote delight a daintie core.
Such OS attonce might not on living ground.
Save in this paradise, be heard elsewhere :
Right hard it was for wight which did it bear^
To read what manner muucke that mote bee ;
For all that plea^ng is to living eare
Was there consorted in one harmonee ;
Birdes, voices, instruments, wlndes, waters, all agree;
The ioyous hirdes, shrouded in chearefidl shade.
Their notes unto the voice atlcmpred sweet ;
Th' angeticall soft trembling voyces made
To th' instruments divine respondence meet ;
The rilver-sounding instruments did meet
With the base murmure of the waters fkll ;
The waters &II with difference discreet.
Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call ;
The genOe wartiling wind low answered to alL
S28 ^ SPE
There, whenca that mu^ck seeiaed beard to bee,
Wm the faire witcli herselfc now wlucing
Wilh B new lover, wham, througli sorceree
And witchcrail, she from forre did thether bring :
There she had him aovr lud a slombering
In secret shade after long wanton ioyes ;
Whilst round about them pleaaauntly did sing
Many fairc ladies and laecivious boyei.
That ever mlit their >ong with light licentiotu toyes.
And ill (hat while rigirt oret him she bong
With her false eyes fast liied in his ught,
As seeking medicine whence she was GtODg,
Or greedily depasturing delight ;
And oft inclining downe wiili kisses lights
For feare of waking hiiiL, his tips bedewd,
And through his humid eyea did sucke his sprighl.
Quite molten into lust and pleasure lewd ;
Wherewith she sighed soft, as if hli case ahe rewd.
Tile whilea some one did cbaunt this lovely lay ;
.Ah I ue, vihouifaifTt thing dneit faint to see,
la apringingfiotert the image of tig day I
llie young man, deeping by her, seemd to be
Some goodly swayne of honorable place ;
That cenes it great pitty was to see
Him bit nobility w fowle deface :
egard and amiable grace,
\h baiiifuU modislet.
W'
Lol a
So paxsethj m Mf parsing r^ a day^
OftaorlaU l^e the leafc, the bud, thejliiarti
Nt mure dothJl</ruh after Jirsl rfecoy.
That eara wnt io«3it to deck bolh bed and bourrt
Of many a tody and many a paramBiBre !
Galher tirrrforc the roje whUeil yel ii prime.
For joons comet a^e Ihal will her pride dgloime .-
Cather the riue a/love wKilest yet it lime,
Whileu loving Ihou mayal loved be viith eguall crime
He ceast ; and then gan all the quire ofbirde*
As In approvaunce of his pleasing wordes-
The cotutant payre heard all that he did say,
Yet swarved not, but kept their forward way
Through rojuiy covert groves and thickets close.
In which they creeping did at last display
That wanton lady with her lover lose,
Whose sleepie head she in her lap did soft dispos*
Upon a
IS she was layd.
All in a vele of silke and silver thin,
Tbat bid no whit her alablaster skin,
But rather shewd more wl Jte, if more tnigbl bee :
More subtile web Arachne cannot spin ;
Nor the fine nets, which oft we woven see [flee.
Of scorched Jeaw, do not in th' ayre more Ughtly
Her snowy brest was bare to ready spoyle
Of hungry eies, which no'te therewith be fild;
And yet, throu^ languour of her late sweet toyle.
Few drops, more cle^ ilian nectar, forth dislild.
That like pure orient perlEs adonnc it trild ;
And her faire eyes, sweet bmyling in delight,
Moystened their fierie beames, with which she thrild
Fraile harts, yet quenched not ; like starry light,
Whifb, sparckling on the sUent naves, does seeme
more bngbi.
Mil.
nanly si
Yet sleeping, in his weli-proporliond face ;
And on his tender Upf^ the downy heare
Did now b ut freshly spring, and silken blossonu beara.
His warlike amies, the ydle instrumenta.
Of sleeping praise, were hong upon a tree ;
And his brave shield, full of old moniments.
Was fowly rw't, tbat none [he ngnei might see ;
Ne for them ne for honour cved bee,
Ne ought that did to his advauncement tend ;
But in lewd loves, and wastefutl luiuree.
His dayes, his goods, bis bodie he did spend :
O horrible enchantment, that him so did blend !
The noble Elfe and carefull palmer drew
o nigh them, minding nought but lustfull game,
'hat suddein forth they on them nisht, and threw
A suhdle net, which only for that same
The skilfuil palmer forroajl j did frame ;
So held them under fast ; the whiles the rest
Fled all away for feare of fowler shame.
■e enchauntresse, so unwares opprelt,
Tryde all her aria and ail faer sleights thence oat to
And eke her lover atrove ; but all in vaine i
same net so cunnbigly was wound,
Tbat neither guile nor force might it diitraine.
They tooke them both, and both them strongly bound
In captive bandes, which there they readie found :
But her in chaines of adamant he tyde ;
For nothing else might keepe her safe and sound :
But Verdant (so he hight) he soone untyde,
Andcouiuell sage in steed thereof to bim ^>pl<rde'.
lose pleaaaunt bowres, and pallace brsTe,
Guyon broke downe with rigour pittilesse ;
Ne ought their goodly workmanship might save
Them from the tempest of hti wrathfulnesse,
" It that their biisse he tum'd lo balcfulnesse ;
leir groves iic feld ; their gardins did deface;
leir arbers spoyle i their cabinets auppresse ;
Their banket-houses bume I their buildings isce;
And, of the fayrest late, now made die fowlest place.
Hen led they her away, and eke that knight
They with them led, both sorrowfull and sad ;
The way they came, tlie same retoum'd they tigh^
Till they arrived where tbcy lately had
Charm'd those wild beasts that rag'd with furie mad ;
Which, now awaking, fierce at them gan fly,
Aa in tbelr roistrcsse reskew, whom they lad ;
But them the palmer soone did pacify, [there did )y.
Ihen Guyon askl, what meant those beastea which
Sayd he ; " These seeming beasts are men in deed,
Whom this enchauntresse hath transformed thus ;
Whylome her lovers, which her lustcs did feed.
Now turned iiiio figures hideous.
According lo their inindes like inonstnious."
■■ Sad end," quotli he, " of life intemperate.
And mouroeful meed of ioyes delicious !
Bui, palmer, if it mote thee so aggrale,
Let thcni returrted be unto their former slate."
StKi^twa; ba with hii Tsrtaoiu MoBb thi
And sbvight of btiaates they comely men ^
T«t bong men (hey did unmukly loake,
And Blared ghHtly ; some for inward •tume,
And lome for wtnth to lee th^r captive dune :
But one aboK the red in (pecikU
That hwl an hog beene late, hight Gryiie by name.
Hepyned greatly, and did him miscall [torall.
That bad from hoggish foriiu! him brought to na-
Sude Guyoti ; " Sm the mind of bcaatly man,
Tlial hath w HXHie foigot the excellence
Of ht> creation, vhen he life begin,
TlBt now he chooeeth with nle difference
Tb be a beast, and lacke iatelligence I"
To whom the palmer thus ; •' The donghill kind*
Deltgbtes in filth and fawie incontinence :
Let Gryli be Gryil, and hare hia hoggish minde ;
But let us hence depart whilest wether wrrea and
THE FAERIE QUEENE,
LHiaHD DP Mimmaru, o
It blla me here to write of Chastity,
That byreat votue, far above the rest :
For which what needes me fetch from Faery
Ponune ensamples it to have eipreat ?
8hh it ii ahrined iu my lOteTaincs bren.
Add formd so lively in each perfect part.
That (o all ladies, which have it profist.
Need but behold the pourtraict of her halt ;
If pomtrafd it might bee by any living art i
Bat liring vt may not least part eipreas^
Not life-resembling pendtl it can pajnt :
All were it Zeuiis or Ptailleles,
Hk dcdale hand would faile and greatly faynt.
And her perfections with his error taynt ;
Ne poeta witt, thai passeth painter farre
In picturing the parts of bt^ty daynt,
8a bard a woAemanship adventure daixe, [marre
For finr through want of words her eicellenca t
How then shall 1, apprentice of the skill
That whilome in divinest wits did rayne,
Presume so high to stretch mine humble quill ?
Tct now my luckelesse lott doth me constrayne
Hereto perforce : but, O dredd soverayne.
Thus far forth pardon, lith that choicest wilt
Cannot your glorious pourtraict figure piayue.
That I in colourd showet may shadow itt.
And Antique praises unto present persons fltt.
But if in living colours, and right hew,
Thyselfe thou covet to se« pictured.
Who can it doe more lively, or more trew.
Then that sweetc verse, with nectar ^irinckeled.
In which a gracious servaunt pictured
His Cynthia, his Heavens fayrest light ?
Tliat with his melting sweetnes ravished.
And with the wonder of her baames bright.
My Mncea lulletl are in slomber of delight.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
But let that aame deHtiolu poet lend
A little leave unto a rusticke Muse
To lang hie miatresse prayae ; and let him mt
If ought amis her liking may abuse :
Ne let his fsyrest Cynthia refuse
In mirrouis more then one herselfe to see ;
But either Gloriana let ber chuse,
Or in Belphobe bahioned to bee ;
In th' one her rule, in th' other her n
Guyon encountreth Britomart ;
Fayre Florimell is chaced ;
Duesaaes traines aitd Malecas-
taes champion* are defaced.
Tire &mous Briton prince and Faery knight.
After long ways and perilous paines endur'd.
Hating their weary limbee to perfect plight
Ilestord, and sory wounds right well recur' d.
Of the tain Alma greatly were procur'd
To make there lenger soiourne and abode ;
But, when thereto they might not be allur'd
From seeking praise and deeds of armes ebrode,
They courteous coagi Cooke, and forth together yode.
But the capdved A
Because of Iraveill
Witl
And her to Faery court safe to convay ;
That her for witnes of his hard assay
Unto his Faery queene he might present :
But be himselfe belooke another way.
To make more tiiall of his hardiment.
And seek ad venture*, as he with prince Aithure went.
Long so they tnvraled through wastefull wayea.
Where daungers dwelt, and perils most did wonne.
To hunt for glory and renowmed prayse :
Full many countreyes they did oven-oDne,
From the upriung to the setting Sunne,
And many hard adventures did stchieve ;
Of all the which they honour ever wonne,
Seeking the weake oppressed to relieve.
And CO recover right for such as wrong did grieva
At last, as through an open plaine they yode,
Tbey spide a knight that towards pricked fayre ;
And him beside an aged squire there rode.
That seemd to couch under his shield threesquare^
As if that age badd him that burden spate.
And yield it those that stouter could it wield :
That bore a lion pascont in a golden 6<
Which serang, good sir Guyon deare bsaought
The prince, of grace, U> let him ronne that tume.
He giaunted i then the Faery quickly raught
His poyoant speare, and sharply gau to spurne
His fomy steed, whose Rery feete did burne
The verdant gras as he thereon did tread ;
Ne did the other backe his foote retume.
But fiercely forward came withouien dread.
And bent his dreadful ipeare against the othen heai
r mot before;
Thej beene ynett. Kid both iheyr points anlT'd ;
But Gurcm drove so TuriouB and fell.
That seemd both afaitdd uid plate it would hare ii«'d ;
Nmthelesw it bore fail foe not trom tus kU,
But nutde faim stagger, as he were not w«U :
But Guf on selfe, ere well he wna aware,
tiigh a ipeares length behind his douper iell ;
Yet in hu fall eo weU himaelfe he bar^ [•pa'*-
That miichieroas miachaunce hia life and limba did
Great shame and sorrow of that fall he tooke i
For never yet, sith warlike amies he bore
And «hiTering speare in blood]' field first ahooke,
He fovmd bimielfe dhhonored so sore.
Ah ! gentlest knigbt, that ever armor bore.
Let not thee grieve dismounted
And brought to grownd, that nt
For not thy fault, but secret powre unieene ;
That speare enchaunted wm which lajrd thee on the
But weenedst thou what wight thee overtlireff,
Much greater griefe and shamefuller regrett
For thy hard fortune then Ihou wouldst renew.
That of a ungle danuell thou wert tnett
On equall plaine, and there so hard besett :
Even the famous Britomart it was.
Whom Btiaunge adventure did from Britayne tett
To seeke her lover (love far sousht, slasi)
WhOBG image ahee had seene in Venus looking-glas.
Full of disdainefuU wrath, be fierce uprose
For to revenge that fowle reprochefuO shamt^
And snalfhing his bright sword began to close
With her on foot, and stoutly forward came j
Dye rather would he then endure that same.
Which when his palmer saw, be gan to teare
His tx>ward periU, and untoward blame,
Which by that new rencounter he should reare ;
For DeMh sate on the point of that enchaunted
And basting towards him gan fayre perswade
Not to provoke misfortune, nor to weene
His spearea default to mend with cruell blade ;
For by his mightie science he had seene
The secrete veitue of that weapon keene, -
That mortali piiinaniinfT mole not withsload :
Nothing on Earth mote alwaies liappy beene I
Great hazard woe it, and adventure fond.
To loose long-gotten honour with one eyill bond.
By.
h good mcanes he him discounselled
And eke the prince like treaty handeled.
His irrathfull vrill u-ith reason to sswage ;
And laid Che blame, not to his catriage.
But to his starting steed that swarv'd asyde.
And to die ill purveyaunce of his page,
That had his furnitures not finoely tyde :
So is his angry corage fayrly paiifyde.
Thus reconcilement was betweene them kniit,
TTirou^ goixlly temperaunce and affection chaste;
And either vowd witli all their power and witt
To let not Dtheis honour be defaste
Of fiiead or foe, whoever it embaste,
Ne amies to bear against the others syde ;
In which accord the prince was also plaste.
And with chat golden cbaine of concord tyde:
SoflOodly nil a^rBcd, they forth yfere did ryde.
O, goodly usage of tbo« autiijue tyrooE,
In which the sword was servaunC unlo ti^it ;
When not for malice and contentious ciymes.
But all for prayse, and proofe of manly mighl^
The martiall brood accustomed to Sgttt :
Then faonour was the meed of victory.
And yet the vanquished had no deqagbt :
Let later age that noble use envy,
Vyle rancor to avoid and cruel aurqucdty !
Long they thus travelled in fiiendly wise.
Through countieyes waste, and eke well edifyde.
Seeking adventures hard, to exeieise.
Tb«r puissaunce, whylome full demly Hyde :
At length they came into a forest wyde,
Whose hideous horror and sad trembling sownd
Full giiesly seemd ; therran iJiey long did ryde.
Yet trad of living creature none thej fownd.
Save beares, lyons, and bull, which romed tbcna
arownd.
All suddenly out of the thickest brush.
Upon a milk-white paltrey all alone,
A goodly lady did foreby them rush,
WbOK tiice did seeme as deare as christall atone.
And eke, through feare, as white as whales bone :
Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold,
And all her steed with tinsell trappings shone.
Which fledd so ftsl that nothing mote him bold.
And scarse them leasure gave her passing to behold.
Still as she fledd her eye she backward threw.
As fearing evill that pouisewd her fast ;
And her faire yellow locks behind her flew.
Loosely dispeist with puff of every blast :
All as a blazing starre dotb farre outcast
His hearie beames, and flaming lockes dispredd,
Ac sight whereof the people stand aghast ;
But die sage irisard telles, as he has redd.
That it impdrtunes death and dolefull dieryhedd.
So as they gaied after her awbyle,
Lo i where a griealj foster forth did rush
Breathing out beastly lust her to defyJe :
His tyrebng jade he fieraly forth did push
Through thi^e and thin, both over banck and bush.
In hope her to attaioe by hooke or crooke.
That from his gory sydes the blood did gush :
Large were bis liinbes, and terrible his looke.
And in hia clownish band a sharp bore-speare he
Which outrage when those gentle knights did see.
Full of great envy and fell gealosy
They stayd not to svise who first should bee,
But all spurd after, fast as chey mote fly,
To reskew her from shamefuU villany.
The prince and Guyon equally bylive
Hersclfe pursewd, in hope to win therdty
Most goodly meede, die fairest dame alive :
But after the foule foster Tinuas did strive.
Tbe whiles ^re Britomart, wbnae constant mind
Would not so lighdy follow beautiee cbace,
Ne redt of lAHies love, did slay behynd ;
And them avrayted there a certaine space.
To wect if diey would tume backe to that place ;
But, when she saw them gone, she forward went,
Aa lay her ioumey, through that parlous pace.
With stedfast corage and stout hardiment ;
Nu evil diing she feard, ne evill thing she ment.
THE FABRIE QUEENE.
At lail, M &igt> oat of itw wood (be cam^
A (tateljr castle fkr away she spjde.
To which her atcps dircunlj the did fnune.
Tbat castle wiu most goodly edi^e,
And plaate for pleasure nigh that forrvit ayde :
But faire before the gale a spatioiu playne,
Mantled with greeae, JtMlfu did sprEdden wyde,
On which ihe law ni kni^tti, that did darrayOB
Ficn battaill againit one with cm ell - might and
All liad he lost much blood through many a wowndj
But stoutly dealt his blowes, and every way.
To which he turned in bis wrathfull stownd,
Hade them recoile, and fly from dredd decay,
That none of all the aii before him durst assay :
Like dastard curres, that, having at a bay
Tike aaltage beast emboat in wearie chace.
Dare not adventure on the stubliome pray,
Ne byte before, but rome from place to place
To get a snatch when turned is his face.
In such diitrcsse and doubtfull ieopardy
When Britomart him saw, she ran apace
Unto bia reakew, and with earnest cry
Badd those same nie fiwbearc that sin^e enimy.
But to ber cry they list not tenden eare,
Ne ought the more their mightie strokes surceasM ;
But, gathering him rownd ibout more neare,
Tlidr direfiill rancour rather did encreasie ;
Till that she rushing through tbe thickest preasse
Perforce disparted th«r compacted gyre,
And Boooe compeld to hearken unto peace :
Tbo gan she myldly of Ihem to inquyre
Tbea
Whereto that single knight did snswere frame ;
■■ lliese ail would me enforce, by oddes of might.
To chaunge my Mete, and love another dame ;
Thai de»& me liefer were then such despigbt.
So onto wrong to yield my wrested right i
For I lore one, the truest one on grownd,
Ne list me chaunge ; she tb' Errant Damiell highti
For whose deare sake full many a bitter stownd
I have eitdurd, and tasted many a bloixly wownd."
" Certes." said she, " then beene ye liie to blame.
To weene your wrong by force to iustify ;
For knight to leave his lady were great shame
That faithfull is ; and better weie to dy.
All lo«e is lesse, and lesie the infamy.
Then losee of love to him that loves but one :
Ne may Love be compeld by maiatery ;
For, soone as maisterj comes^ sweet Love anontf
Taketh his nimble winges, and soone away is gone."
Then spake one of those six i " There dwelleth here
Within this castle-wall a lady fayre.
Whose Mveraine bcaude halh no living pcre ;
Thereto so bounteous and so debooayre.
That never any mole witli her compayre ;
Stw hath ordaind this law, whicb we approve,
That every knight wlucb dolfa ^ils way repayrc.
In case he luvo do lady nor no love,
Shalt doe unto her service, never U> remove ;
" But if be tare a lady or* love.
Then must be her forgoe with fowlu defame,
Or els with us by dint of sword approve.
That she is fairer then our fairest dame (
As did this knighl, before ye hether came."
" Perdy," said Britomart, " the choiie is hard !
But what renard had he that overcame ? "
" He should advaonead bee to high i^ard,"
Said they, " and bave our ladies love for bia rewaid.
" Therefore anead, sir, if thou have a love."
" Love have I sure," quoth she, " but lady noDe^
Yet will I not Ito mine owne love rvmore,
Ne to your lady will I service done, [alone.
But wreak* your wronges wrought to this knight
And prove his cauae." With that, bar raortail speare
She mightily avenOed towards one.
And downa him amot ere well aware he wears;
nien to tbe neat she rode, and downe tbe neit did
bene.
Ne did she stay till three, on ground she layd,
Tliat none of them himsclfe could reare againe :
The fourth was by that othar knight dismaytt
All were he wearie of his f«iner paine ;
Thai now diere do but two of six remaine ;
Which two did yield before she did them smight.
" Ah ! " said she then, ■' now nuy ye all see plaine.
That Truth is strong, and trew Love moat of migld.
That Tor bis trusty servaunts doth so strongly fight."
■■ Too well vre tee," saide they, " and prove too well
Our faulty weakenea, and your matcblessa might :
Forthy, faire sir, yours be the damoieU,
Which by her owne law to your lot doth light.
And we your lii^emen faith unto you plight."
So underneath her feet their swords they mard.
And, ailer, her besought, well as tliey might,
Toei
iwaid;
She graunted; and then in they all t^alher &r'd.
Ixmg were it to daaetibe the goodly iisai^
And stately port of Castle Joyeous
(For so that caatle tugbt by common nanw).
Where they were enlertaynd with couTtceua
And comely glee of many gratiaus
Faire ladies, and of mauy a gautle knight ;
Who, through a chamber long and spaciouBf
EtUoones (hem brought unto their ladies sight.
That of them cleeped was tbe Lady of DeligliL
But, for to tell the sumptuous amy
or that great chamber, should be labour lost;
For living wit, I weene, cannot diapUy
The roiatl riches and exceeding cost
Of every piUour and of every post,
Which all of purest bullion framed were.
And with great perles and pretious stones emboat;
That the bnght glister of thar beames cteare [peare.
Did Bparckte forth great Ught, aod glorious did ap-
The«e stranger knights, through passing, forth ware
Into an inner rowme, whose roysltee [led
And rich jiurvcyaitce might uneath lie red;
Mote princrs place beseemc so deckt to bee.
Which staltly manuer whenas they did see.
The image of superfluous rioliie,
Eicecding much tbe stale of meane d^ree.
They greatly wondred whence so sumptuous guiic
Might be mainlayiul, and each gan diverwly dcvi">-
Tie waU were round tiKMt ^qnndled
With Dostlj clotbesof ArrsB andof Toure;
In which with cunning hand was pourtrabed
The love of Venus and her paremoure.
The fajre Adonii, turned to a flowre ;
A woT^e of rare device and wondrous wit<
First did it shew the bitter balefull etowre.
Which her assayd with man; a ferrent fit.
When flnt her tender hart was with hia beautie amit :
TbeD with what sleights and sweet aUurementa the
Ealjit the boy, at well that art she knew.
And wooed him her pomnoure to bee;
Mow ntakicg girlonik of each flowre that grew,
To crowne lua golden lockes with honour dew ;
Now leading bim into a cecret diade
From hit beauperes, and from bright Haaveaa vew,
Wboe hJTn Co sleepe she gently would penwade.
Or bathe him in a fountaine by some covert glade ;
And, whilst he slept, she over him would apred
HcT nuntle coloured like the starry skyes,
And her soft arroe lay underneath his hed.
And witb ambrodall lusses bathe his e^ ;
And, whilst he bath'd, with her two ciafty spye*
She secretly would search each duntie lim.
And thrpw into the well sweet rosemaryet.
And fVagiant violets, and paunces trim ;
And ever with sweet nectar she did sprinkle him.
So did she steale bis beedelesse hart aw^.
And ioyd his love in secret unespyde ;
But for she saw him bent to cruel! play,
To hunt the lalvage beast in forreit wyde,
Dreadfull of daunger that mote him betyde
She oft and oft advia'd him to refiaine
Frim
Mote breede him scath unwares ; but all in vaine ;
For who can sfaua the chance that dest'ny doth
onlaine?
Lo 1 where beyond he lyeth languishing,
Deadly engored oT a great wilde bote ;
And by his ude the goddesse groveljitg
Makes for him endlesse mone, and evennore
With her soft garment wipes away the gore
Which staynes his snowy skin viib batefiill hew :
Sut, when she saw no helpe might him restore.
Him to a dainty flowre she did tiansmew.
Which in that cloth was wrougfat, as if it lively grew.
So was that chamber clad in goodly wize :
And rownd about it many beds were dight,
Am whylome was the antique worldes guize.
Some for untimely ease, some for delight,
Aa pleased them to use that use it might ;
And all was full of damsels and oT squyres,
Daundng and reveling both day and night.
And swimming deepe in sensuall desyres ;
And Cupid still emongest them kindled I uslAill fyres.
And all the while sweet muaicke did divide
Her looaer notes with Lydian harmony i
And all the while sweete Inrdes thereto applide
Their daintie layes and dulcet melody,
Ay caroling of love and iollitj.
That wonder was to heare their trim cooidrt.
Whichwhentbose knights beheld, with scornefull eye
Tbn sde^ned such lascivious duport,
.Aad Inath'd tke loosa demeanura c^ that wanton I
Thence tbey woe brought to that gnat ladjea vew,
Whom they found sitting on a sumptuous bed
That glistred all with gold and glorious shew.
As the proud Persian queenes accustomed :
She seemd a womati of great bountihed
And of rare beautie, saving that aakaunce
Her inmton eye* (ill signes of woroanhed)
Did roll loo lightly, and too often glaunce.
Without regard of grace or comely amenaunce.
Long vrorlce it were, and needlesie, to deviie
Their goodly entertainement and great gleet
She caused them be led in courteous wize
Into a bowre, disarmed for to be.
And cheared well with wine and spiraree :
The RediTosse knight was soon disarmed there;
But the brave mayd would not disarmed bee.
But oncly vented up her umbriere,
And so did let her goodly visage to appere.
As when fayre Cynthia, tn darkesome night,
la in a noyous cloud enveloped,
Where she may finde the substance thin and light,
Breakes forth her silver beames, and her bright hed
Discovers to the world discomfited;
Of the poore traveller that went astray
With thousand blessings she is heried :
Such was the beautie and the shining ray.
With which fayre Brilomajt gave tight unto the day.
And eke those six, which lately with her (bugfat.
Now were disarmd, and did themselves present
o her vew, and company unsought;
For they all seemed courteous and gent.
And all uxe brethren, borne of one parent.
Which had them traynd in all civilitee.
And goodly taught to tilt and tumameot;
V they liegmen to this ladie free.
And her koightsdervice ought, toboldofberinte*.
The first of them by name Gardantt hight,
A ioUy person, and of comely vew ;
The second was Farlant^, abold knight;
And neit to him loeantd did ensew ;
Basdantd did himselfe most courteous shew ;
But fierce Bacchant^ seemd too fell uid keene ;
And yett in arroes Noctonti greater grew :
All were tUre knights, and goodly well beseene ;
But to taii« Biitomart they all but sbadowei beeoe.
For shee was full of amiable grace
And manly terror miied tberewithall ;
That as the otie stird up aSections bace,
So Ih' other did mens rash desire* apall,
And hold them backe that would in error fall :
As hec that hath espide a vermeill rose,
To which sharp tboroea and bieres the way forstall,
Dan not for dread bis hardy hand eipose,
But, wishing it far off, his ydle wish dMh loae.
Whom when the lady saw so fain a wigfat.
All ignorant of her contriry sei,
(For shee her weend a fl«sh and lusty kni^t)
Shee greatly gan enamoured to wex.
And witb vaine thoughts her falsed fancy vei :
Her fickle hart conceived hasty fyre,
I.Ike sparkes of fire which fhit in sclender Bex,
That shortly brent into eitreme deoyre,
And ransackt all her veines with pnsion entyro.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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« grew tog
And into temufi of open outnge bnutt
That pUine discorer'd ber incontinence ;
Ne reekt sbee who her meaning did mistnu
For abe WH giTen all to iablj liut.
And poured fonli in aennull delight^
That all regard ot •heme die bad diaciiat,
It your .
Ne blott the bounty of alt wonunliind
'MoDgtt thousands good, one wanton dame to God :
EmoDgst tbe rosea grow •ome wicked weeds:
For tlus waa not to lore, but lust, inclind ;
For love does alwaies bring forth bounteous deeds,
And in each gentle hart desire of honor breeds.
Kougbt ao of love this looser dame did skill.
But as a cole to kindle fleshly flame,
Gifing tbe bridle to her wanton will.
And treading under (bote her honest naroe :
8ucb love is hole, and such desire is »>*■",■
Still did she rove at her with crafty glaunce
Of her false eies, that at her hart cUd ayme.
And told her meaning in her countenaunce ;
But Briloioart dissembled it with ignoraunce.
Supper was shortly dight, and downe they satt;
Where they were served with all sumptuous fare,
Whiles fruitful] Ceres and Lyseua &a
Fourd out tbeir plenty, without spight or spare ;
Nought wanted there that dainty waa and tare ;
And aye the cups their bancks did overBow ;
And aye betweene the cups she did prepare
Way to her love, and secret darts did throw ;
But Britfnnart would not such guilfull message
So, when they slaked had the frrvent heat
Of ^petite with meates of every sort,
Tbe lady did faire Britonurt entreat
Her to disBime, and with deligbtfutl sport
To loose ber warlike limbs and strong eSSrt :
But when shee mote not thereunto be woune,
(For sbee her sexe under that itraunge purp6rt
Did UK to bide, and plaine apparaunce sbonne,)
in playoer wife to tell her grievaunce she h^onne ;
And all allonce diacover'd her derire
With sighes, and sobs, and plaints, and piteous griefe.
Hie outward sparkei of her in-buming fire ;
Which spent in vaine, at last she told her biiefe.
That, but if she did lend her short reliefs
And doe her comfort, she mote algales dye.
But the cbaate damiell, that had never priele
Of such nialengine and Hne forgerye.
Did eaaeljr beleeie her strong eitiemitye.
Full easy was for her to have beliefe,
Who by self-feeling of her feeble sexe,
And by long triall of the inward griefe
Wherewith Imperious love ber ban did veie.
Could iudge what paiiies doe loving harts perplvie.
Who means no guile, be guiled soonest shall.
Ami to faire semblaunce doth light faith annexe :
Tbe bird, that knowes not the false fowlers call.
Into hi* hidden nett full ensely doth fall.
Forthy sbe would ni
Scome the faire offer of good will profeat ;
For great rebuke it is love to despise,
Or rudely sdeigne a gentle harts request ;
But with faire countenaunce, as beseemed best.
Her entertsynd ; nath'lesse sbee inly deemd
Her love too light, to wooe a wandring guest)
Which she misconstruing, thereby esleemd [steemd.
That from like inward fire that outward smoke had
Therewith awhile she her Bit fancy fedd,
'nil she mote winne fit time for her desire ;
But yet her wound stiU inward freshly bledd.
And through her bones the false instilled fire
Did spied itielfe, and venime close inspire.
Tho were the tables taken all away ;
And every knigbt, and every gentle squire,
Can choose his dame with ioKioTOaTii gay, [plaf.
With whom be ment to make bis sport and courtly
Some fell to daunce ;
Some to make love ;
As diverse wilts to diverw things apply :
And all the while faiie Malecasla bent
Her crafty engins to her dose intent.
By this lb' etemall lampes, wherewith high tov*
Doth light Che lower world, were halfe yspent.
And the moiiit daughters of huge Atlas strove
Into tlie ocean deepe to drive thdr weary drove.
High time it seemed then for everie wight
Them to betake unto their kindly rest :
EAesoones long waien torches weren light
Unto tbeir bowres to guyden every gucat:
Tho, when the Britonesse saw all the reM
Avoided quite, she gan herselfe despoile.
And safe committ to ber soft fetbered neat t
Wher through long watf h, and late daies weanr toile,
She soundly slept, and corefuU thoughts did qulta
Now whenas all the world in silence deepe
Ysbronded was, and every mortall wight
Was drowned in the depth of deadly sleepi^
Faire Malecasla, whose engrieved spright
Could find no rest in such perplexed plight,
Lightly arose out of her wearie bed.
And, under die blocke vele of guilty ru^t.
Her with a scarlott mantle covered
That was with gold and ermines faire enveloped.
Hien panting soAe, and trembling every Loynt,
Her fearfull feete lowsrds the bowre she mov'd.
Where she for secret purpose did appoynt
To lodge the warlike maide, unwisely loov'd ;
And, to her bed approching, first shee proov'd
Whether she slept or wakte i with her sofle hand
She softely felt if any member moov'd.
And lent ber wary eare to understand
If any puffe of breath or signe of sence shee fond.
Which whenas none she fond, with easy shifte.
For feare least her uawa>« she should abrayd,
Tb' embrode-'d quilt she lightly up did llAe,
And by her side herselfe she s<rttly layj.
Of every finest fingers touch afilayd ;
Ne any noise she made, ne word she qiake,
But inly sighd. At last the royall mayd
Out of her quiet slomber did awake,
Aitd chaimgd bar weary aide the better ease to lake.
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Where feeling one cloea ooudied by her lide,
She lightly lept out of her filed bedd.
And to bcr weapon ran, in mindc to gride
The loathed leschour : but the dame, halfe dedd
Through suddeine feara and ghaally drerihedd
Did shrieke slowd, that through the hous it rong,
' ^ '' vhole family therewith adredd
lUshlj out of their rouied c(
And to the troubled chamber all
iies aproDg,
Id armea did throng.
And those aic knightea, that ladie« champions,
And eke the RedcroxM knight ran (a the Mownd,
Halfe armd and hstfe unaimd, with them atlopa :
"Where when confusedly they came, they fownd
Their lady lying on the aencelesM grownd :
On th' other side they aaw the warlike mayd
Al in her snow-white sniocke, with locks unbownd,
Tbrestning the pcrint of her aTenging blade ;
That with so troublous terror they were all dismayd.
About their ladye first tbey Aockt arownd ;
Whom haling laid in comfortable couch,
Shortly they reard out of her frosen swownd ;
And aflerwardes they gan with fowie reproch
To Btirre up strife, and troubloui contecke bcoch :
But, by enaample of the last dayea loflse.
None of them rashly durst to her approch,
Ne in so glorious spoile themseWea embosse :
Her iuccourd eke the champion of the bloody crosse.
But one of tboM siie knights, Garduti Ught,
Drew out a deadly bow and arrow keene.
Which forth he aent with felonous deipight
And fell intent against the TJrgin abeene :
The mortall Steele GUyd not tUl it waa aeene
To gore her side ; yet was the wound not deepe,
But lightly rased her soft silken skin.
That drx^ of purple blood thereout did weepe.
Which did her lilly smock nith Elaines of vermeil
Wherewith enrag'd she fiercely at them flew,
And with her flaming sword about her layd.
That none of them foule mischiefe cotUd eschew,
But with her dreadfull strokes were all dismayd :
Here, there, and every where, about her swayd
Her wrathfull ateele, that none mote it abydej
That in shoit apace their foes they have quite lerri*
Tho, whenas all were put to shameTull flight.
The noble Brilomartis her arayd.
And her bright armes about her body dight ;
For nothing would she lenger there be slayd,
Where so loose life, and so ungentle trade.
Was usd of knightea and ladies seeroiog gent ;
So, earely, ere the giosae Earthes gryeay shade
Was all disperst out of the flnnament, [went.
They tooke their steeds, and forth upon their ioumey
The Redcrosse kni^t to Britoniait
Describeth Arte^l :
The wondrous mj'trbour, by which sh
In love with him did fall.
Andn
To whi
l%ey doe impart, ne maken menwrce
Of their brave gestea and prowesse roartialt :
Scaise do they spare to one, or two, or three,
Rowme in theirwrittas; yetthesame writing amall
Does all their deedea deface, and dinu thdr glorie
all.
But by record of antique times 1 flnde
And to all great elploites thenmelveB inclin'd.
Of which they still the girlond bore away ;
nil envious men, fearing their rule* decay,
Gan coync streigbt lawe* to curb their liberty :
Yet, aith they warlike armes have laide away.
They have exceld in ones and pollicy.
That now we foolish men that prayse gin eke tVnv
I Of warlike pui^naunce in ages spent,
' Be thou, faire Britomart, whoee prayse I wrytej
But of all wisedom bee thou precedent,
O soveraine queene, whose prayae I would endyte,
Endile I would as dewlie doth excytei
But ah 1 my rymes too rude and rugged aire,
' When in so high aa obiect they doe lyte.
And, Btriviog fit to make, I feare, doe marre .
Thyselfe thy praysea tell, and make them klioweo
She, traveiiing with Guyon, by the way
Of sDigdry thingcg faire purpose gan to And,
T'abridg their ioumey long and b'ngiing day
Mongst which it fell into that Fairies mind
To aakc this Briton maid, what, uncouth wind
Brought her into those partes, and what inqueat
Made her di»emble her disguised kind :
Faire lady she him Memd like lady drest.
But fiiirest knigbt alive when armed was her breaC
Thereat she (ughing solUy had DO powre
To speake awhile, ne ready answere make j
But with hart-thrilling throbs and bitter stowre^
As if she had a fever fitt, did quake,
And every daintie limbe with honour shake ;
And ever and anone the rosy nd
Flasht through her &ce, aa it had becne a flake
Of li^itning through bright Heven fulmined :
At last, the passion past, she thus him anawoed :
" Faire sir, I let you neete, that from the howre
I taken was from nouraes tender p^
I have been trained up in warlike stowre.
To tossen speare and shield, and to afirap
Tlie warlike ryder to his moat mishap ;
Sithence I loathed have my life to lead.
As ladies wont, in Pleasures wanton lap.
To finger the fine needle and nyce thread ;
Me Uver were with paint at foemans speare be dead.
" All my delight on deciles of armes is aett.
To hunt out perillcs and adventures bard.
By sea, by land, whcreso they may be mett,
Onely for honour and for high regard.
Without respect of richesse or reward :
For such intent into these partes I came,
Wilhouten compasse or withoutcn card.
Far fro my nadvc soyle, that is by name
Tlie Greater Biytayne, here to seeke for praise and *
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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•', ^ms blaied hath, that hen in Pony lond
Doe raui; fknioiu knjgbus and ladies woniw.
And nunj nnunge ■dTentun* to bee fond.
Of which greM worth uid wonhip may be wonae:
Which Id proie, I thu * oj'Age h»(e begonoe.
But mote I weet of you, right couiteoui knight,
Tydings of one that hath unlo me donne
Late foule diabonour and Tepcochfull ipight.
The which Iseektowieake, and Arth^idl he hi^L"
Tbe worde gone out the backe againe would call.
As ber repenting so to have miuayd.
But that he, it upCaking eie the fall.
Her shortly answered ; " Faire maitiall mayd,
Certe* ye misBTi»d beene t'upbrayd
A gentle knight witli so unknightly blame :
For, weet ye well, of all that ever playd
At tilt or toumey, or like warlike game.
Hie noble Artbegall hath ever borne tbe name.
" Forthy great wonder were it, if such shame
Should eier enter in his bounteous thought.
Or erer doe that mote deserven blame :
Tbe noble corage nevw wecneth ought
Thai may unworthy of itselfe be thought.
llierefore, faire damiell, be ye well aware,
Le«H that too faire ye have your sorrow sought !
Vou and jour counCrey both I wish welfare.
And honour both ; for each of otiier worthy are.
Tbe royall maid woie inly wondrous glad.
To beare ber lore so highly magnifyde ;
And ioyd tl - ' "■ ■ ■ ■
Her hart on
Howerer finely she il
Tbe loring mother, that nine monethes did beare
In the deare closett of her painefuU sydu
Her tender babe, it seeing safe appeaie.
Doth not BO much reioyce as she rnoyced theare.
But to occasion him to further talke.
To fted her humor with his pleaaing style.
Her liu in stryful] tomes with him to baike.
And thus replyde ; " Howeter, sir, ye fyle
Your courteous tongue his prmyses to compyle,
Il ill boeemes a knight of gentle sort.
Such as ye have him boasted, to b^uyle
A simple maide, and woAe so bainous tort.
In abune of knighthood, as I largely can npott.
" Let bee tlierefbre my Tengeaunce to disiwade.
And read, where I that faytour felae may find."
■■ Ah ', but if reason fUre might you penwade
To slake your wrath, and mollify your mind,"
S^ he, " peiliaps ye should it heller find :
For bardie thing it is, to weene by might
Tliat man to bard conditions to bind ;
Or sTer hope to match in equall fight.
Whose prowesse paragonc saw never living w^it.
" Ne soothlich is it casie for to read
Where now on Earth, or how. he may be fownd ;
For he ne vionaeth in one certeinc stead,
But restlcsse walketh all the world arownd.
Ay doing thinges that to his fame redownd,
Dd^nding ladies cause and orphans right,
Whereso he heares that any doth confownd
Them comfortlme through tyranny or might ;
o- :. LI, ._|p („n(,ur raiute to Hetens hight."
So is his sd
His feeling wratlea her feeble sence much [leased,
And'sofUy sunck into her molten halt :
Hart, that is inly hurt, is greatly eased
With hope of thing that may allegge his smart ;
For pleasing wordes are like to mugick art,
That doth the cliaimed snake in slomtier lay :
Such secrete ease felt gentle Britomart,
Yet list the same eflbm with faind gainesay ;
(So dischord ofte in mudck makes the sweeper lay j)
And sayd ; " Sir Knight, theae ydle (ermea forbeare ;
And, sith it is unesth to find his haunt,
Tell me some markes by which he may ^peare.
If chaunce I him encounter paravaunt ;
For perdy one shall other slay, or daunt :
What shape, what shield, what armes, what steed,
what stedd.
And wluiao else his person most may vaunt?"
All whicli the Redcrosae knight to point ared.
And him in vyeiie part before her bsliioned.
Yet him in everie part befbre she knew.
However list her novr her knowledge fayn^
Sith him whyiome in Britayne she did vew.
To tier revealed in a minhour playne ;
Whereof did grow her first engra&d paynt.
Whose root and staike so bitter yet did taste.
That, but the fruit more aweetne* did contayne.
Her wretched dayes in dolour she mote waste,
And yield the pray of lore to lothsome death at last.
By sCraunge occadon she did him behold.
And much more slraungely gan to love l^s sight.
As it in bookes iuith written beene of old.
In Deheubarth, that now South-Wales is hight.
What time king Ryence rwgn'd and denied ri^i^
Tbe great nugitien Itferlin had devii'd,
By his deepe science and Hell^dreaded might,
A looking-giasse, right wondrously aguii'd,
"" ...... , orlde soone were
It vertue had to shew in periect sight
Whatever thing was in the world contaynd,
Betwiit the lowest Earth and Hetens bight.
So that it to the looker appertaynd :
Whatever foe had vrrougbt, or freod had fWynd,
Therein discovered was, ne ought mote pas,
Ne ought in secret from the same rainaynd;
Forthy it round and hallow shaped was.
Like to the world ilselfe, and seemd a world of glas.
Who wonden not, that reades so wonderous woike?
But who does wonder, that has red the towre
Wherein Ih' Aegyptian Phao long did lurke
From all mens vew, that none might her discotire.
Yet she might all men tcw out of her bowre?
Great Ptolomse it for his lemans sake
Ybuilded all of glasse, by magicke powre.
And also it impregnable did make ;
Yet, when his love was false, he with a pease it brake.
Such was the glassy glotie that Merlin made.
And gave unto king Ryence for his gard,
That never foes his kingdoms might invade.
But he il knew at home before he hard
Tydings thereof, and so them Will debar'd ;
It wa.1 a bmous present for a prince.
And worthy worke of infinite reward.
That treasons could hewray, and foca convince :
Hnppy this realms, had it remayned ever since i ^
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One 3ay it fortuned fayre BritomBit
Intn her fiuhere cIokI to repiyre ;
For nothing he from her reserv'd apart.
Being hia oncly daughter and his hayre ;
Where when she hod eepyde that mirrour fayre,
HerMlfe awhile theran ahe vewd ia vaine :
Tho, her aTiiing of the vertues rare
Which thereof apoken were, she gua againe
Her to bethinke of Chat mote to henelfe pertaine.
But at it falleth, in the gentleit harts
Imperious Love hath highest set hia throoe.
And tyranniieth in the bitter Bmarts
Of them, that to him buiotne are and prone ;
So thought this mayd (as maydetu UK to done)
Whom fortune for her buBband would allotj
Not that fibe lusted af^r anj one,
For she was pure from blame of sinfult bJott ;
Yet wist her life at last must lincke in that aame knob
Eftsoones there wis preiented to her aye
A comely knight, all arm'd in complete wize.
Through whole bright renlayle lifted up on hye
His manly face, that did hia foes agrixe
And frends to termea of gentle truce entiie,
Lookt foorth, as Phiebus face out of the east
Betwixt two shady mountaynea doth arize i
Portly hia person was, and much increast
Through his heroicke grace and honorable gest.
His crest was coier'd with a couchant hownd,
And all hie armour seemd of antique mould.
But wondrous massy and assured sownd.
And round about yfrctted all with gold.
In which there written vias, with cyphers old,
AcAilki arma mAicH ArthegaU did mn i
And on bis shield enveloped seveofbld
He boie a crowned linle ermilin, [skin.
lliat deckt the aiure field with her fiiyre pouldred
The damiell well did lew his penonage.
And liked well ; ne further fastned not.
But wenther way; oe her unguilty age
Sid weene, unwares, that her unlucky tot
Layllidden in Che boICome of the pOt;
Of hurt unwist most daunger doth redound:
But the false archer, which that arrow shot
So slyly that she did not feele the wound, [atound.
Did smyle full smoothly at her weetlene wofull
Thenceforth the fether in her lofty creit.
Ruffed of Love, gan lowly to availe ;
And her prowd portaunce and her princely gest.
With which she earst tryimphcd, now did quaile :
Sad, Bolemne, sowre, and full of fancies fraile,
Slie woie ; yet wist she nether how, nor why ;
She wist not, silly mayd, what she did ajle,
Tet wist she was not well at ease perdy ;
Yet thought it was not lore, but some melAncholy.
So soone ai Night had with ber pallid hew
Dehsle the beaulie of the shyning skye.
And refle trxtm men the worldes deured vew,
She with her nourse adowne to sleepe did lye ;
But sleepe full far away from her did fly :
Instead thereof sad sighcs and sorrowes deepe
Kept watch and ward about her warily ;
That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe
Her dainty couch with tearcs vrhich closely she did
And if that any drop of dombring rest
Did chaunce to still into her weary spright.
When feeble nature fell herselfe oppreat,
Streightway with dreamea, and with fantaaticke sight
Of dreadfull things, the same was put to flight ;
That oft out of her bed she did astart,
Aa one with Tew of ghastly feends affright :
Tho gan she to renew bet former smart.
And thinke of that hyie visage written in her bait.
One night, when ^e was tost with such unrest.
Her aged uourse, whose name was Glaucj hight.
Feeling her leape out of her loathed nest,
Betwiit her feeble armei her quickly kelgbt.
And dowoe againe in her warnie bed her dight :
" Ah ! my deare daughter, ah I my dearest dread.
What uncouth fit," sayd she, " what eilll pUgbt
Hath thee oppresl, and with sad drearyhead
Chaunged thy lively cheare, and living made tbee
dead?
For not of nought these suddein ghastly (•
And all the day, whenas (bine equal! peares
Their fit disports with faire delight doe chose,
Ibou in dull comers doest thyselfe inclose;
Ne tastest princes pleasures, ne doest apred
Abroad thy tresh youths fayrest flowre, but loaa
Both lesfe and fruite, both too untimely shed.
As one in wilfull bale for ever buried.
" The time that mortall men tfa«r wear; cares
Do lay away, and all wilde beastea do rest.
And every river eke his course forbearea.
Then doth this wicked evill thee infest.
And rive with thousand throba thy thrilled breM :
Like an huge Aetn' of deepe engulfed grrefe.
Sorrow ia heaped in thy hallow cbest.
Whence foorth it breakes in si^ea and anguiah TiTe,
AasmokcHidsulphute mingled with conlbsed strff^
" Ay me 1 how much I feaie least love it bee !
But if that lore it be, as aure I read
By knowen signea and passions which I see.
Be it worthy of thy race and royall scad.
Then I avow, by this most sacred head
Of my dear foster childe, to ease thy giiefb
And win thy will ; therefore away doe dread ;
For death nor daunger from ttiy dew reliefe
Shall me dciiarrei tell me therefore, my lieftetUefe!"
So having sayd, her tiriit her armes Iwaine
Shee streigbtly straynd, and colled tenderly ;
And every trembling ioynl and every vains
Shee sotUy felt, and rubbed busily.
To doe the froaen cold away to By ;
And her faire deawy eies with kisses deare
Shee ofte did bathe, and ofte againe did dry ;
And ever her impdrtund not Co feare
To let the secret of her hart to her qipex^
The datntell pausd ; and then thus fearfully ;
" Ah ! nurse, what needeth thee to eke my payae?
Is not enough that I alone doe dye,
But it must doubled bee with death of twsine?
For nought for me but death there doth remaine ! "
" O daughter deare," said she, " despeire no whit;
For never sore but might a salve obtaiuE :
That blinded god, which bath ye blindly imit.
Another arrow hath your lovers hart to bit."
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
" But ndnai* not," quoth ibe. " like other wowndg
F^ which DO ntaoa an finds remedy. "
" Wu never such, but mote Che like be fovnd,"
Said atic ; " uid tliough no reason maj apply
Saiie to your soce, yet Love can higher Mye
Then Reasons reach, and oft hath voodera donne."
■• But neither god of Ion nor god of ikje
Can doe," said ibe, " that which cannot be donne."
" Things (A impaauble," quoth ihe, " weme ere
begonne."
" These idle wordes,'* said ahe, " doe nought jewage
Mj stubbome wnart, but more anouuiunce breed :
For DO, DO usual) fire, no uouall rage
Tl Is, O DOuise, which on my life dolh feed,
And suck* the blood which from my hart doth bleed.
But nnce thy faithfull lele teU me not hyde
My crime, (if crime it be) I will it reed.
Nor prince nor peie it ia, whose loie hath gryde
Uy fiecMe brat of late, and launched this wound
" Nor man it ia, nor other living wight i
For then some hi^e I might unto me draw {
But tfa' only shade and semblant of a knigh^
Whose shape or person yet I never saw.
Hath roe suUected to Loves cruell law :
The same one day, as me misfortune led,
I in my fothers wondrous mirrhour saw.
And, pleased with that seeming goodl3r)ied,
ITnwarea the hidden hooke with baite I swallowed :
■• SitfaoiB it hath inflied faster hold
Titbin my bleeding tKiwells, and so sore
Now ranckleth in this same frwle fleshly mould,
That all mine entnules flow with prasnous gore,
And th' ulcer growetb daily more and more ;
He can my ronning sore finde remedec,
Odter than my hard fortune to deplore,
And languiah as the leafe fain from the tree,
mi death make one end of my daies and miseree ! "
"Dan^tei
what need ye be dismayd ?
UT wny maae ye sucn monster of your minde ?
Of much more uncouth thing I was afirayd ;
Of filthy lust, conti^ unto kinde :
But this affection nothing straunge 1 flnde ;
Far who with reason can you aye reprove
To love the semblaunl pleasing most your minde.
And yield your heart whence ye cannot remove ?
Ko guilt in you, but in the tyranny of Love.
■ Not so th' Arabian Myirhe did sett her mynd ;
Mar so did BibliB spend her pining hart ;
But lov'd thrar native flesh aninst a] kynd.
And to their purpose used wicked art ;
Tel playd Fasiphae a utore monstrous pan.
That loT'd a bull, and leamd a beMt to bee !
Sacfa dttnwAill lustca who loathes not, which depart
Fmm course of nature and of modestee? [panee.
Smte Loresuch lewdne* bands from his Cure com-
" Butlfaine, mydearc, (wellluretb;heart,my deare'
Thoogb straunge be|^nning had, yet Hied u
On oae thai w«lhy may perhaps appeare ;
And eertei ercmes bestowed not amis :
lay tbareof have thou and etemall blis ! "
With that, uplioning on her elbow weakc.
Her -'-"—■" brest she tott did kis,
Whkh all that while Aee felt to pant and quake,
e : at last she thus be^nk^
. . doe worke me little ease ;
For though my love be not so lewdly bent
As diose yp blame, yet may it nought appease
My raging smart, ne ought my flame relent.
But rather doth my helpelesse giiefe augment.
For they, however shaoiefull and unkmde,
Tet did ponesse thdr horrible intent :
Short end of sorrowes they therfoy did findc ;
So was tlinr fortune good, though wicked wera their
" But wicked fortune mine, ttiough minde be good.
Can have no end nor hope of my desire.
But feed on shadowes whiles I die for food.
And like a shadow wexe, whiles widi entirr
Affection I doe languish and erpjre.
I, fonder then CephimH foolish chyld,
Who, having vewed in a fountaine shere
His face, was with the love thereof beguyld ;
I, fonder, love a shade, the body far eiyld."
" Noudbt like," quoth shee ; " for that same wteIcIi'
Was of himielfe tiie ydle paramours, [ed boj
Both love and lover, without hope of ioy ;
For which he f^ded to a watry flowre.
But better fortune thine, and better howre.
Which lov'st the shadow of a warlike knight ;
No shadow, but a body hath in powre -.
That body, wheresoever that it light.
May learned be by cyphers, or by magicke roi^it.
" But if thou may with raason yet represae
He growing eiill, ere it strength have gott,
And thee abandond wboly do [iiiaiiassi ;
Against it stroi^ly strive, and yiald diee iMtt
Til thou in open fieldeadowne be anoU:
But if the passioo mayster thy fiaile might.
So that needs love or death must be &y lott.
Then ' ■ ■ ■
Tocoi
Her chearefuU words much cheard the feeble spiight
Of the ncke virgin, that her downe she layd
In her warme b^ to sleepe, if that she might ;
And the old woman carefully displayd
The clothes about her round with busy ayd ;
So that at last a litle creeping sleepe
Surpriid ber lence : sbee, therewith well apayd.
The dronken lamp down in the oyl did steepe.
And sett her by to watch, and sett her by to weeps.
Earely, the morrow next, before that Day
His ioyous face did to the world revele.
They both uprose and tooke their ready way
Unto the church, their praiers to appete.
With great devotion, and with litle sele :
For die Aire damiell from the holy hesve
Her love-sicke hart to other thoughts did steale ;
And that old dame said many an idle verae.
Out of ber daughters hart fond bnciea to revciae.
Reloumcd home, the loyall infant fell
Into her former fitt ; for why 7 no powre
Nor guidaunce of herselfe in her did dweU.
But th' aged nourse, ber calling to ber bowre,
Had gatlwred rew, and savine, and the flowre
Of camphora, and calamint, and dill ;
All which she in a earthen pot did poure.
And to the brim with coltwood did it fll), ["^^ '
And many drops of milk and blood through i
Tlieii, t^ing tbriie three beans from off bia haad
Them trebly bnwled in ■ threefold lace.
And round about Che poti mouth bound the thread ;
And, aAer having whispered a *p»tx
Certcin sad words with hallow voice and bace.
Shea to the viigiD sayd, thriee utyd ibe ilt i
" Come, daughter, come ; come, q>it upon no; i>ce :
^itt thrue upon me, Ihriw upon me spitt ;
111' uneven nombet for chia busiiiei is moit fitt."
That nyd, her rownd about ihe from her tumd.
She tuTiwd bet coatrirj to the Sunns ;
Thriae she her tumd contrtlry, and Teturod
All c6ntiary ; far she the right did shunne ;
And ever what she did was streight undoone.
So thaught she to uudoe her daughter's Love :
But lave, that Is in gentle brest begoune,
No ydle cbannes so lightly mfiy remave ;
That well can witneise, who by tryiUl it does prove.
Ne ought it mate the noble mayd avayle,
Na ilake the fury of her cruell flame,
But that shee still did waste, and still did wayle,
TlkBt, through Lang languour and bart-buming brame.
She shortty like a pyned ghoat became
Which long hath waited by the Stygian strond i
That when old Glsuc^ saw, for feare least blame
Of ber miscaniage should in her be fondj
She wist not how t' amend, not how it to witbslond.
Merlin bewrajee to Brilonuit
The atate of Arth^all :
And shews the Ihmoua progeny,
Whiii from them springcn shall.
Most sacred fyn^ that burnest mightily
In living brests, ykindlcd firat above
Emongat th' elemalt spheres and lamping sLy,
And thence pourd into men, which men call I^ve
Not that same, which doth base arectjoas move
. In brutish mindes, and filthy Lust inflame 1
But that Bweete fit that doth true beautie Love,
And choaeth Vertue fur his dearest dame.
Whence spring aLL noble deeds and never-dying fame
'Well did Antiqiuly a god thee deeme,
l^t over mortall mindes liast so great might.
To order them as best to thee doth seeme.
And all their actions to direct aright : i ■>
The fatall purpose of divine foresight ' ,/
Thou doest eSect in destined descents.
Through deepe impression of thy secret might.
And stirredst up th' heroes high Intents,
Which the late world admyres for wondrous moni
But thy dredd daitei in none doe triumph more,
Ne braver proofe in any of thy powre
Sbewd'st thou, then in this royall maid of yore,
Making her seeke an unknowne paramours.
From the worlds end, tlirough many a bitter stowie :
From whose two loynes thou aAerwardes did tayse
Most fiunous fhiites of matrimoniall bowr^
Which through the Earth have spredd thdr living
prays^
That Faipe in trompof gold eternally diqilayea.
Begin thm, O my dearest sacnd dame.
Daughter of Phiebus and of Mcnoiyc^
lliat doeat onoble irith immortall nama
The viarlika worthies, from antiquitye.
In thy great volume of Etcraitye ;
Begin, O Clio, and recount fnnu hence
Myglorioua soreraines goodly aunceArye,
Till that by dew degrees, and long protena^
Thou have it lastly brought unto ber excdlencft
Full many wayea vrithin her troubled mind
Old Glauct cast to cure this Ladies griefe ;
Full many wayes she sought, but none could find.
Nor herbes, nor charmea, nor counsel that is cbiefe
And choicest med'dne for sick harta reliefe :
Fwthy great care she tooke, and greater feare.
Least that it should her tume to fawie repriefe
And sore reproch, whenso her &ther deare
Sbouldof his dearest daughters hard tnistbrtune heare-
At Last she her avisde, that be wlucb made
lliat mirrhour, wherdn the sicke damosell
So straungeLy vewed her straunge lovers shade.
To weet, the learned Merlin, well could tell
Under what coast of Heaven the man did dwell.
And by what means his love might best be wrought :
For, though beyond the Africk IsmaSI
Or th' Indian Peru be were, she thought
Him forth through infinite endevour to have sought.
Forthwith tbemselvea disguisiDg both In straunge
And bate attyr% that none might them bewi«y.
To Maridunum, that is now by chaiinge
Of luune Cay>Meniin caLd, they tooke their way t
Hkere the wise Merlin whylome wont (they say)
To make his woone, tow underneath the ground.
In a deepe delve, far from the vew of day.
That of no living wight he mote be found.
When so be counaeld with his sprighta encompaat
And, if thou ever li^ipeD that same way
To traveill, go to see that drewlful place ;
It is an hideous hollow cave (they say)
Under a rock that lyes a litle apaix
l^am the swift Bairy, tombUng dowue apace
Emongst the woody billes ot Dyoeuowrc :
But dare thou not, I charge, in any caoe
To enter into that same balefulL bown, [vowra :
For fear the cruell feeodea ihould tbee unwares de-
But standing high aloft low lay thina eare.
And there aucb gbaitly noyse of yriHi chainea
And brass u cau£ons thou shalt nimhliag bean,
WUch thousand qirights with long enduring painei
Doe tOBse, that it wiU sloim thy feeble braines ;
And oftentimes great grtmea, and grievous atownda.
When too huge toile and labour them constrainea t
And oAentimes loud strokes and ringing sawndei
From under that deepe rock mosthoiribly rebowndes.
The ouue, some aay, is this ; a little whyle
Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend
A brasen wall in compas to compyle
About Cairmardin, and did it commend
Unto these aprights to bring to perfect and i
During which worfce the iXly of the Lake,
Wliom long he lov'd, for him in bast did eoid ;
Who, thereby forsl liis workonen to fonak^ [all
Them bownd, till his retouine, tlwir labour im4
11 his retouine, tlwir labour iMt |o
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THE FAERIE QUEENE.
M tisM Ihrou^ tlwt blM ladle* toaina
>t thinges ooiuld fwDe,
Ne «Ter to hi* woriu rMumd agiine :
KMtlesK tboH faends nu; not thnr vork fbrbcuB,
So gnMly Ui cMnBUnemacH tbc; (*m.
Bat there doe to<rle tmd tnrtUa daj and night,
Undll tbM laMea nil Iba; up doc iwe i
Pur Ueriin had in nugick more iiviglM
Htm ever hdm befinc or nfter lirlng wi^t ;
For be by wradaa cxiuld call out of tha aky
Both Sunne and MooiM,and make them lum dbmj;
The land to Ma, and etm to munduul drj.
And daikaom night be eke could lume to day ;
Bun boatca of men he could alo
And hoatea of men <rf
Whenao him liat hia e
That to tfaia day, for lernv <tf hU fhme, [name.
Hie feendea do quafca vben aoir bim to them doa
Asd, aooth, men aa; that be «u not the wnne
Of moctall ijTs or other liiiag wight.
But wondrou«lj begotten, and begonne
Bf tklK illuaiaa of s guileful! ipiight
On a &ire Udy Nonnts, thai whiloma hight
Matilda, dau^uer to Pubidiua,
Who wai the lord of UUhtmval by right.
And cooaen unto king Ambrosiua;
Whence be endued waa with skill so marvellous
They, here airinng, staid avfaile without.
He diiist adienture raihly in to wend,
Bnt of tbrar first intent gan make new dout
For dread of daunger, which it might portend :
UntiU the berdy msyd (with Love to &end)
Fbit entering, the dreadfull mage there fownd
Deepe btuied Iraut worke of wondioui end.
And writing ttnun^ char^ters io the grownd.
With wUch die sUibbMne feendes he to bii Mrvice
He novght was moved at tbeir eotraunee bold.
For of tbor comming well he wist afore ;
Yet liat them bid Steir buaineasc to unfold,
Aa if ought in this world in secrete store
Wtre from him hidden, or unknowns of yore.
Then Glauc^ thus j " Let not it tbee offend,
That we thus nuhly through thj darksom dote
Unware* have prest ; for either fklail end.
Or other nu^itie cause, us two did beCher send."
He bad tell on - and tben she thus b^an ;
"Kow have three Mooneswithborrowdbnitbenli^
Thrise sbined Aire, and Ibrise swmd dim and wan,
Stfa a sore avill, irhicb this virgin bright
ToRnenteth and doth plonge in dolefull plight,
First Tootjng UxAe ; but what thing it mote bee,
Or whence it sprong, I cannot tend aright :
Bat this I read, that, but if remedee
Tfaott her effbtd, ftill sburtlj I her dead shall see."
Therewith th' e
VKrfUyg
mooth apeeehta, westing inly
That she to him dissembled womanuh gnyl^
And to her said ; •• Beldame, by that ye tell
More neede of l«ch-cmfte balli your damoaall,
Then of my skill : who hidpe may have elsewhere.
In >aine s^Lea wondan out of magick tpell."
Th* old woman wmhalfbUnckthoMwordes to bcare;
And yet wnJotta (o Jet her psrpoae plaine ^>psare ;
Andtohimnid; « Tf any leaches dJIl,
Or other lewned meanaa, could have redraat
This my dwe dau^iters deepe-engraSed ill,
Certe* I riamhl be Ibth thee Io moleat:
But this ud evill, vriiich doth her in&at.
Doth course of aaturall cause fure exceed.
And houaed ia within her hollow brest.
That either seemea sane cursed witcfaea deed,
Or evill sprigbc, that in her doth such torment breed."
The wisard could no lenger bean herbord.
But, bursting forth in laughter, to her layd ;
" Glaucd, what naedea this colounble word
To doke the cause that hath itselie bewnyd 7
Ne ye, fayre Britomartis, thus arayd.
More hidden are then Sunne in cloudy vele ;
Whom thy good fortune, having ttte obayd.
Hath hetber brought tor succour to allele ;
The which the powrea to thee are pleued to ravele."
The doubtful! mayd, seeing berselfb desciyde,
Waa all abaaht, and her pure yvory
Into a cleare carnation suddein dyde j
As &yre Aurora, rysing hastily,
Dolh by her blushing tell that she did lye
All night in old Tidicmus frozen bed.
Whereof she seemes asbamad inwardly :
But her olde nourae was nought dishartened,
Butvauntage made of that which MerHn had ared;
And tayd; " Silb then thou koowest all our gricfe,
(For what doeat not thou know?) of grace I pray,
Pitty our playnt, and yield us meet reliefe ! "
With that the prophet ttill awhile did May,
And then his spirits thus gan foorth display ;
'■ Host noble vit^in, that by fatall lore
Hast leam'd to lore, let no whit tbe dismay
The hard beginne that meetea thee in the dor^
And with sharpe flti thy tender hait oppmaeth sote :
" For ao must all things excellent begin ;
And eka enrooted deepe must be that tree.
Whose big embodied braundiea shall not lis
"nil they to Heveas hi|^t forth stretdied bee.
For from thy wombe a famoua progenee
Shall spring out of tiw aundent Trojan hlood,
Whid riiall revive the sleeping memoree
Of tboee ssna antique peres, the Hevena brood.
Which Oiw^e and Asian liven etayned with thdr
•■ Renowmed kinga, and sacred anperouia,
Tbj flfDlAlll oApiing, ahall tram thee dewend;
Bnri% cqitaineR, and moet msgfaty warrioura.
That shall their oonquesia tbroufh all lands eiten
And their ^c^red kingdomaB i^ll amend i
The fed>)a Biitana, In'oken with long warre.
They diall upreare, and nd^itily de&nd
Against their forren foe that oommea from hm,
TUl univenBll peace cconpound all dvil) iair*.
" It waa not, Britomart, thy wandring eye
GlauDcing untfaret in. charming lo(riung-gIa«
But the etrdght course of bevenly deatiny.
Led with Etemall Providence, that h*a
Guyded thy glaunce, m bring hia ivill to pas ;
Ne is thy fate, ne is tby fortune ill.
To love the prowest kuigbt that ever was :
Therefbre submit thy wayee nntu bis will.
And doet by all dew meanas, thy diietioy fuliV "
MO SPEl
*' But read,' aid Olaunt. " thou magitiui,
Whit meuM ihsll she out-weke, or what wiies lake?
How (hall ibe know, bow shall she finde the maa ?
Or what needes her to toyle, aith fates can nuke
Way for thenuelTea their purpose to pertake ? "
Then MerBin thus ; " Indeede the fotes are finne,
And may not shrindt, though all the world do shake:
Yet ought mens good euderours them coufinne.
And guyde the heavenly causes to thdr conitant
" The man, iriiom Heavens have ordaynd to bee
The spouse of Brilomart, is AitbcK*!! :
He wonneth in the land of Fayeree,
Yet is no Fary bumc, ne ^b at all
To Elfes, but sprong of seed terrestriall.
And whylome by false Faries stolne away.
Wfaylei yet in in&nt cradle he did crall ;
Ne other to bimseife is knowoe thia day.
But that he by an Elfe was gotten of a Fay.
'■ But sooth he is the sonne of Gorluls,
And brother unto Cador, Cornish king i
And for his warlike featea renowmed is,
From where the day out of the sea doth spring,
Untill the closure of the evening :
From thence him, firmely bound with fsithfull band,
To this his native soyle thou backe ataalt bring,
SDongly Eo ayde his countrey to withstand
The powieofforrdnePaynimswhich invade diy land.
" Great ayd thereto hi* mighty puisaaunce
And dreaded name shall give in that >ad day ;
Where also proofe of thy prow valiaunce
Thou then shall make, t' increase thy lover's pray ;
Long time ye both in snnes shall beare great sway,
Till thy wombes burden thee from them do call.
And bis last bte him from thee take aw
Too rathe cut off by practise criminall
Of secrete foes, that him shall make i
[talL
" With tbee yet shall be leave, for meoKiTy
Of his late puissBuDce, his ytnagE dead.
That living him in all activity
To thee shall represent : he, from the head
Of bis cooscQ Constantiiu, without dread
Shall take the crowne that was his bthera right.
And therewidi eiDwne himselfe in th' otben etaid ;
Then shall be issew toiib with dreadful! might
Against his Saion foes in bloody field to fight.
" Like as a lyon that in drowsie cave
Hath long time slept, himselfe so shall be shake ;
And, comming forth, shall spied his banner brave
Over the troubled south, that it shall make
The warlike Mertians for feare to quake :
ThrJse shall he Hght with them, and twise shall win
Bnt the third time shall rayrt accordaunce make :
And, if he then with victorie can lin.
He shall his dayea with peace bring to his earthly in,
e, hight Vortipore, shall him aucceede
10, but not in felidty :
Tct aluul he long time warre with happy speed.
And with great honour many batialls tiyi
But at the last to th' importunity
Of froward fortune shall be forst to yield :
But his Sonne Malgo shall full mightily
Avenge his faChers loose with <peare and sUeld,
■"*"*'' '^' imnid fbet discomfit in victorious field.
" Behold the man '. and tell me.
If ay more goodly creature thou di
How like a gyaunt in each manly
Beatea he hiinselfe with portly ma
That one of th' old hena seemes i
He the ui islands, comprovinciall
" All whid his Sonne Coretims awhile
Shall well defend, and Saxons powre suppresse ;
Untill a struinger king, from unknowne soyle
Arriving, hiin with imultitude oppiesse;
Great Gormimd, having with huge mightinesse
Ireland subdewd, and therein fiit Ua throne.
Like I
r, fell ti
" He in bis furie shall over-ronne,
And holy church with Utblesse hande* defter.
That thy sad people, utterly f<Mdonne,
Shall to the utmost mountaines fly apace :
Was never so great woale in any place.
Nor so fowie outrage doen by living men ;
For all thy dtties they shall socke and race.
And the greene grasse that groweth tbeyshall bren.
That even the wilde beast shall dy in starved den.
" Whiles thus thy Biitoos doe in tanguour pine.
Proud Eiheldied shall from the north arise.
Serving th' ambitious will of Augustine,
And, passing Dee, with hardy enterprise
Shall backe repulse the valiaunt Brockwell Iwisc, ,
And Bangor with massfcred martyrs fill ;
But the third time shaj! rew his fool-hardise :
For Cadwan, pitiying his peoples ill.
Shall stoutly him defeat, and thousand Soions kilt.
" But, after him, Cadwallin mistily
On his Sonne Edwin all those wrongs shall wreake ;
Ne shall avoile the wicked sorcery
Of false Fellite his purposes to breake.
But him shall slay, and on a gallowea bleak
Shall give th' enchaunler his unhappy hire :
Then shall the Britons, late dismayd and weake,
Froni their long vassaltage gin to respire,
Andontfanr Paynimfoes avenge th^wranckled ire.
" Ne shall he yet his wrath so miligata.
Till both the sonnet of Edwin he have slajne,
Offricke and Osiicke, twinnes unfortunate.
Both sloine in battaile upon Laybume playne.
Together with tlie king of Louthiane,
Higbt Adin, and the king of Orkcny,
Both ioynt partakers of their fatall payne :
But Pmda, fearefull of like desteney.
Shall yield himselfe hts liegeman, and sweare fealty ;
<< Him shall he make his fatall instrument
T afflict the other Saions unsubdewd ;
He marching forth with iiiry insolent
Against the good king. Oswald, wbo indewd
With heavenly powre, and by angels retkcwd,
All holding crosses in their handes on hye.
Shall him defeale witLouten blood imbrawd :
Of which that field for endleaoc nwmoiy
Shall Hcvenfleld be cald to all posterity.
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" Wliereat Cadwmllin wroth (lull forth jnew.
And an huge hoste into Northumber lead,
With whidi he godl; Osmld shall subdcw,
And crowBe with martiredomc hi« sacred bead :
Wbose brother Oswin, daunted with tike dread.
With price of silver ihiill his kingiioTne buy;
And Fenda, saelcing him adowne to tread,
9ial1 tread adowne, and doe him fowljr dye ;
But aball with gift* hia lead Cadwallin paciiy.
*■ Then shall Cadwallin die ; and then the laina
or Biitona eke with him attonce shall dye ;
Ne shall tbe good Cadwallader, with paiiw
Or ptiwre, be liable it to remedy,
When the full lime, preflit by destiny,
Shall be expird of Britons r^iinent ;
Fra- Heren itselfe shall their niccesw envy,
And them with plagues and murrins pestilent
i, till all tbeir warlike puiBaunce be spent.
" Yet afier all these sorrowes, and huge bills
Of dying people, during eight yeares space,
Cadwallader, not yielding to his ills,
Prooi Annoricke, wheiv long in wretched cace
He lii'd, retouming to big native place,
Shal be by viuoo slaide from his intent :
For lb' Heavens have decreed to displace
Tbe Britons for their sinnes dew punialunent.
And to tile Saions orer-gite tbeir gnvemment.
" Tlien woe, and woe, and everlasting woe,
Be to tbe Briton babe that shal be bixne
To live in thraldoms of his fathers ibe \
iMe king, now captive ) late lord, now forlome ;
The worlds rcprocb ; the cruell victors scome ;
Banisht from princely bowre to wutefu! wood !
O ! wbo shall helpe me to lament and moume
11« loyall seed, the antique Trojan blood.
Whose em[nre leoger here then ever any stood ! "
The damiell was full deepe empassioned
Both for bis griefe, and for her peoples Hake,
Wbose future woes so plaine he fashioned ;
And, nghing sore, at length hjoi thus bespake;
" Afa '. but will Hevens fury never slake,
tior vengeaunce huge relent itselfe at last 7
VfM not long misery late mercy make.
But tball their name for ever be defkste.
And quite from ofTthe Earth their memory be raste? "
** Nay but the terme," sayd he, " is limited,
lint in this thnldome Britons ^all abide ;
And the iust revolution meBsured
That tbey as straungers shal be notifide:
For twise fowre hundreth yeorcs shal be supplide.
Ere they to former rule restor'd shal bee,
And thdr hnp6rtiuw fates all salislide :
Yet, dtuiDg this their moat obscuritee,
Ibeir beantes shall ofte breake forth, that men tbem
faire may see.
" For RhodoHeke, whose surname shal be Great,
Shall of himselft a brave ensample shew.
That SaiOD kings his fHendship shall intreal ;
And Howell Dha shall goodly well indew
Tbe salvage minds with skill of iust and trew -,
Then Griffyth Conan alio shall upreare
His dreaded bead, and the old sparkes renew
Of native corage, that his foes shall feare [heare.
Least back agwne the kingdom he from them should
" Ne shall (he Saxons lelves alt peaceably
Enii^ the crowne, which they from Britons wonne
First ill, and after ruled wickedly :
For, ere two hundred ycues be full outronne.
There shall a raven, far from ri&ing Suniic,
With his wide wings upon tbem fiercely fly,
And bid his fiuthlesse chickens oveironne
The fniitfuU plainer and with fell cruelty
In tbeir avenge tread downe tjie victon suiquedry.
" Yet shall a third both these and thine snbdew i
There shall a lion from the sea-bord wood
Of Neustiifl come roring, with « crew
Of hungry whelpes, his battailiou) bold brood.
Whose clawes were newly dipt in cruddy blood.
That from the IJaniske tyrants head shall rend
Th' usurped crowne, as if that he were wood.
And the spoile of the countrey conquered
Emongst his young ones shall divide with bouutyhed.
" Tho, when the tentie is full accompliihid.
There shall a spaike of Hre, which hath longwhile
Bene in bis ashes raked up and hid.
Be freshly kindled in the fruiCfull ile
Of Mona, where it lurked in eiile ;
Which shall breake forth into bright burning flame.
And reach into tbe house that beares the stile
Of royall maietty and soverainc name : [clame.
So shall the Briton blood their crowne againe re-
" Thenceforth etemall union shall be made
Belweene the nations different afore.
And sacred Peace shall lovingly persuade
The warlike minds to leame her g^ly lore,
Then shall the royall virgin raine, which shall
Stretch her white rod over the Belgicke shore.
And tlie great castle smile so sore withall, [All.
That it shal] make him shake, and shortly leant to
" But yet the end is not"— There Mvlin stayd.
As overcomen of the spiritea powro.
Or other ghastly spectacle djsmayd,
Tliat secretly he saw, yet note discoure :
Which suddein fin and halfe eitalick stoure
When the two fearfull wemen saw, they grew
Greatly confused in behaveoure i
At last, tlie fury past, to former hew [shew.
Hee tumd againe, and chearfull looks as earsi did
Then, when themselves they well instructed had
Of all that needed them to be inquird.
They both, conceiving hope of comfort glad,
With lighter hearts unto their home letirtl ;
Where they in secret counsell close conspird,
How to effect so hard an enterprise.
And to possesse the purpose they desird :
Now this, now that, twiit tbem tliey did devise.
And diverse plots lUdl^aaie tomaske in strange dis-
At last the noune in her fool-bardy wit
Conceiv'd a bold devise, and thus bespoke ;
" Dau^ter, I deeme tiiat counsel aye most fit,
lliat of the time doth dew advauntage take :
Ye see thst good king Uther now doth make
Strong warre upon the Paynim brethren, Idght
Ocla and Ou, whom bee lately brake
Beside Cayr Verolame in victorious fight.
That now all Britany doth bume in annes brifht
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Tlie dreadful speace
Ne certes, daughUr, that uine Hnrlike oiie,
I weenc, vould you misneeme ; for je beene tsJl
And Urge of limb« f atcbieve an hud empriw ;
Ne ought ye want but skil, iFhicb pnctin small
Will briag, and ihortly make jou a mayd maitialL
" And. ufoth, it ought your c<nsga much inflame
To heare ao ansa, in that royail bout.
From whence to aoiie inferior ye cante.
Bards tell of many u etnen vatoroui,
Whidl hare full maay feala adTentuivua
Perfbm'd, in pangone of proudest men ;
The bold Bunduca, ^hoae Tictoiioui
£iplayt3 made Rome to quake ; Mout Gueodolen ;
Rsoowmcd MBTtUj and redoubted EmmileD;
■■ And, that which more then dl the reM may swi^i
Late dayes ensample, which these oes beheld :
In the l»t Aeld before Meneria,
Which Uther with thoee fbrrein Paoaiu held,
I saw a Saion firgio, the which feld
Great Ullin tbriie upon the bloody playne;
And, had not Caradoa her hand withheld
From nab revenge, she had him aunly alayne ;
T(t Candoi himiclfe from htf eac^t with payoe. "
" Ab '. read," quoth Britomart, " liow is she highl ? "
" Fayre Angela," quoth ihe, " men do her call,
No whit lesw fayre then (enible in fight :
She hath the Inding^f a martiall
And migbtie people, dreaded mora then all
The other Saions, which doe, for her sake
And love, themselves of her name Jnglit call.
Tlierefbre, faire infant, her ensample make
Unto Ibyselfe, and equall coragc la thee take.''
Her barty wtM^Cs >o deepe Into the mynd
Of the young domzell sunke, that great dedre
Of warlike armes in her forlliwilh they tynd.
And geuerouR atout courage did inapyre,
Thai she reaolv'd, unweetjng to her Hjrt,
Advenfrous knighthood on heraelfe to don ;
' ' iseld with her uoune her maidn attyie
Totur
Andb
U things put in readiness ai
Th' old woman dou^ that needed did omit ;
But all thingea did conveniently purray.
It f<ntuiMd (so dme their lume did fill)
A band of Britons, ryding on fonay
Few daycs before, had gotten a great pray
Of Saion goods ; emongsl the which was seon
A goodly annour, and full rich any.
Which Imig'd to Angela, the Saion queene.
All Iretted round with gold and goodly wel be*
Id his chiefe church, for codleaae
Of hi* success* and gladMl sictoty :
Of which boraelfie anUog readily,
In th' ercning late old Glauci thetber led
Fairs Britomart, and, that aanw armory
Downe taking, her theicjn appareled
Well as sb* mj^t^ and with biave bauldrick gar-
Bedde those armes thtn stood a maghtia qteare,
Whicb Biadud made by niagick ait of yore.
And u)d the same in battcill aye to beare t
Sith which it bad beeue here presen'd in store.
For bis great rirtaea proved long afore ;
For never wight so fast in sell could ait.
But him peribice unto the gnnind it bOTe :
Both speare she tooke and ^eld which hong by it ;
Both apeare and shield of great powie, for her pur-
pose fit.
Tliua when she had the virgin all srsyd.
Another hameHe wiiicb did hang tlivaby
About berselfe she digh^ that the yong mayd
She might in equall armes accompany.
And aa her squyre attend her carefully:
Tho to their ready steedes they clombc full li|^ i
And through bai^waies, that none might them espy/
CoTezed with secret cloud of silent night, [fi^it*
Themselves they forth convaid, and pained forward
Ne rested they, till that to Paoy lond
Tliey came ; is Merlin tfaem directed late :
Where^ meeting with this Redcroase knight, she foml
Of diverse thiogcs diacounes to dilate.
But most of Arthegall and his estate.
At last their wayes ao fell, tl '-
"nien each to other, , " "*
Friendship professed, with unfained hart :
The Redcroaae knight djvcrsi; but fortfa rode Briti^
Bold Mirinell of Brilomait
la throwne on the Rich Strond:
Faire FloriroeU of Arthur ia
Long followed, but not fond.
Whese is the antique glory now become,
Hiat whylome woni in ^vemen to appeare ?
Where be the brave atchievements doen by some 7
Where be the batteillea, where the shield and speare.
And all the conquests which them h^h did rsare.
That matter made for famous poets verse.
And boaatfull men ao oft abaaht to beare ?
Beeoe they all dead, and laide in dolefull berae?
Or doen they only sleepe, and afaall againe reverse ?
If they be dead, then woe is me tbeiefore ;
But if (hey sleepe, O let them sootie awake !
FiH- all too long I bume with envy sore
To bcarc the warlike feates which HomB« spake
Of bold Pentbcailee, which made a lake
Of Greekisb blood so ofle in Trojan plaine ;
But when I reade, how stout Debon atrake
Proud Slien, and how Camill' hath slaine
The huge Orailochus, I swell widi grmt di
Yet ttnse, and all that els had puissi
Cannot with noble Britomai
AswcU for glorie of great vi
As for pure chastitee and vertue rare.
That all her goodly deedes doc well declare.
Well worthie stock, from which the branches apna^
Tlial in late yeares eo faire a bloaaome bare.
As thee, O queene, the nutter o( my aoog.
Whose lignage from this lady I derive along 1
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Wbo (rban, Ihconaii qiaidiM whh tb* RadcroBe
Sbs levned had th* otur of Artlx^], [knigbt,
And in each p<»at henelft infinnd mfjbt,
A dieadly league of kne perpMuall
Shee with him bnnnd, and coDgd tookc nrlthtUI.
Then be forth on hii ioomey did proccde,
To geekc adTealum which nHKe him btOi],
And win him wonhip through faia warlike deed,
WUcA aluaiiu of his painai he mada the chiefeit
But Britomsrt kept on her I
Ke ever dofte her amus j bi
Giew peosiTe tiirau^ that a .. . _. .
Bj which tJie Redcroaae knigbt did eant diula*
Ho- ioTcci sb^ie and chevalrotu an; :
A thousand tliou^ils alie Cuhiond in her mind ;
And in her feigning fiiode did pouitta;
Him, luch as fittest she for lore could find,
Wise, warlike, pcnonable, courteous, and kind.
With auch iclfe-pleasing thougbti her wound she
AndtbougfatBotobe^lehergTievouBsmart; [fedd,
But (0 ber aman was much more grierou* brcUd,
And tbe deepe wouod more deep engord her hart.
That nought but death her dolour mole depart.
So forth die rode, without repose or rest,
Searcbing all landa and each remotest part.
Following the guidance of her blinded guest,
'nn tb^ to the >ea coast at length she her addrest
There she alighted from her light-fbot beast.
And, sitting down upon the rockj shore,
Badd her (^ square unlace her lofty creasl :
Tho, having vewd awhile the surges hore
'nat gainst the craggy clifts did loudl; rore.
And in their raging surquedry diadayud
That the fast earth aflronted them so son.
And Iheir derouiing covetiie restraynd ;
ed deepe, and (f
Thereat sbe sighed <u
d (fker thus complaynid :
" Huge sea of sorrow and tempestuous griefe,
Wherein my feehie barke is tossed long
Far from tbe hoped haven of reliefe,
Why iloe thy cruel billowes beat so strong.
And (hy moyst mountainea each on olhen throng,
Thmtning to swalbiw up my fearefull tyfe ?
O, doe thy cruel] wrath and spightfuJl wrong
At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife, [ryfe !
Which in these troubled bowels raignea and rageth
" For eU my feeble vessell, cnud and crackt
Through thy strong buBets and outrageous blowes,
Cannot endure, but needea it must be vrackt
On the rough rocks, or on tbe sandy shalldwcs.
Hie whiles that Loie it steres, and Fortune rowes :
Ime, nay lewd pilott, hath a restlesse miode )
And Fortune, botesvaine, no asauraunce knowes;
But saile withoulen atarres gainst tydo snd winde :
How out tbey other doe, sith both are bold and
" Tbou god of windes, that raigneal In the seas,
That raignMt also in tbe continent.
At last blow up saine gentle gale of ease.
Tbe which may bring my ship, eie it be rent,
Vato tbe ^adwoM port of her intent >
Then, when I shall myselfe in safety see,
A table, for elenisll moniment
Of thy great grace, and my great ieopardee,
Cicat Neptomr, I avow to lullow unto thee ! "
llien lighing soAly sore, and inly deepe,
Sbe shut up all her plaint in privy griefe ;
(For her gnat courage would not let her weepe;}
Till that old G\auti gan with sharpe rvpriefe
Her to resttaine and give her good reliefe
Through hope trf' those, which Mo-lin had her tuld
Should of her name and nation be chiefe,
And fetch Uieir being from the sacred mould
Of her immortall womb, to be in Heiten em^ild.
Thus as sbe her recomforted, she spyde
Where ^ aw»y one. all in armour bright.
With hasty gallop towards bcr did ryde ;
Her dolour soone she ceast, and on her digbt
Her helmet, to ber courser mouuting light:
Her former somnr into sudden wrath
(Both coosen paaslons of distroubled iprighi)
Conierting, forth she beates the dusty path :
Love and despight atlonce her comge kindled htlb.
As, when a Ibggy mist hath overcast
The face of Heven and the cleare ayre engmsle.
The world in darknei dwels j till that at last
The watry southwinde fhim the seabord cMte
Upblowing dolh dispene the vapour to'ste,
And poures itaelfe forth in a stormy showre ;
So the fsyre Britomart, having disclosle
Her clowdy care into a wrathfull stowre,
Thetnistofgriefedisiolv'ddid into vengeance powre.
Eftsoones, ber goodly shield addresnng fi^re,
That mortall speare sbe in her band did t»kt.
And unto battaill did herselfe prepayre.
The knight, a^proching, atemely her beapake ;
" Sir Knight, that doest thy voyage rashly make
By this fortfldden way in my despight,
Ne doest by others death ensample take ;
I read thee soone retyre, whiles thou hast might.
Least afterwards it be too late to take thy flight.
Ylhiild with deepe disdains of his proud thraal.
She shortly thus ; " Fly they, that need to fly ;
Wordesfearen babes': I meane not thee entreat
To passe j but nuHigre thee will passe or dy : "
Ne lenger stsyd for th' other to reply.
But with sharpe speare the rest made dearly knowne.
Strongly the straunge knight ran, and sturdily
Strooke her fillt on the brest, that made her downe
DeeHne ha head, and touch her crouper with ber
But she againe him in the ahield did sudte
With su fierce forie and great pulsaunce.
That, through his three-square scuchin pernng quite
And through his mayled bauberque, hy mischaunce
The wicked Steele through hii left side did glaunce;
Him so tmnsfiied ahe before her bore
Beyond his croupe, the length of all her launce ;
Till, sadly soucing on the sandy shore.
He tomhied on an heape, and wallowd in hia gore-
Like aa the sacred oie that carelesse stands
With gilden homea and flowry girlonds crownd.
Fraud of his dying honor and deare bandea.
Whiles th' altars ^me with IVankincetise arowm),
All auddonly with mortall stroke astownd
Doth groveling fall, and with his streaming gore
Distaines the pilloura and the holy grownd.
And the Ikire flovres that decked htm afore :
So fell pr«ud Marinell upon Che Pretious Sbor*-
344 spe:
The mulioll m*yd niyd not him to Ument,
But forward rode, and kept her ready way
Along the nrond ; which, ms she over-went,
She uw beatrowed all with rich my
Of pearles uid pretiau) stones of great aimy,
And *ll the gravell miit with golden uwre :
Whereat she wondred much, but would not stay.
For gold, or perles, or pretious stonei, an bowre.
But them despised all ; for all was in her powte.
Whiles thus he lay in deadly stonisfament,
Tydings hereof came to his mothera eare ;
His mother was the blacke-hrowd Cymoent,
llie daughter of grc«t Nereus, which did beare
This warlike sooiie unto an earthly peare.
The fiunous Dumarin ; who on a da;
Finding the nymph asleepe in secret whaaie.
As he by chsunce did wander that same way,
Wri taken with her love, and by her closely lay.
this knight of her begot, whom bom
a father, Marincll did naroe ;
rocky cave as wight forloma
ig time she fostred up, till he became
There
She, oj
Andii
Lor^
A imgbty man
Did get through great ad'
For nerei man be suRred by that same
Rich strond (0 traTell, wheresshe did wonne; [sunne.
put that he must do battail with the sea-nymphes
An hundred knighta of honorable ruune
He bad subdew'd, and them his rassals made :
That through all Foiic lond his noble fame
Now blaaed was, and feare did all iniodc,
ThU none durst passen through that perilous glade:
Aod, to advaunce his name and glory mor^
Her sea-god syre slie dearely did perswade
T' endow her Sonne with threasure and rich store
Bove all the aonnes that were ofcor thiy wombes ybore.
The god did graunl his daughters deare dematiod.
To doen his nephew in all nches flow :
Eftsoonea his heaped waves he did commaund
Out of their hollow bosome fortli to throw
All the huge threasute, which the sea below
Had in bis greedy gulfe devoured deepe.
And him enriched through the overthrow
And wreckes of many wretches, which did weepe
And often wayle their wealth which he Irom tbem
did keepe-
Shortly upon that shore there belied was
Exceeding riches and all pretious tidngs.
The spoyle of all the worM ; that it did pas
The wealth of th' East, and pompe of Perdan kings;
Gold, amber, yvorte, perles, owchea, rings.
And all that els was pretious and deare,
Hie sea unto him voluntary biings;
Hut shortly he a great lord did appeared
As was in all the land of Faery, or elsewheare.
Thereto he was a doughty dreaded knight,
IVyde often to the scath of many deare,
That none in equall armea him matcben might :
TIk which his mother seeing gon to feare
Least his two haughtie haidines might rears
Some hard mialiap jn hazard of his Lfe :
Forthy she oft him counseld to forbcare
The bloody batleill, and to stirrc up strife,
But after all his warre to rest his wcarjc knife %
And, for his more asstuaunca, ibe in^nir'd
One day of Proteus by his mighty spell
(For Pioleus was with prophecy inspir'd)
Her deare sonnai destiny to her to tell.
And the sad end of her sweet Marinell :
Who, through foresigbt of bis vternall skill.
Bad her ^m womankind to keepe him wdl ;
For of a woman be sboidd have much ill ;
A viigin Btraunge and stout lum should dismay or kilL
Foithy she gave him warning every day
The love of women not to enienaine ;
A lesson too, too hard lor living clay,
From love in course of nature to refraine f
Yet he his mothers lore did u'ell retaine.
And ever fivm fsyre ladies love did Ry ;
Yet many ladies fayre did oft comploine.
That they for love of him would algatea dy :
Dy, whoso list for him, he was Loves enimy.
But ah ! who can deceive his destiny.
Or weene by wsrning to avoyd bis fate ?
Thsl, when ho sleepes in most security
And safest seemes, him soonest doth amate.
And lindeth dew effect or soone or late ;
So feeble is the powro of fleshly arme !
His mother bad him wcmens love to hale.
For she of womans force did feare no hatme ;
So weetiing to have arm'd him, she did quite disarme.
Tliis was that womsn, this that deadly wownd.
That Proteus prophecide should him dismay ;
The which his mother vainely did eipownd
To be hajt-wDwnding love, which should assay
To bring her sonne unto bis lost decay.
So tickle be the lermes of morUll stale
And full of subtile sophisjnes, which doe play
With double sences, and with false debate,
T ^ipTOve the unknowen purpose of etenudi fata.
Too trew the flunous Qlarinell it fownd ;
Who, through late trial], on tlist weBllh; strond
Inglorious now lies in sentelesse swownd.
Through heavy stroke of Brilomartis bond.
Which when bit mother deare did understond.
And heavy tidings heard, whereas she playd
Amongst her walry sifters by a iiond,
Gathering sweete dafTsdillycs, to have made
Gay girlonds from the Sun thcdr forheads fkyr to
Ettesoones both flowrcs and girlonds far away
She Song, and her falre dcawy locks yrent;
To sorrow huge she tumd her fonner play.
And gomesom merth to grievous dreriment :
Shoe direw herselfe downe on the continent,
Ne word did speakc, but lay as in a swowne.
Whiles all her sisters did for her Ument
With yelling outcries, and with Bhrieking sowne ;
And every one did teaxe ber gf riond fhnn ber crowne,
Soone as she up out of ber deadly fltt
Arose, she bad her charetl to be brought )
And all her sisters, that with ber did sjtt.
Bod eke attonce their cbantis to be sought :
Tho, full of bitter griefe and pensive thought.
She to her wagon clumbe ; clombe all the reM,
And forth together went, with somw fraught:
The waves obedient to theyre beheast
Tliem yielded ready passage, and their rage surccast.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Great Neptuma stooda amaied M tbnr (iglit.
While* oa his brtnd rownd InekB Umt mAIj did.
And eke himwll* moumd at tlwir moumf ul plight.
Yet wilt acR what tbor wailing ment, fct did,
Fgr grot ampmaoa of th^ •orow, bid
Hit mi^Mj walcn to tbem buiome bee :
"' B tlM roaring biUowei still atrid.
flWod g^dog at tlwTgale, and wtoidred them to ne.
A tcroe of dolphiu laangd in an;
Drew tbe unootii cbarett of lad C jmatet i
The; were all tougbt b; Triton to ob«]>
To tlw long nynea at ha ccnnniauiidiiaieDt :
At awift aa iwallowea on the waTCa thej went,
llliat their brode flaggy flnna no fbme did rearc,
Ne bubling rawndeU the; behinde them sent ;
tlK tnt, of otber fiahea dnwea wore.
Which with their finny oan tbe (welling lea did ibaare.
Soone as the; bene arriv'd upon the brim
Of tbe rich atnmd, their charcta tbey fortore.
And let ibciT teemed Gihea soft]; (wim
Along tbe margent of the fomy shore,
Least they their Gnnes thauld bruie, and luHwte sore
Their tender feete upon the stony grownd :
And comming to the place, whoe all in gore
And cniddy blood enwallowed the; fownd
The luckleaae Marinell lying in dndl; nrownd.
Hia mother awowned thrise, and the third time
Could scarce recoTered be out of ber paine ;
Had she not becne devoide of mortall slims,
She should not then have bene relj^'d agaioe :
But, sooDe as tife recovered had the ralne.
She made so piteous moue And deare
That tbe hard rocks could scarce from I
And alt her sister nj^npbes with one
3ii[qilide her sobbing breaches with aa
e nnaH OJ , , ,
The wretched aonne of wretched mother borne,
la this thine high adTauncement ? O ! ia thii
Tb' immorlali name, with which thee yet uobonH
Hi; grandsire Xereus pronust to adorne?
Now lyest thou of life and honor refte;
Now lyest thou a lumpe of earth forlome ;
Nc of tby late life memory is leAe {
Ne can thy irrerocable deaten; bee wefto!
" Fond Proteus, fclher of fitlse prophedi !
And they oioib fond that credit to thee gin '.
Not this the worke of winnaa* band yria, [drii
That so decpe wound through these deare members
1 feared lore ; but they that love doe Uie ;
But the; that dye doe nether love nor hate :
Nath'lease to thee tfa; folly I forgiTet
And to myaelfe, and to accursed fate, [lata
Tbe guilt I doe ascribe ; deare wiaedom bought too
" O ! what aTailes it of imroortall seed
To beene ]4itcdd and ae*er borne to dye ?
Farre better J it decme to die with spMd
Then waste in woe and waylfull miserye :
Wbo dyes, the utmoat dokff doth abyei
But who that liTos, ia leite to waile hii loses :
80 lift is toase, and death felicity :
Sad life worse then glad death ; and greater crosae
To see fKends grave, then dead the grave selA to
engroase. ,
" But If the HeaTen* did bis days envie,
And m; short blis maligne ; yat mote the; well
Thus mtich aSbrd m^ ere thai he did die.
That the dim n«* oTmy'deare Marinell
I mote have cloaad, and him bed farewdl,
Sith otber oUcea (br mother meet
They would not graunt
Yetl ! maulgre tbem, fWrawell, my sweetest sweet '.
Farewell, my aweetest sonne, sith we no mora sMl
Thus when they all had sorowed their fill,
The; softly gan (o search his griealy wownd :
An^ that they might him handle more at will,
They him diaarmd ; and, spredding on tlie grownd
Their watchet mantles Irindgd with silver rownd,
The; softly wipt away the gelly blood
From lb' orifice ; which having well upbownd.
Hie; pourd in soveraine balme and nectar good.
Good both for erthly med'cine and for hecen^ food.
Tho, when the liil;>handed Liagore
(ThiB Liagore whilome bad learned skill
In leacbea craft, by great ApolUies lore,
Sith her whilome upon high Pindus hilt
He loved, and at last her wombe did fill
With beveni; seed, whereof wise Paron iprong)
Did feele his pulse, shee knew rhvre staled still
Some litle life hia feeble sprites emong ; [fiong.
Which to hia mother told, despeyre she fl'oin her
Tho, up him taking in their tender hands.
The; easely unto her charetl beare :
Her teme at her commaundement quiet stands.
While* they the cone into her wagon resre,
And strowe with fluwres the lamentable beare :
Then all the rest into their cochea dim.
And through thebrsckiih waves thelrpaasagc sheare;
Upon great Neptunes necke the; softly swim.
And to her walry chamber swiftly carry him.
Deepe in the bottome of the aea, her bowre
Is built of hollow billowe* heaped h;e.
Like to thicke clouds that threat a storm; showre,
And vauled all within like to the sk;e.
In which (he gods doe dwell etemall; :
There they him laide in easy couch well dightj
And sent in haste for Tryphon, to apply
Salves to his wounds, and medicines of might :
For Tryphon of sea-gods the soveraine leach is hight.
The whilea the n;mpbes sitt all about him rownd,
lamenting hia mishap and heav; plight ;
And oftc his mother, vewing hia wide wownd.
Cursed the hand that did so deadly smight
Her dearest aonne, her dearest harts delight :
But none of all those curaca overtooke
The warlike maide, th' ensample of that might ;
But fayrely well shee tbryvd, and well did brocJie
Her noble deedes, ne her right course for ought Ibr-i
Yet did false Archimage her still punew,
To bring to paaee his misctuerotu intent.
Now that he had her singled from tbe crew
Of courteous knights, tbe prince and Far; gent,
Whom late in chace of beauty excellent
Shee lefts, pursewing that same foster strong ;
Of whose fowie outrage the; impatient.
And full of firy lele, him followed long, [wrong.
To reskew ber l>om shame, and to reveogE ^
3M
ThnHigh thick lad Uun, through
thnmgli plajnst
ThoM tvo great cbnapiina did stMnce pUiMW
The fearefuli domMll with incessuit pi^iu j
Who irom them flfd u tight-font hare fram tcit
Of hunter swifte and Knt of howndci Irew.
At last the; came unto a doubls vay ;
Wbo^ danbtfull which to take, her to mk^w,
ThemMlTe* tbef did diipart, each to aaiay
Whether more hoppy were to win to goodly pniy.
Bui Timias, the princes gentle squyre,
That ladies lore unto his lord forlenf.
And ttith ptoud envy and indignant yre
After that wicked Foster fiercely went :
So beene they three, three sofidry wayea ytwnt :
But fayreat fortune to the prince befell ;
Whose chaunce it was, that soone he did repent.
To take that way in which tliat damoiell
Was fledd aibre, aQVaid of him as fecnd of Hell.
At last of ber far alThe gained vew ;
lljen gan he freshly pricke his fmny steed*
And ever as he nigher to her drew.
So erermare he did increase bis speed.
And of each turning still kept wary heed :
Alowd to her he oftJentimea did call
To doe away vaine doubt and needleise dreed :
Full myld to her be spake, and oft let fall
Many meeke wordea to stay and comfort her withall.
But nothing might relent her hasty flight ;
So deepe the deadly fcare of that foule swaine
Was ears! impressed in her gentle spright :
IJke as a ftarefull dove, wluch through the raine
Of tfae wide ayre her way does cut unaine,
Ha'ing farre offespyde a cassell gent.
Which after her his nimble winges doth slraine,
Doubleth ber hast for feare to bee for-hent.
And with ber pineons clearea the liquid firmament.
With no lesae hast, and eke with no lease dieed.
That fearcfiill ladie fledd from liim thM ment
To her no evill thought nor eiiU deed ;
Tet former feare of being fowly ahent
Carried her forward with her £rgt intent :
And though, oft looking backward, well she lewde
Hetaelle freed from that foster insolent.
And that it was a knjght which now her sewde.
Yet dK no lease the knight feard then that villein rude.
His uncouth shield and stiaunge armes her diimayd.
Whose like in Faery land were seldom scene i
That &M she from him fledd, no lease afrayd
Then of wilde beaates if she had chased beene g
Tet he her foilowd stil! with coiage keene
80 long, that now the golden Hesperus
Was mounted high in top of Heaieu sheene.
And wamd hie other bretiiren ioyeous
To light their blessed lamps in loves etemall hous.
All suddeinly dim woi the dampish ayi«,
And grieaty shadowes Covered Heaven brfgbt.
That now with tbouaand lUnca wu decked fayre :
Whidi when the prion beheld, a lothfull eight,
And that petfbree, Ibr want of tenger ligbt.
He mote anreeaiaB his salt, Md leae (ha bufM
Of his long labour ; bt gas linrly wyfe
His wicked fyttont thM had tumd i^ope,
Andcuned Night that nrft bma hint so goodly scope.
Hio, when tier waye* be could »
But to and fro at diaaventure Mrayd ;
Like M a sUp, whose lodeatar anddainly
Coterad with clouds bar pilolt hath dkmajd ;
His wearisome pursuit perfbree he stayd,
And from his laMe stead dismonnting low
Did let him foiBge : downe Muuelfe he layt(
Upon the giatsy ground to sleepe a throw ;
The cold eardi was his oouofa, Oib hard Steele hi*
piU6w.
But gentle Slaqw envyde him any rest ;
Instead ttiereof *d sorrow and diidaine
or his hard harp did yexe Us noble brest
And thousand Ancies l>ett hit ydle brajne
With their light wlugs, the sights of sembUnts thdc :
Oft did he wish that ladye fkire mote bee
His Faery queene, for whom he did complaiDe ;
Or that his Faery queene were Such as shee :
And ever hasty Night he blamed bitterlie :
" Night ! thou fbwle mother of aanoyaunce sad.
Sister of beavie Death, and nourw of Woe,
Which wast begot in Heaven, but for thy bad
And brutish sbi^ thrust downe to Hell below.
Where, by die grim floud of Cocylus slow.
Thy dwelling is in Her^us black hous,
(Black HerebuB, tbj husband, is the foe
Of all the gods,) where thou ungratious
Halie of thy dayes doest lead in hoirour ludeous ;
" Wliat had th' Eternal Maker need of Ihea
The world in his condnnall course to keepe.
That doeat ^ tUnges defkee, ne lettest see
The beautk of Ids worke? Indeed in sleepe
The slMRhftaU body tlMt doth love to steepe .
His loatlaM iimbes and drowne Us baser mind,
Doth pndae tbee oft, and oft ftum Stygian deepe
Calls Oee lus gndd^se, in his errour blind, [kind.
And great darne Natures bandmaide chearing every
" But wsdl I wote that to an heAvy hart
Thou art the rooCe and nourse of bitter cam,
Bnvltr of netv, lenewer of old araartB ;
Instead of rest thou lendest rayling teares ;
Instead of sleepe thou sendeM troublous feara
And dreadlUI visions, in the which aliva
The dreary image of sad Death appeares ;
So from the wearie spirit thou doest drive
Desired rest, and men of happinesse deprive.
" Under Ihy mantle Mack thot hidden lye
Ljght-ahonning Thefte, and traiteroua Intent,
Abhorred Bloodshed, and vile Felony,
Slumefuil Deceipt, arid Daunget imminent,
Fowie Horror, and At helll^ DrerimeM :
All these I wote in thy protection bee.
And light doe sboirae, for fcaie of bang sbent :
Pot light yUk* is lodi'd of them and tbee ;
And ail,tlutlewdnesselove,doe hate the light to see.
*' For Day discovets aU dishonest y^ya,
And sheweth each thing as it is in deed :
The praysefe of high Gmt be Aire displayes.
And his large bountie rigbtly dotb areed;
Di^es deanst children (m the blessed seed
Which Itsiknesse ahsJl subdue and Heaven wn) :
Tnilh Is Us daughter ; be her Btat did breed
Most sacred virgin without spot of sinne i
Our life is day ; but death with di^netse doth begin.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
547
*■ O, wbcB will Day then turta to mt agaiiw.
And bring with him hii long>«ipccted Hght !
0> Titan ! hut to nue thy iayoia woinc ;
Speed tbee to qned nbroiul liry timiiiiii brigbt.
And chace away this too long lingrini; night (
Chace h» away, from wbencs she came, to Hell :
Sh^ she it is, Ukat hath me done delight ;
Tbtn let her with the damnol epirita dwell,
Andjiddbernrwuialodi^flbMcaiitgaveTiie weU.'
wdidai
Thus did die prince that
Id natlesae anguish and
And eerelj, en the Mon
His deawy head out of tl
He up arose, as half% in great disdaine.
And diHnbe unto his steed : so forth he went
With heayy looke and lumpiah pace, that plaine
Ib him bewraid great grudae and maltalent :
His steed eke seemd t' apply his steps to hi* inleiiL
Prince Arthur bean of Ilarimell i
Three fosters Timias wound ;
Belpbcebe Andes him almost dead.
Andrf
¥th out of a«
WoKDn it is to see in diTene mindes
How divenly Lore doth his pageanti play.
And iliewcs his powre in Tariable kindes :
The bMer wit, whose ydla thoughts alway
Are wDot to cleaTe unto the lowly day,
It itirTetfa up to seitsnall deaiie.
And in lewd slouth to wait his caraleas day ;
But in bme sprite it kindles goodly fir^
Hiat to all high desert and honour doth a^>ire.
Ne luflereth it uncomely Idlenene
In hi* fine thought to build her sluggish neat ;
Ne BuSereth it thought of ungeotlcness*
Erer to creep into Us noble bt«st ;
But to the highest and the worthiest
LiAeth it up that els would lowly fall :
It letle* DO* fiOl, It lettes it not to rest;
It lettes not scarse this prince to btolh at all,
BtU to his Hrst pounuit hin forwanl still doth call :
Vbo long time wBudred through the forest wyde
Toil
; dllth
It hut
He met a dwatfe that teemed terli^dt
With WHne late perill which he hardly past.
Or other acddent which him aghast ;
Of whom he asked, whence he lately came,
And whether now lie travelled so fast :
For sore he swot, and, ronning through tliat same
Thiefce forest, ww bescndit, and both his fto nigh
Panting tot breath, ahd almost out oTbart,
The dwarfe him answenl ; " Sir, ill mote 1 day
To tell the same : I lately did deptrt
Prom Faery courts where I have many a day
Serred a gentle lady of great sway
And high accompt thmugbout all ElGli land)
Who lately left the same, and tooke thh way :
Her now I leeke ; and if ye underatand
Which way she fared batb, good sir, teU out of
•■ What mister wight," iiide h^ "and how arayd?'
<■ Royally clad," quoth he, " in cloth of gold.
As meetest may beseeme a noble mayd ;
Her foira lockes in rich circlet be enrold,
A fayier wight did never Sunne behold ;
And on a palficy rj'dea more white then snow.
Yet she henelfs is whiter manifold ;
The surest aigne, whereby ye may ber know.
Is, that she is the fUrest wight ahre, I tiow."
■" Now certe^ sweiiw," seide he, "iuchone,lwean0.
Fast flying through this forest Irom ber fe,
A foule ill-favDured foster, I havs seene ;
HereelTe, well as I might, I reskewd tbo.
But could not stay ; so &at she did foregoe.
Carried away with wings of speedy feare."
" Ah ! dearest God," quoth he, " that is great woe.
And wondrous ruth to all that shall it heare :
But can ye read, ur, bow I may her flnde, or where? '
" Perdy me lerer were to weeten that,"
Saide he, " then ninsome of the richest knigbt,
Or all the good that ever yet I gal:
But fh>ward fortune, and too forward night,
Sucb h^pinesse did, maulgre, to me spight.
And fro me reft both life and light attone.
But, dwarfe, arced what is that lady bright
That (hrougli this forest wandreth thus alone ;
For of her errou~ "* ' '
I haTe great ruth and
whereso she bee.
" That ladie is," quoth he, "
The bounliest virgin and most oeooaain
That erer liring eye, I weene, did see :
IJTes none this day that may with ber compare
In stedfast chastitie and vertu* ran,
Tbs goodly ornaments of beauty bright ;
And is ycleped Florimell the byre,
Fiire Florimell betor'd of many a kni^t,
Yet she loves none but one, that Msrinell is liight j
" A sea-uymphes sonne, that Harinell is hjght,
Of my deare dame is loved dearely well ;
In other none, but him, Ihe sets deli^ ;
All bv delight is set on Maiinell ;
But he set* nought at all by Fhwimell :
For ladies lore his mother long ygoa
Did him, they say, forwame through sacred spell i
But bme now flies, that of a fbrrcine foe
He is yslaine, which is the ground of all our woe.
* he (they say) was slainc,
Andn
e Florimdl the court ic
■rent.
Till him altie or dead she did inrenb
Therefide, fiire sir, for love of knighthood gent
And honour of irew ladies, if ye may
By your good counaell, or bold bardiment.
Or nicconr her, or toe direct the way,
Do one or other good, I you moat humbly pray t
" So may ye gaine to you fiill great renowme
Of all good ladies through the woride so wide.
And haply in her bait finde bigheet rowme
Of whom ye seeke to ba most m^niide !
At least eta-nall nie«de shell you abide."
To whom the prince; '<Dwarfe,comfbrttDtheetafcet
For, till thou tidings leame what her betide.
So with the dwarfs he bick retoum'd Bgoiae,
To seeke his lady, where he mote her Gnde ;
But bf the way he greuly gan complaiiie
The want of his good isquire Utc left behinde.
Pot whom he woodnnii pensiTe grew in minde,
For doubt of djLunger which mote him betide ;
For him he loved above all mankinde,
Haring him trew and faiChruU ever tride,
And bold, as ever aquyrr Cliat waited bj kmghta aid
Who all this while full htrdlj was asmyd
Of dcadl; daunger which to him belidd ;
For, whiles his lord pursewd tliat noble mayd,
After that foster fowle be fiercely ridd
To bene avenged of the shame he did
To that fairs duniell : him he chaced long [hid
'nirough Ihe thicke woods wherein he would have
His shsmefidl heed from his avcngemeot strong,
Andoft him threatned death for his outrageous wrong,
Nathlesse tlie villein «ped himselft so well,
Whether through swiflneaie of his speedte beast.
Or knowledge of those woods where be did dwell.
That shortly he from daunger was releast.
And out of sight escaped at the least;
Yet not escaped from the dew reward
Of his bad deedes, which daily he increast,
N« ceased not, till him oppressed bard
The heavle plague that for such leacbouniis prepard.
For, soone as be was vanisht out of sight.
His coward courage gan emboldned bee.
And cast t' avenge him of that fowie despigfat
Which he had borne of his bold enimee :
Tho to his brethren came (for they were three
Ungiatious children of one gracelesBe syre).
And unto them complained how that he
Had used beene of that foole-bardie squyre : .
8a them with bitter words be stird to bloodie yre
Forthwith tlienuelves .with (heir tad in
Of spoyle and murder the; gan arme byllve.
And with him foorth into the forreit went
ledidei
In there steme brests, on him which late did drive
Their brother to reproch and shamefnll flight ;
For (hey had vow'd that never he alive
Out of that forest should escape their might ;
Vila rancour their rude harts had fild o-ilb such de-
apight.
Within that wood there was a covert glade,
Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne,
Through which il was uneaCh for wight to wade ;
And DOW by fortune it was overflowne :
By that same way they knew that squyre unknowne
Mote algales passe ; Ibrthy themselves they set
There in await with thicke woods overgroime,
And all the while their malice they did whet [let
With cruell threats his passage through the fbtu '
It fixtuned, as tbey devised had.
The gentle squyre came ryding that same way,
Unweeting irf their wile and treason bad.
And through tbe tbrd to pasaen did assay ;
But that fierce foster, which late fled away,
Stoutly foorth stepping on tbe further shore,
WiA that, at Idm a qulv'ring dart he threw
With so fell fom, and villtanous despite,
Hiat through his baberieon Ihe fotkehcad flew.
And through the linked mayles empierced quite.
But had no powre in his soft flesh to bite :
Hiat stroke the hardy squire did sore displease,
more that him he could not come to smite ;
For by no meanes the high banke he could sease,
Butlabour'dlong in tbatdeepefiH^ with vaitte disease.
And still the foster with bis long boie-ap^^v
Him kept from landing at his mshed will :
Anone one sent out of tlie thicket neare
A cruell shaft headed with deadly ill,
And fetheted with an unlucky quill ;
The wicked Steele stayd not till it did light
In his left tbigb, and deepely did it thrill :
Exceeding griefe that woundin himempi^t, [figbt.
But more that with his foes he could not come to
At last, through wrath and vengeaunce making way.
He on the bancke arxyvd with mickle payne ;
Where Che third brother him did sore assay,
And drove at him with all his might and mayne
A fotett-bill, which both his hands did strayne ;
But warily he did avoide the blow.
And with his speare requited him agayne,
That both Ins sides were thrilled with the throw.
And a large streame of bloud out of (he wound did
How.
He, tombting downe, with gnashing teeth did bite
The bitter earth, and bad to lett him in
Into the baleful! house of endlesse night.
Where wicked ghosts doe waile their former uo.
Tho gan the battaile freshly to bc^n ;
For nathemore for that spedicle bad
Did th' other two their cruell vengeaunce Win,
But both attonce on both sides bim bestad.
And load upon him layd, his life for to have had.
IliD when that villayn he avis'd, which late
Afirighied had the fairest Florimell,
Full of fien fury and indignant hate
To him he turned, and with rigor fell
Smote him so rudely on the pannikell.
That to the ctain be clefte his head in twaine :
Downe on the ground his cofkas groveling fell ;
His sinfiill aowle with desperate disdaiae
Out of her fleshly terme fled to the place of paine.
That seeing, now the only last of three
Who srilb that wicked aliafte him wounded had.
Trembling with horror, (as that did foresee
The fearefull end yf his avengement sad.
Through which he folkiw sliould his brethren bad,)
His booteiesse bow in feeble hand upcaught.
Which fayntly fluttring scarce his helmet taught.
And glaundng fi>l to ground, bbt him annoyed
tuught.
With that, he would have fled into the wood ;
But 'Hmias him lightly overhent.
Right OS he entring was into the flood,
A nd strooke at him with force so violent.
That headlesse him into the foord he sent ;
19 with the streame was carried downe,
ead fell backcward on the continent ;
So mischief fel upon the meaners crovme :
They three be dead with sbaiDe; the sqiure lives
with reiiowue :
THE FAERIE QOEENE.
He tim, but take* snail ioy of hk tenowne ;
PfW of that cruell wound be bled to ton,
TbM from hia (teed he fell in deadi; iwowne ;
Tet itill the blood forth giubt in » great itore,
lliat he la; wallowd all in hia owat g<Jre.
Now God thee kbepe ! thou gentlest squire alive,
£li shall thy loring lord Ibee see no mare ;
But both of comfort him thou shall deprive,
And eke tbjaeUe of honor which thou didst atcbiie.
a lilly hi
thought.
For loe '. great grace or fortune thether brought
Comfort to him that comfortlesse now lay.
In those same wooda ye well remember mey
How that a noble hunteresse did wonne,
3hee, that base Braggodochio did affray,
And made him fa&t out of the forest nmue i
Belphiebe was her name, as faire as Phcebus lunne.
Sbee on a daj', aa she purtewd the chace
Of some wilde beast, which with her arrowe» keene
She wounded had, the same along did tnce
By tivt of blood, which she had freshly seene
To bftve hesprinckTed all the grassy greene ;
By the great persue which she there percesv'd.
Well hoped shee the beast engor'd had beene.
And made more haste the life Co have bereavM :
But ah ! her erpectatioa greatly wu decearM.
Shortly she eame wliereaa that woefull squire
With blood deformed lay in deadly swownd ;
I Id whose fsirc eyes, like lamps of quenched fire,
The chiistall humor stood congealed rownd j
Hu locks, like faded leaves fallen to grawnd,
Knotted with blood in bounchea rudely ran ;
And his sweete lips, on which before duit stownd
Hie bud of youth to blossome faire began,
SpoDd of their rosy red were woxen pale and wan.
Saw uerer living eie more heavy ught,
lliat cotild have made a rocke of stone to rew.
Or rife in twaine : which when that lady bright.
Besides all hope, with melting eiei did vew,
! All mddeinly abasht shee chaunged hew.
And with Sterne horror backward gan to start t
Bat, when shee better him beheld, shee grew
Full of soft pasNon and unwonted smart :
Hie point of pitty perced through her tender hart.
' Meekely sbee bowed downe, to weete if lifb
TeCt in his fVinen memboa did remaine ;
And, feeling by hii pulse* beating rife
That the weake sowle her seat did yett retaine,
' Sbee cast to comfort him with busy psine :
His double-folded necke ahe resrd upright,
And rubd hia templea and each trembling Taine ;
Hia mayled habeiieon ahe did undight,
And &am hie head bli beavy burganet did light.
Into the woods thenceforth in baste shee went,
I To sceke for lKart>es that mote him remedy ;
' Pot sbee of beibes had great intendiment,
I Taught irf* the nymphe which from her infancy
Her Dourced had In trcw nolulity :
There, whether yt dirine tobacco were.
Or panachaa, or polygony.
She fownd, and brought it to her patient deare.
Who al this while lay blading out bis hart-blood
Into hia wound the juice thereof did icruie ;
And round about, as she could welt it use.
The fleih therewith she suppled and did steeps
T' abate all spasme and ac^ the swelling bruse ;
And, after having search! the intuse deepe, [keepe.
She with ber scarf did hind the wound, from cold to
By this he had sweet life recur'd agayne.
And, groning Inly deepe, at Isat his des.
His watry eiea drizling like deawy rayne,
p gan lifte toward the aiure skies,
L whence descend all hopelesae remedies :
Therewith he ugh^d ; and, turning him aside.
The goodly maide full of divinities
And gifts of heavenly grace he by him spide.
Her bow and gilden quiver lying him b^d&
"Mercy! deare Lord," saidhe, " what grace is this
That Ihou hast shewed to me sinfuU wight.
To send tbine angell from her bowre of blis
To comfort me in my distressed plight I
Angell, or goddesse, doe I call thee right?
What service may I doe unto thee meetc.
That bast &om darkenes me retumd to light,
rilh thy hevenly salves and med'cines sweete
Hast drest my dufull wounds '. I kisse thy bleased
Thereat she blushing said ; <■ Ah ! gentle squire.
Nor goddesse I, nor angell ; but the mayd
And daughter of a woody nymphe, deaire
No service but thy saTdty and ayd ;
Which if thou giine, I ahat be well apayd.
Wee mortall wTghts, whose lives snd fortunes bee
To commun accidents stil open layd,
Are bound with commun bond of frsIEtee,
To succor wretched wighlawhom we cspdved see."
By this lier damzella, which the former chace
Had undertaken after ber, arryv^d,
a did Belphobe, In the bloody place.
And thereby deemd the beast had bene depriv'd
Of life, whom late th«r ladies arow ryv'd :
Forthy the bloody tract they followd fast.
And etery one to ronne the swiftest stryy'd ;
But two of tbxxa the rest far overpast.
And where their lady was arrived at the last.
Where when they saw that goodly hoy with blood
Defowled, and their lady dresse his wownd.
They wondied much ; and shortly undentood
How him in deadly cace their lady fownd.
And reskewed out of the heavy atownd.
Eftaoones hia warlike courser, which was slrsyd
ure in the woodcs whiles that he lay in swownd,
le toade those damiels search ; which being stay^
They did him set thereon, and forth with them con-
™^
forest farre they thence hira led
Where was their dwelling ; in a pleasant glade
With mouotaines rownd about environed
And mightie woodea, which did the valley shades
And like a stately theatre it made
Spreading itselfe into a apatioua plaine ;
And in the midst a little river pliiide
Emongat the pumy stones, which seemd to plaine
With gentle murmure that his course they d!^ ^
SSO 8PE
Bwde ttw MOD* ■ daintj pU«« dive lay,
Pluil«d with mirtlc troet uid lautvls grama,
In whicb thjs birds King niuiy a lordy lay
Of Goda tiigb praiw, and of their ttraet lovaa taaiM,
Ab it an eaithiy paiadixe had b«ene :
In wlioae eQcloani iludaw there was pight
A faiiG pavilion, scarcely to be aeene.
The which wis al within molt richly dight.
That greatnt prinoei living it mote well driight.
Tbether they brought that wounded squire, and byd
In ease couch his feeble limbcH to Test*
He rested him awhile i and then the nuyd
Hi* readie wound with better sslveG new dl«iit :
Daily she dressed him, and did the best,
His grievous hurl la guarisb, that she might ;
That shortly she his dolour hath rudresl.
And his foule sore reduced to faire plight :
It she reduced, but himBelfe destroyed ijuight.
O foolish physick, and unfi^tfull paioe,
Hiat baalea up otw, and niaheg another wound !
She his hurt diigh to him rccurd againe,
But hurt his hait^ the which before was sound.
Through an UDWuy dart which did letiowiid
Prom her &ire eyea and graiious countenaunce.
What bootca it Inm from death to tM unbownd.
To be captlved in endliase durance
Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce !
Still as Us wound did gather, and grow bale.
So mill his fasit woxe sore, and health decayd :
Hidiieaie to save a part, and lose the whole I
Still whenas he beheld the heavenly mayd.
Whiles daily playsteis to his wownd she layd,
So adll his malady the more iiureaat.
The whiles her matcblesse beautie him dismayd.
Ah, God ! what other could be do at least.
But love so fayre a lady that his Ufe releait!
« in hii congeous brait
Long while he i
With msoa dew too pwon lu utiuuETr,
And love fbr to dislodg* ont of hii nen :
Still when ber oieelleDeiei be did vew,
Her sovenJM bountl* and odestiaU hew.
The same to love ha stnmgl; was conaliBynd :
But, when his meaDe estate he did ravew,
He ftom such hardy boldnHse was reatraynd.
And of his lucklesse lott and cruell love thus playnd :
•' (Jnthankfull wretch," s^d he, ■' is this the meed,
With whicb hs- Eoverain mercy thou doest quight?
Tby life she sated by her gtatiouB deed ;
But thou doest weene with villeinous despight
To blott ber honour and her heavenly light :
Dye ; rather dye than so disloyally
Dceme of ber high desert, or seeme so light:
Fayre death it is, to sfaonne more sham^ to dy :
Dye i lather dye than ever love dialoyally.
" But if to lore disloyalty it bee.
Shall I then bate her that from deaths dore
Me brought ? oh ! farre be such leproch &a mee ',
What can I lease doe then her love thereflire,
Sith I her dew reward cannot restore ?
Dye ; rather dye, and dying doe her serve )
DyiiHC li^ terve, and living her adon;
Thy ufe she gave, thy life the dotfa deserve :
Dye ; rather dye than ever Aom her service swetre.
" But, fooUih boy, what bootM tl^ senka bacc
To her, to whom Ae Havana doe aarre and sew?
Thou, a meane itpiyn of meeke and lowly place ;
She, bevenly boma, and of celeatiall hew.
How then? of all love taketh equajl vew ;
And doth not tdgheat God vouchsafe to lake
Tbe love and aervice id the baieat crew 7
If she will not ; dye nucUy for her nke :
Dye; rather dye dien ever so ftlre love fonake!'
Thus warreid he long time against his will ;
Till that through weakneoe he was font at iMt
To yield himselfe unto the migfatie ill,
Which as a victaiu' proud, gan ransack fast
His inward partes, and all his enttayles wast.
That neither blood in fece nor life in hart
It left, but both did quite di^ up and blast;
As perdng levin, which the mner paiZ
Of ereiy thing eonaumn and calrineth by art.
Which sedng, feyre Belphobe gan to feare
Least that his wound were inly well not heald.
Or that the wicked Steele empcmoned were :
Litle shee weend that love he close conceald.
Tet snll he wasted, as tbe snow congeald
When the bright Sunne his beams thawn doth beat :
Tet never he his hart to her reveald ;
But tatber chose to dye for sorow great
Tlien with dishononble termes her to entreat.
She, giaciotiB lady, yet no paines did spare
To doe him ease, or doe him remedy ;
Many restoratives of vertues rare.
And costly cordioJJes she did a^ipiy.
To mitigate his stubboroo malady :
But that sweet cordiall, which can restore
A love-sick hart, she did to him envy ;
To him, and to all Ih' unworthy world fbrlora.
She did envy that soveraine salve in secret strav.
That daintic rose, the daughter of her motn^
More deare than lii« sba tendered, wboae flowre
Hie girlond of ber honour did adome :
Ne sufllred tbe the odddayea scorching powre,
Ne the sharp nortbeme wind thereon to shuwre j
But hq^ied up her silken leaves most diayre,
Whenao the boward skys began to lowre;
But, aoone as calmed was the cristall ayie.
She did it feyre dispred and let to florid feyie.
Etemall God, in his almi^Uie powie,
To make ensample of his beaveidy giaoe.
In PaiadiH wbylome did plant this flowre ;
Whence ha it fetcbt out of ber native place.
And did in stocLe of eatthly ieafa enrace,
Tliat mortall men her glory should admyre.
In gentle ladies taeMe and bnunleous race
Of wiunaibkind it tkjiett Sowre doth apyn^
And beareth fruit of honour and all cbaat desyre.
heavenly light.
And to yoiu' willea both royalties and reames
Subdew, through conquest of your wondrous might {
With this fayre ftowre your goodly gtl^onds digilt
Of chaadty and vertue virginoll.
That diall embellish n>oro your beautie bri^K,
And erowne yow headcs with heavenly coranall,
Such as the angel* weare before God's U^bunall !
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
IVi youTB &ife wItci ■ Gm cmample tmat
Of thia^renigiii, this Bdpbobc Ujn;
To whom, in perfect lore uul ipotloMc faow
Of cbaidtie, none liTing maj ciiaif»fn :
Ne poynunu envj iustljr can empayte
The prayse of ber freib-llovriDg uuydenbewl i
,fer^ ibe atandeth on the higlift Hayre
or til' hononble Hage of wpmanbead.
That ladiea all may follow her enuniple douL
Id >o great pnjie of BtedfMt diaBtj ty
MathUaae tlw im ao couiteouB md kynde,
Tcmpred with graet and goodly modnty,
Tbat Aeemeil thoie two leftueo tttrore to ^^d
The Mgher place in her heroicic myiid :
So AtnTing each did other more augment.
And both encreatt the prajie of woman-kymle,
And both eucRBit ber beaulie excellent :
So all did m^e in her a paifact complement.
The birth of fayre Belpbobe and
Of Amorett is told :
Tbe Oardina of Adonia Avught
With pleasures manifold.
Will may I weene, &irc Isdies, all this while
Ye wonder how thii noble damoxell
So great perfectioai did Id her cominle,
ath Hat in salvage forests she did dwell,
Sd &iTe from court and royall citadelli
Tbe great schoolmiistresic of all couitesj :
Seemeth that such wilde voodes should far eipeU
AU drile usage and gentility.
And gaitle ^rite deforme with rude nuticity.
But to this bire Belpbiebe in her berth
The Kerens so faioiable were and fiee,
Looking with myld laptct upon tbe Earth
In th' baeoacope of her oatiTitee,
lliat all Iba gifts of gncK and chaititee
On ber they poured forth of plenteous horne :
love taught on Venus team his aovenyne see,
And Pbcebua with Mre beames did ber adome.
And all the Graces rockt her cradle being borne.
Her berth was of the wombe of morning dew,
And ber conception of tbe ioyous prime ;
And all ber whole creation did her shew
Pure and unspotted from all loathly crime
That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.
So was this tit^d borne, so was she bred ;
So waa she trayned up from lime to time
In all chaste rertue and true bountibed.
Till to her dew perftction she were ripened.
Her inotber waa tbe fair Chryaogonee,
Hw daughter of Amphisa, who by race
A Raerie waa, ylwrne of hi^ degree :
She bore Belphtebe ; *he boce in like cace
Fi^re Anwrelta in tbe second place :
Tfaeae two wen twinoM, and twiit them two did ihan
The berit^a of all cdntiall graca;
TIM all the raat it anmd they robbed bare
Of bounty, and of beantie, and all vertuea vara.
By what Mnamge accident bin duymgotia
CouceiT'd tliaae inlknii, and how tbnn dw b«ra
In this Wilde foRMt wandiiog all alone.
After afae bad nine moostbi flilfild and (pma :
For not as other wemana commune brood
They were enwombed in -the aacrad tbrona
As other wen^u h^ies, they sucked Titall bloed :
But wondrouily tlwy were bego4 and bred
Throu^ influence of th' Herens fruitfull ray.
As it in antique booke* ii mentioDad.
It waa upon a sommen tfainie day.
When Titan faire his heamas did diqilay.
In a fresh fbuntaine, fiir from all mens vew.
She bath'd ber bren tbe boyllng heat t' allay ;
She bath'd with rosea red and noleCi blew.
And all the sweeteet flowos that in the farreat grew
■niUaintthn
Upon the grassy ground henelfe she layd
To aleepe, the whiles a gentle alombiing swowne
Upon her fell all naked hare displayd :
The aunbeamap bright upon her body playd.
Being through tbrmer bathing maUiGde,
And pivst into ber wimibe ; whoe they emfaayd
With so Bweet senca and aacrel powre unapide.
That in her pr^nant Besfa they shortly &uctiGde.
Miraculous may aeeme to him that readea
So straunge eusample of conception ;
But reason teKheth that the fruitfull seadaa
Of all things liring, Ihrotigb impression
Of the aunbeames in moyst complexion.
Doe life concaive and ijuickned are by kyad :
So, after Nilus inundation,
Infinile ahapas of creatures men doe fjad
Informed in tbe mud on which Ibe Svnne hafti ahynd.
Great Iktbei he of generation
Is rightly cald, tb' authour of life and li^t ;
And his taira sister fbr creation
Uinistreth matter fit, wbidi, tempied right
With heate and humour, breedea the living wigid.
So aprong these twiojwa in wmnb ai Ciuyeogoae ;
Yet wilt she nought thereto, but sore afiUgh*
Woodied to ac* her belly so upblooa, (goM-
Whicb sdU indMst tiU she btr tanne bad fuU o«il-
Till diat uDwaeldy burden she had raaid.
And sbuod dishonor which as death she feard ;
Where, wearie of long trarali, downe to reat
Heraelic she ac«, and combatably duard ;
There a sad doud of aleepe her orerkaat,
And seiaed every sence with sotTOW aoFC oppraet.
It fortuned, faire Venus having lost
Her little amue, the winged god of lov^
Who for some light displeasure, which hun croa^
Was from her fled as flit as ayary dove.
And left Iwr blissfyi bowre of icy abore;
(^ (nan ber often he had fled eway.
When she for ought him sharpely did iBpnm,
And wandred in Iba world in straunge ar^>
Disguia'd in thausand thr"- "i** none slight hiiB
S52 spe:
Him for to weke, the left her hesvetilj hotu.
The house of goodly forum uid fure msp&^
Whence all the world denTe* the glorious
Features of bemtie, and all ifaapea select.
With which high God his xorkmuuliip hath deckt ;
And «earcbed ererie way through which his wings
Had borne him, or his tract she mote detect -.
She promist kisses sweet, and sweeter things.
Unto the man that of him lydings to her brings.
Flnt she him sought in court, where most he lu'd
Whylome to haunt, but there she found him not;
But many there she found which sore accus'd
His blshood, and with fowle [nftmous blot
His cruell deedes and wicked wyles did spot :
Indies and lordm she every where mule heare
Complayning, how with his empoysned shot
Their wofuU haita he wounded bad whyleare.
And u had left them languishing Iwiithopeand feare.
Ste then the cities sought tmm gate lo gale,
And evetie one did aske, IKd he him gee?
And ererie one ber aiisweni, that too late
He had him scene, and felt the cnieliee
Of his sharpe dartes and wliot artiUeree :
And every one threw forth reproches rife
Of his miachiJTOus deedes, and sayd that hee
Was the disturbs- of all cinll life,
The oiimy of peace, and autboor of all Hrife.
That in tlie countrey she abroad him sought,
And in the ruiall cottages inquir'd ;
Where also many plaintes to her were brought,
How he their beedelesse harts with lore had fir'd.
And his falae Teoim through tlieir veJnes inspirM ;
And eke tbe gentle shepheard swaynes, which rnt
Keeping their fleecy fiockes as they were hyr'd,
She sweetly heard complaine both how and what
Her Sonne bad to than doen ; yet she did smile
But, whHi in 1
of alltl
he him got,
^ e where els he mote bim hyde ;
At last she her bethou|^ that she had not
Yet sought tbe salvage woods and forests wyde,
In which full many lorely nympbes sbyde ;
Mongst whom might be that he did closely lye.
Or that the lo*e of some of them him tyde :
Forthy she thether cast ber course t' apply.
To search tbe secret haunts of Dianes company.
Shortly unto tbe wastefull woods she came,
Wbern* she tbund the goddease witb ber crew.
After late cbace of thnr erobrewed gam^
ffitting bedde a fouDtaine in a rew ;
Some of them washing with the liquid dew
Prom off their dainty limbs the dusty sweat
And soyle, which did defbrme their lively bew ;
Otban lay shaded fVinn tbe scorching heat ;
The rest upon her person gave attendance great.
She, having hong upon ■ bough on high
H«r bow and painted quiver, had unlasle
Her nlvcr burins fima ber nimble thigh.
And her laock loynes ungiit, and brests unbraate,
Af^ her beat the breathing cold to taste ;
Har golden lockes, that late in treaies bright
Elmbreaded were foi hindring of her baste.
Now loose about her shoulders boog undigbt,
* ' rcre witb sweet ambrosia all beiqirinckled light.
Soone as she Venus saw bebinde her bocke,
oloo
Burpni
And woke halfe wroth against her damzels slacke.
That had not her thereof before avtt'd,
But suffred berso carelessly disguii'd
Be overtaken : soone her garments loose
UpgBth'ring, in her bosome she compfiz'd
Well as she might, and to tbe goddesse rose j
Whiles all ber nympbes did tike a ^rlond ber enclose.
Goodly she gan faire Cytherea greet.
And shortly a^ed her what cause ber brought
Into that wildemeaw for her unmeet.
From her sweets bowres and beds with pleasuics
That suddcin chaung she straung adventure thought.
To whorn halfb wealing she tbna answered ;
Ttua she her dearest soone Cupido sought.
Who in his frowardnea from her was flad ;
That she repented sore to have him angered.
Thereat Diana gan to amUe, in scome
Of her saine pUynt, and to her scoffing sayd ;
" Great piiiy sure that ye be so forlome
Of your gay Sonne, that gives you M good ayd
To your A^rts ; ill mote ye bene apayd V
But she was more engrieved, and replide;
■' Faire sister, ill beseemes it to uptnvyd
A dolefiil heart with so disdainfull pride ;
Tbe like that mine may be your paine another tide.
" Aa you in woods and wanton wildemeise
Your glory sett to chace the salvage beasta ;
So my delight is all in ioyfulnesse.
In beds, in bowres, in buicketi, and in feasta:
And ill becomes you, with your lofty creasts.
To scorne the ioye that love is glad to seeke :
We both are bownd to follow Heavens b<«easts.
And tend our charges witb obeisaunce meeke :
Spare, goilte mster, with reproch my paine to eeke;
" And tell me if that ye my sonne have heard
To lurke emongst your nimphes in secret wise,
Or keepe their cabins ; much I am affeard
Least he like one of tbem himselfe disguiic.
And tume his airowes to their exercise i
So may he long himselfe full easic hide ;
For be is faire, and fiesh in bee and guiae
As any nimphe ; let not it be envide."
So saying every nimpb full narrowly ihee eide.
But Phoebe therewith sore was angered, pKiy,
And sharply saide; " Goe, dame; goe, seeke your
Where you him lately lefte, in Mars his bed :
He comes not here ; we scome his foolish ioy,
Ne lend we leisure to his idle toy :
But, if I catch bim in this company.
By Sty^an lake I vow, whose sad aonoy
The gods doe dread, he dearly shall shye ;
lie clip his wanton wings that he tio more shall flye."
Whom wlienaa Venos saw so sore displcsad,
See inly sory waa, and gan rdent
What shee had said : so her riwe soone appeaad
With Eugred irords and gentle blandishment.
Which as a fountaine from her sweete lips went
And welled goodly tbtth, that in slioTt space
She was well pleaad, and forth her damsclls tent
Through all the woods, lo search from place to ptace
If any tnct of him or tidings they mole trace.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
To ftevch the god of lore faer uimpbcs ibe aertt
ITmnigbouI the wnndring forest evety where ; ■
And after them herselfe eke with her went
To aeeke the fugitive Ixrth f»rre and oens.
So long they soughl, till they airived were
In that sajne shaAy covert whereas lay
Faire Ciywgone in slombiy traunce whilere;
Who in ber sleepe (a wondrous thing to aayj [d«y.
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Unwmres tiad b
9 spnngiDg
UnwUH she them conc^vd, unwara the bore :
She bore witbouten paine, that the conceiT'd
Withouten pleasure ; ne her need implore
Ludaaea aide : which when they both peirdT'd,
Tb^ were through wonder nigh of lence bereT'd,
And gazing each on other nought beapake :
At laat they both agreed her seeming griev'd
Out of her heario iwowne not to anke,
But from her lonng aide the tmder babea to take.
Up th^ them tooke, each one s babe uptooke,
And with them carried lo be fostered :
Dame Phtebe to a nymphe her babe betooke
To be upbrought in perfect maydenhed,
And, of herselfe, her name Belphcebe red:
But Venut hers thence far away coavayd.
To be upbrought in goodly womanhed ;
And, in hrt litle Loves stead which was atrayd.
Her Amoretla cald, to comfoit her dismayd.
She brought her to ber ioyou« paradiie
Wber most she wonnea, when she on Earth does dwell,
So &ire a place aa Nature can derire :
Whether in Paphos, or Cytheion hiU,
Or it in Cnidus bee, I wots not well ;
But well I wote by triall, that this lame
All other pleesaunl places doth eicelt.
And called is, by her lost lovers name,
The Gardin of Adonig, far renowmd by fkme.
In that same gardin all the goodly Aowrea,
Wherewith dame Nature doth her beautify
And decks the girlonds of her paramoures.
Are fetcht : there is the first seminaiy
Of all things that are borne to lire and dye.
According to ibelr kynds. Long worke it were
Here to account the endlesae progeny
Of all the weeds that bud and blosaome there ;
It nted was in ftuitfull soyle of old,
And girt in whb two walla on either aide ;
The one of yron, the other of bii^t gold.
That none might thorough breake, nor orerstiida :
And double gates it had which opened wide,
S~ which both in and out men moten pas j
' one fiaire and freab. tbe other old and dride :
Old Genius the porter of them was.
Old Genius, the which a double nature has.
He lettetb in, he letteth oi
orldd<
A thousand thousand naked babes attend
About him day and night, which doe require
That be with fleshly weeds would them attire ;
Such as him list, such as eternal] fate
Ordained bath, be clothes with nnfiiU mire,
And sendeth forth to lire in mortal! state,
Till (bey agayn retume backe by the hinder gate.
After that they againe retounted bene,
They in that ganiin planted bee agayne.
And grow afresh, as they bad never seene
Fleshly corruption nor mortall payne :
Some thousand yeares so doen th^ there renuyne.
And then of him are clad with other hew.
Or sent into tbe chaungefWl world agayne,
Till tfaether they retoume where firal they grew ;
So, like a wheele, arownd they ranne from uld to new.
Ne needs there gardiner to sett or sow
To plant or prune ; for of their owne accord
All things, as they created were, doe grow.
And yet remember well tbe mighty word
Which first was spoken by th' Almighty Lord,
That bad them to incnaie and multipfy.-
Ne doe they need, with water of the ftird
Or of the clouds, to moysten their roots dry ;
For in themselves eteniall moisture they imply.
Infinite shapea of creatures there are bred.
And uncouth formes, which none yet ever knew :
And every s«1 is in a sondiy bed
Sett by itselfe, and rani^t in comely rew ;
Some fitt for reasonable sowles t' indew )
Some made for beasts, some made for biids to wcare;
And all the fruitfull spawne of fishes hew
In endlesse raneks along enraunged were,
ThM leemd the ocom could not contains them there.
Daily they grow, and daily forth are sent
Into the world, it to replenish more ;
Yet is the stocke not lessened nor spent.
But still remainea in everlasting store
As it at first created was of yore ;
For in the wide wombe of the world there lyes.
In hatetViU daiknes and in deepe horr6re.
An huge etentall Chaos, which supplyes
Tbe substaunces of Natures fryitfuU pn^enyea.
All things tcota thence doe tiieir fint being fetch.
And borrow matter whereof they are made ;
Which, whenaa forme and feature it does ketch.
Becomes a body, and doth then invade
The state of life out of the griealy shade.
That substaunce is eteme, and hideth so ;
Ne, when the life decayes and fonne does fadt^
Doth it consume and into nothing goe.
But cbaunged is and often altred to and froe.
To chaunge her hew, and sondiy formes to don.
Meet for her temper and compbnioo :
For formes are variable, and decay
By course of kinde and by occasion ;
And that fure flowre of beautie fades away.
As doth the lilly iresh before the sunny ray.
Great euimy to it, and to' all the rest
That in the Gardin of Adonis springs.
Is wicked Hme ; who with his scyth addrest
Does mow the fiowiing herbes and goodly things.
And all their glory to the ground downe flin^
Where they do vritfaer and are fbwly mard :
He flye* about, and with his flaggy wings
"—*-» downe both leaves and buds without r^firi,
per pitly may relent his malice hard.
3M SPEK
Yet piitj often did tha godi rrieot, i
To see so fain thinga matd and spoiled quight :
And their great mother Venui did lunenl
The losse of her deatc brood, her deare delight :
Her halt wai pierM with pitty at the sight,
When wMlciag through the gardin them she apjde.
Yet n'ole she Gad redresie for Buch despigllt :
For all that lire* is subiect to that law :
But were it lut that Time their tmubler is,
AU that in this delightfull gardin growcg
Should happj bee, uid have immortall blis :
For here all plenty and all pleasure flowe« ;
And sweete Love gentle fitts emongst them thiowes.
Without Tel] rancor or fond gealosy i
Franckly each paianwur his leman knowes ;
Each bird his mate ; ne any does en^y
Tbdr goodly meritnent and gay felidty.
There is continuall spring, and harvest tlwt«
Continuall, both meeting at one tymc :
For both the boughes doe laughing blossoms beare.
And with fVeih colours decke the wanton pryme.
And eke attonce the heavy trees lliey clyme.
Which seeme la labour under their fruiles lode :
The whites the ioyous birdcs nuke their pastyme
Enumgst the shady leaves, their sweet abiKle,
And their trew loves without auspition tell alirode.
Kght in the middest of that paradise
There stood a stately mount, on whose round top
A gloomy grove of mirtle trees did rise,
Whose shady boughes sharp stecle did never lop.
Nor wicked beaates their tender buds did crop.
But like a girlond compassed the bighl.
And from their fruitfuU- sydes sweet gum did drop.
That all the ground, vrilh pretious deaw bedight.
Threw forth most dainty odoun and most sweet
delight.
And in the thickest covert of that shade
There was a pleasaunt artier, not hy art
But of the trees owne inclination made.
Which knitting their rsncke brsunchea part to part.
With wanton yvie-twine entrayld athwart.
And eglantine and caprifole emong,
Fashiond above within their inmost part, [throng.
That nether Phobus beams could through them
Nor Aeolus sharp blast could worke them any wrong.
And all about grew every sort of flowre.
To which sad lovers were tnuisformdc of yore ;
Fresh Hyacinthus, Pbtebus paramonre
And dearest love;
Foolish Narcisse, that likts the watry shore;
Sad Amaranthus, made a flowre but late,
Sod Amarantbua, in whose purple gore
Me seemea I see Aminta* wretched bte,
To whom sweet poets vena hath given ettdlease date.
Then wont £syre Venus oAen to enioy
Her deore Adonis ioyous company.
And reap sweet pleasure of the wanton boj :
TbtTB yet, some say, in secret he does ly,
Lapped in flowns and pretious apycary.
By her hid from the world, and from the skill
Of Stygian gods, n4uch doe her love envy ;
Bnt she benslft, wbenew thM sba vrill,
PosMMeth Mm, and of Jdt sweetneiat tokei her fi U I
And tooA, it seenies, they say ; for he may not
For ever dye, and ever buried bee
In balefull night where all thinges are forgot ;
All be he subiect so monalitie,
And by succession made perpetuall.
Transformed oft, and chaimged diveislie :
For himlhe&lher of all fbraies they call;
'Hietfbre needs mote be live, that living gives to all .
There now he liveth in eternal Wis,
Joying his goddesse, and of her enioyd ;
Ne feareth he henceforth that foe of his.
Which with h[s cniell tuske bim deadly cloyd :
For that wilde bore, the which him once annoyd.
She firmely hath emprisoned for ay,
(That her sweet lore his malice mote avoyd)
In a strong rocky cave, which is, they say, [may.
Hewen underneath that mount, that none him loaen
There now he lives in everlasting ioy.
With many of the gods in cotnpany
Which tliether haunt, and with the winged boy,
Sporting himselfe in safe felicity;
Who when he hath with spoiles and cruelty
Ransackt the world, and in the wofuU harts
Of many wretchn set his triumphes hye,
Thether resort**, and, laying his sad dartea
Asyde, with faire Adonis pUyes his wanton porteo.
And his trew love, lUre Psyche, with Mm playes;
Fayre Psyche, to bim lately reconcyld,
AAcrlong troubles and unmeet upbrayea.
With which his moilier Venus her revyld.
And eke himselfe her cruelly eiyld:
But now in stedfait love and happy slate
She with him lives, and halh him borne a chyld, .
Pleasure, that doth both gods and men aggtate.
Pleasure, the daughter of Cupid and Piiyche late.
Hether great Venus brought this in^t fayre.
The yonger daugliter of Chrysogonee,
And unto Fsycbe with great trust and care
Committed her, yfoslered to bee
And trained up in trew femitiitee:
Who no lesse carefully her tendered
llren her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom sbee
Made her companion, and her lessoned
In all the lore of love and goodly womanbead.
In which when she to perfect ripenes grew.
Of grace and beautie noble paragone,
"'le brought her forth into the worldes vew,
To be Ih' enaample of true love alone.
And lodeatarre of all chaste aSvctione -
To all tayre ladies that doe live on grownd.
To Faery court she came ; where many one
Admyrd her goodly baveour, and fownd
His feeble hart wide launched with love« cruet
But die to none of them her lore did cut.
Save to the noble knight, sir Scudamore,
To whom her loving hart she linked tut
In faitbfuU love, t' abide (br evermore;
And for his dearest sake endured tore.
Sore trouble of an heinous emmy.
Who her would forced have to hare (briwe
Her former love and sledfast loialty ;
As ye may elsewhere reade that rucAill Mrtoiy.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
But well I mtaaju Int disra to lean
Wlut end iiuta tiut banfull daiaouli,
Which fledd » ' " "
Wbooi wjdi his brEthnn 'HnUM ilew. befell :
Thai im, to west, tbe goodly Florimell ;
Who iruidnBg for to weke ber lover deare.
Her loTer deun, ber deuot Mariaell,
Into mulbitiuie Icll, ■■ jt did heue»
And tran prince Actbtirt Aad with wingi of idle
The witches sonnc Idth Florimell :
She flyci ; he lUne* to dy.
SUjnae Mm the Squyre of Dstnea
Fnm gymuntt tynnny.
Lm ■■ an bynd forth singled fimn the hevd,
That hath escaped froin a ravenous beast,
Yet i jea away of her awne fcete afeard ;
And ereiy leafe, that shaketh with tbe least
Hunnure of vinde, her terror hath enrmstr
So fledd fayre Florimell from her Toine fare,
Long after she from perill wiu releaH :
£ach shade she saw, and each noyse she did beare.
Did aeeme to be the same which ibe eacapt whileare.
All that same evening she in flying spent.
And all that night her course conunewed :
Ne did she let dull sleepe once (o relent
Nor weanncne to slack her bast, but fled
Etct alike, as if faer former dred
Were hard behind, her ready to arrest ;
And her white palficy, hanng conquoed
The muatring raines out of her weary wiest.
Perforce h^ carried where eret he thought best.
So long a* breath and hahle puiisaunce
IMd natiTe corage unto him supply,
His pace he freshly forward did advaunce,
And carried her beyond all jeopardy ;
But nought that wanteth mrt can long ahy :
He, baring through incessant traTeitl spent
Hi* foree, at last perforce adowne did ly,
Ne foot oould further mare: the lady gent
Thereat was auddein sirocA with great astonialnaent,
Andt fcvst t' alight, on foot mote algates fare
A traveller unwonted to such way i
Need leacheth her this lesson haiil and rare,
T^al Fortune all in equaU laimee delh nny,
^nd norinll maeriet doth makt her plug.
So long she traveild, till at length die came
To on hiltca side, which did to ber bewray
A little valley lubieet to the same.
All covard with tUck woodes that quite it over.
Through th' tops of the high traea she did descry
A little imoke, whose vapour thin and light
Reeking aloft npmlled to the dty :
Which cbearefuD aigne did send unto ber ligbt
Tliat in tbe same did woime soma living iright.
Eftcoones ber steps she tbereunto qiplyd.
And came at last in weary wretched plight
Dato tiw place, to wlri^ her hope did guyde
To Ande sane refage there, and rest her wearie iyde.
Tboe in a gloaniy boOow glan she found
A little cona^ built of stickes and reedes
In homely wise, and irald with sods around ;
lu which a witch did dwell, in loathly weeda
And wilfuU want, all carelease of her ueedes;
So choonng solitarie to slnde
Far &om all neighbours, that her divelisb deedes
And hellish art* fivm people she might hide,
And hurt far off unknowne whomever she envids.
The damxell tbere arriving entred in ;
Where sitting on the floie tbe hag she found
Buiie (as seem'd^ about some wicked gin :
Who, soone at she beheld that suddein stouad.
Lightly upstarted from the dustie ground.
And with fell lotdte and bollow deadly gaie
Stared on her awhile, as one astound,
Ne had one wnd to ipeake for great amass;
But shewd by outward signes that dread her sence
did daae.
At last, turning ber fcare la foolish wrath.
She askt. What devill had ber tbether brought.
And who the was, and what unwonted path
Had guided ber, unwelcomcd, unsought?
To which the damxell full of doubtfuU thought
Her mildly answer'd i " Beldame, be not wroth
With silly vii^n, by advenoire brought
Unto your dwdling, ignoiant and loth, [blo'th."
That crave but rowme to rest while tempest over-
With that adowne out of her ehristall eyne
Few trickling tearet the softly forth let fall,
That like two orient perles did purely shyne
Upon ber snowy cheeke ; and therewithall
She sighed soft, that none so besliall
Nor salvage hart but ruth of her sad plight
Would make to melt, or pitteouil; appall ;
And that vile hag, all were her whole delight
In miachiefe, was much moved at so piueous sight ;
And gen rccomfbrt her, in ber rude wyse.
With wtMHanisfa compassion of ber plaint,
Wiping tbe tearea from b^ suffused eyes,
And bidding her sit downe to real ber fsint
And wearie limbs awhile ; site nothing quaint
Nor 'sdeignfuZt of so homely fashion,
Sith brought she was now to so bard constraint.
Sate downe upon the dusty ground anon ;
As glad of that small rest, as bird of tempest gon.
Tho gan tbe gather up bar garments rent.
And her loose lockes to dight in order dew
With golden wreath and gorgeous ornament ;
Whom such wbenas the wicked hag did vew,
She wsa aslonisbt at her faeavenly hew,
And doubted ber to deeme an earthly wight.
But or tome goddesae, or of Dianei crew.
And thought her to adore with bumble ^rigbt ■
T adore thing to divine as beauty were but right
This wicked woman had a wicked sonne.
The aanfbrt of her age and wary dayea,
A laesy loord, for mnhing good to donne,
Bui tttetcbed forth in yiUeneata alwt^ea,
Ne evo- cast his mind to covet prtyte.
Or ply himselfe to any honest trade ;
But all tbe day bcAwe lbs sunny rayea
Heua'dtnslug, or sleepe in tlothfalldiada: fmadfc
Bach lacdnease both lewd and pone aKom'
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356 SPEl
He, comming home at undertime, there found
The rajrreat creature that he ever aaw
SittinK bende his mother on the ground ;
The aght whereof did greatly him »duw.
And his base thought with teirour and with aw
So inly smot, that as one, which hath gai'd
On the bright Sunne u n wares, doth snone withdraw
His feehle eyne with loo much brightncs dai'd ;
So stared lie on her, and stood long while amai'd.
Softly at last he gan his mother aske,
What minter wight that wag, and whence derir'd.
That in so sCrsunge disguiiement there did muke.
And by what accidpiit she there arriv'd ?
But she, as one nigh of her wits depriv'd.
With nought but ghastly lookes him answered ;
Like to a ghost, that lately is reviy'd
From Stygian shores where late it wandered ;
60 both at ber, and each at other wondered.
But the fayre vir^D was so meeke and myld.
That she to them Touchsafed to cmbace
Her goodly port, and to their senses vyld
Her gentle tpeach applyde, that in short space
She grew faiDtliare in that desert place.
During which time the chorle, chrou^ her so kini
Closely the wicked flame his bowels brent.
And shortly grew into outrageous fire 1
Yet had he not the hart, nor hardiment,
As unto her lo utter his desire ;
His caytire thought duisl not so high aspire:
But with soft sighes and lovely aeudilaunces
He ween'd that his atTection entire
She should aread ; many resemhlaunces
To her he made, and many kinde reraembiaun
And oft young birik, which he had taught to aing
His maistresse praises sweetly caroled :
Girlonds of flowres sometimes for her &ire bed
He fine would dight ; sometimBs the squirrel wild
He brought to her in bands, as conquered
To be her thrall, his fellow-sen-ant vild :
All which she of him tooke with countenance meeke
and mild.
But, past a white, when shu fit season saw
To leave that desert mansion, she cast
In secret w»e her^elfe thence to withdraw,
For feare of mischiefe, which she did forecast
Might by the witch or by her sonne compast 1
Her wear^ palfVey, closely aa she might.
Now well lecarered after long repast.
In his proud fumiturei she lireshly dight.
His late nuswandred wayea now to remeaiure right.
And earely, ere the dawning day appeBr'd, '
She forth iasewed, and on her ioumey went ;
She went in perill, <^esch noyse afi^ard.
And of each shade that did itselfe present ;
For still she feared to be overhent
Of that Tile hag, or her uncivile sonne ;
Who when, too late awaking, well they keot
That Ihnr fiayre guest was gone, they both begonne
To make eueeding mwie as tbey had beeue undoniw.
But that lewd lover did the most lament '
For her depart, that ever man did heaie ;
He knockt ids brest with desperate intent.
And scratcht his face, and with his tevth did teare
His ru^ed flesh, and rent his ragged hcare :
That his sad mother seeing his sore plight
Was greatly woe-begon, and gan to feare
Least his fraile senses were emperisht quight.
And love totVenzy tumd ; aithloveisfrantickehigbt.
to restore to plight,
with counsell, and with
lut toara, nor charms, nor herbs, nor counsell, might
.sswage the fury which his entrails tcares ;
a strong is passion that no reason hcares I
ho, when all other helpes she saw to feile,
he turn'd herselfe backe to her wicked leares ;
nd by her divelish arts thought to prevailc
ohiing her backe agaiiie, or worke her flnall bale
Eflsoonea out of her hidden cave she cald
deous heaal of horrible aspect,
'□uld the stoutest comge have appald ;
Tous, mishapl, and all his backe was spect
thousand spots of colours qudnt elcel ;
Co so swifte thai it all beaats did pas :
lever yet did living eie detect ^
That feeds on wemens flesh, as others fecde on graa.
thicke and thin her to poursew apace,
to stay to rest, or breath at large.
Till her liee had attaind and brought in place.
Or quite devourd her beauties scomefull grace-
The monster, swifie as word that from her went.
Went forth in haste, and did her footing trace
nd swiftly, through his perfect sent
And passing speede, that shortly he her overhent.
1 when the fearefull damzell nigh espide.
No need to bid her fast away to flie {
That ugly shape so sore her letiifide,
lliat it she shund no lesse then dread to die;
And her llitt palfrey did so well apply
mble feet to her conceived feare.
That whilest his breath did strength to him supply.
From perill free he her away did beare ;
But, when his force gan faile, bis pace gan wei areare.
Which whenos she perceiv'd, she was dismayd
At that same last eitremity ful sore.
And of her safety greatly grew afrayd ;
And now she gan approch to the sea ahcH«,
As it befell, (hot she could flie no more,
But yield herselfe to spoile of greedinease :
Lightly she leaped, aa a wight forlore.
From her dull horse, in desperate distresse,
her feet betouke her doubtfull sickemraw. '
Not halfe so fiut the wicked Myrrha fled
From dread of her revenging fathers bond j
Nor halfe lO fast to save her maydenhed
Fled fearefull Daphne on th' JEgstn strand;
Aa Floiimell fled from t2iat monster yond.
To reach the sea ere she of him were raught :
! sea to drowne henelfe she fond,
Rather then of the tyrant to be caught : [taught.
Thereto ftar gave her wiugs, and need her corage
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
It fiirtuoed (High God did to ordwne)
A« ihee arrived on the roving chore,
Id minde (o leape into the mighty nuiae,
A Uttle bote lay hoving her before,
In which there slept ■ fisher old and pore,
The while hit nets were drying on the und
Into the bBDie shec lepl, and »' ' '
Did thrust the shi " '
So Mfety fownd at
Hw moniter, ready on the pray to aease,
Wh of his forward hope deceived quight j
Ne dtint asny lo viide the perlotu ecu,
But, greedily long gaping at the sight.
At latt in vaine was font lo tume his flight.
And tell the idle tidings to hb dame :
Yet, to BTenge his divclisfa despight.
He set upon her palfrey tired lune.
And slew him cruelly ere any rcskev came :
To passe that way, as forth he travelled :
Yt was a goodly swaine, and of great might.
As ever man that bloody field did fight ;
But in vain sheowB, that wont yong knights bewitch,
Aod courtly services, tooke no delight ;
But rather ioyd to bee than seemen sich :
For both to he and sceme to him was labor lidi.
It was IS wecte (lie good sir Salynme
lliat raungd abrode to seckc advencunn wilde.
As was faiij wont, in forest atid in ploine :
He was alt armd in rugged Steele uniilde.
As in the smoky forge it was compilde,
Andi.
ming present, where the monster vilde
Upoo that milke-white palfreyes carcos fedd.
Unto his rakew ran, and greedily him spedd.
Tlwre well perceivd he that it was the hone
Whereon faire Fluriioell was wont to ride.
That ot that feend was rent without remorse ;
Much feared he least ought did ill betide
To that bire maide, the flowre of wemens pride i
For her he dearcty loved, and in all
His famous conquests highly mogniflde ;
Besides, her golden girdle, which did ^11
Frian her in Ught, he fowiid, that did hun sore apall.
Full of sad fieare and doubtfull agony
Fiercely he flew upon that wicked feend ;
And with huge stnAes and cruell battery
Him forst to leave his pray, for tu attend
Himoelfe firom deadly daunger to defend :
Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh
He did engniTe, and muchell blood did spend,
Tet miglM not doe bim die ; but aie more fresh
And fioce he still appeud, the more be did him
He wist not how him to despotic of life,
Ne how to win the wished victory,
Sith him he saw still stronger grow tlirough strife.
And himselfe weaker through infirmity :
Greatly he grew enrag'd, and furiously
Hurling his sword away he lightly lep"
Upon the beast, that with great cruelly
ttornl and raged to be underkept ;
Yet he perforce hiio held, and gtrokes upon Um hipt.
And in strong bancks his i
Forcelh it swell above his wonted mood.
And largely overflow the fmitfull plaine.
That oil the countrey sccmes to be a maine,
And the rich furrowes flote, all quite fijrdonne:
The wofuli husluuidmim doth lowd complaine
To see his whole ycares labor tost so soone.
For which lo Cod he made so many an idle boone.
So him he held, and did through might amate :
So long lie held him, and him beCI so long.
That at the lost his fiercenes gan abate.
And meckely stoup unto the victor strong :
Who, to avenge the implacable wrong
Which he supposed donne lo Florimell,
Sought by all meanes his dolor to prolong,
Sth dint of Steele his carcas could not quell ;
His maker with ber cbannes had framed him so well.
The golden ribband, which that virgin wore
About ber >ctender waste, be tooke in hand.
And with it bowDd the beast that lowd did rore
For great despight of that unwonted band.
Yet dared not his victor to withstand,
But trembled like a tambe fled ftiim the prsy :
And all the way him followd on the strand.
As be hod long bene learned to obay ;
Yet never learned he such serrice till that day.
Tkia aa he led the beast along the way.
He qiide far olTa mighty giauntesse
Fast flying, on a couner dapied gray,
From a bold kiught that with great hardinesse
Her hard purtewd, and sought for to suppreme :
She bore before her lap a dnlefull squire.
Lying athwart her horse in great distresse,
Fast bounden hand and fbote vrith cords of wire,
Whom she did meaiie to make the thrall of her desire.
Which wbenas Satyrane bebeld, in baate
He lefte hia captive beast at liberty,
And Croat the nearest way, by which he cast
Her to encounter ere she passed by ;
But she the way shund nalhemore furthy.
But forward gollopt fast; which when he spyde.
His mighty speare he couched warily.
And at her ran ; she, having him descryde,
Henelfe lo fight addreit, aiul threw her lode aside.
Like OB a gushauke, lliat in foote doth beare
A tnmbling culver, having spide on hight
An eagle that with plumy wings doih sheare
The lubtile ayre slouping with all his might.
The quarrey throwes (o ground with fell despight.
And to the batleill dolb heiselfe prepare :
» the r ■
She caught in hand an huge great yron mace.
Wherewith she many had of life depriv'd ;
But, ere the stioko could seize Ids aymed place,
Hia speare amids her nun-hrode shield arriv'd ;
Yel nothemore the Steele asonder riv'd,
All were (he beame in bigncs like a maat,
Ne her out of the stedfast sadle driv'd ;
But, glauncing on llie tempred metall, brast
In thousand shivers, and so forlh beside ber past.
Her Eteed did strngger with thai puisnunt atnxAe]
But ihe no more wu tuoied with that might
Then it lad lighted on an aged oke.
Or on the muiile pillour that is pi^t
Upon the top of mount Otympus hight.
For the brave youthly champions to tso-j
With burning diaret wlieeUs it nigh to imite;
But who thai smites it mara his ioyoua play,
And is the apeclacle of ruinous decay.
Yet, therewith aore enrag'd, with steme regard
Her dreadfiill weapon she to htm addrest.
Which on his helmet martelled so hard
That made him low incline hh lofty creat.
And bowd his battred >isour to hii bregt :
Wherewith he was to stund that he n'ote lyde.
But reeled to and fro from east to west :
Which when bis cruell enimy eapyde.
She lightly unto him adioyned syde to syde ;
And, on hit collar laying puissant band,
Out of hi* wavering Kat him pluckt perforte,
Perforse him pluckt, unable to withstand
Or heipe binuelfe ; and laying thwart her horse.
In loathly h"
n fasts
which when the I
That her pursewed saw, with great remorse
He neore was touched in his noble spright.
And gan encrease his speed as she encreaat ber flighL
For sbe list not the batteill I
But made herselfe more light away to fly :
Yet her the hardy knight puraewd so nye
That almost in the backe he oft ber stnke :
But still, when him at hand she did espy,
Sbe tumd, and semblaunce of fsire fight did make ;
But, when he stayd, to flight againe she did her take.
By thin the good sir Satyrane gan wake
Out of his drearoe that did Mm long ei
And, seeing none in place, be gan to msie
Eiceeding mone, and cunt thet cruell cbaunce
Which reft from him so faire a cbevisaunce :
At length he spyde whereas that wofull squyre.
Whom be had reskewed from captivaunce
Of his strong foe, lay tonibled in the myre.
Unable to arise, or foot or band to Wyre.
To whom approching, well he mote perceire
la that fowle plight a comely personage
And lorely face, made fl[ for to deceire
Praile ladies hart with loves consuming rage.
Now in the hloasome of his freshest age:
He reard him up and loosd his yron bands,
And after gan inquire his parentage.
And how he fell into that gyaunts handa,
And who that wss which ^laeed ber along the liitdt.
Then trembling yet through fearc the squire bespake;
" That geaunteise Argaoti is behight,
A daughter of the Titans which did make
Warre against Heven, and heaped hils on hight
To scale the skyes, and put love from his right :
Her syre Typhoeus was ; who, road llirougb mertb.
And dronke with blood of men slaine by his mi^t,
Through incest her of his owne mother Earth
Whylome begot, being but halfe twin ot that berth ;
" For at that berth another babe die bmc ;
To weet, the mightie OllyphanI, that wrought
Great irreake to many errant Icnighti of yore.
And many hath to foule confusion brought.
These Iwinnes. men ney (a thing far passing thought)^
Whiles in their mothcre wombe enclosed they were,
Ere they into the Zightsom world were brought.
In fleshly lust were mingled both yferc.
And in that monstrous wise did to the world appcre.
" So liv'd they ever after in like sin.
Gainst natures lew and good behaveoure :
But greatest shame was to that maiden twin ;
Who, not content so fowl; to devoure
Her native flesh and staine her brothers bowre.
Did wallow in all other fleshly myre.
And suflred bcaste* ber body to deflowre ;
So wfaot she burned in that lustfuU fyre r
Yet all that might not slake ber tensuall desyre :
■' But over all the countrie she did isun^
To aeeke young men to quench her flammg thnu^
And feed her fancy with deligbtfull cbaunge :
Whom so she flilest Andes to serve her lust, [tiui^
Throughhermaine strength, in which she moat doth
She with her bringes into a secret ite.
Where in etemail bondage dye he must.
Or be the vasiail of her pleasures vile.
And in all shamefutl surt himselfe with her dMe.
" Me seely trreffh she so at vauntage eaoght.
After she long in waite for me did lye.
And meant unto her prison to have broa^st.
Her lathsom pleasure there to satisfye ;
Tliat thousand deathes me lever were to dye
Then breake the vow that to feire Columbdl
I plighted have, and yet keepe stcdfastly :
As for my name it mistreth not to tell ; [weO.
Coll me the Squyre of Dames; that me bewenteth
" But that bold knight, whom ye pursuing saw
That gesuntesse, is not such as she wemd.
But a faire virgin that in martial) law
And deedes of armes above all damea is deem^
And above many knightes is eke esteemd
For her great wroth : she Palladine is bight:
She you from death, you me from dread, rcdeeoid :
Ne any may that monster match in flght.
But ahe, or such aa she, that is bo chaste a iri^it,"
" Her well beseemes that quest," quoth Satyrane;
" But read, thou Squyre of Damea, what vow is t)ua,
Which thou upon thyaelfe hast lately ta'ne?"
" Iliat shalJ I Tou recount," quoth he, " ywii,
So be ye pleaad to pardon all amis.
Hiat gentle lady whom I love and serve.
After long suit and wearie servicis.
Did aske me how t could her love di.au vt.
And bow the might be sure that I vrould never swerve.
Eftsooncs she badd me with Incessaunt ]ttlne
To wander through the world abroad at will.
And every where, where with ray power or skill
I might doe service unto gentle damea.
That I the same should faithfully fulfill ;
And at the twelve monethea end should bring dieir
And pledges, as the spoiles of my victorioQ* gMDts.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
« So mil I to bin Udia aeniMdid,
And fouDil mch ikTouT in tbeti loriog battea.
That, ere tlie yau« bU couree bad compuaid.
Three hundred pledges Tor my good denrtei,
Ane thrice three hundred tlwnks for my good putea,
I with lUe broui^t and did to bvr present ;
Which when tl^ aaw, more bent to aks my imartea
Then to reward my tniHy true iolent,
She gau for me dievise a grieroas punishment ^
" To weet, that I mj traieill should resume.
And with like labour walks the world arownd.
Ne ewer to her preseoce should inesume,
Till i so many other dames had fownd.
The which, for all the suit I could propownd.
Would me refuse Iheir pledges to afibid.
But did abide for crcr chaste snd sownd."
" Ah '. gentle >quyTC|"quodi be, " tell at one word.
How maay fownd'M tbou Mich to put in thy record?"
*' Indeed, Br Knight," slid he, " one word may lell
All that I ever fowiid so wisely stajd.
For onely three they woe disposd so wdl ;
And yet three yeares I nov sbrode huve strayd.
To find them out." — ■' Mote 1," then laughiag sayd
The knight, "inquire of thee what w.ere Ihoae three
The which thy proBred curteaie denftyd ?
Or ill they seemed sure ariid to bee.
Or brutisbly brought up, Ihat nev'r did fashion* see."
" The fint which then refused me," said bm,
*' Ones was but a common courtisam! ;
Yet flat refusd to have adoe njth mee.
Because I could not give her many a jane."
(Thereat full harlely laughed Satynne.)
" The second was an boly nunne to chuae.
Which would not let me be her cbapellane.
Because she knew, she sayd, I wouhi disclost
Her «ouDtell, if she gbould her trust in nte repoM.
" The third a damaell was of low d^ree,
Whom 1 in counlrcy cottage found by dkaunce :
Full lide weened 1 that cbaititee
Had lodging in so meane a maintenaunce ;
Yet was bhe fayre, and in her countenaunce
Dwelt simple truth in seemely fashion :
Iiong thus I woo'd her with due 6bservaunee,
In hope unto my pleooure to have won;
But was as br at laat as when I first begon.
" Safe her, I never any woman found
That chastity did tot itselfe embrace.
But were for other causes finne and sound ;
Either for want of handsome time and place.
Or else for feare of shame and fowle disgrace.
Hiui am I hopelesse erer to attaine
My ladies tore, in such a desperate case.
But all my dayea am like to waste in vaine,
Speking to mu«b the cbaMe whh Ih' unchaste ladies
" Ferdy," sayd Satyranc, " thou Squyre of Dames,
Great labour fondly hast thou beat in band.
To get small ihaokes, and therewith many blamea ;
That may cmongst Alcides labours stand."
Thence backe returning to the foimet land.
Where late he left the beast he overcame.
He found him not ; for be had broke hia band.
And was retunid againe unto his dame.
To tell what ly^mgi of Isjn Flocimell bacame.
The witch creates a snowy la-
dy like to Flonmell ;
Who wrong'd by carle, by Protcui ■sr'd,
Is sought by ParidelL
So oft as I this history record.
My halt doth melt with meere compassion,
To thinke how causelesse of her owne accord
This gentle damaell, whom I wnte upon.
Should plonged be in such affliction,
Without all hope of comfort or reliefe ;
That sure I weene the hardest hart of stoic
Would hardly linde to aggravate her griefs :
For misery craves rather mercy than rtqmefii.
But that sccuried bag, her hoatease late.
Had to enraockled her malitious hart.
That she deayrd th' abridgemetit of her fitt^
Or long enlargement of her painefuil smart.
Now when the bewt, which by her wicked art
Late foorth she sent, she backe retouming tpydo
Tyde with her golden girdle ; it a part
Of her rich ipoyles whom he had eanrt deatroyd
She weend, and wondrous gladoes to her hart ap-
plyde :
And, with it ronning hait'ly to her sotuw,
Thought witli that sight him much to have reliv'd ;
Who, thereby deeming sure the thing as draute.
His former griefe with furie fresh rtviv'd
Much more than earst, snd would have algata riv'd
The hart out of his brest -. fw hith her dedd
He Burely dempt, himsclfe he thought depriv'd
Quite of all hope wherewith he long had fedd
His footish malady, and long time had mislwM.
With thought whereof exceeding mad he greWt
And in hia rage hi* mother would have slaine.
Had she not Bed into a secret mew.
Where she was wont her sprightes Co entertaine,
'Die maistcrs of her ait : there was she faine
To call tbem all in order to her ayds.
And them conjure, upon etemall paine.
To counsell her so carefully i^smayd
How she might beale her smme whose aansaa were
decayd.
By their advice, and her owne fricked wit.
She there devis'd a wondrous worke to frame.
Whose like on Earth was never framed yit ;
That even Nature selfe envide the same,
And grudg'd to see the couoterfet should shame
The thing itselfe : in hand she boldly tooke
To make another like the former dame.
Another Flonmell, in shape and loi^e
So lively, and so like, that many it mishxAe.
The substance, whereof she the body mad^
pure!
aahady g
Which she had gathered ir
Of the Riphwin hils, to her rcveald
By eirant Bprights, but frem all men conceald i
The same the tempred with fine mercury
And virgin wei that never yet was seald.
And mingled them with perfect vatmHy i
That like a lively aangiiine it seemd to lb* eye.
IwUad of eja two bunting Umpes afae let
Id alter sockets, ihjning bbe the Ayet,
And ■ quicke moiing ipiril did wret
To (tirre and roll them like to womeni eya :
IiHleiid oT jrellow lockes ihe did deryse
With golden wyre to neave her curled hnd :
Ifet golden wfre was not so yellow thrjse
As FIoriiDclls fsyre heare : and, in the Wead
Of life, ilie put ■ sprigbt to rule the carcoa dead ;
A wicked spright, yfVaught with fawning guyle
And fayrc reiemblance above all the rtat,
'Wluch with the Prince of Daikenea fell Bomewhyle
From Heavens blis and ererlaating rest :
Him Deeded Dot iiutrucC which way wen beat
Hinuelfe to fashion likesl Fl«imell,
Me bow to qteake, ne how to use Ins geat ;
For he in counterfeiaDnce did eicell,
And all Ihe wylea of wemens wita knew paising well,
Him tfaaped thus she deckt in gaitnents gay,
Which t^orimell had left behiml her late ;
That whoao then her mw, would «urtly aay
It waa heraelfe whom it did imitate.
Or (aytn- then beiselfe, if ought ilgate
Might fayrer be. And then she forth her brought
Unto her sonne that lay in feeble state ;
Who seeing her gan streigbt upstart, and thought
She wai the lady selfe whom he so long had sought.
Tho, faat her dipping twiit his annSa twayne,
Sitremely ioyed in so happy sight.
And loone forgot bis former sickelj payne :
But she, the more to aeeme such as she hight,
Coyly rebutted his erabracement light ;
Yet itill, with gentle countenaunce, retain'd
Enough to hold a foole in vaine ddight ;
Bim long sbe so with shadowes entotain'd,
Aa her creatresae had in chai^ to her ordainM :
Till on a day, as be disposed was
To walke the woodes with that hii idole faire,
Her to disport and idle time to pas
In th' open fnahneg of the gentle aire,
A knight that way there chaunced to repaire ;
Yet knight he was not, but a boastfull swaine
That dmles of armn had ever in deapaire,
Proud Braggadocliio, that in vaunting Taine
Hia glcnr did repose and credit did maintaiae.
He, seeing with that chorle ao faire a wight
Decked with many a coalJy ornament.
Much nurreiled thereat, as well he might,
And thoD^t that match a fbwle dispangement i
Hia bloody q>eare efteaoones he boldly bent
Againat the silly clowne, who dead tluough leate
Pell streigbt to ground in great astonishment :
" Villein," aayd b^ ■■ this lady is my deare ;
Dy, if thou it gaineaay ; I will away bn bears."
The fearefuU chorie durst not gaineaay dot dooe.
But tmnbUng alaod, and yielded him tbe pray ;
Who, finding title leaauic her to wooe,
On Trompaita Meed her mounted without itay.
And without reskew led her quite away.
Fraud man hintselfe then Br^gadochio deem'd.
And nnt to none^ ttttr that happy day,
Beli^powfiedof that ipoyle, which aeem'd
Tbe flureM wight on ground and most of men
But, wlwD be saw himteife iree &uu pouriute.
He gan make gentle purpoae to bis dame
With termes <a love and lewdDeoae dissolute ;
For be could wdl his ^odog speeches frame
To such *aine uses that him beat became :
But she tfteielo would lend but light regard,
An armed knight upon a courser strong,
Whose trampling feete upon the hollow lay
Seemed to thunder, and did nigh afiray
That capons corage ; yet he looked grim.
And fkyud to cbeare his lady in dismay.
Who aeemd for feare to quake in erery lim.
And her to save from outrage meekely prayed bim.
Fiercely tliat ttrsunger forward came ; and, nigb
Approching, with bold words and Utter threat
Bad that same boaster, aa he mote on high.
To leave to him that lady for escheat.
Or bide bun batleill without further treat.
That challenge did too peremptory seeme,
And Bid his teaaa with abashment greet ;
Sayings " Thou foolish knight, that weenst with wordi
To atetlc away that I with blowee have wonne.
And brought through pinnts of many perilous swords!
But if thee list to see ihy courser nmne.
Or prove thyself^ i this sad encounter shonne.
And seeke els without haiord of thy hedd."
At thoae prowd words that other knight begonne
To wex eiceeding wroth, and him aredd
To turne his sleede about, ot sure be should be dedd.
" Sith tlwD," said Bnggadochio, *■ needes (hou wilt
Hy dales abridge, through proofe of puiisaunce ;
Tume we our steeds ; that both in cquall tilt
May meeleagaine, and each take happy chaunce."
This said, they both a furlongs mounleuaunce
Retird thdr steeds, to ronne in even race ;
But Braggadochio with liis bloody lauuee
Once having tumd, no more rrtumd bis face.
But lefte hia love lo losse, and fled hinueUe qnce.
The knight, him se«ng Bie, had no ivgard
Him to poursev, but to tbe lady rode ;
And, having her from Trompart lightly reard.
Upon his courser sett the lovly lode.
And with her fled away witbaut abode:
Well weened he, that fairest FlorimeU
It waa with whom in company he jode.
And so heraelfe did alwates to him tell ;
So made him thinke bimselfe in Heven that was in
HeU.
But FlorimeU benelifa was &r away.
Driven to great distresae by fortune straunge,
And taught the earefull mariner to play,
Sth late miachaunee had her compeld to cbauDge
7^ land for sea, at randan there to raunge ;
Yett there that cruell queene avengenesae.
Not satiafyde n far her to ettraunge
From courtly bill and wonted hapinnene,
Did heape on her new waves of WMtywictebediicsac.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
fled into the fiaber* boU
fimn the monsfen cruelty,
la the mightir nuine did flote,
tide drore forward careteslj ;
'■e milde and cleared wu the due,
winde* dan Aeolus did keepe
For, bdng
For refuge
And with th
For (h* ayre
And all hit
From idrn^ up tli
Aapittyinf
Botallthe
At la*t when divDcke with drowainease he woke,
And saw his drover drive along the icresuiE,
He was diunaj'd ; and tbriK his br«3t he stroke.
Fur maireill of that accident eitreune :
But when he saw that blating beautieB beame.
Which with rare light his bole did beautifye,
He DUTveild more, and thought he yet did dreune
Mot well awakte ; at that aoine eitaaye
Aaotted had his sence, or dazed was his eye.
But, when ber well aviiing hee perceiv'd
To be DO Tision nor bntasticke ugbt,
Great comfort of her presence he ronceiv'd.
And (Ut in hii old corage new delight
To gin awake, and itir his frosen sprigfat :
Tbo rudely askte her, how she thether came ?
Yet am I glad that here I n
.n safety Bi
— Bui thou, good man, sjth far in sea we bee.
And the great waters gin apace to swell,
That now no mora we can the mayn-land see,
Hare care, I pray, to guide the cock-dote well,
Leart vanr on sea then us on land befell."
TlieTeat th' old man did nought hut fondly grin,
And taide, his boat the way could wisely tell :
But his deceiptfull eyes did never lin
To loiAe on berfaire bee and marke her snowy skin.
The ^bt whereof in his congealed flceh
Inflxt such secrete sting of greedy lust.
That the drie withered siocfce it gan refresh.
And kindled beat, that soone in flame forth brusl :
The driest wood ii soonest burnt to dust.
Rudely to her be lept, and his rough hand.
Where ill became him rashly would hare thrust j
But she with angry scome liim did withstond.
And (bamefully reprored for his rudenea fond.
But be, that ttever good nor Duuera knew,
Hv sharpe rebuke full litle did esteem* ;
Hard is to teach an old hone amble trew :
Tbe inirard smoke, that did before but steeme,
BrcAe into open fire and n^e extreme ;
And now he strength gan adde unto his will,
Forcying to doe that did him fowle missoae :
Beaatly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill
Her garments gay whh scales of Bib, that all did
filL .
Hk silly virgin strove him to withMuid
AU that she might, and him in vaine revild ;
Sbee strugled strongly both with foote and hand
Xo aave her honor from that villaine vilde.
And cride to Hevcn, from humane help eiild.
O ! ye brave knights, that boatt this ladies love,
Wbov be ye now, when she is nigh defild
Of filthy wretch! well may the yon reprove
Of ftladioodor of slouth, when most it may bebore!
But if that thou, sir Satyran, didst weete.
Or thou, sir Peridure, her sory state,
How BDone would yee assemble many a fleele.
To fetch from sea that ye at land lost late '.
Towres, cilties, kinj ' ...
nyour
Ne oiujhl your burning fury mote abate :
But, if sir Calidore could it presage.
No living creature could his cruelty aaswage.
But, sieh that none of all her kni^ts is oye,
See bow the Heavens, of voluntary grace
And soveraine favor towards chastity.
Doe succor send to her distressed cace :
So much high God doth innocence embrace >
It fortuned, whitest thus she stilly strove.
And the wide sw imp6rtuned long space
With shrilling shriekes, Proteus ahrode did rove.
Along the fbmy waves driving his finny drove.
Proteus is sheplieard of the seas of yore.
And hath the charge of Neptune's mighty heard ;
An aged sire with head all fh>wy hore^
And sprinckled frost upon his deawy beard :
Who when those pittifull outcries he hmrd
Through all the seas so ruefully resownd.
His charett swifle in hast he thether sleani.
Which with a leeme of scaly phocai bownd
Wasdrawne upon the waves, that fomed him arovrnd ;
And conuning to that fishers wandring bote,
He therein saw that yrkesome sight, which smote
Deepe indignation and compassion frayle
InU) his hart attonce : streight did he hsyle
The greedy villein from his hoped pray,
Of which he now did very liiilc tayle ,
rshisl
rtray.
:e did much di
The whiles the |Htteous lady up did ryse.
Ruffled and fowly raid with filthy soyle.
And blubbred face with teares of her faire eyes;
Her heart nigh broken was with weary toylc.
To save herselfe f^m that outrageous spoyle :
But when she looked up, to weet what wiglit
Had ber fhnn so inHmous fact assoyld.
For shame, but more for feare of hll grim sight,
Downe in her lap she bid her ikce, and lowdly
■bright.
Henelfe not saved yet fVom daunger dredd
She thought, but chaung'd from one to other feare :
like as a fearefull partridge, that is fledd
From the sharpe hauke which her attached oeare.
And fals to ground to secke for succor theare.
Whereas the hungry spaniells she does spye
With greedy iawei, her ready for to teare ;
In such distresse and sad perplexity
Was Dorimeli, when Proteus she did see ber by.
But ha endevored with speaches milde
Her to recomfort, and accouroge bold,
Bidding her feare no more her foeman vilde.
Nor doubt himselfe ; and who be was ber (old :
Yet all that could not from afiTright her hold,
Ne to recomfort her at all prevajld ;
For her faint hart was with the frosen cold
BenuDibd so inly that her wits nigh thyld,
And all ber scnccs with abashmmt quite were quay Id.
Her up betwixt hi* rugged hsnds be nwd.
And with bis frory lip> full aotily List,
Whiles the cold ysickles from liis rough beard
Dropped edowne upon her yvory brest :
Yet be bimselfe so busily addrcst,
. That her out of aslonisbnient he wrought ;
A nd, out of that some fiabeis filthy nest
Removing her, into his chsrel bruugbt.
And there wilb many gentle tennes her faire be-
sought.
But that old leachour, which with bold assault
That beautie durst presume to violate,
He cast CO punish for his hainous fault :
Then tooke he him yet trembling sith of late
And tyde behind his charet, to aggrale
The virgin whom he had abuAde ao^ore;
So drag'd bim through the waves in BCoinfiil slate,
Aud atler cast him up upon the shore ^
The roring billowi
That with the angry woriiing of the wave
Therein is ealen out an hollo» cave.
That seemes rough nutsons hand with engines keene
Had long while laboured it to enj5™ve ;
Saveoneoldnymph,hightPanap^,tokeepeitcleaiie.
Thether he brought the sory Florimell,
And entertained her tlie best he might
(And Panap£ her cntertaind eke well),
As an immortall raote a moitali wight,
To winne her liking unto bis delight ;
With datteriug wordes he sweetly woued her.
And offered fair« guiftes t' allure her aight ;
But she both offers and the offerer
Despysde, and all the fawning of the flatterer.
Dayly he tempted her vritb tMi ■»- that.
And never auffted her to be at rest :
But evermore she him refused fiat.
And all bis foincd kindoea did detest ;
So finnely she had tiealed up her breat.
Sometimes he boasted that a god he hight ;
Bui she a mortall cICature loved best ;
Then be would make himselfe ■ mortall wight :
But then she said she lov'd none but a Faery knight.
Tben like • Faerie knight bimselfb be drest;
For arery shape on him he could endew :
Then like ■ king he was to her eiprest.
And offred.kin^ma unto her in vew
To be his leman and his lady trew :
But, when all this he nothing saw preraDe,
With harder meonea be cast her to subdew.
And with sharpe threatea her often did assayle;
So thinking for to make bei Mubbonie corage quayle.
To dreadfull shapes be did him
Now like a gyaunt ; now like to a teena ;
Itaging within the waves : tJiereby be we<nd
Her Hill Id win unto liis wished eend :
But when with feare, nor favour, nor with all
He els could doe, be saw liimselfe esteemd,
Downe in a doag«on de«p« be let her fall,
a to nuke ber hit etaniall thnlL
Etemall thraldooM was ts bar mora Uefe
Then losae of cbastitie, or chaunge of lore :
Dye bad she rather in tormenting griefe
Then any should of falsenesse her reprove.
Or looaenes, that the lightly did remove.
Most vertuous virgin ! glory be thy meed.
And crowne of heavenly prayse with saintes abo>^
Where most sweet hymmes of this thy famous deed
Are still emongst them song, that far my rymea
Fit song of angels caroled to bee !
But yet whaUo my feeble Muse can frame.
Shall be t' advance thy goodly chastitee.
And to enroll thy memorable name
In th' heart uf every honourable dame.
That they thy vertuous deedes may imitate.
And be partokelfl of thy endlesse fame.
Yl yrkes me leave thee in this wofuU state.
To tell of Satyrane where I him left of late :
Who having ended with that Squyre of Damea
A long discourse of his adventures vayne.
The which himselle then ladies more defomeit
And finding not Ch' hyena to be slayne,
With that same squyre retourned backe againe
They spyde a knight fayre pricking on the playne.
s if he <
Andi
Ia port appeared m
Sir Satyrane him tovrardes did addiease.
To weet what wight he was, and what his quest:
And, camming nigh, el^soones be gan to g«ee
Both by the burning hart which on his brort
He bare, and by the colours in his crest.
That ParideU it was : tbo to him yode.
And, him saluting as beseemed best.
Can dm inquire of tyjingee farre abiode :
And afterwudes on what adventure now he rod&
Who thereto answering said ; " The tydingea bad.
Which now in Faery court all men doe tell.
Which turned hath great mirth to mourning sad.
Is ttie late ruine of proud Marinell,
And Buddein paiture of faire Florimell
To find him forth : and after ber are gone
All the brave knighles, that doen in armea excdi.
To sav^ard her y wandred all alone ;
Emongst the rest my lott (unworthy'^ is to be one."
" Ah ! gentle knight," said then air Satyrana,
" Thy labour all is lost, I greatly dread,
lliat hast a thanklease service on tbec tB*Ei^
And offresi sacrifice uaio the dead :
For dead, I surely doii
Hen
ihfor.
■I Flor
That dl th^ noble knights of Maydetlbead,
Which her ador'd, may sore repeat with mee.
And all faire ladies may for ever sory bee,"
Which wordes when Paridell had beard, his hew
Gan greatly chaung, and seemd dismaid to bee;
Tliat ye doe tell in such uncerteiniee?
Or speake ye of report, or did ye see
lust cause of dread, that makes ye doubt so sore?
For perdie elles how mote it ever bee.
That ever hand should dan for to engore
Hk noble blood I tba Hevens such crueltia abhoM."
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
" Thm ejtt did Me that timj will e
T han Keoe," quoth he, " vlwiii
The palAry whenon ihc did mretl (lew,
And of his bovcia Dude big bloody ftut ;
Which q>eaking token ihewelh at the lead
Her cettein lowie, if not bcr sure decaj ;
" Ah me f " nid Puidell, " the ligne* be sadd ;
And, but God tume the aaine to good loatbuj,
ThU lulin ufetie is kite to be dndd ;
Yet will I not fonake my fbnrard way,
Till tiiall doe more certeine truth bewray."
" Faire sir," quoth he, " well may it you succeed !
Ne long shall Satjrane behind you stay ;
But to the rst, which in this quest proceed,
Mj laixMir adde, and be partaker of their spedd. "
" Ye noble knights," said then the Squyre of Damn,
" Well may yee ^wede in » piayseworthy payne !
But titb the Sunne now ginnea to slake lua bcuoes
In deawy vapours of the westerne mayoe.
And lose the teme out of his weary wajne,
Mote not mitlike you also to abate
Your leolous hast, till morrow next again*
Both light of Heren and itraigth of loaD relate :
Which if ye pieaie, to yonder castle tume your gate."
That counsell pleaMd well ; so all yfere
Forth marched to a castle them before ;
Where aoone arriving they restrained were
Of ready entraunce, which ought erermon
To emint knighu be commune : wondrous sore
Thereat di^leasd they were, till that young sqtiyre
Gan them infarme the cause why that i
Wa* abut to aU which
The which to let you n
Malbecco will do straungs knighu host.
RnoDniD knights, and boooeable dames,
To whom I lerell aU my labours end,
Bi^ht sore I feare least with unwwthy blames
Tbll odious argument my rjmes should ihend.
Or ought your goodly patience ofiend,
WhUes of a wanloo lady I doe write.
Which with her loose incontineDCe doth blend
The shjning glory of your sovtraine light ;
And knighthood fowl* dafsced by a fiathlasse knigbt.
But nerer let th' eniample of the bad
Offend the good : for good, by paragone
Of evill, may more notably be rM) i
As white seemesfayrer macht with Uacke attone:
Ne all are shamed by the fault of one ;
For lo ! in Heren, whereas all goodnes ia
Emongal the angels, a whole legione
Of wicked sprightes did (all from happy blU ;
What wonder then if one, of women all, did mh?
Then listen, loidings, if ye Ijst to weet
The cause why Salyiane and Paridelt
Mote not be entertaynd, h seemed meet.
Into that castle, u that squyre does tell.
" Therein a cancred crabbeii carle does dwell.
1 ill oi
rell:
" But all his mil
To boord up
For which he
» set on mucky pelft.
ivill-g
others wrongs, and wreckea Umselfe :
Yet is lie ][acked to a lovely larae,
Whose beauty doth her bounty far surpasse ;
The which to him both far unequall yeares
And also far unlike coTKlitions has ;
For she does ioy to play emongst her peares.
And to be free from hard reatraynl and gcalous fearca.
" But he is old, and withered like bay,
Unfit liure ladies service lo supply ;
The privie guilt whereof makes him alway
Suspect her truth, and keepe continuall spy
Upon her with his other blincked eye ;
Ne suffreth he resort of litiog wight
Approch lo her, ne keep her company.
Deprir'd of kindly ioy and ni
" Malbecco he, and Hellenore she hight ;
Unfitly yokt li^ether in one teeme.
That is the cause why never any knight
Is sufiVed here to enter, but be seeme
Such OS no doubt of him he need misdeeme."
Hereat sir Satyrane gan smyle, and say ;
" Eitremely mad the man I surely deeme
That weenes, with watch and hard restraynf, to stay
A womans will, whicli is disposd to go astray.
" In vaine he feares that which he cannot ihcnme :
For who wotes not, that woman) subtillycs
Can guylen Argus, when ^e list misdonne ?
It is not yron bandes, nor hundred eyes.
Nor brasen walls, nor many wakefull spyeg.
That can withhold her wilfull-wandring ftet;
But fast goodwill, tilth gentle eourtesyes.
And timely service to her pledlures meet.
May her perhaps ctmloine, that else would algata
" Then is he not more mad," sayd Pan'dell,
« That hath himsdfe unto such service sold,
In dolefull tfaraldotne all his dayes to dwell ?
For sure a fbole I doe him Hrmely hold.
That loves his fetters, though Ibey were of gold.
But why doe we devise of otbeni ill,
Whyles thus we luWer this same dotard old
To keepe us out in scome of his owne will,
And rather do not ransack all, and himselfe kill 7"
" Nay, let us first," sayd Satyrane, ** entreat
The man by gentle meanes, to let us in ;
And afterwardes affVay with cruell threat.
Ere lliat we to elTorce it doe begin ;
Then, if all hyle, we vrill by fbrce it win.
And eke reward the irretch lor his raesprise.
As may he worthy of his haynous sin."
That counsell pleasd : then Pkridell did rise.
And to the castlfr^gale approcht in quiet wise :
364 SPE]
Wberemt soft kirocking, entnuce be deijrrd.
The good nun selfe, which then the porter plsfd.
Him uuwcred, that all irne now re^rd
Unto their rest, and all the kef eg coDvayd
Unto their mauter who in bed naa lajd.
That none him dunt awake out of his dreme ;
And therefore them of patience gently prayd»
Then Parideli began to chaunge bis theme, [treme.
And timatned him with force and punishment ei-
But all in **ine ; for nought mole h[m relent :
And now so loag before the wicked fast
They wayted, that Che night was forward spent,
And the faire welkin fowly overcast
Gan blowen up a bitter aiormy bU«,
With showre and hayle so horrible and dred.
That this faire many were compeld at last
To fly for succour to a little abed,
Tlie wliich beside the gate for swyne was ordered.
It fortuned, soono after ihey were gone.
Another knight, whom tempest thetlier brought.
Came to that castle, and with eariKst mane,
I^ike as the rest, late entrance deare besought ;
But, like so as the rest, he prayd for nought ;
For flatly he of entrance waa rcfusd ;
Sorely thereat he was displeasd, and thought
How to avenge himselfe so sore abusd.
And erermore the carle of cnurte&ie accusd.
But, to avoyde Ch' intollerable stoivre,
He was compeld to seeke some refuge neare,
Attd to that shed, to shrowd him from the showre,
He came, which full of guests he found whyleare.
So aa be was not let to enter (here :
Wbereat be gao to wei exceeding wroth.
And swore that be would lodge with them yfbre
Or them dislodg, all were they IJefe or loth ;
And to defyde them each, and so defyde them both.
But Satyrane forth stepping did them stay.
And with faire treaty pacLfide their hire i
Then, when they were accorded from the fray.
Against that castles lord they gan conapire.
To beape on liim dew vengeaunce of his hire.
Tiiey becne agreed, and t« the gates they goe
To bum the same with lunjuencliable fire.
And tbat uncurteous carie, their commune foe.
To doe fowie death to die, or wrap in grievous wcM
Malbecco scsng tbem resolvd in deed
*" "* '^ e gates, and hearing them to call
Mmest, ran with fearefull speed.
And, to them calling trom the castle wall.
Besought them humbly him to bcare withall.
As ignorant of servants bad abuse
And slacke attendaunce unto straungen call.
I needfull bee ;
Yet secretly their horte did on than lowre, '
And welcomde more for foare then charitee ;
But they dissembled what they did not see,
' ' welcomed themselves. Each gan undight
r garments wett, and weary armour free,
1 To dry themaelvea by Vulcanea flaming light,
Andelie (heir lately hruied parts to bring in plight.
Both were full loth (o leave tbat needfuU te
And both full loth in darkenesse to debate ;
Tet both full liefe him lodging to have lent
And both full liefe his boasting lo abate :
But chiefely Parideli his hart did grate
To heare him threaten so desj^htfUlLy,
As if he did a dogge in kenell rale
Tbat durst not barke i and rather had be dj
Then, when he was defyde, in coward come
Tfao, hastily remounting to his steed.
He forth issewM ; like as a boystroua winde,
Which in th' Earthes hollow caves bath long ben bid
And shut up fast within her prisons blind,
Makes the huge element, against her kinde.
To move and tremble as it were aghast,
Uotill that it an issew forth may iiade ;
Then forth it breakea, and with his furious blast
Confounds both land and seaSf and skyesdoth overcast.
Thai steel-hed speares they strongly coucht, and met
Togetbar with impetuous tage and forse,
Hat with the terrour of their fierce aflTret
They rudely drove to ground both man and bone.
That each awhile lay like a sencclesse cone.
But Parideli sore brused with the blow
Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scone ;
Till tbat young squyre him reared from below ;
Then drew be hia bright sword, and gan about him
And eke that straunger knight emongst the rest
Was for like need enforst lo disaray :
Tho, wlienas vailed was her lofty crest.
Her golden locks, tliat were in Iramells gay
Upbounden, did themselves adowne display
And raught unto her heeles j like sunny beames.
That in a cloud their light did long tiuie stay.
Their vapour vadcd, sliewe tlieir golden glesmes,
And through the persant aire shoote forth their aiure
Siee also doAe her heavy habetieon.
Which the faire feature of her limbes did hyde ;
And her well-plighted frock, wliich she did won
To tucke about her short when she did ryde.
She low let fall, that flowd fVom her lanck syde
I her foot with carelesse modeslee.
Then of them all she plainly was espyde
To be a wonKui-wight, unwisC to bee.
The bimi woman- wight that ever eie did see-
Like as Bellona (being late retumd
From slaughter of the giaunts conquered ;
Where proud Encelade, whose wide nosethrils burnd
With breathed flames like to a furnace redd,
TtsnsHied with her spean downe tombled dedd
From top of Hemus by him heaped hye ;)
Hath loosd her helmet from her lofty hedd.
And ber Goi^onian Aield gins to untye
From lier lefte arme, to reat in glorious victorye.
Which whenas they beheld, they smitten 'were
With great amaiemeni of so wondrous sight;
And each on other, and they all on her.
Stood gazing ; as if suddeio great etfriglit
Had them surprizd : at last aviiing right
Her goodly personage and glorious hew.
Which tbey so much mistooke, tbey tooke delight
In their fint error, and yen slill anew
With wonder of liei bcauly fed their Iwi^ry vew ;
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Yet n'ote their hungr; »e» be mlisflde.
But, seeing, otill the more denr'd lo see.
And erer finnely fixed did abide
In contemplatian of diYJiiilee :
But most ihey mermild »t ber cherilcee
And noble proweue wliich they had mpprov'd,
Th«t much Uiey faynd to know who rtie mote bee ;
Yet none of all them ber thereof amoT'd ;
Yet every one her likte, and erery one ber lov'd.
And Parideli, though parti]' dJKontent
With his late &1I and fowle indignity,
Yet was soone wonne his malice to releot.
Through (fTutioua regard of her faire eye.
And knightly worth which be too lale did try,
Yet tried did adore. Supper wa» dight ;
Then they Malbecco prayd of courtesy,
That ofhia lady they might have the right
And compuiy at meat to doe them more delight.
But he, lo ahiflc their curioui request,
Gan causen why ^he could not come in place )
Her cnscd helth, her late recourse to rest,
And -humid evening ill for »!cke folkcs cace :
But none of those eicusc-i could take place j
Ne would they ealc, till she in presence came :
Shee came in presence with right comely grace.
And fairely them saluted, aa became.
And shewd herselfe in all ■ gentle courteoui dame.
They sale to meat ; and Satyrane hia chaunce
Was ber before, and Parideli beside ;
But he himselfe sate looking still asbaunce
Gainst Britomart, and ever closely fide
Sir Satyrane, thai glaunces might not glide :
But his blinde eie, (hat sided Parideli,
All his demessnure from his sight did hide :
On her Ure face so did he feede his fill.
And sent close messages of love lo her at will :
Here
d told hi
embassage bore.
u- all that
Ne was she ignoraunt of that lend lore.
But in his eye bis meaning wisely redd,
And with the liite him aunswerd evermore :
She sent at biro one fyrie dart, whose hedd
Empoianed was *rith privy lust and gealoua dredd.
Me from that deadly throw made no defence.
But to the wound lus wemke heart opened wyde :
The wicked engine through false influence
Post through his att, and secretly did glyde
Inio hit heart, which it did sorely giyde.
But nothing new to him was that same paine,
Ne paine at all ; for he so ofte bad tryde
The powre thereof, and lov'd lo oft in vaine,
That thing of coune he counted, loi
ThenceTofth to ber be sou^ to Intimate
His inward griefe, by meanea to him well knowne :
Mow Baccbua fruit out of the nlver plate
He on the table datht, as orerthrowne.
Or of the fruitfull liquor overflowne ;
And by the daundng hubbies did divine,
Or tberan srrite lo lett his love be ehowne j
Which well she redd out of tbe ieamed line :
A mcrament propiiane in miatery of wine.
And, wbcnso of his hand the pledge she rmught,
Tbe guilty cup Ae fained to mistake.
And in her lap did shed her idle draught.
Shewing desire her inward flame to slake.
By such close signes they secret way did make
Unto their wils, and one eies watch escape ;
Two eies him needeth, for to walch and wake,
Who lovers will deceive. Thus vras the ape.
By their tkire handling, put into Malbeccoes cape.
Now, whra of meals and drinks they bad thdr fill.
Purpose was moved by that genlle dame
Unto those knights adventurous, to tell
Of deeds of annes which unto them became.
And every one his kindred and his name-
Then Parideli, in whom a lindly pride
Of gratious speach and skill his words to fVame
Abounded, being glad of so fltte tide
Him to cotnniend to her, thus spake, of al well dde :
" Troy, that art now nought but an idle name.
And in thine ashes buried low dost lie.
Though wtulome far much greater then thy finne^
Before that angiy gods and cruel) flkie
Upon thee heapt a direful deitinie ;
What boots it boost thy glorious descent.
And fetch tnm Heven thy great genealogie,
Sith all thy worthie pnyses being blent
Thar oftpting hath emhasle, and later glory shent!
" Most famous worthy of the world, by wbome
That watre was kindled which did Troy inflame
And stalely towres of llion whiI6nie
Brought unto balefull ruine, was by name
Sir Paris far renowmd through noble fame ;
Who, through great prowesse and bold hardinesse.
From Lacedaemon felcht the fayrest dame
That ever Greece did boast, or knight possesse.
Whom Venus to bim gave for meed of worthinease;
" Fayre Helene, flowre of besutie excellent.
And girlond of tbe mighty conquerours.
That madest many ladies deare lament
The hearie losse of their brave paramours.
Which they far oiT beheld from Trojan toures,
And saw the Heldes of faire Scamander strowne
With carcases of noble warrioures.
Whose fHiitlesse lives were under fiirrow sowne,
And Xanthua sandy bankes with blood all over-
" I^om him my linage 1 derive aright.
Who long before the ten yeares aege of Troy,
Whiles yet on Ida he a sbepefaesrd higbt.
On faire Oenone got a lovely boy.
Whom, for remembrance of her passed ioy.
She, of his father, Farius did name;
Who, after Greekes did Prioms realme destroy,
Gathred the Trojan reliques sav'd from flame.
And, with them sayling thence, to tb' isle of Piro*
" That waa by him cald Paros, which before
Higbt Nauaa ; there he many ynrea did raine.
And built Nausicle by the Pontick shore )
The which he dying lefte neit in remaine
To Faridaa his Sonne;
From whom I Parideli by kin descend :
But, for faire ladies love and glories gaine.
My nadve soile have lefte, my doyes Co spend
Inteewingdeedsof annea, my lives and labors end.'
366 SPEl
WboiAa the noble Britomut heard tell
Of Trqan wams end Frunu citie uckt
(The ruefull story of ur Paridell),
Slie waa empasiiond at that piteous act,
With lelous enyy of Greekeg cruell fact
Against that nation, front whose race of old
Sie heard that she was lineally extract :
Far noble Britons apronK f">™ Trojans bold.
And Troynovant was built of old Troyeg asbea cold.
Then, sighing soft an-hile, at last she thus ;
" O lamentable tail of famous Cowne,
Which xaignd so many yesrcs viclorious.
And of oil Asie bore the soveraine crowne,
In one sad night consumd and tbroweo duwne!
What stony hart, that hearea Ihy haplesse iate, .
Is not jmpient with dcepe compassiowne,
And makes ensample of mans wretched slate, [late!
That flourea so fresh at morne, and iade* at erening
« Behold, sir, how your pitdfuU complaint
Hath fownd another partner of your payne ;
For nothing may impresse so dcare constraint
As countries cause, and conuuune foes disdayne.
But, if it should Dol grieve you backe agayue
To tume your course, I would lo beare deayre
What to Aeneas fell ; aith that men sayne
He wss not in the dlies wofull fyre
Consum'd, but did himselfe la sarety retyre."
" Anchyses sonne begott of Venus fayre,"
Said he, " out of the flames for safegard fled,
And with a reomant did to sea repayre ;
Where he, through fatall errour long was led
Full nutny yeares, and weetlesAe wandered
From abOTe to shore emongst the Lybick sandea.
Ere rest he fownd : much there he sufiered,
And many perilles past in forreiiw landes.
To save his people sad from Tictoun lengefull
" At Lul in Latium be did arryve,'
Where he with cniell warre was entertaind
Of th' inland folke which sought biia backe to drive.
Till he with old Latinus was constnund
To contract wedlock, so the fates ordaind ;
Wedlocke contract in blood, and eke in blood
Accomplished ; that many deare CODlplaiud :
The riToll slaine, the lictour (through the flood
£scqied hardly) hardly praisd his wedlodt good.
" Yet, after all, he rictour did survive.
And irtth Latinus did the kingdom part :
Bui after, when both nations gan to strive
Into their names the title to convart,
Hia aonne liilus did from thence depart
With all the warlike youth of Troians bloud.
And in Long Alba plaat bis throne apart;
Where ftire it Aorished and long time itoud,
'Ril RauuIuv, renewing it, lo Rome removd.*^
*■ There ; there,' said Brilomart, ■■ B&cih qipeard
Tbe glory of the later world to spring.
And Troy againe out of her dust was resrd
To sitt in second seat of soreruue king
Of all the world, under her governing.
But a third kingdom yet is to arise
Out of the Traituls scattered ofspring, <
That, in all glory and great enterprise,
SMb first and second Troy shall dare to equaliia.
■' It Troynovant is higfat, tliat with Ha wave*
Of wealthy Thunis washed is along.
Upon whose itubbome neck (whereat be rm*ts
With roring rage, and sore himselfe does throng,
lliat all men feare to tempt bis billowes strong,)
She fastiied hath her foot i which stands so by.
That it a wonder of the world is song
tn forreine landee i and all, which paasen by,
Behdding it from furv doe think it thraalea the akje.
" The Troian Brute did Grit that dtie ftnnid,
And Hygate nude the meare thereof by weat.
And Overt-gate by north -. that is the boimd
Toward the land ; two rivers hownd the reat.
So huge a scope at flrst him seemed best,
Tu be the compasse of his kingdomea seat i
So huge a miud could not in lesser real,
Ne in small meares containe bis glory great.
Thai Albion had conquered first by watlike feat."
" Ab ! fairest lady-knight," said Paridell,
" Pardon I pray my heedlesse oversight.
Who had forgot that whylome I heard tell
From aged Mnemon ; for my wits beene light-
Indeed he said, if I remember right.
That of the antique Trojan stucke lliere grew
Another plant, that raught to wondrous bight,
And far abroad, his mighty brauncheB threw
Into the utmost angle of the worid he knew.
'■ For that same Brute, whom much be did adtauQce
Id all his speach, was Sylvius his sonne.
Whom having slain through lucklesarrowctglaunce.
He fled for feare of that he had misdonne,
Or els for shame, so fowie reproch to shonne.
And with him ledd to sea an youthly trayne ;
Where wearie wandring they long time did wotUK^
And many fortunes prov'd in th' ocean mayne.
And great adventures found, that now were long to
" At but by fatall course they driven were
Into an island spatious and brode.
The furthest north that did to them appe&re ;
Which, after rest, they, seeking farre abrode.
Found it the Attest soyle for their abode,
Fruitfull of all tbinges fltt for Hving fbode,
But wholy waste and void of peoples Irode,
That iedon Uving fli
nvitallblood.
" Whom he. through wearie wars and labours long,
Subdewd with losse of many Britons bold :
In which the great Goemagot of strong
Corineus, and Coulin of Debon old.
Were overtbrowne and laide on th' earth ftill cold.
Which quaked undo- their so hideous masse :
A famous history to be enrold
In everlasting moniment* of brasae.
That all the antique worthiea merits far did paaae.
" His worke great Troynovant, his woike ia die
Faire Lincolne, both renowned far away ;
That who from eMt to weal will Bdloog aeAe,
Cannot two tairer cities find thaa day.
Except CZeopoUs ; so heanl I say
Old Mnemoo : therefore, sir, I greet yon well
Your coontrey kin ; ud you mtyrel; pray
Of pardon fw t>M strife, whicfa late bc^
Betwixt ua both imbsowae. " Sd aided ParilWl,
THE FAEBIE QUEENE.
But all tlw wUc tbat be Ibew tpecchei ipent,
Upon his lips bong Aire dune HeleDore
With Tigilul r^vd and dew attent,
Fasbiomng worldei of faorie* evermore
In faer fnjle win, that now her quite forlore ■
The wtuliia nnwam awBf ber wondring ejt
And greed; cam iwr weake hart from her bore :
Which he perceiTing, eier privily,
Id speaking, manj false bclgardea at faer let Aj,
So long these knightea discoursed diversly
Of ttraunge aifairs, and noble hardiment.
Which the; had past with mickle impardy,
That now the humid night wak farforth spent,
And hevenl; lampes were halfendeate ybrent :
Which th' old man seeing wel, who too long thought
Etbt; diacoune, and every argument.
Which by the boom he measured, besought
Tbcm go to rest. So all unto their bowres were
brought.
Faridell rapeth Hellenoi« ;
Halbecco her poursi-wes ;
Fynda emongst Sdlyrei, whence with him
To turae she doth refuse.
Thb morrow ueit, so >oone as Phobus lamp
Bewrayed had the world with early light.
And frab Aurora had the shady damp
Out of the goodly Heven amoved quighl,
Faire Brilomajl and thai same Faery knight
Uprose, forth on the iouraey for lo wend :
But Poridell complaynd, that his late fight
With Britomart so sore did him offend,
That ryde he could not till his hurts he did amend.
So fooitfa they fw'd ; but he behind them atayd,
Maulgre his boat, who grudged grivoualy
To bouse a guest thai would be needes obayd.
And of his owDe him lefte not liberty :
Might wanting measure moveth surquedry.
Two things be feared, but the third was death ;
That ftcrs youngmans unruly mayslery i
His money, which be lov'd as living breath ;
And his Cure wife,wlKHn honest long he keptuneath.
But patience prrforcc ^ he must abie
What fortune and his face on him will lay :
Fond is the feare tbt findea no remedie.
Tct warily he watdielh every way.
By which he fearetfa evill happen may ;
So th' evill tUnkei by watching to prevent :
Ne doth he suffer hs, nor night nor day,
Out of bis sight hcnelfe once to absent ;
So doth he punish ber, and eke himself torment.
But Faridell kept better watch than bee,
A Gl occasion for his tume to finde.
False Love I why do men say thou canst not see,
And in thor fooliih fancy feigna thee blinda,
That with thy charmes the shiUTCSt sight docat binds,
And te thy will abuse? Tbou walkeat flree,
And seM« erery secret of the minde ;
Hmu sent all, yet none at all sees thee ;
AU that is by the walking of thy deitee.
So perfect in that ait vras Faridell,
That he Halbeccoes halfen eye did wyle ;
His halfen eye he wiled wondrous well.
And Hellenon both eyes did eke beguyle.
Both eyes and hart attonce. during the whyle
That he there soioumed Ills woundes to heale ;
Tlial Cupid selfe, it seeing, clone did smyle
To weet how he her love away did steale.
And bad that none (heir ioyoua treason should re-
The learned lover lost no time nor tyde
That least avsntnge mote to him afford,
Yet bore so faire a sayte, that none espyde
His secret drift till he her layd abord.
Whenso in open place and commune bord
He fortun'd ber to meet, with commune speach
He courted her ; yet bayted every word,
That his ungentle hoste n'ote him appeach
Of vile ungentlenesse or hospitsges breach.
But when apart (if ever her apart
He found) then his false engins fast he plyde.
And all the sleights unboiomd in his hart :
He sigh'd, he sobd, he swowod, he perdy dyde.
And cast himseire on ground her fast besyde ;
Tho, when againe he liim bethought lo live.
He wept, and wayld, and false laments bclydiv
Saying, but if she mercie would him give.
That lie mote algalcs dye, yet did his deadi forgive.
And otherwhyles with amorous delights
And pleasing toyes he would her entertaine;
Now singing sweetly lo surpriie her sprights.
Now making layea of love, and lovers paine,
Branslcs, bollads, virelayes, and verses vtdne ;
Oft purposes, oft riddles, he devysd.
And thousands like which flowed in his braine.
With which he fed her fancy, and entysd
To take lo his new love, and leave her old despysd.
And every where he might, and everie while
He did her service dewtifull, and scwd
At hand with bumble pride and plea<ung guile j
Who well percrived all, and all indewd. '
Thus finely did he his false nets dispred,
With which he many weake harts had subdewd
or yore, and many had yl<ke misled:
What wonder then if she were likewise carried 7
No fort so feasible, no wals so strong.
But tha continual I battery will rive,
Or daily siege, through diipurvayaunee long
And laeke of i«kewe% will to parley drive;
And peece, that unto parley eare will givc^
Will shortly yield itselfe, and will be lOHk
The vassal! of the victors will bylive:
That stiatageme had oftentimes asiayd
lUs crafty paiamoure, and now it plane diqilayM :
For through bis Iraines ha her intiapptd hatt.
That she faer love and hart bath wholy sirfd
To him without regard of gaine, oi scath.
Or care of credhe, « of husfaand old,
Whom she hatb vow'd to dub a fhyie cuequiU.
Nought wants but dme and place, wlKh shortly sbM
Devised hath, and to her lovsr (old.
It pleased well : so well they bocfa-agme;
So nadie rype W ill, Ul waawi oooniels face !
^e to his closet went, where s11 his wealth
Lnjr hid; thereof she counllesse suiDmes did reare,
The which she meant awajr with her to beare ;
The rest she fyr'd, for sport or for deapight ;
A> Helleae, when she saw aloft appears
The Traiaue flames and reach to Hetens high!.
Did clap her hands, and joyed al that doleful sight ;
The second Hellene, fa^re dame Hellenore,
The whiles her husband ran with sory haste
To quench the flames which she bad Cpi'd before,
Laught at bis foolish labour spent in waste.
And ran into her lovers armes right fast;
Where stmghc embraced she to him did cry
And call alowd for heipe, ere heipe were (nal ;
For lo ! that guest did beare hei forcibly.
And meant to ravish her, that ratber had to dy !
The wretched man hearing her call for ajd.
And ready seeing him with her to fly,
In hia disquiet mind was mncb dUnMyd :
But when againe he backward cast his eye.
And saw the wicked fiie so furiously
Consume hia hart, and scorch his idoles fttce.
He was therewith distressed diversely,
Ne wist be how to tume, nor to what place ;
Was never wretched man in such a wofull cace.
Ay when to him she cryde, to her he tumd,
And left the Gre ; lave, money overcame :
But when he marked how his money bunid.
He left bis wife ; money did love disclame ;
Both was he loth to loose his loved dame.
And loth to leave his liefest pelfe behinde ;
Which was the dearest lo his dounghill oiinde,
The god of bis desire, the ioy of misers bhnde.
Thus wbileat all things in troublous uprore were.
And all men busie lo suppresse the flame,
The loving couple needc no reskew feare,
But leosure hod and liberty to frame
Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame ;
And Nigbt, the patrooesse of tove-slcalth fayre.
Gave them safe conduct till to end they came ;
So beene they gone yfere, a wanltm payre
C>r lovers lotoeTy knit, where list them to repayre-
Soone aa the cniell flames yslaked were,
Malbecco, seeing how iiis losse did lye.
Out of the flames which he had quencbt whylere.
Into huge waves of griefe and gealosye
Full deepe emplonged was, and drowned nye
Twiit inward doole and felonous despight :
He rav'd, he wept, he itampt, he lowd did cry ;
And oU the passions, that in man may light,
DidUm attonceoppreiae^ and vei hia caytive sprigbt.
Long thus he chavrd the cud of inward griefe.
And did consume his gaL witb anguish sore :
Still when he mused on hia late miachiefe,
Then still the smart ttiereof increased more.
And aeeind more grievous then it was before ;
At lost when sorrow he saw booted nougbt,
Ne giiefe might not his love to him restore.
He gan devise how her he reskew mought ;
Ten tboncand waye* ha caM in his conflued dioiight.
At lost resolving, like a pilgrim pore.
To search her forth whereso she might be fond.
And bearing with him treasure in close store,
The rest he leaves in ground : so takes in bond
To seeke her endlong both by sea and lond.
Long lie lier sought, he sougbt her far and nere.
And every where that he mole underslood
Of knights and Udics any meetings were ;
And of each one he mett he tidings did inquere.
" come into his douch againe.
The ioUy Poridell, for all his poine.
One day, as he furpasseU by the plaine
With wuary pace, lie far away espide
A couple, seeming well lo be his twune.
Which hoved close under a forest side.
As if they lay in wait, or els themselves did bide.
Well weened hee that those the tame mote bee ;
And, as he better did Ihiir shape aviie,
Him seemed more their msoer did agree ;
For th' one was armed all in warlike wiie,
to be Poridell he did deviie ;
And th' other, al yclad in garments light
Discolourd like to womanish diHgoisc,
He did resemble to his lady bright ;
'~' " sr his faint liart mucb earned at the sight :
d^oe.
ever faine he towards them would gi
But yet durst not for dread approchen ni
But stood aloofe, unweetjng wliat to doej
Till that prickt forth with loves extremity.
That is the father of fowie gealosy.
He closely nearer crept the truth to weet :
But, as he nigher drew, he eadly
Might scome that it was not his sweetest sweet,
Ne yet her belamour, the partner of his sheet :
it was Bcomefuil Bra^adochio,
That with his servant Trompart boveid (here,
Sith late he fled from liis too earnest foe :
Whom such whenaa Malbecco spyed dere,
urned backe, and would have fled arere ;
Till Trompart, ronning hastely, bjm did slay
And bad before his soversine lord appere :
was him loth, yet durst he not goineiay.
And comming him before low touted on the lay.
The boaster at him stcmely bent his browe,
As if he could have kild htm with his looke.
That to the ground him meekely made to bowe.
And awfull terror deepe into bim strooke,
That every member of his body quooke.
Said he, " Thou man of nou^t [ what doest thou
Unfltly fumisht with thy bag and booke, [het«
Where I eipected one with shield and spere
To prove some deeds of armes upon an eijuall pert ?"
Hie wretched man at his imperious speacfa
Was all abasbt, and low prostr^ng said ;
" Good air, let not my nidenes be no breach
Unto your patience, ne be ill ypaid ;
For I unwaic* this way by fortune atraida
A nlly pilgrim driven to distresse.
That seeke a lady"— There he auddein staiil.
And did the reat with grievous aighcs suppreflao.
While leana stood in his aa, few drtqn of tutter-
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
"What Udy?"— •" Mm," aid Tr(imp«rt, " l«ko
And tell tliy gricfe, it any hidden Ije : [good hut,
Wu never better tune lo shew tby nnut
Tben now tbM noble succor it thee by,
That is Ihe whole worlds commune remedy."
That cborful word his weake heart much did eliaan.
And with Taine hope his spirits &int supply,
That bold he seyd : " O moat redoubted peie,
VonchsBfe with mild r^orda wretches cace to heare."
Then dgtiing swe, " It ia not long," saide bee,
" Stfa I eni^d the gentlest dame alire ;
Of whom a knight, (no knight at all |ierdee,
Bat shame of all that doe for honor striTe)
By treacherous deceipl did nie deprive ;
Thnnigfa open outrage he her bore away.
And with fowle force unto his will did drive ;
Which al good knights, that amies do Iwor this day.
Are bownd for Co revenge and pujiish if they may.
*■ And you, moat noble lord, that can and dare
RedrcMc the wrong of miserable night,
Cannot employ your otost victorious speare
In better quarrcil tlieu defence of right.
And for a lady gainst a foitblesse knigbi :
So shall your glory be advaunced much,
And all faire ladies magnify your might,
And eke myselfe, albee I simple axcb, [rich."
Your wcvtfay poine shall wel reward with guerdon
With tliat, out of his bouget forth he drew
Gnat store of treasure, therewith him lo tempt i
But he on it lookt scomefully a.ikew,
Aa much ditiimgning to be so misdeinpt.
Or a war-monger lo be basely ncmpt;
And sayd ; " 'Iliy offers base I greatly tolh.
And eke thy words uncourtcous and unkempt :
I tread in dust thee and thy money both ; [wroth.
That, were it not for ahune" — So turned from him
But Trompatt. that hia maistres humor knew
la lofty looks to hide an humble tninde.
Was inly tickled with that golden vew,
And in his eare him rownded close bchindc :
Yet Bloupt he not, but lay still in the winde,
Waiting odvaimtage on the pisy to aeaae i
nil Trompart, lowly to the grownd Incliiule,
Besought him his great coragc to appease.
And pardon simple man that rash did him (tisplease.
Big looking bice a doughty doucSpere,
At last he thns ; " Thou clod of vilest day,
J pardon yield, and with thy rudenea beare;
But weete beaceforth, that all that golden pray.
And all that els the votm world vaunten may,
I loaUi a* doon^ ne deeme my dew reward :
Fame is my meed, and glory vertuous pay :
But ndnds of mortall men are mnchell mard
And mov'd iminiii widi massy mucks unmeet regard.
" And mne; I graunt to thy great misery
Gratious respect i thy wife shall backe bewnt:
And that vile knight, whoever that he bee,
Which hath thy lady reft and knighthood ahent.
By SanglnnMKt my sword, whose deadly dent
The blood hath of so many thousands ahedd,
I aweare eiv long shall deoiely it repent;
Ke he twiit Heven and Earth ahal) hide hia hadd.
Bat soone he ifaaU be fowod, and shratly doen be
The foolish man ttaenat woxe wondrous Idith,
Ah if the word so spoken were halfe donne,
.And humbly thanked him a Uiousand dth
That hod IVom dctith to life him newly wonne,
Tho fbrth the boaster marching brave begonne
His stolen steed to thunder ftirioualy.
As if be Heaven and Hell would ovei^ronne.
And all the world confound with cruelty ;
That much Malbecco ioyed in his iollity.
Thus long they three together travelled.
Through many a wood and many an uncouth way.
To seeke Ms wife that was far wandered :
But those two sought nought but the preseot pray.
To weete, the treasure which he did bewray.
On which llieir eiu and harta were wholly sett.
With purpose how they might it best betray ;
For, sith (he howre that Hrst he did tliem lett
The same behold, iherwtth their keene deaires wo*
It fortuned, as tbey together far'd.
They apide where Faridell came prilling (ast^
Upon the plaine, the which himielfe prcpar'd
To giust with that brave atraunger kiught a cas^
As on adventure by the way be past :
Alone he rode without his pangone ;
For, having Glcht her bells, her up he caW
To the wide world, and lett hai fly alone;
He nould be clogd : so had be served many one.
The gentle lady, loose at random lefte.
The gteene-wood long did walke, and vrander wide
At wilde adventure, like a forlome wefte ;
Till on a day the Salytes her espide
Straying alone wiChouten groome or guide :
Her up they tooke, and with tliem home her ledd.
With tliem as housewife ever to abide, [bredd ;
To milk their goles, and make them clieesa and
And every one as commune good her handeled :
That shortly she Malbecco has fbrgott.
And eke sir Faridell all were be deore ;
Who fi^om her went to seeke anotlier lott.
And now by fortune was arrived here.
Where those two guilen with Malbecco were.
Soone as the old man saw nr Paridell,
He binted, and was almost dead with (ear*.
And, after, asked him for Hellenote :
■' I take no keepe of her," sayd Paridell,
" She wonneth in the forrest tbett before."
So forth he rode as his adventure fbll ;
The whiles the boaster from hia loftie sell
Faynd lo alight, something amisie to mend ;
But the fresh swayne would not hia leasure dwell.
But went his way ; whom when be passed kead.
He up remounted light, and aAer bind to wend.
" Perdy nay," aaid Malbecco, « dudi yanM;
But let him passe as lightly as be came :
For litle good of him ia to be got.
And mickle petill to bee put to shame.
But let us goe to seeke my dearest daow.
Whom be bath left in yonder forest wyld :
For of her safety in great donbt I ame.
Least salvage beaslea her peraon have deqxiyld :
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The; all igne, uul forwinl them idilrat :
•' Ah '. but," BBid cFaAy Trooipait, " weete ye well.
That yonder in thit wuIefuU wilderaene
Huge moniUrB haunt, and many danger* dwell i
Dragniu, and minotAureft, and feendes of Hdl,
And many wlide woodmen whidi robbe and rend
All tcaveilera; therefore advise ye well,
Before ye cnterpriiie that way to wend :
One may his ioumey bring too aooae to eiill end."
Malbecco atopt in great aMoniihment,
And, with pale eyes iaet filed on the rest.
Their couiisell craved in daunger imminent
Said IVompart; " You, that are the moat opprat
With burdcin (^ great treanire, 1 thinke bat
Here for to lUy in aaTetie behynd :
My lord and 1 will leardi the wide tbr^at."
Tiat CDunaell pleased not MaJbeccoei mynd ;
For be wai much afraid hiimelfe alone to fynd.
" Then Ii it best," nid be, '■ that ye doe leave
Yotir treasure ben in XRoe wcutil;.
Either hM closed in sam« bollow greave,
Or buried in the ground from ieopardy.
Till we retuiiH againe in lafety :
As for us two, least doubt of us ye have.
Hence tim away we will blyndfblded ly,
Ne privy bee unto your trMsum grave. " [brave.
It pleased; so ba did: tllen tfaey march forward
Now when amid the thldtan woodes they were,
Tbey beard a noyie of many bagpipes ihriU,
And ahrieking bububs th«n approching nere,
Which all the forest did with borrour fill :
That di«adfull sound the bosten hart did thrill
With such amaimetit, that in hast he fledd,
Ne ever looked back for good or ill ;
And after him eke feoreiull Trompart ipedd :
The old man could not fly, but fell U> ground b
Yet afterwardes, dose creeping as he might.
He in a bush did hyde his (earefull hedd.
The iolly Satyres (iill of fresh delight
Came daundng forth, and with them nimbly ledd
Faire Helenore with girlonds all bespredd.
Whom their May-lady they had newly made :
Sbee, proude of that new honour which tbey redd.
And of thdr lovely fellowship full glada,
Dauntt lively, and her (ace did with a lawrell shade.
The silly man that in the thickett lay
Saw all this goodly sport, and grieved sore ;
Yet durst he not against it doe or say.
But dill his hart with bitter tboui^ts engore.
To see th' unkindnea of his Hellenore.
All day they daunced with great luatyhedd.
And with their horsed feet the greeoe gras wore ;
The whiles tbeir gotea upon the brouzes fedd,
TiU drouinng Phobus gan to byde his golden hedd.
Tbo up they gan tbeir mcry pypes to tnuM^
Aud all thmr goodly faeardea did gather rovmd ;
But every Sa^re.fint did give a busse
To Helleooie ; so busies did abound.
Now gan the hutnid vapour shed the grownd
With petly deaw, and A' Earths gloomy shade
Did dim tbe bri^tneaae of the welkin rownd.
That eveiy bird and beast awamed made [invade.
To stmnrd dKBaatres, wtile sleep their fCDC* "'
Which when Blalbecco saw, out uf tb« bosh
Upon his handes and feete he crept full h^rt^
And like a gote emongst tbe gotca did rush;
That, through tbe heipe of his faire homes on Ught,
y dampe of misconccyving night.
And die thnnigh likenesae of his gotish beard.
He did tbe better counterfeite aright :
So home he niarcht emongst the homed heard,
That none of all the Satyres him espyde or heard.
At night, when all tbey went to sleepe, he vewd.
Whereas his lovely trite emungst them lay,
Embraced of a Satyre rough and rud^
Who all the night did mind bii ioyoua play :
' 3 he heard him come aloft ere d^,
That all bis hart with gealosy did swell :
But yet that nights ensample did bewray
That not for nought his vrife them lovd so well.
When one so oft a night did ring bis matiiis bell-
So closely as he could he to them crep^
Wbeo wearie of their sport to sleepe tbey felt.
And to his wife, that now Aill soundly slept.
He whispered in her esre, and did her tell,
That it was he which by her side did dwell ;
And therefore prsyd her wake to heare him plaine.
As one out of a dreame not waked well
She turad her, and returned backe againe :
Yet her for to awake he did tbe more constiaiiie.
At last with irkesom trouble she abnyd ;
n perceiving, that it was indeed
Her old Mslbecco, which did her upbrsyd
With loosenesse of her love and loathly deed,
IS aslonishl with exceeding dreed.
And would have wakt the Satyre by her syde ;
But he her ptayd, for mercy or (or meed.
To save fail life, ne let him be descryde.
But hearken to his lore, and all hia counaell hyde.
Tho gan he her perswade to leave that lewd
AndToathsom life, oT God and man abhoid.
And home relume, where all should be renewd
With perfect peace and bandes of fresh accord,
Ahd she receivd sgaine to bed and bord^
As if no trespas ever had beene doanc :
~ t she it all refused at one word.
And by no meaoes would to his will be woune,
But clKHe enUKkgit the lolly Satyres still to womiCL
He wooed her till day-eprlng he espyde;
But all in vaine : and then tumd to tbe heard.
Who butted him with homes on etery syde.
And trode downe in the durt, where his har« beard
Was fowly digbt, and he of death aftard.
Early, before the Heavens fairest light
Out of the ruddy east was fully reud,
The beardes out of their foldes were loosed quight.
And be emongst the rest crept forth in sory plight.
So Boone as be the prison-dore did paa,
He ran as fast as both his feat could bears.
And never looked who hdiind hun was,
Ne scanely who before : like *a a beare.
That creefMng close amongst tbe hives to tean
An hony-combe, tbe wakefuU dog* espy.
And him assayling sore hia cartas leare.
That hanlly he with life away doea fly,
Ne itaycs, till safe himself^ he see from ieopardy.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Ns M^rd ha, till be CKue unto the place
Wlwre laM fail tnuuie be entombed h«l ;
When when be found it not, (for Tmnpan bace
Had it purlorned for hii maimer bad)
With eitreme fury he beoune quite mad,
And rao awaj ; ran with lunuelfe away :
lliat wbo (O (traungeljr bad bim Mene beiUdd,
With upstait haire artd staring ejei dismay.
From limbo lake bim late eKiqied auie would lay.
Rigfa ner hills and orer dale* he fledd,
Ai if the wind bim on his wingea had borne )
Ne banck nor buih could stay bim, when be (pedd
His nimble teet, ai treading still on thome :
GcicA, and De^gbt. and Cealosy, and Scome,
Did all the way bun foUow bard behyndi
And be bimselfe himselfe loatb'd so forlmne.
So (hamefully forlome of womankyod ;
HiB^ as a snake, still luiked in bis wounded mynd.
Sl3l Sed he forward, looking backward eCiil j
Ne atayd his flight nor fearefull sgony
Till that be came unto a rocky hill
Otb the sea suspended dreadfully,
That lifiog ctoture it would terriiy
To look adowne, or upward to tbe bigbt :
From tbence he threw bimselfe dispiteODsly,
All desperate of his fbie-damned spright.
That secsnd no help £ot him was left in living nght.
But, through long anguish and selfe-murd'ring
He was to wasted and forpined quight, [thought,
Hiat all his substance was consum'd lo nought,
Alkd nothing 1^ but like an aery spright;
That on the rockes he fell so flit and light,
Hial be thereby receiT'd no hurt at all ;
But chaunoed on • craggy cliff to light ;
Whence be with crooked dawes so long did crall,
lliat at the last be fouud a cave with entrance unall :
Into tbe same he crcepes, and thenceforth there
RcsoWd to build hi* baleftOl mansion
Id diery darkenes and continuall feare
Of that rocks fall, which erer and anon
Tbieatcs with huge mine him lo fall upon.
That be dare nerer sleepe, but that one eye
fittll ope be keepei for that occasion ;
Ne ever rests he in tranquillity,
Tbt ivting billowes beat his bovre so boyctrously.
Ne ever is be wont on ought to feed
3ut todes and trr^s, his pasture poysonoul,
Wbicb in his cold complexion doe breed
A filthy blood, or humour rancorous,
Matter of doubt and dread suspitiouB,
That doth wiih cureleue cart consume tbe hart.
Corrupts tbe stomacke with gall Titious,
Cniea-cuU the liver with intemall smart.
And doth mnsfiie the toule with deathea etemall
Yet can he never dye, but dying lives,
Aod doth himselfe with siWTOw new suataiue.
That death and life attonce unto bim gives,
And paineAiU pleasure tumes to pleasing peine.
There dwels he ever, miserable swaine,
Hattfull both to himselfe and every wlgbt ;
Where he, through privy griefe and horrour vaine.
If woien M deform'd, dkat be has quighl
Foq^tae waBaman,aad Gcloay ii.Mgtat.
Britomart chaaeth Ollyphant ;
Flndes Scudamour distrest :
Assayes the bouse of Busyraue,
Where Loves spoyles are eiprest.
O HjtTcruLL belti^ snake '. what Fuiie ftirst
Brought thee from balefiill bouse of Proeer[une,
Where in ber bosome she thee long had aurst,
Audfostredup vrith bitter mllke of tine;
Fowie Gealosy ! that tumest love divine
To ioylessa dread, and mak^st the loving hart
With hateful! thoughts to languish and to pine.
And feed itselfe with selfe-consuming smart,
Of all the passions in the mind thou vileal art !
O let him fsr be banished away.
And in his stead let Love for ever dwell 1
Sweete Love, that doth bis golden wings embay
In blessed nectar and pure Pleasures well,
UDtroubled of vile feare or bitter fell.
And ye, falre ladies, tliat your kiogdomes make
In th' bsrts of men, them goveme wisely well.
And of faire Britomart ensample take, -•
That was as ttew in love as turtle to her make.
Who with sir Satyrane, ** earst ye red.
Forth ryding from Halbeocoes bostlesse hous.
Far off aspyde a young man, the which fled
F^m an huge geaunt, that with hideous
And hateful! outrage long turn chaced thus ;
It iras that OUypbanl, the brother deare
Of that Aigantf vile and vitious,
From whom tbe Squyre of Dames was reft whylerc
This all as bad as she, and worse, if worse oiurl
For as tbe nster did in fenunine
And filthy lust eiceede all womankinde ;
So be surpassed his sei masculine,
In beastly use, all that I ever fiude :
Whom when as Brilomart beheld behind*
The learefull boy so greedily poursew,
3be was emmoved in her noble minde
T' employ bei puissauQce to his lenkew.
And pricked fiercely forward where she did him vew.
Ne was sir Satyiane ber far bebinde,
But vnth like fierccoesse did ensew tbe chace :
Whom when the gyaunt saw, he soone resinde
His former suit, and from them fled j^ace :
They after both, and boldly bad him bace.
And each did strive the other to outgoe ;
But he them both outran a wondrous space.
For he was long, and swift as any roe.
And now made better speed t* esoqie his fbared foe<
It was not Satyrsne, whom he did feare.
But Britomart (he flowre of chastity ;
For be the powre of chaste hands might not beare.
But alwayes did tbor dread encounter fly ;
And now so fisst bii feet be did apply.
That lie gas gotten to a forrest nearer
Where he is shrowded ia security.
The wood they enter, and search everjc wbctei
They aearcbed dinnely ; so both divided weto, .
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Fay™ Bri
That ihei
By which there lay a knight »11 walloired
Upon the gnuny ground, «nd by him oetn
His habericon, hii helmet, and his gpeare :
A little off, his ahield was rudely thrown*.
On which the winged boy in colours cleare
Depeincted was, full easia lo be koowne,
And he thereby, wherever it in field was showne.
Hia face upon the grownd did grovDling ly.
As if he bad becne slombring in the ibade ;
That the h«te mayd would not for courtesy
Out of his quiet tlotnber him abiade,
Nor leeme (oo suddeinlj him lo invade :
Still as she stood, she heard with grievous throli
Him gnme, as if bis hart were peeces made,
And with most painefull pangs lo nigh and sob.
That piuy did the virgini hart of patience rob.
At ima forth breaking into bitter pUintes
He »ayd; " O Boverayne Lord, that sit'st on hje
And raingst in blis cmongst Iby blessed saintes.
How su^t thou such ahimefuU cruelty
9o long unwrcaked of thine enimy 1
Or hast thou, Ixird, of good mens cause no heed ?
Or doth-thy iustice sleeps and silent ly?
What booteth then the good and righteous deed.
If goodnesse find no grace, nor righteousneEw no
meed!
" If good find grace, and righleousnea reward.
Why then is Amorel in caytive band,
Sth that more bounteous creature nerer far'd
On foot upon the fiice of living land?
Or if that hevenly iustice may withstand
The wrongiiill outrage of unrighteous men.
Why then ig Bunnme with wicked hand
Suffiwl, these seven monelhes day, in secret den
My lady and my love so cruelly to pen ?
" My lady and my love is cruelly pend
In dolefuU darl^enes from the vew of day,
Whilest de«iiy torments doe her chast brest rend.
And the aharpe Steele doth live her heart in tway.
All for she Scudamore will not denay.
Tet thou, vile man, vile Scudamore, art sound,
Ne canst ber ayde, ne canst her foe dismay ;
Unworthy wretch to tread upon the ground.
For whom so faire a lady feeles so sore a woUnd."
There an huge heape of aingulfes did oppresie
His struggling aoule, and swelling throbs erapeach
His foltting toung with pangp of drerineaae.
Choking the remnant of his plaintife speach.
As if his dayes were come to their last reach.
Which when she heard, and saw the ghastly fit
llueatning into bis life lo make a breach.
Both with great ruth and terrour she was smit,
Fearingleaat&om her cage the weariesoulewoidd flit.
Tbo, stoupinB downe, *he Urn amoved light ;
Who, therewith somewhat statting, up gan looks.
And seeing him behind a stranger knight,
Whereai no living creature he mistooke.
With great jndignounce he that nght forsooke,
And, dovrne againe himseUb disdainefullv
AInecting, th' earth with hia faire forhead Mrooke :
Which the bold virgin seeing, gan apply
ddiW to his ^efe> and qxke thus conrtesly i
" Ah ! gentle kmght, whose decp^^vncaived grntk
Well seemes l' eiceede the pome of patience.
Yet, if that bevenly grace some good reliefe
You send, submit you to high Providence ;
And ever, in your noble hart, prepense,
That all the sorrow in the world is le»e
liken vertues mi^t and value* confidence :
For wbo nill bide the burden of diitresse, [neaaei.
Must not here tbinke to live i tax life is wrMched-
" Therefore, bire ur, doe comfort to you lake,
And freely rend what wicked felon so
Hath outrag'd you, and ttarald your gentle make.
Perhaps this band may help to ease your woa.
And wreake your sorrow on your cruell foe ;
At least it ftjre endevour will apply,"
Those feeling word* so ncare the quicke did goe,
That up his head he reared easily ;
And, leaning on his elbowe, these few wordslett Ay ;
" What boots it plaine that cannot be redrcM,
And sow value sorrow in a fruitleasc eare ;
Slth powre of band, nor ^ill of learned brest,
Ne worldly price, cannot redeemc my deare
Out of her thraldome and continual! feare!
For he, the tyrant, which her hath in ward
By strong enchauntments and blacke magicke lean.
Hath in a dungeon deepe her close embord.
And many dreadfull feends hath pcinted to her gaid.
'■ There he toimenteth her most tciribly.
And day and night afflicts with mortall pain^
Because to yield him love she doth deny.
Once lo me yold, not lo be yolde againe :
But yet by torture be would her conatraine
Love lo concave in her disdainfoU biest ;
Till so she doe, she must in doole remains,
Ne may by living meanes be tboice rdest :
What boou it then to plaine that cannot be redreat! "
With this aad bemll of his heavy utiLmii
'The warlike damaell was empassitaid sore,
Andsaydi " Sir Knight, your cauje ia nothing Icne
Then is your sorrow eettea, if not more ;
For nothing so much pitty doth implne
As gentle ladyes belplene misery -,
But yet, if please ye listen to my lor«^
I will, with pniofe of Imi extremity.
Deliver her An thence, or widi ber fbr you ij."
" Ah ! gentlest knight alive," said Scodamtwe,
'• What huge heroine magnanimity [more.
Dwells in tby bounteous bi«M? what couUst thou
If shee were thine, and tbou as now am t ?
O spare thy hqipy dales, and them apply
die that ought ;
'a better boot i but let
More is more losse ; one ie
" Life is not loat," said she, '■ for which is boaght
BodlOM renovnn ; that, sure then death, is to he
sought."
Thus she at lengdi penuaded him to riae.
And with her irand to see what new auccaae
Mote him befidl upon new oitsrprise ;
His armea, which he had vowed to disproftne.
She gathered up and did about him dnaae.
And bis forwandred steed unto him gott :
So forth they both yiere make tbeiT progi^aae.
And march, not past the mountcnumoe «f a ifaott,
Till (hoy artiv'd wbareM dMir pmpoae liwy <d (dott.
THE FAERIE BUEENE.
That tbiy dimiouiuing dnw timr mapoia bold.
And stouti; cune unto the caMle gate,
Whenas do gata ttw; rouDd tbem to wtiUiolil,
Vor wBid to nitE at monie md ereojng late ;
But in Ibe porcb, that Jiid tfaem xm amatc,
A Oaniing fin jnniit witli unouldry unc^e
And stinkiog nilphun, that wilb griei]; hala
And dreadfutl hoiror did all entraunce cboka,
Eloforccd tbem Ibeir forward footing la rtToke.
Greaitj tboeat wh Biitomarl dUmayd,
Nc in tbac itowiul wiM how tieraeUe to bean ;
Far dauncer Taine it wen to have aaiayd
That <Tuell element, wliich all thingt fcarv,
Ne none can loffer to approacban neare :
And, tunung bariu to Scudainour, thti* nyd ;
" What tmoiutraua enmit; provoke we hean?
FooUurdj Bi tb' EanikM children, the which made
Battaill againit the gods, » we a god iuTade.
" Dannger without diicretion to attempt,
Inglocioua, beast-like, ii : theretbre, nr Knight,
Aread what course of fou is ufbn dempt.
And how we with our foe may come to fight."
u Tbii is,' quoth lie, " the doloroiu deipight,
Whiii emm to you I play nd : for neither may
This fire be quenchl by any wia or nugbt,
Ne yet by any meana nmDr'd away ;
So mighty be tb' enchaunlments which the tame do
Way.
•■ What ii there ellibutceaK t
And love me to my foraier languishing [
Faire Amorelt must dwell in wicked chainm,
And Scudamore ben die with sorrowiag ! "
" Perdy DM to,' saide itiee ; " tor ■hameful thing
Tt were I' abandon noble chensaunce,
Tor riiewe of perill, without venturing :
Rather, let ti^ eitremltiei of cfaaunce
TbeD enleipnied praise for dread to disaiaunce. "
TiMicwith TOolT'd to prove her utmost might.
Her ample shield she tbnw befon bar face,
Aiid her tviordM point directing forward right
Aaiayld the fiame ; the which cAesooaea gate place,
And did itselfe divide with equall space.
That through ibe pasted t as ■ thonder-bolt
FerceCh the yielding ayre, and doth displace
Tlw aoiing clouds into sad ahowm ymolt ;
So to ber yold the flames, and did their force revolL
Vbom whenaa Scudanunir saw pact the fin
Safe and untoucht, be likewise gan assay
With greedy will and envious deure.
And bade the stubbome flames to yield him way i
But cnietl Muldber would not obay
His threatfull pride, but did the more augment
His mighty rage, and with imperious sway
Him tint, mMlgn his fercenesa, to relent,
And backe relin all icoreht and pitifully brent.
With huge fanpatieuce he inly swelt.
More for great sorrow that be could not paa
Then for the burning torment which he felt ;
Tlmt with fell woodiMB he efflerced was.
And wilAiUy him throwing on the gras
Did beat and bouwe Us bead and brest full sore :
Tile whiles the cbampjonesse now eatred has
Tb* uHDost r«wme, and past the f9remoat don i
Hib MbcM rownM aboondi^ widi all pradons rti«e 1
For, round about, the waits ycloihed were
With goodly arras of great majesty.
Woven with gold and silke so close and nerc
That the rich metall lurked privily,
jungtt
«hiddfr
IS eye;
Yet here, and there, and every wheiv, unwarea
It shewd itsvlfe and shone unwillingly ;
Like to' a iliscolourd snake, whose hidden snares
Through the greene gras hi« loug bright bumisht
back declares.
And in those tapcts weren ft
Many fkire pourtiaicti, and many a faire feate ;
And all of love, and a] of lusty-hed,
As seemed by ttieii semhlaunt, did entreat ;
And eke all Cupids warres they did repeate.
And cruel] batiailes, which he whilome fought
Gainiit all the gods lo make his empire great ;
Besides the huge massicres, which he wrought
On mighty kings and kessra into thraldotne brought.
Therein was writt how often thondring love
Had felt the point of hia hart-percing dart,
And, leaving Heavens kingdome, here did rove
In straunge disguise, to slue hia scolding emort;
Now, like a nun, fsire Hclle to pervart.
Now, like a bull, Europe to withdraw :
Ah, how the fearefull ladies tender hnrt
Did lively seeme to tremble, vrhen she saw
The huge seas under her t' obay her servaunts law !
Soonc afWr that, into a golden aliowte
Himselfe he chaung'd, faire Dense to vew ;
And through the roofe of her strong brasen towre
Did raine into ber lap sn bony dew ;
The whiles her foohih garde, that htle knew
Of such deceipt, kept th' yron don fast bard,
And watcht that none should enter nor issew ;
Vaine vras tlie watch, and bootlease all the wud,
Whenas the god to golden hew himselfe transfard.
Iben was he lumd into a anowy swan,
To win faire Leds to his lovely trade :
O wondrous akill, and aweet wit of the man.
That ber in dafiadilliea aleeping made
From scorching heat her daintie limbcs to shade ',
Whiles the proud bird, ruSing hia fetliers wyde
And brushing hia fiure brest, did her invade,
She slept ; yet twiit her eielids closely spydc
How towards her he rusht, and smiled at his pryde.
Tost
Taynei
Armd with his thuuderbolta and lightning fire,
Whens deanly she with death bought her desire.
But faire Alcmena better match did make,
loying his love in likenes more entire :
Three nights in one they say that for her sake
He then did put, her pleasures lenger to partake.
Twice was he seene in soaring eaglea shape.
And with wide winges to beat the buiome ayn:
Once, when he with Asterie did scape ;
Agaiite, whenaa the Trqjant boy so fayre
He snatchi from Ida hill, and with him ban :
Wondrous delight it was there to behould
How the rude shepheards aA^ him did stare.
Trembling through fean least down he fallen should,
And often (o him calling to take surer hould.
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In Satym nh^w Antiopa be snatcht ;
And like a ftrct when be Aegin' uaayd :
A Bhepeheord, when Mnemosjne be nteht ;
And like a seqKnt to the Thraciui n»jd. fpUyd,
Wbyles thus on Earth great lore these pageaun
Tbe winged boy did tbniit into his tbronej
And, scoffing, tbus unto bis mother sa]rd ;
" Lo ! DOW the Hevena obey to me alone, [gone
And take me for their love, whiles lore to Earth is
And ihou, faire PbiebuB, in (by colours bright
Wast there enworen, and the lad dislreBe
In which that boy thee plonged, for dcipight
That ihou bewiay'dat liii moUiers wantonnesse,
When she with Mars was meynt in ioyfulncsae :
Forthy he thrild thee witli a leaden dart
To love fair Daphne, which thee loTed leaae ;
Lease she thee lov'd than was thy iust deaart.
Yet was thy love her death, and ber death was t
So Uxedst Ihou the lusty Hyacinct ;
80 loredst thou the faire Caronii deare :
Yet both are of thy hapleine hand extinct ;
Yet both in flowres doe live, and love thee beare,
Tbe one a paunce, the other a sweete-breare :
For griefe whereof, ye mote have lively seene
The god himselfe rending h's golden heare.
And breaking quite his garland ever greene.
With other signes of somiw and impatient teene.
Both for those two, and for his owne deare soDiie,
The Sonne at Ctimene, he did repent ;
Who, bold to guide the chareC of the Sunne,
Hinuelfe in tbouiand peeces fondly rent.
And all the world with Riuhing G'er brent ;
80 like, that all the walles did seeme to flame.
Yet cruell Cupid, not herewith content.
Font him efttioonea to follow other panv.
And love a ibepheards daughter for Ms dearest dame.
He loved Itse for his dearest dame.
And for her sake her catlell fedd awhile,
And for her sake a cowheard vile became ;
Tbe servant of Admetua, cowheard vile,
Wbilea that ^m Heaven he Buffered exile.
Long were to tell his other lovely Gtt 1
Now, like a lyon hunting aAer spoile ;
Now, like a hag ; now, like a ftulcon flit :
All which in t^ tiiie aitK was most lively writ.
His face was rugged, and his boarie bed
Dropped with brackiifa deaw ; hii threefoikl pyke
He Reamly ihooke, and therewith fierce did atryke
The raging billowes, that on every syde
They trembling stood, and made a long broad dyke
That his swift charet might have paanage wyde
Which foure great hippodamea did draw in teme
His seahorses did seeme to snort anuyne,
And ttom their nosethrillej blow the brynie atreame.
That made the sparckling waves to smoke agayne
And flame with gold ^ but the white fomy creame
Did ahlne with a'lver, and aboot forth bis beame :
The KOd himselfe did penoive seeme and sad,
And hong adowne hia head as he did dreame ;
For privy love his breat empierced had,
Nc ought but deare Bisaltis ay could make him gUd.
He loved eke Iphimedia deare.
And AeoluB flure daughter, Ame higlit.
For whom he tumd himselfe into a stcare.
And fedd on fodder lo beguile ber aighL
Also, to win Deucaliona daughter bright.
He tumd himselfe into a dolphin tayre ;
And, like a winged horae, be toi^e bis flight
To anaky-locke Medusa lo repayre, ["y*-
Dn whom he got faire Pegasus that flitteth in the
Neit Satume was, (but who would ever we«w
SuUein Saturoe ever weend to lovef
Yet love ia sullain, and SsDlmlike seene,
is he did for Erigone it prove,)
list to a centaure did himselfe transmove.
So proov'd it eke that gretioua god of wine.
When, for to compasse Philliras hard lore,
He tumd himselfe into s fniitfull vine,
o her faire hosome made hia gr^iea declina.
Long were to tell the amorous assayes.
And gentle pangue*, with which he maked mede
The roightie Mars, to leame his wanton playea ;
" w oft for Venus, and how often eek
many other nympbeK, he sore did shreek ;
b womanish teares, and with unwarlike smarts.
Privily mayatening his horrid cheekc :
There was he painted full of burning dartes.
And many wide woundes launched through hia
Ne did he ipsre (so cruell was the Elfe]
His owne dean mother, (ah > why should he so 7}
Nc did he spare lometime to prickc himselfe,
That he might taste the sweet consuming woe.
Which he bad wrought to many others moe.
But, to declare the muunil\i11 tragedyes
And spcoles wherewith he alt the ground did straw.
More ealh lo number with how many eyes
High Heven beboldes sad loven nightly ibeeveryca.
Kings, queenes, lords, ladies, kQi){hta, and damsel*
Were beap'd li^ether with the vulgar sort, [gent.
And mingled with the raslull rablement.
Without respect of person or of port.
To shew Dan Cupids powre and great effort :
And round about a bwder was entrayld
Of broken bowes and arrowes shivered short ;
And a long bloody river through Ibeih rayld.
So lively, and so like, that living sence it faylil. '
And at the upper end of that iaire rowme
There was an allar built of pretious stone
Lng valew and of great renovrme,
ch there stood an Image ail alone
Of masBjr gold, which with hia owne light shone ;
And winges it had with sondry colours di^it,
e sondry colour* then the proud pav<me
Beares in his boasted fan, or Iris bright, [bright.
When her djacolourd bow aha apteds thtongh Heven
Blyndfold he was ; and in lus cruell fist
A mortali how and artowes ke«ne did hold.
With which he ahot at randon when him liat.
Some headed with sad lead, some with pure gold ;
(Ahl man, beware how thou those dartes heboid!}
A wounded dragon under him did ly.
Whose hideous tayle his Icfte foot did enAiId,
And with a abaft was shot through eithB- eye.
That no man forth might draw, ue aa
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
And uodanwath hn (bet was writtta Ihiu,
nnlatlmtietor<^Atgi)d»IU»baB!
And bU the people in tliat aoqile booi
Did to that inuge bowc tbeir huinbl* knee,
And oft comniitted fowle idalatrac.
That woodrom vght ftire Brilomart akiuid,
Ne mliiii: could ber wonder aUnfie,
But ever more end more upon it gnd, [dud.
Tbe wMls the p— iog brigiUnCB ber fraile eeoces
Ttio, as sbe backward out her buaie eye
To aeareb eacli secrete of that gooilly ileti.
Over tbe dore thus written obe did ipjet
Bet bold ! ihe oft and oft it orer-red,
Tet could not find nbac lence it figiued :
But whatao were Ihereia or writ or mentf
She WBI no whit tberebjr diwoiiraged
^nta praaecuting of her Gnt intent, [went.
Bat forward with bold stepa into the next toome
Much &vrer then tbe fonoer wai that nmnie,
And tichlitr, bj many partes, anyd ;
For not with arrai made in painefull loome,
But witb pure gold it all wa* orerla]^ [pl^yl
Wrought widi wilde aniickei which tbeir follies
Id the rich metall, u tbey liring were :
A thousand mooMiout formes therein were made,
Sntft aa Use Lore (kth otl upon faim weare i
For Lore in tbousaod monitnHH formes doth oft
And, all about, the gUatring walles were hong
With warlike spoilei and with viclorioui prayes
Of migblie conquemurs and capUines strong.
Which were whi]6me caplited in their dayea
To cruell Love, and wrought their owne decayca :
Their swerds and q«res were broke, azid hauberques
rent,
Aikd tbeir proud girlond* of tryumphant bayes
Troden in dust with fury insolent.
To ibew tbe Ticton might and merdleas intenL
The warlike mayd, beholding earnestly
Tbe goodly ordinaunce of this rich place.
Did greatly wonder; ne could satis^
Her greedy eyes witb gamng a long space :
But ;nore ihe mervaild that no footingi trace
Nor wight appeard, but waslefull emptinesi
And Bolemne silence over all that place ;
Straunge thing it seem'd, that none waa to posseaae
SorJcbpuTTeyauuce, ne Ibem keepe with cartfulnnae.
And, BB she lookt about, she did bdiold
How ant that same dore was likewise writ,
Be bolde. Be baide, and erery where, Be bold:
That much she tnQi'd, yet could not construe it
By any lidling skill or commune wiL
At last she apyde at that rowmea upper end
Another yrun dore, on which waa writ.
Be Jul too bald i whereto though ahe did bend [tend.
Her earnest minde, yet wist not what it might in-
Thua ahe there waytad untiU cTen^de,
Tel linng cmture none die saw appeare.
And now sad ahadowea gan the world to byde
From mortall tc*, and wrap in darkenea drears ;
Tel noidd ahe d'off her weary armes, for foare
Of aecrtt dauDger. ne let ale^ie oppresae
B V heary eyes witb natures bur^in d<«rc^
But drew bcFKlfo aside L '
Andb
The maAo of Cupid, and th' encbaun-
ted chamber are displayd ;
Whence Brittnnart rcdecmea faire A-.
moret through charmes decayd.
Tuo, wbenai cbearelease Night ycoveicd had
Fayre Hea>en with an uniTenall clowd,
IliBt every wight diamayd with darkenea aad
In ailence and in sleepe themselves did shrowd.
She heard a ahriiling trompct sound alawd,
Signe of nigh battaill, or got victory ;
Nought therewith daunted was her courage prowd.
But rather stird to cruell enmity,
Eipecting ever when some foe she might descry.
With that, an hideous storme of winde arose.
With dreadfull thunder and lightning atwiil.
And an earthquake, as if it atreigbt would loM
The worlds fuuudations from hia centre lixt:
A direfuU atench of amoke and aulphure miit
Enaewd, whose noyauDce lild the feaiefull sted
From the fourth howre of night untill the silt ;
Yet the bold Britonesae was nought ydred.
Though much enunov'd, but stedfaat stiLI perie-
vcmL
All suddeinly a stormy whirlwind blew
Throughout the bouse, that clapped every dore.
With which thai yron wicket open flew,
Aa it with mighty levers had bene tore;
'nd forth yaiiewd, aa on tlie readie Sore
Ofao
ethcii
That in his hand a braunch of laureU bor
With comely hiveour and coliut'nance ssj
Tdad in cosily garments fit for tragicke i
And to tbe vutgare beckning with hia handf
In aigne of silence, as to heare a play.
By lively actions he gan bewisy
Some argument of matter paanoned ;
Which doen, he backe retyttd soft away.
And, passing by, his name discovered,
£aaf^ on bis robe in golden letters cyphered.
The noble mayd still standing all this vewd.
And meireild at hia straunge intendiment :
With that a ioyous fellowship iasewd
Of mimtrales making goodly meiiment.
With wanton bardes, and rymera impudent ;
All which together song full chearefiilly
A lay of loves delight with sweet caocent :
After whom marcht a iolly company.
In manner of a maske, enranged orderly.
The whiles a moat delitioua hamony
In full straunge notes was sweetly heard to sound.
That the rare aweetnease of the melody
The feeble aences wholy did confound.
And the fVayle soule in deepe delight nigh drownd:
And, when it ceast, ahrill trompeti lowd did bny, .
That their report did far sway rebound;
And, when they ceaat, it gan againe to play.
The whilea tbe maakera niarcbed forth in trim aray-
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Thi Gnt wu Fuuy, like ■ lovely bay
Of rue upect and twaude without pearc,
Hitchable citbcr to Uiat ympi of Troj,
Whom lore did lore and chose h» cup to beart i
Or that auue daintie lad, which warn u> dean
To great Alcidn, that, wbenai he d]rde,
He wailed womanlike with man; a tcare,
And evuy wood and every valley wjde [cryde-
He fllld with HylBS name; the nymphei eke Hylas
Hia gannent neither waa of ailte nor say,
But payDted plumes in goodly order dight,
Ijke as the nimbuml Indiani do uay
Th«r tuwney bodies in their proudest pligbt :
As tboM tame plumes, so seemd he vaineaud light,
TliBt by hie gate might easily appeare ;
For still he far'd as dauocing in delight,
And in his hand a windy fan did beve,
That in the ydle ayre he mov'd still here and Iheare.
And him beside marcht amorous Desyre,
Who seemd irf ryper yeares then th' otlier iwayne.
Yet waa that other swayne this eldcn ayre.
And gave him being, commune to them Iwayne :
His garment was disguyscd very vayne,
And his embrodervd bcoiet tat awry :
Twiit both his handi few apaika he close did itrayae.
Which still he blew and kindled busily,
That soooe they lift conceiv'd, and forth in Barnes
did fly.
Neit after him went Doubt, who was yclad
In a discolour'd cote of stmunge diaguyse,
That at hii backe a brodc capuedo had.
And (leeves dependaunl Albsnesd-ivjsei
He lookt askew with hia mietruatfull eyes.
And nyrely trode, as thomes lay in his way,
Or that the flora to shrinke he did avyse ;
And on a broken teed he atilt did nay [he lay.
Hit feeUe stepa, which ahninck vbea hard thereon
lem Diweniblaunce and Stuped
ne lancke, yet an uncqulll )Mire {
gentle and of milde aspect,
Yet his owne face was dreadful], ne did need
Strsunge horrour to deforme his griesly shade :
A net in 111' one hand, and a rusty blade
In tfa' other was; this mischiefe, that mishap j
With til' one his foee he threatned to invade.
With th' other he his friends meat lo enwrap :
For whom be could not kill be pracdid to entrap.
Next him was Feare, all arm'd from top to toe,
Yel tbou^ himaelfe not lofe enough thereby,
But feard each shadow moving to and froe ;
And, his owne armea when glittering be did spy
Or clastiing beard, be fast away did fly,
As aabea pale (rf* hew, and winged beeld ;
And evermore on Daunga fiit hii eye.
Gainst whom he alwayes bent a brasen sbield.
Which hia right hand unarmed fearefiilly did wield.
With him went Hope in rande, a handsome mayd,
or chearefull looks and lovely to behold ;
In silken samite ahe waa light arayd.
And ber fi^re lockaa were woven up in gold ;
a* alway smyld, and in ber band did bdd
An hoIy-water-qiiiDckle, dipt in deowe.
With which (be qoincklcd favours maoifold
On wbom she liat, and did great liking dxowe.
Great likJi^ udIo manjr, but true love to foow*.
And after 1
Manlit in .
For she wa
(ioodty adorned and exceeding faire ;
Yet waa that all but paynted and purloynil, [haire ;
And her bri^t browes were deckt with borrowed
Her deeds were forged, and ber worda &lfic coynd.
And alwaiea in her band two cicwes of ailke abe
But he was fowie, ill favoured, and gtioi.
Under hia eiebrowea looking still askaunce ;
And ever, aa Disaembtaunce laught on him.
He lowrd on her with daungerous eye-glaimce.
Shewing hia nature in hia countenaunce ;
Hia rotiing eiea did never rest in place.
But walkte each where for feare of hid nuschamic^
HoliUng a tattis still before his face, tf*"-
Through which he stil did peep as forward be did
Downe banging hi* dull bead with heavy chere.
Yet inly being more then aeeming aad :
A poire of pincers in bia hand he had,
With which be pinched people to tbe hart.
That fhmi thenceforth a irretched life tbey ladd.
In wilful! languor and cmttuming smart,
Dying each day with inward wounds irf' dolours dart.
Bui Fury was full ill appardled
In rags, that naked nigh ahe did appeaie.
With ghastly looks and dnwifull drvrilied ;
And from her backe her garments alie did leare.
And from her bead ofte rente ber snarled beare -
In ber rif^ hand a Drebtand abee did tosse
I About her liead, atil] maming here and there ;
' As a dismayed deare in cbace embost,
: ForgctfuU oTbis safely, balb his right way lost.
' After them went Displeasure and Pleaaaunce,
He looking lompisb and full sullein sad,
I And hanging downe bis heavy countenaimcc ;
' She chearfull, fresh, and full of ioyaunce glad,
As if no sorrow she ne felt ne drad ;
. matched paire they aeemd to bee :
An angry waspe th' one in a viall bad,
Th' other in hers an bony lady-bee.
Thus nurdted these six couples forth in faire degree.
After all these there marcht a most &iie dame.
Led of two giyiie villeina, th' one De^ght,
The other claped Cruelty by uame :
3he dolefull lady, like a dreary aprigbt
Cald by strong channes out of etcmall night.
Had Deatbes own ymage flgurd in ber face.
Full of sad aignea, fearfull to living sight ;
Yet in that hoiTOr ahewd a aeemely grace.
And with her feeble feete did move a comely pace.
It ail n
. asnettyvoty
Without adome of gold or ulver bright
Whenwith the crafUnnan wonta it beautify.
Of her dew honour waa despoyled qnigbt ;
And avride wound therein {OmeAill agbt!}
Entrencbed deep with knyfe accursed kaene.
Yet freshly bleedii^ Ibrth het fluitEng fti^bt,
(11m worheof cnwU band) waa to be oaeiN^
IImI dyd* in langtuin rad ber akin all taawj etea
THE FAEUIE QUEENE.
At that wide orifice iter trembling hart
Was drawne forth, uld in (ilTor buio layd,
QuiU through traufiud with ■ dndlj dart,
And in ber blood yet Mecniing frnh embajrd.
And tboK two TiUeiiu (which her steps upitiyd.
When brr wMke ftete could scarcely her tUBtwne,
And Suling litalt powrea gui to fade)
Her fomrd still with torture did canitrune,
And BreimoTe ■ocrased her ccnwinting paine.
Next after ber, the winged god hinuelfe
Came riding on a lion raienoLu,
Taught lo obaj the menage of that Elfe
Tbat man and beut with powre imperioui
Subdeweth to hit kingdoiue tjmumous :
His blindfold ein he bad awhile unbinde,
That his proud spoils of that same dolorous
« dame he might behold in perfect kinde ;
Which St
Where tottt might Dot araile, there sld^iH and an
She cast to use, both fitt for hard emprin :
Forthf fmm that same rowme not to depart
Till morrow next shee did herself^ BTiw^
When that satue maske againe should forth atiie.
'Hie morrowe next appeard with ioyous cheare.
Calling men to their daily eierdie i
Tbra she, aa moiTOW fnab, hetaelte did rears
Out of her secret Mand that day for to outwnre.
All that day she outwore in wandering
And gaxing on that chamben ornament,
Till that againe the second erening
Her covered with her sable lealiiiient,
Wlierewith the worlds faire baaulie she bath blent :
Then, vhen the second watch was almoM past.
That hraaen dore flew open, and in went
lold Britomart, as she had late forecast.
much reiojrced in his cruell mjnde. Neither of ydle showet nor of false charinei aj
Of which fill ptowd, hinuelfe upreariug hye
He looked round about with steme disdayne,
Ai>d did surray his goodly company ;
And, manhalluig the evill-ordered trayne.
With that the darta which his right hand did straine
Full dreadfully he abooke, that all did quake.
And d^it on bye his coulourd wioges Iwaine,
That all his many it afliaide did make ^
'flu), bliudiug him againe, hia way he forth did take.
Bebinde him was Beprocb, Repenlaunce, Shame i
Reproch the first, Shame next, Repent bebinde :
RefienlBuDce iM>Ie, sorrowful], and lame ;
Reprocb delightful, careleise, and uukinde ;
Shame tDoal ill-&vourd, beetiall, and blinde :
Shame lowrd, Repentaunca sighd, Reprocb did
Reproch aharpe stings, Repentaunce whips entwinde.
Shame burning brond-yrons in h^ hand did hold :
All three lo each unlike, yet all made in one mould.
And after them a rude confused rout
Of persons Bockt, whose names is hard to read :
Emongst them was Heme Stril^ i and Anger alout;
Unquiet Care ; and fbnd Unthriftyhead ;
Lewd Losse of Time ; and Sorrow seeming dead ;
IitooDStant Chaunge ; and bise Disloyalty ;
Ctiosuming Riotise ; and guilty Dread
Of hcBTenly Tengeaunce; faint InSnnity;
Va* Poverty ; and, lastly, Death with infamy.
There were full many moe like maladies.
Whose names and natures I note reeden well ;
So many moe, aa there be phantanes
In wB*eting womens witt, that none can tell.
Or paines in lOTe, or punidmients in Hell :
AU which disguised marcht in masking-wise
About the ehttnber by the damoiell j
And then returned, baring marched thrine,
Into the inner rowme from whence they fint did rise.
Fast locked, driven with that stormy blast
Which flnt it opoied, and bore all away.
Then the brave maid, which al this while wu plast
&i secret shade, and saw both first and las^
Iseewd forth and went unto the dore
To enter in, but fownd it locked fast :
It *aine she thought with rigorous uprote
For to eflbrce, when charmes had dowd it afore.
So soone as she was entred, rownd about
Shee caat her eies to see what was become
Of all those persons which she saw without :
But lo ! they sudght were vanisht all and some ;
Ke living wight ahe saw in all timt roome,
Save that same woefiiU lady ; both whose hands
Were bounden fast, that did her ill become.
And her small waste girt rownd with yron hands
Unto s brasen pillour, by the which she stands.
And, her before, the
Figuring straunge characters of his art i
With living blood he those characters wralt^
Dreadfully dropping from her dying hart.
Seeming transfixed with a cruell dart ;
And all perforce to make her him to love.
Ah! who can love the worker of her smart !
A thousand charmes he formerly did prove ;
Yet thousand diaimes could not her stedAat hart
Soon as that virgin knight he saw in place,
His wicked bookes in hast he overthrew.
Not caring his long labours to deface ;
And, fiercely running to that lady trew,
A murdrous knife out of his pocket drew.
The which he though^ for villeinous deepigbt.
In her tormented bodie to embt«w :
But the stout danudl to him leqiing light
Hid cursed hand withheld, and maislered hia might.
From her, to whom his fury first be menl^
The wicked weapon rashly he did wrest.
And, (umiug to herselfe bis fell intent,
L'nwares it strooke into ber snowie chest,
Hiat litlc drops empurpled ber taire breat.
Exceeding wroth therewith the virgin grew,
Albe the wound were nothing deepe improt.
And fiercely forth ber mortall blade she drew.
To give him the reward for such tile outrage dew.
So mightily sbe smote him, that to ground [slaina.
He fell halfe dead ; next stroke him riiould have
Had not the lady, which by him stood bound,
Detnly unto her called to abstaiue
From doing him to dy ; for else her paine
Siould be remidileaae ; Mth none hut hee
Which wrought it could the same recure againe.
Therewith she Mayd her hand, loth (tayd to bee ;
For iift aba him envyda, and long'd revenge lo see ;
And to him nid ; " Thou wicked nun, whose meed
For flo hu^ ini«chiefe and vile villAny
Ii death, or if that ought do« death eined ;
Be aura that nought ma; Mie thee fiwn lu d;
Bui if that thou this dame do presently
RcBtore unto her hoJth and former slate ;
This doe, and live ; eli dye undouhtedly."
He, glad of life, that lookt for death but late,
Did jield hinuelfe right willing to prolong hii date :
And riling up gan strHghl to over-Iooke
ThoK cuned Wves, his charmes back to reveiie :
Full dreadful) [hinges out of.that baleful! booke
Me red, and measur'd many a sad verse,
That horrour gan the vii^ns hart to pene,
And her faire locks up stared itiSe on eud.
Hearing him those same bloodj lyna reherse ;
And, all the while he red, she did eitend
Her sword high over him, if ought he did offend.
Anon she gan perceive the boose to quake.
And all the dores to rattle round about ;
Yet all that did not her dismaied make.
Nor slack her threatfutl hand for daungen dout.
But still with stediittt eye and courage stout
Abode, to weet what end would come of all :
At last that mightie cbaine, which round about '
Her tender waste was wound, adowne gan fall,
And that great braaen pillour broke in peeces smalL
The cniell Steele, which thrild her dying bart.
Fell softly fortb, as of his owne accord ;
And the wyde wound, which lately did dispart
Her bleeding breit and riven bowels gor'd,
.Was closed up, as it had not been sor'd t
And erery part to safety full sownd.
As the w«f« never hurt, was soone restord :
Tlio, when she felt herselfe to be unbownd
And pofect hole, prostrate she fell unto the grownd ;
Before faire Britomait she felt prostrjte,
Saying ; " Ah ! noble knight, what worthy meede
Can wretched lady, quiti from woTull state.
Yield jou in lieu of this your gndous deed ?
Your vertoe selfe her owne reward shall breed,
Eien immortall prayse and glory wyde.
Which I your vanall, by your prowesse freed.
Shall through the world make ts be notifyde.
And goodly well advaunce tliat goodly well was
But Britomart, uprearing her from grownd,
Said ; ** Gentle dame, reward enough 1 weene.
For many labours more than I have found.
This, that in sofetie now I have you seene.
And meane of your deliverance have beene :
Hencefbrth, faire lady, comfort to you take.
And put away remembrance of late teene ;
InMed thereof, know that your loving make
Hath no lesse griefe endured for your gentle sake."
She much was cheard to hcare Um mentiond,
Wlmm of all living wightes she loved best-
Then laid lite noble championeMe (trong bond
Upon th' enchaunter which had her distrest
80 sore, and with foute outrages opprett :
With tliat great chaine, wherewith not long ygoe
He bound that pitteous lady prisoner now relesi,
HitDHlfe she bound, more worthy to be so.
And eqitive with bn led to vrretcbednesse and wo.
Returning back, those goodly rowmea, which etst
She saw so rich and In^ly arayd.
Now vanisht utterly and cleane Bubvoil
She found, and all thdr glory quite decayd ;
'Hiat wght of such a chaunge her much dismayd.
Thence forth descending to that perlous porch,
Those dreadfiiU flames she also found delayd
And quenched quite like a consumed torch.
That erst all enlren wont so cruelly to ■corcb.
Mon
«late
She found ) for now that fained-dreadfull flame,
Which chokt the porch of tiiat enchaunted gala
And passage bard (o all that thither came.
And gave her leave
Th' enchaunter selft
To have eflbrst the love of that faire lasse.
Seeing his worke now wasted, deepe engrieved waa.
But when the victoresse arrived there
Where late she left the pensife Scudamiwe
With her own trusty squire, both full oT leare.
Neither of them she found where ^e them Ion i
Thereat her noble hart was stoniiht sore ;
But most faire Amoret, whose gentle sprighl
Now gan to feede on hope, which she before
Conceived had, to see ber own deare knigtit,
Being thereof beguyld, was fild with new aflUglit.
But he, sad man, when be had long in drede
Awayted there for Britomarts retume.
Yet saw her not, nor signe of her good speed.
His expectation to despaire did tume,
MJsdeaning sure that her those flames did buntc ;
And therefore gan advise with bei old squire.
Who her deare nourslings lease do lease did moutne.
Thence to depart for further aide f enquire :
Where let them wend at will, whilest here I doa
When Spenser printed his first three books of
the Faerie Queene, the two lovers, sir Scudamore
and Amoret, have a hsppy meeting : but after-
wards, when he printed the fourth, fifth, and sixth
books, he reprinted likewise the three first books ;
and, among other alterations of the lesser kind, he
left out the ' ' - - -
e fourth, b
the reader is kept in that su^
well-told story. T^
saniH whidi are mentioned above, as omitted in
the second edition, and printed in the first, are the
following : —
At last she came unto (be place, where late
Sbe left nr Scudamour in great distrcase,
Twixt dolour and despight lialf despenee.
Of his loucs succour, of his owne nedresse.
And of the bardie Briloniarta succesae ;
There on the cold earth him now thrown she flaund,
In wilful angui^ and dead heavineaae.
And to him cald ; whose voices knowen sound
Some as he beard, himelf be reared tight &oiB
There did he see, that moat on E*iA him ioydi
Hia deareit loue, the comfort of hia dajes,
Whose too long alnence him hid «ore uioojd.
And weuied hit life wich duU delajoi :
Stimight be upstmited from the loUhed lajes.
And to her ran with huiy eogernesse,
like u B desre, tbM greedily embeycs
Id the cool soile, aAer long thintiBene, [lerae.
Which he in chace eodureUi hath, now nigh breath-
Lightly he dipt her twiit his «nnei tiraine,
And stnigbily did embrace hvr body bright.
Her body, Ute the prison of sad paine.
Now tlie sweet lodge of loue and dear delight :
But the bire lady, overcommen quight
Of huge affection, did in pleasure melt.
And in swecE ravishment pouid out her spright.
No word they spake, nor earthly thing they felt^
But like two aencelesa stocks in long embr«ceracnt»
dwelt.
Had ye them leene. ye would have suitly thought
That they had been tfiat faire hermaphrodite,
Wliich that rich Roman of white marble wrought.
And in bis costly bath cau») to be site.
So aeemd those two, as growne together quite ;
liiat Britomart, halfc enuying their blesse.
Was much empassiood in her gentle sprite.
And lo her sclfe oft wisht like happiuesae; [sesse.
In Taine she winht, that fate n'ould let her yet poi-
Thtis doe those louers with sweet counteriuyle,
Each other of toues bitter fruit despoile.
But DOW my teme begins to faint and fayle.
All woien weary of their ioumidl toyle i
Thcrefbre I will their sweatie yokes assoyle
At tins same futrowes end, till « new day :
And ye, fair swayns, after your long lunnoyle,
Now (xase your worke, awl at your pleasure play ;
Now ceue your work ; to morrow is an holy day.
THE FAEBIE ftUEENE,
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Which wboao Urt lot^ lMwk« to fomwr ■
And a
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Honne
The rugged forbead, that with gnve foresight
Welds kingdome* causes and aifaires of state,
My looser rimes, I wote, doth sharply wite
Fot pr»y«'ng love as I have done of late.
And magmfying loiera deare debate ;
By which frvile youth is oft to foUie led.
Through filK allurement of that pleasing baite.
That better were in vertues disci pled, ^''
Shall find that all the workei of thoM w
And brave eiploits which great heraiJB wonne.
In love were either ended or begiume ;
the Father of Philoaophia,.
Which to his Crilias, shaded oft fi^m Sunne,
e lessons did apply,
The which these sUncke censours cannot well deny.
1 such therefore I do not sing at all ;
It to tliat sacred saint my soveraitme (
itbre*tal
Then with vi
reeds to have their fancies
Such onn ill iudge of lave, that cannot lovc^
Ne in tfanr frosen hearts feele kindly flame ;
Fonhy they ought not thing unknowne reprove,
Ne naturall affection taultlesse blame
For fault of few that have abusd the same :
For it of honor and all vcttue is
The rwote, and brings forth glorious flowrea of fame.
That CTowne true lovers with iounortall blis,
TTje meed of them that love, and do not live amisaa.
_ peene,
In whose chast bre*t all bountie naturall
And treasures of true love enlocked beene,
Bove all her seie that ever yet was seene ;
To her I sing of tove, that loveth brat.
And beat is lo.'d of all alive I weene ;
To ber this song most fitly is addrest,
The Queene of Love, and Prince of Peace frtnn
Heaven blest.
Which that she inay the better deigne to hear^
Do tliou, dread inbnt, Venus desrllng dove.
From her high spirit chase imperious feare,
Insted thereof with drops of melting love,
Deawd with ambrotdall kisses, by thee gotten
From thy sweete-amyling mother from above,
Sprinckle her heart, and haughtie courage soften.
That she may hearke to lore, and reade Ous leeson
Fayre Britomsrt saves Anioret ;
Duessa discord breedes
TwiiE ScudamouT and Blandamotir :
Their light and warlike deedes.
Or lovers sad calamities of old
Full many piteous stories doe remaine,
But none mora piteous ever was ytold
Then that of Amoreta hart-binding chaine.
And this of Florimels unwortbie paine ;
The deare compasuon of whose bitter fit
My loftned heart so sorely doth conatraine.
That I vrith teares full oft doe pitlie it.
And ottentimea doe wiah it never bad bene writ.
For, Irom the time that Scudamour her bought
i In perilous fight, she never ioyed day ;
' A perilous fight ! when he with force her brought
From twenlie knights that did him all assay ;
Yet birely well he did them all dismay.
And with great glorie both the shield of Love
And eke the ladie selfe be brought away ;
Whom having wedded, as did him behove,
IT unknowen miscbiefe did from him remove.
For that same vite enchauntour Busyran,
The very aelfe same day that she was wedded.
Amidst the bridale feast, whitest every man
Surcharg'd with wine were heedlesse and iU-hedded,
All bent to mirth before the bride waa bedded.
Brought in that mask of love which late was showen ;
And there tbe ladie ill of friends beatcdded.
By way of sport, as oft in maakes is knowcn,
Conveyed quite away to living wight unknowen.
S80
II hs «> her kept in bitter nnan,
Uecaute bis nnfull liul she would not lerve,
Until] Buch dme m noble Britomart
Reluued ber, that ejse was like to sterve
Through cniell knife that her dean hewt did ki
And now she is with her upon the waj
Alsrchiog io lovely wise, that could deserve
No >pot of blamei though spite did oft assajr
To blot btr with diahouw of to fur* a prejr.
SPENSER.
So fooith Ihef wetit, and both togetfaa- giiutad ;
Yetflt
»tell
The diverse u«ag(^ and demaaouTC daint.
That each to other made, ai oft befell ;
For Amoret right fearefull wu aod &iut
Lest sbe with blame ber honor tbould atuiat.
That everie word did tremble as she ipake,
And ererie looke was coy and wondrous quaint.
And everie limbe that touched her did quake ;
Ye« could she not but curteous countenance to he
For well she wist, aa true it was indeed.
Thai ber lire'* lord and pamme of ber beaitb
Bight well deserred, as his duefull meed.
Her loTc, ber service, and ber utmost wealth :
All is hia iustlj that all freely deal'th.
Nathlesse her honor dearer then ber life
She sought to save, as thing reaerv'd from Mealtb ;
Die had she lever with enchanters knife
Then to be folse In love, profesi ■ virgine wife.
Thereto her feare was made so much the greater
Through fine abusion of that Briton mayd ;
Who, for to bide her faiued sex the better
And nuuke her wounded mind, both did and sayd
Full many things so doubtfull to be wayd,
That well she wist not what by them to gesse :
For otherwile* to her At purpos made
Of love, and otherwhiles of tustfulnesae, [eicesse
That much she feard liis mind would grow to som
His will she fcard; for him she surely thought
To be a man, such as indeed ho seemed ;
And much the more, by that he lately *
When her from deadly thraldomi '
For which no service ahe too much esteemed :
Tet dread of ahante and doubt of fowle dishonor
Made her not yeeld so much as due she deented.
Yet Britomait attended duly on her,
As well became a knight, uid did to her all honor.
It so befell one evening that they came
Unto a cBstell, lodged there to bec^
Where many a knight, and many a lovely dame,
Was then assembled deeds of armea to see :
Amongst all wbich was none more faire then sbee.
That many of them mov'd to eye her sore.
The cuilome of that place was such, that hee.
Which had no love nor lemman there in store,
Should either winne Mm one, or lye without the dore.
Amongst the reat there waa a loll]' knigbt,
Who, being adted for bis love, avow'd
That &ireat Amoret waa his by righ^
And oflred that to iustifle alowd.
The warlike vii^ne, seeing his so prowd
Andboastfbll chslenge, weied inlie wroth.
But for the present did her anger shrowd ;
And sayd, ber love to lose she waa full loth,
^ But ettber be should neither of tbero have, or both.
rought.
And made lepent that be had rashly lustad
For thing unlawful! that was not his owna ;
Yet since he seemed valiant, though unkitowne.
She, that no lease waa courteous then stout,
Cast bow to salve, that both the custome showne
WeiB kept, and yet that knight not locked out ;
That seem'd full hard t' accord two things so fiv !■
The senescball was cal'd to deeme the right ;
Whom she requir'd that first fayre Amoret
Might be to her allow'd, as to s knisht
That did her win and free from chslenge set :
Which straight to her was yeelded without let :
Then, since that strange knights love from him was
Sbe claim'd that (o heraelfe, aa ladies det, [quitted.
He as a knight might iustly be admitted ; [fitted.
So Done should be out shut, aith all of loves were
With that, her glistring helmet sbe unlaced ;
Which doll, ber golden lockes, that were upbouod
Still in a knot, unto her heeles downe traced.
And like a silken veile in compaaae round
About her backe and all her bodie wound :
Like aa the shining skie in summers night,
Wliat time the dayes with scorching heat abound,
la creasted all with lines of firie light.
That it prodigious seemes in common peoples sight.
Such when Uxne knights and ladies all about
Beheld her, ^1 were with amaicment smit.
And every one gan grow in secivt dout
Of this and that, according to each wit :
Some thought that some enchantment bygned it ;
Some, that Bellona in that warlike wiae
To them appear'd, with shield and armour 6t ;
Some, that it was a maske of strange disguise :
So diversely each one did aundrie doubts devise.
But that young knight, which through ber gentle
Was to that goodly fellawship restor'd, [deed
Ten thousand thankes did yeeld her for ber meed.
And, doubly overcomroen, her ador'd i
So did they all tfadr former strife aGCord (
More franke affection did to her afTord ;
And to her bed, wiiich she waa wont forlware.
Now fteely drew, and found right safe assurance
Where all that night they of their lovei did treat.
And hard adventures, twixt themsclvea alone.
That each the other gan with passion great
And griefull pittie privately bemone.
The morow neit, so soone as Utan shone,
Tb«y both uprose and to their waiea (hem digfat :
Long wandred they, yet never met with none
That to tbeir willes could them direct ari^t.
Or (o them tydings tell that mote (bar harta delimit.
La thua Ibey rode, till at the laat they ^ide
Two armed knights that toward them did pace.
And ech of them had ryding by hia side
A ladie, seeming in so farre a space ;
But ladies none they were, albee in face
And outwatd shew faire semblance they did bear* ;
For under maske of beautie and good giBce
Vile troaon and fowle Uabood hidden wars,
That mote to none but to the wane wise appcaro.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Tbe one oTtbem tba Mh Duom higfal,
Thai ncnr had chang'd her fonocr wonted bew ;
F<v she could d'on *o manie shqiM in aght,
Ai erer could cameleon eoloun new ;
So could she foi^ all eoloun, aave the tnrw :
The other no whit belter wu then thee.
But (hat. Rich as ihe wu, ihe {dajne did ihew ;
Tel otherwiie much woise, IT wane might bee.
And dafl; more ofl^aie DDto each dic*«e:
Htrnaine wu Ati, mother of debate
And all ditaeotioa wbich doth dayl; grow
Amongst fnile men, (hat many • publiJce itate
And maoy a private oft doth overthrow.
Her falK Duena, who fuU weU did know
To be moat fit to trouble noble knigbtii
Which hunt for bonor, raised from below
Out ol the dwelling! of the damned upright*, [nighta.
Wbon ^e in darimec vaMs* her cuned daiea and
Hard by the gain of Hell her dwelling ii ;
llise. wbereaa all the plaguei and barmei abound
Which puniih wicked men that walke amiue :
It u a daiktome delve fiure under ground.
With thomea and barren brakea enviroud round.
That none the same may e«*ily out win ;
Tet many waiea to enter maf be (bund,
Bui none to iaue forth when one is In :
Per diacod harder ia to end then to begin.
And all withiD, the riven walls vrere hung
With lagged monumenta of time* TofepaM,
AU which the od eSeeti of discord lung-.
There woe rent robea and broken iceptera plaat ;
Altan defyid, and bdy thing* defaat ;
DioifaiTered ipeareB, and liiieldi ylome in twaine ;
Gnat cities raoaadt. and wrong castles rait;
Nalaona afltrtd, and huge armies tlaine :
Of all wbicb niioea there some relicki did remaiDe.
There was the signe of antiijue Babylon ;
OffUall Thebes; of Rome that reigned long ;
Of lacnd Balem ; and sad llion.
For memorie of which on high there bong
The golden apple, cause of all tbair wnrng,
For which the thiae (aire goddemes did Mriva :
There also waa tlM name of Nimrod strong;
Of Aleiaadet, and his priscea five [alive :
Which shar'd to thsm the sptalcs that he had got
And there the reUcks of the drunken tny.
The wUdi ^toagtt the LafMiees befell ;
Andof tba UoodiedHM, which seMaway
So many Ceutataes drunken loules to Hell,
That under great Alddes fiirie fell :
And of the dreadAill discord, which did drive
The noble Argonauta to outnge f^ll,
Tint each of Ufe soogbiatben to deprive, [strive.
All mindlesae of the gcMtm fleece, which made thm
Some, of bome brethren piov'd nnnatorall ;
Some, of dnre lovers ibss pecpvtuall;
Witneaae their broken bandea there to be senw,
Tbeir girloodi reot, tbeb bowrea ilaspnyled all ;
The nuiuiiiaDta wlierai^ there byding beena.
As pkdne as at the fast whan tbay irwa fl«ah aa
Such sraa her bous* within ; but all without.
The baim ground was full of wicked weedes.
Which she heraelfe bad sowed all about.
Now growen great, at first of little sacdes.
The seedes of evill wordes and factious dcedes ;
Which, when to ripenessc due they growen arre.
Bring forth an infinite increase that breedcs
Tumultuous trouble, and conttmlioui iaire,
llie which most often end in bloudshed and in waive.
And those same cursed seedea doe also serve
To her for bread, and yeeld her living food :
For life it is to her, when albers sterve
Through mischievous debate and deadly feood.
That she may lucke tlieii life end drinke theu- blood.
With which she from her childhood had bene fed ;
For she at firat was borne of hellish brood,
And by infemall furies nourished ;
That by her monstrous shspe might easily be red.
Her face most fowle and filthy was to see.
With squinted eyes contririe wayes intended.
And loathly mouth, unmeele a mouth to bee.
That nought but gall and venim comprcbended.
And wicked wordet lliat God and man offended :
Her lying tongue waa in two parts divided.
And both the parts didspeake, and both contended ;
And as her tongue so wss ho- hart disdded,
That never thoght one thing, but doubly atil was
Ab as she double spake, so heard she doubla.
With matchkisae eares deformed and distort,
Fild with tahe rumors and seditious trouble.
Bred in asaanblies of the vulgar sort.
That still are led with every light report :
And ss her eares, so eke her feet were odde.
And much unlike ; th' one long, the other short.
And both misplast ; that, when th' one forward yod«,
Hie other backe retired and contriifie trade.
Likewise unequall were her handSa twaine ;
That one did reach, tbe other pusht away ;
That one did make, tlie other mard agaim,
And sought to bring all things unto decay ;
Whereby gieat riches, gathered manie a d^,
She in short space did otWn bring to nou^M,
And thor possessouis often did diamsy :
For all her ttudie was and all her ibougfat [wraughl.
How ahetni^K oretthrow the things that Concoid
So much her malice did her nugbt surpa^
That even tb' Almi^itie selfe she did maligne.
Because to man so merdfull he waa,
And unto all his creatures so benigse,
Sith she berselfe was oT his grace indigne :
For all this worlds faire workmanship she tiida
Unto his last oonfuaian to bring,
And that great golden chaine quite to divide.
With which it blessed Cenoord hath U^ettttt tide.
Such was that ha^, which with Dneasa raade;
And, serving ha- in her BaUtiaus uaa
To hurt good knights, was, as it were, her baude
To sell her borrowed beautie to elniae :
For though, like withered tree that waolad iuyca.
She old and crooked wmt, yet luiw ot late
As fresh and fii^nmt as the loure-deltMe
She was booome, by chaunga of her aatace, [mate :
And maft Aill goodly iojmtKm to ber new-bond
Her mate, he wiu > iollie youthftiU knight
That bore greU sway in Mzma uid chiralrie,
And was indeed b man of mickle mighty
Hia Diune wu Blanilaniaur, that did detcrie
Hia fickle mind full of inconitancie ;
And now binuelfb he Stied bed right well
With two compajUDiiE of like qualide,
Fsithlesae Dueasai, and folic IVidell.
That wbetber were more fklse, full bard it i> to tel
Now when this gallant with hii goodly crew
From farre eapide the famous Britomart,
Like knight adienturoua in outward vew,
With his faire paragon, his conqueits part,
Appruching nigh ; eftsoones his wanton hart
Was tickled with delight, and ieMing sa^ ;
" Lo ! there, sir Paridel, for your desait,
Good lucke preients you with yond lorely mayd.
For pitie that ye want a fellow for your ayd. "
By that the loTcly paire drew nigh to bond :
Whom wbenas Paridel more plaine beheld,
Albee in heart he like aaection fond,
Tet mindfull liow he late by one w
That did those armes and that sami
He had snail lust to buy his loie so deare.
But answered ; " Sir, him wise I never held.
That, haying once escaped perill neare,
Wonid afterwards af>eth the sleeping evill reara.
" lliis knight too late his manhood and his might
I did assay, that me right dearely cost ;
Ne list. I for revenge provoke new fight,
Ne for light ladies love, that soone ii lost."
The hot-spurre youth so scorning to be crost,
" Take then to you this dame of mine," quoth hee,
" And I, without your p^ll or your cost.
Will chalenge yond same other Ibr my fee."
So forth he fiercely prickt, that one him scarce could
The warlike Britoiiesae her soone addtest.
And witb such uncouth welcome did receave
Her thyoed paramour, her forced guest,
Tliat, being font his saddle soone to leave,
Himsalfe he did of his new love deceave;
And made himselfe th' ensample of hia tbllie.
Which done, she paiaed forth, not taking leave.
And left Mm now as sad as whilome iollie.
Well warned to beware with whom be dar'd to dallie.
Which when hia other companie beheld.
They to his succour ran with readie ayd ;
And, finding him unable once to weld,
Tliey reared him on horae-backe and upstayd,
■nil on hil way they had him forth convayd :
And all the vray, with wondrous griefe of mynd
And ihame, he ahewd himselfe to be dismayd.
More for the love which be had left behynd.
Then that which he had to sir Paridel resynd.
Nathlene he forth did march, well as be might,
And made good semblance to his companie,
Diastuihling bia disease and evill plight ;
nil that ere long they chaunced la espie
Two other knights, that tawaids them did ply
With speedie course, as bent lo charge them new :
Whom whenas Blandamour appnching nie
Ferceiv'd to be audi as they seemd in vew,
u- -vai foil wo, and gap his fomer grieft rnifw.
For th' one of them he perftctly dcecride
To be air Scudamour, (by that he bore
Tlie god of love with wings diaplayed iride)
Whom mortally he hated evermore,
Both fbr his worth, that fll men did adore.
And eke bccauae his lore he wonne by right :
Which when be thought, it grieved him full sore.
That, through the bruses of hia former fight.
He now un^le wai to vreake hli old despight.
Forthy he thui lo Paridel bespake {
" Faire air, of fHendship let me now you pn?.
That as 1 late adventured for your aake.
The hurts whereof me now from batlell stay.
Ye will me now with like good mine repay.
And lustifie my cause on yonder knight."
" Ah ! sir," said Paridel, " do not dismay
Yuunelfe for thia ; myaelfe will for you fi^t,
Aa ye have done for me ; the left hand niba the
right."
With (hat he put his spurres unto his steed.
With apcare in rcat, and toward him did fare.
Like shaft out of a bow preventing apeed.
But Scudamour waa shortly well aware
Of bia approcfa, and gan himselfe prepare
Ilim to receive with entertainment meete.
So ftiriously they met, that either bare
The other downe uuder their horaes feete, [weete.
That what of them became themselves did scarry
As when two billowea in the Iri^ sowndea.
Forcibly driven with contririe tydea.
Do meete together, each abacke rebownde*
With roaring rage ; and dashing on all sidea,
That fillelh all the sea vrith fame, divydes
The doiAtftiU current into divers wayes:
So fell tfaoH two in spight of both their prydes;
But Scudamour himselfe did soone uprayie.
And, motinting light, histbefbrlyinglongupbrayes:
Who, rolled on an beape, lay still in awonnd
All carelesse of his taunt and bitter nyle ;
'nil that the rest him se«ng lie on grmind
Kan hastily, to weete what did him ayle :
Where finding that the breath gan hiin to fryle.
With busie care tbey strove him to awaket
And doft his helmet, and undid his mayle :
So much they did, that at the last they brake
His slomber, yet bo maied that he uoihing spake.
Which whenas Blandamour beheld, be sayd j
" False faitour Scudamour, that hast by dight
And foule advantage this good knight dismayd,
A knight much better then thyseUe behight.
Well falles it thee that T am not in plight
This day, to wreake the dammage by time doime <
Such is thy wont, that still when any knight
Is wtskned, then thou doect him overronne :
So hast thou to thyselfe &lse honour often wormc- "
He little answer'd, but in manly heart
His mightie indignation did forbeere ;
Which was not yet so secret, but some put
Thereof did in his fronning face appeare :
Like as a gloomie cloud, the which doth beare
An hideous storme, is by the nortbeme blast
Qnite overiilowne, yet doth not passe so cleare
But tlM it all the skie doth overcast [wast.
With darknei dred, and d^ " "
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
38S
" Ah ! gentle kni^it," then &l«e Duma layd,
" Wb; do JK striTe for ladieii lore bo sore.
Whose chi^ de«te ii lore and ftiendly tdd
HoDgBt gentle knights to nourUh erermore ?
Ne be ye wroth, sir ScudamouTa therefore,
Th*t «he your loTe Ikt love another knight,
Ne do younelfe dislike b whit the morej
For lore ia tne, and led with hITc- delight,
Ne will enforced be with maiMertlome or mighL "
So blM DuesH : but file Alt thus ;
•• Both fooli^ knighti, I can but laugh at both,
That (triTe and Morme with stirre outrageouit
For ber, that each of you alike doth loth.
And loves another, with whom now ihe go'th
In lorel; wiae, and ilcepei, and sporu, and playea;
Whilest both jrou Iwre with many a cuned olh
Sweare she u joun, and itirre up bloudie frayes.
To win a willow bough, whileM other wearea the bay ea.
■■ Vne hag," nyd Scudamour, " why dost thou lye,
And blsly tcckst a viituoua wight to abame?"
" Fond kught,"aaydihe,"tliethingtliatwith Ibkeye
I nw, why should I doubt to tell Ihe nme?"
" Then teU," quoth BlandaiDour, " and feare no
Tdl what tbou aaw'il, roaulgre whoso it hearea."
" tsaw,"quothshe,"aHrauagerkiiigbt, whose name
I wote IMM weU, but in hia shield be beans
(That well I wotej tbebeada of many broken apearea;
" T aaw him hare your Amoret at will ;
I saw him kisae ; I saw him ber embrace ;
I saw him sleeps with ber all night his All j
All, manie nighta ; and uiaiue by in place
That present were to testiGe the case."
Which wbenaa Scudamour did heare, hia heart
Was thiild with inward griefe : u when in cbace
The Parthian scrikea a stag with sbiTeiing dait,
Tbic beast aitonisbt stands in middeat of his smart ;
So stood sir Scudamour when Ibis he heard,
Ne word he bad to apeake tor great dismay.
But lookt on Glauci grim, who woie afeard
Of outrage ior the words which she heard say,
Albee untrue she wist them by assay.
Btat Blandamour, whensa be did espie
Hia chaunge of cbeere that anguish did bewr^.
He woie ftJI blithe, as he bad got diereby.
And gan thereat to triumph without victorie.
" Lol recreant," sayd he, •■ the fhutlesse end
Of thy talneboaat, and spoile of lore misgotten.
Whereby the name of knight-hood thou dost abend,
And all true lovers with dishonor blotten :
All things not rooted well will soone be rotten."
" Fy, fy, blse knight," then &lie Duesaa Clyde,
" Unworthy life, that lore with guile hast gotten ;
B« thou, whereerer thou do go or ryda,
Loathed of ladies all, and of all knights defyde!"
But Scudamour, for passing great despi^U,
Staid not to answer ; scarcely did refniue
But that in all those knights and ladies sight
He for revenge had giiiltlease Glauo^ alune :
Bat, being past, he thus began amaiae ;
" False traitour squire, false squire of falsest knight.
Who doth mine tutnd from thine avenge ahstajf,
Whose lord hath done my lore this fcwie dcafiighi .
Why do I not It wreaks on thee now in my might?
" IMsCOurteous, disloyal! Britomart,
Untrue to God, and unto man uniuit !
What vengeance due can equall thy deaart.
That hast with shsmafuU spot of sinfull Inst
Defil'd the pledge committed to thy trust !
Let ugly sbame and endlesse infiuny
Colour thy name with foule reproaches rust 1
Yet thou, false squire, his fault shall deare aby.
And with thy punishment his penance Shalt su^ly."
The aged dame him seeing so enraged
Was dead with feare ; nathlesae as neede required '
His flaming furie sought to have assuaged
With sober words, that sufferance desirtd
Uli time the tryall of her truth eipyred ;
And evermore sought Britomart to cleare :
But he the more with furious rage was fyred,
And thrise hia band to kill her did upreare,
And thrise he drew it backe ; so did at last fixheare.
Blandamour winnea fklae Florimell ;
Paridell for her strives :
Hiey are accorded : Agapi
Doth lengthen her sonnea lives.
FiauaanD of Hell first tynd in PUegeton
By thousand furies, and from Iheuce outthmwen
Into this world to worke confuuon
And set it all on fire by force onknowen.
Is wicked Discord; whose amallsparkes once blowen
None but a god or godlike man can slake:
Such as was Orpheus, that, when strife was growen
Amongst those famous ympea of Greece, did take
His silver harpe in hand and shortly friends them
Or such as that celestial psalmist was,
That, when the wicked feend his lord tc
With heavenly notes, that did all other pas,
The outrage of his furious fit relented.
Such musicke ia wise words with time concented.
To moderate atifTE mindes disposd to strive ;
Such as that prudent Ilumatie well invented ;
What time his people into partes did rive.
Them reconcyld againe, and to their homes did drive.
Such us'd wise Glauci to that wralfafbU knight.
To catme the tempest of hia troubled thought ;
Yet Blandamour, with tennea of foule despjgbt.
And Paridell her scomd, and set at nought,
As old and crooked and not good for ought.
Both they unwise, and warelesse of the evill
That by themselves unto themselves is wrought.
Through that false vritch, and that foule aged dreriU,
The one a feend, the other an incarnate devill.
With whom as (bey thus rode accompanlde.
They were encouotred of a lustie knight
That had a goodly ladie by hia ride.
To whom he made great dalliance and ddt^it :
It was to weet the bold si " •-^■--^-
Hei
itfron
The snowy Florimell, whoae boautte blight
Made him seeme h^fne fbr so glnrious tbaft {
Y«l waa it in due tnall but a wandrlng weft.
Which whemu BUiuUinour, wbois fancie light
Wa* ilwaiei flitting aa the waTering wind
After each besude that appeard in ught.
Beheld ; etf^Boonea it prickc hdi waoton mind
With ating of lust that tHBoas eje did blind.
That to sir Faridell Ifaew vordt he sent ;
" Sir Knight, vhy ride ye dumpish tliui bdund.
Since •■> good fortune doth to you present
So fayre ■ iipoyle, to make you ioyoua meriment ? "
But Paridell, that had too lata a tiyall
Of the bad iuue of his counsell Taine,
List not to hearke, but.made this fayre denyall ;
" Last tume waa mine, veil prored to my paine;
This now be youn ; God send jrou better gune ! "
Whose scoffed words he taking halfe in scome.
Fiercely forth prickt his itecd as ia disdaine
Against that knight, eie he him well eould lonie ;
By meanea whereof be bath him lightly overbome.
Who, with the sudden stroke aslonisht sore,
Upon the ground awhile in slomber lay ;
The whiles his lore away the other bore.
And, shewing ha, did Paridell upbny;
" Lo ! sluggish knight, the victors liappie pr^ !
So fortune friends the bold." Whom Paridell
Seeing so faire indeede, as he did say,
His hart with secret envie gan to swell.
And inly grudge at him that he Iiad sped so well.
Nathlcase proud man himselfe the other deemed.
Having BO peerJesse paragon ygot ;
For sure the byrest Florimell him teemed
To him was fallen for his happie lot,
Whose like aliie on Esrth he weened not :
Therefore he her did court, did serve, did wooe.
With humblest suit that be iinagine mot.
And all things did devise, and all things dooe, [too.
That might her love prepare, and liking win there-
She, in regard thereof, him recompenst
With golden words and goodly countenance.
And such fbnd favouni sparingly diapenst :
Sometimes him hlesdng with a light eyeglance.
And coy lookes tempring with loose dallunce ;
Sometimes estraupng hun in sterner wise ;
Ibat, baring cast blm in a foolish trance.
He sctraed brought to bed in Paradise,
And prov'd hinuelfe most foole in what he seem'd
So frat a mistresse c^ her art she was,
And perfectly practb'd in womans craft,
That though therein hiniMlfe he thought lo pas,
And hy bis false allurements wylie draft
Had thousand women of their love bersft,
Tet now he was surpriz'd : for that false sprigbt,
WUch diat same witch bad in this forme en^aft.
Was so eipert in every subtile tlight,
Tb*t it could ovefTcach the wisest evthly wif^
Yet he to her did dayly service mon^
And dayly more deceived ms therebyi
Yet Paridell him enried therefdrv.
As •ecming plaet in sole felicity :
So blind is lust false coloun to descry.
But Ati sDOne discovering bis desire.
And finding now fit opportunity
To Bthre up stiift cwixt love and qa^M mad in.
Did priviljr put coIm uau his nont fli*.
By lundry meancs thereto she prickt him fortb ;
Now with remembrance of those sprigfatliillspociie^
Now whh opinion of his owne more worth.
Now with recounting of like fivmer breaches
Made in their friaidahip, as that hag him teacbes :
And ever, when his passion is allayd.
She it revives, and new occasion reaches :
That, on a time as they together way'd.
He made him open dulenge, and thus twjdly sayd ;
" Too boastfull Blandamour I too long I beare
The open wrongs thou doesl me day by day ;
Well know'Bt thou, when we friendship first did
The covenant was, that every spoyle or pray [swearc.
Should equally be shard beCwiit us tway :
Where ii my part then of this ladie bright.
Whom to thyselfe thou takest quite avray J
Render theref6re therein to me my right.
Or ansirere for thy wrong as shall fall out in fighL"
Eiceeding wrath thereat was Blandamour,
And gan this totter answere to him make ;
" Too foolish :^ridell I that fayreat floure
Wouldst gather fkine, and yet no palnca wouldst
But not so eaue will 1 her forsike ; [taikc :
Thia hand her wonne, that liand shall her defend."
With that they gan their aliivering speare* to Oalce,
And deadly points at eithcra breast to bend.
Forgetful! each to have berw ever olhen frend.
Their firie ateedes with so untamed forae
Did heare them both to fell svengea end.
That both their apearea with pitileoe ranone
Through ahietd and mayle and baberieon did wend.
And in their fiesh a griealy paaaage read.
That with the furie of thar owne aflret
Each other horae and man to ground did send ;
Where, lying still awhile, both did forget [were set.
The perilous present atownd in which their lives
Ab when two warlike brigandines at see.
With murdrous weapons arm'd to cniell fight.
Do meete togelber on the watry lea,
They stemme ech other with ao fell despight.
That with the shocke of th«r owne faeedlease mi^i
Tbtir wooden ribs are shaken nigh aaooder ;
They which from abore behold the dreadfiill right
Of flashing fire, and beare the ordnance tbonder,
Do greatly stand amoi'd at such umronted woodo'.
At length they both upstarted in aman.
As men awaked rashly out of drcsne.
And round about themselves a while did gaie ;
Till seeing her, that Florimell did seme.
In doubt to whom she victorie should deenie.
Therewith thrar dulled aprights they edgd anew,
AtuI, drawing both their swords with rage extreme.
Like two mad mastiffes each on other flew.
And shields did share, and mailea did raah, and
hdmei did hew.
So furiously each other did aaaayle.
As if their soulas they vronld attonce have rant
Out of their bresta, that stnamea of bloud did layle
Adowne, as if their apringa at life were spent ;
That all the ground with purple Uoud waa aprent.
And all their armours staynd with blaudic gore ;
Tet acarcely owe to breaih wotild they relent,
Somcrtall waa tlteir malic* and so son
B«oanie, affi^Md fHmdriap wUoh they *aw^ afbn;
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
SS5
And tbat vhkh u for Udie* moit befitting.
To MiiM all strife, and foster fHendl; pvmce.
Was from tliow damn w lam and so unfitting,
Ai that, iDatcvd of praying them sarcaae,
Thej did taaeb more their cruelty encrease ;
ffidding them fl^l for honour of their lore.
And rather die then latUca csuM release : [tnoTe,
With iihicfa TBine terrtics so much they did them
llM both molT'd the last eitrdnitiea to prove.
IWe (bej, I wecnc, wonhl Hght uutill this da7.
Had not a sqoin, eren he the Sqnire of Dames
Bjr great adientnre traielled that way ;
Who seeing both bent to bo bknidy games,
And iKith of old well knowing by their names.
Drew nigh, to weete the cause of their debate :
And firat laide on IhoK ladies thousand blames,
That did not seeke t' appease their deadly hale.
But gaied on their bomies, not pittying tbeir estate ;
Aitd then those knights be humbly did bewech
To itay thdr bands, till tie awhile had sp<Acn :
Who loAt a little up at that his speech,
Yet would not let their batlell so be brolen,
Both grecdie fiers on other to be wroken.
Yet he to them so earnestly did call.
And them coniur'd by some well knowen token.
That they at liBi their wtutiifull hands let fait.
Content to heare him speshe, and glad to test witball.
First be derir'd thdr cause of strife to see ;
Tbey said, it was for Ion of Plarimell. {bee,
" Afal gentle knights,^' quoth he, "how may that
And she so fatrc astray, as none can tell ? "
" Fond squire," full angry then sayd Poridell,
'■ Seest aot the laiHe there before thy face ?"
He looked backe, and, her avidng well,
Weend, as he smd, by that her outward grace
TbaC byisM Florirnell was present there in place.
Glad man was he to see that ioyous sight.
For none alire but ioy'd in Florirnell,
And lowly to her lowting thus behight ;
"l^ayreBt of fairs, that feireni?Bse doest eiceTl,
This bappie day I have to greete you well,
Id which yoo safe I see, whom thousand late
Misdoubted lost through mischiefe that befell ;
Long may you Mte in health and hippie state ! "
8be title answer^ him, but lightly i^d aggrate.
Then, turning to thoao knights, be gan anew ;
" And you, nr Btandamour, and Faridell,
That for this ladle present in your *ew
Have rays'd this cruell warre and outrage fell,
Certea, me seemes, bene not adiised well ;
But nther ought in tnendship for her sake
To toyne your forca;, their forces to repcll
That aetke perforce her from you both to take.
And of your gotten spoyle their owne trifimph tc
Thoeat sir Blandamour, with countenance stetr
All full of wrath, thus fiercely him bespafce ;
<• Arod, tbou squire, that I the man may leamc
That dare fro me Ifainke Florirnell to take ! "
■■ Not one," quoth be, " but many doe partake
Herein ; as thus : it lately so befell.
That Batyran a giidte did uptake
Vel) koowne to appertaine to Florirnell,
WWdl fcr Iw nke he wore, a» Mm bwewned w
" But, wbenaa she berselfe wu tos tand gone.
Full many knights, that loied her like deore,
Tliereat did greatly gnldge, that he alone
That lost faire ladies ornament should weare.
And gan therefore close splght to him to beare ;
Which he to sliun, and stop rile envies iting.
Hath lately caus'd to be proclaim'd each where
A solemne ffeasl, with publike tumeying, [bring.
To which all knights with them- their ladies are to
•' And of them all she, that is &yrest found,
Shall have that golden girdle for reward {
And of those knights, who is most sioul on ground.
Shall to that fairest ladie be prcfBrd,
Since therefore she herselfe is now your ward.
To you that ornament of hers pertalnes,
Against ait those that chalenge it, to gord,
And save her honour with your ventrous paincs;
That shall you win more glory than ye here find
When tbey the rea.ion of his words had hard,
Th^ gan ahote the rancour ofthHr rage,
And with their honours and their loves regard
The furious flames of malice to osswage.
Tho each to otiier did his faith engage.
Like faithful! friends thencefonh to ioyne in one
With all their force, and battell strong to wage
Gainst ill those knights, as their professed Tone,
That chaleng'd ought in Florimell, save they alone.
So, well accorded, forth they rode togettier
In friendly sort, that lasted but a while ;
And of all old dislikes tliey made faire weallier i
Yet all was foi^'d and spred with golden foyle,
That under it hidde hate and hollow guyle.
Ne certes can that friendship long endure.
However gay and goodly be the style,
That doth ill cause or evill end enure ;
For vertue is the band that bjndeth batta most sure.
Thus as they marched oil in close disguise
Of fayned love, they chaunst to overtake
Two knights, that lincked rode in lovely wise.
As if they secret counsels did partake ;
And each not forre behinde him had Us make,
To weete, two ladies of most goodly hew,
That twist themselves did gentle purpose moke,
Unmindfull both of that discordfull crew.
The which with speedie pace did after them pureew.
Who, as they now approched nigh at hand.
Deeming them dougiilie as they did appeare,
Tbey sent that squire afore, to understand
What mote they be 1 who, viewing themmorenear*^
Returned reai^ newes, that those same weare
Two of the prowest knights in Faery lond ;
And those two ladies their two lovers dearei
Couragioua Cambell, and stout Triamond,
With Canacee and Cambine liuckt in lovely bond.
Whytome, as antique stories tcllen tio.
Those two were foes (lie fcUoncst on ground.
And battell made the dreddesi daungeroua
That ever shrilling trumpet did resound ; '
Though now their acts be no where to l>e found*
As that renowmed poet them compyled
With warlike number? snd beroicke sound,
Dan Chaucer, Well of English undefyled.
On Fames stmull beadroU wortbie to be fyled.
But wicked ILne, (bat all good thougbts doth wiate,
Aod workefl of nobleitt wits to nought outweare,
ThU funous mommeat bath quite defule,
And robd the norld of tlireasure endle^tse dcmre.
The ffbich mote baye enriched all ue heare.
0 cureed «Id, tlie nnker-womie of writa !
How msy these rime*, hi rude as doih appeare,
Hope to endure, sith workes of heavenly wits [biti!
Are quite deTourd, and brought (o naught by little
Then pardon, O most sacred happie spirit.
That I tliy labours lost may thus revive.
And Bteale from thee the meede of tby due merit.
Thai none dunt ever wbilest Iboa wast alire.
And, being dead, in »aine yet many strive :
Ne dsre I like ; but, through infuuon aweete
Of thine owne spirit which dotb in me survive,
1 fbUow here the fooling of thy feete,
Tbat with thy raeamng so I may the rather meete.
CambeUoes siMer was ftyre Canacee,
Tbat was the leamedst ladie in ber dayes.
Well aeene in everie sdeuce that mote bee.
And ereiy secret worke of Nature's wayes ;
In wittie-riddloB ; and in wise soothsayes ;
In power of berbea ; and tunes of btsasti and burds ;
And, that augmented all her other pmyse.
She modest was in all ber de«des and words, [lords.
And wondrotis chast of life, yet lov'd of knights and
TiAl many lords and many knights her lored.
Yet she to none of them ber liking lent,
Ne ever was with fond aSbction moved.
But rul'd ber thoughts with goodly govemement,
For dread of blame and honours blcmishment;
And eke unto her lookes a law she made.
That none of them once out of order went.
But, like to warie centonels well stayd.
Still walcbt on every side, of secret foes afnyd.
So much the more ai she refusd to love.
So much the more she loved vraa and sought,
Tbat oftentimes unquiet strife did move
Amongst ber lovers, and great quarrels wrought;
Tbat oft for ber in bloudie armea they fought.
Which whenas Cambelt, thai was stout and wiaa,
Fercnv'd would breede great miscbiefe, he bethought
How to prevent the peril! that mole rise.
And tume both bim and her to honour in this wise.
One day, wben all that troupe of warlike wooers
Aaseoabled were, to weet whose she sboiJd bee.
All migbtie men and dreadfull derring doocra
[llie harder it to make them well agree).
Amongst them all ihia end he did decree ;
That, of Ihem all which love to her did make.
They by consent should chose the stoutest three
That with himselfe should combat for her sake.
And of them all the viclour ^lould his sister l^e.
Bold was the cfaalenge, aa himselfe was bold,
And courage full of haughtie hardiment.
Approved oft in perili manifold,
Which he Btchiev'd to bis great ornament :
But yet his sisters skill unto him lent
Host confidence and hope of b^ipie speed.
Conceived by a ring which she him sent,
Tla^ mongtt the luiiie vertues which we reed
Bad power to ataundi al wonndi thai mortally did
Well waathattlngt gicat Tntoe knowcn to*II;
TliBt dread tbovof, and his redoubled might.
Did all that youthly rout bo much appall.
That none of them durst undertake ^e fight:
More wise they weend U> make of love delight
Then life to bsiard for faire ladies looke ;
And yet uncMUune by such outward sight.
Though for her udce they all that peril! looke.
Whether she would them love, or in ber likiogbrotJce:
Amongst thoaeknights there were tbrae brotbreDboU^
Three b^der brethren never were ybome.
Borne of one mother in one happie mold.
Borne al one burden in one happie merae;
I'hrise happie mother, and IbHse hippie mume,
1^101 bore three such, three such not to be fend !
Her name was Agapi, wboee children wenie
All three as one ; the first hi^ Priamond,
The lecDiKl Dyamond, the youngest Triamioikd.
Stout Friamond, but not so ttnmg to strike ;
Strong Diamond, but not so atout a knigbt i
But Tiiamond was stout and aamg alike :
On honebacke used Triamond to fight.
And Friamond on foole bad more delight ;
But horse and fooie knew Diamond to wield :
With curtaic used Diamond to smite.
And Triamond to handle speare and shield.
But speare and cujlaie both usd Priamond in 6el&
These thrae did love each other dearely vdl.
And with so finne affection were allyde.
As if but one soule in them all did dwell.
Which did her powre into three parts divyde ;
like three faire branches budding farre and wjd^
That from one roole derjv'd their vital! sap :
And, like that mote that doth ber life divide,
Hieir mbther was ; and had full blessed hap
These three so noble babes to bring fbrth at one cb^
llidr mother was a Fay, and had the skill
Of secrel things, and all the powm of Nature^
Which she by art could use unto her will.
And to her serrice bind each living creature,
Hvough secret imdeistanding of tbelr feature*
Thereto she waa right faire, whenso her flue
She list discover, and of goodly stature ;
But she, as Fayes are wont, in privie plwc [tptct.
IHd spend her dayes, and lot'd in foreali wyld to
Did by great fortune get of ber the sigb^
As she sate careteise by a cristall flood
Combing her golden bKkea, aa seemd her good;
And imawares upon ber laying bold, a
That strove in vaine bim long to have withstood,
OpptcHcd her, and there (as it is told)
Got these three lovely babea, that prov'd three cham-
pions bold :
Which she irith her long foctred in that wood,
till that to ripenesse at mans stale thef grew :
Then, shewing fbrth signes of their falben bloo^
Tbey loved aime^ and knightluad did cnsew.
Seeking adventures where they anie knew.
Which when their mother mw, she gan to dost
Their aoietie ; least by searching daungers new,
And rash provoking, perils all ^»ut, [stoat.
Hieir days mole be abridged through their cotag*
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
im9 di* end of all thilr daja
To know, and tbem t^ «il«z^ witb long citent,
Bj wondroiu skill and nuiny hiddeD wayes
To tbe time fttall Siatera house she went.
Farre under ground from tract of living irait,
Downc In tbe bottome of the deepe tiiymt.
Where Demi^r^D in dull darknesae pent
Farre from the »iew (rf gods and Heareni blio.
The Udeoui Chaos keepea, tbeudnadfull dwelling ii.
There ilie them found all utting round about
Tlw direAill distafTe standing In tbe Intd,
And with unwearied flngew dfawing Out
The lines of life, ttom living kooirledge hid.
Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the tlirid
By giicalj Lachesis was spun witb peine.
That erueil Atropoa eftwones undid,
Vith cuned knife cutting the twist in twune :
MoM wretched nun, whose daje* depend on tbrids
She, them saluting there, by tiitia sate ilill,
Beholding bow the tbrids of life they span :
And when at last she had beheld her fill,
Trembling in heart, and looking jnle and wan.
Her cause of comming she to tell began.
To whom fierce Atropoa ; " Bold Fay, that dunt
Come see tbe secret at the life of man,
Vfell worthie thou to be of Io>e accurst.
And eke th; childrens tbrids to be asunder burst !"
Wlureat ite aan afirayd yet her be»ught
To graunt her boone, and rigour to abate.
That she might tee ber childr^s thridi forth brought.
And know the meaaure of their utanost date
To them ordained bf eteniall Fate :
Wfaicfa Ootbo grsunting •hewed her the same.
Tlat when the saw, it did her much amate
To see their thrids w thin, as spiders frame, [came.
And ake so alMn^ that seemd their ends out ibortly
She then h^an them hunibl; to intnate
To draw them longer out, and better twine.
That so duir lives might be prolonged late :
But Idcbetis thereat gan to repine, [divine
And SBjd ; " Fond diune ! that deem'st of things
As of huDiAne, that they may altied hee.
And chaung'd at pleasure for those impea of thine :
Not so ; for what the Fates do oiKe decree, [fVee !"
Not all tbe gods can chaunge, nor lore UmiseUe can
*■ Then since," quoth she, " the tenne of each nuns
For nought nuy Lessened nor enlarged bee ; [life
Gratint this ; that when ye shred with fatall knife
His line, which is tbe eldest of the three,
Whicfa'jf of them the shortest, as I see,
Eftaotmes ha life may passe into the next ;
And, when the- sell shall likewise ended bee,
That both their lives may likewise be anneit
Unto tbe third, that his may be so trebly weit."
Tbey graunted it ; and then that careflill Fay
Deputed Ulencc with fViU contented mynd ;
And, comming home, in warlike fresh aray
Them found idl three according to their kynd ;
Bnt tmto tbem what deitii^ was aiayiid,
Or how tbeir tives were etkt, die did not tcU ;
Bat evetnure, when die fit time coaM fyni,
aw wanted them to tend their safetiei well.
And lore each other ime, whatever them befell.
So did they surely duiing all their dayea.
And never discord did amongst them bll ;
Which much augmented all their other pndsei
And now, t' increase aiTection naturall.
In love of Osnacee they ioyned all :
Upon which ground this same great battell grew
(Great matter growing of beginning smalt),
The wUcb, for length, 1 will not here punew.
But rather will reserve it for-a canto new.
Ilie battell twiit three brethren with
Cambell for Canacee :
Cambiua with true friendships bond
Doth their long strife agree.
O ! wur doe wretched men so much desire
To draw their dayes unto the utmost date.
And doe not rather wish them soone expire;
Knowing the miserie of their estate,
And thousand p«ills which (hem still awalc,
ToRBBg them like a boate amid tbe mayne,
That every boure they knocke at Deatbib gate !
And he that happie seemes and least in payne,
Tet is as nigh hia end as he that most doth playne.
Therefore this Fay I hold but fond and vaine,
The which, in seekins for her children three
Long life, thereby did more prolong their paine i
Yet whilest they lived none did ever see
More happie creatures then they seem'd to bee ;
Nor more ennobled for their courtesie,
That made them dearely lov'd of each degree ;
Ne more renowmed for th^ cbevalrie, [nie.
That made them dreaded much of all men farre and
Utese three that hardie chalenge tooke in hand.
For Canacee with Cambell for to fight :
The day was set, that all might anderstand.
And pledges pawnd the name to keepe aright;
That day (the dreddest day tlmt living wight
Did ever see upon this world to shine).
So soone as Heavens window shewed light,
llitse warlike cbampions, all in armour shine.
Assembled were in field the chalenge to define,
Tbe Beld widi listes whs all about enclos'd,
To barre the prease of people &rre away ;
And at Ih' one side siie iudgea were dispos'd.
To view and deeme the deedea of armes that day ;
And on tbe otiier side in fresh aray
Payre Canacee upon a stately stage
Was set, to see the fortune of that fray
worthy wage
llien entred Cambell first into the list,
With stalely steps and fearelesse countenance,
As if the conquest his be surely wist.
Soone after did the brethren tluee advance
In brave ara^ hd4 goodly amenance.
With scutchins gilt and banners broad displayd ;
And, mardiing thriae in warlike ordinaace.
Vhtch does, (he doughty duJengsr onne fbrth,
AU Miii'd to point, hii cbalenge to alwl ;
Gainit whom >jr PrismoiKl. with equill worth
And eqiiall Bnoes. hioueire did forwud set.
A tromp«t blew ; thty both together met
With drMdfull force uid furious intent,
CueleHe of peril! in their fien kSret,
A* if tbM life to hwae they had fbnient.
And ored not to spore that should be fboitlf apent.
Right pncticlce was sir Priamond in fight,
Ai^ throughly skild in use of shield uid speara ;
Ne lene approied vnu CanibclloeB nJ^t.
Ne lease hii skill in weapons did qipeare ;
Th«t hnnl it was to weene which hwder wore.
Full many mightie alroLee on utlwr ride
Were sent, that seemed death in them to beare i
But Ihey were both so waldifull and well eyde,
That they avoyded were, and Tainely by did alyde.
Yet one, of maof , was so Mrangly bent
By Pnunood, that with unlucUe glaunce
Through Cambets shoulder it uawarely went,
That fbrced him bis shield to diaadvaunce ;
Much waa be grieved with that gracelease cbaunce ;
Tet from the wawad no drop of bloud there fell,
Sut wondrous peine that did the more enhnunce
ceU.
With thai his poynant Epeare he fierce avenbed
With dnubled force close underneath his fhield,
That through the mayles into hia thigh it entred,
And, there arresting, readie way did yield
For bloud tu gush forth on the grasaie field.
That be for paioe hinuelfe n'ot right upreare.
But to and fro in great omaiemcnt reei'd;
Like au old oke, whose pith end sap is seare,
At pofle of every Korme doth stagger here and theai«.
Whom so dismayd when Cambell had espide,
Againe he drore at him witfi double might,
That nought mote stay the Steele, till in his aide
The mortall point most cruelly empight ;
Where fast infixed, wbilest he sought by slight
It forth to wrest, the stafTe asunder brake,
And left the head beliinde t with which despigbt
He all enrag'd his shivering spearv did shake,
And charging him aAvah thus felly him bespake;
" Lol fUtour, there tliy meede unto thee take,
TIk meede of thy mischalenge aiid abet :
Not for thine owne, but for thy sisters sak^
Have I thus long thy life unto thee let :
But to foibeare doth uot forgive the det."
The wicked weapon heard his wrathfull vow ;
And* passtog forth with furioui aA^et,
Pierat through hia bever quite into hi* brow,
That with the force it backward forced him to bow.
l^ierewith asunder in the midat it brast.
And in his hand nought but tl^e troncheon left;
The otfap balfe briund yet sticking fait
Out of hia hcod-peece Cambell fiercely reft.
And with such fiirie backe at him it heft,
That, nuking way unto his deareal life.
His weasand-pipe it through hia gorget cief^L
Thence streames of purple bloud issuing rife
Let forth his wnuie gbost, and made an end of strife.
Hia wearie gboat MBOjld from fleshly bu^
Did not, as others wont, directly fly
Unto her rest In Plutoes griealy lojid ;
Ne into ayre did vanibh preseutly ;
Ne chauoged waa into a starve in sky ;
But through traduction was efUoonea derived.
Like as hia mother piayd the Deatinie,
Into hia other brethren that aurvived.
In whom be liv'd anew, of fonsar life deprived.
Whom when on ground his brother next bebeldf
Though sad and sorrie for ao heavy si^il.
Yet leave unto hia sorrow did not yeeld ;
But rather stir'd to vengeance and delight,
Tlirough secret feeling of his generous sprigh^
Ruslit fiercely forth, the battel! to renew.
As in reversion of his Inothera right ;
And clialenging the vir^n oa his dew.
His foe waa aoone addreat ; thetrompetsfreahlyblevr.
With that lliey both together fiercely met.
As if that each tnent other to devoure ;
And with their axes both so sorely bet,
Tliat nether plate nor mayte, whcreaa thar powre
They felt, could once lustoine the hideoua atowte..
But rived were, like rotten wood, asunder;
WhilesE through their riitsthe ruddy bloud did showic.
And fire did flash, like lightning after thunder.
That fild the lookcn on attonce with ruth and wODder.
As when two tygert prickt with hungers r^e
Have by good fortune Found some beasts fresh spoyle
On which they weene their fknune to asswagc.
And goine a fcBMf\ill guerdon of their toyle ;
Both AJIing out doe atirre up atrifefuU broyl^
And cruel! battel! Cwixt themselves doe make.
Whiles neillier lets the other touch the soyle.
But eiths' adeigns with other to partake :
So cruelly those kni^ts strove for that ladies aake^
Yet they welC alt irith so good w
Or warded, or avoyded and let goc,
That still tlie lifb stood fearclcsse of her fbe ;
Till Diamond, diaddgnuig long delay
Of doubtful! fortune wavering to and froy
Resolv'd to end It one or other way ; [sway.
And heav'd his munlrous axe at him with mi^^
The dreadfull stroke, in case it lied arrived
Wherv it was ment (so deadly it was ment).
The soule had sure out of his body rived.
And stinted all the strife incontinent ;
But Cam!>els fate that fortune did preveot :
For, seeing it at hand, he swarr'd asyde.
And ao gave way unto his fell intent ;
Who, missing of the marke which he bad eyde,
Waa irith the force nigh feld whilst his right foot did
As when a vulture greedie of liis pray,
Throu|^ hunger long tliat hart to him doth land.
Strikes at an heron with all hia bodies away,
That front his force aeames nought may it defti^i
The warie fowle, that spies him totrardt^end
His dreadfull sous^ avoydea \ ahuBning liglit.
And maketh hhn ^^ wing in vaine to spend j
That with the weight of his qwue w '"
He falleth nigh to grouni'
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
iniicb bb« >d<rantur« vihea Camb^o qride,
Pull liahtly, ere bitiadfe be could recower
Prom dmungen dicad txj wsrd his naked Bide,
H* cm Id driTE at him with all his power,
And with hit axe him atnote in erill bower,
Tliat rnnn bii iboulden quite his head he reft :
The beailleBe tmnke, as hcedleise of that itower.
Stood itiU awhile, and hig fiat footing kept;
Till, feeling lib to bfle, it fell, and dead]; ilept.
They, which that piteous ipectacle beheld.
Were much unai'd (he bewUesw tnmke to ace
Stand up «o long fod weapon * aine to weld^
Unweeting of the Fates divine decree
For lifea suceaaion in those brethren thiee.
For Dcicwitbstanding that one soula was rcA^
Tet, bad the bocUe not dismembred bee,
wld hare llred, rod reriied eft ;
But, Sndiog no St seat, the lifdesi
e it left
It left ; but tbat tame sonic, which therein dwelt,
Strdght entring into IViamond, him fild
With double life and griefe ; which when he felt,
As one whose inner parts had bene jthiild
With point of Steele that close his bartbloud ipild.
He lightly lept out of his place of rest.
And, rushing forth into Ok empiie fleld,
Against Cambello ftercetj him addreat;
Whi^ him affionling soone, to fight wu readie presC
Well mote je wonder bow that niAle knight.
After he had so often wounded beeue,
Could st»id on foot now to renew the fight :
But had ye then bim forth odvauncing seene.
Some newborue wight ye would bim surtlj weene;
So freab he setmed and so fierce in Hight ;
Like as a snake, whom wearie winters teene
Hath wome to nought, now feeling aommer? might
Casta off bis ragged skin and Ireshly doth him dight.
All was, through lertue of the ring he wore ;
The which not onely did not troai him let
One droti of hloud to fall, but did restore
Bis weakned powers, and dulled spirits whet.
Through working of the stone therein yset.
£lse how could one of equal! might with most.
Against so man; no lesse miglitie met.
Once thinke to malcb three such on cquall cost.
Three cuch as able were to match a puissant host ?
Yet nought thereof was Triamond adredde,
Ne deaperate of glorious victorie ;
But sharpel; him assay Id, and sore bestedde
With beapes of strokes, which he at him let flie
As thicke ta hayle forth poured from tlie skic ;
Ha stroke, be soust, he fojod, he hewd, be lashl.
And did his ^rron brond so fast ^iplic.
Tint from the same the fierie ^arkles flasht.
As &st as waler-^rinkles gainst a rocke ire dasht
Much was Cambello daunted with his blowes ;
So thicke the; felt, and forcibly were sent.
That he was fbrst from daunger of the throwes
Backe to retire, and somewhat to relent,
lilt tA* beat of his fierce furie he had ipcnt :
Which when for want of breath gon to abate.
He then afresh with new eacouragemeDt
Did hhn auajle, and migbtil; aniate,
As bat, aa fonraid erst, mw backwvd to retrate.
Like u the tide, that cornea fto th' ocean majne,
Flowes up tlie Sbenan with contririe force.
And, orerruliog bim in his owne rayoe.
Drives backe the current of his kindly course.
And makes it seeme 1o have some other saurtc;
But when the fioud ia (pent, then bocke againe.
His borrowed waters forst to re-diabourse.
He sends the sea bis owne with double galne^
And trftute eke wichall, aa to his aoTcraine,
Thua did the battell rahe to and fro,
With diverse fortune doubtfiill to be deemed :
Now this the belter had, now had hia fo ;
Then he halfe ranquiabt, then the other seemed ;
Yet victors both themselves alwayes eMecmed :
And all the while the diientrayled blood
Adowne their sides like litle rivers Kremcd,
That with the wasting of his vitall flood
Sir Triamond at last full bint and feeble stood.
But Cambdl sdll n
Ne felt his blood to . .
Through that rings vertue, that with vigour new.
Still whenai be enfeebled was, him cberisbt.
And all his wounds and all hia bruses guarisht :
Like IS a withered tree, through husbands tuylc^
la often seene full freshly to have florisht.
And fWiitfutl apples to iiave bfwiie awhile,
As fresh aa when it firat was planted in tlM at^le.
Through which advant^e, Id his strength be roae
And smote the other with so wondrous might,
That through the seame which did hia hauberk clow
Into his throBte and life it pierced quight,
That downe he fell as dead in all mens aigbt :
Yet dead he was not ; yet he sure did die,
As all men do that lose the living spright:
So did one soule out of bis bodie file
Unto her native home from mortall miseries
« Mong and greater fnw,
!sbest
dupa.
dreoDie bene reard.
And fresh asayld bis foe ; who balfe afTeard
Of tb' uncouth sight, as be some ghost Itad seene.
Stood still amas'd, holding his idle sweard ;
Till, having often by him stricken beene.
He (breed wi* to strike and save himadfe fnnn taoiUL
Yet from thencefbrth more warily be fbt^h^
As one in feare the Stygian god* t" offbnd,
Ne followd on so b»t, but rather sought
Himselfb to ame, snd daunger to defend,
Then life and labour both in vaine to spend.
Whidi Triamond perceiving, weened suie
He gan to faint toward the battela end.
And that he should not long on fbota endure ;
A aigne which did to him, tb* ritfoiie uanre.
Whereof full blith eftsoones his mi^tie band
Ke lieav'd on high, in mind with that aanwblaw
To make an end of all that did withstand:
Which Cimbell seeing come was nothing slow
Ilimselfeto save from tliat so deadly tbrow;
And at that instant reaching forth his sweard
Close underneath his shield, that scarce did tbow.
Stroke him, as he hia hand to strike upreard.
In th' irm.pit full, that through both nika Ai
wound appeard.
Yet itill thkt direfull •Croke kept on bis wajr, i
An<l, rnlliiig bemvie aa C(inbcll«s crest,
Strooke him u huge! j that in swowne he Ujr,
And in bis beul ■□ hid«iui iround impmt :
And sure, hsd it not hkppiljr found rest
Upon the brim of his brode-plsled shield.
It would have deft his bnine downe to hli btot :
So both M once fell dead upon the Held,
And euh to other seemd the victorie to jrield.
Which whcnu all the lookers-on bdield.
They weened BUie the waire was st an end ;
And iudgEB nwe; and matshals of the Beld
Broke up the Uates, their armes away to rend ;
And Canacee gan wajrle her dearest IVend.
All suddenly ^ey both upstarted light.
The one out ot the swownd which him did blend.
The otber breathing now another spiighti
And fiercely each aswyling gan afresh to fight.
Long while tbey then continued in that wiie,
Ai if but then the battetl bad begonne :
Stntkes. wounds, wards, weapons, all they did de-
Ne either car'd to ward, or perill sbonne, [spise ;
Desirous both to haie the battell doana ;
Ne ^ther cared life to save or spill,
Ne which of them didwtnne, ne which werewoone ;
So wearie both of fighting had their fill.
That life itselfe seemd loaUisomc^ and kx^ safetie ilL
Whilst thus the cue in doubtfull ballance bong.
Unsure to whether side it would incline.
And all mens eyes and hearts, which there among
Stood gaiii^g, filled were with rufuU tine
And septet feue, to see thai fatall fine ;
All suddenly they heard a troublous nuyes,
That seemd some perilous tumult to deaine,
Conftis'd with womcns cries and shouts of boyes,
Such as tbe troubled theatres ofkimes annoyea.
Thereat the champioDS both Mood still a *p*ce,
To weeten what tlwt sudden clamour ment :
Lo ! where tbey spayde with speedie whirling paca
One in a cbaret of stnunge fumiment
Towards them driving like a storme out sent.
Th« charet decked was in wondrous wise
With gold and many a gorgeous ornament.
After the Persian monarchs antique guiie,
Such aa the maker seUe could best by art devise.
And drajnie it was (that wonder ii to tell)
Of two grim lyons, taken trota the wood
In which their powre all others did eicell.
Now made forget their former cruell mood,
T* obey tbaij riders best, as seemed good :
And tbereio sate a Udy passing bire
And bright, that seemed borne of angels brood ;
And, with her beaulie, bountie did ctnnpare.
Whether of them in ber stiould have the greater
Thereto she learned was in mtgieke lears.
And all the arte* that subtitl wits discover.
Having therein bene trained many a yeara.
And well instmcled by the Fay her mother,
That in the same she farre ciceld all other :
"Who, understanding by her migbtie art
Of th' eviJl plight in which ba dearest brother
Now stood, came forth in hast to take his part,
' ~ 1 pacifie ifaa strife which causd so deadly smart.
And, as the p^Md through th' unruly preacB
Of people thronging thicke her to bdiold.
Her angrie teame breaking their bonds of peace
Great bespes of them, like sheepe in narrow (old.
For hast did orer-runne in dust enrould ;
That, thorough rude confusion of the rout.
Some fearing shriekt, snne being harmed bould.
Some laugbt for sport, some did for wonder shout,
• _j ••—■vouldseeme wise, tbar wonder tumd.
In lier right hand a rod of peace shee bore.
About tbe which two serpents weren wound,
Entiayled mutually in lovely lore.
And by tbe tsiles together firraely bound.
And both were with one olive garland crownd ;
(Like to the rod whidi Maiss Sonne doth wield.
Wherewith the hellish Aends he doth confound ;)
And in ber other hand ■ cup she Mid,
The which was with nepenthe to the brim upfild.
Nepenthe is a drindt of soverayne grace.
Deviled by the gods for to asswage
Harts giief, and bitter gall away to cbace
Which stin up anguish and contentious rage :
In«ead thereof sweet peace and quiet ^e
It doth establish in the troubled mynd.
Few men, but such as sober arc and sage,
Are by tbe gods to drinck thereof assynd j
But such as drinck, eternal! b^|Hnesse do fyuL
Such bmous men, such worthie* of the Earth,
As lore will liave advaunced to tbe skie.
And there made gods, though borne of moitall benb.
For their high merits and great digoitie.
Are wont, iKfore they may to Heasen file.
To drincke thereof j whereby all cam forepaat
Are vrasht away quite from their memorie :
Su did those olde heroes hereof taste, [plartK
Before that tbey in bliiae amongst the gods w««
Much more of price and of more gratious powia
It this, then that same water of Ardenne,
The which Binaldo drunck in happie bowie.
Described In that famous Tuscane penne ;
For that had might to change the hearts of men
Fro love to bate, a change cf evill choiac :
But this doth hatred make in love to brtnoe.
And heavy heart with comfort doth njoyce.
Who would not to this vcitue rather yeeld his voice !
At last arriving by the listiis side
Shee with her rod did softly smite the raile,
Which stTUght flew ope and gave her w^ to ride.
Eflaoones out of ber cocb she gan availe,
And pacing fairely forth did bid all haile ;
First to ber brother whom she loved deare.
That so lo see him made her heart to quaile ;
And neit to Cambell, whose sad rueftill cbeaie
Made her to change her hew, and hidden love t' Bp-
Tbey lightly her tequit (for small delight
They had aa then ber long to entertaine).
And eft them turned both againe to fight :
Which when she aaw, downe on tbe bloudy plaine
Heraelfe she threw, and tearea gan shed amaine ;
Amongst her te«es immiiing prayers meeke.
And with her prayers reasons, to restraine
From btouddy strife ; and, bleasod peace to seeke.
By all that unto them was dnue did tbem besetke.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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Bat win i>M an mlglit nou^ with them prenil«.
Sic amote Aem IJ^itty with ber puwrrfull mnd:
That MiddMil;, M if (heir hcuti did fkOe,
Their wratUiill Made* downe fell mit of their hud.
And Ibeir, like men ■Moniiht, itill did iIukL
Thu whilnt tbor minli were dDubtfutl; diMraiigfal,
And mi^Mjp Bpirita bound with Toightier band.
Her golden cup to them Tor drinke ihe might,
Whnof, full glad for thiiM, ech dnink an b»^
Of wUch ID aoone ai the; once taited had,
Wonder it is that ntddm change to ue :
Imtead of atnikes, each other hissed glad.
And lorel; haohl, Ironi f^an of ticaaon free,
And plighted handi, for ever fnendt to be.
When all men saw tUi sudden change cf things.
So mottall-faea so friendly to agree,
For patdag ioj, which so great mar* aile brings,
Hw; all gan shout aloud, that all the Heaven rings.
All irhicb when gentle Canacee beheld.
In haat ahe from her lofty chain descended,
To weet what sudden tidings was befeld ;
Where when she saw that cruel) war so ended,
And deMUy foe* so tytbfully (^Vended,
In loTely wise she gan that lady greet.
Which had so great dismay so welt amended ;
And, enlertaimng ber with curt'ues meet,
Frofest (o her true liiendship and affection tweet.
Thua when they all accorded goodly were,
!%« trumpets sounded, and they all arose,
Thence to depart with glee and gladsome chere.
11»se warlike champions both together chose
Homeward to march, themselves there to repose :
And wise Cambina, taking by her ride
Faire Canacee as fresh as morning loae.
Onto her coch remounting, home did ride,
Admir'd of all the people and much gloriflde.
Whoe making ioyous feast Ihar daiea (hey spent
In perftct love, demide of batefull strife,
AUide with bands of mutuall couplement ;
Fas' Triamond had Canacee to wife.
With whom he ledd a long and happie life ;
And Cambel toiAe CamUna to his fere,
Tbe whid a* life were each to other tiefe.
So all alike did lore, and loved were.
That since tfieir days SlKb Iprcn wise not fbnnd
Batyrane make* a tumeyment
For lore of Florimell :
And Attegall do^ quell.
I> often &U (as here it eant befell),
HMt mottall foes doe turne to bilhrull fiends,
And friends protest are chaungd to foemen fell :
The cause of both of both their minds depends ;
And th' end of both likewise of both their ends :
For enmitie, that of no ill proceeds
But of occaaion, with th' occasion ends ;
And fiiendship, which a feint affectioD breedi
WiHiout tegaid of good, dyes like ill-groanded seeds.
Hut well (me seemes) appeares by that of lata
Twiit Cambell and sir ITiamond befell ;
As al) by tbiii ; that now a new debate
Stiid up Iwiit Blandamour and Paiidell,
The whirfi hy course befall me here to tell :
Wbo, having those two other knight* eqnds
Marching afore, as ye remember well.
Sent forth their squire to have ttaem both descrida,
And eke those masked ladies riding them beside.
Who backe returning told, at he had seene,
Tliat they wen doughlie knights of dreaded name;
And those two ladies their two loves unteene ;
And therefore wisht them without blot or blame
To let them passe at will, for dread of abame.
But BUndamour full of vsin.^arioas spright,
■ ■ ■ rd by hi " ^' " '
rsin.^arioas
scordTuUdan
Yet nigh approdiing hi
Diigradng tbem, hims-
himselfe thereby to grace,
A* was his wont ; so weening way to make
To ladies love, whereso be came in place.
And with lewd termes tbeir lovers to de&ce.
Whose sharpe provokement them incenst so sore^
That both were bent t' avenge his usage base.
And gan their shields addresse themselvea afore :
Forevill decdes may better then bad words be boiV'
myld
That for the present they were reconcyl'd,
And gan to ireate of deeds of aimes abrode.
And strange adventures, all the way they rode !
Amongst the which they told, as then befell.
Of that great tumey which was biased brode,
For that rich girdle of faire Florimell,
The prise of ber which did in beautie moat excsU.
To whi^ folke-nmte they all with one consfnt,
Sith each of them hi* lacBe had Urn by.
Whose beautie each of them thou^ excellent,
Agreed to trarell, and thor fortunes try.
So as they passed (brth, they did espy
One in luight armea with ready speare in rest.
That toward tbem his course seem'd to apply j
Gainst whom sir Psridell bimsdfe addrrat.
Him weeiUng, ere be nigh approcht, to have repmt.
Which th' oAet seeing gan his coarse rdent.
And vaunted speare ef^oones to dimdvaunce.
As if he nau^t but peace and pleasure ment,
Now felne into their fellow^ip by chance ;
Whereat they shewed cuiteous countenannoe.
So as be rode with them accompanide.
Hit roving eie did on the lady glaunc*
Which Blandamoar had riding fay hi* rid* : [ride.
Whom sure he weend that be somewhere toftea had
It was to weete that tnowy Florimall,
Which Ferrau late fVom Bmggadochio wonne ;
Whom he now seeing, ber remenibred well.
How having reft her from the witches sonoe.
He soone her lost : wherefore he now b^unne
To challenge ber anew, as his uwne prise.
Whom formerly be bad in battell winine,
And proffer made by force her to reprise :
Which tcomefull , - "■
And nid ; ■' Sir Knight, nth ye tin* Ud; cluna.
Whom he tbM hsih were iMb to lose «o light,
( For 90 to lou a lad; wu great ihame),
Yee ihall bcr winne, u I have done, in Gght ;
And la ! ibee ehall be placed here in light
Together with this hug beside her let,
That wliow) vinnes her may her h»c by right j
Bkil he slull lui>e (be hag thM is ybet.
And with her alnaies ride, dll be another get."
That olfer pleased all the company .
So Flonmell with Ate forth was brought.
At which they ajl gnn laugh fiill merrily ;
But Broggadochio laid, lie nerer thought
For such an hag, that seemed worst then nought.
His person to emperill so in light ;
But if to nutch that Lady they had sought
Another like, that vere like faire and bright,
His life he then would spend to iustiSo his right.
At which hli Taioe excuse (hey all gan iniilf.
As scorning hii unmanly cowardize :
And Flonmell him fowly gon revile.
That for her sake refused to enterprise
The battell, oflied in so knightly wiie ;
And Ali eke provokt him pririly
With love of her, and ahame of such meapriza.
But naught he car'd for friend or enemy ;
For in lase mind nor friendship dweU nor enmity.
But Camhell thus did shut ii^ all in iest ;
" Brave knighu and ladies, certes ye due wrong
To Mirre up strife, when most us needeth rest.
That we may us reserve both fresh and stroDg
Against the tumeiment which is not long.
When whoso list to fight may light his fill i
Till then your challenges ye may prolong ;
And then it shall be tried, if ye will.
Whether sImU have the bag, or boM tbe ladj atilL"
They all agreed ; so, turning all to game
And pleasaunt bard, they past forth on their way;
And all that while, whereso they rode or came,
llut masked mock-knight was their sport and play,
mi that at length upon th' appointed day
Unto the place of turaeyment they came j
Where tlwy before them found in Iiesh aray
Manie a brave knight and manie s dainlie dame
Assembled for to get the honour of (hat gams.
Ttuie this fiure crew arriving did divide
Tbemaelres asunder : Blandamouc with those
Of bis on tb' one, tbe rest on th' olhet side.
But boastful .Biaggadochio rather chose.
For glqrie vaine, their fellowship to lose.
That men on him the more might gaac alone*
The Teat themselves in troupes did else dispose,
Like as it itemed best to every one ;
Tbe knights in couples nurcht witb ladiea Unckt
Then ftrst of all fiittli cam
Bearing that precious relicke in an arke
Of goli that had eyes might it not pri^hana ;
Which drawing sofUy forth out of the darkly
He open shewd, that all men it mote marke;
A gergeou* girdle, curiously embost
'With pesrie and pivcioui stone, worth many a maib
Yet did Ae ivnikmaiubip farre passe the coat :
It vras the same which lately Florimell had lost.
The tame alofte ba buna in open'MW,
To be the prize of beautie and of nij^ ;
The which, eftsoonea discovered, to it di«w
The eyes of all, allur'd with dose delight.
And hearts quite roljbed with so glorious sight.
That all men threw out vowcs and wishea vaibe.
Thrise h^>^ ladie, and thtise bappie knight.
Them iiLtiud that could so goodly Ticbas gaiDC^
So woRbie of tbe periU, worthy of tbe pame.
Then tooks the bold sir Satyrane in hand
An huge great spear^ such as he wont to wield.
And, vauncing forth from all the other band
Of knights, addrest his maideo-heeided shield.
Shewing himselfe all readie for tbe Geld :
Gainst whom there singled from tbe otba- side
A Poinim knight that well in aimes wax ikil'd.
And had in many a battell oft bene trid^
HightBrtmchevid the bold, who Geislyforth did ride.
So furiously they both together met.
That neither could the odien force "—'-'-- :
As two fierce buls, that striTe tbe rule to get
Of alt [he haard, nieele with so hideous maine.
That both rvbulled tumble on the plaine;
So these two champions to the ground ware fdd:
Where in a maze ^ey both did long remaine,
And in their hands their idle tmncheoas held.
Which neither able were to wag, or once ta weld.
Which when ttie noble Fcrramont espide.
He pricked forth in ayd of Satyran ;
And him against sir Blondamour did ride
Witli all the strength and slifnesie Ibat be can:
But the more strung and stiflely that he ran.
So much more sonly to tbe ground be fell.
That on an heape were tumbled hone and man :
Unto whose rescue forth rode Paridell ;
But him likewise with (hat same speare he eke did
quelL
Which Braggadochio teeing had no will
To hasten greatly to his parties ayd,
Albee his tume were nezt; but stood there ttiU,
As one that seemed doubtfuU or diimayd :
But Triamond, halfe wroth (o ses him staid.
Sternly stepl forth, and nught away his ^learo.
With which so sore he Ferramont assaid.
That horse and man to ground he quite did beare.
That Aeither could in hast themselves again uptvare.
Which to avenge ur Devon him did dight.
But with no b^r fortune then the rest ;
For him likewise he quickly downe did smight:
And after him sir Douglas liim oddrrst ;
And after him sir Palimord forth prest ;
But none of them against his strokes could standi
But, all the more, the more his praise inctest i
For either they were left upon the land.
Or went away sore wounded of Ida baplene hand.
And DOW by this sir Satyraoa abnid
Out of tbe BWomie, in which too long he layi
And looking round about, like one diamaid,
Whenas he saw the mercilesse affhiy
WUch doughty 'niamoud had wrought that dajr
Unto the noble kni^ta of Maidenheads
His mighty heart did almoat rend in tway
For very gall, that rather wholly dead
Himadfh ha wisbt Ibt* bacna then in so bad ■ sMad.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
EAeoodcb be g«a to gathtr up •rtMuid
Hu wuapong vhich la; icMtercd all abrode.
And, us it fell, hit Uwd he mdjr found :
Od wbam nmouDting lUrcely furth be rode.
Like ■parke of Ore that from the andvill glade,
There where he mm the valUot Triamond
QiBBBg, and l^og on ttaem bea*j lode,
TbW none hii fane were able to withatcnd;
Sb drcadJFull were hia mrokea, ao ckadi; waa hia bond.
With that, at him hii beamlike apean he aimed.
And thereto all bit power and might Riptide :
The wicked Steele fur nuBcbicfe first ordained.
And having now Misfortuae got for guidx.
Staid not till it airired in hj> ude.
And therein made a ter; giwly wound,
ThM Ureamci of blood hia aimour all bedide.
Much WBS he daunted with that direfiill stownd,
That acane be him upheld from CtlUng in a aound.
Yet, a* be might, hima^Ife he aoft withdrew
Out of the field, that none pcrcdv'd it plainc :
Then gau the part of cbaUngen anew
To range the field, and victorlike to raine,
That none against ibstn battell durst maiutaine.
Bf that the gloomj erening on them fell,
1iu± forced them from fighting to rcfroine,
Attd trutnpeta aound to caae did them compel! :
So Satyiaue that d^ was iudg'd to beare the belL
Tlie mocroiT ant tlie turns; gaa anew ;
And with the first the bardj Satyrane
Appc*r*d in place, with all hia noble crew :
On th' other side full many a warlike swaine
Asaembled were, that glorious prize to gaine.
But mongst tbem all was not sir Triamond ;
Unable be new battell to danaine.
Through grreraunce of his late receiTed wound,
llMt doubly did hjm grieve when so himselfe he
found.
Which Cambell aveing, though he could not salve,
N< done undoe, jet, for to salve bis name
Aitd purchase honour in hia friends behalve,
This goodly counletfesaunce he did frame :
The shield and armes, well knowne to be the same
Wfaidi Triamond bad wome, unwarvs to wight
And to his friend unwist, for doubt of blame
ir be loiadid. he on bimselfc did dight, [fight.
That uooe could him diaceme ; and so went forth to
There Satyraoe lord of tbe field he found.
Triumphing in great ioj and iolity ;
Gainst whom none able was to stand on ground ;
That much he gan his glorie Ut envy.
And cast t' avenge bis friends indignity :
A migfatie speorc eAsoone* at him he bent ;
Vbo, seeing him come on ao fViriously,
Met him mid-way with equall hardiment,
That forcibly to ground tbey both together went.
They up againa tiienuelves can li^itly rcare.
And to thelT tiyed sworda tbenuelM betake ;
With which they wrought auch wondrous marvels
That all the n« it did anutied make, [there,
Ne any dar'd their perill to partake i
Now cuffing cloae, now chacing to and fro,
N«w hurtling round advantage for to lake :
Aa two wild boarca together grilling go,
So as tbey courat, and tumeyd hers and theara,
It chaunat sr Satyiaue his steed at leat.
Whether through foundrii^ or through aodein feare.
To stumble, thaa his rider nigh he cast ;
Which vauntage Cambell did pursue so fnt,
That, ere himHlfe he bad recovered well,
So sore be sowst bim on the compast crcait.
That forced him to leave hit loftie sell, [fell.
Aud itidcly tumbling downe under hia btBae-faeta
Lightly Caaibello leapt downe tnto his alecd
For to have rent hia shield and annca away,
That wbylome wont to be tbe victors meed i
When all UBwarta be felt an hideous sway
Of many swords that lode on blm did lay :
An hundred knighta bad bim cncloaed round.
To rescue Satyiane out df hia pray j
All which at once huge strokes on him did pound.
In hope to take him prisaner, whve be aUrad ea
ground.
He with their multitude was nought dismayd.
But with stout courage tumd upon them all.
And with his brond-iron round about him layd;
or wbidi he dealt large almes, as did t>ebll :
Like as a lion, that by chauncc dolh fall
Into the hunters toile, doth rage and rare,
In royall heart disdaining to be thrall :
But all in vaine : for ulut might one do more?
They have him taken captive, though it grieve him'
Whereof when newea tc
Thereas he lay, his wound he aoone forgot.
And starting up strdght fbr fait armour tougbl :
In vaine he sought ; fbr there he fbuud it not;
Cambello it away before had got :
Cambelloes armes tbetefore he on him threw.
And bghtly isaewd forth to take hia lot.
There be in troupe found all that warlike crew
Leading his friend away, full sorie to hit vew.
Into the thickeet of tlkat knightly preaate
He thrust, and smote downe all that w
Caried with fervent leole; ne did be c<
Till that he came where be bud CambeU aeene
Like captive thral two other knighta atwaene :
Tliere he amongst them eruell bavocke makes.
That tbey, which lead him, aoone enfiwed been*
To let bim looae to save tbcir proper stakes ;
Who, being freed, from one a weapon fiercely takes:
With tbat be drives at them with dreadAill miglit.
Both in remembrance of his fHoids late barmen
And in revengeme^t of bis owoe dcapight :
So both together give a new allanne.
As if but now the battell vexed warma.
As when two greedy wolves doe breake by force
Into an heard, fairs ham the huiband &rine,
They spoile and ravine without all mnone : [force.
So did these two through all the field thrir foes ci>-
Flercdy they fidlowd on their bolde emprise.
Till tnunpeM sound did wame tbem all to rest :
Then all with one cooaent did yeald tbe priie
To Triamond and CambeU aa the b»t;
But Triamond to Cambell it releat.
And Cambell it to 'niamond tranafeid;
Each labouring t' advance the othert gesC,
And nuke bit pcaiie boCoi* hia owne preferd :
So that tbe doooM waa lo snothtr day diffeid.
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The lut dmj ematt f wheo all tlioM kolglita agaloa
Aiaembled were their d«ed» of umei to sfaetr.
F\iL nun; deedo that it,y were shewed plaine :
But Sktynne, bore all the odwr creo,
Hii wondrous worth declird in all mem vieir ;
For from the first he to the liet endured :
And though some while Fortune from hini withdrew.
Yet evermore his honour he recured,
And with unwearied powre his party itiU ainirvd.
Ne wu there knight that ever thought of armes.
But that his utmost proweiae there made knowen :
That, by their many wounds and careleise haitne*.
By shirered speares and iwords ail under strowen,
By scattered shields, was easie to be showen.
There might ye lee loose steeds at nndon ronne,
Whose lucklesse riders laic* were overtbrowen ;
And tquiers make hast tohelgie their lords fordonne :
But Btjll the knights of Maidenhead the better wonne.
Till that there entred on the other side
A stiaunger knight, from whence no man could reed.
In quyent disguise, full hard to be descride :
For all his armour was like saliage weed
With woody mosse bedight, and all his steed
With oaken leaves attrapt, that seemed Bt
For salvage wight, and thereto well agreed
His word, whidi on fail ragged shield was writ,
Saltagene mujhaae, shewing secret wit.
He, at his fint incomming, charg'd his tpera
At Idm that first appeared in his sight ;
That was to weet the Mout sir Sangliere,
Who well wai knowen to be a valiant kni^it.
Approved oft in maoy a parlous Gght :
Him at the first encounter dowue he smote.
And over-bOTe beyond his crouper quight ;
And after him another knigbt, that hole
Sir Brianor, so sore, that none him life bebote.
Then, ere his hand he reard, ha overthrew
Seven knighta one after other as they came :
And, when hit apeaiv was brust, hii sword he drew,
The initjument of wrath, and with the same
Far'd like a lyon in his bloodie game.
Hewing and b1 ashing sbields and helmets bright,
And beating doime whatever nigh him came.
at every one gan shun hi
I lesae then death itadfe,
■ vaaXerer mgh him cami
shun hit dreadful! ught
, ItaBlfs. In lUiiniram,,. •(
, daungerous affright.
So
Much wondred all men what or whence he came,
That did amangM the troupes so tyrumiie ;
And each of ottier gan inquire his name :
But, when they could nM leane it by no wiie.
Most anawQvbla to his wyld disguize
It teemed, him to tenm die Salvage Knigbt :
But certes his right name was olhaviae.
Though knowne to few that ArtbegaU be bight.
The doughtiest knight that liv'd that day, ai^ moat
of might.
Thus was sir Satyrane with all his baud
By his sole manbood and alchievemcnt stout
IXsmay'd, that none of them in field dtirat stand.
But beslcn were and chased all about,
So he continued all that day throughout,
mi evening that the Sunne gan downward bend :
Tben rushed forth out of the thickest rout
A Btiangei knight, that did his glorie ihend :
So nought may be esteemed faapine till the end !
He at his entranea charg'd his poirreftdl qtaan
At Arth^all, in middest of his pryde.
And therewith smote him on his umbrivo
So sore, that tombling backe be doime did slyde
Over hi* bone* taile above a stryde ;
Whence title lust be had to rise againe.
Which Cambell seeing, much the same envyde.
And ran at him irith all his might and miine ;
But shortly was likewise aeeoe lying on the plaine-
Whereat full inly wroth was Triamond,
And cast t' avenge the shame doen to Ui fVeend -.
But by his IVieiid bimselfe eke soone he fond
In no lesH neede of helpe then him he weend.
All which when BJandamour from end to end
Beheld, he wore therewith displeased sore,
And thought in mind it shortly to amend :
His speare he feutred, and at him it bore ;
But with no belter fortune tben the rest afore.
Full many others at him likewise ran ;
But all of them likewise dismounted were:
Ne certes wonder ; for no powre of man
Could bide the force of that Enchaunled speare.
The which this famous Britomsrt did beare ;
With which she wondrous ditda of srma alchieved.
And overthrew whatever came her neare,
That all those stranger knights full vme agrieved.
And that late weaker band of chalengers relieved.
Like as in tommers day when raging beat
Doth bume the earth and boyled rivers drie,
That all brute beasts forst to refraine fro mot
Doe hunt for shade where shrowded they may li^
And, missing it, fsine from themselves to flie ;
All toavellers tormented are with paine :
A watry cloud doth overcast the side.
And poureth forth a sudden ahoure of nine,
Tbat all the wretched world recomforteth againe :
So did the warlike Britomait leitote
The priie to knights of Maydenhead that day,
Which else was like lo have been lost, and bom
The prayse of prowesse from tbem all away.
Tben shrilling trompets loudly gan to bny,
And bad them leave tbeir labours and long toyle
To ioyous feast and other gentle play,
Where beauties priie ibould win that prelioui
spoyle :
Where 1 with sound of trompe will also rest awhyle.
The ladies for the girdle atriv*
Of&moua Flonmell;
Seudamow, comioing to Cares Hoini^
Doth sleepe from bim eipelL
Ix bath bene through all ages eva' seene,
That with the pniae of arrues and chevalrie
The piiic of beautie still hath ioyned beenei
And that for reasons spedall privitee;
For either doth on other muoh relia :
For he me seemcs most fit the fisire to serve.
That can her best defend IVom viUenie g
And she most fit his service doth deserve,
"Put lairest is, and fh>m her tUth will never sjrti
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
8a fitly now bere anxanath neit in plac^
After the protrfa of prowene ended well,
Tbe controrene oT Bautin aovenine grace ;
In which, to her that doih tbe most eicell,
Sbadl fnU tbe girdle of fWire Florimell :
That man; wiih to win for gloiie v«ine.
And DDt ibr vertuoui me, which tome doe tell
TbU glorioiu belt did in ilseir* contains.
Which ladies ought to love, and leeke for to obtune.
That girdle gave the vertue of chaM lote
And wivebood true to all that did it beare ;
But wfaosoeier contrarie doth proie.
Might not the utne about her middle weare,
But it would looK, or else asunder tean.
Whilome it was (»» Faeries wont report)
Dame Venus pntle, by her 'iteemed dear*
What time (be usd to liTC in witelj sort.
But layd aside wheruo ihe usd her looser sport.
Her husband Vulcan wbylome for her sake,
When first he loved her with heart entire.
This pTEtiouH ornament, they lay, did make.
And wrought in Lrtrninos with unqueoched fire :
And afterwords did for her loves first hire
G ire it to her, fur eier to remsine,
Tlerewith to bind lascivioua dedre.
And loose affections streightly to reatraine ;
Which Tertue it for ever aiW did retaine.
Tbe tame one day, when she benelfe disposd
To *isite her beloved panmioure.
The god of wane, iihe from her middle loosd.
And left behind her in her secret bowre
On Addalisn mount, where many an howre
She with the pleasant Graces wont Co play.
There Florimell in her first ages Howre
Was fostered by those Graces (as they lay],
And biDught with her from thence that goodly belt
away,
lliat goodly belt was Cestus hight by name,
And as her life by her esteemed deare :
No wonder then, if that to winne the same
So many ladies sought, as shall i^ipeare ;
For peartleiee she was thought that did it bears.
And DOW by this thdr feast all being ended,
Tbe judges, which thereto selected were,
Into the Martian field adowne descended [tended.
To deeme this doutfuU case, for which they all con-
But Erst was question made, which of those knights
That lately tumeyd had the wager wonne :
There was it iudged, by those worthie wights.
That SatjTaoc the Erst day best bad donne :
Fot he l^t ended, haiing first begonne.
Tbe second was to Tiiamond behight.
For that be saf 'd the viclour from fordonne :
¥01 Cambell victour was, in all mens sight,
nil by mish^ he in his fbemeni hand £d "
n his fbemeni hand £d tight.
Tbe third dayea prize unto that straunger knight.
Whom all men term'd knight of tbaHebene Speare,
To Britomait was given by good right ;
For that with puissant stroke she downe did beare
The Salvage Knight that victour was whileare.
And all Ihe rest which bad tli« best afore,
And, to the last, uncouquer'd did appeare ;
F(M' last is deemed best : to her therefore
The byieat ladle wai adiudged tor Faramore.
But thereat greatly gtiidgad Arthq^
And much repynd, that both of victon meede
And eke of honour she did him tbrestall :
Yet mote he not withstand what was decreede)
But inly thought of that deapightfull deede
Fit time t' awaita avenged for to bee.
This b«ng ended thus, and all agreed.
Then next cnsew'd the paragon to see
or beautie* praise, and yeeld tbe fayrest her due lea.
Then Ent Candwilo brought into thrir view
His &ire Cambina covered with a veale ;
Which, being once withdrawne, most perfect hew
And passing beautie did eftsoones revnie.
That able was weake liarts away to sleale.
Meit did sir Triamond unto their sight
The face of his deare Canacee unheaJe;
Whose beauties bcame eftsoones did shine so bright.
That daz'd the eyes of all, as with eicceding light.
And after her did Paridell produee
His false Duesea, that she might be seene ;
Who with her forged beautie did seduce
The heaita of some that fairest her did weene ;
As diverse wits ailWted divers beene.
Then did sir Fenamont unto them shew
His Ludda, that was full {aire and sbecne :
And after these an hundred ladies moe
Appear'd in place, the which each other did outgoe.
All which whoso dare thinke (or to encbace.
Him necdelh sure a golden pen I weene
To tell the fieature of each goodly face.
For, since the day that tbey creMed beene.
So many heavenly faces were not secoe
Assembled in one place : ne be that thought
For Chian follie to pouitralct beautie* quecue.
By view of all the fairest to bim brought.
So many faire did see, as here he might have sought.
At last, the moM redoubted Britonesse
Her lovely Amoret did often shew ;
Whose face, discovered, plainely did eipreMO
The heavenly pourtraict of bright angels bcw.
Well weened all, which her that time did Taw,
That she should surely beare the bell awayj
Till Blandamour, who thought he had the trew
And very Florimell, did her display :
The sight of whom once seene did all the rest dis-
For all afore that seemed fayre and bright
Now base and c6ntemptible did appeare,
Compar'd to her that shone as Pbebes light
Amongst the lesser starxes in evening clare.
All that her saw with wonder ravisht weare.
And weend no mortall creature she should be^
But some celestiall shape that flesh did beare :
Yet all were glad there Florimell to see ;
Yet thought ^t Flomirell was not so faire as abee.
At guilefull goldsmith that by seci«t skill
With golden foyle doth finely o*er-epred
Some baser metall, which commend he will
Unto the vulgar for good gold insled.
He much more goodly glosse thereon dolh ibed
To hide his fslshood, then if it were trew :
So hard this idole was to be ared.
That Florimell herselfe in all mens vew
She seem'd to paaae; so forged things do Aurest shew.
TlieD wu that pdden belt by dooma of mU
GntUDted to her, u to tJ» foyrest dune.
Which b«ng brought, nbout her middle snull
They thought to gird, u beit it her became ;
But by no meuie* they could it thereto frame:
For, ever u they fostned it, it loos'd
And fell Bway, as fevting lecret blBnw.
Full oft about ber waM ihe it encloi'd ;
And it ■■ oft wu from about her mat dbdoa'd :
That all men wondred at the uncouth sight.
And eaeh one thought, as to their fancies came :
But she henelfe did thinke it doen for ipight.
And touched was with secret wrath and shame
Therewilh, a* thing deni'd her to de&me.
Then man; other ladies likewise tride
About Iheir lender loynes.to knit the same;
But it would not on none of them abide.
But when they thought it fast, eftsoonea it was utitlde.
Which when that scomef ull SquireofDamesdidTew,
He lowdly gan to laugh, and thus to ieat;
" Alas for pittie that so faire a crew,
As like cannot be scene from east to west.
Cannot And one this girdle to invest !
Fie on the man that did it first invent.
To shame us all with this, Ungirl untlal I
Let neier ladie to his love assent,
HiBt hath this day so many so unmanly sbent."
Thereat all knighta gan laugh, and ladies lowre i
mi that at last the gentle Amont
Likewise assayd to prove that girdles powre;
And, having it about her middle set.
Did find it fit wiihouten breach or let ;
Whereat the rest gan greatly to envie :
But FloHmell exceedingly did fret.
And, snatching from her hand halfe angrily
IIm belt againe, about her bodjo gan it tie ;
Yet nathemore would it her bodie Bt ;
Yet nathelease to her, as her dew li^t.
It yielded was by them that iui^ed it ;
And she heraeUe adiudged to the knight
That bore the hebene spearc, as wonne in fight.
But BHtomart would nut thereto assent,
Ne her owtM Amoret forgoe so light
For that strange dame, whose beaulica wonderment
She leaae eneem'd then th' others vertuo
And eke, with tbeae, fUlt many odier knights
She through her wicked working did incense
Her to demaund and chalenge aa their righU,
Deserved for Iheir jjerils recompense.
angst the rest, with boastTull vaine pretense
Slept Braggadochio forth, and as Ms thrall
Her claym'd, by him in battel] wonne long sens :
Whereto henelfe be did to witnesse call ;
Who, being askt, accordingly confessed all.
Thereat exceeding wroth was Satyran i
And nroih with Satyrao was Blaodamour;
And wroth wJih Blaodamour was Erivao;
And at them both sir Faiideli did loure.
So all leather siird up strifull sioure.
And readie were new battell to daitaine :
Each one protest to be her paramoure.
And vow'd with speare and ahield it to roaintaiiK ;
Ne iudgei powre, ne teasms rule, mole thon le-
Which troublous stirre when Satjrrane avii'd,
gan to cnst bow to appease the same,
And, to accord them all, tJiis meanci dcvii'd :
[ in the midst to set that fayrest dame.
To whom each one his chatenge should disclaioe.
And he himselfe his right would eke reteasse :
Then, looke to whom she voluntarie came.
He should without disturbance her poasesse i
Sweele U the love that comei alon^ v
Whom when the real did leo her to refuse,
They were full glad, in hope themselves to get her :
Yet at her choice they all did greatly muse.
But, aflar that, the iudges did arret her
Unto the second best that lov'd her better ;
That was the Salvage Knight : but he was gone
In great displaaauie, tbal he could not get Iwr.
Tho unto Satyran she was adiudged,
Who was right glad ts gaine so goudly meed :
But Blandamour theteat full greatly grudged.
And title prays'd hie laboora evill speed,
Thai for to winna the saddle lost the steed.
Ne lesse thereat did Paridell complaine.
And thought t' appeals, ftora that which was decreed,
To Bngle combat with sir Satyrane :
Thcralo him Aii Mini, at* dianin} to maintaiBc.
They all agreed ; and then that snowy mayd
Was in the middest pUst among them all :
All on her gazing wisht, and vowd, and prmyd.
And to the queene of beauHe cloui did call,
Tlut she unto their portion might befall.
Then when she long had lookt upon each one.
As though she wished to have pleosd them all,
At last to Braggadochio selfe alone
She came of her accord, in spight of all bis fone.
Which when they all beheld, they chaft, and rag'd.
And woie nigh mad for very harts despight,
That from revenge their willes they scarce asswsg'd :
Some thought from him her to have refl by might j
Some prolTer made with him for her to fight :
But he nought car'd for all that they could say;
For he their words as wind esteemed light :
Yet not St place he thought it there to stay.
But secretly iVonk thence that nighl her bore away.
Ttiey which remaynd, so soone as they perceived
TTiat she was gone, departed thence *ith speed.
And foUow'd them, in mind her to have reav'd
Frain wight unworthie of so noble meed.
In which pnursuit how each one did succeede.
Shall else be told in order, as it kU.
V of Brilomart it here doth neede
The hard adventures and strange haps to tell i
ce with the rest slie went not after FlorimelL
' soone aa she them saw to discord set,
r list no longer in that place abide ;
But, t^ing with her lovely Amore^
Upon her first adventure forth did ride.
To sceke her lov'd, making blind Love her guide.
Unluckie mayd, to seeke her enemie!
Unluckie mayd, to seeke him farre and wide.
Whom, when he was unto herselfe most nie,
She through his late di^uiiement could him tNt
THE E&B&IE QUEENE.
8> mod dw moTB ber gricfat (b« mora bntajb
Tet iMith« tojle nor griefe d
In ■eding him that abouid ber paine iMoyls I
WbcrMo great aimlbct in ber ud mii&re
Wh Amoret, Mmpanion of ber care :
Wbo likcwiic sought bCT lorer lung miiweiit^
Tbe gentle Seudamour, wboee beeit wbileaca
That etrTfiill ^g with gealouB diKOntent
Had fild, that he to fell reveng wu full; bent ;
Bent to revenge on blomeleaK Britmnan
The crime which curaed Ate kindled earst,
The which like thomei did pricke hia gealou* hart.
And through his bouIe like poysoed Brrow peiU,
Tlaal bj no reamn it Tnight be rererat,
For ought that Glauci could or doe or tty ;
For, ajre the more that she the nme reherM,
Tbe more it gauld and griev'd bin) night and da;.
That nought but dire rtrengi; hia anger mote defray-
So aa the; traTctled, the drouping night
Covered with cloudie nonnre and bitter showre,
That dreadfull leeni'd to erei; living wight.
Upon them fell, beibre her timely howre ;
That forced them lo set-ke some covsn bowic,
Where tbe; might hide their heads in quiet rest.
And shrowd their penons from thai stonnie stowre.
Not farre away, not roeete for an; guett, [neit;
The; q>ide a little cottage, like some poore mans
Under a steepe hillea side it placed waa.
There wbetc the mouldred earth had cav'd the banfce;
And fMt beaide a little broc^e did paa
Of muddie water, that tike puddle atanke,
By which fen crooked sallowes grew in nuike;
Whereto approaching nigfa, he heard the sound
Of man; yion bammen beating ranke,
And Miawering their wearie tumeaaround,
31iat seemed aome blackamith dwelt in that desert
There entring in, the; found the goodman sel/e
Full buail; unto his worke ;bent ;
Who was to weet a wretched weariah elfci
With hollow e;eB and rawbone cheekea forspent,
Aa if he bad in priun long bene peat :
Full blacke and grieal; did hia face appeare,
Bdmeaid with smoke that nigh bis e;e-Bight blent ;
With rugged beard, and hoarie shagged beare,
Tbe which be never wont to combe, or couiel;shearc.
Rude was hia garment, and to rags all rent,
Ne better bad be, ne for better cared :
With bliatred handa emongst tbe cindeia brent.
And fingera filthie with long na;les unparcd.
Right Gt to read the food on which be t»rtA,
Hia name waa Care ; a bla^snilh b; luB trada,
llial Dcitber da; not night from woiUng aparad.
But to Huall purpose yron wedges made ;
Tboae be knjiiMt (AougilM that caiefull minda invade.
In which his woile be had die servants piest,
About the aodvile standing evermore
With huge great hamtnera, that did never reat
Fh>m heaping stroakcs which thereon soused sore :
All aixe strong ginomea, but one then other more;
For b; degreea tbe; all were diaagread ;
So likewiaa did the hammers which the; bore
Like beQes in grtatnease otdorly succeed, [ceede.
Hm be, whkb mi tiie last, the ftvt did Sure ei-
M in sight,
Fatra paasing Bnwicus or Pjrraemon greet,
Tbe which in Lipari doe day and night
Ftame thundeibolta for loves avengrfult threala.
So dreadfully be did tbe andvile bnt,
Tliat seem'd to dust be abortl; would it driva i
So huge Ida hammer, and so fleroe hia heat.
That seem'd a rocke of diamond it could rive
And rend asunder quite, if he thereto liat strive.
Sr Seudamour there entHng much admired
The manner of their worke and wearie peine ;
And, having long. beheld, at laat enquired
The cause and end thereof: but all in vaine ;
For they for naught would from their worke r^aine,
Ne let his speeches come unto their ears.
And eke the breathfull bellowes blew amaine,
Uke to tbe nortbren wiade, that naoecmld beare;
Tboao Penaifenesse did move ; and aigbea tbe bd-
Whicb when that waniour aaw, be said do more.
But in his armour layd him downe to reat ;
To reat be Uyd him downe upon the flore
(Whylome for vcntrous knighU the bedding beet),.
And lliought his wearie limln to have redresl.
And [liat old aged dame, liis faithfull squire,
[]vr feeble [u;nts layd cko adowne to rest ;
That needed much her wcake age (o desire,
After so long a travell vliich them both did lire.
There Uy sir Scutlimour long while eipecting
When gende sleepe his beavie eyes would close;
Oft chaunging sides, and oft new place electing
Where better leem'd he mote himselfe repose;
And oft in wrath he thence againe uprose ;
And oft in wrath he layd him downe againe.
But, wheresoere he ilid himselfe dispose,
He b; no meaiiea could wished ease obtaine ; [vaine.
So ever; place aeem'd poinefull, and ech changing
And evermore, when he to ileepe did tlunk^
Tbe hanuners sound hi& senses did nmleat ^
And evermore, when be began to winke,
The bellowca noyae diaturb'd hia quiet real,
Nc suflred sleepe to settle in his brest.
And all the aigtit the dogs did Inrke and howls
About the house, at sent of stranger gueat:
And now the crowing cocke, and now tbe owle
Lowde shriking, him afflicted to tbe very aowle.
And, if by fortune an; little nap
Upon bis beavie eye-lids chaunst to fall,
Eftsoones one of those villeins him did rap
Upon his hcad-pecce with his jn>a mall;
That he was soone awaked thcrewithall,
And lightl; started up as one affVayd,
Or aa if one him suddenl; did odl ;
So oftentimes he out of ileepe abra;d.
And then la; muiung long on that Him {U apa;d.
So long he muzed, and so long be lay.
That at the laat bia wearie sprite oppreW
^^th fleahl; weaknease, which no creature ma;
Long time resist, gave place to kindl; i«at,
That all his tenses did full soone aireat :
Yet, in his soundest aleepe, hit i^ly ibare
His ;dle braine gan busily moleat.
And nude htm dreame thoae two disloyall irere:
Tbe thinga, that da; motf minds, at night doe moat
With that the wicked cwle, the nuutar tmitfa,
A piire <rf red-whot yron tongi did take
Out of ^he burning cindeffl, and therewiifa
Under his aide him nipt ; that, font (o wake,
He felt hit hart for vet; paine to quake.
And started up aTenged for U be
On him the which hii quiet sloiuber brake :
Yet, looking round about him, oaae could lee ,
Yet did the smart leEoaine, though he binuelfe did
flee.
In luch disquiet and hart-f^<etting payne
He all that night, that too long night did paan.
And now the day out of the ocean laajae
Began to peepe above this earthly masse,
With pearly dew sprinkling the morning grnar -.
Then up be rose like heavie lumpe of Im^
That in his face, as in a looking glane,
Ilie signe* of anguish one mole plainely read.
And gbewe the man lo be dismajd with gealou
Unto his toft; Bleede he clambe anone.
And forth upon his fanner voiage fared.
And with him eke ihiit aged squire altone ;
Who, whalaoeier perill was prepared.
Both equall paines and equ^ peril! shared :
The end whereof and daungerous event
Shall for another canticle be spared :
But here my weaiie leeme, nigh over-spent,
Slull breath itselfe awhile afler so long ■ went.
Both Scudamour and Artbegall
Doe B^t with Britomart;
He sees her bcei doth fell in love.
And socme from her depart.
What equall torment to the griefe of miad
And pymng anguish hid in gentle hart,
Him inly feeds itaelfe with thought! unkind,
And nourisheth her ovne consuming smart !
What medicine can any leaches art
Yeeld such a sore, that doth her grievance hide,
And vill to none her maladie impart !
Such was the wound that Scudamour did gride ;
For which Dan Phebus selfe cannot a salve provide.
Who having left that restlewe House of Can,
The next day, as be on his way did ride.
Full of melincfaolie and lad misfare
Through miscoticdpt, all unawares apiSa
An armed knight under a forreit side
Sitting in shade beside his grazing steede ;
Who, BODoe as them approaching he descride,
Can towards them to pricke witti eger apeeiie.
That aeem'd be was fUll bent to aome miacldcvoui
deede.
Which Scudamour percravlng forth issvwed
To have rencouqtred him in equall race ;
But, soone aa Ot' other nigh approaching vewed
The annea be bore, hU speare be gan abase
And voida his ooune ; at which so suddain taae
Ha wotkdred much : but tb' other thus can say ;
" Ab ! gentle Scudamour, unto your grace
I Die Hrtnait, and you of pardon p>^.
That almoM had agaimt you treaiiwiaJ thii ^."
Withou
But reade you, air, nth ye my name have higtit,
What is your owne, that I mote you requite."
" Certes," tayd he, " ye mote ss now excuse
Me from discovering you my name aright :
For time yet ■erves that I the same refuse ;
But call ye me the Salvage Knight, as olheia ■tie.'*
"Then this, sir Salvage Knight," quoth he, "oreede;
Or doe you heie within this forrest wonne.
That seemedi welt to aniwere to your wceida.
Or have ye it for some occasion donne 7
That rather seemes, sith knowen armes ye aboone."
" This other day," sayd he, " a strangev knigbt
Shame and dislioaouT bath uato tne donne )
On whom I waite to wieake that f.iule desjrigbt.
Whenever he thii way shall paaa^by day or ni^L*
" Shame be hii meede," quoth he, " that meanetti
But what is he by whom ye shamed were T" [shama I
" A stranger knight," sayd he," unknowne by naoM,
But knowne by fiuue, and by an hebene speare
With wfaicb be all that met him down* did bew.
He, in an open Wmej lately bald.
Fro me the boooiir of that game did lean t
vrearie eaist, downe feld.
When Scudamour heard moMioa of that speare.
He wist light wdl OM it was Britomart,
The which trom him hi* lairat love did beara.
Tbo san he ivrell In every inner part
For 611 dcipigfat, and gnaw bis ^alooi ban,
That tbua be abarply Myd; " Now by my head,
Yet is not thi* the flnt unknigfatly pvt.
Which that same knight, whom by his lauDce I read.
Hath doen to noble knighta, that many makes him
" For lately he my love hath bo me icft,
And eke defiled with foule villanie
The sacred jiudge which in bis fsith was left.
In shame of knighthood and Sdetilte t
The which ere long ftill deare he shall abiei
And if to that avenge by you decreed
This hand may helpe. or succour ought auppli^
It shall not fiiyle whenao ye shall it need. "
So both to wreake their wTslhi " '-
Whiles thus they communed, lo ! htn away
A knight loft ryding towardes them they spyde,
Attyr'd in fbrraine armes and straunge any :
Whom when they nigh approcht they plaine descryda
To be the same for whom they did abyde.
Sayd tben air Scudamour, " Bar Salvage Kni^t,
Let me tbii crave, sith Gnt I was def<fde.
That fiiM I may that wrong to him tvquile ;
And, if I b^ to byle, you shall recure my righL~
Which bang yedded, he bis threaifiiU tptan
Gan fewter, and against her flemty ran.
Who HNme aa abe blm saw approching neare
Wixb ao MI i^e, heraeUe slie lightly gan
To di^t, to welcoBie him well M she can ;
THE FAERIE QUEEME.
Bnt Axtanll, bebtddlng hit tolictiuiiic^
New matter added to hii Conna fin ;
And, eft aTenCring hii Meelr-boided UuDce,
Ag*in»t her rode, full of despiteoiu ire.
That nought but spoy£e mad vengeance did require :
Bnt to hiiDselfe hie felonoui intent
Betunung diiappointed hit dnire,
Whilei unawares hii laddle he forwent.
And found hiniHlfe on ground in great amutfnicnL
IJ^tly he itincd up out of that itaund,
And Mulching forth hii direfull deadly blade
Did le^w to ber, ai doth an eger bound
TluiiEt to an hynd within lome covert glade.
Whom without peril 1 he cannot invtde :
With >uch fell gieedinei he her Bauyled,
That though ibe mounted were, jet he ber made
To gi>e him ground to much hU ton* preTayled),
And ihun hii mightie itrokei, gainM which no anDa
So, M tber courwd here and there, it cbaumt
That, IB her wheeling round, behind ber creM
So ■orely he her strooke, that thence it glaunat
Adowne ber bade, the wbicb it fairly iilest
Ymta foule miichance ; nc did it erer ren^
Till on ber horses hinder parU it fell i
Where byting deepe so deadlji it improt.
That quite it chjnd hii backe behind the sell.
And to alight on fooCe her algatea did compell :
like as the lightning-brond irom riTen ikie,
Hirowne out by angr; love in hii vengednce.
With drndfull force falle* on some steeple hie ;
Which battring downe, it on the church doth ^aoce,
And tearei it all with terrible mischance.
Tet ibe, no whit dismayd, her steed fonookl ;
And calling from her that encliaunted lance,
UdIo ber swoid and shield ber soone betooke ;
And therewithal! at him right furiously tbe itrooke.
So fiiriooily ibe strooke in her first heat,
Whilei with long figbt on foot ha breathleise was,
That she him forced backward to retreat.
And yeeld unto her weapon waj to pai :
Whose raging rigour neither Steele nor bru
Could stay, but to the tender fleih it went.
And pour'd the purple bloud forth on the grai ;
Tliat ill his nisyle yriy'd, and plates yient,
Shew'd all hij bodie bare unto the eniell denL
At length, wbenas he saw her haitie heat
Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle.
He through long Buflerance growing now more great.
Rose in bi« atrengih, and gon her fleth assayle,
Heaping huge strokes ■■ thicke as showre of hayl^
And ladling dreadfully at every part.
As if he thought her nule to diseatrayle.
Ah ! eniell hand, and thrise roan cruell har^
ThM wotkit ludi wrecke on her to whom thou
What yron couiage era could endure
To woifca such outrage on so byre a creature !
And iu hia iiiihm— thinke with hands impure
To ipoyle so goodly workmanship of Nature,
The Maker seUe roembling in ber feature !
Cettei some belliih furie or some feend
This mischiefe &amd, for tlieir first loves defeature.
To hath their hands in bhnid of dearest freend,
llenbfto make their lovei beginning their lives end.
Thus long Ibey trac'd and tiaTent to and fros
Sometimes pursewing, and sometimei pursewed.
Still as advantage they espyde thereto :
But toward th' end sir Artbegall renewed
His strength still more, but she still more de
At last bis lucUcsse hand he hcai'd on hie,
The wicked stroke upon her helmet chaunst.
And with the force, which in ilselfe it bore.
Her ventayle shard away, and thence forth glauotf
Adowne In vaine, ne harmed her any more.
With thai, her angels face, unseene afore.
Like to the ruddie ntome appeard in sigh^
Deawed with silver drops through tweating sore ;
But somewhat redder then beseem'd aright, [Hght :
llitougb toylesome heat and labour of ber wearj
And round about the same lier yellow heare.
Having through sdiring loosd their wonted hand.
Like to ■ golden bolder did appeare,
Fnnied in goldsmithes forge with cunning hand;
Yet goldimithes cunning could not understand
To ftame such subtile wire, so shinie cleare ;
For it did glister like the gulden sand.
The which Pactolus with his wsteis sliere
Throwea furtb upontberivage round about him nere.
And B] hia hand he up tgaine did reare.
Thinking to woike on her his utmost wracke,
His powrelesae inne benumbd with secret feate
From his revengefuU purpose ihronke abacke.
And cruell sword out of hi* Bngeis slacke
Fell downe to ground, as if the Reele had sence
And felt some ruth, or sence his hand did lacke.
Or both of them did thinke obedience
To doe to so divine a beauties excellence.
And he himselfe, long gaxiDg thereupon.
At last fell humUy downe upon his knet^
A hd of his wonder made religion.
Weening some heavenly goddesse he did se<^
Or else unweeting what it elK might bee ;
And pardon her bcKiugbt bis errour IVajrle,
That had done outrage in so high degree :
Whilest trembling borrour did his sense iMayle,
And made ecb mend>eT quake, and manly hart (•
Nathelesse she, full of wrath for that late ttrok^
All that long while upheld her wrathfiill band.
With fell intent on him to bene ywroke ;
And, looking stcme, still over him did stand,
Tbreatuing to strike unlcsse be would withstand ;
And bad him rise, or wirely he should die.
But, die or live, ibr nought be would upstand ;
But her of pardon pnyd more eamcMlie,
Or wreake on him her will for so great iniurie.
abisyd.
ide,
Which wh
Beheld, whereas he stood ni
He was therewith right wondroiuly dismayd ;
And drawing nigh, whenu he pUine desctide
That peerelesse pateme of dame Natuis pride
And heavenly image of perfection,
He bleat himietfe u one sore terrifide ]
And, Euming feare to taint devotion.
Did wonbip ber as some celcstiall vi^on.
'400 SPE1
But GImci, M^ng all that i^iMmMd tti«n^
Well weeting bow thdr errour to assoyle,
Full glail or DO good end to them dmr neie.
And her salewd with seemely beLaccoyle,
lofoiu to nee her suTe after long toj'le :
llteil her besought, u ^e to her was deare,
To graunt unto those warriourg truce •whyle ;
Whichfedded,lhcjthdr beiers updid leare, fireTe.
And abew'd themselves to her nich u indeed the;
Wheif Britomart with sharpe STiiefull eye
Beheld the loreljr bee of ArUg:dl
Tempred with stcrnnse and (tout moieitie,
jShe gan eftsoonet it to her mind to call
To tw Che Mme which, in ber fathers hall.
Long since in that enchaunted glasie she saw :
'nieiewith her wrathful 1 courage gan appall.
And haugfatie spirits meekElji to adaw, [draw.
l^t her enhaunced hand she downe can soft with-
Yet she it font to bme agnine upheld,
A« fayning choler which was tum'd to cold ;
But ever, when his visage she beheld.
Her hand fell downe, and would no longer hold
The wrathAill weapon gainst his countnanee bold:
But, when in vaine to figlit she oft assayd.
She ann'd her tongue, andtliought at bin to scold:
Nathlessc her tongue not to her will obayd,
But brought forth speeches myld when she would
have missayd.
But Scudamour now woien inly glad
That all hia gealous feare be fnlse bad found.
And how that hag his love abused had
With breach of faith and loyaltie unnound.
The which long time his grieved hart did wound,
He thus bespake i " Certei, sir Artegall,
I ioy to see you lout >o low on ground,
And now becnne to live a ladies thrall, [all."
That whylome in your minde wont to despise them
Soone as she heard the name of AnagM,
Her hart did lespe, and all her heart-strings tremble,
For sudden io; kud secret fesre withall ;
And all her vitall powies, with motion nimble
To succour it, themseivei gan tliere assemble ;
That by the swift recourse of Bushing blood
Right plaine appeard, though she it would djaaemble,
Attd fayned still her former angry mood,
Thinking to hide the depth by troubling of the Hood.
When Glaucj thus gan wisely all upknit ;
** Ye gentle knight^ whom fortunehcre bath brought
To be spectatOTS of this uncouth Bt,
Which secret tale batb in this lodie wrought
Against the course ot kind, ne mcrvaile nought ;
tie thenceforth feare the thing that bethstoo
Hath troubled both your miiides with idle thought.
Fearing least she your loves away should woo ;
Feared in vaine, silh meanea ye see there waota
theretoo.
*' And you, sir Artegall, the Salvage Knight,
Henceforth may not disdaine that womans hand
Hatb conquered you anew in second fight :
For whylome tbey have conquered sea, and land.
And Heavenitselfe, that nought may them withataudi
Ne henceforth be rebellious unto love,
T^t is the crowne of knighthood and the band
Of noble minds derived firom above.
Which, tnng knit with vertue, never will remove.
" And yoi^ tin ladie knlgtit, my dearest dame.
Relent the rigour uf your wrathfull will,
Whose fire were better tum'd to other flame ;
And, wiping out remembrance of all ill,
Graunt him your grace ; but so that he fulflll
The penance which ye shall to him empart :
For lovers Heaven must passe by ■omwes Hell.'*
Thereat full inly blushed Brllomvt ;
But Arlt^U claee-smyUng ioy'd in secrM hatt^
Yet durst be not make love so suddenly,
Ne thinke th' ailcction of her hart to dta<r
From one to other so quite conCiary -.
Besides her modest countenance he saw
So goodly grave, and full of princely aw.
That it his ranging fancie did refhine.
And looser thoughts to lawfull bounds witUraw ;
Whereby the paadon grew more flerce and liune.
Like to a stubbome tteede whom strong hand would
But Scudamour, whose hart twiit doublfull Aarc
And feeble hope hung oil this while suspence,
Desiring of his Amoret to heare
Same gladfull newes and sure intelligenoe.
Her thus bespake ; ■' But, sir, without of&nce
Mote I request you tydings of my love.
My Amorel, aith you her freed fro thence
Where the, captivcd long, great woes did prOve ;
That where ye left I may her aeeke, as doth behove.'
To whom thus Britomart ; " Certes, sir Kmght,
What is of her become, or whether left,
I cannot unto you aread aright.
For from that time 1 from enchaunters theft
Her freed, in which ye her all hopelease left,
I her preserv'd from perill and from feare.
And evermore from viilenie her kept ;
Then she, ne unto whom I moie true love did bear* :
■Itlloi
1 day, as tluvugh a desert wyld
We travelled, both wearie of die w .
We did alight, and Bate in shadow myld ;
Where fearelease 1 to sleepe me dowoe did lay :
But, whenas I did out of sleepe abny,
I found her not where I her left whyleare.
But thought slie wandred was, or gone astray !
1 cal'd her loud, I sought her fane and neaie ;
But no where could her End, nor tydings of ber
When Scudamour those beavie tydings beard.
His hart was thrild with point of deadly ban,
Ne in his face or bloud or life ^peard ;
Withn.
Pot yet she may be safe though somewhat sti^d :
Its best to hope the best, though of the wont afiayd."
Nathelesse he hardly of her chcarefuH spcedi
Did comfort take, or in his troubled sight
Shewed change of better cheare ; so sore a breadi
That sudden nen'es hod made into his spright ;
nil Britomart him falrely thus behight ;
" Great cause of sorrow certes, sir, ye have ;
But comfort tidic j for. by this Heavens light,
I vow you dead or living not to leave,
"ni Ifaerflnd, andwnakeon him diat did ber rene." i
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401
Therewith he leaUd, and well plcaied m*.
So, peace being confirm'ii smoogit tbcm all.
They tooke their Meeds, uid forward thence did p«
Uato some mtirg place, which mote befell ;
All beiog guided bj til Artegall :
Wbere goodly loliice wu unto tbem nude.
And da;l; feuting both in bowie end hall,
Untill that tbey their woiuidi well healed had,
And wcarie limmn rccur'd aAer iMe mage beid.
In ail which time air Art»»II made waf
Uolotbe lore of noble Bntoman,
And with mede aerrice and much uiit did l&y
Cootinuall nege uota her geotie hait ;
Which, being wh^lome launcht with lorelf dac^
Howerer abe her pajnd with womaniah art
To hide her wound, that none aiight it petceiic :
Value i* the art that wrtei itMlTa for to decdT*.
So well he woo'd her, and ao well he wrought her,
With fSiire enlreatie and sweet blandiUnnen^
That at the length unto a ba; ha brought her.
So as Hhe to hia apeechei was content
To tend an eare, and lofUjr to relent.
At laat, through man; lowea which forth be pour'd
And many otbei, >be yeelded her conient
To be his lore, and take him Tor her \otd,
nil they with maniage meet might finioh that ao-
Tbo, when they had long time there taken reet,
Sir Artegall, who iJl thii white wai bound
Upon an liard adventure yet in quett.
Pit liine for him thence to depart it found.
To follow that which he did long propound ;
A nd unto her his congee came to take :
But her therewith full (ore diapleaid he found.
And loth lo leave her late betrothed make i
Her dearest loTe full loth h> shortly to fbiuke.
Yet be with strong perswauoiu her aaswaged.
And wonne her will lo luffer him depart ;
For which bin faith with her lie fast engaged.
And thousand Towes from bottome of his hart.
That, all to loone u he by wit or art
Could that alchiere whereto he did aspire,
He unto her would speedily rerert :
No longs sp^ce thereto be did desire,
But till the homed Moone three couries did expire.
With wluch she ftir the present was appeBsed,
And yeelded leare, howerer malcontent
She inly were and in ber mind displeased.
So, early on the morrow next, he went
Forth on hii way to which he was ybent j
Ne wight him to attend, or way to guide,
Aa whylome was the custome ancient
Uongst knigbis when on adrentures the; did ridi^
SaTe that she algatea him a while accompanide.
A nd by die way she nmdry punMMS found
Of this or that, the time for to delay.
And of the perils wheteto he was bound.
The feare whereof seem'd much her to aAay :
But all she did waa but to weare out day.
Full ofWntimes she leave of him did take ;
And eft ogaine deria'd somewhat to say,
WUch she forgot, whereby excuse to make :
So loth sfa* woa lua conqMoi* for to fmaake.
At iMt when all b«r ipeedwa ah* had spen^
And new occasion fayld ber more to Und,
She left him to his fortunes government,
And backe returned with right beavie mind
To Scudamour, whiHn she had left behind ;
With whom the went to seeke faire Amoret,
Her second can,' though in another kind ;
For vertues onely sake, which doth beget
TVue lore and fitUhfuU friendship, she by hnr did seL
Backe to that desert Jhrreat tbey retyred.
Where smie Britomait had lost her late :
There they her sought, and every where inquired
Where they might qrdings get of iier estate ;
Yet fbund they ume. But, by what haplesse fsia
Or hard misftetune she waa thence convayd.
And Btolne away from her beloved mate.
Were long lo tdl) tbere&ra I here will st^
UntiU aootbei ^de, that I it Anish iMy.
Amoret lapt by greedie Lust
Belphebe saves from dread :
Tbe squire her loves ; and, being blam'd.
His dsies in dole doth lead.
GaaiiT god of love, that vrith thy cniell dins
Doest conquer greatest conquerors on ground^
And setat thy kingdome in the captive hsrts
Of kings and Keasan to thy service bound ;
What glorie or what guerdon hust thou found
In feeble ladies tynixning so sore.
And adding anguish to the bitter wound
With which their lives thou Unchedst long afore.
By heaping slormea of trouble on them duly more*
So whylome didil thou to fiuie FlorlmcU ;
And so and so to noble Brilomart:
So doest thou now to her of wham I tell.
The lovely Amoret, whose gentle hart
Thou martyrest with Borow and with smajt^
Id salvage forrests and in deserts wide
With beskres and tygers taking heavie part,
Witbouten comfort and withouten guide ;
That (uttie is to heare the perils which she tiide.
So soone as she with that brave Britonesse
Had Idl that tumeyment for beauties prise.
They travel'd long ; that now for wearinesse,
Both of the way and warlike exercise.
Both through a forest rydiiig did dei-ise
T* alight, a^ rest their wearie limbs a whih).
There beavie sleepe the eye-lids did surprise
Of Brilomart after lon^ tedious loyle.
Hist ^d ber passed paines in quiet rest ossoyle.
The whiles faire Amoret of nought afieard,
Walkt through the wood, for pleasure or fijr need.
When suddenly bdiind her backe she heard
One rushing fbrth OM of the thickest weed,
That, era tbe bvke could turne to takai heed.
Had umiwares ber anatdied up from ground;
Feebly she shiidct, but so feebly indeed
That Britomait hard rK>t the shrilling sound,
There where through weaiy travel she lay sleepng
Dd
It WM to met B wlkU and otnge man ;
Yet mi no man, but anely like in ibapc^
And eke iu (tanire bigher b; a ipan ;
AIE orei^rowiie with haire, that could awh^ie
An hardj hart ; and hii wide mouth did gape
With buge great teeth, like lo a tuakedbore:
For be lir'd all on ravin and on npe
Of men and beaati ; and fed on fleahly gon,
Tbe aigne whereof jet itain'd hia blooud; lipa afore.
His neather lip was not like man nor beoal.
But like a wide deepe poke downe hanging low.
In whidi be wont the relickes of hi* &M
And cnicll spojie, whi^ he had apard, to atow :
And o*er it hia huge great now did grow.
Full draadfull<r empiu^ed all with bloud ;
And downe bo«h lidea two wide long earea did glow,
And raught down* to hi* waata when up be stood,
'*' ~ "'' ireiofelephaiitabjlndiisflood.
Hisw
t with a
if jiie grvene
Engirt about, nc other garment wore ;
For all his baire was like a garment seena ;
And in hit hand a tall young oake he bore,
Whoae knottie anags were iharpned alt afore.
And bealb'd in flre for ate^ to be in ited.
But whence he was, ta of what wombe ybore,
Ofbeasta,aTor;hesartli, I hare not red ;
But certea was with milks of wolvei and ^gtea fed.
This ugly creature in hia aimes her snatcbt.
And through the forrest bore her quite away
With biien and buahes all lo rent and scnucht i
Ne care he had, ne pittie of the pray,
Wluch many a knight had sought so many a day :
He Mayed not, but in hii armes her bearing
Ran, till he came to th' end of all his way,
Unto his cave farre from all peoples heanng.
And Ihetc he thrvw her in, nought feeling, ne nought
For she (deare ladie) all the way was dead,
Whiles! he in annei her bore ; but, when she felt
Hertelfe downe lauit, she wiked out of dread
Streigbt into giiefe, that her dcare halt nigli swell,
And eft gan into tender teaiea to melt.
Then when she lookt about, and nothing found
But darknesse and dread horrour where sbe dwelt.
She almost tell againe into a awound ;
Ne wist whether aboie she were or tmder gnmnd.
WiA that sbe heard some one close by her side
Sigliing and sobbiog sore, as if the paine
Her lender hart in paeces would divide ;
Which she long Hitning, softly aakt againe
What mister wight it was that so did plaine ?
Towhom thus aunawer'd was; " Ahf wietdied wight.
That sed^a to know onothers griefe in Taine,
Unweedng of thine owne like h^jleaae pli^t :
Sdfe to tiirget to mind another is ne-sight '. "
•• Aye tne!" said die, "where am I, or with whom?
Emong Aa liTing, or entMig the dead?
What ihall of me unhappy mnd becone ?
Shall death be lb' end, or ought else worse, amd."
" Unhappy mayd," thm answer'd she, " whoae dread
Untride is lease then whan tltou shall it try :
Daalh Is to him, that wretched life doth lead,
h grace and gaine ; but be in Hell doth lie,
UUtMs ■ ■ *-
ThatU'
a, and wishing cannot die.
"TUadi
Andn
Whose cursed usage and ungodly trade
Tbe Heavens abbiMTe, and into daikenesae drive :
For tm the spoile of women be doth live.
Whose bodies cbait, whenever in his powre
He may tbem catch unable lo gaineatrive.
He with hia ahamrfull luat doth Hiat deflowre.
And afterwardea ihamaelves doth cruelly devmr*.
" Now twenty dales, by whidi tbe aonoes of men
Divide theirworkes, have past through Hevenaheene,
Since I was brought into thia dolefull den ;
During which apace these sory eiea have ai
Seaven women by him slaine and ei
And now no m
And thia old w
Till It
itbi(b<
And of ua three lo monow he will at
" Ah ! dmdfVill tidings which thou doeat declare,"
Quoth she, " of ail that ever bath beene knoweai !
Full many great calamities and rate
This feeble breat endured hath, but none
Equal! to this, wbereever I have gone.
But what are you, whom like unlucky tot
Hath linckt with me in the same chaine attone ?"
"To tell," quoth she, "that which ye sec^ needinot;
A wcAill vrretched maid, of Ood and man brgol !
'■ But what I was, it irkes me to rebene ;
Dau^ter unto a lord of high degree ;
That ioyd in happy peace, till Fates perverse
With guilefull Love did aecietly agree
To overthrow my sOte and dignitie.
It was my lot to love a genilc awaine.
Yet was he but a squire of low d^ree ;
Yet vras he meet, unless mine eye did fain^
By any la^ea side fm leman to have laine,
" But, for his meannessc and dispangemenl^
My aire, who me too dearely wdl did love.
Unto my choise by no meanes would aaaent,
But often did my folly fowle reprove :
Yet nothing could my filed mind remove.
But, whether wjtl'd or niUed fHend or fbe,
I me resolv'd the utmost end to prove ;
And, ralber then mv love abandon so,
Both aire and friends and all fir ever to forgo.
•■ Thenceforth I aoughl by secret meanes to worke
'now to my wiU, and from his WTathtiill sight
To bide th' intent which in my heart did luik^
Till I thereto had all things rudie djght.
So on a day, unweeting unto wight,
I with that squire agreede away to flit.
And In a privy place, betwiit ua hight.
Within a grove appointed him lo meete ;
To which I boldly came upon my feeble feels.
■■ Butahl unbtqipy houre me thither biot^it :
For in that place wbeir I him thought to Hii,
There waa I found, contiiry to my thonglil,
Of this accursed carle of helliab kind,
Tlie shame of men, and plague of womankind ;
Who trussing me, aa eegic dodi hia pray.
He helher In^ougbt with him as swift aa wind.
Where yet untouched till this pnsent day,
I rert Idi wntcbed thnll, the nd fmylia."
THE FAESIE QUEEHR
W9
HaM thou in >11 thu dme ftmn him nnknowBe
lUaehoBOUriBT'd.thoafhiDtotlualdaiDethTOwiie?''
>* Huou^ twlpa," quodi aba, " of thb old woman
I have ao done, as ihe to nw hath aboinic :
For, ever wben he buinC in liutfull fire.
She in my utead lupplide his bestiall dctire."
Thus of (hdr erils as they did diicoune.
And each did other much bewaile and Dnoa :
Log < where Che TilbiDe sHfe. their tomwt* wum,
Came b> the care ; and rolling thence the atone,
Which wont to atop the mouth thereof that boim
Mi^t iaiue fonli, caBie rudely nuUng in.
And, ^redding over aU tha ton aionc,
dan dight hinueife unto iiia wonted marine ;
Which ended, then Ida btoud; banket ihould b^iune.
Which wbena* fouvAiU AmoreC peredved.
She staid notth' utmoat end thereof to try,
Bat, like a ghaatly gelt whoae wits are ruTcd,
Ran forth in hast with hideous outciy.
For bcvTDur at Ua bhamefull rillany ;
But after her full lightly be upntae.
And her pnnu'd aa fast aa alie did flie :
PuU faat ahe fliea, and &rTie afore him goes, {toc^
Na fnlee the thoma and thicksta pricu her tender
Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor lull, not dale she Btaiea,
But orer-leape* tbem all, like robucke light.
Awl through the tUckeat iiiakce her nighest woie* ;
And erermore, wben with regardAill aight
She looking back* eqdea dttt giiealy wi^it
Appmching nigh, ibe gins to mend her pace.
And makes her feare a apur to haM ber iight ;
Moan awift than Myrrh' or D^hne in her race.
Or any of tbe Thracian umphes in nlTage cbaee.
-Loai^ ao lb* iad, and so be follow'd long ;
Ne bring aide far ber on Earth appearea,
But if the HearcBa bdpa to isdit-t. her anong,
HoTcd witb ^*y «f ber plentaou* taaras.
It forttmed Belphebe with ber peates
The woody nimphs, and with that lorely boy.
Was bunting then the libbarda and tbe banes
Id tbeae wild wooda, as waa her wtqited ioy.
To baniah aloth thai oA doth noble tnindea annoy.
TiMt each of tbem fVom other sundied were ;
And that aanH gentle aquire aniT*d in place
Where this aame euraed caytive did qipwre
Pursamg that faire lady full of fearei
gisd,
Teoffb«nd.
That I7 hia greoning laoghter mote bne
Which dnry aight the gentle squire eapying '
Dodi hast to CTOsse him by the nearest way,
Led iritb that wofiill la^aa piteous crying.
And him aaaailca with all tbe might be may |
Yet will not he Ibe lorely apoile downe lay.
But with bis cnggy dub in bb right hand
IMksida himselfe, and sares his gotten pny ■■
Yet had it bene ririu hard him to withatand.
But that ha was fOl 1^ and mrable on the la
Tboeto tbe TUlaliie vmi cMit In fight':
For, erer when tbe sqidre hi» iavelm sbook^
He held the lady fiirdi befere Urn right.
And with Iwr body, aa a buaklei, br&e
Tbe puissance of his intended stroke :
And if it chaunat (aa needs it must in fight),
Whilest he «i him was greedy to be wn^e,
lliat any little blow on her did Ught,
Then wotdd he laugh aloud, and g^her great ddight.'
Which subtill ilaight did him encumber much,
And made him o^ when he would strike, iortiearvt
For hardly could he oome the carle to touch,
But that he ber must htirt, or baiard neare ;
Yet he hia hand so carefully did beare.
That at the last be did himsolfe attain^
And tberu left the pike-bead of hia ^eare :
A atrcame of coleblacke bloud thence guaht amaine.
That all her ailkcn garments did with btoud beataioe.
With diat he threw her rudely on Ihe flore,
And, laying both his hands upon hit glare.
With dnwGuU strokes let drive at him so aore.
That forst him flie sbacke, himselfe to aate :
Yet he therewith so fell^ adll did nre.
That acane the squire his hand could once upreare.
But, for advantage, ground unio him gave,
Tracing and traTening, now here, now there ;
For hooCloae thing it was lo think audi blowes (o
WUleat thns in batlell they embu«ed were,
Bflljrfiebe, raunging in her forreat wide,
The hideous noise of their huge stmlies did beare.
And drew thereto, mating her care lier guide :
Whom when that theefe approching nigh espide
With bow in band and arrowea ready bent.
He hy hia former combate would not bide,
But fled away widi ghastly dreriment.
Well knowing her to be Ui deaths sole instrument.
Whom seeing flie, ahe apeedily pouiaewed
With winged feete, as nimble aa the winde.
And erer in ber bow ahe ready shewed
The arrow to hia deadly mark< deaynde :
As wboi Latonaes daughter, cruell kynde.
In Tengement of her niotliers great disgrace
With fell dea^agbt her cruell aimwea lynda
Gainst wofull Iflobes unhappy race,
That all the goda did mone ber miaeiable caaa.
So well she sped her and so far she ventred.
That, ete unto bis hellidi den he laugbt,
Even as be ready was thoe to bare entted.
She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
That in the rery dore him oreicaught.
And, in hia nspe airiring, throu^ it thiild
His greedy thnxs, therewith in two distraught.
That all his Titall ^litea thereby spild.
And alt his hvry bre* with gory :>loud was fild.
Whom irhen on ground she groreling saw to rowie.
She ran in hast lus life to haie bereft ;
But, ere she could him reach, the tinfuU sowle
Having his cairion cnae quite anceleaee left
Waa fled to Hell, aurebarg'd with spoile and theft;
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Thenceforth die put iato U* dreadftiU den,
Where nought but dBrkCBoiDC dreriiiHse the found,
He creature saw, but bcarkned now luid then
Some litle whispering, and «oft-groniQg sound.
With that she askt, what ghosts there under ground
La; hid in horrour of eternall night ;
And bad them, if »> be the; were not bound,
"* le and shew tbenuelvea belbre the light.
Mow freed from feus and dai^er of tt^ dionaU That who he whilome
Then forth the sad £ni;1ia imewed,
Yet trembling every ioynt through fbrmer ftare ;
And after her the bag, there with her mewed,
A foute and lolhnme creature, did appeare;
A lenun fit for such a lover deare :
That mov'd Belphebe her no lesse to liate,
ITien for lo rue the othera hear; cheare ;
Tfaence she tliera brought lowanl the place where
She left (he gentle squire with Amorct : [late
There she him found by that new lovely male,
Who lay the whiles in swoune, full sadly set.
From her Faire ey» wiping the deawj wet
Which softly stild, and kissing them alweene,
And handling soft ihe hurts which the did get:
For of iliat carle die soreljr brui'd had beene,
Ala of his owne lash hand one wound was to be seene.
Which when she saw with sodaine glauocing eye.
Her noble heart, with sight thereof, was fild
With deepe disdune and great indignity.
That in her wrath she thought tbem both have thrild
With that selfe arrow which the carle had kild :
Yet held her wrathfull hand from vengeance sore :
But drawing nigh, ere be her well beheld,
" Is this tlie faith ? " she said — and said no more,
But turad her face, and fled away for evermore.
He, seeiug her depart, arose up light.
Right sore agrieved at her sharpe reproofe,
And follDw'd CM : but, when he came in sight.
He durst not lugh approch, but kept aloofe.
For dread of her displeasure's utmoM proofe :
And evermore, when he did grace entreat,
And framed speacfaes flt for his behoofe.
Her mortall arrowca she at him did threat.
And foist him backe with Ibwle diahonor lo retreat.
At last, when long he follow'd had in vaine.
Yet found no ease of griefe nor hope of giace.
Unto thoae woods he turned backe againe.
Full of sad anguish and in heavy case :
And, finding tliere fit soUtary place
For wofull wight, chose out a gloomy glade.
Where hardly eye mote see bright Heavens &cc
For mossy trees, which covered all with shade
And sad melinchaly ; there ha his cabin maile.
His wonted wariike weapons all he hrake
And threw away, with vow to use no more,
Ne thenceforth ever strike in batl^ atnike,
But in Chat wildemsoe, of men fbrlore
And of the vricked world fbi^tten quight,
His hard mishap in dolor to deplore.
It hii wretched daiea in wofull plight ;
is follies
himselfe to wreake I
And eke hla garment, to-be thei-cto meet.
He wilfully £d cut and shape anew ;
And his faire locken, that wont with cuntment a»
To be embautm'd, and sweat out dainty dew.
He let to grow and griesly to concrew,
Uncomb'd, uncuri'd, and carelesly unshed;
That in short time his face they overgrew,
all his shoulden did diq>Ted,
There he continued in this carefull plight.
Wretchedly wearing out his youthty yearo^
Through wilfutl penmy consumed quight.
That like a pined ghost he soone appeares i
For other food then that wilde forreat beares^
Ne other drinke there did he ever last
Then running water lempred with his tearea,
The more his weakened body so to wast i
lliat out of all mens knowledge he waa wome al
For on a day, by fortune as it fell.
Hi* own deare lord, prince Artfaure, came that
Seeking adventures where be mote bcaic tell ;
And, as lie through the wandring wood did sti
Having espide his cabin far away.
He to it drew, to weet who there did wonne ;
Weening therran some holy hermit lay.
That did resort of sinfull people sfaonne ;
Or else some woodman sbrowded thoe fhm at
Arriving there he found tt
Spen^ng his daies in dolour and denpaire,
And, through long testing, woien pale and mn.
All over-growen with rude and rugged haare ;
That albeit his owne dear squire he wen,
Yet he him knew not, ne atii'd at aU ;
But like strange wi^t, whom be had seene no what^
Saluting him, gan into speach to Gdl, [ihralL
And pitty much his plight, that liv'd lika outcaM
But to his speech he aunswered no whil^
But stood still mute, as if be bad beene dam,
Ne ugne of sence did shew, ne common wit.
As one with griefe and anguishe over-cuni (
And unto every thing did auniwere mum :
And ever, when the prince unto him spak^
He louted lowly, as did him becum.
And humble iKimage did unto him make;
Midst sorrow ■bewingioyouaaemblance for hia sake.
At wMch his uncouth giuse and usage quaint
The prince did wonder much, yet could not gheeK
The cause of that his sorrowfull eonMraint ;
Yet weend, by secret sEgnes of manlinesse
Which close ai^waid in that ni ' ' -' '^--
That be whilome tome gentie i
Traind up in ftats ofarmes ani
Which he ofaserv'd, by that he him b
To weld bis naked sword and try the edges keen
And eke by that be nw on every tree
How he the name of one engraven bad
Which likly was his liefest love to be.
From whom he now so sorely waa bestad ;
Which waa by him Bilphub ri^itly rs^:
Yet who was that Belphebe be ne will :'
Yet saw he often how he weied glad -*
When he it heard, and how the ground he kiat
Wbeiein it written. waa, and how hinlselfe h* bla
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Tho, irhoi lie long bad muked hi* demeanor,
And u» th*t all he sud and did was nine,
Ne ouf^ht mote make him change hia wonted ten
Ne ought mole cease Co mitigMe his paine;
lie left him there in languor to remainc,
Till time fur him ahoutd remedy provide,
And him reatoie to foimer grace a^ne :
Which, ftr it is too long here to abide,
I will deTerre tbe end tmtill aootlieT tide
The gentle squire recovers grace ;
Sclaunder ber guests doth Btainb :
CorflombD chaseth Flacidas,
And is by Arthure slsine.
Well uid the Wiseman, now prov'd true hy thii
Which to tills gentle squire did liappen Ute,
That the lUipleasure of tlie mighty is
Then death iteelfe more dreed and desperate j
For naught the same may calme, ne mitigate,
Till time the tempest doe thereof delay
With luSeisuQCe soft, which rigour can abate.
And h»»e tbe steme remembrance wypt away
Of bitter thougbli, which deepe thi»tdn infixed lay,
Like aa it fell to tbis unhappy boy,
Whose tender heart tbe faire Belphebe bad
With one steme looke so daunted, that no ioy
In all bis life, which afterwards he lad.
He ever tasted; but with penaunce sad
And pensive sotrow pind and wore away.
Me ever laughC, ne once sbew'd couulenance glad ;
But alwaies wept and wailed tiight and day,
Aa blasted bloosmc through heat doth languish and
Till on a day, u in Ms wonted nriae
Hia doole be tuade, tbere cbauast a turtle dove
Ta come, where be his dolors did devise,
That likewise late had lost her dearest love,
Which loBSti her made like passion also prove ;
Who, seeing his aad plight, Iter tender heart
Witb deare compasaiou deeply did emoiove.
Sbee eitling I^ him, as oa gKHind he lay,
Her mounisfuU notca full pitcously did frame.
And tbecaof luade a lamaoialiU lay,
HiiD seemed oA be beard hia owne right name.
With that he forth would poure so plentaou* teares.
And beat bis breut unworthy of such blame.
And knocke Ma head, and ratd hia rugged beares.
Thai could ban pent the bearti of tigra and of
Thua, long this gentle bird to him did nae
Witbouten dread of perill to repairs
Unto hia wonne, and with her nunimelull mi
Him to recomfbrt in his greatest care,
That much did ease bis mourning and miafor
And CTcry day, ftv guerdon of ber song.
He part of bu amall ftaat to her would share
That, at tbe last, of all his woe and WTong
Upon a day, a* she htm aate bender
By chance he cerUuno mioiments forth drew.
Which yet vrich him aa relickc* did abide
Of all the bounty which Belpbebe threw
On him, whilst goodly grace slie did Mm shew :
Amongst the rest a iewelt rich he found.
That was a ruby of tight perfect hew,
Shap'd like a heart yet bleeding of the wound.
And with n litle golden chaine about it bound.
Tbe Huna be tooke, and with a riband new'.
In whidi iaa ladiea colours were, did bind
About tbe tuTtlea necke, that witb tbe vew
Did greatly solace bis engrieved nund.
All unawares tbe bird, when afae did find
Uenelfe lo deckt, her mmble wings displaid.
And flew away as lightly as the wind :
Which Hdaine accident him much diamaid ; [stjai^^
And, looking after long, did marke which way she
But wboiai long he looked bad in vaine.
Yet saw ber forward still to make her flight, ■
Hii weary eie returned to him aguiiie.
Full of discomfort and disquiet plight.
That both his iuell he had Itut so light.
And eke his deare companion of Ms care.
But that sweet bird departing flew fortlirigbt.
Through the wide region of the waaifull aire,
Untill she came whcni wonned bis Belphcbe fair*.
There found she ber (a> then it did betide)
Sitting in covert shade of arbors sweet.
After late wearie toile wMeh she hod tiidc
In salvage chase, to rest as seem'd her meet.
There she, aUgbting, full before her feet.
And gan lo her her moumfull plaint to make.
As was her wont, tMnking to let her weet
Tbe great tormenting gri^e that for her sake
Ber gentlesquiie through berdiapleasure did perlaka.
She, her beholding with attentive eye.
At length did marke about ber purple brest
That precious iuell, which she formerly
Had knowne right well with colourd ribbands dreal:
Therewith she rose in baat, and her addreat
With ready hand it to have reft away ;
But the swift bird obayd not her behest.
But swarv'd aside, and there agaioe did st^ ;
She IbUow'd ber, and thought againe it lo aaay.
And ever, when sbe nigh s^proch^ the dove
Would flit a htle forward, and then stay-
Till she drew ueai», and then againe remove ;
So tempting her still to pursue the pray.
And stiU fnan bev escaping soft away :
Till that at leigth into thax forrest wide
She drew ber &r, and led with slow delay :
In tta' end she ber unto that place did guide.
Whereas that wofuU man in languor did aUda.
Eftsoonea she flew unto his fbareleoe ban^
And tbere a lateous dit^ new devii'd.
As if sbe would have made him understand
His aoTTOwes cause, U> be of hs dcspis'd :
Whom when *be saw in wretched weeds disguli'i^
Witb beary gbb deformed, and meiger face,
like ghost late risen Jrom his grave agrya'd,
Sbe knew hira not, but pitlied much Ms case.
And wisltt it wort in her to doe him any gnce.
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Ha, bar beholdii^ M bar Art downafeU
And Mm the ground on which ber sole did traad,
And vmbt the nm« irith nUr wbii^ did well
Prom hii meitt eiei, and like two •trtanwi prOGcad j
Ycf ipakc no woni, wberebj ibe might areiul
What miMcr wight he wh, or what be ment;
But, ai one datuiled with ber preeence dread,
Oncly few ruefiill lookea unto her lent,
Aa meeaengen of his true nwaoing and intent.
Yet nadMJmore lus Biilaliiug ihe ared.
Bat wondiad much at lii* so selcouth caw ;
And b; Bus penona secget ■eenilyhed
Well weend that be had bceoe ume man of pUoe,
Bekm mbfortune did hia hew deface ;
That, being moT'd with nitb, she thus baspake i
*■ Ah I wofbll man, what Heaven* bard disgisce.
Or wrath of cniell wight on thee ywrske,
Or aelfa-disliked life, doth thee tbu* wretdied ffake !
" If Heaien j then none iaaf it ndnata or blamei
Stfa to his powre we all are aubiect home )
If wiBthfull wigfat; then fiiwla rebuke and sbaiqs
Be tbein that hare lo cruell tttea fbrlorne 1
But, if through inward griefe, or wilfiiU leome
OFlife, it ha; then better doe adrin:
For bc^ whose daies in wilfuU woe ara wonM,
The grace of his Craator doth de^iie,
Tbai will not use bii giAa for ihantlMse nigaidise.''
When ao he heard ber sa;,
His sodaine silence which lie long naa pent,
And, sighing inl; deepe, her tbus bespdce i
** Then bare they all themselTes agsinet ma beat!
For Heaven, first author of my Uoguishroepl,
£DTpDg mj too great felidt;,
Did closely with a cruell one conseat
To cloud m; daies in dolefull miieij.
And make me loatb this life, still lot^pngbr to iSe.
" Ne onj but Tonrself, O dearest drsd.
Hath done this wrmig, to wreake on worthleMe wigfat
Your high displesure, through miidafmiag bred i
That, when your pleasure is to deeme aright,
Ye may redresse, and me restore to light t "
Whicli sory wards her mightie hart did mate
With mild regard to see ^ ruefuil plight.
That her iuburmiig wroth she gan abate,
A]»d him receii'd againe to fbrmei {aToun state.
In which he long time afterwards did lead
An haptne lift with graoa and good accord,
Fearlose of fortunes rhaunge or enriee dread.
And eke all mindlesse of hi* owoe dears lord
The noble i»iruw, wlw norer heard one word
Of tydiogB, what did imlo bim betide^
Or what good fortune did to him affiwd ;
But through the endlease world did wander wide,
UJm aarlring mmaum, yet no when him deanide :
Till on a day, aa through that wood be i«^
He chauiut to come where those two ladies lata)
fmylia and Amoret, abodes
Both m flill sad aod lorrowfull estate ;
The one right feeble tbrou^ the evill rate
Of food, irtiich in her dureaae she had found ;
Tbs otbsr almost dead and dsspewla [wound
Through her late hurts, and through that hqilaeie
_ WidlwfaichU^es^uire.ill^- ' ' - '
Wbon wbw tba piiiiM behaU, he gan ta i*w
The erill case in which those ladies 1^ ;
But moM waa moved at the piteous vew
Of Amwct, so ncore unto dec^,
Tliat ber great daimger did him much dianiay,
EftMMDe* that preliuu* liquor forth he drew.
Which he in stare about bim kept alway.
And withfewdroiiatbereof dideoftly dew, [aovw.
Ha- wounds, that unto strength realor'd bo' suuos
Tho, when they both recorered were Hght welU
He gan of them inquire what erilt guide
Them thether brought, and how tb^ bonnes beiidl :
To whom they told all that did tbem btdde.
And how from tbraldome vile they were untide,
Of that ssnie wicked orle, by virgins lrao4i
Whose bloudie cone they sbow'd him then beiida^
Aod eke Ids cafe in which tBey both were bcmd :
At which he vrondred much when all (*
fond.
he greatly did desire
To know, what virgin did tbem thence unbind;
And oA of them did earnestly inquire.
Where wsa her won, and bow he mote her find.
But, wbenos nought according to hjs mind
He could out-leorDe, be them fi-om ground did rean,
(No service lodisome to a genUe kind),
And on bis warlike bcut them both did beare,
Himoaire by tbem on foot to succour tlxm from fcara.
So when that Ibrrest tbcy had passed well,
A lille colsge farre away they spide,
To which they drew ere night upon thnn fell ;
And, entring in, fbund none therein abide.
But one old woman sitting there beside
Upon the ground in ragged rude attyie.
With filthy locket about ber scattered wide.
Gnawing her oayles for fblnesse and tot yre.
And tboe out sucking venime to her ports enlyiv.
A foule and loathly creature sure in ngfat.
And in conditiona to he looth'd no lease:
For she waa stult with rancour and deqiigfat
Up to the throat, that of) with Uttnoesse
It forth would breake and guih in gnat eioenc.
Pouring out strsomes of poyson and of gall
Gainst all that truth or vertue doe profease ;
Whom she with leasings lewdly did miacall [call.
And wickedly backlnte: her name men Selaunder
Her nature is, all goodness lo abuse.
And cauielesae crimes continually to bame.
With which she guiltlesae persons may accuse,
And stasia away the crowne <tf their good name :
Ne ever knight so bold, ne ever dsne
So chast and loyall Uv'd, but she would strive
With forged cause tbem fklsely to drfsme ;
Ne ever thing so well wsa doen aliv^ [deptiva.
But she with blaow would blot, and of duepniae
Her words wa« not, as coamwD words ate men^
T eipreasa the meaning of the inward miad.
But noysome breatli, and poysnaus qufit sent
fttna inward parte, with caneml malice liod.
And breathed forth with blast of lutter wind; [bat.
Which passing through the eatea would piene Oe
And woimd tlie aoule itselfe with giiefe unkind ;
For, like the slings of aspes that kill with mart.
Her If ightfull words did pricke and wound the iniMi
part.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Such «M that hay,
'Whooi graatcat pmuci coutt would welcome tkjrna :
But neede, that anawen not to all nqueM*,
Bwl them mot looks for iMtlcr enterta jne ;
And eke that aga dcqiTaed njf riiiaia vaine,
Eour'd to bardptiaat aod to bouwlj &ra,
Which them to warlike diidpline did.to^iMt
And man])' Umba endur'd with title
Agaiortallhud
Then all that ercning, welcommed with cold
Aod cbearelesse hunger, they tog^ber ipent ;
Tet found no fault, but that the bag did scotd
And rajle at them wjtfa grudgeful] discoDteut,
For lodging there without her awne consent ;
Yet tbe; endured all with patience milde.
And unto test themselTe* all onetjr lent,
R^^rdlease of that queane ao baie and Tilda
.To be tmiustlj blamd and bitterly renlde.
Hen well I weaw, whsias these limea be red
With nusr^ard, that some nah-witted wight,
Wboae looKr thought will ligbtly be misled,
Hibk gentle Udiea will misdeeme too light
For thui conieraing with Chig noble knight ;
Sith now of dayes such temperance is rare
And bard lo finde, that beat of youtlifuU gprigbt
For ought will from hia grvedie pleasure spare :
Moie hard for hungry steed t' abstaine ftom flea-
Bat antique Age, yet in the ihftade
Of time, dul live then, tike au innocent,
In nmpte truth and blamelcsse chaatitie ;
Me then of guile had made experiment;
But, Tcndc of lite and treacherous intent.
Held TBrtue, for itsetfe, in soi-etaine awe :
Then loyall lore had roysll re^ment.
And each unto hia lust did make a lawe,
'FWini aH foibidden thing* his liking to withdraw.
The ]yoo there did with the lambe cotBOit,
And Ae the dare aate by the faulcons tide;
Ne each of other feared fraud or tort.
But did in safe aecurrtie abide,
Withouten paiill of the atronger pride:
Bat when Ae world woie old, it woie warre old,
(Whereof it higbt) and, haTJng shortly tride
The trainca of wit, in wickcdneaae woie bold.
And dared of all ainnes the iecreta to unfohL
Tbea Beautie, which waa made to repreaent
The great Creatoun owne reaemblauce brighti
Unto abuae of lawleaae Uiat waa lent.
And made the baite of beatiall delight :-
Tbeti lain grew fbule, and foule grew &iie in light ;
And that, which wont to ranijuiab God and man,
Was made the raasall of the ncton mi^t ;
Then did her gloiioM flowre wei dead and wan,
. Diqaad and trnden downe of all that over-jan i
And now it ia ao utteriy dec^d,
Tliat any bud tbereoT tkith icarae remaine.
But if few planta, prmrr'd through baarenlj ayd.
In princca court doe hi^ to aprout againe,
Dew'd witb ber diopi oF bountie toieraiue.
Which from that goodlj gloHoni flowre proceed.
Spmiig of die auncieDt itocke of princea atraina.
Now tb'onelT remnant of that royall breed,
WhaaeiuMc kindatBiWwM sure of heavenly seed. —
Ttu, Boone aa d^ dbeovved HMrent ttee
To tinfull men with darknea OTerdigfat,
lliia gentle crew gan from their eye-lids chace
The drowiie humour of the dampish nigbt, •
And did themaelres unto their ioumey dight
So forth they fode, and forward softly paced.
That them to view had beetle an uncouth aight ;
How all the way the prince oa fooQiace traced,
The ladiea both on hone together (hat aubiaced.
Soooe aa they thance departed were albrt^
That shamcfuU hag, the slaunder of her aeie.
Them fbllow'd fint, and them reviled sore.
Him calling theete,themwhorea; that much did veie
Hia noble hart : thereto ahe did antieia
False Crimea and &cts, auch as tbey never meat.
That thoae two ladies much aabam'd did weie i
'Die more did ahe pursue her lewd intent.
And ray I'd and iBg'd, till the bad all her poyaon spent.
At Ian, when they were pasaed out of sight.
Yet she did not her spigbtfull apeaeh fotbeare.
But after them did barke, and Mill bacUnte,
Though there were none her hatefuU words to beara :
Like aa a cutre doth felly bila and teare
The stone, which paiaed uiaunger at him threw;
So she, them secsng paat the rewA of cue.
Against the stones and trees did rayle anew,
TUI sbe had duld the ating, which in her tonga lod
Tbey paaiing forth kept on their readie way,
With easie steps ao soft aa foot could stryde,
B<^ for great feeblesae which did oft assay
Fairs Amoret, that acarcely ahe could ryde.
And eke through heavie armes which sore annoyd
The prince on foot, QOt wonted so lo fare ;
Whoee steadie hand was faine hia ateede to guyde.
And all the way from trotting bard to apare ;
So was hia toyle the more, the more that was hia cara.
Bearing a litle dwarfe before his steed.
That all the way full loud for aide did crie,
TJiat seem'd bis shrikes would ren4 the biaaen skie :
Whom ailer did a mighty man pursew,
Rydiog Hp<m a drqmedar^ on hie,
"* " " hufe, and horrible of hew, [veW!
n hia dreadfiill fiice lo
llvt would have m
For from his fbartfiill eyes two fierie beamcs.
More iharpe theo points of needles, did proceeda,
Shootjng fcrth Sure away two flaming streames.
Full ot sad POWte that poysnoua bale did breeda
To all that on him lookt without good heed.
And aecretly his enemiea did alay i
Like as the baailiske, of serpenta aeede.
From powTcfull eyea cloae vejiim doth convay
Into the lookers hart, and killeth Tim away.
He all the way did rage at that same squire^
And alteti him full many threatninga threw,
With curses vaine in hia avengefull ire ;
none of them (ao Etat away he flew]
Him overtooke before he came in vew ;
Where when be saw the prince in armour bright.
He cald to him aloud his case to rew,
reacue him, through succour of bis migh^
From that his cruell foe thai him puracwd in ai^lk
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408 SPE
Eftaoono the prince tool:B dmme thon ladies tmdne
Prom lofUe steede, uid moundng in theij stemd
CaniD to that iquire yet trembting crerr Taine ;
Of irtioin he gaa enquire Ids cause of dread;
Who as he gan the snine to liim aread,
Ixie ! hard behind his boeke his roc wu prest,
With drcodfuU weapon ajmed at his head,
That unto death had docn him unredrest.
Had not the noble prince hia readia itroka reprert ;
Who, thruslinf; boldly twiit him aod the blov,
Tbe burden of the deulty brunt did beaie
Upon his shield, which lightly he did throw
Over his head, before tbe harme came neare -.
NalhleBse it fell with so des{Hteous dreare
Andbi
: sway, 1
It hard ui
The shield it drove, and did the coieriag reare :
Therewith both squire ftud dwarfe did lomble downe
Unto the earth, and lay long while '" '
Wh»^ the prince, full wrath, his strong right band
In full arengement heated up on liie.
And stroke the Fagsn with hil steely brand
So sore, that to bis saddle-bow thereby
He bowed low, and so a while did lie:
And sure, had not his maasie yrnn msce
Betwiit bim aiul his hurt bene liappily,
It would have clctt him to tlie girding place ;
Yet, as it was, it did astonish bim long space.
But when he to himselfe tctuind anine.
All full of rage he gao to curse and sneore.
And low by Mahoune that he should be shune.
With that his murdrous mace he up did reare.
That seemed nought the souse thereof could beare,
And therewith smote at him with alt his might:
But, ere chat it to liim s.pprocbed oeare.
The royall cliild, witli nsdie quick foresight
Did sbuD (he proote thereof and it aioyded light.
Bat, ere Ms hand ha could recure againe
To iwd bis bodie from the balefull stound.
He smote at him with all bis might and mune
So furiously that, ere he wist, he found
His head before him tombling on the ground )
The whiles his babling tongue did yet blaspheme
And curse his god that did him bo confbund;
The whiles his life ran foorth in bloudie streeme.
His Boule descended downe into the Stygian reame.
Which when that squire beheld, he woie full glad
To see his foe breath out his spright in Taine i
But that same dwarfe right sorie seem'd and sad.
And howld aloud to see bis lord there slaine.
And rent his halce and scratcht his face for painc
Then gan the prince at leasure to inquire
Of all tbe accident there hapned plains.
And what he was whose eyes did Oame with fire ;
All which was thus to him declared by that squire.
** This mightie man," quoth he, " whom you bare
sEdne,
Of an huge geaunlasse wbylome was brel ;
And by his strength rule to Iiimselft did gaine
Of many nations into thraldome led.
And mightie kingdomes of his force adred ;
Whom yet be conquered not by bloudie Ught,
Kc hoaies of men with banners brode djspred.
But by tlic powre of his infectious sight,
Whh which be killvd all that came witbia Im nu'gtit.
" N* was he erer Tanquiihed al<u«.
But e>er vanquisht all with whom be foti^t ;
Ne was there man so strong, but be downe bore ;
Ne woman yet so faire, but be her brought
Unto his bay, and cAptived her thought :
For most of strength and beaulie his desire
Was ^qKiyle to make, and wast them unto noogftt.
By easting secret fl^es oTlustfiill Ore
From bis ftlseeyesinlo their barta and parts entire.
'■ Therefore Corilambo was he cald aright.
Though namelease there his bodie now dotb lie;
Yet bath he left one daughter that is Mght
The foire Fsana ; who seemes outwardly
So faire as ever yet saw living de ;
And, were her vertuc like her beautie bright.
She were as faire as any under skie :
But ah ! she given is to value delight.
And eke too loose of life, and eke of love too ligfaL
" So, as it (tU, there was a gentle squire
That lov*d a ladie of high parentage ;
But, for Ms mesne degree might not aspire
To match so high, her friends with counsell sage
Dissuaded her from such a disparage :
But she, whose hart (o love was wholly lent.
Out of his hands could not redeeme her gage.
But, firmely following ber first intent, [conseoL
Besolv'd witb him to wend, gainst all her fiieuda
" So twiit themselves they pointed time and place ;
To which when he according did repaite.
An hard mishap and disaventrous case
Himchaunsl; instead of his jSmylia faire.
This gyanta soone, that lies there on tbe Isire
An headlcBse heape, him unawares there caught ;
And all dismayd through mercitesse despaire
Him wretched thrall unto his dongeon brought.
Where he remaines of all unsuccouPd and imymght
'■ TMs gyants daughter came upon a day
Unto the prison, in ber ioyous-glee.
To view the thrals which there in bondage lay :
Amongst tbe rest slie chaunced there to see
This lovely swalite, the squire of low degree ;
To whom she did her liking lightly cast.
And wooed him ber paramour to bee :
From day to day die woo'd and prayd him flat.
And for bis love Mm promist libertie at last.
■' He, though affiyde unto a fomer love.
To whom hia faith be firmely menl to bold.
Yet seeing not bow theuce he mote remore.
But by that meanea which fortune did unfold.
Her graunted love, but tvith aflectioD coU,
Tow
ogot!
Yet she him still detairwa in captive hold.
Fearing, least if she should him &«cly Kt,
He would bei abortlj leave, and fbrmer lore taigft.
' Yet so much &vour abe to him hadi Ugbt
Above the rest, that he sometimes may qiace
And waike about ber gardens of delight.
Having a keeper still with him in place ;
Which keeper is this dwarf^ ber dearling bas^
To whom the keyes of every prison dore
By her committed be, of spot^all gisce.
And at his will may whom be list restore.
And, whom be list, reserve to be afflicted more.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
409
Pull inly sorie, tbr H
Whicfa 1 to him u to my wule did bcare,
I tbethra' irent ; where I did long concckle
Mjwife, till that the dtnu-fe did me rei«aJe,
And told bis dame her iquire of lav d^rca
Did ■ecretly out of ber priwn ««■)■ ;
For nw ba did miMake that squire to bee ;
For sever two so like did liTing creature lee.
" Tben mt I takm and before her brought ;
Who, through the lifcenene of mj outward hew.
Being likewise beguiled in her thought,
Gan blame roe much for being so untrew
To aeeke bj flight her fctlow&hip t' eschew,
Hial loi'd me deare, ai dearest thing alive.
Thence she commaunded mo to prinon new ;
Wliereof I glad did not gune-tsy oor itrive.
But BiflVed that ume dwaife me to her dongeon
" Then did I finde mine onely fiuthfuU frend
In beikTj plight and lad perplexitie :
Whereof I soiie, yet myulfe did bend
Him to recomfoit with my cotoptnie ;
But lum the more agrecv'd I found thereby !
For all his ioy, he Mid, in that distreue
Wu mine and his ^mylias libeitie.
Ma>j]a well he lov'd, ai 1 mote ghesse ;
Yet greater love to me then her he did professe.
■< But I with better reason him avix'd.
And sbew'd liim how, through error and mlathouglit
Of our like persona eatli to be disguii'd.
Or his exchange or freedom might be wrought.
Whereto Full loth was he, ne would for ought
Consent that I, who itood all fearelesse free.
Should wilfully he into thraldome brought.
Till fortune did perforce it so decree :
Yet, OTcr-ruld at last, he did to me agree.
Toe
Inateed of whom forth came I Flacidas,
And undiscemed forth witii bim did pas.
There with great ioyance and with gladsome glee
Of iaire Poana I received wa^
And oft imbrast, as if that I were hec, [me«
And with kiikd words accoyd, vowing great love t
•■ Which I, that wm not bent to former lore
Aa was my ^end that had her long refua^d.
Did well accept, ■• well it did bahove.
And to the present neede it vriaely uid.
Mj fonoer faardneiae first I faire eicusd ;
And, after, piQmiM lai^ ■■"-"■<- to make.
With such smooth termes her error 1 abuid
To my fHendi good more then for mine owne lakt
For wboae sole libertie I love and life did stake.
" Tbencefordi I fbund m
■n favour at her hand ;
That to her dwarfe, which bad me in b
She bad to lighten my too heairie band.
And graunt more scope to me to waike at large.
So on a day, as by the flowrie marge
Of a fresh streame I with that Elfe did play.
Finding no meaneg how I might us enlarge,
But if that dwarfe I could with me convay,
I lightly otucbt bim up and with ne bore away.
" Thereat he ihriekt aloud, tliat with Ms ay
The lyrut selfe came forth with yelling bray.
And me punew'd ; but uathiimore would I
Forgoe the purchase of my gotten pray.
But have p^force him bether brought away."
Thus ai they talked, loe ! where nigh at hand
Those ladies two, yet doubtful) through dismay.
In presence came, desirous t' undemtand
Tydingfl of all which there had h^ncd on the land.
When soone as «ad £mylia did espie
Her cspttre lovers fiiend, young I^acidaa ;
All mindlene of her wonted modestie
She to him ran, and, him vdth itrrigbt embraa
Enfolding, said; " And lives yet Amyas?"
" He Uves," quoth he, " and his ^mylta lovea."
<■ Then lesse," said she, " by all the woe I pas.
With which my weaker patience fortune proves;
But what mishap thui Itog him fro myselfe removes^
Then gwi be all this itorie to renew.
And tell the coune of bis captiritie ;
That her deare hart full deepley mad* to lew
And sigh full sore, to heare the miserie
In which so long be mercilesse did lie.
Then, after many teares snd sorrowes spent,
She deare besought the prince of remedie ;
Who thereto did with readie will consent
And well perfbrm'd ; as shall appeare by his evenL
TTie squire of low degree, releast,
Fnna takes to wife :
Britoman flghtes with many knights ;
FHnce Arthnr sthits their strife.
Hian !■ the doubt, and difSrult to deeme.
When all three kind* of love together meet
And doe dispart the hart with powre eitreme.
Whether shall weigh the balance downe ; to wee^
The deare sffiKtion unto kindred sweet.
Or raging fire of love to womankind.
Or scale of fMends combynd with vertues meet.
But of them all the bond of vertuou* mind.
Me seemes, the gentle hart should most assured
For naturall affection soone doth cesse.
And quenched is with Cupids greater flame;
But failbfuU (Hendship doth them both suppresse,
And them with msystring discipline doth tame.
Through thoughts aspyiing to etemall fame.
For ai the toule doth rule the earthly mane,
And all the service of the bodie frame ;
So love of soule doth love of bodie passe,
No lease then peifbct gold ainniounla the meanest
All which nim lilt by ttyall to assay.
Shall in this stone find approved plsine;
In which these squires true friendship more did cw^
Then either eaie of parents could refMne,
Or love of faireat ladie could consOaine.
For though Pieaiia were as fwre as mome.
Yet did this trustie squire with proud disdtune
For bis friends sake her oS^ed ^voura scome.
And sbe berselfe her B;re of wliom she was yborHe-
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Now, aA«r (bat pinw Aithtlr gtaunted bal
To f ueld strong nicamr to that gtride iwajne.
Who now long time had lyea in ptuon sad i
lie gan advise how best he mote dazrajne
That tnterpriie, for greeteK gloria gayne.
That headlesM tyrants tronke he teard Cram grouod.
And* having jmpt the head to it agajne.
Upon hit uniail iieaat it finnely bound.
And made it >o to ride aa it alive wa* Souod.
Then did he take that chaced squi^ and lajd
Before the ryder, aa he captiTe wer^
And made his dwaife, thongh with unwilling a;d.
To guide the beast that did his maiiter beare.
Till, to his castle thej ^proched neare |
Whom when the wMch, that kept contiTiuall ward.
Saw comming home, all voide c^ doubtful! feara
He, running domie, the gate to him unbard ;
'Whom stiBight the prince "'f "'"g in together br'd.
There did he find in hv deUtiom bavre
The fidre Fona playing on a rote,
Complayning of ber cruell paramoure,
And singing all her sorrow to the note.
As she bad leanted readily by rote ;
That with the swectneaae of h« rare delight
The prince half rapt bqan on her to dote ;
Till, better him him betbinking of the right,
,He ber unwane attacht, and captive bdd by might.
Whence being forth produc'd, when she perceived
Her owne deare sire, she cald to him for aide ;
But when of him no aumwoe the leceiTed,
But saw him sancelesse by tba squire upstaide.
She weened well thai then she was betiaide :
Tben gan she loudly cry, and weepe, and waile.
And that same squire of treason to upbraide ;
But all in vaine ; her plaints might not prevaile ;
Ne none there was to reskue ber, ne none to baile.
Then todw he Uwl same dwarfe, and him con^ield
To open imto him the prison don.
And forth to bring those thrals which there be held.
Thence forth were brought to him above a score
Of knights and squires to him unknowne afore :
All wlucb he did from bitter boudage free.
And unto former liberty restore.
Amcmgst the rest that squire of low degree
Came forth full weake and wan, not like himselfe
Wboin BOOntt as (aire £roylia beheld
And Plaodas, they both unto him ran,
And bim embraang ^t betwiit them held.
Striving to comfort him alt that they can.
And kissing oft his visage pale and wan :
lliat &iie Paana, them beholding both,
Gan both envy, and latto-ly to ban ;
.llirougb iealoua passion weeping inly wroth, [loth.
To Me the aglit poforce that both her eyes were
But when awhile they had together be«ne.
And diveraly conferred of thor case,
.She, though full uft she both of tliem bad seene
Asunder, yet not ever in one place.
Began to doubt, when she them saw embrace.
Which was the c^itive squire she lov'd so deare^
Dccdved through great likenesse of their face :
For they so like in person did appeare.
That she uueath discerned wbellier Khether weare.
Tbdi like resemblawnae much admired thet%
And maid bow Nature had so well ''"g"iiTi>
Her worke, and munteHet harselle so nere.
As if that by one patteme seene eomewhei*
She bad than made a pangoBe to be ;
Or whether it through skill or crrour werci
That gaiiiig long at them much wondred be ;
80 did the other knights and squires which hUn did
Then gan they ransacke that same castle strong.
In which he found grot store of hoorded thrvasur*)
The which that tyrant gathered had by wrong
And tortious powre, without respvct or measure
Upon all whidi the Briton prince made seasure.
And afterwards coulinu'd there a while
To rest himselfe, and solace in sof^ pleasuro
Those weaker ladies after wcarie toile 1
To whom be did divide part of hii purchaat apoBa,
And, for mora toy, that captive lady bin,
The faire Psana, he enlarged fVee,
And by the Kst did set in sumptuous diaire
To feast and frollicke ; nathemore would she
Shew gladsome couotenaunce nor pleasaunt ^ee;
But grieved was for Tosae both of her sire.
And eke of lordship with both land and fee;
But most she touched was with gricfe entiiv
For loese of her new love, the hope of her deare.
But ber the prince, through bis well-wonted grace.
To better tcrmes of myldnease did entreat
From that fowle rudenesse which did ber de&ce ;
And that same bitter cor'sive, which did eat
Her tender heart and made refVttine from memt
He with good thewea and speaches well ^iplyde
Did mollifie, and calme her raging beat :
For though she were moat faire, ud goodly dyde
Yet abe it all did mar with cruelty and pride.
And, for to shut up all in friendly love,
8ith love was first the ground of all her griefe.
That trusty squire he wisely well did move
Not to despise that dame which lov'd him liefe,
nil he had made of her some better priefe ;
But to accept her to his wedded wife ;
Thereto be oS^cd for to make him chlrfe
Of all her land and lordship during life :
Heyeelded,andhertookei so atfniEd all their strife.
From that day forth in peace and ioyous blia
They liv'd ti^etber long without ddnte ;
Ne private iarre, ne spile of eoemia.
Could shake the safe assuraunce of tbeir stUei
And she, whom Nature did so faire create
That she mote match the fkirest of ber daies,
Yet with lewd lofves and lust intempoate
Had it de&ste, thenceforth refonsd ber waies.
That all men much admyrde her change, and qiake
Thus when tbe prince had perfectly compylde
These paires of friends in peace and aetled rest;
Himselfe, whose minde did travell as with chyUs
Of his old love conceav'd in secret breat.
Resolved to pursue his former guest ;
And, taking leave of all, with bun did beaia
Faire Amoret, whom fortuiM by btquadl,
Had left in his (wotccticKi whilow^
Exchanged out of one into Mia(ber tern.
THE FAEBIE QICEENE.
Fears <tf Ur Mfttj did bcr B« coiMtiKlu t
Pot wdl the wist now ia ■ migblf hoDd
Her penoDj IbIc in psllli did rcni*ia<^
Wbo *Ue wn all daungen lo witbatond -.
But now ID feuc of ilHun* (be mote did Maud
Scang bcndfe all aolj succouricaae,
LcA io the victora powre, like nMall b«wd ;
Wboae will or wcduDoae could no w^ repre
Id caae lua bamiiig luM ilKHild brc^e imo exc
or him, 0
« of feare sure had the nan* at all
Tly learned had of yon
lUt counie Dt loose alTection to forsuU,
And lawlene litit to rule wiUi reasons lore ;
TiMt, all the while he b; his side her bore.
She waa aa safe ai in • sanctuary.
Thua many mllea the; two together wore.
To lecke tbeir loven diipened dlvenlj ;
Yet DCitlieT ahewed to other Ibeir bcarti priiltf .
At lengdi tbcT came wbereo ■ troupe of kalghla
Tbe; aaw together dunmiliing, aj ueiiicd i
Siie Ae; were all, all foil of^ll deq>Ight,
But fbure of them the baltell be« be»e«ned,
TIttt which of them wai best mote not be deemed.
These foure were tliey from whom false Florimell
Bjr Braggadochio latel; was redeemed ;
To weet, steme Druon, and lewd Claribell,
Lore-Ianih BUndaoKnir, and luMnUl PaiidelL
Draooa delist was all id single life,
And tmto ladica love would lend no leaaure :
llie more was Claribetl enraged rife
With frrvent flsmei, and loved out of meanira :
So Ae lor'd BlandanHnir, but yet at pleasure
Would change his liking, and new lemana pnwe:
But Paridell of loie did make no threaaure.
But lusted after all that him did move :
So diversly these foure disposed were to loTe.
But tboae two other, which be^de tbem sloodt^
Were Britoniait and gentle Scudamour ;
Who all the while beheld their wrathfuU moode.
And wiHidrtd at their iinpacable stouie,
Wboae like tbey nerer saw till that tame houre:
So dreadful! strokes each did at other drive.
And laid on load with all ther might and powre,
As if that evo; dint the gboat would rive
. Out of thdr wretched cones, and their lii (■ deprive.
As when Dan iEolus, in great displeasure
For kjsae ot his dears luve b; Neptune heat,
Seods forth the winds out of bis hidden thraasun
Upon the sea to wreake his full intent ;
They, breaking forth with rude unruliment
FVom all foun paru of Heaven, doe rage full sore.
And tease the deepes, and tears the firmament.
And all the wtald confound with wide uprme ;
As if instead thoeof tbej chaos would restore.
Cstna of their diacord and so Ml debate
Waa for the lore of that same nowy maid,
Wbome they bad lost in tumeyment of late ;
And, seeking long to weet which way she straid.
Met here together ; where, through lewd upbraid*
Of Ati and Ducaaa, tbey fell out;
And eMh ooB taking part in others aide
This cruell conflict nised thereabout,
^flloae dangerous aucccsse depended yet in d<nibt :
For soawdmes Paridell sod BIssidaniaiir
The better hMl, sn4 bat the otbCTS backe t
Eftsoonca the others did the Beld recoure.
And on (hair foca did wgrte full cniell wibA«j
Yet uatbsr woald their fteDd-lilte fury slsck^
But ercnDaee their tatUoe did Mtgntent;
Till that uneath thqt forced woe, ftir baJM
Of breath, their iBgnig rigour to relent,
And rest tbemselTsa for to neonr spirits ^enl.
There gan th<7 change their Ades, and new psrts
lake;
Fmt nridell ^d tske to Dnions nde.
For old deapight wUcb now forth newly brske
Gsinst Blaodaraour whom alwaies he envide;
And Blandamour to ClaiJbell relide i
So all afresh gan former fight renew.
As when two barkcs, this caried with the tide.
That with the wind, cootiiry courses sew, [anew.
If wind and tide doe change, thor courses osunge
Tbencefertb they much nore furiously gan &r^
As if but then the battell had begonne i
Ne hekneta bright ne bswbeiks strong did *pn»,
lliat through ttis cliftt tha vermeil bloud out sponiKV
And all adowne their riven sides did ronne.
Such mntall malica wonder was to aee
In friends proAst, and so great outtage doune :
But sooth is aaid, and trlde in each degree,
Fauiijrintilt vAm thtyfilt otit mod cmeS/amen bi*.
e continued in fight ;
By fortune in that place did chance to liglit :
Whom soose as tb^ with wrathful] eie bewrslde,
They gan remember of the fowle upbrside.
The which that Britamnesae had to them dunno
In that late tomey for the snowy maide ;
Where she had them both riiamdully fotdonnc^
And eke the fhmous prise of beauty fi'am tbem wonne.
Eflaoones all burtdng with a ttttb deslrv
Of fell revenge, in their malidous mood
They ftnm themselves gan tume their ftirions irc^
And cruell blades yet steenung with wfaot bloud
Against those two let drive, Sa ttiey were wood:
Wbo wondring much at that so sodmne fit.
Yet nouzht diamsyd, them stoutly well withstood}
Ne yaelded foole, ne once abseke did fltt.
But, being doubly smitten, likewise doubly smit.
The warlike dame was on her part aasaid
Of Clarabell and Blandamour attonej
And Paridell and Druou fiercely laid
At Scudamour, both bis professed fone :
Foure charged two, and two iurcbai^ed one ;
Yet did those two themselves so bravely bean.
That tfa' other litle gained by the lone.
But with their owne repayed duely weare.
And usury irithall : audi gaine waa gotten deare.
Full oftentimes did Britomart assay
To qwake to them, and some —"i— ■I"'"" move-;
But they for nought their cruell bands would (ta]b
Ne lend an eare to ought that might behove.
As when an eager msstiSb once doth prove
The tast of bloud of some engored beast,
No words may rate, nor rigour him remove
From greedy hold of that his hlouddy feast :
So, litle did they heaAcn to her sweet beheast.
«s spe:
Whom when the Briton prince alWrra beheld
With ods of so untrqualt match opprest,
Hii miglitjF heart with iniiigiutloD sweld.
And inwsid grudge fild his heraicke breit :
Eftwones himwlfe he to their aide addresl.
And thrusting fierce into the thickest preace
DiTided them, howerer lotii to rest ;
And would tbem &ine from battel! to uireeuse,
With gentle words penwoding them to deadly
But they so faire from peace or patience were.
That all at once at iiim gaa fiercely flie,
And laj on load, as they him downi' would beare,
Like to a storme wliich hovers under skie,
Long here and tliere and round about doth stie,
Atlength breakcs downe In ramc, and haile, and stcet,
lint from one coast, till nought thereof be djte ;
And then another, till tliat likewise fleet ;
And so from side to aide tlU all the world it weet.
But now their force* greatly were decayd,
The prince yet being fresh untoucht afore ;
Who them with speachea milde gan first disswade
From such foule outrage, and them long forbore ;
nil, seeing them through suffrance hsrtned more,
Himselfe he bent their furies to abate.
And layd at them so sharpely and so sore,
That shortly them compelled to retrate,
And being brought in daunger to relent too late.
But now his courage being througlily fired.
He meDt to make them know their follies prise,
Bad tut tfaoM two him instantly desired
T* asswage his wrath, and pardoa their mesprise :
At whose request he gan himselfe advise
To May his hand, and of a truce to treat
In milder teannes, as list tbem to devise ;
He
(QdtlM
tbem aske; '
And told at Ul^ bow that same errant knight,
To weet, frire Britomwt, them late had foyled
In open tumey and by wrongfull fight
Both of their publicke praise had them despoyled.
And also of tfaeir private loves beguyled ;
Of two full hard to read the harder thefl.
But she that wrongfull challenge soone assoyled,
Ai>d shcw'd that she had not that lady reft
(As they suppos'd), but bei bad to her liking left.
To whom the prince thus goodly well replied ;
" Certes, sir Knight, ye seemen much to blame
To rip up wrong tliat bsttell once hath tried j
Whoian the honor both of srmes ye shame.
And eke the love of ladies foule defame ;
To whom the world this franchise ever yeelded,
TlM of their loves chaise they might freedom clame.
And In that right should by all knigbts be shielded :
Gunst which, me seemes, this wat ye wrongfully
have wielded."
"And yet," quoth she, "» greater wrong remaines ;
For I ttiereby my former love have lost ;
Whom seeking ever since with endlesse paine*
Hath me much sorrow and much travel] cost :
Aye me, to see that gentle maide so lost ! "
But Scudamour then rigbing deepe thus saide;
■* C^ettes her losse ought me to sorrow most,
MThose Tight she is, wherever she be straide.
Through many poili wMlne, and many fortunes
" For from the first that I her love prof^
Unto this hourc, this present lucklesse bowr^
1 never ioyed happinease nor rest i
But thus turmoild from one to other stowre
I waat my life^ and doe my dales devowre
In wretched anguishe and incessant woe.
Passing the measure of my feeble powre ;
That, living thus a wretch aikd loving so,
I neither can m; love ike yet my life forgo."
Hie good sir Clarihetl him thus bespoke ;
" Now were it not, sir Scudamour, to you
Dislikefull peine so sad a taske to take.
Mote we entreat you, sith this gentle crtw
Is now so well accorded all anew,
That, as we ride together on our way.
Alltl:
hich yc did ai
For that laire ladies love : past periU well apay."
So gan the rest him likewise to require :
But Britomort did him imp6rttme bard
To take on him that palne; whose great desire
He glad to satisfie, himselfe prepar'd
To tell tliniugb what misfortune he had far'd
In that atchicvement, as to liim befell,
And all those daungers unto them dectar'd ;
Which sith they cannot in this canto weQ
Comprised be, I will tbem in another telL
Scudamour doth his conquest tell
Of vertuous Amoret :
Great Venus temple is describ'di
And lovers life forth set.
'■ Tbdi he it said, whatever roao it sayd.
That love with gall and hony doth abound :
But if the one be with the other wayd.
For every dram of hony, therein found,
A pound of gall doth over it redound :
That I too true by triall have approved ;
For since the day that Srst with deadly wound
My heart was launcfat, and learned to have loved,
I oever iqjed howre, but Mill with care iraa moved.
" And yet such grace is given them from above.
That all the cares and evill which they ineel
May nought at all their setled mindes removs,
Butse
As boating in their maRyrdome i
So all that ever yet I have endured
I count as naught, and tread downe under feet.
Since of my love at length I rest assured.
That to disloyalty ibe wiU not ba alluivd.
" Long were to tdl the travell and Img Uiilt,
Through which this shield of love I late have woonc,
And purchased this piinlssse beauties spcnle.
That harder may be ended, then begonne :
But since ye so desire, your will be donne.
Then hearke, ye gentle knights and ladies free.
My hard mislu^ps that ye may leame to shonne j
For though sweet love to conquer glorious bee.
Yet is the psiue thereof much greater then the fee.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
■■ What time the foma of thb renowmed priu
Flew lint abroad, and all mem earn ponest ;
Tt baTing annea then taken, gon ivUe
To winne me honour by >ome noble geat,
I bold]/ thought (so young mem thoughts are bold),
That tfaia tame braTo empriie for me did ren,
And that both shield and ihe whom I behold
Might be in; lucky lot ; otta all by lot we hold.
" So on that hard adTcoture forth I went,
And to the place of peril] ihortly came:
That wai a temple Ure and aundent,
Which of great mother Venua bare the nama.
And fkrra renowmed through exceeding fame ;
HiKli mora then that wUdi was in Paphoa built.
Or that io Cypnn. both long aince this mno,
Though all the iHUoura of the one were guilt,
And all the otben paTcntoit were with yrory (fnlt :
" And it waa seated in an iiland itroiig,
Abounding all with delict* most tare,
And wall'd by nature gainst invaders wrong,
That none mote hsTe accesse, not inward fare.
But by one way that passage did prepare.
It was a bridge ybuilt in goodly wiic,
With curious cwbes and pendant* giaren fairei
And arched all with porches did arize
On stately pillours fram'd after the Doride gniae :
" And for defence thereof on th' other end
There reared was a castle bire and Mrong,
That warded all which in or out did wend,
And flancked both the bridges sides along,
Gainst ail that would it faine to Force or wrong :
And thernn wonned twenty valiant knights ;
All twenty iride in warres eiperience long ;
Whose office was against all manner wights
By all ineaneatomaintainelhatcastels ancient rights.
■■ Beibre that castle wai an open plaine.
And in the midst thereof a pillar placed ;
On which this shield, of nxany sought in vaine,
Thb smiLD or lote, whose guerdon me hath graced.
Was hangd on high with golden ribbands laced ;
And in the marble stone was written this.
With golden letter? goodly well enchoced ;
Skaed tile man thai well cm vte thU bSt;
Whete ever be lAe iltieldtjaov Amoret be hit.
" Which when I red, ray heart did inly eamt^
And pant with hofie of that adventures hap :
Ne stayed further newea thereof to leame.
But with my epeare upon the shield did r^i,
That all the castle ringed with the clap.
Stzraght forth issewd a knight all arm'd to proofe.
And bravely mounted to his most ■"">"i' :
Who, staying nought Io question &om aloofe.
Ran fierce at ma, that fire glannit troai his horsca
" Whom boMly I encountrtd (as I could).
And by good fortune ahtvtly him unseated.
EfUoones outsprung two more of equall monld ;
But I them both vitJi equall h^> defeated:
So all the twenty I likewise entreated.
And left them groning there upon the plaine.
Then, preaeing to the pillour, I repeated
He read thereof for guerdon of my paine.
And, taking downa the shield, with me did it retalne.
" So forth without in^>eduneat I post,
1111 to the bridges utter gate 1 came ;
The which I found sure lockt and chained fast.
I knockt, but no man onswred me by name ;
Yet I penjver'd still to knocke and call ;
Tilt at the last I spide within tlie same
Where one «tood peeping through a crevis small.
To whom 1 cald aloud, halfe angry tfaerewithall.
'■ Tliat was to w«et the porter of the place.
Unto whose trust the charge thereof was lent -.
Hi* name wa* Doubt, that had a'douliie face,
Th' one forward loiriung, Ih' other backeward bent.
Therein resembling lanus aundent
Which hath in charge the ingate of the yean ;
And evermore his eyes about him went,
As if tome proved perill he did feare, [pearai
Or did misdoubt some ill whose cauaa did not if-
" On th' one side be, im th' other sate Delay,
Behinde the gate, that none her might espy ;
Whose manner was, all passengers to slay
And entertaine with her occasions sly ;
Through which some lost great hope iinhffdily.
Which never they recover might againe ;
And others, quite excluded forth, did ly
Long languishing there in unpiltied paine,
And seeking often entreunce afterward* in vaine.
" He whena* he had privily eapida
Bearing the shield which 1 bod cotu|uerd lata,
He kend it ttreight, and to me apened wide ■.
So in 1 pas^ and streight he dosd the gate.
But being in. Delay in close awaite
Caught hold on me, and thought my steps to stn.
Feigning full many a fond excuse to ptat^
And time to steale, the threasure of mans day.
Whose anallest minute lost no riches render nay.
" But by no mcanes my way I would torAtw
For ought that ever she couhl due or say j
But from my lotly stecde dismounting low
Past forth on foote, beholding all the way
The goodly workes, and stones of rich aaay.
Cast into sundry shapes by wondrous skill.
That like on Earth no where I lecken may ;
And underneath, the river rolling still
With raurmure soft, that seem'd to serve the woric-
mans wilL
" Thence forth I passed to the second gate.
The gate of Good Doert, whose goodly pride
And costly Arame were long hen to relate ;
The same to all stoode alwaies open wide ;
But in the porch did evamune ^de
An hideaus giant, dreadfidi to behold.
That stopt the entraunca with hi* spacian* stride.
And with the lerrour of hi* countenance bold
Full many did aStay, that site &iae enter wouhl i
" His name was Daungar, dreaded over all ;
Who day and night did watch and duely ward
From fearefiill cowards entrance to forslall
And faint-heart foolea, whom shew of perill imrA
Could Icrrifie IVom fortunes faire sdwiid :
For oftentimes faint hearts at fltst etpiall
Of lus grim fsce, were from ^prosching scsrd -.
UnWirthy they of grace, whom one deniall
Eidude* from fidnst hope witbouten ftmbc
«t SPI
*■ Tet man; doughty mnioun, often tride
In grester periU to be stout and bold,
Durst not the ■lenmeue of hi> looke abide ;
Began to faint, and feele their conge cold.
Agaiue, tome otber, tbat in hard asaaiee
Were cowarda knowne, and litle count did hold.
Either tfannigh gifta, or guiie, or aueh like waica,
Crept in by rtoupiag low, or ftealing of the kaiei.
<• But J, though
Yet much disdaiaiDg unto him
le betwecne hii legi,
ilout.
Or creep* betweene hii legi, w in to goe,
Beaolv'd him to auault with manhood stout,
And ather b«^ him in or drive him out.
Eftaoonea, advauncing that enchaunted shield.
With all my might I gan to lay about:
Which when he saw, the glaive which he did wield
He gan foitwith t' avale, and way unto me yield.
<■ So, •! I entred, I did bukeward looke.
For feare of hanne tbat migbt lie bidden there ;
And loe 1 his hindports, whereof heed I tooke,
Mnch more deformed, fearfutl, ugly were,
Tiiett all hii former parts did eant appere ;
For Hatred, Murther, Treason, and Deipight^
With many moe lay in amb^shment there,
Awayting to entn^ the w "
WUdidi
3t than prevent with vigilant fimnght.
■■ Thus having paU all perill, I wa* come
Within the compaaae of that i^andi space ;
The which did seeme, unto my simple doome,
llie ondy pleasant and delightful! plare
Tbat ever trodden was of footings trace :
F^ all that Nature by her molhcT'Wit
Could Avne in earthy and forme of substance base.
Was there ) and all tbat Nature did omit.
Am, playing aecond Nature* part, supplyed it.
■■ No tree, that is of conM, in greaoewood growea,
FnnD lowest iunipB to ceder tall ;
No flowie in field, that daintie odour Ihrowes,
And deckei his branch with blossonua over all.
But then was p'-""-t| or grew natuali :
Nor tenae of man so coy and curious nicl^
But there mote find to pleaae itaelfe witball ;
Nor hatt could wish fm any queint device,
Km there it present was, and did f^aile senaa entice
It St
h luxurioui plentie of all pleaiure.
80 laiiihly enricbt with Naturea threasure.
That if the happie aoules, which doe poaseaae
Tb' Elyiian fields and live in lasting blesae.
Should happen this with living eye to see,
They somw would loath thdr li
Aqd wish to life returo'd agaioe to bec^
That in this inyoui place they mote have ioyMwe
free.
SoA-mnbling bmokes, tti
Ui^wreared mounts, the lams aoout to view ;
Low-looking dales, diiloignd from common gi
Delightfull bowrea, to solace lovers trew ;
^ False labyiinthea, fond runners eyes to due ;
" " 'idibyNatnremadedidNatumielfaai
" And all without were walkes and dleyea dtgfat
With divers trees ennng'd in even rmnkes ;
And bere and there were planet arfans pi^t.
And shadie sealas, and sundry flowring bankea.
To sit and rest the walkers wearie shankes :
And ther^n thousand payres of lovers walkt,
Praysing their God, and yeelding him great thankee,
Ne ever ou^l but of their true loves taJkt,
Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any balkt.
" All these togedier by themselves did sport
Tlielr apotlesse pleasure* and sweet loves content.
But, brre away from these, another sort
Of lovers Undied in Inie barts conaent ;
Whidi loved not aa these for like inlttit.
But on chaele vertue grounded their desire.
Fane from all fiaud or ftyned blandishment ;
'Whidi, in their spirits kindling aealous fir^ {jure.
Brave thoughts and noble deoiea did cvennore a*-
■■ Snch were great Hemilea, and Hyllus deare -.
Trew lonathan, and David tnislie Iryde ;
Stout llieEeus, and Pirithous his fcare;
Pylades, and Orestes by his syde ;
Myld Htus, and Cedppus without pryde ;
Uamon, and Pythias, whom death could not sever:
All these, and all that ever had beene tyde
In bands offnendship, there did live for ever;
Wboae lives although deray'd, yet lovea decayed
" Which whenaa T, that never tasted blis
Nor happy bowre, beheld with gaieAill eye,
I thought there was none other Heaven tluu thia i
And gan their endlesse happinose envye.
That being free from feare and gealoaye
Might frsn^ely there their Ioveb desire poasease ;
WMIest I, through pains and perlous ieopardie.
Was foTSt to. eeeke my lifea deare patrouesse -.
Much dcarcrbe the things which come throu^ baid
•■ Yet all those sights, and all that else I saw.
Might not my steps withhold but that fbrthijgfat
Unto that purposd place I did me draw.
Whereas my love was lodged day and night.
The temple of great Venus, that is hight
The queene of Beaulie, and of Love the modicr.
There worshipfied of every living wight ;
Whoae goodly workmanship hm paat all otber
Tliat ever were on Eartbi all were (h^ set togetbcr.
" Not that same ftmous temple of Diine,
Whose higbt all Ephesus did oversee.
And whiiSi all Asia sought with vowes propbanei.
One of the worlds seven wonders eayd to bee,
Hight match vritb tins by many a degree :
Nor that, winch that wise king of lurie framed
With endleaac cost to be th' Abnightiea sc« ;
Nor all, that elaa through all (he worid is named
To all tha heathen gods, mi^ like to this be clamed.
" I, much admyiing that so goodly frame)
Unto the porch ^iprocJit, which open stood i
But therein sate an amiable dame,
n be of very sober mood.
Strange was her tyre ; for on her head
She irore, modi like unto a Danisk b>
Poudred with pearle and stone ; and all her gai
EnwovenwHmthgold,tliatraug^fyilowi '
THE FAERIE QU£ENE.
" On dtlwr ude of ber twojoimg men ttood.
Both itronglf mim'dt u Cearing one aiuther ;
¥m were the; brethren both of hdfe the blood,
Begotten b; tiro fmtben oT one tunther,
Tluiigfa of coQlrArie imturefl each to other:
lite one of them bight Lore, the other Hate {
Hate HU the elder, Lo>e the younger brothet ;
Yet wai the younger itronger in bu state
Tlxntfa' elder, and him mayitred itill in all debate.
" NatUesse that dame Ki well them tempred both,
Tbat she Ibem fbrced hand to ioyne in band,
Albe tbat Hatred wai tfaereto Ml loth.
And tum'd his face away, n he did «i«nd,
Uniirilling to behold that lovely band :
Tet ilw was of such grace and venuous might,
lliat her commaundmeot he could not withstand.
But bit Ilia lip for felonooa deaplgbt.
And gnadit hi* yroo tuA«> el tbat displeaaiag sight.
" CoDcord she cleeped ns in common reed.
Mother of bteased Peace and Friendship trew ;
Tliey both her twins, both bimie of hearenly seed.
And abe berselfe likewise dirinely grvw ;
Tbe which right well ber workes divine did shew ;
For strength and wealth and happinesae ifae lends,
And atrife and warre and anger does lubdew ;
Of little mncb, of foes sbe maketh fiends,
And to afflicted minds sweet rest and quiet Mndi.
" By ber the Heaven ia in bis coune contained.
And all the world in state unmoved stands,
Aa tbor Almigbtie Maker fint wilaJDed,
And bound them with inviolable bands ;
Else would the waten overflow the lands.
And Sre devoure the eyre, and Hell them quighl;
But that she holds them with her bleaaed hands-
ale ia the nourse of pleasure and delight.
And unto Venus grace the gate dotb open rigbt.
" By ber I entring half dismayed was ;
But abe in gentle wise me eotertayned.
And twixt herselfe and I<ove did let me pas ;
But Hatred would my entrance have restrayned,
And with his club me Ihrealned to have brayned.
Had not the Isdie with her powrefull ttpeach
Him Irom his wicked will uneath refcayned j
And Ih' other eke his malice did empeach.
Till I was throughly paM the perill of tus reach.
■■ Into tbe inmost .temple thus I came,
WUdi hmiing all with flrankensenre I found.
And odoon rising from the altan Same.
tfpooan hundred marble pi Hon round
The roof up high was reared Irom the ground.
All deckt with ciownes, and diaynes, and girlaads
And thousand pretions gifts worth many a pound.
The which sad lovers for their vowes did pay ;
And all the ground wai itrow'd with flowrea as freah
as May.
" An hundred altars round about vrere set.
All fiaming with their lUcriGces fire,
ThU with die steme thetvof the temple swet,
Which rould m clouds to Hnven did aspire.
And in them bore true loven vowea entire :
And eke an hundred brasen caudroni bright.
To bath in ioy and amorous desire.
Every of which was to a damiell hight ; '
For all tbe priests were damwli in soft linnen dight.
•' Right In the midst the goddene idfe did Mand
Upm an altar of aome costly maaae.
Whose substance was uneatfa to understand :
For neither pretious stone, nor durelull braase.
Nor shining gold, nor mouldring clay it was ;
But much more imie and pretious to esleeme.
Pure In aapfct, and like to chriatall glaaae )
Yet glasse was not, if one did lightly deeme;
But, being ftiie and brickie, bkot glasse <M seone.
" But it in shape and beaude did eicell
All other idoles which the beath'en adore,
Farre pasHng that, which by Burpasung skill
Phidias did make in Paphos isle of yore.
With which that wretched Greece, tbat life fbrlore.
Did fall in love : yet this much fairer ahined.
But covered with a slender veile afore ;
And both her feete and leg* together twyned
Woe with a snake, whose head and tail were ta»
combyned.
" Tha cau«e why she was covered with a vele
Wa« hard to know, for that bet pnesta tbe same
From people* knowledge lahuur'd to cooccle :
But sooth it waa not sure for womanish shame,
Nor any biemiah, wliich the worke mote blame :
But for (they say) sbe hath both kinds in one.
Both male and female, both under one name i
She syre and mother is herselfto alone,
B^ets and eke concdTea, ne needeth other none.
■< And all about ber necke and shoulders flew
A flocke of litte Loves, and Sports, and loyes.
With nimble wings of gold and purple hew ;
Whoae shape* aeem'd not like to terrealriall boyes.
But like to angels playing heavenly toyes ;
The whileat their eldest brother was away,
Cupid thdr eldest brother : he enioyea
The wide kingdome of Love irith lordly sway.
And to his law compels all creatures to obay.
■' And all about her altar scattered lay
Great sorts of lovers piteously complayning.
Some of their loese, some of their loves delay.
Some of their pride, some paragon* diidayning.
Some fearing ftaud, some fraudulently fayiung.
As every one had cause of good or ilt
Am<mgst the rsstsinne one, through Love* coDStrnn-
TormenlBl sore, could not contebie it Mill, [ing
But thus laake fbrth, that all tbe temple it did Ul)
" ' Great Venus ! queene of Beautie and of Grace,
Hie ioy of gods and men, that under akie
Doest fayrest shine, and moat adone thy place ;
That with thy smyling luoke doest padfie
The raging seas, and makst the stcvmes to flie ;
Thee, goddesse, tiiee the winds, the clouds doe feare ;
And, when thou spredst thy mantle forth on hi^
The waters play, and pleasant laiuia appeare.
And Heavens laugh, and al tbe irorld ahewa Jc^nMa
" < Then dotb the dndale Earth throw fntb to the* ■
Out of ber fruitJuU lap aboundant flowre*;
And thm ell living wights, soone as they see
The Spring breake foiSi out of his luaty bowiea.
They all doe leame to play the paramours :
Flnt doe the merry birds, thy prety pages.
Privily pricked with thy lustfull powres,
Chirpe loud to thee out of their leavy cage*.
Andtheetbeirmotheicalllocooletheirkmdly.r '
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" ' Then doa the ial*age beasts begiit to pin;
Tlieir pleasant friskes, and loath their wonted AmmI :
The lyona rare ; the lygfn loudJy bnj ;
The raging huls rebellow through the wood*
And breaking forth d*re tempt the deepest Hood
To come where Ihou doest draw them with doire :
So all thing! else, that nourish fitall blood,
Soone as will) fury thou doest them inqiire,
In genention seelte (o qtiench their inward Era.
«' So all the world by thee at Snt wu made.
And dajly yet thou doest the same repayre ;
Ne ought on Earth that merry U and glad,
Ne ought on Earth that lovely is and &yre,
SuC thou the same for pleasure didst prepayrt :
Thou art the root of all that ioyous is :
Great god of men and women, queene of th' ayre,
Mother of laughter, and wel-apring of bliase,
0 graiiDt that of my loTC at last I may not nuMC !'
" So did he say : but I with munnure soft.
That none migbt heare the Borrow of my hart,
yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft^
Besought ber to graunt ease unto my smart.
And to my wound het grattous help impart,
Whilestthua I spake, behold! with happy eye
1 spyde where at the idoles teet apart
A bevie of fajrt damiete dose did lye,
Wayting wbcna* the aotbeoM should be sung oa bye.
" The first of them did seeme of ryper yeaiea
And graver countenooce then all the rest ;
Yet ul the rest were eke her equall peares.
Yet unto her ohayed all the best i
Her name wai Womanhood ; that she eiprest
By ber sad sembUnt and demeanure iryse :
For stedfast still her eyes did filed rest.
He ror'd at random, after gawra guys^ [tye-
Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlewe baits en-
Ne ever duf¥t her eyes fiiaa ground upreare,
He ever once did liwke up from her desse,
As if some blame of evill ihe did fetre,
That in her cheekea made rosea oft appeare :
And her against sweet Cherefulnesse wag placed,
Wboaa eyes, like twinkling stars in evening cleare,
Wbere deckt with smyles that all sad humors chaced.
And ^rted fbrth delights the which her goodly
■■ And next to her sate sober M'odestie,
Holding her hand upon her gentle hart ;
And her againit sate cumsly Cutteiie,
That unto every person knew her part ;
And her brfbre was sealed overthwart
Soft Silence, and sulnnisBe Obedience,
Both linckt together never to dispart ;
Both gifts of God not gotten but from thence ;
Botb giilonds of his saints against their foes offence.
" Thus Mte they all arotmd in seemelir rate :
And in the midM of them a goodly mayd
/ Even in the lap of Womanhood) there sole.
The which wa» all in lilly white airayd.
With ailver streamea amongst the linnrai stray'd ;
Like to the Mome, when first her sbyning face
Hath to the gloomy world itself bewray'd:
That same was ftyrest Amoret in place, [grace.
Shyaing with beatUies light and bsareidy rertues
■> Whome aocoM h I bcAeld, my hart gan throb.
And wade in doubt what best were to be doone :
For sacril^e me aeem'd the church to rob ;
And folly seem'd to leave the thing nndonne.
Which with so strong attempt 1 had b^oanc
Tho, shaking off all doubt and Bbamefaal feue.
Which ladies love 1 heard hod never wonne
Mongst men of worth, I to her stepped neane.
And by the lilly band her labour'd up to reate.
" nereat that fonnost matrone me did blame.
And iharpe rebuke for being over-bold ;
Saying it was to knight unseemely shame.
Upon a r^tuse virgin to lay hold.
That unto Venus services was sold.
To whom I thus j < Nay. but it Gtteth beat
For Cupids man with Venus mayd to hold ;
For il! your goddesse aervicea are drest
By virgins, and her lacriGces let to reoL'
" With that my shield I forth to her did show.
Which all that while I closely had conceld ;
On which when Cupd with his killing bow
And cruell shafts emblaiond she beheld.
At sight thereof she was with terror queld.
And said no more : but I, which all that while
The pledge of faith her band engaged held
(Like waxie bynd within the weedie soyle).
For no entieatie wotild forgoe so glorious spoyte.
" And erennore upon Ihe goddesse face
Mine eye was fiit, fbr feare of her offence :
Whom when I saw with amiable grace
To laugh on me, and bvour my pretence^
J was emboldned with more confidence ;
And, nought for njcenesae nor for envy sparing.
In presence of them all forth led het thence.
All looking on, and like astonisht staling.
Yet U> lay hand on her not one of all them daring.
" She often prayed, and often me besought,
A let he;
goe.
Sometime withwitchingsmyles: but yet, for nought
That ever she to me could say or doe.
Could she her wished freedome fro me wooe i
But forth I led ber through the temple gale.
By which 1 hardly past with' much adoc :
But that same ladie, which me friended late
In entrance, did me also friend in my retrate.
" No Icsse did Daunger threaten me with dready
Whenaa he saw me, maugre all his powr^
Tliat glotious spoyte of besutie with me iead.
Then Cerberus, when Orpheus did recoure
His leman from the Stygian princes bourc
But eveniiore my sliicid did me defend
Against the vtorme of evezy dreadfull stoure :
Thus safely with my love I thence did wend,"
So ended lie his tale j where I this canto enil.
Marinells tbrmer wound is beald ;
He cornea to Proteus hall.
Where lliames dodi the Medway wedd.
And feasts the sea-gods all.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
417
Sow wdl away ! tluU I have doen nich wrong,
To let thire Florimell in bands remajne,
In bands oFlote, and in nd thntldoma chayne;
From which unlesse some hesTenly powre her free
Bj miracle, not yet appearing pUjne,
She Icnger jet ia like optiT'd to bee;
That eren lo thinke thereof it inly fiUia mee.
Here neede jaa to remember, bow erewhils
Uniorely Proteus, missing to his mind
That virgins love U> wio b; wit or wile,
Her threw into a dongeon deepe and blind,
And there in chaynes her cruelly did bind.
In hope thereby her to his bent to drmw :
For, wlienas neither gifts nor graces liind
Mer constant mind could move at all he saw.
He dioiaght her to compell by cnieltie and awe.
I>cepe in the bottome ot an huge great rocke
The dongeon was, in which ber bound he left,
lliiU DUtber ynm barrel, nor brasen locke.
Did Dccde to gard tkmn force or secret theft
Of all her lorers which would her have reft:
For walt'd it was with wavea, which rag'd and ror'd
A* they the diffe in peeca would have cleft ;
Beddes, ten thoatand mooMers foule abbta'd
Did waits about it, gaping griealy, all begor'd.
And in the midst thereof did Horror dwdl.
And Darkenesse dredd that never viewed day,
like to the balefbll bouse of lowest Hell,
In which old Stji hs- aged bonca alway
(Old Stji the grandame of the gods) doth lay.
llMre did this lucklesee mayd seven months abide,
Ne ever ereniog saw, ne mornings ray,
Ne ever from the day the night descride.
But thouf^t it all one nigbt, that did no bourn di-
And all this was for love of Marinell,
Who her desinrsd (ah ! who would her despyse !)
And wemens love did flom his hart expell,
A^ all thoie ioyes that weake mankind eotyse.
Nathleeee hie pride full dearely he did pryse ;
For of a womatis hand it was ywroke.
That of the wound he yet in languor lyes,
Ne on be cured of that cruel! stroke
Which Britomart him gave, when he did her pro-
Tet bire and ncare the nymph his mother sought,
And many salves did to his sore applie.
And many heibes did nse : but whenas nought
She saw could nse his rankling maladie ;
At last to TVyphon she for helpe did hie
Cnaa Trypbon IS the sea-gods tiageoa bight),
Whaoi she beaought to fii^ some remedie :
And for hii paines ■ whistle bin bcblght,
Hat c^ a fishes shell was wrought with rare delight
So well that leach did heaike to her request,
And did so well employ his carefull paine.
That ID short space his hurts he hvl redreit.
And him raator'd to healthfull stale againe :
In which be long time after did ranaioe
Tlwre with the nymph his mother, like her tbrall ;
IS prowesae proved over all.
It fottun'd then, a
To all the sea-godi and didr fhiltfun seedt^
In honour of the spousalls which then were
Betwiit the Medway and the Thamea agreed.
Long had the Tbamea (as we in records reed)
Before that day her wooed to bis bed ;
But the proud nymph would for no wMldly meed,
Nor no entreatie, to his love be led ;
mi now at last releiuii^ ^e to him was wed.
So both agreed that this th«r bridale feast
Should for the gods in Proteus house be made ;
To which they all repayr'd, both most and least.
As well which in the migfade ocean trxde.
All wbicb, not if an hundred tongues to tell.
And hundred mouthes, and voice of brasae I had.
And endtesse no ' "
din
Helpe Ihereftire, O Ibou aaered impe of love,
The nounling of dame Memocie bis deare.
To whom tboae Folles, layd up in Heaven above.
And records of antjquitie appcare,
To which no wit of man may comen neare ;
Helpe me to tell the names of all those floods
And all those nymphes, which then assembled wcra
To that great banquet of the watry gods.
And all their sundry kinds, and all tbrar hid abodes.
Fint came great Neptune, with his three-forkt mnc^
That rules the Has and makes them rise or fill ;
His dewy lockes did drop with brine apace
Under hu diademe imperiall :
And by his side hit queene with coronaU,
Faire Amphltrite, most divinely Iiin,
Whose yrorie siioulden weren covered all.
As with a robe, with her owne silver haire.
And dcckt with pearles which th' Indian seat for her
These marched fine afore the other crew •.
And all the way before them, as they wrait,
Triton his trompet shrill baibre Chero Mew,
For goodly triumph and great iollyment.
That made the rockes to roare as tliey were rent.
And after them the royall issue came.
Which of them qirung by lineall descent :
tint the tea-goils, which to themaelvea doe dame
Hie powreto rule thebillowes, and the waves totama^
FhOTcyt, the father of that fotall brood.
By whom those old heroes wonne auch &me ;
And Glaucus, that wise southsayes undentood ;
And trancke Inoea aonne, the which became
A god ctf seas through his mad mothers blames
Now higbt Faleinon, and is saylera ftend ;
Great Branlea ; and Aitneus, that did shame
Himselfe with incest of his kin unkend ;
And huge Orion, that doth tempests stilt p<Hierid ;
He rich Cteatui ; and Eurytus long ;
Ndeua and Pelias, lovely brethren both ;
Mighlie Chrysaor; and Calcus strong ;
Eurypulus, that calniea the waters wroth ;
And faire Eupheonus, that upon them goth,
A* on the ground, without dbmay or inmi ;
Ficrca Eiyx ; and Alebius, that know'th
The watos depth, and doth their bottometnad)
And ssd Asopus, comely with his hoaric bead.
418 8PE
Tbere aito MBie moat hnunu founden vera
OffwamM nitUnis, which the world pgneil,
Tet •annea of Neptune, now ■nembled hen ;
Ancient Ogjge*. eren th' auncientwt ;
And Inacbut Tenownid abore the reit ;
Phonii; and Aon; and PeUaguioId;
Great Beliu; Phoeai ; and Agenor best;
And mightle Albion, father of the bold
And mrlike people which the Britaine islands bold :
For Albion the loiine of Neptune was ;
Who, for the proofu of hia great puiuaoce,
Out of hii Albion did on £y-foot pai
Into old Gall, that oow U cteeped France,
To fight with Herculci, that did advance
To Tanquish s!l the world with matchlease might ;
And there his moitall part by great miachance
Wat alaine ; but that which is th' immortall sptight
lifes sdl], and to this feast with Neptunes seed was
dight.
But what do I thedr nainei seeke t« (ehene,
Which all the world have with tbdr inue fild?
How can the; all in this so narrow lene
Conlaynrd be, and in small compaiae hild?
Let them record them that are better ikild,
And know the moniments of psiaed age ;
Onet; what needetb shall be here ftilfild,
T* eipresse uinie part of that great equipage
Which from great Neptune do deiiTe tbdr parentage.
Next came the aged Ocean and hie dame
Old Techya, th' oldest two of all the reat ;
For all the rest of those two parents came,
Which afterward both sea and land poaiest ;
Of all which Neieua, th' eldest and the be^
Did flist proceed ; then which Boat nuae upright,
Ne more nneere in word and deed profeat ;
Moat Toide of guile, moat ft«e from fowle despight,
Doing himaelfe and f"'*'"g othera to doe right :
Thereto be wm eipert in prophecies.
And could the ledden of the gods uolbtd;
Through which, when Paris brought his famous prise,
Tbe ftiie T^ndarid huse, he him foretold
That her all Greece with many a champion bold
Should fetch againe, and finally destroy
Proud Priami towno ; so wise is Nereua old,
Andsowellskild; nathlesaebetakesgreatioy [toy.
Oft-times amongst tbe wanbm nymphs to sport and
And afler him the famous rivers came.
Which doe the earth enrich and beautifie :
The fertile Nile, which creaturea new doth frame.
Long Rhodanus, whose sourse springs from the skie;
Faire Isler, flowing from the mouotaines hie ;
IMvine Scamander, purpled yet with blood
Of Ore^ and Troians, wliicb therein did die;
Paetolus glistring with bis golden flood ;
And Tygris fletce, whose streames of none m^ be
Great Ganges ; and immortall Euphrates ;
Deepc Indus; and Mteander intricate;
Slow Pcneui ; and tempestus Phasides ;
Swift Rhene ; and Alpbeus still imi
Oorues, feu^ for great Cjna fkt
l^bris, renowmed ftor the R4>maine
Rich Oranoeby, though but knowe
And that buge riicr, which doth bi
Ofwa."*^- -
Andsl , .
And valiant hearts, in thqughts lesse bard and bi
Yet quaile in conquest of that land of gold 1
But this to you, O Brilona, most pertainea.
To whom the right hereof itselfe hath sold;
The which, fbr sparing litle cost or psinca.
Loose so inunortaU glory, and so endlesse gr^i***
Then was there heard a moat ccleMiall sound
Of dainty musicke, irtiich di3 neit ensew
Before the spouse : that was Arion crownd ;
Who, playing on his harpe, unto him drew
The eares and hearts of all that goodly crew ;
That even yet the dolphin, whicb him bore
Through the Mgita seas &om pirates vew.
Stood still by him astonisht at his lore.
And all the raging seas for ioy forgot to nne.
So want he playing on tba watery plaine :
SoiHie after whom the lovely bridt^roome came.
Hie noble Thames, with all his goodly tnine.
But him before there went, as b^ became.
His auucieol parents, namely, th' aundent Thame ;
But much more aged was hie wife then be.
The Ouie, whom men doe Ins rightly name ;
FViU weake and crooked creature secxned shee,
And almost blind through eld, ttiat scarce ber way
llierefore on eitfas' side she was sustained
Of two smal grooms, which by their names wen hi^il
The Chume and CharweU, two small stteames, which
ThemseiTEs her footing to direct aright, , [pained
Which fayled oft through faint and feeble pligfat:
But Thame was stronger, and of better stay ;
Tet seem'd Aill aged by his outward sight.
With bead all hoary, and his beard all gray,
Deawed with silTer drops that trickled downe alway :
And aundeot heavy burden whicb he bora
Of that faire dty, wherein make abode
So many l»med impes, that shoote abrade.
And with their braunches spred all Britaoy,
No lesse then do her elder sisteis broode.
Ioy to you both, ye double noutseiy
Of arts! but, Oiford, thine doth Thamam^Htgloril;.
But he their sonne full fresh and iolly was.
All decked in a robe of watchet hew.
On which the waves, glittering like chriatall glaa.
So cunningly enwoven were, that few
Could weenen whether they were false or tr«w :
And on his head like to a coronet
He wore, that seemed strange to common vew
In which were many towres and castels set.
That it encompast round fu with a golden fixL
Like as the mother of the gods, they say.
In her great iron charet wonts to ride,
When to lovea pallace she doth lake her way.
Old CybeU, arayd with pompous prid^
Wearing a diademe emtattild wide
With hundred turrela, like a turribant.
With such an one was Thamis beantiflde ;
That was to weet the &nious Troynovan^
In which ha Ungdooies tbroiM la cUaAy taaiant.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.'
And Toond «lio«t Imn 11MI17 ft pMtj paga
Attended duely, l»uij to timy 1
All Httla linn whicb owa TMwUige
To him, ■■ to thtit \oti, and tribota pay :
Tbecbaulky Kcnet; and tlie Thetu gn; ;
The mcoisfa Cole ; and the aoft-diding Breane ;
Hie mnton Lee, tlut oft dotfa loOH hii m;;
And the Mill DuenI, in whoH waten cImum
Ten tbounad Sahai pl^ and decke Ui pleaMDt
Thai c
ame bi> neighbour Soudi which nifrh him
dwaU,
And water all the Engliih
Thej all on him this day at
And with meet tenict waited him about ;
Ne none diadainol low to tiim to tout :
No not (he ilately Seieme gmdg'd at all,
Ne stonning Hutnber, though be looked itout ;
But both bun honor'd ai their principsll.
And let tbor iwelling waten low before him &IL
There wai the ipcedy Tamar, wMch divider
The CiKniah and the Deramah confines ;
Throa^ both whose borders iwiflly dowoe it glidei.
And, meetiDK Flim, to Ptimmoutli thence dedinea :
And Dait, mgli chockt with sands of tinny mine* :
But Anm marched in more atately path.
Proud of hit adimanta with which he shioea
And gtislara wide, ai all of wondnnu Bath, [hath.
And Briatow hire, whicb on hii wavta be builded
And then came Stoure with terrible aspect.
Bearing bia siie deformed heada on hj^
That doth hit eotuie through Blandford plaini direct.
And wnbeth Winbome meadea in leaaon dryc.
Next him went Wyliboume with paiiage alyt^
That of hi> wylineaae hia name doth take,
And of himielfe doth name the ahire Iherdij :
And Mole, that like a lunuling mole doth make
Hia way still under ground till Thama he oiertake.
Then came the Rother, decked all with woodi
like a vood-god, and Sowing faat to Rhy ;
And Sture, that parteth with hii pleasant flooda
The East«ne Saiona from the Southeme ny.
And Clare and Harwitch both doth beautify ;
Him foUow'd Yar, talt watching Norwitch wall.
And with him brought a preaent ioyfully
Of hia owne ftah unto their fefliTaU, [ruffina call.
Whoae like none elia could ibew, the which tbey
Next tbeae the plentcout Ouae came br from land.
By many a dty and by many a towne.
And many iiTcra taking under-hand
Into hii waten, aa he paawth downe,
(The CIe,theWere, the Guaat,the Sture, the Bowne,)
Thence doth by Huotiugdon and Cambridge flit,
Hy mother Cambridge, whom ai with a crowns
He doth adome, and is adom'd of it
With many a gentle Muae and many a learned wit.
And after him the fatall Welland went.
That if old saweipniTe true (whii^ Godforlud!)
Shall drowne all Holland with hii excrement.
And ahall see Stamlbrd, though now homely hid.
Then shine in learning more then erer did
Cambridge or Oiford, England! goodly beame*.
And next to him the Nene downe sofUy slid ;
And bounteous Treat, that in himselfe enieamea
Both thirty aorti of fiah and thirty sundry streamea.
Next thus came Tynt, along wboM itixiy bMKke
Ihat Boniiine monarch bulll a braaan wall,
WUdi mote the ftebkd Britott* strongly Sande
Against the Plds that swarmed orsr all.
Which yet thereof GualBem they doe all :
And Twedc, the limit betwixt Logris land
And Albany : and Eden, though but (maU,
Yet often ttainde with bloud of many • band
Of Scota and Bngliih both, that tyned <m"
Then came flioae ilie tad brethren, like Ibrlonie,
That wfailome were, ai antique &thers tdl,
Sixe Taliant knigbta of one faire nymphe ybmne.
Which did in noble deedes of armes exciU,
And wanned there whara now YoAe people dwell ;
am Uta, awift Wnft, and Oat the moet ofmiKht,
But past not long, ere Brutus warlick* stnm^
Locrinus, them avang'd, and the same date^
Which the proud Himiher unto them had dmne,
By eqnall di»ne repayd on hii owne pat* 1
For In th« adlft same river, where be late
Had drenched them, bt drowned hira i^alne ;
And nam'd the river of hii wretched fate }
Whose bad eonditiOD yet it doth tetaine, [nudne.
Oft tossed with his stormes which theren stOl ra- '
Hieie after came the stony diallow Lone,
That to old Lancaster his name doth lend ;
And following Dee, which Britons long ygme
IKd call divine, that doth 1^ Chester tend;
And Conway, which out of bis streame doth send
Plenty of pearlea to dccke hia dames witball ;
And Liadua, that his inkea doth moat commoid.
Of which the auncient Lincolne men dde call :
AU these together marched toward Proteue hslL
Ne thence the Iriihe rivers abaeiu were : '
Sith no lease fiuuous then the rest Ibej bee.
And ioyne in neighbourhood t^ kingdome nere.
Why should thty not likewise in love agree.
And ioy likewise this solemne day to sea ?
They saw it all, and present were in place ;
Though I them all, according their degree,
Cannot recount, nor tell their bidden race,
Nor nad the salvage countries thorough which
There wai the Ufiy rolling dow^ the lea ;
The sandy Slane ) the stony Aubrian ;
The spacious Shenan spreading like a sea ;
The p1»sant Uoyne i the fishy fhiitfiiU ^n i
Sad Trowis, that 01 , .
Strang Alio tombling (him Slewlogher steep j [weep.
And Mulla mint^ whose waves I whilom taught to
And there the three lenowmed brethren wers^
Which that great gyant Blomius begot
Of the taire nimpb Rheiisa wandring tbcr* 1
One day, as she to shunne the season wfaot
Under Wewboome in shady grove waa got.
This gyant found her and by force dcflowr'd ;
Whereof conceiving, she in time forth brought
Thesethree faire sons, which being thenceforth povrd
In three great rivers ran, and many countreis scc™^ "
Tbt fini th* fCDtla Shure that, miking my
B; dweet Clonnwll, ■dome* rich WMerfbrd ;
Tbe neit. the itubbonK Newre, whole nten gn^
Bj (aire KLlkena; luid RiMscpODte board ;
liie third, the goodlj Baiow •rhidi doth hoord
Great betqM «f wlmoDS in hii deepe boilSme :
All nrliicl), long nindnd, doe at lut accord
To iojne in one, ere to llw «■ Ihej cotne ;
So, flowing all from me, all one at laM become.
There also wai the wide embaTed Meyre ;
Tbe pleaiauDt BandoQ crownd with manj a wood ;
The Bpreading Lee that. Like an island fayre,
Encloseth Corice with hit divided flood t
And balefull Oure late (tabid with Engliih blood :
With many more whoae namea no tongue can telL
All which that da; in mder seemly good
Did on the Ttiamea atlen4 and wailed well
To doe their duefull aerrice, ai to them befell.
Then came tbe biide, the lorely Medua came.
Clad in a Texture of unknowen geare
And uncouth CMfaion, yet ber well became.
That leem'd like ailTer iprinckled here and Asm
With glittering apanga that did like starrca appeare.
Andw
ndot,
To hide the metall, which yet every where
Bewrayd itielfe, to let men plainely wot
It waa no mortall woike, that seem'd and yet waa not.
Her goodly lockes adowne her backe did flow
Unto ber waste, with flowtea beacatteied.
The which ambrouall odouia forth did throw
To all about, and all ber aliaulden Bpred
As a new spring ; and likewise on her hed
A cbapelet of sundry flowers slie wore,
Wtom under whidl the deawy hiunour shed
Did tricle dawne ber baire, like to tbe bore
Congealed litle drops whidi doe tbe mcme adore-
On her two pretty handmwidwr did altend,-
One cald the Theiie, tbe other aald the Crane ;
Wliieh on ber waited tUogs anriaie to mend.
And both behind upheld her ipreddlhg tnune ;
Under the which her tet^ appMrcd plame.
Her slT«r fcet, (ure waaht aguiut thia day ;
And her before there paced pagea twaine.
Both clad in colours like and like array.
Hie Doune and eke tbe Frith, both which prapard
And «A«r these tbe aea-nympfas marched all,
All goodly damaels, dedt with long greene faaire.
Whom oCthdr aire Nerddes men call,
All which tbe Oceani dau^iter to him bare.
The gray-eTde Doris ; all which fifty are ;
All which she there on ber attending had ;
Swift Fnto; milde Eucratj ; Thebsfaiie;
Soft Bpio'i sweets Endorj ; Sao asd ;
Ijgbt Dots; wanton GUuc4 ; and Oaleni glad ;
White-hand Eunice j proud Dynameni ;
loyous Tbalia ; goodly Ampbitrile ;
Lovely Ruithee ; kinde Eulimene ;
Li^t-foote Cymothoi! ; and sweete Melitf ;
Psiiest Phenua; Phao lilly white;
Woitdred Agar^ ; Pons ; and NesM ;
mth Erato that doth in love deliEe ;
_ And PanopE j and wise Pmtomedaia ;
-^•nowyjieckd Doris; aDdmilke-whheGalaihM;
Speedy KippotlKMii and cbote AetM;
iMige T.:.!.n«iK- ■ and Pronsea sage ;
Euagorj ) and li^t Pontoparea ;
And, she that with her least word can asswagr
Hie surging seas when they do soiEst rage,
Cymodocj; and atout Autonoe;
And Neao; and Eiont well in age;
And seeming still to amlle Olaacaiuime ;
And, she that higfat of many heoetei, Poljiuimi ;
Fresh Alimeda deckt witfa girlond greene ;
Hyponeo with salt-bedewed wrests ;
I.somedia like tbe christall sheene ;
LJagor^ much praisd fur wise behests ;
And Psanuthi tor ber brode snowy brestii
Cymoj Enpompt! ; and Themist^ iust ;
And, ^e that Tertue lores and rice detest^
Euama ; and Menipp^ tone in trust ;
And Nemertea learned well to rule lier lust.
All these the daughters of old Nereui were.
Which have tbe sea in diarge to theni assind^
To rule his tides, and surges to uprere.
To bring forth ttcrmes, or Gut tbem to uplnnde.
And sailers saw from wreckes of wrathfull w'
And yet besides, three thousand more there
Of th' Oceans seeds, but lotes and Pbabus
Tbe which in Ooods and founlaines doe app
The which, more eath it won for mortall wight
To lell the sands, or count the starres on hye.
Or ought more hard, then thinke to reckon right.
But well I wote that these, which I descT7,
Were present at this greet solemnity :
And there, amongst the rest, the mother waa
Of luckelesse Morinell, Cymodocj ;
Which, for my Muse berwlfe now tyred has
Unto an other cmnto I will orerpaa.
Marin, for lore of Florimell,
In languor waitea his Ufa :
The nymph, hJs motbcr, getteth her.
And ^*ee to him for wife.
O WHAT an endlene worice bare I in hand.
To count the ana obimdant prc^eny.
Whose ftuitlbll scede brre passeth thoae in lam
And also those which wonne in th' aaure iky !
For much more eath to tell the starres on by,
Albe they endlesse seeme in estimation.
Then to recount tbe aeaa posterity :
So fertile be the flouds in generation.
So huge their onmbera, and ao numberleaw I
Tberefiire the antique wlsords wdl iuTeuted
That V«iu> of tbe fomy sea was bred ;
For that tbe aeu by ber are moat augmented.
Witnesae th' exceeding try which diete are fed.
And wondrous sholes which may of none be red.
Then blame me not if I have err'd in count
Of godi, of nymphs, of rivere, yet imrcd ;
For though their numbera do much more surmouoV
Yet all thoae aame were there wbich cant I did le-
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
An tboM woe there, and nunr oAer morg^
WbiHe lumei and nations were too long to tell,
That Proteiu houie thej fild CTeii to the dore ;
Yet <rere Aey all in order, u beTell,
According thdr d^rees dispoaed welL
AmiHigst tbe rest wai faire Cymodoc^
Tbe motiter of unlucky Marioel],
Who thither with ber came, to leuiM ai
Hieni
r ol the godi when tbejr at tianijuet be.
It for he 1
I, bcJntf bi
nmortall u
Ormmtsl lire, though of in
He might not with immortall Toad be fed.
He with ih' etemall godi to bancket come ;
But walkt abrode, and round about did rome
To Tiew tbe building of that uncouth place.
That teem'd unlike unto hii earthly home;
Where, aa he to and fro by rhaunce did trace,
There unto him betid a diaadventroui case.
Udder tbe bulging of m hldeoua cUeSe
He heard the lamentable TOtce of one,
TbM pitcoudy complaind ber careful! griefb,
Wliicli never abe before diacload to none.
But to henelft her sorrow did bemone :
So feelingly her case she did complainr,
That nith it mored in the rocky atone.
And made it seeme to feele her grierous paine.
And oft (ognme with billowci heating from the maine
" Though vaine I tee my lorrowes to unfold
And ciHmt mj carei, when none ie nigh lo heore ;
Yet, hoping griefe may leaseu beioK told,
1 will them telt (hough unto no man neare :
For Hearen, that unto all lenda equall ear«,
li fajre from hearing of my heavy plight ;
And loweit Hell, to which I lie mott neare,
Carea not what eriU hap to wretched wight :
Ami greedy aeas doe in the ipoile of life dehght.
" Tet loe '. tbe aeaa I see by often beating
Doe peane the nickes; and hardest marble wearea
But his bard rocky hart for no entreating
Will yeeld, but, when my piteous plaints he hearel
Is hardned more with my aboundant teares :
Yet tbongh be never liit to me relent,
But let me wastf in woe my wretched yearea,
Yet will I never of my love repent,
But ioy that br his sake 1 sufier pi '
" And when my weary ghott, with griefe outwor
By timdy death shall vrinne her wished reat,
JLet then this plaint unto his eares be borne.
That blame it is, to him that armes profest.
To let her die whom he might have redrest ! "
There did she pause, inlbrced to give place
Unto tbe pasaion that her heart opprest ^
And, afler she had wept and wail'd a space,
She gan afresh thui to renew her wretched case ;
« Te gods of»as,ifany gods at all
Have care of right or ruth of wretches wron^
By one or other way me wocfull thrall
Deliver hence out of thia dungeon strong.
In which I daily dying am too long :
And if ye deeme me death for loving one
That lovea not me, then doe it not prolong.
But let me die and end my daies attone.
And let bim Uve unlov'd, or luv* binuelfe alone.
But If tbat lift ya tmto ma decree^
Then let mee live as lovers ought to 6a,
And of my lifes dearv love beloved be :
And, if he should through pride your dooms in
Do you by durcase him compell thereto.
And in this prison put him here with me ;
One prison Sxtea ia to bold us two :
So had I rather to be thrall then free ;
letUi
lut O vune iudgment, and conditiana value.
The which tbe prisoner punts unto the five !
Tbe whiles I him condemne, and deeme hia pain%
'here he list goes loose, and laugbea at me :
er loose, so ever bappy be <
But wliereso loose or bappy that thou ait,
>, Marinell, that all thi> i> for thee ! "
With that she wept and wail'd, as if her hart
Would quite have burtt through great abundanee
of her smart.
All which complaint when Marinell bad heard.
And understood the cauae of all her care
To come of him for using her so hard ;
His stubbome heart, that never felt misbiv,
Wai toucht with soft remotw and pitty rare ;
That even for griefe of minde he i^ did gron^
And inly wish that in his powre it weare
Thus whilM his atony heart with tender ruth
Was toucht, and migb^ courage molliAde,
Dame Venua sonne that tamelfa stubbome youth
With iron bit, and maketh bim abide
Till like a victor on his backe he ride.
Into his mouth his maystring bridle threw.
That made him stoupe. till he did liim bestride:
Then gan he make bun tread his step* anew.
And learoc to love by learning lovcra paioes to rew.
Now gan he in hia grieved minde devise,
How from that dungeon be might her railarge :
Some while he thought, by faire and htimble irisa
To Frotetu selfe to sue for her discharge :
But tlien be fear'd his mothers former cbaige
Gainst womens love, long given bim in vune :
Tlien gan he thinkc, perforce wilh sword and targe
Her forth to fetch, and Proteus to conslrwne :
Butaoooe he gan such folly toforthioke againe.
Tlien did be cast to steale her thence away,
And with him bearc where none of her might know-
But all in vaine: for why? he found no vny
To enter in, or issue forth below ;
For all about that rocke tbe sea did flow.
And though unto bis will she given were.
Yet, vrithout ship or bote her tbence to row.
He wist Dot how her thence away to bere ;
And daungCT well be wist long to continue there.
At last, w
egann
s he could invent.
That was tbe author of her punishment ;
And with vile curses, and rcprochfull shame
To oamne limselfe by every evil name.
And decmc unworthy or of love or life.
That had despisde so chasi and faire a dame, ■
11'hicb him had sought Ibrougb trouble and long
blHfe ;
Yet bad refusde a god that her lud sought to •~'*'
£e 3
In tUi Md pliglit Iw walked ben and tlwra,
And lomcd round about tbe rocke in nittt,
Aa be had laMbimatUb be win not where ;
Oft liitenilig if be mote her heaie againe ;
And Btill bemoiung her unworthy peine ;
Like Bi an bj^nde (dune calfe ii &Lie uDwaree
Into liirae pit. wbve ihe him heares camplain^
Ad hundred linxa about the pic ude fai«s,
Right eomnrfully mouining her bereaTed caiea.
And DOW b; thi* (he ftsst waa throughly coded.
And VTtrj one gtn homeward to reiioit :
Wlucb eeeiog, Meiinell wu tare offended
That hi* departure thence should be so abort.
And leate hii lore in (hat lea-wBlled fort ;
Tet dunt fae not his mother disobaf ;
But, her attending in iiill (eemly sort,
IHd march amoogtt the many all the way ;
And all the way did inly moume, like one aatray.
Bong returned to hii mothers bowre,
In solitary ulence far from wight
He gan record the lamentable itowre.
In which hii wretched love lay day and night,
For his deare Bake, that ill deserr'd that pUght :
The thought whereof empient his hart so (teepe,
iW or no worldly thing he tooke delight j
Ne dayly food did take, oe nightly sleeps,
But pyn'd. and moum'd, and languiibt, and alone
did weepe j
That in short space hie wonted cbeerefull hew
Oan fade, and lively sptiilB dended quight :
His cheeke-bones raw, and de-pits hollow grew.
And brawney armes had lost their knowen might.
That nothing tike himselfe be teem'd in sight.
Erelongsoweakeoflimbe, and sicke of lore
He woie, that lenger be note stand upright,
But to his bed waa brougbt, and layd above.
Like ruefiill ghost, unable once to stir or move.
Which when his mother saw, she in her mind
Wag troubled sore, ne wist well what to weene ;
Ne could by search nor any meanes out find
Tbe secret cause and nature of his teene.
Whereby slie might apply some medicine ;
But weeping day and night did him attend.
And moum'd to see her losse before her eyne.
Which gricv'd ha' more that she it could not mend :
To see an helplesae evill double grieft doth lend.
Kougbt could she read the root of bis disease,
Ne weene what mister maladie it is.
Whereby to seeke some meatu it (o appease.
Most did she thinke, but most she thought amis.
That that same former fatall wound of his
Whylearc by Trypbon was not throughly healed,
But eloaely rankled under th' oriEs ;
I«ast did she tbinke, that which be most concealed,
TTkat love it was, which in his hart lay unrevealed.
llierefore (o Tiyphou she againe doth hasl^
And him doth chyde as false and fraudulent.
That fayld the trust, which she in him had plast,
To cure her sonne, as he his tiulh had teat;
Who DOW was fUtie into new langiusbment
Of his old hurt, which was not throughly cured.
Sabacke he came unto her patient;
Where seardiing every part, her well assured
That it was no old tore which hi* new peine procured I
But that It wia toma otboT maladie.
Or grief imkiwwnc^ which be could not diaeaiia :
So left he her withouten ronadie.
Th^ gan ber heart to bint, and quake, and eant^
And inly troubled was, tbe truth to laame.
Unto hiinsel& she came, and him besought,
Nowwith&ire speeches, now with threatningBst^Tie,
If ou^t lay hidden in his grieved thought.
It to leveale : who still her answered, (here was
Natblesse she mtei not so satisfide ;
But leaving watry gods, ss boating nought.
Unto the shinie Heaven in haste she bide.
And thence Apollo king of leaches brougbt.
Apollo came ; who, soooe as he bad sought
Through his disease, did by and by out find
That he did languish of some inward thought,
Tbe which afflicted his engrieved mindi
Which love he red^ to be, that leads each living kind.
Which when he had unto hit mother told.
She gan thereat to fVel and greatly grieve :
And eomming to her tonne, gan first to scold
And chyde at him that made her miabelieve :
But afterwards she gan him soft to shrieve.
And wooe with faiie intreatie, to disclose
Which of the nympbes his heart so tore did mivie:
For sure she wcend it was some one of thost^
Which be bad lately seene, that for bis love be cboae.
Now lesse she feared that same fatall re«I,
Hut warned bim of w<Hnea9 love beware :
Which being ment of ntonal creatures sead.
For love of nympbes she thought si
So he her told : but sooae a* she did hi
That Florimell it was which wniughl his psioe.
She gan alresh to chafe, and grieve in every vatnc
Itw ...
Whether old Proteus true or false bad nyd,
lliat bis decay should happen by a mayd ;
(It 's late, in death, of daunger to advise ;
Or love forbid him, that his life AvnajA j )
But ratber gan in troubled mind devize
How she that ladiea libeitie mi^kt oiterprixai
To Proteus selfe to sew she thought it vaioe.
Nor
great king Neptune selfe did goe.
And, on her knee before bim falling lowe.
To gtauut to her her aoaues life, whidi hia fbe,
A cruell tyrant, had presumptcouslie [die^
By wicked doome condenui'd a wretched dcsuh to
To whom god Neptune, tofUy smyling, thus ;
" Dau^tcr, me seemes of double wrong ye plaine.
Gainst one that hath both wronged you and us :
'adward 1 wecn'd did appotainc
U) these
Read therefore who
And for what
For never wi^ so evill did
But would some rightfiill
rightly oou^it.''
rhich this bath wrou^tt,
" diacover plaine:
thought.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
To whom ih* •iwwer'd ; " Hen it Ei by imut
PiaUvtf tfaM balb ord^n'd aj Kiniie to die ;
For that ■ mift, the which by fonime cwnri
Upon 70UT HM^ be cl^m'd m propertie ;
And Jet nor Ms. nor hu in equitie.
But youn the iriift by high preniguive;
TbcreTore I humbly ctbtc your m^jntie
It to raplarie, *od my lonDS rapriie :
So ■hall you by one gift me all ui thraa eliTS."
He grmnted it :
Under the ua-sod'a m
CMmnandiiv ^notsni Mi
Which wmring on hii 1
He latdy tookc, end ntbence ktpt u thmil.
Vhich ihe reednog with meete thankefuliiesK,
Departed etnight 10 Protein therewithal! :
Who, reading it with inward loUhfiilneMe,
Wat griered to restore tlie pledge he did pnacMe.
Tet duTM he not the warrant to withstand.
But unto her delivered FlarimelL
Whooi abe rec^ving by the lilly baad,
AdmjT'd bet beautie much, ai she mote well,
FiH ibe all linng cteaturai did eiceil,
And waa right joyoua that ihe gotten had
So bire a wife for her lODDe MtrineU.
So home with ber ahe dnigbt the lirgin lad.
And shewed her to bitn then being lore beatad*
Vbo aoooe a* ha beheld that angela face
Adom'd with all divine perfiectioa,
Hia cheated heart eftaoonca away gan chace
Sad Death, rerired with her iweet iiwpectioii.
And feeble ipirit inly felt lefeclioii ;
Aa withered weed tlmiugh ctuell winten tine,
lliat feelei the warmth of sunny bcamisa reflectioii,
Ijftes up his head that did before decline, [shintu
And gin* to spread his leale beibca the fsire suiv-
Bi^it so himaelfh did Maiinell uprean^
When he in place his dearest lore did spy i
And though his limbs could not hi* bodie beare,
Ne fonner strength retume so suddenly,
Tet cheareftiU aigne* he shewed outwudly.
Ne lease waa the in secret hart affected.
But that she mashed it with modestie,
For feare she should of lightneise be delected:
Which to anatbap place I leave to be pofected.
THE FAERIE QUEENE,
So oft as I with stale of present time
The image of Ihe antique world compare,
Wbenat man* age was in his &eshe*t prime.
And tbe first blossome of fure vertue bore ;
Such oddes I flnde tniit those, and these which ai
As that, through long continuance of his course,
Me aaemes the world is runne quite out of square
Fhxn the Qist point of his appointed sourse i
And being once amisaa growe* daily wourse ai
It 's now at earst bccosne a atonie ona;
And men ibamselTea, the which at first were fiamed
Of earthly mould, and fmm'd of fleih and boau^
Such 0* behiod tbeir bade* (so backward bred)
Were throwne by Fyrrhs and Deucalione :
And if then those nuy any worse be red.
They into Ibat ere long inll be degendered.
Of present dayes whicb are corrupted sore ;
But to the uidque use which was of yore.
When good waa onely for itselie deeyred.
And all men sought their owne, and noDeno more ;
When luBlice was not for most meed oul-byred.
But simple 'I>uthdidnijne,and wasofalladmyred-
For that which all men then did rertue call.
Is now cald vice ; and that which vice was lught,
I* now hight veitue, and so ui'd of all 1
Right now is wrong, and wrong that was is rigbt;
As all things else in time are cbaunged quighl ;
Ne wonder ; fbr tbe Heavens revcdution
Is wandred foire from where it Gist wo* pight.
Of ail this lower world toward his dissolution.
Ftv whoso list Into lbs Hcarens looke.
And search the courses of the rowling ipheares.
Shall find that tnaa the point where they first looke
Their setting fwth, in these few thousand yeares
They all are wandred much ; that plaine appcarea :
Hatli now forgot where be wast plast of yore,
And shouldred hath the Bull which fayre Europa
And eke the Bull hath with his bow-bent home
So liardly butted those two Tvrinnes of lore,
liut thvy have cniE^t the Crab, and quite him borne
Into the great Nemiean Lions grove.
80 now ^1 tange, and doe st random rove
Out of th^ proper places farre away,
And all this world with tbem amisse doe move,
And all bis oeatures tram thnr course astray ;
HU they arrive at their last ruinoua decay.
Ne is that same great glorious lampe of light.
That doth enlumine all these lesser fyrcs.
In better case, ne keepes bis course more right.
But is miscaried witb tbe other spheres :
For since Ihe terme of fourteen hundred jerea,
That learned Plolomce his bight did take,
He u declyned from that matke of thdrs
Nigh Ihirtie minutes to the southerne lake j
That niakea me tean in time be will us quite forsake.
And if to those Egyptian wisird* old
i Which in star-reacTwere want have beat insight)
'aith may be given, it is by them told
Thai since the time tbey first tooke the Sunnea hIght,
Foure tunes hia place he shifted hath in ught.
And twice hath risen nbere he now doth wast,
And weated twice where he ought rise ari^it.
But most is Mars amisse of all thereat;
And Mxt to Urn old Sattme, that wia wont be bail.
Ee4
t24 SP£
For during Situme* ■ndoit nigtw il "i m^
That all the world with goodoaie did ■bonnd j
All loved Tcrtue, no nun wh tffnji
Of rorce, DO fWuid in iright *» to be found )
No warn was knowne, no dreadful trorop«*» raund ]
Peace uniTenal ra3m'd mongat men and beaits :
And all tlangs tntij grew out of the ground i
luBtice nte high ador'd with aolemne fettu.
And to all people did divide ber dred bcheaMa :
Most sacred Vcrtue she of all Che rest,
Hcwmbling God in his impeiiall might;
Whose soveraine powre is herein nkost eiprest.
That both to good and bad he dealeth right.
And all his workes with iustice hath be^ht.
That powie he also doth to princes lend,
And makea them like hiinselfe in gloriimi ai^it
And nile Us people right, as he doth
Dread sorenyne goddeaae, that doeat highest ait
In seate of iudgement in th' Almighties stead.
And with magnificke might and wondrous wit
Doest to Ih; people righteous doome aread.
That furthest natioM fitleg with awfull dread,
Pardon the boldnesae of th; basest thrall.
That dare disconne of so dirine a read,
As tbj great iustire prayaed orer all ;
~" ' " It whereof loe her* thy Artcgall.
Artegall trayn'd in luitice lor*
Irenaea quest pDrsewed ;
He doetb arefige on SaoKUer
Hi* ladies bloud ci
TwonoH vertue then were held in highest price,
In those old times of which I doe intreat.
Vet then likewise the wicked seede of rice
BcftaD to spring ; which shortly grew full great.
And with their hcnighea the gentle plants did beat :
Rose up, inspired with heroicke heat,
T%*t cropt the branches of the sient base.
And with stnmg hand their fruitfull rankne* did
Such first waa Bacchus, that with ftirious might
All tb' east before unlam'd did oier-ronne.
And wrong repressed, and estahlisht right.
Which lawlesse men bad formerly fordonne ;
There Iustice fint her princely rule begonne.
Next Hercules faia like ensample shewed.
Who all the west with equall conquest wonne.
And monstrous tyrants with his club subdewed;
Hie club of luMice dread with kingly powre en-
dewed.
And such waa be of whom I have to tell.
The diampion of true Juatiic, Artegall ;
Whom (as ye lately mote remember well)
An bard adventure, whicb did then befall,
Into redoubted peiill forth did call ;
That was, to succour a distressed dame
Whom a strong tyrant did uniustly thrall.
And Jrom the heritage, which she did cbune.
Did with strong band wilbhold; Onmtotto was his
DidtotbeF
, lAIchlrMMhUrt,
aeene her way addiiiMe,
ing bei aOicled plight.
her besought of gratioui redress* :
That soveraine queene, that mightie empaiasat.
Whose glorie u to aide all suppliants pore.
And «f weake princes to be patronesse.
Chose Art^all to right ber to restore ;
For that to her be seem'd best skild in righteoiu lore^
For Artegall in inttice w
Eien from the oadle of his infancie.
And all the depth of rightfull doome i
By faire Astrna, with great industrie,
Whileal here on Earth she lived morulliei
For, till the world from his perfection fell
Into all filth and foule iniquitie,
Astnea here mongst earthly men did dwell.
And in the rules of iustice them iostructed weU.
IS taught
Whiles thniugh the world she walked in this soi^
Upon a day sbe found this gentle childe
Amongst his peres playing his childish sport;
Whom seeing St, and with no crime deBlde,
She did allure with gifts and speacbes milde
To wend with her ; so thence him faire she brought
In which tbe nounled him, till yearn be rmught ;
And all the discipline of iustice there him taughL
'niere she him (aught to weigh both ti^ and wrnng
In equall ballance with due recompence,
And equitie to measure out along
According to the line of conscience,
Whenso it needs with rigour to diipence ;
Of all the which, for want tliere of mankind.
She caused him lo make eiperience
Upon wyld beasts, which she in woods did Bnd,
With wroogfUU powre oppressingothers of (heir kin^
Thus she faim trajmed, and thns she farm lao^t
In all the skill of deeming wrong and right,
Un(i11 the ripenesse of mans yeares he nuigltt ;
That even wilde beasts did feare bis awfuU sigh^
And men admyr'd his over-ruling might;
Ne any liv'd on ground that dunt withstand
His dreadfull heast, much lease him match in fi^
Or bide the horror of his wreakfuU band,
Whenso he list in wiath lift up his steely bwid:
Wlucb steely brand, to make him dreaded toem.
She gave unto him, gotten by ber slight
In lovea etemall bouse, unwist of wight.
Since he bimselfe it us'd in that grcsA fight
Against (be Utans, that whytome rebelkd
Gainst highest Heaven ; ChrvtMr it vraa higbt ;
Chrysaor, that all other swords excdled,
WeU prov'd in that same day whoi love tboae gjnts
quelled:
For of most perfect metati it waa made,
Tempred with adamant an^ongst tbe same.
And gamisht all with gold upon the blade
In goodly wise, whereof he tookc his name,
And was of no lease vcrtue then of hmt :
For (here no substance was so firme and hard.
But it would pierce or cleave whereso it came ;
Ne any amour could his dint ont-wsrd ;
But wbennocver it did light, it (hitnighly sbeard.
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Kd* wben dM WoiU with uoiw gmn to aboulid,
AhItbb Imthing leng«r here to tpace
Mongtt wickad men, in whom no truth ibs found,
Retum'd to Htmea, when« she drriT'd her lace ;
WlicTe ihe hub now an eierlMting ptace
MoD^t tiMne twelve sgncs, which nightlj wi do Ke
The H«Ktmi brigfat-chining baudricke to enehace ;
And ii the Vii^in, flit in her degree, [bee.
And next benelfe her rigbleoiu bklUoce hanging
But wben ib* parted hence ihe left her groome.
An jroa nan, which did on her attend
Alwajra to execute tier Medfatt doomc.
And willed him with Artegal) to wend.
And doe whatevs thing be did intend :
Hi* name wai Talus, oiade orynin mould.
Immoveable, reailteaie, without end ;
Who in hii hand an jrron flale did hould.
With whicb he threiht out fiJ&hood, and did truth
unfould.
He now went with fatra in tins new inqueat.
Him for to aide, if aide be chaunit to neede,
AgainM that cruell tjrant, which oppmt
The faire Irene with hi) fbule miideedc.
And kept tbe crowne in whicb ihe should nicceed ;
And now together on tbdr way they bin,
Wbenas they saw a (quire in aquallid weed
lamenting wie hii urrowfull sad tjrne
With many bitter teares abed from hia blubbred eyne.
To whom at tbe; approcfaed, they apide
A eorie light as erer leene with eye.
An beadlnae ladle lying him beude
In her owne blood all wallow'd woflilly.
That ha gay clothes did in diflcolour die.
Much waa be roored at Aat niefuU lighc ;
And flam'd with leate of vengeance inwaidly
He aakt who had that dame ao fouly dight.
Or whether hii owne hand, or whether other wigbt?
" Ah ! woe i* me, and well away," quolh bee.
Bunting forth teorea liLe springs out of a banLe,
" That ever I this dinnall day did >ee !
Full (am was I train thinking such a pranke ;
Tet litle losse tt were, and mickle thank e,
If I should graunt that I have doen tbe same.
That 1 mote drinhe the cup whereof the dranke ;
But that I should die guiltie of the blame,
Tbe which another didwho now ia fled with shame."
" Who was it then," sayd Artegail, " that wrought?
And why ? doe it declan; unto me trew."
■■ A knight," said he, " if knight be may be thought.
That did his hand in ladies bloud embrew.
And for no csuw, but a* I shall you shew.
Hiis day as I in solace sate hereby
With a fayre love whose losse I now do rew.
There came this knight, having in companie [lie.
Thia lucklesse ladic which now here doth beadlewe
« He, whether mine seem'd fiiyrer in hia tyt.
Or that be weied weary of bis owne.
Would change with me ; but I did it denye.
So did Ihe ladies both, as may be knowne ;
But he, whose spirit was with pride upblowne.
Would not so rest contented with his right ;
But, having from his courser her downe throwne.
Fro me left mine away by lawlesse might.
And on hii Meed her set to bean her out of sight
reheriv
Lut rather of his tiand besought to die ;
With that his sword he drew all wiathfuUy,
And at one stroke pupt off her head irith scome.
In that same place whereas it now doth lie.
So he my love away with him hath borne, [nKnne."
And left me hen both bia and mine owne love to
*■ Aread," sayd he ; <■ which way then did he make 7
And by what markea may be be knowne againa?"
" To hope," quoth he, "him soone to overtake.
That hence so long departed, is but vaine ;
But yet he pricked over yonder plaine,
And aa I marked bore upon his shield.
By which it 's easie him to know againe,
A broken sword within a bloodie field ;
Expressing well his nature which the same did wield."
No sooner sayd, but streight be after sent
His yron page, who him pursew^d so light,
A* that it seem'd above tlie ground he went :
For be was swift a* swallow in ber flight.
And strong as lyon in his lordly might.
It was not long bcfors he overtiioke
Sir Sanglier (so.cleeped was that knight).
Whom at the first he gbessed by his looks.
And by the other markes which of his shield he took*.
He bad him stay and backe with him retire j
Who, full of scome to be commaunded so,
The lady to alight did eft require,
Whilest be reformed that uncivill fo ;
And atreigbt at him irith all his force did go :
Who mov'd no more therewith, then when a rocke
Is lightly stricken with some stones throw ;
But to him letting lent him nich a knocke.
That on the ground he Isyd him like a icncelesae
blocke.
But, ere he could himselfc recure againe,
Him in his iron pew he seited had ;
That when he wak*! out of his warelesse peine.
He found himself unwist so ill bestad.
That lira he could not wag : thence he him lad,
Bound like a beast appointed to the stall :
Tbe sight whereof the lady sore adnd.
And fain'd to fly for feare of being thrall ;
But he her quickly stayd, and font to wend wilhalL
When to the place they came where Aitegall
By that same careful) squire did then abiib.
He gently gan him to demaund of all
Hial did betwiit him and that squire betide:
Who wi^ Bteme countenance and indignant pride
Did aunswere, that of all he guiltlease stood.
And his accuser thereuppon deflde;
For neither he did shed that ladies bloud.
Nor tooke aw^ his love, but his owne proper goo^
Well did the squire perceive bimselfe too weake
To aunswere bis deflaunce in tbe field.
And rather chose his challenge US' to breake
Then to approve his right with apeare and shield.
And rather guilty chose himselfe to yield.
But Art^sll by sgnes perceiving plsine
That he it was not which that lady kild.
But that strange knight, the fairer love to gain^
Did cast about by aloight tbe truth tbocout to
Andwjrd; "Nownre
Cu budlf bat by Momunt ba aids,
Or ebe by tHdele, or by blooddr flgfat ;
Hut ill petfai^ roota &U to ddMi aula.
But if fc ploue that I ]Pour otoK dedda,
Feriupi I m^ all fuTthar quaneU end,
80 je will aweare m; iudgmoit to abide."
Thereto they both did franckly condiacend,
And to hU doome with listfull eares did both nrtemL
« Bth then," layd be, " ye both the dead deny.
And both the linng lady claime your right,
Let both Che daad and linng equally
Derided be betwiit you here in sight.
And each of either take hii share aright.
But tooke, who dooi diaaent from this my read.
He for a twelve monetha day ahall in deipight
Beare for hii paiaunca that aame ladiea head ;
To irifnraati to tha world that ihe by him ia dead."
Well pleased with thai doome wai Sangliere,
And ofl>ed atrdght the lady to be sliine :
But that same squire to whom abe was more dere,
Whenaa he saw she should be cut in twaine.
Did yield she rather ahould with him remaine
Alive then to himaelfe be ahared deadi
And ratber then his lore ahould auffer paine.
He choae with shame to beare that ladiea head ;
True lore deapiaeth ahama when lite ia oJd in
Whom when ao willing Artegall perceaTed ;
" Not BO, thou squire," he aayd, " but Ihiue I deeme
The llTing lady, which from thee he reared :
For worthy thou of her doeat rightly aeeme.
And you, air Knight, that lore ao light eateeme,
As that ye would for little leare the aamc^
Take here your owoe that doth you beat beaeeme,
And with it beaiv the burden of defame ;
Tour owDC dead ladie* head, to tell abrode your
But Sanglien diadained much hit doome.
And sternly gan repine at hia beheaat ;
Ne would for ought obay, as did become.
To beare that ladiea head before hU breasti
Untill that TUus had his pride represl.
And forced him, mautgri, it up to reare.
Who whan he saw it bootelease to reaiit.
He tooke it up, and thence with him dide bear ;
As rated spaniell takes hia burden up for feare.
Much did that aquire air Artegall adore
For his great justice held in high regard ;
And as his squire him offi^ ereiuioie
To arare, for want of other meele reward.
And wend with him on hia adventure hard:
But he thereto would by no meanea consent ;
But leaving him forth on his ioumey far'd :
Ne wight with him but onely Talus
Tbey two enou^ f encounter an wh
Artegall hearea of FloiimeU ;
Doea with the Pagan flghl 1
Hun slaies j drownes lady Muuera ;
Does race her nutle quight.
WUloma tboae naat haniaa got thanby
Tlidlr ffreatest gkty for Uku- ri^itfiill dacth
And pbce deaoved with the gods on by :
Henin the nobleaae of this kn
Who DOW to peiila great for iu
To which aa be now
He chaunst to meet a dwarfe iu haity coune ;
Whom he rtquir'd hia forward hast to alay,
"nil he of tidinga mote with him diacoune.
Loth was the dwaife, yet did be stay patone.
And gan of sundry newea his store to tcU,
Aa to hia memory they had recourse ;
But ehiefiy of the Ureat Florimell,
How ahe waa found agaiue, and qxiusde to MarinelL
For Ibia waa Dony, Florimells owne dwarft.
Whom having lost (as ye have heard whylem;).
And finding in the way Ihe scaUIed icarfe.
The fortune of her lile long time did fean:
But of her health when Artegall did beare,
And safe retume, he was full inly glad.
And Bake him where and when Im bridale cbeare
Should be sol^uia'd ; for, if time he had.
He would be there, and hmiot to her ■pouaall ad.
" Within three daies," qtioth be, ■■ aa I do beara^
It will be at the Castle of the Strond i
What time, if naught me let, I will be then
To do her ssvice so aa I am bond.
But in my way a little here beyond
A cuned cruel! Saiaain doth wonne.
That keepea a biidgea passage by strong bond.
And many errant knights hath there fordonne ;
Tial makea all men for feare that passage fir to
■■ What miater Wight," quoth he, " and bow &r benee
Is he, that doth to travellera auch harmea?"
" He is," said he, " a man of great defcooe ;
Expert in battel! and in deedes of anues ;
And more emboldned by the wicked chaimea
With which his daughter doth him still aupport t
Having great lordahipa got and goodly Etiinea
Through strong (^piesaion of his powie eilott t
By which he s^ them holds, and keepea with atroog
" And dayly be hia wrongs eoocaaeth mcwe ;
For never wight he letg to paaae that way.
Over his bridge, albee he rich or poore.
But he him make* hia passage-penny pay :
Else he doth hold him backs or beat away.
Thereto he hath a groome of evil] guise.
Whose scalp ia bare, that bondage doth bewiay.
Which pols and pila the pooie in pitemu wiie 1
But ha himaelfe upon the rich doth tyranniie.
" His name la hight PoUente, rightly so.
For that he ia so puissant and strong.
That with his powre he all doth over-go.
And makes them suhiect to his mighty wrong;
And some by sleight he eke doth underfbng :
For on a bridge he custometh to fight.
Which is but narrow, but exceeding long ;
And in the aame are many trap-fkls pight,
Through which the rider downe dMb fill throogh
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TbaX ii both iwift «id dangtnNU <U<pe withall ;
Into the which whonuo be OTerdirowes,
All dotitiM of hdpe doth hndlocig bll ;
But be hiimelfe ItuQuoh pnctise u«uaU
Leapes fbrth into tbe floud, and tfaeie assaie*
His foe confiucd througb hu K>daine &11,
HiM bona uid nutn be equally dimiaiei,
And atber bolb tbem drowne*, or trajteroudjr ilaie*.
" Then doth b* take the qH^ of them at will,
And to lu> daughter tningi, that dwells tfaerebj :
Wbo all that come* doth t^e, and tfaerewilb fill
The coflen of bar wiAed tbnaauij;
Wbicb the with wrmig* bath he^wd up n by
That many prioee* ibe in wealth eiceedea,
And purchast all the eountrey lying ny
With the Tcrenua of her plenteous meedea :
Her naoie is Munera, agreeing with her deedea,
" TbectD she ia full filie, and ticb attired,
Witb golden bands and ulrer feete beside,
That many lords bare ber to wife desired ;
But she them all dcspi^etb for great pride- "
" Now by my life," sayd he, " and God to guide.
None other way will I this day betake,
But by that bridge wbeteaa be doth abide :
lliereforc me thkher lead." No more he spake.
But ttntherward forthright hii ready way did make.
Unto the place he came within a while,
Wbee on tbe inidge be ready armed saw
Tite Saiaain, awayting for some spcHle :
Who as tbey to tbe passage gao to draw,
A Tillaine to tbem came with scull all raw,
Tliat pasaag&-moDey did of them require.
According to the custome of their law ;
To whom he aunswerd wroth, " Loe there thy hire;"
And with that word him Mrooke, that stieight he did
WUcb when the Pagan saw he weied wroth.
And itidgbt hinuelfe unto tbe fight addrest ;
Ne was air Arti^all behinde : so both
Together ran with ready spesrea in rest.
Hight in the midst, wberees they brest to brest
Sboold meete, a trap was lettsn downe to fall
Into the Soud : strdght leapt the carle unbleat.
Well weening that his foe was falne withall ;
But be was well aware, and leapt before bis fall.
There being both ti^ether in the Boud,
llley each at other tyrannously flew;
Ne ought the water cooled their whot bloud.
But rathar in tbem kindled choler new :
But there tbe Faynim, who that use well knew
To Sght in water, great advantage liad,
That oftentimes him nigh he overthrew ;
And eke the couner wbereuppon be rad
Could swim like to a llib wUIm he bia backe bestrad.
Which oddes whenas dr Arlegall espidc.
He saw no way but dote with him in host ;
And to him diiiing strongly downe the tide
Uppon his iron f^oller griped &st.
That with tho straint his wvaand nigh be bras^
Then tbey together strove and ctruggled long,
Eitha- the other from his steed to cast;
Ne erei Art^all hia griple strong
For any tfainge wold ilacke, but Mill upon Um bong.
As when a dolphin and a sria an met
In the wide cliaiE^iian of tbe ocean plaine.
With CTuell chaufe their courages they whet.
The may*t«rdonie of each by force Id gaine.
And drcadfiill battailB twixt tbem do daitaine ;
Hiey snuf, tbey snortn they bounce, they rage, they
That all the lea, disturbed witb their traine, [nne,
Doth fHe with fome above the surges bore :
Such waa betwiit these two the troublesome upron.
3o Artegall at length him font forsake
His hortes backe for dread of being drowDd,
And to hiB handy swimming him betake.
EfUoones himselfe he from hii hold unbownd.
And then no ods at all in bim be fownd ;
For Artegall in swimming Bkiltiill was,
And durM the depth of any water sownd.
So ought each luiight, that use of perill baa.
In svrimming be expert, througb waters force to paa.
Than very doubtfiill was the wanes event,
Unccrtaine whether had tbe better side :
For both were skild in that experiment.
And both in armea well baind and throughly tnde.
But Artegall was better breath'd bedde,
And towards th' end grew greater in hie migbt.
That bis ftJM foe no longer could abide
His puissance, ne beare himidfe aprigbt ;
But ftom the water to the land bebioke Ina flight.
But Artegall pursewd him still so neare
Witb bri^ ChryiBor in his cruell hand,
lliat, as his head he gan a litle nare
Above the brincke to tread upon the land.
He smote it off, that tumbling on the strMld
It bit the earth for vety fell £«pigbt,
And gnaahed witb his teetb, aa if Iw band
High God, whoae goodnease be despaired qui^it.
Or cunt the hand wMcfa did that vengeance on Um
Hii corps waa carried downe along the lee,
Whose waters with his filthy bloud it ctayned :
But bis blasphteious head, that all might see,
He pitcht upon a pole on high ordayned ;
Where many years il afterwards remayneid.
To be a nurrour to all mighty men.
In whose right hands great power is contayned*
That none of them the feeble over-ren,
Butalwaies doe their powrc w
That done, unto the castle he did wend.
In which the Payniros daughter did abide,
Guarded of many which did her defend ;
Of whom be entrance sought, but was denidc.
And with reprochfull blasphemy defide.
Beaten with sConea downe fhim the baltilment.
That be was forced to wilhdnivi aude ;
And bad bis senant Talus to invent
Which way he enter might without endangermenL
Eflsoonea his page drew to the castle gate.
And with his iron flale at it let file.
That all the warders it did sore amate.
The which ere-while spake so reprochfuUy,
And made them stoupe, that looked earst so hie.
Yet itill he bet and bounst uppon the dore.
And tbundred stroke! thereon so hideouslie^
Thai all the peece he shaked from the flore.
And filled all the bouse with fean and great up">K-__
The daungerous atate in which she stixxl, she feared
The «il effect of her neare overthrow ;
And gui intreat (hut iron man below
To c«we his outrage, and him faire beaought ;
3ilh neitbEr force of sioiies which thej did throw,
NorpowraTchamu, which she against him wrought,
-Iffightotberwise prevaile, or make him ceaaeforou^ L
But, whenas yet she saw him to proccede
Unmot'd with praieia or with piteous thought,
She men! him U> corrupt wilh goodly meede ;
And causde great uckes with endlesse riches ^ught
Uulo the bactilment to be upbrought.
And powred forth over the castle wall,
But still eonljnu'd his assault the more.
And layd on load with his huge yron flail^
That at the length he haa yrent tbe dorc,
And made wa; for big maister to assajle :
Who being entred, nought did them araile
For wjght against his powre ihemselTw to rean
Each one did tlie ; their hart* began to faile ;
And hid themselyei in comen here and there ;
And eke their dame halfe dead did hide herself for
Long Ihey her eougfat. yet no where could they finde
That aure they ween'd she was escapt away : [ber,
But Taliu, that could like a lime-bound winds her.
And all thing* secrela wisely could bewi*y,
At length found out whereas ahe hidden lay
Under an heape of gold : thence be her drew
By tbe faire lockes, and fowly did airmy
Whhouten [Utty of her goodly hew.
That Am^l himaelfe her ■eemalease plightdid lew.
Yet for no pltty would he change tbe coune
Of iustice, which in Talus hand did lye ;
Who rudely hayld her forth without remorse.
Still holding up bet suppliant hands on bye,
And kneeling at hi<i feete aubmisUfety i
But be her suppliant hands, those hands of gold,
And eke ber feete, those feet« of silier tiye,
Which sought unrighteousnesse, and iustice sold,
Cbopt off, and nayld on high, that all might them
behold,
Hcnelft then tooke he by the sclender wait
In vaina loud crying, and into tbe flood
Onr the castle watt aduwne her cast.
And there her drowned in the dirty mud ;
But the itreame washt sway ber guilty blood.
Thereofler all that mucky pelfe he tooke,
Tta spoile of peoples evil gotten good,
Tbe which her sire bad icrap't by booke and crooke.
And burning all to ashes powr'd it down tbe brooke.
And lastly all that castle quite he raced.
Even from tbe sole of bis foundation.
And all the hewen stones thereof detaced.
That there mote be no hope of reparation.
Nor memory thereof lo any nation.
All which when Talus throughly had petfoiumed.
Sir Artegsll undid tbe evil fashion.
And wicked customea of that bridge refourmed ;
^ Which done, unto bis fonner ioumey he retourned.
In which they meuuHd mickte wearer way.
Till that at length night to the sea they drew t
By which aa they did traxell on a day,
They saw before tbem, far as they could vew,
Full many people gathered in a crew ;
Whose grent assembly they did much admire;
For never there the tike mart they knew.
So towardea them they coasted to enquire
What thing so many nations met did there deMie^
There they beheld a miglity gyant stand
Upon a rockc, and holding forth on hie
An huge great pnire of ballance in his hand.
With which he boasted in his turquedrie
That all tlie world be would weigh equallie.
If ought he had the same to counterpoys :
For want whereof he weighed Tanity,
And Hid his ballsunce full of idle toys:
Yet was admired much of foolea, women, and boyn
He ssyd tb^ he would all tbe <wth uptake
And ^1 tbe sea, divided each from cither :
So would be of the fire one ballaunce make.
And one of th'ayre, without or wind or wether:
Then would he ballsunce Heaven and Hell together.
And all tbst did within them all containe ;
Of all whose weigh! be would not mirae s fether :
And looke what surplus did of each remaine.
He would to his owne part restore the same againa^
For why, he sayd, they all unequal! were.
And had encrocbed upon others share ;
Like as the ses (which plaine he nhewed there)
"ad wome the earthy so did the fire theure;
I all tlie rest did others parts empaire :
And so were realmes and nations run awry.
All which be undertooke for to repaire.
In soft as they were formed aunciently ;
And all things would reduce unto equality.
Therefiae the vulgar did about him flocke.
And cluster thicke unto his leasinga vaine;
like foolish flies about an hony-crocke ;
In hope by him great bcnefite to galoe.
And uncontrolled freedome to obtaine.
All which when Artegall did see and hearty
How he misled the simple peoples ttaine.
In sdcignfuU K-iae be drew unto him neare.
And thus unto him qiake without regard or feaie;
" Thou, that presum'st to weigh the world anew.
And all things to an equall to restore^
Instead of right me seemes great wrong dost shew.
And far above thy forces pitch to soie ;
For, ere thou limit what is lesae or more
In every thing, thou oughtest first to know
What was the poyse of every part of yore :
And looke then, how much it doth overflow
Or faile thereof, so much is mote then iust to trow.
" For at the fint they all created were
In goodly measure by their Makeis might;
And weighed out in ballauuces so nere.
That not a dram was missing of thar light:
Tie Earth was in the middle centre pight.
In which it doth immoveable abide,
Hemd in with waters like a wall in sight.
And they with aire, that not a drop can slide :
All which the Heavens craitain^ and in thcu counts
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Tli«t crerj me d
In which thej dc
And mongBt them al do change hath yet bevne found :
But if thou now sbouldat weigh them new in pound,
All chmng« is perilloua, and bU chounce untound.
Thcrcfote le*Tg off to wngh them all againe,
Till wenuybeauur'dlfaef ahaUlheircouneretaine.'
" Then fonliihe elfe," nid then the gjmat wroth,
** Seat not how bulljr all things present bee,
And eadi estate quite out of tnider goth ?
The KB itnlfe doest thou not plainely aee
Encroch uppon the land there under tbee ?
And th' eaith JtMlfe bow daily iti increact
B; all that djiog to it tunrad be t
Were it not good that wrong were then sureeaM,
And froDl tha mMt that arnne woe giTcn to tbe leutT
" Therefore I wiD throw downe Iheie nwuntaina hi^
And make them lerell with the low); plaine,
Theie towring rocka, which reach unto the akie,
I will dinut dowoe into ttie deepest maine.
And, aa thejr were, them equalize againe.
Tfiantt, that make men subiecC to their law,
I will luppreue, that the; no more ma; raine;
And IcmllingB curbe that commons over-aw ;
Andall the wealth crf'rich men to the poore will draw.'
" Of thing* unseene how canst thou deeme aright,'
Then answered the righteous Artegall,
" Sith thou misdeera'Bt so much of things in dght ?
What though the sea with waves continuall
Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ;
Ne is the earth the lease, or loseth ought ;
For whatsoerer from one place doth fall
Is with the tide unto another brought :
Forthereisnothing hist, that ntay be found if soughL
n augmented more
<• likewiae the earth is
Bf all that dying into i'
For of the eatth they formed were of yore :
Howerer gay their blossome or their blade
Doe flourish now, they into dust shall vade.
What wrong then is it if Ihst when they die
They tume to that ■hereirf' they Gnt were mi
All Id the povrre of their great Maker lie:
AU creatures must obey the Toice of the Moat Hie.
" They lire, they die, like as he doth otdaine,
Ne erer any askeih reason why.
Tttt hlls doe not the lowly dales diadajne ;
^Die dales doe not the lolly hils envy.
He maketh kings to ut in sorerainty ;
He maketh tulnecla to their powie obay ;
He pulleth downe, be setteth up on by ;
He gires to this, from ibat he ukes away :
For all we hare is his; what he list doe, benn^.
■■ Whatever thing is done, by him It donne,
Ne any may his mighty will withstand ;
Ne any may big soveraine power sbonne,
Ne loose that he hath bound with atedfait hand :
In vaine therefore doest thou now take in band
To call to count, or weigh his workes anew,
Whose counsels depth thou canst not understand ;
Sth of things subiect to thy daily vew
Umiii doest not know the cauaei nor Hmr course
" For take Ay ballaunce, if thou be so wise.
And w^gh the winde that under Heaven doth blow;
Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise ;
Or weigh the thought that from mans minddoUigow:
But if the weight of these thou const not show,
Weigh but one word which from thy Ups doth fall :
That doest not know the least thing of them all ?
Ill can he rule the gnat that cannot reach the smalL"
Tlierewilh the gyant much abashed sayd
That he of httle things made reckoning light ;
Yet the least word that ever could be byd
Within his ballaunce he could way aright
" Which is," *syd be, " more heavy then in weight.
The light or wrong, the false or else the trew ?"
He aruwered that he would try it streight :
80 he the words into his ballaunce threw ; [flew.
But strught the winged words out of his ballaunce
Wroth weit h^ then, and sayd (bat words were light,
Ns irould within his ballaunce well alude 1
But he could iustly weigh the wrong or right.
" Well then," sayd Art^l, " let it be tride :
Pint in one boUance set the true aside."
He did so first, and then the false be Uyd
In th' other scale ; but sdll it downe did slide.
And by no meane could in the weight be stay'd :
For by no meanesthefalsewill with the truth bevrayd.
" Mow take (he right likewise," sayd Artegale,
" And counterpdse the same with so much wrong."
80 first the right he put into one scale;
And then the gyant strove with puissance strong
To fill the other scale with so much wrong :
But oil the wrongs that be therein could lay
Might not it peise ; yet did he labour long.
And swat, and chauTd, and proved every way :
Yet all the wrongs could not a litle right downe way.
Which when he saw, he greatly gnw in tage.
And atmoat would bjs balances have broken :
But Artegall him fairely gan aSRwage,
And said, ^* Be not upon thy balance wroken :
For they do nougbt but right or wrong betoken ;
But in the mind the doome of right must bee :
And so likewise of words, the which be spoken.
The eare must be the ballance, to decree
And iudge, whether with truth 01 falshood they agree.
" But set the truth and
set the right adde,
I wrong or ftlsbood will not (k
wrongs together to be tride,
" ' iial share,
Orel
And then together doe them both compare :
For truth is one, and right is ever one."
So did he ; and then plaine it did appeare.
Whether ot thera the greater were atlone ;
But right sat in the middcat of the beanie alone.
But he the right from thence did thrust away ;
For it was not the right which he did seeke :
But rather strove eitremi^es to way,
Th' one (0 diminish, th' other for to eeke :
For of the meane he greatly did miileeke.
Whom when so lewdly minded Talus found,
Approching nigh unto him cheeke by cheeko
He shouldered him from off the higher ground.
And down the rock hia throwing in tba aea bii
dround.
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like H • (Up, whom cnwll tanpaat drim
Upon a rocke with tianible dimuy,
Her ihattered ribi in thouwid peeces riro,
And spoiling all her gearei and goodlf la^
Doe* nuke herwlfe misfcrcuncs piteaui pray.
So downe the cliffe the wretched gyant tumbled;
His battred ballancea iu peece* lay,
Hi* timberad bonea all broken rudely rumbled :
So wu the high-aqrrring with huge riiine bumbled.
That when the people, whicb had tliare about
hang wayted, uw his sudden deioUlion,
lliey gan to gather in tumultuous rout,
And mutining to sdrre up dTili belion
For certaine Imh of so great expectation :
For well they ht^ied to haye got great good.
And wondrous richea by his innovation :
Therefore resolrlng to revenge bis blood
They roae in armes, and all in battell order stood.
WUch Uwlcase multitude t
In warlike wise when Art^all did t
He much waa troubled, oe wist what to do :
For loth he was his noble hands t' embrew
In the base blood oT such a rascall crew ;
And otherwise, if that he should retire.
He ftar'd least they with shame would him pursew ;
Therefore be Talus to them sent t' inquire
Hie cause of their array, aitd tiuee for to dKie.
But soone as they him nigh qiproching qude.
They gan with all their weapons him asi^.
And rudely stroke at him on erery ude ;
Yet nought they could him hurt, ne ought dismay :
But when at them be with his Oaile gan lay,
He tike a swaim of flyes them orerthrew ;
Ne any of them durst come in his way.
But hen and there belbre hit presence Bew,
And hid themaelTea in bole* and busbes trtim fail
As when a faulcon hatb with nimble flight
Flowne at a fluifa of duck* fondly the brooke.
The trembling foule ditmayd with dreadful! sight
Of death, the which them almost orertoc^^
Doe hide themselves from her asfonying looke
Amongst the flags and covert round about.
When Talus saw they all the field fonockt.
And none appear'd <^all that rasesll rout.
To Aitegall be tum'd, and weut with him thmugh-
"Hie ipoutal* of &ira Florimell,
Where tumey many knights :
Here Btaggadochio is uneai'd
In all the ladies sights.
Ama long stormea and tempests over.blowne
The Sunne at length Ids ioyou* face doth deare ;
So whenas fintuiie all ber spight bath thowne.
Some blisfidl houres at last must needes appeare ;
Else should afflicted wights oft-times despdra.
8a comes it now to Florimell by toume.
After long sorrowea suffered whyleare,
I,n which captiv'd she many moneths df '
To t«M of ioy, and to 1
Who, bring Oeed flrom Protmi email bod
By Marindl, was unto Um aflde.
And by him bron^t again* to Fame land;
Where be her spous'd, and made hi* ioyons bride.
The tim* and place was blaied fcire and wide.
And solemne feaata and giusts ordain'd tberdore i
To whicb tbern did resort fVom erery side
Of lords and ladies infinite givat store ;
Ife *ny knight waa abient ^it brave connge bate.
To tdl Um gfaiiie of the test thai da;,
Tlie goodly sanke, die dnieeAill siglM^
The biidegramsa slate, the brides moit rich vmj.
The pride of ladiei^ and the worth c/ kni^lt%
The n^all banqtiets, and the rare delimits.
Were worke fit for an berauld, not fiv me :
But for so much as to my lot here li^ita,
'nut with this present treatjac dodi agre^
Tme lertue (o advance, shall here recounted bee.
When aU men had with full latielie
Of meatat and drinkes their appetite* suffli'd,
Todeedesof armet and proofe of dwrtiliie
They gan themaelves addrease, full rich aguia'd.
As each one bad bia fumiiura derii'd.
And fiiat of all isiu'd Hr Marinell,
And with him siie koighbi more, which enteipiii'd
To chalenge all in right of Florimell,
tlMt aha all others did exoelL
The flrat (tf ibem was bight or Orimont,
A noble knight, and tride in hard aMaye* :
The seeoud hsd to name sir Bellisont,
But second unto none io prowaae prayse :
The third was Biuuell, famous in his dayes :
The fourth Ecastor, of exceeding might :
The Aft Armeddan, ikild in lovely laya :
The silt wai Lansack, a redoubted knight : [fight.
All siie well eeeue in aimes, and prov'd in many a
And them against came all that list to giuat,
From every coast and countrie under Sunne :
None was debaid, but all had leave that lusb
The trwi^eta sound ; then all t^etber ronoe.
Pull many deed* of irmei that day were dcHuia ;
And many knighls tinbortt, and many wounded.
As fortune fell ; yet little loat or woime :
But all that day the grealast prayse redounded [ed.
To Maiinell, whose name the heralds loud rewnuid-
The second day, so sOOne as morrow tight
Appear'd in Heaven, into the field tfaey canM^
And (here all day continew'd cruell fight.
With divers fortune fit for such a game.
In which all strove with perill to winne fiune ;
Tet whether side was victor note be ghest :
But at the last the trompeti did prodame
TlHt HarineU that day deserved best.
So the; diqiarted were, and lO men went to rest.
The third day came, that should due tiyall lend
Of all (he rest; and then this warlike crew
T(^;ether met, of all (o make an end.
There Marinell great deeds of armesdid shew;
And through the thickest like a lyon flew.
Bashing ofiT belmes, and ryviug plates sstntder ;
That every one Ms daunger did eschew -.
So terribly his dmdfull Miokea did Utooder,
That all men iCnod amat'di and at hia might did
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But what on Eutfa a
» he can hinuclfe outwind :
■r perfoTca tbcj have him priioner taken ;
And now tb«y doe with aptin bwndi him bind ;
And now tbcf lead him hawe, of all (bnaken,
UdIobb Hme niccour bad in time him oTvtakBi.
It fortun'd, whylot thej ware thu* ill beaet.
Sir Ait^all inlu the tilt-jard came.
With Braggadochio, whom he lately met
Upon Hie way with that his inowy damo:
Where when he underitood by cmnmon fiune,
WI(Bt evil hap (o Mariuell betid.
He much was mov^d at so unwcvthie shame.
And streight that boaster prayd, with whom he rid.
To change lus shield with him, to be the better hid.
So fotth he went, and aoone them orertwnt.
When they were leading Marinell ai
Whom be asaayld with drcadla*
And font the btmten of their prise to May.
Thty were an hundred knights of that array ;
Of which tfa' one baliie upon himadfe did set.
lite other Mayd behind u> gard the pray :
But he ere h»g the Itinner fiftie bet ;
And ftmn tba Other Sftie aooae the priwner ftt
So backe be brought sr Harindl againe ;
Whom haTing quickly arm'd againe anew,
lliey both together ioyned might and maina,
To set afieeh on all the other crew :
Whom with sore bavocke, soone they orertJir^w,
And chased quite out of the field, that none
Against them durst his head to peril! shew.
So were they left lords of the fiddaloiu:
So Marinell by him wai reKu'd fVom Ida fona.
Which when be had perform'd, then backe againe
To BraggadacUo did hi* shield nstore:
Who all this while behind him did lemaine.
Keeping there close with him in pretious store
That bis GUae ladie, as ye heard (JTore.
Then did the trompels sound, and iudgea rose.
And all these knights, which that day armonr bcm.
Came to tbe open hall to listaa wboae
The booouT of tbe ftit* should ba adiudg'd by tboaa.
And thether also came in open Bgbt
Fayre Florimell into the common hall,
To greet his guerdon unto every knight.
And best to him to whom the tw*t should fall.
Then for that stranger knight tiiey loud did call,
To whom tliat day tiiey should the girlond yield ;
Who came not forth ; but for sir Artegall
Came Bnggadochio, and did shew his sliield,
Which bore the Suune brode biased in a golden field.
The ai^t whereof did all with gladnesa fill i
So unto him they did addeeme the prise
Of all that Iryumph. 'Dten the trompets shrill
Don Biaggadochioa name resounded thrise :
So courage lent a eloke to eowardtse :
And then to him came fayrest Florimell,
And goodly gan to grtete hi* brnve emprise,
And tbotuand thuikes [ura yeeld, that had so well
ApfxvT^ that day dMt aha all othen £d ocdL
To whom tbe boaater, that aU knighia did bbt,
With proud disdain* did scomefull answara maki^
That what ha did that day, be did it not
For her, but for his owne desire ladiea saks^
Whom on his perill he did undotake
Both her and eke all others to eiccll :
And further did uncomely ipeacbea crake.
Much did his words tlie gentle India quell,
Andtum'd aaide fta shame to beare what he did tell.
Hen forth he brought his snowy Florimele,
Whom Trompartc had in kaepmg there beside^
Corered from peoples gaiemeni with a tele i
Whom when discovered they bad ChrougUy eide.
With great amaiement they were stupefide ;
And said, that surely Florimell it was,
Or if it were not Florimell so tride,
That Florimell henelfe she then did pas.
So feeble skill of perfect things the Tulgar has.
Which whena* Marinell bdield likewise.
He was therewith exceedingly dismayd ;
Ne wist he what to thiuke, or to devise :
But, like as one whran feends had made afirayd.
He long astonisht stood, ne ought he nyd,
Ne ought he did, but with fast fixed eies
He gased still upon that snowy mayd ;
Whmn ever as ha did the more aviie,
Hie more to be true Florimell he did sunniiA
IS eye,
_ g*-
All that behold so strange prodigious sight.
Not knowing Natures worke, nor what to weens^
Are rapt wi& wonder and with rare affiight
So stood sir Marinell, when he had scene
ThesembUatof this&lse by his faire beautiea quecne.
He could no longer heart, but finth ia
And unto all hitnselfe thete open shewed.
And to tbe boaster said ; " Thou losell base.
That hsae with borrowed plumes thyselfe endewed.
And others worth with leasings doesC de&ce.
When they are allrestoT'd thou shalt rest in d^igrace.
" That shield, which thou doest beare, was it indeed
Which this dayes hiMiour sav'd to Marinell :
But not that arme, nor thou the man I rmd.
Which didst that service tmto Florimell :
For proofe chew forth thy sword, and let it tell
What strokes, what dreadfuU stoure, it slird this di^ :
Or shew the wounds which unto thee befell ;
Or shew the sweat with which thou diddest sway
So sharps a battall, that so many did dismay.
" But this the sword which wrought those crtidt
And this the aime the whldi that shield cUd bears.
And theae the signs," (so shewed finth his wounds)
■' By which that gloria gotten doth appearc.
As for this ladie, which he sheweth hsre^
Is not (I wagerj Florimell at ell ;
But some fkyre franion, fie for such a fcrc^
That by misfortune in his hand did ttll."
For proofe wheteof he bad than Florimell ibcdi call.
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So forth tfa* noble ladis wM Tbrougbt,
Adom'd with honor and all comely grace :
M^creto her baahfuU ihaineiutiiesHe ^wrought
A great increase in her Aire blushing face ;
Ai roaa did with lillies interlace :
For of tboae word*, ths wbicb that boaster threw.
She inl; yet conceired great diigrace ;
Whom whenas all the people euch did Tew,
They sbouted loud, and signea of gladneaie all did
Then did he set her by that mOKy one.
Like the true uint beside the image Kt ;
Of both their i>eauties to make paragone
And trial], whether ahould the honor get.
Stnightwajr, *o soone ai both together met,
Th' anchaunted damiell vani>ht into nought :
Her inowy subatance melted aa with heat,
Ne of that goodly hew remayned ought, [wrought. And n
But th' emptie girdle which about her watt «
Aa when the daughter of lliaumBnIea laire
Hath in a watry cloud displayed wide
Her goodly bow, which painta the liquid ayre ;
That all men wander at ber colours pride ;
All suddenly, ere one tan looke aside,
Tha glorious {Mcture Taniaheth away,
Ne any token doth thereof alnde :
So did thii ladies goodly forme decay,
And into nothing goe, ere one could it bemay.
Which whenas all that present were bdield,
ThCT stricken were with great aitonishmenl.
And their faint harta with ienselesse horrour queld,
To see the thing, that seem'd so excellent.
So stolen ftom their fancies wonderment t
That what of it became none understood
Thereof grot burly buriy mond wa«
Throughout the luUl for that nme wariike horae ;
For Braggadochio would not let him pas ;
And Guyon would him algates have perilnse^
Or it approre upon bis carrion cone.
Which troublous stirrc when Art^all percriTed,
He nigh them drew to stay th' avengen fbrse j
And gan inquire how was that Meed benaTed,
Wbe^cT by nu^ eitort, or else by slight decevred.
Who all that piteous «torie, which befell
About that wofuU couple wliich were slaine,
And th«r young bloodie babe to him gan tell ;
With whom whiles be did in the wood remaine.
His horse purloyned was by subtill traiiw ;
For whicb he chalenged the thiefe to fight :
But be for nought could him thereto conitrdne :
For as the death he hated such despight.
And Bnggadocbio selfe with dreriment
So daunt^ was in Ins deqieyring mood.
That like a lifelesse «
eable be stood.
sMaii
But Artegall that golden belt uptoiAe,
The which rf all her ipoyle was onely left ;
Which was not hers, as many It mistooke.
But Florimells onne girdle, (torn her reft
While she was flying, like a weary weft,
I^om that foute monster which did her compell
To perils great ; which he unbuckling eft
Presented to the fayrest Plorimell ;
Who round about her tender wast it fitted welL
Full many ladies often had assayd
About their middles that faire belt to knltj
And many a one auppos'd to be a mayd :
Tet it to none of all tfaeir loynes woiUd fit.
Till Florimell about her fastned it.
Such power it bad, that to no womans wan
By any skill or labour it would sit,
Unlcsse that tfae wi
But it would lose o
Whiles thus they buued were bout Florimell,
4nd boastfull Braggadochio to delame.
Sir Guyon, as by fortune then befell.
Forth ftom the thickest preasse of people came
His owne good siecd, which he had sloine, to clame ;
And, th' one hand snaing on bis golden bi^
Whh th' other drew bis sword; lor with the same
He mfsint the thiefe there deadly to hare smit :
' Jid, had he not bene held, be nought had fayld of it
WUch Artegall well bearing, (though no mosw
By law of aimes there neede onea right to trie,
he wont of warlike koighta of yoiv,
U bis foe should him the Geld dcnie,)
Yet further right by tokens to descrie,
He aski, what pririe tokens he did brare.
" If that," said Guyon, " may you satisfie.
Within bis mouth a blacke spot doth appeals,
Shapt like a horse* shoe, who list to seeke it there."
Whereof to make due tryall one did take
The horse in hand wittun his mouth to looke i
ith his heelea so sorely be him strake,
TiiMl all his ribs he quite in peeccs broke,
Tlat nerer word hmn that day forth he spoke.
Another, that would seenw to hare rnore wit.
Him by the bright embrodered hedstall tookei
But by the shoulder him so tore be bit.
That be him maymed quite, and all tua shoulder
split.
Ne he his mouth would open unto wight,
Untill that Guyon telfe unto him i^e,
And called Brigadote (so was he faight).
Whose voice so soone as he did undertake,
EAsoones be stood as still aa any stake.
And suffred all his secrvt made to see ;
naa he Mm nam'd, for ioy be brake
Hia bands, and foUow'd him with gladfuU gla^
And Aiskt, and flong aloft, and touted low on knee.
Thereby sir Artegall did plaine anied.
That unto him the horse belonged ; and sayd,
" Ix> there, ar Guyon, take to you the steed.
As be with golden saddle is anyd ;
And let that losell, plainely now displayd,
Hence fare on foot, till he an horse baie gayned."
But the proud boaster gan his doome uplvayd.
And him revil'd, and rated, and disdayned,
Thatiudgement so uoiust against him hadtffdayned.
Mud) was the knight incenst with his lewd word.
To haTe revenged that bis nlleny ;
And thrice did lay his hand upon his sword.
To have him slaine, or dearely doen aby :
But Guyon did his choler paofy.
Saying, " Sir Knight, it would dithootwr bee
To you that an our iudge of equity.
To wreake your wrath on such a csrie aa bee :
It 'a punishment enough that all hit sbaine doe see.'*
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So did be mit^Ka rir Aitegdl ;
But Talus by tbe bMke tbe bouter bent,
Aad drawing him out of tbe open hall
Upon him did inAict thi* pimishment:
Fliit be his beard did sbaye, ind fowly abent ;
Then from him reft his shield, and it renTent,
And blotted out hit amies with fklwbood blent;
And himselfe baffljld, and his ume* unhcrat ;
And broke his iword in twaine, and all hii annoui
Who having lately left that lovely payre,
Enlincked bit in uedlockes loyall bimd,
Bold Marinell with FJorimell the ftyre.
With whom great feaM and goodly glee he fond,
Departed from the csBlIe of the atrond
To foUow his adienturea fimt intent.
Which long Bgoe he taken bad in bond :
Ne wight with h'
Tbe whiles his guileful] groome was fled away ;
But Taine it was to tbinke from him to flie ;
Who OTertaking him did disany.
And all bis face dcfonn'd with infami^
And out of court him scourged openly.
So ought all faytours, that true knighthood ahame.
And armes dishonour with base villanie,
FVom all brave knighu be baniabt with defame :
For oft tbeirlewdnesbloUcth good deserts with blame.
Now when theae connterftita were thus uncased
Out of the foretide of their forgerie.
And in the sight of all men cleane disgraced.
All gan to iest and gibe full merilie
At the remembrance of th«r knaverie :
Indies can laugh at ladies, knights at knights,
To thjnke with how great vaunt of braverie
He tbem abused tfarougb his subtil] slights.
And what a glorious shew be made in all tbeir ngbta.
There leave we tbem in pleasure and repast.
Spending their ioyous dayes and gladfiill nights.
And taking usurte of time forepast.
With all deare delicea and rare delights,
Tit for such ladies and such lovely knights :
And turne we here to this &ire ^urowes end
Our wearie yokes, to gather fresher sprights.
That, wbenas time to Artegsll shall ten^
We on )us first adventure may him forward send.
Artegall dealeth right betwixt
Two brethren that doe strive ;
Saves Terpine from the gallow tree.
And dMb from death reprive.
Wboso upon himselfe will take tbe skill
TYue iuatice unto people to divide.
Had need have migbtie bands for to nilfill
Tliat which be doth with righteous doome decide.
And for to maister wrong and puissant pride :
For vaine it is to deeme of things aright.
And makes wrong doers iustice to deride,
Unlesse it be perfona'd with dreadlesse might :
Far powre is the right hand of Iustice truely bight.
Tlt^refora wfaylome to knights of great emprise
The charge of Iustice given was in trust.
That tbey migbt eieeute her iudgcments wise.
And with tlieir might beat downe licentious lust.
Which proudly did impugne her senteDce iiut i
Whereof ito braver preaiikiit this day
Remainea on Earth, preserv'd Jt»d ymn mst
Of rude oblivion and long timea deny.
Than tbii of Aitegall, wUch bete we have to say •
With whom, as be did passe by tlie tea-sliore.
He cbounst to come whereas two comely tquirea,
Both brethren whom one wombe together bore.
But stirred up with different desires.
Together strove, and kindled wrathful! fires :
And them beside two seemely damsels stood.
By all meanea seeking to asswage their ires,
Now with faire words ; but words did little good ;
Now with sharpe threats; but Uireata the more in.
creast their mood.
And tbere before them stood a colTer strong,
Fast bound on every side with iron bonds.
But seeming to have suflVed mickle wrong.
Either by being wreckt uppon the sands.
Or being carried fane from forraine lands ;
Seem'd tliat for it these squires at ods did fall.
And bent against themselves their cruell bands ;
Bui evermore those damsels did forestall
But firtnely fiit they were with dint of sword
And battailes doubMull proofe their rights to try ;
Ne other end their fury would afford.
But what to tbem fortune would iustify ;
So stood they both in readinesse thereby
To ioyne the combate with cruell intent :
When Artegall arriring happily
Did stay awhile their greedy bickerment,
Till he bad questioned the cause of their dissent.
To whom the elder did this aanawere frame ;
" Then weet jre, sir, that we two bretliren bo.
To whom our sue, IkTiledo by nitme.
Did equally bequeath his lands m fee,
Two islanck, which ye there beibrc you see
Not farre in sea ; of which tbe one appearea
But like a little mount of small degree!
¥et was as great and wide, ere many years.
As that sameother isle, that greater bred th now bearvs.
" But tract of time, that all things doth decay.
And this devouring aea, that nought doth spare.
The moat pan of my land hath waibl away.
And tfarowne it up unto my brothers share :
So his encreased, but mine did empaire.
That further mayd, hight Philtera tbe foire.
With whom a goodly douro I should have got,
Andsbould have ioyned bene to berin wedlocks knot.
" Then did my younger brother Amidss
Love that tame other damiell, Lucy briglit.
To wbom but little dowre allotted was :
Her vertue was the dowre that did delight :
What better dowre can to a dame be hight?
But now, when Philtra saw my lands decay.
And former livel'od fayle, she left me quigbt.
And to my brother did elope strvightwiy ■
Who, taking her fVom me, his owne love left aslnr-
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*■ She. Kcing then lianelfe faraaken «o,
Through dolorous de^uire whkh (hu concejved,
Into the Bca lieraetfe did headlong throw.
Thinking to bare Iter griefe bj deUb bereaTed ;
But see how much her purpose wu deceived !
Whilest thus, amidst the billowea beatiiig of her,
Twiit life and death long to uid fro shB weaTed,
She chaunH unmrea to light upon thii colTer,
Which to her in that daunger hope of life did oWa.
" The wretched mayd, that eant desir'd to die,
WbeoBB the pikine (^ death she taMed had,
And but halfe scene his ugly Tiuiotnie,
Gan to repent that she had beene bo mad
For anjr death to diaunge life, though most bad :
And catching hold of this »a-bekten cheat,
(Tlie luck; pylot of her pauage lad).
After long toning in the seaa distmt.
Her weary barke at laat uppon mine isle did reat.
" Where I hf chaunce then vandring on the ahore
Did her eipy, and through mj good endevour
From dteadfull mouth of death, wliich Ihrealned Hire
Her to hare awallow'd up, did beipe to save her.
She thenin recompence of tliat great faiour.
Which I on her bectowed, bestowed on me
The portJon of that good which fortune gave her,
TogethQ- with hetMlfe in dowry free ;
Bo3i goodly portions, but of both the better ibe.
" Tet in this coffer which ahe with her brought
Great threaiure shhence we did flnde eoataiiied ;
Which as our owoe we tooke, and so it thought ;
But this same other daituell since bath &ined
That to heiselle that threasure appertained;
And that she -did transport the same by sea.
To bring it to her husband new ordained.
But suffVed eniell shipwracke by the way ;
But irhMha(-)t.be so or no, I cannot say.
" But, whether ii indeede be so or no.
This doe I say, that whatso good or ill
Or God or Fortune unto nie did tJuow,
ilJot wronging any other by ray will),
bold mine owne, and lo will hold it stilL
And though my land the first did winne away.
And then my lore (tbou^ now it little skill],
Tet my good lucke he shall not likewise pray ;
But I will it defend, whilst ever that I may."
My brother here declared hath to you :
But not for it this ods twixt us doth stand.
But for this threasure throwne uppon his strand (
Which well -I prove, as shall appeate by tiiall,
To be this maidei with whom I bitned hand,
Known^by good markes «nd perftet good esinall ;
TlierefiKe it ought be rendred ber without denialL'
Wben-diey (bus ended had, the kni^t began ;
u Certes yotir strife were ease to accord.
Would ye remit it to some ri^itcoui man."
" Unto youraelfe," said tbay, " we gire jnir word.
To bide that iudgement ye shall ui afibrd."
" Then for assurance to my doome to ttand.
Under my fbet« let each lay downe his snotd ;
And then you shall my smtence imdecMaDd."
So each of them I^d downr his sword out of his
Then ArtegaU thus to tlw younger said ;
" Now tell me, Amidas, if that ye may,
Your brothen land the which the sea hath layd
Un<o your part, and pluckt from hia away.
By what good right doe you withhold this day T
'' What other right,'* quoth be, " should you esteemer
But that the sea it to my shure did lay?"
Your right is good," sayd he, " and so I deeme.
That what the sek unto you sent your own should
Then turning lo the elder thus he sayd ;
" Now, Braddas, let this likewise be showne ;
Your brothen threasure, which from him is stnyd.
Being the dowry of his wife well knowne.
By what right doe you claime to be your owne V
" What other right," quoth be, •* should you esteem^
But that the s« hath it unto me tlirowne 7~
" Your right is good," sayd he, " and so I deeme.
That what the sea unto you sent your own should
" For equall ri^t in eajuall things doth stand ;
For what the mi^ty sea hath once poaoeat.
And plucked quite <rom all poawsstHrs hand.
Whether by rage of waves that never rest.
Or else by nrscke that wretches hath distrest.
He may dispose by his imperiall might,
As thing at random left, to whom he hst.
So, Amidas, the land was youn Snt hi^;
And so the threasure yours is, Braddas, by right."
When he his sentence thus pronounced had.
Both Amidas and Philtra were displeased :
But Bracidas and Lucy were right glad,
And on the threasure by that iudgement acaiicd.
So was their discord by this doome appeased.
And each one bad his right. Then Arti^l,
Whenas their sharpe contention he had ceased.
Departed ou his way, as did bcfiill.
To follow his old quest, the which him forth did call.
So, as he trarelled uppon the way.
He chaunst to come, where happily he B|ride
A rout of many people farre away ;
To whom his course he hastily appUde,
To weete the cause of their assemblaunce wide :
To whom when he approched neare in sight
( An uncouth ^^t), he plainely then descride
To be a troupe irf womeu, warlike dight,
With weapons in their bands, as ready for to flgbt :
And in the midst of them be saw a knight.
With both his hands behinde him pinnoed Ivd,
And round about his necke an hatter tight.
And ready for the gallow tree prepard :
His face was corered, and his head waa bar'd.
That who he was uneath was to de«3y j
And with iiill heavy heart with tbem be ftrM,
Gtiev'd to the soula, and gtooing inwanily,
ThatheofwoDKOt hands so base a death rfwnld dy.
But they, like tyranU merdleMe, die more
Reioyced at hi* miserable case,
And hbn reviled, and reprocbed bdr
With bitter taunts and termea «if vile diigiaia.
Now whenas Art^all, airiv'd in plane.
Did aske what cause brotight that man Ht decay.
They tmutd about Um gan to swaim aiiac*.
Meaning on him their audi hands t« lay.
And to bava wrought ntiwwaa I
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
But he WIS KMme >inu« of tbeir ill mindu.
And drawing backe deceived their intent :
Yet, thaugb binuelie did ahanie or
Hii mighl; hand to shend, be Talus sent
To wrecks on them their foUiea hardyment :
Who with few (owcei of his yron flale
Dispened alt tbeir tnwpe incontiiieiit.
And sent tbem home to tell a pileoiu tale
Of tfaeir TliiM prowene tumd to tbeir propar bole :
But that iBine wretched man, nrdaynd to di^
Ttwr left behind them, glad to be so quit ;
Hira Tb]im tooke out of peipleiiEic,
And hoitiMr of fowlc death for knight unfit.
Who more than louc of life ^dreaded it ;
And, htm restoring unto living light,
So brought unto his lord, where he did sit
Beholding all that wonuuiish weake Bghl ;
Whomsoone as he beheld he knew, and thus behight;
" Siz Turpine, hapleue man, what make you here ?
Or baTC ;au lost younelfe and jraur discretion,
Hat ever in this wretched oue ;e were ?
Or hare jt jeclded you to pniude oppression
Of womens powze, that boast of mens subiection ?
Or else what other deadly disniall day.
Is fslne on you by Heavens hard direction.
Thai ye were ninne so fondly far astray
M for to lead younelfe unto your owne tlecay?"
Much was the man confounded in his mind.
Partly With shame, and partly with dismay.
That all astonisht he hintselfe did find,
Ai>d litde bad for his excuse to say.
But onely thus ; " MoM haplesse well ye may
Me iustly terme, that to this shame am brought,
AimI made tfae sconie of knighthood this same day :
But who can scape what his owne fate hath wrought ?
Tbe woike of Heavens will luipaMMh humane
** Bight true : but faulty men use oftentimes
To inribule their folly unto fate.
And lay on Heaven the guilt of their owne Crimea.
But tell, sir Terpin, ne let you amale
Tour misery, how fell ye in this state ?" [sharoa,
" TbcD nth ye needs," quoth hi^ " will know my
And all the ill wtiich chaumt to me of late,
I shortly wilt to you rehearse the same.
In hope je will not tume misfortune to loj blame*
11 kuighta are woont)
And after fbme and honmiT Ibr to huiil,
I beard report that ftrre abroda did ly.
That ■ proud Amaton did late de^
All the brave knighti that bold of Maidenhead,
WtBch K
<■ Tbe anise, they wy, of this her cruell hate,
la for the sake of Bdlodant the bold,
To whom she bore most fervent love of late.
And wK»d him by all the waies she could :
But. when ibe nw at last that he ne would
FAr ought or nought be wonne unto ber will,
Sbe tuin'd tier love to hatred manifold.
Arid for hia sake vow'd to doe all the ill [fuim
Which ibecwiilddoctakiii|^ts; which now Aedoth
" For all those knights, the which by fbice or guile
She doth subdue, she fbwiy doth entreate:
First, she doth them of warlike armea desptnle,
And cloth in womens weedes ; and tlicn with threat
Doth them compell to worke, to eame their meal.
To spin, to cord, to sew, to wash, to wring ;
Ne doth she give tbem other thing to eat
But bread and water or like feeble thing ;
litem to disable fVom revenge adventuring.
" But if through stout disdaine of manly miod
Any ber proud observaunce will withstand,
Uppon that gibbet, which is there b^nd,
Shecauseth them be hang'd up out of hand;
In wliich condition I right now did stand :
For, being overcome by her in fight,
And put to that base service of her band,
I rather chose to die in lives despighl,
llien lead that shamefull life, unwimhy of a knight."
" How bight that Aniason," sayd Artegall,
" And wbere and how far hence doe* sbe abide ? "
" Hn name," quoth he, " they Rsdigund doe call,
A princesse of great powre and greater piide.
And queene of Amaions, in armes well tride
And sundry battels, which she halh atchiered
With great gucccsse, that her hath glorifide.
And made her famous, more then is believed ;
Ne would I it have ween'd had loot lateitprieved."
" Now sure," said he, " and by the bitta that I
To maydenhead and noble knighthood owe,
I will not re« till I her might doe trie.
And venge the shame that she to knights doth show.
Therefore, sir Terpin, from you lightly throw
This squalid weede, the patteme of dispaire,
And weod with me, thst ye may see and know
How fortune vrill your ruin'd name repaire
And knights of Maidenhead, whose praiae she would
With that, like one that hopeletae was repryv'il
From deathes don at which he lateiy lay.
Those yron fetters wherewith he was gyv'd.
The badges of reproch, he threw away.
And nimbly did him dight to guide the way
Unto the dwelling of that Amaaone :
Wtdch was from thence not past a mile or tway ;
A goodly citty and a mighty one.
The wbidi, of her owne name, she called Radegone.
Where they arriving by the watchmen wore
Deaoied streight ; who all the dtly warned
How that three warlike persons did appearv.
Of which tile one him seem'd a knight all armed,
And th' other two well likely to have banned.
Eftaoones the people all to hamesae ran.
And like a sort of bees in clusteis swarmed ;
Ere long their queene herselfe, hslfe like a man.
Came forth into the rout, and them farray licgiui.
And now the knights, b«ng arrived neare.
Did beat uppon the gates to enter in ;
And at &e porter, ilcoming tbem so few,
Threw many threats, if they the towiie did win.
To leare his flesh in pieces for his sin :
Which whenas Raligund their comming heard.
Her ixtn for rage did grate, and teeth did grin i
She bad that itreight the gates should be unbani.
And to tbem way to make with weapons well {ire?
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SooBD u the gBtM were open to them let,
Tbey pressed forward, entnunce to have made :
But in the middle vnj thej were jrmet
With a shaipe sfaovre of arrowea, which them Maid,
Aod belter bad adviae, ere the; anaid
UnknoweD perill of bald womem pride.
Then all that rout uppoa them rudely laid.
And heaped atrokei so tast on every ude, [abide.
And arrowea haild so thicke, that they could uol
But Radigund berselfe, when abe espide
Sir Terpin from her direfull doome acquit
So cruell doale amongst her maides divide,
T* avenge that shame they did on him commit.
All Kidainely etiAam'd with furioiu fit
like a felt lioDesse at him she Sew,
And on hii head-piece him so fiercely emit.
That to the ground him quite she arerthrew,
Diimayd » with the Krtdte that be no colours knew.
SooiH as she saw him on the ground to grofell.
She lightly to hint leapt; and, in his ne^e
Her proud foote setting, at his bead did lerell.
Weening at once her wntth on him to wreake.
And his contempt, that did her iudgment breake :
As when a beare hath seii'd her crucU clawee
Uppon the carkasse of some heaal too weoke.
Proudly stands over, and awhile doth pause [cause.
To heare the piteous beast pleading her plaintiffii
Whom whetifls Artegall in that dlstresie
By chaunce beheld, he left the bloudy slaughter
In which be swam, and nuuw to his tcdresse :
There her assayling fiercely ftesh he nuight her
Such an huge leoke, that it of aence distraught ber;
And, had ibe not it warded warily.
It hid depiii'd her mother of a daughter:
Natblesae fbr all the powre she did apply
It made her staggor oft, and stare with ghastly eye.
Like to an eagle, in hia kingly pride
Soring through his wide empire of the sire.
To weather hit brode soiles, by chaunce hath spide
A goabauke, which hath seised for her share
Uppon some fowle, that should her feast prepare ;
With dmi^ill force he flies at her bylive,
That with hia souce, which none enduren dare.
Her from the quany he away doth drive,
And fhim her griping pounce the greedy prey doth
But, soone as she her sence recover'd had.
She fiercely towards him herselfe gan dight.
Through vengeful vrrath and sddgnfull pride half
For never had she suffred mch despight -. [mad ;
But, ere she could ioyne hand with him to fight.
Her warlike maides about her fiockt so fast.
That they disparted them, nuugre tlieir might.
And with their troupes did far asunder cast :
But mongst the rest the fight did until! evening last.
And every white that mighty yron man
With his strange weapon, never wont in wairc.
Them sorely vext, and courat, and over-ran,
Aitd brcdie Uieir bowes, and did their shooting marr^
That Jione of aU the many once did darre
Him to auault, nor once qipniach him nie;
But like a sort of sheepe dispersed farre.
For dread of their devouring enemicv
^-Through all the fields and valliei did before him flie.
But whenas dales faire shinie beame, ydowdud
With feorefull shadowes of defonned ■ugb^
Wam'd roan and beast in quiet rest be ahrowded.
Bold Radigund with sound of trumpe on liight,
Causd oil her people to surcease from fight j
And, gathering them unto her citties gate,
Made them all enter in before her sight ;
And ell the wounded, and the weake in slate.
To be conveyed in, ere she would once retiate.
-•Vnd all things quieted ; the tlhn Kmgt
Wcaiy of toile and travell of that day,
Causd his pavilion to be richly pight
Before the dty.gate in open Hght;
Where be hirosclfe did.reat in sal>ty
Together with sir Terpin all that night :
But Talus usde, in times of ieopsrdy,
To keepe a nightly watch for dread of treachery.
But Hadigund, Adl of beart-gnawiog griefe
For the rebuke which she sustain'd that day,
Could take uo rest, ne would receive relicfe ;
But tossed in her troublous minde what nay
She mote revenge that blot which on her lay.
There slie resolv'd berselfe in single fight
To try her fortune, and his force assay.
Rather than see her people spoiled guigbt.
At she bad aeeoc that day, a disadventeroua sight.
She called forth to her a trusty nuyd.
Whom she thought fittest for that buiinesse.
Her name was Clorin, and thus to her sayd j
" Coc, damiell, iiuickly, doe thyselfe address*
To doe the message which I shall CTpresae :
Goe thou unto that stranger Faery km'ght,
Wlio yesterday drove ua to such ifistresse (
Tell, that to morrow I with him will fight.
And try in equoll fidd whether bath greater might.
" But these conditioDS doe to him propound j
That, if J vanquishe him, he shall obay
My law, and ever to my lore be bound ;
And so will I, if me he vanquish may ;
Whatever he shall like to doe or say :
Goe at
■ight, ai
Siie of thy feUowes of the 1
And beare with you both w
And bid him eale ; henceforth he oft shall h
The damiell streight obayd ; and, putting alt
In rcadinesae, forth to the town-g^ went ;
Where, sounding loud a trumpet from the iralli
Unto those warlike kiugbts she warning sent
Then I'alus forth issuing ftnm the tent
Unto the wall his way did feareleaae take.
To weeten what that trumpets sounding menti
Where that aame damiell lowdly him bespoke^
And sbew'd that with hia lord she wmild empa»-
So he them stroght conducted to his lord ;
Who, OS he could, them goodly well did greete.
Till tbey had lold their message word by word i
Which he accepting, well as he could weete.
Them fairely entertaynd with curt'Hes meele.
And gave them gitU and things of deare delight ;
So backe againe tltcy bomewaid tum'd Ihtir feete ;
But Art^all himaelfe to rest did di^t,
Tliat he iDote fresher be against IhenextilaieaGghL
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Aitegmll fights witb fUdifund,
And is ivbdew^d bj guile ;
He u bf ha mnpiiKiDedi
But wroughl bj Clarini wile.
So BOane ms Day forth dawning from the ewt
Night* humid curtune from the Heavens wjd
And earcljr calling forth both man and bcait
Coronuuitided them their daily wDrkea renew :
These noble warrion mindefuU to pursew
The last daies purpose of their vowed fight,
All in a camls li^I of purple sillM
Wsren uppon witJi silver, subtly wro
And quilted uppoa sattin white as mJlke i
Tnyled with ribbands diveisly distraught,
like aa the workemsn hiMl their courses taught ;
Which WB short tucked for light motion
Up to her bam ; but, when she list, it raugitt
Dowoe to ber lowest beclc. and thereuppoo
Sbe wore tor ber defence a raayled habergeon.
And on ber Icgi sbe punted huskins wore.
Basted with bends of gold on erery side.
And mailaB betweene, and laced close afbre ;
Uppon her thigh her cemitsre was tide
mih an embivdcred bell of mickle pride ;
And on ber shoulder hung ber shield, bedeckt
Uppon tbc bone with stones that shined wide.
At the faire Moone in her most full aspect ;
TlMrt to the Hoone it mole be tike in each respect.
So fbrth sbe cvne out of the dtty-gata
With stately |>ort and proud magnificence.
Guarded with many damsels that did waite
Uppoa her penon for ber sure defence.
Flaying on ahaume* aiMl trumpet*, that from hence
Tb«r sound did teadi unto the Heavens higfat :
So brtb into tba field sbe marched Ibence,
Where was a rich pavilico ready rabt
Her to receive till time tbeysbouUb^D die fight.
Allai
h AiUin
And CQuntenaunce fierce, as bning fuHjr bent her
That battels utmost iriall to edTenter.
Tbe list* were closed fsat, to barre the rout
From rudely pressing on the middle center ;
Which in great bespes them drcled all ^»ut,
W^ting bow fortune would resolve that dangerous
The trumpets sounded, and the Sdd began ;
With bitter sirdies it both began and ended.
Sbe at the first encounter oa him ran
With furious rage, as if sbe had intended
Otrt of his breast the very heart have rended :
But be, that b^ like lempesta often tiide.
From tbst fint flaw hinnelfe ri^t well defended.
Tbe more she rag'd, tbe nrare be did abide ;
Sbahcwd, sba fnrnd, sbe tolht, she laid on every side.
Yet still her blown he bore, and ber fbrhote.
Weening at last to win advantage new ;
Yet still her crueltie increased more.
And, though powre faild, her courage did aecTEW ;
Which ftyling, he gan fiercely her pursew :
Like as a smith, tlLit to his cunning feat
The stubbome mettall seeketh to subdew,
Soone IB he feelea it molUBde with heat,
Witb his great yron sledge doth strongly on it beat.
So did Hir Artegall upon ber lay,
As if the had an yron andvile bcene,
Tlial Hskes of fire, bright as the sunny ray,
Out of her Mecly arises were flashing scene,
That all on fire ye would her surely weene ;
But with her shield so well herselfe she warded
From the dread daunger of his weapon keene.
That alt thai while her life she safety garded ;
But he that heipe from her against her will dis<arded.
For with his trenchant blade, at the next blovr
Halfe of her shield he shared quite airay.
That balfe ber side itsetfe did naked show.
And thenceforth unto daunger opened way.
Much was she moved with the mightie sway
Of that sad stroke, that halfe enrag'd she grew ;
And like a greedie beare uulo her pAv
With ber sharpe cemilare at him she fiew.
That glauncing downe bis thigh the purple bloud
forth drew.
Thereat she gan to triumph witb great boast.
And to upbrayd that cbaunce which him m^ell.
As if the prize sbe gotten bad almost.
With spighlfull qteiches, fitting with ber well ;
That his great hart gan inwardly to swell
With indignation at her vaunliag vaine.
And at her strooke with puissaunce fearefuU fell ;
Yet with her shield she worded it againe,
Tlat shattered all to pieces round about the plains.
Having ber thus disarmed of ber shield.
Upon her belmec he againe her strooke.
That downe she fell upon the grassie field
In sencelessc swoune, as if her life fonooke^
And pangs of death ber spirit overtooke :
Whom when he saw before his foote prostrated,
He to her lept with deadly dreadfull looke.
And her aun-shjnie helmet soone unlaced.
Thinking at once both head and helmet to havo
But, whenas he discovered had her face.
He saw, his senses stniunge astonishment,
A tnuracle of Natures goodly grace
In her bice visage voide of ornament.
But bath'd in bloud and sweat together raenl ;
Which, in the rudenesae of that evill plight,
Bewrayd the signes of feature excellent :
Like as the Moone, in foggie winters nigbt, pight,
Doth seeme to be herselfe, though dsrined be her
At ught thereof bis emell minded bait
Empieiced was with pittifuU icgsrde.
That his sharpe sword he threw from him apart.
Cursing his hand that had that visage mard i
No hand so cruel), nor no hart so bard,
But ruth of beautie will it mollifie.
By this, upstarting from her swoune she star'd
A while about her »ilh confused eyej
like one that from his dreame is vrakcd suddcnlye,
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Sooue a* the kuighc >be there bf her did ipy
Standing with emptie hands sll weaponlesse,
Willi fresh oauult upon him she did fly,
And gan renew her former cruelneste ;
And though he BlJU relyr'd, yet oathelesie
With huge redoubled Urukes she on him layd ;
And moie jncreakt her outrage merdlewe,
The more that lie with meeke intientie prayd
Her wiBthful hand from greedy Tengeanee to have
Like u a puttocke having spyde in tight
A genlle bulcon sitting on an hill,
Whose other wing, now made unmeete Tor flight,
Wm lately hroken by some fortune ill ;
The foolitfa kyle, led with licentious wEll,
Doth beat upon the gentle bird in vaine,
With many idle stoups her troubling Mill :
Even so did Radigund with bootlease paine
Annoy this noble knight, and sorely him conMnunc.
Nought could he do but shun the dred despight
Of her fierce wrath, at>d backward Mill retyre ;
And with'hia nngle shield, well at he might,
llean! ofT the burden of her raging yre;
And BTermore he gently did denyre
To stay her strokes, and he himselfe would yield :
Yet nould ibe hearkc, ne let him once recpyre,
Till be lo her deliTcred had his shield,
Atid to her mercie him submitted in plune field.
But to her yeelded of his owne accord ;
Yet was he iustly damned by the doome
Of his owne mouth, tliat spake so warelc
To be her thrall and service her eiTord :
For though that he first Ticloric obtayncd.
Yet after, by abandoning his sword.
He wilfiiU lost that he before atuyned :
No tayrer conquest then that with good will is gayned.
Tho with her sword on him she flatling strooke.
In tigne of true subieciion to her powre,
And as her TSssalt him to Ihratdome tooke ;
But Terpine, borne to' a more unhappy howtc.
As he on whom the lucklesse slarres did lowre.
She causd lo be attacht and forthwith led
Unto the crooke, t' abide the balefull atowre
From which he lately had through reskew fled :
Where he fuU shamd^illy waa hanged by the hed.
But, when they thought on Talus bands to lay.
He with hii yron flaile amongst them thondred,
That they were fayae to let him scape away.
Glad from his companie to be so sondred j
Whose presence all their troups so much encombred.
That th' heapes of those which he did wound and
slay.
Besides the rest ditmay'd, might not be nembred :
Yet all that while be would not once assay
To reskew hia owne lord, but thought it iust t' obay.
Then tooke the Amaion this noble knigh^
Left to her will by his owne wilflill blune.
And caused him to be disarmed quight
Of all the omameots of knightly name.
With which whylome be gotten had great fame :
* ' whereof she made him to be dight
So being clad slie brought him Atim the field.
In which he had bene tiayned many a day.
Into a long large chamber, which was field
With moniments of many knights decay
By her subdewed in Tictorious fray :
Amongst the which she-causd his warlike armea
Be hang'd on high, that mote his shame bewray ;
And broke his sword for feare of further hannes.
With whicb he wont to stirre up battailous alarmea.
There eutred in he round about him saw [knew.
Many brave knights whose names right well he
There bound t' obay that Amaions proud law.
Spinning and carding all in comely rew.
That tun bigge hart loth'd so uncomely vew :
But they were forst, through penurie and pyne,
To doe those workes to them «4)pointed dew !
For nought was given them to sup or dyne, [twyoe.
But what Ibcir handi could eome by twisting Uimcn
Amongst them all she placed Mm most low.
And in his hand a distaffe to him gave.
That he thereon should spin both flai and tow ;
A sordid office for a mind so brave :
So liard it is to be a womans slave !
Yet he it tooke in his owne selfes despighl.
And thereto did himsctfe right well behave
Her to obay, nth he his faith had plight
Her vaasall to become, if abe him woune in fight.
Who had him seene, imagine mote Ibereby
That whylome hath of Hert:ules bene toldi
How for lolas sake he did apply
His mightie hands the distaffe vile lo bold
For his huge club, which had subdew *d of old
So many monsters which ^e world annoyed ;
His Ifon skin chaunged lo a pall of gold.
In which, forgetting warresjhe unelyioyed [toyed.
In combats rf aweet love, and with
Such is the cnieltie of womenkynd.
When they have shaken off tlie shaineikst bond.
With whicb wise Nature did them strongly byud
T* obay the beasts of mans well-ruling hand.
Thai then all rule and reason they withMand
To purchase a licentioui libertie :
But vertuous women wisely understand.
That they were home to hue humilitie,
Unlesse the Heavens Ibero lift to lawMI sc
Thus there long while continu'd Artegall,
Serving proud Badigund with true subieciion :
However it his noble heart did gall
T' obay a womans tyrannous direction.
That might have bad of life or death election:
" ' in^ chosen, now he might not chaunge.
■hich time the warlike Amaion,
bnde after Itist did raungi^
liking to this captive atraunge.
During
Whose'
Can cast
Which lonff cODGcaling in her eovnt breat.
She chaw'd the cud of lovers carcAiU plight ;
Yet could it not so thorou^ly digest,
Being &st fixed in her wounded spright,
But it toniMnted ber both day and night :
Yet would abe itot thereto yeeld free accnrd
To serve the lowly vMaall of Ivr might,
Audofhertarvantmakehersoveraynel^: [bord.
So great ber pride that dw such bMenetae muchidv
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Sd muth the greater nill hvr anguish grew,
Hirbugh itubbome handling of ber love-sicke hut ;
And itill the more dw itrove it to lubdew,
11>e more the stil! augmented her owne smait.
And wyder made the wound or th' hidden dart.
At last, when long she Btruggled had in Taine,
She gui to itoupe, and her proud mind conTett
To meeke obeyiance of Lores migbtie raine,
And him entreat for grace that had prdcar'd her
paine.
Unto berwHe in wcret tht did call
Her nearest handmayd, whom she most did trust,
And to ber cayd ; " Ciarinda, whom of all
I tnut aliTe, sitb I tbee fostred first ;
Now is the time that I untimely must
Thereof make trjiall, in laj greatest need !
It ii lo hapned that the Heavens uniust,
S^iighling my happie freedome, have agreed
To thrall mj looser life, or m; last bale to breed."
With that Ote tum'd her head, as halfe abashed.
To bide the blush which in her visage rose
And through her eyes liice sudden lightning flashed.
Decking ber cbeeke with a vermilion rose ;
But aoone she did her countenance compose.
And, lo ber turning, thus began againe ;
" This giiefes deepe wound I would (o thee cusclose,
Thereto compelled through hart-murdring paine ;
But dread of shame my doubtfull lips dMh still re-
*'Ahl my-deare dread," said then the feorefiitl mayd,
** Can dread of ought your dreadlesse hart withhold.
That many hath with dread of death dlsmsyd,
And dare even Deathes most dreadful! iue behold ?
Say on, my soverayne ladie, and be bold :
Dolb not your bandmayds life at your foot lie?"
Therewith much corafaned she gan unfold
The cause of her conceived maladie ;
As ODC that would confesse, yet ftine would it denie.
" Ctaiin," said she, " thou seest yond Fayry knight.
Whom not my valour, but his owne biave mind
Subieded hath lo my unequati might I
Whal right is it, that he should thnldome find
For lending Ufe to me a wretcb unkind.
That tor such good him recompence with ill ]
Therefore 1 cast how I may bim unlnnd,
And by his freedome get his free goodwill ;
Yet so, as bound to me he may continue still :
" Bound unto me; but not with such hard bands
Of strong compulsion and itieight violence,
As now in misenble state be stands ;
But with sweet love and sore benevolence,
Voide of malJtiouB mind or foule oBence :
To which if thou eanst wm him any way
' Without discoverie of my thoughts pretence.
Both goodly meede of him it piuchase may.
And eke with gratefull service me' right well apay. .
" Which that thou mayst the better bring to pasa,
Loe ! here this ring, which shall thy warrant bee
And tcAen true to old Eumenias,
From time to time, when thou it beat ibtit see.
That in aLd out tbou mayst have passage free.
Goe now, Ciarinda ; well thy wits advise.
And alt thy forces gather unto thee.
Armies at lovely lookes, and speeches wise, [tise."
With which Ihou canst even love himsclfe to love cn>
The tnistie mayd, conceiving her iotent,
Did with sure promise of her good endevour
Give ber great comfort and some harts content :
So frma ber partiog she thenceforth did labour.
By all the meanes she might, to curry favour
With the Elfin knight, her ladles best beloved ;
With daily shew of courteous kind behaviour.
Even at the marke^white of his hart she roved,
And with wide-gLauncing words one day she thua
him proved:
" Unhappie knight, upon whose belplese sW*
Fortune, envying good, hath felly ^wlied.
And cruell Heavens have heapt an heavy fiUe-;
I rew that thus Iby better dayes are drowned.
In sad deapaire, and all thy senses swowned-
In stupid sorow, sith thy iusttr merit
Might else have with felidtie bene crawned:
IxMke up at last, and wake thy dulled spirit frit.*'
Tothinke how this long death thou mightestdiamho-.
Much did be marvell at her tmcouth ipeach.
Whose ludden drift he could not well percave (
And gan to doubt least she him sought t' appeacb
Of treason, or some guileful! traine did weave.
Through which alie mighthis wretched life bertave;
Both which to bam he with tliis aoswere met her -
" Foire damiell, tllat with ruth, as I perceave.
Of my mishaps art mov'd to wish me better.
For such your kind regard I can but rest your detter..
" Yet weet ye well, that to a courage great
It is no tesse beseeming well to boue
The stonne of Fortunes frowne or Heavens threat.
Then in the sunshine of bei countenance clean
Timely to loy and carrie comely cheaie :
For though this cloud have now me overcast.
Yet doe I not of better times despeyre ;
And though (unlike) they should for ever but.
Yet in my truthca aasurance I rest Gied fiut."
" But what so stonie minde," she then replyde,
" But if iu liis owne powre occasion lay.
Would to his hope a windowe open wyde.
And to his fbrtunes beipe make readie way? ^*
Unworthy sure," quoth he, " of better day.
Whicb speeches she applying to the »eapp..
Of her intent, tfaia further purpose to him sbope :
" Then why doest not, thou ill-advised man.
Moke meanes to win thy libertie forlorne.
And try if thou by faire entrestJe can
Move Rodigund ? who though she still hive wome
Her dsyes in warre, yet (weet thou) was not home
Of beares and tygres, nor so salvage mynded
As that, albe all love of men she scorue.
She yet forgets that she of men was kynded :
And sooth oft scene that proudest harts baaa love
hath blynded."
" Ceitea, Ciarinda, not of cancred irill,"
Sayd he, " nor obstinate disdaincfull mind,
I have fiMliore this duetie lo fiifill :
For well I may this weene, by Ihall fynd,
That she a queene, and come of princely kynd.
Both werthie is for lo be sewd unlo,
Chiefety by him whose life her law doth bynS,
And eke of powre her owne doome lo undo,
And ols' of princely grace to be inclyn'd thereto,
" But w«nt of owwiCT hath bene mine onely let
From seeking fovoui where it doth abound ;
Which if I might by your good office get,
I to youneife should rest for ever bound.
And Veady to deserve what groee I found."
She feeling liim lliiis bile upon the bayt,
Yet doubting least liis hold was but unsound
And not well fiislencd, nouid not Btrike hltn stroyt.
But drcir tuni oD with liojie, fit leisure to awuyt.
But foolish mayd, whyles heedlcue of the booke
She thus oft-times was beating off and on.
Through slippcriE footing fell into Ihe brooke.
And there was caught to her confusion ;
For, seeking thus to salve the Amaion,
She wounded was with her dcceipts owne dart.
And gan thenceforth to cost affection.
Conceived close in her beguiled hurt.
To Artegalt, through pluie of his cauielessa smart
Yet durst slie not disclose her ^ndcs wound,
Nc to Mmwlfe, for doubt of biung sdayncd,
Ne yet to any otlier wight on ground,
Fur tearebermislresgeth old have knowledge gaynedi
But to hciielfe it secretly reloyned
Within the closet of her coveit brest :
The more thereby her tender hart was payued :
Yet to awayt fit time she weened beat.
And faircly did dissemble licr sad thoughts unrest
One day her Indie, calling her apart,
Gan to dcnuund of her some tydings good,
Toucbing her loves gucccBse, her iingntig smart :
IliCTCwith she gan at first to change her mood,
At one adaw'd, and halfe confused stood ;
But quickly she it overpast, so soone
As she^lier face hod wypt to fresh 7ier blood :
Tho gan she tell lier all that she hod donne.
And all the wsy easbeaought hisl ove for to have wonne.
But ssyd, that he was obstinate and steme.
Scorning her offers and conditions voine;
Ne would ba taught with any tcnnes to leme
So fund a lesson as to love againe :
Die nWber would he in penurious paine,
'. '
ir liking entertaine :
His resolution was, both first and last.
Hit 6odie not her thrall, hit hart wat/rtcli/ platt.
Which when the cruell Amazon perceived.
She gan to storme, and rage, and rend her gall.
For very fell deipight, whicli slie concHved,
To be so scorned of a base borne thrall,
V/bose life did lie in her leqat eye-lids fall ;
Of which slie Tow'd with many a cursed threat.
That she tlierefore would him ere long forstall.
Nathlesse, when calmed was her Furious beat,
Sha chang'd that threatfull mood, and mildly gi
■< What now is left, Clarinda? what remainei,
Hiat we may composse this our enterprise ?
Great shame to lose BO long employed poine^
And greater shame t' abide so great mlapriie.
With which he dares our offers thus despite ;
Yet that his guilt the greeier may appeare.
And mure my grstious mercic by this wise,
I will awhile with his finit folly bearc, [ncare.
mi thou luve tiidc againe, and tempted him more
Say and do all that may heieto ptenile;
cave nought unpromist that may him penwade.
Life, fieedome, grace, and gifta of great anile,
Witii which the gods themselves are mylder made :
Thereto adde art, even womens witty trade.
The art of migbtie wards that men cnn channe ;
With which in case tliou const him not invade.
Let him Ttxie hardnesse of thy heavie anna :
Who will not staupe with good shall be made stoupe
with haime.
" Some of his diet doe from him withdrew ;
For I him find to be too proudly fed :
Give him more labour, and with streigl
That he with worke may he forwearild
Let him lodge hard, and lie in straweu bed.
That may pull downe the courage of his pridt
And lay upon him, for his greater dread.
Cold yron chaines wilh which let him be tide
And let, whatever he desires, be bim denide.
law.
I Whc
itallth
It like a lover.
Of his demcane; theuceforth nr
But like a rebcll stout, 1 wilt him use :
For I resoUe this siege not to give over,
"nil I the conquest rfmy will recover."
So she departed full of griefe and sdaine.
Which inly did to great impatience move Ikt i
But the fidae mayden shortly tum'd agaioe
Unto the prison, where her hart did thrall remalne.
There all ber subtill neti she did unfold.
And all theenginsof her wit display;
In which she meant him wareleae to enfold.
And of his innocence to make her pt»y-
So cunningly she wrought her craAi assay.
That both her ladie, and herselfc withall.
And eke the knight sttonce she did betray ;
But most the knight, whom she with guilefull caU
Did cast for to allure, into her trap to faU.
As a bad nurse, which, filming to receive
In her owne mouth the food ment for her chyld,
Withholdes it to berselfe, and doeth deceive
Tlie infant, so for want of nourture spoyld ;
Even so CLaiinda her owne dame be^yld.
And tum'd the trust, which vraa in her aflyde.
To feeding of her private fire, which boyld
Her inward brest, and in her entrayles fryde,
The more that she it sought to cover and to hyde.
For, comming to this knight she purpose fayned.
How earnest suit she earat for him had made
Unto her queene, hii freedome to have gayncd ;
But by no mesnes could her thereto penwade^
But that initead thereof she stetnely bade
And many yron band* on bim to lade ;
All which nathlesaa she for his lore tmbmv ■,
So praying him t' acc^ her aarrice evermore.
And, more then that, she promisl that she would.
In case she might finde &Tour in his eye,
Deviie how to enlarge him out of bould.
The Fayrie, glad to gaine bia Lbertie,
Gan yecld great thankea for such her curtene ;
And with foire words, fit for the time and place.
To feede the hiunour of her maladies
Promise, if she would fraa him &ma that caaei
He wold by aU good menu be migbt dcMrre tucb
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
441
Ne tnr did deceiptfuU CkriD find
In ber <a)>e liKrt hu> bonrUge to unlnnd ;
But mthtr how sbc miHe him faster tjre.
'nwrefore unto bcr miatreae must uniind
Stu iMilj told her lore be did de^« ;
And him ihe told her dame hu&eedome diddctije.
Tct tbia nnich biendsfaip the to him did sbow,
Tbu Itii team diet somcwhst was amended,
And his worke levened, that his lewe mote grow :
Yet to her dame him still >he diaeommendvd,
lliat die with him mote be the more offended.
Thiu he long while in thnUdome there remaned,
Of bolh beloved well, but little friended ;
Until his ownc true lore his freedome gajmcd i
Which in anotber canto will be best contayned.
Tklus bring* ncwes to Britomart
Of Art^als mishap ;
Sbc goes to seeke him; Dolon meetes,
Wha seekea her to entrap.
Son men, I wote, will deeme in Artegall
Great weaknesse, and rqiort of him much ill.
For jeelding ao bimselfe a wretched thrall
To th' insolent commaund of womeng will J
That all his former praise doth fowly spill :
But he the man that u; or doe so dare.
Be well ani'd that he stand st«dfaat still i
For nerer yet was wight so well aware.
Bat he at Bnt or last was ti^l in womens inare.
Yet in the stredghtneese of that c^ili*e state
This gentle knight himseUe so welt behaTed,
That notwithstanding all the subiill bait,
With which those Amazons his love still crated.
To his owne lore his loialtie he saved :
Wbose character in th' adamantine mould
Of his trew hart so flrmelj was engraved.
That DO new loves impre»on ever amid
Bereave it tfaence : such blot his honour blemish
Yet hig owne Ime, Ihe noble Britomart,
Seine so conceived in her icalous thought,
What time sad tjrdings of his bolefull smart
In womans Iwndage Talus to bet brought ;
Brought in untimely houre, ere it was sought ;
Per, after that the utmost date aisynde
I'ar his retume she waited had for nought,
She gan to cast in her mlsdoubtfull mynde
A tbouiaad fearei, that love-sicke fancies faine to
fynde.
Sorndimfl she feared least acMiie bard """^^p
Had him mis&liie in his adventurous quest ;
Sometiine leut his false foe did him entrap
Ib trajptroua traj^te, «- had unwarea oppreal ;
But most the did her troubled mynd molest.
And secretly afflict with iealous feare,
^rast some new love had bnm from her possest ;
Tm loth ifae was, since she no ill did beare,
Tothinke of bim so ill i yet could afae not forbeare.
One whjle she blam'd benelft ; anollier whyle
She him condemned as truatlesse and untrew ;
And then, her griefe with errour to heguyle.
She fayn'd to count the time againe anew.
As if before she had not counted trew :
For hours, but daye* ; for we^cs that passed were.
She told but moneths,to make them seeme ntorefew :
Yet, when she reckned them still drawing ntare.
Each hour did seeme a mooelli, and every moneth a
But, whetuu yet she saw him not relume.
She thought to send some one to aeeke him out ;
But none she found so fit to serve that tume.
As her owne sclfe, to ease berselfe of dout.
Now she dcvit'd, amongst the warlike rout
Ofenant knights, to seeke her errant knight;
AndtL
L againe
»Iv'd tt
One day whenas she long had sought for ease
In every place, and every pikce thought best.
Yet found no place that could her liking please.
She to a window came, that opened wot.
Towards which coast her love hit way addrest ;
There looking forth shee in her heart did find
Many vain ftncies working ber unrest ;
And sent ba winged thoughta more swifl (ben wind
To beare unto ber love the meaaage of her mind-
There Si she looked long, at last she ipide
One comming towards her with hasty speeds ;
Well weend she then, ere him she plaine desciide.
That it was one sent from her love indeede i
Who when he nigh approach!, shee mole arede
That it was Talus, Art^all his groome :
Whereat her hart was lild with hope and drede ;
Ne would she stay till he in place could come.
But lanto meetehim fbtUkto know his tidingssonmu.
Even in the dare him meeting, she begun ;
^ And where is he thy lord, and how &r hence?
Declare at once : and bath he lost or wun ?"
The yron man, albe he wanted sence
And sorrowea feeling, yet, with cottsi '
Of his ill newes, did iiily chill and q:
And stood still mute, as one in great auqwnee ;
As if that by his silence he would make
Her rather reade his maaning then himselfe it qiake.
mi she agune thus sayd ; " Talus, be bold.
And teU whatever it be, good or bad.
That from thy tongue thy hearts intent doth Iwdd."
To whom he thus at length ; " The tidings sad.
That 1 would hide, will needs I see be n^
My lord {your love) by bard mishap doth lie
In wretched bondage wofully bestad."
" Ay me," quoth she, " what wicked destinie !
'is tyrant enemy ?"
" Not by that tyrant, his intended foe;
But by a tyiarmease," he then repltde,
" lliat him c^itivcd hath in haplesse woa."
" Case thou, bad newea-man; hadlydoetttbou hide
Thy maisters shame, in harlots bondage tide j
The rest myselfe too readily can spell."
With that in rage she tum'd frtnn him aaide.
Forcing in vaine the rest to ba to tell ;
And to her chamber went like solitary cell.
4*2 SPEl
Ther« she began to make ber icoanefull plaint
Against her kni^l fbr being so utitrew ;
And liim to toucb witli talshoods fowle attaint.
That all Ills other honour oierthrew.
Oft did bIic blame henclfe, and often rew,
For ycelding to a stroungers love bo light.
Whose life and mannere rtmunge she nerer knew;
And evermore she did him shorpely twiglit
For breach ot faith to her, which he bad flrmel;
plight.
And then she in her wrathfull will did cut
How to revenge that blot of honour blent,
To flght with bim, and goodlj die her last ;
And then ogalne she did herselfe torment.
Inflicting on bersslfe bis punishmcnL
A while she walkl, and chauft ; awhile she threw
Herselfe uppon her bed, and did lament :
Yet did she not lament with loude alew, [few.
As women wont, but with deepe ughes and singulA
Like OS a wajward cbilde. whose sounder sleepe
Is broken with some feareTull drewnes aSHght,
With froward will doth set himseUe to weepe,
Ne can be stitd for idl his nunies might,
Butkicks, and squals, and shriekes fur fell despight;
Now BCratcliing her, and her loose locks misusiag,
Now seeking darkene«*, and now seeking light,
'HieD crvring sucke, and then the sucke refuung ;
Sueh was (his ladies fit in her loves fond accusing.
But when she had with such unquiet fits
Herself there close afflicted long in vune.
Yet found no easement in her troubled wila.
She unto Talus forth retum'd againe.
By change of place seeking to ease her paiue ;
And gan enquire of him with mylder mood
The c«rtune cause of Artegola detoine.
And what he did, and in what stale he stood,
And whether he did woo, or whether he were woo'd.
" Ah weHaway !" sayd then the jron man,
" TfiM he ia not the while in state to woo;
But lies in wretched thraldome, weake and wan,
Not by strong hand compelled thereunto,
But his owne doome, that none can nuw.undoo."
" Sajd I not then," quoth she, " ero-while aright.
Thai this is thingc complete betwixt you two
Me to deceive of futb unto me plight.
Since that he w«» not forst, nor overcome in fight?"
With that be gui at large to ber dilate
The whole discourse of his captivance sad.
In sort as ye have heard the same uf late :
All which when she with hard endurHunce had
Heard to the end, she was right sore bcstad.
With Bodune stounds of wrath and grief altone ;
Ne would abide, till she hod aunswere made ;
But nnaght henetfe did dight, and armor don.
And mounting to her ttecde bad Talus guide her on.
So forth she rode uppon her ready way.
To se^e her knight, as Talus her did guide:
Sadly she rode, and never word did say
Nor good nor bad, ne ever lookt aside.
But still tight downe ; and in her thought did hide
The felnesae of her heart, right fully bent
To fierce aiengement of that womans pride.
Which had her lord in her base prison pent,
^ ■ at hoDoui with so fowle reproch had blest.
So as she thus melincholicke did ride.
Chawing the cud of griefe and inward paine.
She chauusl to mcete toward the even~tide
A knight, that softly paced on the plaioe.
As if himselfe to solace he were faine :
Welt shot in yearea he seem'd, and rather bent
To peace then needlesse trouble to constroine ;
As well by view of that his vestiment.
As by his modest semblant, that no eviU menl.
He
Wi
Wh
hcur
otho
liof
neare gan gently her salute
B words, in the most comely wil
de^rom rather to rest mule,
Th
Yet
rathe
r th
n she kindnesse would despize.
She would herselfe displease, so him requite.
Then gan the other ftutber to devise
Of tluDgs obroile, as neit to haod did light, [light :
And many things demaund, to which she aniwer'd
For little lust had she to taike of ought.
Or ought to hesre that mole delightfull bee ;
Her minde was whole possessed of one thought.
That gave none other place. Which when as hee
By outward ugnes (as well he inigbt) did see.
He list no lenger to use lothfuU Hpeacb,
But ber besought to take it vi'cll in gree,
Sith shady dampe had dimd the Heavens readi.
To lodge with him that night, unles goOd cauae em-
Tbe chamfHonesse, now seeing night at dore.
Was glad to yeeld unto his good request ;
And with him went vrithout gaine-saying more.
Not fiure away, but little wide by west.
His dwelling was, to which he him addreat ;
Where ioone arriving they received were
In seemely wise, as them beseemed best ;
For he their host them goodly well did cheare,
And t«lkt of pleasant tlungs the night away to wesire.
Thus paining th* eveniug well, till time (rf'reat.
Then Britomart unto a bowre was brought ;
Where groomes awayled ber to have undreat -.
But she ne would undroaed be for ought,
Ne do^ her armes, though he ber much beaought :
For she had vow'd, she sayd, not to forgo
Those warlike weedea, till she revenge had wrou^it
Of a late wrong uppon a mortall foe ;
Which she would sure performe betide ber weleor w<h
Which when their host perceiv'd, right discontent
In minde he grew, for feare least by that art
He should his purpose misse, which close he ment :
Yet taking leave of her he did depart :
There all that night remained Britomart,
Bestlesse, recomfortlesse, with heart deepe-grieved,
Not suffering the least twinckling sleepe to start
Into ber eye, which th' heart mole have relieved ;
But if the least appear'd, her eyes she sireighl re-
" Ye guilty eyes," sayd she, " the which with guyle
My heart at first betrayd, will ye betray
My life now too. for which a little whyle
Ye vrill not watch ? false walche^ wellaway !
I wote when ye did watch both night and day
UdIo your losse ; and now needes will ye deepe f
Now ye have made my heart to wake alway.
Now will ye sleepe ? ah < wake, and rather weepe
To thinke of your ni^la want, that should yee
waking kecpe."
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
the waij night
Thus did the watch, and
la waylfull plaints, (hat i
Now walking soft, now sittiDg still upright,
Aa Huidry chsuDgc her seemed best to ease.
Ne lease did Talun Buffer sleepe to leaie
His eye-lids i^d, but walcht continually,
Ljiog without her dore iu greet disease ;
Lake to ■ qtaniell wayting carefully
Ijft any should betray his lady tteacbennisly.
What time the native belinaa of the night.
The bird that warned Peter of his &11,
Rrst tings bis silver bell t' each sleepy wight,
That should tlieir mindes up to devotion call,
Sbe beard a wondrous noise below the hall :
All Bodainely the bed, where she should lie,
By s false trap was let adowne to fall
Into > lower roome, and by and by
Tbe loA was raysd againe, that no man could it spie.
With sight whereof she was dlsmayd right sore.
Perceiving well the treason which was mcnt :
Vet stirred not at all for doubt of more.
But kept her place with courage confident,
Wayting wliat would ensue of that event.
It was not long before slie heard the sound
Of anoed men comming with close intent
Towards her chamber ; at which dreadfuU stound
She quickly caught her sword, and shield about her
bound.
With that there came unto her chamb^ dore
Two knights all armed ready for to fight ; .
And after ihem full many other more,
A raskall rout, with weapons rudely dighti
Whom soone as Talus sptde by glims of night.
He started up, there where on ground he lay.
And in his hand his thresher r«dy keight :
They, seeing that, let drive at him str^htway.
And round about him preace in riotous aisy.
But soone as he began to lay about
With his rude yron flaile, they gan to flie.
Both armed knights and eke unarmed rout ^
Yet Talus after them apace did pile.
Wherever in the dsrke he could them spie ;
That here and there like scattred sheepe they lay.
Tlien, backe returning where bis dame did lie,
He to lier lold the story of that fray,
And all that treason there intended did bewray-
Wherewith though wondrous wroth, and inly burning
To be avenged for so fowie a deede.
Yet being font t' abide the daics returning.
She there remun'd ; but with right wary heede.
Least any more such practise should proceede.
Kow mote ye know (that which to Brilomarf
Unknowen was) whence all this did proceede ;
And for what cause so great mischl^oua smart
Was tnent to her that iteter evill ment in hart.
The goodman of this house was Dolon bight i
A nun of subtill wit and wicked niiiide.
That whilame in his youth had bene a kidght.
And armes bad borne, but little good Could finde.
And much lesse honour by that wariike kinde
Of life : for he was nothing valorous,
But with slie shilWs and wiles did underminde
All ndb\e knights, which were adventurous.
And many brought to shame by treason ttcachemtis.
Of all that on this earthly compaase wonnes
The eldest of the which was sloine erewhile
y Artegalt, through his owne guilty wile;
is name was Guisor; whose untimely ftte
or to avenge, fuU many treasons vile
His father Dolon bad devii'd of late [hate.
With these his wicked sons, and shcwd his conkred
For sure he weend that this his present guest
Was Artegall, by many tokens plaine ;
But chiefly by that yron page be ghest.
Which still w«3 wont with Art^all remaine ;
And therefore ment htm surely to have sloine :
But by Gods grace, and her good heedineise.
She was preserved from their tiaytrous traine.
'Iliut she all lught wore out in watchfulnesse,
Ne suffred slothfull sleepe her eyelids to oppresse.
The moiTOw neit, so soone as dawnjug houn
Discovered had the light to living eye.
She forth yssew'd out of her loathed bowre,
With full intent t' avenge that villany
On that rilde man and all his family :
And, comming down to seeks them where they wond.
Nor sire, nor soone*, nor any could she spie ;
Each roirme she sought, but them all empty fond :
They all were fled for feare ; but whether, nether
She saw it vaine to make there lenger stay.
But tooke her steede ; and thereon mounting light
Gan -her addresse unto her farmer way.
d not rid the mountenance of a flight,
St she saw there present in her sight
two false brethren on that perillous bridge,
ich Pollente witli Artegall did fight
Streight was the passage, like a ploughed ridge.
That, if <wo met, theonemote needs fall o'er the lidgch
TTiere they did tliinke themselves on her to wreake ;
Who as she nigh unto them drew, the one
These vile reproches gan unto her speoke ;
' Thou recreant false traytor, that with lone
3f armes hast knighthood sloine, yet knight art none.
So more shall now the darkenesse of the night
Defend thee from (he vengeance of thy fone ;
But with thy bloud thou shalt appease the spright
Of Guisor 1^ thee sluneand murdred by thy slight." .
Strange were the words in Britomartis eare ;
Yet stayd she not for them, but forward fared,
'nit to the perillous bridge she came; and there
Talus desir'd that he might have prepared
The way to her, and those two losela scared :
But she thereat was wroth, that for desplght
The glaundng sparkles through her bever glared.
And from her raes did Bash out fiery light.
Like coles that through a silver censer sparkle bright.
She stayd not to advise which way to take ;
But, putting spumi unto her fiery beast,
ThiH>ough the midst of them she way did make.
The one of them, which most her wrath increast,
Uppoa her spesre she bore before her breast.
Till to the bridges further end she past ;
Where falling downe his challenge he releast:
The other over side the bridge die cost
Into the river, wbere be dnmke his deadly last-
A< when the flaahiiig leiin hafM to li)^t
Uppon (wo stubborne oakei, wUch «und bo [ware
Tli«t wiy betiriii Ihem none appeuea in Bghl ;
The EDgin, fiercely flying forth, dotli teue [bean;
Tb' one from tbe eatth, and through the (ire dotb
The other it with force doth overthrow
Uppofi one side, and from hii rootei doth reare :
So did the chunpionesse those two there itrow,
■ * lobeMow.
Britomart come* la I^ Church,
Where ahee >ti>nge Tisions lea :
She SghtB with Badigund, ber slaiea.
And Art^all thence &ee*.
NoDOirc is on Earth more tacred or divine.
That gods and men doe equally adore.
Then thia tame vertue that doth right deflne :
For th' Hevaos thenradTca, whence nunal men ii
Bight in their irrongs, are rul'd by rij
Of highest love, who doth true iustice oesle
To his inferiour goda, and ereimore
Tlierewith contnioe* his hearenly Bommoa woile :
Tba skill whereof to princes hearts he doth icreale.
Well thentfore did the antique world inTent
That lusdce was a god of soT«raine grace
And altars unto him and temples lent.
And besTcnly honoun in the highest place ;
Calling him great Osyris, of the race
Of th' old Egyptian kings that whylome were ;
With fayned colours shading a true case i
Fu' that Osyris, whilest he U>ed here,
Hw iustest man aliTe and truest did appeare.
Bis wifb was I^ ; wbom they likewfse made
A goddesse of great powre and soietajaty,
And in her penon cunningly did shade
That part of iuitice which is equity,
Whereof 1 have to treM here presently :
Uoto whose temple wbenas Britomart
ArriTed, sbee with great humility
Did Oiter in, ne would that night depart ;
But Talus mote not be admitted to her part.
llKTe she received was in goodly wiie
Of many priests, wliich ducly did attend
Uppon the rites and daily sscrifiie,
All clad in linnen robes with silver hemd ;
And on thor beads with long locks comely kemd
They wore rich mitres shaped like the Moone,
To shew that Isii doth the Moone portend ;
Like as Osyris ugniGes the Sunne :
For that they both like race in equall justice ninne.
The cbampionesse them greetiDg, as she could.
Was thence by them into the temple led;
Whose goodly building when she did behould
Borne uppon stately piUours, all dispred
Willi shining gold, and arched over hed.
She wondred at the workmans paasiug skill.
Whose like before she never saw nor red j
And tbcreuppon long while stood gating still.
But thought that she thereon could never giic be
Thenceforth utito the idoll tbey ber brooghl ;
The which was framed all of slrer flne.
So well as could with cunning hand be wrought
And clothed oil in gansents made of Um,
Hemd all about with fiinge of niter twine :
Uppon b&r head she wore a crowne of gold |
To shew that she had powre in things divioe :
And at her fecte a crocodile was rold,
Tttat with her wreathed taile ba middle did enibld.
One foote was set uppon the erocodilei
And on the ground the other fast did stand ;
So meaning to suppresae both forged gtiile
And open force : and in her other hand
She stretched forth a long white sclender wand.
Such was the goddeaae ; whom when BlJtomaK
Had long behi-ld, berselfe uppon the land
She did prostrfte, and with right humble hart
Unto berselfe her silent players did impart.
To which the idoU as it were inclining
Her wand did move with amiable looke.
By outward shew ber inward sence deaning :
Who well perceiving bow her wand she shoidte.
It as a token of good fortune tooke.
By tbia the day with dampe was overcast.
And ioyuus light the house of love forsooke :
Which when she saw her helmet she unlaste.
And by the altars dde berselfe to slumber ptaate.
For other beds the priests there used none.
But on their mother Earths deare lap did lie,
Arul bake their sides uppon the cold hard stone,
T enure themselves to sufferaunce thereby.
And proud rebellious ilesh to mortify :
For, by the vow of their religion.
They tied were to stedfkst chastity
And continence of life; that, all forgon,
They mote the better tend to tbeii devotion.
Therefore tbey mote not taste of fledily food.
Me feed on ought the which doth bloud conuine,
Ne drioke of wine ; for wine they say is blood.
Even the bloud of gyanta, wluch vrere slaine
By thuridring love in the Phlegrean plaine :
For which the Earth (as they the stmy tellj
Wroth with the gods, which to perpetual! paiiK
Had damn'd ber sonnes which gainst them did rebel].
With in ward griefe and malice did against them swell :
And of their vitall bloud, the which was shed
Into her pregnsnt bosome, forth she brought
The fruitfljll vine ; whose liquor blouddy red.
Having the mindM of men with fury fraught.
Mote in them slirre up old rebellious thought
To make new warre against the gods againc :
Such is the powre of that same Iruit, that nought
Hie fell coiitB^on may thereof restraine,
Ne within reasons rule her madding mood containe.
There did the warlike maide berselfe repose.
Under the wings of Isis all that night i
And with iweete rest her heavy eyes did close,
Afler that long daiea toile and weary plight:
Where whilest ber earthly parts with soft delight
Of sencelesse sleepe did deeply drowned lie,
There did appeare unto ber heavenly spright
A wondrous vision, which did close implie
The course of all Iwr fottuite and poalciitie.
THE FAERIE Q.UEENE.
US
To Isis, deckt with mitre on ber bed
And linneD stole *Aer thou piiotei guiie,
All lodMiiidj she nw tmufigured
Her liDHD stole to robe of scarlet red,
And moone^like mitre to ■ ouwiic of gold ;
That tnea *be henelfe much wandered
At tuch s chaunge, aiid ioyed to behold
Menelfe adorn'd with genu uid ieweli manifald.
And, in the midM of ber fUicHf,
An hideoua tempest snemtd tnai below
To rise through all the umple •odainelr,
Hial from the altw all about did blow
The bol; fire, and all the ember* strow
UppoD the ground ; wfaicb. kindled privily.
With thai
Under the idols feete in feareletee bowre,
Seem'd to awake in bomble dismay.
As bciiig troubled with that stormy stowre ;
And gqnng greedy wide lUd strdght devoure
Both fi^uea and tempest j with which growen great,
And iwolne with pride of tus owoe peerelesse powre.
He gan to threaten her likewise to eat ;
But that the goddesse with ber rodhim backs did beat.
Tho, taming all his pride to humbleaae maeke,
HimseUb before her feete he lowly threw.
And gan for grace and love irf her to seeke :
Which she accepting, he so nearc her drew,
lint of his game she soone enwombed grew.
And furth did bring a lion of great might.
That shortly did all other beasta subdew :
With tlM she waked full of fearefull ftigbl.
And doubtAiUy diamayd through that so uncouth
sight.
So thero^tpon long while the muring lay,
With thousand thoughts feeding her (kntaue ;
Undll she spida the tampe of lightsome day
Up-lifted in the porch of Heaven liie :
T^en up she roae fV«ught with meUuicholy,
And forth into the lower pans did pai.
Whereas the priests the found full busily
About thor holy dungs for morrow mas ;
Whom she saluting faiie, &ire resaluted was :
But, by the change of ber uncheuefolt looke,
They might perceive she was not well in plight.
Or that some penuveness to heart she tooke :
Therefore thus <me of them, wbo seem'd in tight
To be tbe gtnUest sad the gravest vrigbt.
To her bespake ; ■• Sir Kuight, it teemes to me
Tbat, thorough erill rest of this last night.
Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be ;
That by your change of cbeare is came for to see. "
" Certes," sayd she, " rilh ye so well have spide
The troublous panion of tny pensive mind,
I will not kAx the same fitim you to hide j
But will my cares unfolde, in hope to find
ITour aide to guide me out of errour blind."
■■ 8aj on," quoth be, " the secret of your hart :
For, by the holy vow which me doth bind,
1 aiD adiur*d best counseTl to Impart
ToalllhMdiall require my com&tt in Ibair mart. "
Then gan she to declare the whole diacoUTM
Of all that vision which to her appeard.
As well as to her minde it had recourse.
All which when he unto the end had beard.
Like to a weake faint-hearted man he fared
Through great astonishment of that strange sight t
And, with long locks up-iMnding s^Bj, stared
" MagniBeke virgin, that in qudnt disguise
Of British annes doest maske thy royidl blood.
So to pursue a perillous emprise ; [hood.
How couldst thou weene, through thai lUsguInd
To hide Ihy state &om bdng understood?
Can from th' immortall gods ought hidden bee ?
The; doe thy linage, and thy lordly brood.
They doe thy sire lamenting sore for thee.
They doB thy love forlonie in womeos thisldome sec.
" Tbe csid whereof, and all the long event.
They do to thee in this same dreame discover ^
For that same crocodile doth represent
TIm righteous knight that is thy faithfiill lover.
Like to Osyris in all iust endever ;
For that same crocodile Osyris is.
That under Itis fbete doth steepe for ever ;
To shew that clemence oft, in things amis, [his.
He&trainea those steme behests and crueU doomcs of
" That kiJght shall all the troublous stonnes asawage
And raging flames, that many foes shall reare
To hinder thee from tbe iuit heritage
Of thy sires ciowne, and from thy countrey deare ;
Then shalt thou take him to thy loved fere.
And ioyne in equall portion of thy realme :
And afterwards a sonne to him shalt beare.
That lion-like shall shew his powre eitreame.
So blesse thee God, and give thee ioyaace of thy
All which when she unto the end had heard.
She much was eased in her ooublous though^
And on those priests bestowed rich reward;
And royall gifts of gold and silv« wrought
She for a present to their goddesse brought.
Then taking leave of them she forward went
To seeke her love, where be was to be sought i
He rested till she came without relent
Unto the land of Amaioos, as she was bent.
Whereof whoi ikewe* to Radigund Was brought.
Not with aoiase, aa wam«n wonted bee,
8be waa ccMiAisad in her troublous thought;
But fild with cotirage and with ioyous gle^
As glad to beai« of arnica, the wUch now sbe
Had long surceast, she bad to open bold.
That she the face of her new foe might see:
But when they of that yron man bad told.
Which late ber folke had slaioe, she bad than fijrtb
to bold.
So there widiout the gala, as seemad best.
She caused ber pavilion be pight ;
In which stout Britoman benelfe did reM,
Whiles Talus watched at tbe dare all night.
All ni^t likewise they of the towne in tHght
Uppon their wall good watch and ward did kaepe.
The morrow next, so soone as dawning light
Bad doe away the dampe of drouue sleepe.
The warlike Amaaon out of ber bowre did peepe;
us spe;
And caused streiKht ■ trumpet loud to ihiill.
To wirne her foe lo battell xHnie be prert :
Who, long before awoke, (for she full ill
Could ileepe all nigbt, that in unquiet brest
Did cloKly hnrixiur such a icBloua gueil)
Wu to the battell whilouic mdy dight.
EfUoones that wirrioureHe with haught;r 'f^**
Did forth issue all read; for tbe fight ;
On th' other side her foe appeared MXHie in nght.
But, ere they reared band, the Amuone
Began the streight conditions to propound.
With wiiich she used still to tyc bet fone.
To aerre her so, •* she the rest had bound :
Which when the other heard, slie sternly frownd
For high disdaiue of luch indignity.
And would no lengei treat, but bad them wnind :
For her no other lermei should ever tie
Then what presciibed were by lawea of cberaliM.
Hie tmnipets sound, and they together run
With greedy rage, and with their faulchins smot;
Ne atber sought tbe others stnAes to shun,
But through great fuiy both their akiU forgot,
Ard practiclce use in annes ; ne spared not
Their dainty parts, which Nature bad created
So fiure and lender without stajne or spot
For other uses then they them translated ; [hated.
Whidi tbey now hackt and hewd as if such use Ihey
As when a tygre and ■ lionewe
Are met at spoyling rf some hungry pray,
Both challenge it with equall greedinesse :
But first the tygre clawes thereon did lay ;
And therefore loth to loose her ri^l away
Doth in defence thereof full stoutly stoid:
To which the lion strongly doth gainesay,
That she to hunt the beast first tooke in bond ;
Aod therefore ought it have whererer she it fond.
Full fiercely Uyde the Amaaon about.
And dealt her blowes unmercifully sore ;
Wluch Britomart withstood with courage stout.
And them repaide agaiiie with double more.
80 \img they fought, that all tbe gnusie flora
Was fild with bloud which from their sides did flow.
And gushed through their armes, thai all in gore ,
Tbey trode, and on the ground their lives did straw.
Like fruitles seede, of whidi untimely death should
At last proud Radlgund witfi fell de^ght,
Havii^ by chaunce espide adrantage neare.
Let iiin at her with all her dmdfVH might.
And thus upbrayding aaid ; " This token beore
Unto the man whom thou doeat love so dsare ;
And tell him for his sake thy life tbou ga*est."
Which ipiletiiU words she sore engirieT'd to heare
tyuia answer'd ; " Lewdly thou my lore depraveit.
Who abortly must repent that now ao vainely
bravest."
NathlesM that stroke so cniell passage found.
That glauneing on her shoulder-plate il bit
Unto the bone, and nuide a griesly wound.
That die he shield through raging smart of it
Could Bcalse uphold ; yet soone she it requit 1
For, having force increaat through furious peine.
She her so rudely on the helmet smtt
That it empieroed 10 (he very braine.
And her proud person low prostrited on tbe plain*.
Wbera being layd, tbe vrolhftill Britonesse
Slayd not till she came to herselfe againe ;
But in revenge both of her lores distrease
And her late vile reproch though vaunted vaine.
And also of her wound which sore did paine.
She with one stroke both head and belmel deft :
Which dreadfull sight when alt her warlike trains
There present saw, each one of sence bereft
Fled flut into the towne, and her sole victor left.
But yet so IVuI they could not home retrate,
But that <w!fl Talus did ths fbrmoM win ;
And, pressing through tbe preace unto tbe gate,
Felmell with them attonce did enter in :
There then s piteous slaughter did begin i
For all that ever came within liis reach
He with his yron Bale did thresh ao thin,
Thalhenoworkeatall left fbr the leach ; [pewb.
Like to an hideous storme, which nothing ntay en^
And now by this tbe noble eonquerease
Herselfe came in, her glory to part^e ;
Where though revengefiill vow she did professe.
Yet, when she saw the heapes which he did make
Of slaughtred carkasses, her heart did quake
For very ruth, which did it aloioat rive.
That she his fury willed him to slake :
For else he sure had left not one alive ;
But all, in bis revenge, of sfHrile would deprive.
Tho, wbai aba had his eiacutioii slayd.
She for that yron prison <Ud enquire.
In which ber wretched love was captive layd 1
Wbich breaking open with indignant ire,
She entred into all tbe partes entire :
Where when she saw that lothly uncouth sight
Of men disgiux'd in womaniahe attire.
Her heart gan grudge for very deepe despight
Of so unmanly maske in misery misdigfat
At last whenas to her owne love sbe came.
Whom like disguiic no Irsse deformed had.
At sight thereof abasht with secrete shame
She turnd her head aside, as nothing glad
To have beheld a spectacle so biui ;
And then too well believ'd that which tofore
lealous suspect as tfue untruely drad :
Which vaine conceipt now nourishing no more.
She sought with ruth to salve his sad misfortunes sore.
Not BO great wonder and astonishment
Did the most chast Penelope possesee.
To see her lord, that was repeated drent
And dead long since in dolorous distresse,
Come home to ber in piteous wretcbednease,
Afler long travell of full twenty yorei ;
That she knew not tiis fcvours likelynease,
For many scarrea and many hoary bans ; [ftaPM.
But stood long staring on him mongst uncertaine
" Ah! ray deare lead, what nght is this," quotb aha,
" What May-game hath misfoTtune made of you?
Whoe is that dreadfbll manly looks ? where be
Those mighty palmes, the which ye wont t' anbresv
In bloud of kinga, and great hoaatea to subdew ?
Could ought oil Earth so wondrous change bava
wrought,
As to have robde you of that manly hew ?
Could BO great courage stouped have to ouriit?
Tlien farewell, fleshly fbrce ; I see thy pride is
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Thenceforth ihe nni^t- inU ■ boma him bnnight.
And cauiil him thow unconwlj wcedea undight ;
And in theii steeile for othei nyroent >ought.
Whereof there wu greet Hure, and ermon bright.
Which hud bcene jeli from many ■ noble knight;
Whom tliet pnnid Anuuon lubdewed hed,
Whilot Tortune brourd ber success* in fight :
In whi^ wbenea she him anew hed clad,
Sba was reriv'd, end ioyd much in hie lemblance
glad.
So there avhile the; afkowarda remained,
Him to nfinh, and htr lat« wounds to heale ;
During which apace she there M prioecM nioed ;
And changing all that forme of cooioion-weele
The libertj of women did repeale.
Which th^ had long usurpt; end, them reatoring
To mens Buhiection, did true iiutice deele :
That all the;, as a godd«H her adoring.
Her wiiedome did admire, and haarkned to her
loring.
For all thoH knighti, which long in captive shade
Had shrowdcd bene, she did from thialdome free }
And magiitiales of all that city made.
And gare to them great liring aivd large fe« :
And, that they should for eyer faithful! bee.
Made them sweare fealty to Art^all :
Who when bimielfe now well recur'd did see.
He purposd to proceed, whatM befall,
Uppon his first adventure which him forth did call.
Full aad and sorrowfull waa Britomart
For his departure, her new cause of griefe ;
Yet wisely moderated her owne smart.
Seeing bis honor, which she tendred chiefe,
Conaitted much in that adventures prieTe :
The care whereof, and hope of his successe,
Gne unto ber great comftm and reliefe ;
That womanish complaints she did represse,
And timpred for the time her present heavineMe.
TiUth
le continu'd for a
ledidm
Then, hoping that the change of aire and place
Would change her paine and sorrow somewhat eaj
She parted thence, her anguish to appease.
Heane while her noble lord sir Artegall
Went on lus way ; De ever howre did cease,
Till he ledeemed had that lady thrall :
That for another canto will more fitly fall.
Prince Atthure and sir Artegall
Free Samient from feare :
Ibey slay the Soudan ; diire his wifb
AtUda to deqiaire.
Nonaav under Heaven so strongly dolh allure
'nMaenceofman, and all hia ninde poaaose,
As besutieB knely baite, that doth procure
Oreat wairisun oft their rigour to rtpresse.
And mighty bands forget their maoUiMaae ;
Drawn* with the powra of an bearuiobbing eye,
AikI wt^ in fttten of a golden tresse,
ThM can with melting pleawunce moUifye
Tbair iMvdned hearts •nur'd to bloud and cruelty.
Iiylome leamd that ihighty lewish aWaiiie,
Each of whose lockee did match a nun in might,
To lay his spoilea before his lenuns traine :
So also did that grot Oetean knight
lis love sake his hons skin undight ;
so (Ud warlike Antony neglect
The worlds whole rule for Cleopatras siglit.
Such wondrous powre hath wcmcns faire aspect
To c^itive men, and make them all the world reiect.
Yet could it not steme Ait^all retaine,
Nor bold from suite of hia avowed quest.
Which be had undertane to Gloriane ;
But left his love (albe ber alrong request)
Faire Britomart in languor and unrnt.
And rode himselfe uppon hia Gnt intent ;
Ne day nor night did ever idly reat ;
Ne wight but onely Talus with him went,
Hie true guide of his way and vertuous gOTemment.
So travelling, he chauntt far off to heed
A danuell ^ng on a palfrey fiut
Before two knights that after her did speed
With all their powre, and her full fiercely cbast
In hope to have ber overhent at last :
Yet fied she tkst, and both them farre outwent.
Carried with wings of feare, like fowie aghoat.
With locks oil looM!, and rayment all to rent;
And ever as she rode her eye was backeward bent.
w another knight.
Soonc after these I
That after those tv
With speore in rest, and prickt with sU his might:
So ran they alt, as they had bene at bace,
They being chased that did others chace.
At length he saw the hindmost overtake
One of those two, and force him tume hia face '
However loth he were his way to alake,
Yet mote he algates now abide, and answere make^
But th' other still purau'd the fearclHill mayd:
Who still from him as fast away did flie,
Ne once for ought her speedy passage stayd,
Tilt that at length she did befure her spie
Sr Artegsll, to whom she atrcight did hie
With gladfull hast, in hope of him to get
Succour against her greedy enimy :
Who seeing her approch gan forward aet
To save her fhim her feare, and him &om force to let.
But be, like hound full greedy of hi* pisy.
Being impatient of impediment,
Continu'd still his courae, and by the way
Ibought with his speare him qui^it have overwent.
So both together, ylike felly bent,
Like fiercely met : but Artegall was stronger,
And l>etler skild in tilt and tumament,
And bore him quite out of hia saddle, longer
Then two speares length : so mischiefe overmatcht
the vrronger:
And in hia fall misfiMtune him mialoiAe ;
For on hia head unhappily he pight.
That his owne vrai^t his necke asunder broke.
And left there dead. Meane while the odiet knight
Defeated had the other faytour qui^
And all Ma bowela in hia body brast :
Whom leaving there in livt ifi^teoua plight.
He ran still on, thinking to follow faat
His Other fUlow Pi«an which before him past.
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Initmd of whom fiading thae ready preM
Sii Arttgall, witliout ditcrecioD
He Bt bim nn with ludy upearc in r«t ;
Who, «eeing him cotno still so fiercely on,
Agnillbt liim made sgajne : eo both anon
Together met, Biut «roo({lj dthei atroote
And broke their tpeaita ; yet tieicfaer tuu forgon
Hii boraeg backe, yet to and iro long shooke
And hXtied, like two towro which through a tem-
pett quooke.
But, when sgainc they had recovered aence,
Tbcy drew their awards, in mind to nuke unendB
For what their apearca hod byld of their pretence :
Which when the damzell, who those deadly enda
Of both her foea had Kcne, and now her frendj
For Iwr begiiuiing a more fearefuU fny ;
She to them runoea in haat, and her haire reoda,
Crying (u them their cruell handa to atay,
Unlill they both do beare what the to them will aay.
lliey atayd their hands ; whenahelhuagantoapeake:
•■ Ah ! gentle knighta, what mean* ye thua unwiae
Upon youiselva anothcra wroog to wreuke?
I am die wrong'd, whom ye did enterprite
Both to redreue. and both redrest likewise :
Witneaae the Paynima both, whom ye may ie«
There dead on groand : what doe je then deiile
Of more rerenge 7 if more, then I am abee [mee."
Whkb waa the roote of ail ; end your revenge on
Whom when they heard so say, tbey lookt about
To weete if it were true aa ihe bad told ;
Where when they saw tfaor foea dead out of doubt,
Eftaoonea they gan their wrotfafutl handa to bold,
And rentailea reare each other to behold.
Tbo, when aa Artegall did Arthure vew,
So fiure a creature and ao wondrous bold.
He much admired both hia heart and hew.
And touched with intire affection nigli him drew ;
Saying, " Sir Knight, of pardon I you pray.
That aU unweeting have you wrong'd thus sore,
Suflring my hand against my heart to stray ;
Which if ye pleaae forgive, I will therefore
Ye^d for amenda myaelfe youra evermore,
Oi whatso penaunce hlial] by you be red."
To whom the prince ; " Certes me needetb n
To cfSTB the ai
Aa that I did nuEtake t
lisled,
ir the ded.
It both our blamea ahaU die,
npasae xioae be made,
Jo gan tbcy both Ihemaelvea full eath penwade
To &ire accordaunce, and both faults to shade,
Kitber embracing other loringly.
And awiaiing faith to either on hia blade,
Nerer thencef«tfa to nourish enmity,
But atber ocbera cauae ts mainlune mutually.
ThcD Artegall gan of the prince enquire,
What were those knighta which there on ground
wereUyd,
And had recav'd their fblliea worthy hire.
And tbr what cause they chaaed so that mayd.
" Certea I wote not well," the prince then sayd,
" But by adventure found them faring ao,
As by the way unweetingly I Btrayd,
And lo [ the damiell ael&, wheiu» all did grow.
Of whom w« may at will the whole occaaao know."
Then tbey that damxell called to tbem nie.
And aaked her, what were those two her fone.
From whom she eant so feat away did flic ;
And what was ahe heraelfe so woe-begonc.
And for what cause purtu'd of them atlone.
To whom she tbua -. " Then wote yc well, that I
Doe serve a quccne that not tmr hence doth wone,
A princeaae of great powie and maiestie, [nic.
Famous through all the world, and honour'd Ihr and
" Her name Mercilta nioal men use to call ;
That is a mayden queene of high renowne.
For ber great bounty knowen over all
And soveraine grace, with which her royall croivnc
She dolb support, and strongly beateth dmvne
The malice of ber foes, which her envy
And at her hapimieaso do fret and frowne ;
Yet ahe hcnelfe the more doth magnify,
And even to her foea her mercies multiply.
" Mongat many which maligne her happy state,
There is a mighty man, which wonnes here by.
That with most fell despight and deadly hale
Seekes lo aubvert ber crowne and dignity.
And all his powre doth thereunto apply :
And ber good knights (of which ao brare a band
He either apoilea, if they against him stand.
Or to his part allures, and btibeth under hand.
" Ne him sufficeth all the wrong and ill.
Which he unto her people does each day ;
But that he seekes by trayterous tnunes to spill
Her person, and her sacred selfe to slay :
That, O ye Heavena, defend ! and tume away
From her unto the miscreant himaelfe ;
That neither hath religion nor fay,
But makes his god of hia ungodly pelfe.
And idoles serves t so let his idols ser^c the Elfi: !
" To all which Cmell tyranny, they say.
He is provokt, and stird up day and night
By his bad mfe that hight Adicia ;
Who counsels him, through confidence of might,
To breake all bonds of law and rules of right :
For she berselfe profesneth mortal] foe
To lustice, and against her still doth fight.
Working, to all that love her, deadly woe.
And making all her kmghti and people to doc sa
" Which my liege lady seeing, thought it best
With that hia wife in fHcndly wise to deole.
For stint of strife and atabliahment of rent
Both 10 herselfe and to her common-we^.
And all forepast diKpleastum lo repeale.
So me in message unto her sbe sent.
To treat with her, by way of enterdcale.
Of Snail peace and faire attoniiment
Which might concluded be by mutuall consent.
" All limes have wont safe passage to aflbrd
To messengers that come for causes iust :
But this proude dame, disdayning all accord.
Not onely into bitter letme* forth bruat,
Retiliag me and rayling aa she luat.
But lastly, to make proofe of utmost ahamc.
Me like a dog ahe out of dores did thrva^
Miacalling mc by many a bitter name.
That never did ber 111, nc once dm fed blamca
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■■ And lastly, thiil no iluune might wuitlng be,
Wbea I xoa gone, soone after me site sent
These two tklie knigbu, whom there ye lying lee,
To be by tbcm dithonoured and sheat ;
But, thuikt be God, and your good hRidiment !
They have the price of Iheir owne folly payd."
So said ttuB dauttelt, that hight Kiunient ;
And to those knights for their ■□ noble ayd
Ucnelfc moet gralefull shew'd, and heaped thanjia
But they now having throaghly heard and seene
All tlMxe great wrongs, the which that inayd conv-
To have bene done against her lady queene [plained
By that proud dame, which her u much disdained.
Were moved much thereat, and twiil them fained
With all their force to worke aTengemeni girong
Uppon the Souldan oelfe, which It mayntained,
And on his lady, th' author of that wrong,
And uppon all those knights that did to her belong.
But, thinking best by counterfet disguise
To their desejgae to make the easier way.
They did this complol twixt Ibemselvea devise :
First, that sir Attegall should him array
Like one oT those Iwoluughts which dead there lay j
And then that damiell, the lod Samieni,
Should 01 his purchast priie wich him con*aj
Unlo the Souldans court, her to present
Unto his icomefult lady that for her had sent.
So as tb^ had derii'd, tar Artegall
Him dad in tb' armour of a Pagan knigbt,
And taking with hint, as his vanquisht thrall.
That daiDull, led her to the Souldana right :
Where aoone as his proud wife of her had sigh^
Forth of her window as she looking lay.
She weened streight it was her Paynim knight.
Which brought that damiell as his purchast pray ;
And sent to him a page tiiat mute direct his way :
Who, bringing them to their appointed place,
ORVed his service to disarmc the knight ;
But he refusing him to let unlace,
For doubt to be discovered by his sight.
Kept hinuelfe still in his straunge armour djght :
Sitone after whom the prince arrived there,
And, sending to the Souldan in despight
A bold defymnce, did of him requere
That damiell whom he held aa wrongfuU prisonere.
Wherewith the Souldan all with furie frat^ht.
Swearing and banning most blasphemously,
Commaunded straight his armour to be brought ;
And, mounting straight upon a charret hye,
(With yron wbeeles and hookea arm'd dreadAilly,
And dnwite of cnull sleedes which he had fed
With flesh of men, whom throagb t^l tyranny
He slaughlred had, and ere they were halfe ded
Thar bodie* to his beoates for provender did spred;)
b forth he
So forth he canw all in a cote of plate
Bumisbt with bloudie rust ; whiles on tlie greene
The Briton prince him resdie did awayte
In glistering annes right goodly well beseene,
Hiat shone as bright as doth the Heaven ibaene ;
And by his stirrup Talus did attend.
Flaying his pages part, as he had beene
BefOTe directed by his lord ; to I"-' — '
He ahoold his M\e to Bnall eie
Thus goe they both together to their gcore
With like fierce minds, but meaniiigi difTuront:
For the proud Souldan, H'illi presunijituous choore
And countenance sublime and insolent.
Sought onely slaughter and avengemrnt;
But the brave prince for honour and for right.
Gainst tortious powre and lawlesse regiment,
In the bchslfe of wronged weake did flght :
More in his causes truth he trusted the-i in might.
Like to the Thracion tyrant, who they say
Unto bis bones gave bis guests for meat.
Till he himselfe was made their greedie pray.
And tome in [Heces by Alddes grcatj
So thought the Souldan, in his follies threat.
Either the prince in peeces to have torne
With his sharpe wbeeles in his first rages beat.
Or under his fierce horses feet have borne.
And trampled downe in dust hii thoughts disdained
But the bold child that perill well espying,
If he too rashly to his charret drew,
Gave way unto his horses specdie flying.
And their resistlesse rigour did eschew :
Yet, as be passed by, the Pagan threw
A shivering dart with so impetuous force,
Thst, bad he not it shunn'd with heedfull vew.
It had himfelfe transGied or his horse, [morse.
Or nuide them both one masse withouten more rts
Otl drew the prince unto his charret nigh.
In hope some stroke to fasten on him neare ;
But he was mounted in his sent so high.
And his wing-footed couneis him did bcare
So fast away, that, ere his resdie speare
He could advance, be farre was gone and post ;
Yet still he him did follow every where,
And followed was of him likewise full ftsl.
So long ai in hia steedes the Saming breath did lost.
Again e the Fagan threw another dart,
Of which he bad with him abundant store
On every side of his embatteld cart.
And of all other weapons lesse or more.
Which warlike uses had devis'd of yore ;
llie wicked shaft, guyded through tli' ayrie wydo
By some bad spirit tJiat it to mischicfe bore,
Stayd not, till through his curat it did glyde.
And made a griesly wound in h'
Much was he grieved with thsit haplesse tlvoe,
That opened tod the welspring of his blood ;
But much the more that to his hotefull foe
He mote not come to wteake his wrathfull mood :
That made him rave, like to a lyon wood,
"" ' ' ' ' lunded of (he buntsmans bond
Canno
-ehim
Still when be sought t^ approch unto bim ny
His charret wbeeles about him whirlcil round.
And made him backc againe as fast to Ay ;
And eke his steedes, like to an hungry hound
Tiiat hunting after game hslh carrion found.
So cruelly did him purscw and cbace,
Thtt his good steed, all were he much rcnound
For noble courage and for bardie race, [plpf^A
Durst not endure their sight, but tied from plnci
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Thus long thej treat and traTOret to and Era,
Seeking b; every way to make some breach ;
Yet could the prince not nigh unto him goe.
That one sure stroke he might tmto him reach.
Whereby his strengthea assay he might him teach :
At last, from hia victoiious shield he drew
The Tiiile, which did hia pDwrefuU light empeech ;
And comming full before his horses vew,
As they upon him preat, it plains to them did shew.
Like tightening flash that hath the gaier burned.
So did the sight thereof their sense dismay,
That bscke againe upon themielves they turzied.
And with their ryder raone perforce away ;
Ve could the Souldan them from flying stay
With raynea or wonted rule, aa well be knew:
Nought feared they what he could do or say.
But th' onely feare that was before their tbw ;
From which like mazed deere disma^lly they flew.
Fast did they fly as tbem there feete could beare
High over hillea, and lowly orer dalea,
Aa they were follow'd of theit former feare :
In vaine the Pagan bBmies,and sweaiei,and raylea,
And backe iviih both his hands unto him hayles
The reaty raynes, r^;arded now no more :
He to tbem callea and speakes, yet nought avayles ;
They lieare him not, (hey have forgot hia lore ;
But go wbicb way they list ; their guide they have
Aa when the firie-mouthed steedea, which drew
The Snnnea bright wayne to Phaetons decay,
Soone aa they did the monstroua scorpion vew
With ugly craplea crawling in their way.
The dr^dfull sight did tbem so sore aOnty,
That their well-knowen courses they forwent;
And, leading th' ever burning lampe astray,
Hiia lower world nigh all to ashes brent.
And left their scorclied path yet in the Armament
Such was the furie of these head-strong steeda,
Soone as the infanU sunlike shield they saw.
That all obedience both to wards and deeda
Theyquiteforgot^andseomd ail former law: [draw
Hirough woods, snd rocks, andmountoines they did
The yron charet, and the wheeles did tearc,
And tost tbe Faynim without feare or awe ;
From side to ude they lost him here and there.
Crying to them in vaine that nould his crying beare,
Yet BtiU tbe prince pursew'd Mm dose behind.
Oft making offer him to smite, but found
Ko casie nwanes according to bis mind :
At last they have all overthrowne to ground
Quite lopaide turvcy, and the Pagan hound
Amongst the yron biwkes and graptea keene
Tome all to rags, and rent with many a wound ;
That no whole peece of him was to be seene,
But scaltred all about, and strow'd upon the greene.
IJke as the ciuaed
That following '^"
""- "- his stepd
lis faire liml
le of Theseus,
jat following his chace in dewy raorne,
1 By his stepdames love outrageous,
ui hit owne atcedes was all to peecea tome.
And his faire limbs left in the woods forlome ;
That for his sake Diana did lament,
And all the woody nympbea did wayle and moun
80 waa this Souldain rapt and alt to rent.
That of his shape appear'd no litle moniment.
Onely hia shield and armour, which there lay.
Though nothing whale, but all to brus'd and IncAen,
He up did take, and with him brought away.
That mole remaine for an etemall token
To all, mangst whom this storie should be spoken.
How worthily, by Heavens high decree,
lustice that day of wrong herselib had wroken ;
That all men, which that apeclade did see.
By like enaample mote for ever warned bee.
Yet not, aa women wont, in dolefull fit
She waa dismayd, or faynted through affright.
But gathered unto her her troubled w'
devil
veng
1 for it
Streight downe she ranne, like an eiuvged cow
That is berobbed of her youngling dere.
With knife in hand, and falalty cUd tow
To wreake her on that mayden messengere.
Whom she had causd be kept as prisonere
By Arlegall, misween'd for her owne knight.
That brougbther backe: and, coraming present then^
She at her ran with all ber force and might.
All flaming with revenge and furious despight
Like raging Ino, when with knife in hand
She threw ber husbands murdred infant out ;
Or fell Medea, when on Colchickc strand
Her brothers bones she scattered all about ;
Or as that madding mother, mongat the rout
Of Bacchua priests, her owne deare flesh did teare :
Yet neither Ino, nor Medea stout.
Nor all the Msnades so furious were.
As this bold woman when she saw that damiell theni
But Artegall being thereof aware
Did stay her cruell hand ere ehe her raught ;
And, OS she did herselfe to strike prepare.
Out of her tist the wicked weapon caught :
With that, like one onfelon'd or distraught.
She forth did rome whether her rage her bore.
With fronticke paHsion and with iiirie fraught ;
And, breaking forth out at a posteme dore.
Unto the wilde wood ranne, her dolours to dept<HV :
As a mad bytch, whenas the franticke fit
Her burning tongue with rage inflamed both,
DolJi runne at randon, and witll furious bit
Snatching at every thing dolli wreake her wnth
On man and beast that commelh in her path.
There they due say that she transformed was
Into a tygre, and that tygrea scath
In crveltie and outrage she did pas,
To prove ber surname true, that she imposed has.
Then Artegall, himadfe diacoveiiog plaine.
Did iaaue forth gainst all that warlike rout
Of knighta and armed men, which did maintaine
That ladies part and to the Souldon lout :
All which he did asaault with courage stout.
All were they nigh an htmdred knights of namt^
And like wyld gooles them disced all about.
Flying from place 10 place with cowheord shaioe ;
So that with finall force them all be ovcmmc.
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Then earned he tbe gktet be opened wyde ;
And there the prince, as lictour of that day.
With bTUinph entertayii'd and glorifjrde,
Fretenting him with all the rich tmj
And roiall pomp, which there loDg hidden lay,
Furchaat through lawleue powre tnd tortious irro
Of that proud Souldan, whom he earn did ilay.
So both, for rest, there haviog stayd not long,
Harebt with that mayd; fit matter for another u
Aidiur and ArtEgall eatch Ouyle
Whom Talus doth dismay :
They to Mcrcillaes pallice come.
And see her rich arr^.
What tygn, ca- what other lalTage ni^l.
Is ao exceeding Airious and fell
Aa Wrung, when it hath ann'd ilselft wldi might ?
Hat fit mongat men that 6oe with reaaon mell,
BulmoDgst wy hi beaMs, and ulvage woods, to dwell ;
Where snll the stronger duth the weake deroure,
Aod tbey that moat in boldnease doe eicell
Are dreadded most, and feared for their powre ;
fU fur Adicia there to build her wicked bowre.
T^ere let her wonne, tme from resort of men,
Where lighteoua Artegall her laU eiyled ;
There let her ever ke^pe her damned den,
Where ciHie may be with ber lewd parts defyled,
Nor none but beasts may be of her despoyled :
And tume we to tbe noble prince, whne late
Wc did him leave, alter that he had foyled
The cTuell Sotildao, and with dreadfuU fate
Had utterly subverted his unrighteous state.
Where having with ar AfUgall a space
Well sohut in that Souldans late delight,
Tbey both, reaolving now to leave the place,
Botli it and all die wealth therein behight
Unto that damndl and her ladies right.
And so wonld have departed on their way :
But she them woo'd, by all the nmnes she might,
And eameatly besought to wend that day
With her, ta see her Uidie tbence not farrs away.
By whose entreade both tbey ovcrcoramen
Agree to gou with her ; and by the way,
As often falles, of sundry thinss did commenj
Mongst which that damzell did to them bewray
A straunge adventure which not farre thence lay ;
To weet, a wicked villaine, hold and stout.
Which wonned in a rocke not fane away.
That robbed all the countrie thereabout.
And brought the [ullage home, whence none could
Tbertto both his owiie wylie wit, she ssyd.
And eke the fastnesse of hb dwelling place.
Both iinsssnj'labli'i gave Hm great ayde :
For be so cnlty was to forge and face.
So light of band, and nymble of his pace,
So smooth of tongue, and subtile in his tale,
That could deceive one looking in his face :
Therefore by name Malengin they him call,
frell knowen by his feates, and famous over all.
llrougfa these his iligbts he many doth confbund :
' nd eke the rocke, in whieh he wonts to dwell,
wondrous strong, and hewn fiuTe under ground,
A dreadfUll depth, how deepe no man can tell ;
But some doe say it goeth downe to Hell :
And, all within, it full of wyndings is
And hidden wayes, that scarse an hound by smell
Can follow out those false footsteps of his,
an backe letume that once are gone amis.
Which when thoae knighta had' beard, their hearts
ganeame
nderstand that rilldns dwelling place.
And greatly it desir'd of bar to leame,
^nd by which way they towards it should trace.
' Were not,"sayd she, " that it should let your pace
Towards my ladies presence by you ment,
I would you guyde directly to the place."
" Then let not that," said they, " stay your intent ;
For neitber will one foot, till we that carle have bent."
So forth they peat, titi tbey approcbed ny
Unto the rocke where was the villeins won :
Which when the damsell neare at hand did spy,
■m'd the knights thereof 1 who thereupon
I adviie what best were to be done.
So both agreed to send that mayd afore.
Where she might sit nigh to the den alone,
Wayling, and raysing pittifuli uprore.
As if she did some great calamitie deplore.
With noyie whereof whenas the nylive carle
Should issue forth, in hope to find some spoyle,
They in awayt would closely him ensnarle,
" ' " ■ I den he backward could recoyle ;
ould hope him eauly to foyle.
The damiell straight went, as she was directed,
Unto the rocke i and there, upon ■ soyle
Hairing heraelfe in vrretched wise abiected, [fecled.
"^ i weepe and wayle as if great griefe had her of-
The cry whereof entring the hollow cave
Eftaoones broijght forth the villaine, as they roent,
With hope of her some wishfuU boot to have:
Full dreadful! wight be was as ever went
Upon the Earth, with hollow eyes deepe pent.
And long curld locks tlut dawnchis shoulders shag-
And on his bocke an uncouth vesliment [ged.
Made of straunge Btu fie, but all to vromeand ragged.
And underneath his breech was all to tome and lagged.
And in bis hand an huge long stafTe he held.
Whose top was arm'd with many an yron hooke.
Fit to catch hold of all that he could weld.
Or in the compasse of his 'douches tooke ;
And ever round about he cost his looke :
AU at Ills backe a greet wyde net be bore.
With which he seldom fished at the brooke.
But u^ to fish for fooles on the dry dwre.
Of which he in faire weather wont to take great store.
Him when the dannell saw bst by her side.
So ugly creature, she was rugh dismayd ;
And now for beipe aloud in earnest cride :
But, when the villaine saw her to afirayd.
Tie gan with guilefull words her to perswade
To banish feare ; and with Sardonian tmyle
Lsugbing on ber, his fklse intent to shade,
Uan forth to lay his bayte bA- to beguyle, {wh'l>-
That from herself unwsres be might hrr ttealc
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Like u*tiic (buler on hin guIlefuU pyp«
Charmes to the birds full ninnj a pleuant la;.
That they tbe whiles may take lesse beedie keepe,
How he his nets dolh for their mine lay :
. 8a did the villoine to her prate uid play,
And many pleasant tricks before her show,
To tumc her eyes from his intent away :
For he in slights and iugling festea did flow,
And of l^^emayne the mysteriea did know.
To which whilait she lent her intentive mind,
That ovenprad her like a puSe of wind ;
Ran with her ftst away unto his mew,
-Crying for heipe aloud : but wbenaa ny
He came.unfs hia cave, and there did vew
The armed knights stopping his passage by.
He threw Jiis burden downe and tast away did fly.
But Artegall hin> aAer did purtew ;
Tbe wbilesthe prince there kept the entrance still :
Up to tbe rocke he isn, and thereon flew
Like a wyld goC^ leaping from hill lo hill,
And daundng an the craggy cliSes at will ;
That deadly daunger leem'd in all mens sight
To tempt such iteps, where footing was so ill ;
Ne ought Biayled for (he armed ktiight
To thiDke to follow him that was so swift and light.
Which when he law. Ha yron man he sent
To follow him ; far he was swift in choce :
He bim pursewd wherever that he went ;
Both over Tockes, and failles, and every place
Whereso he fled, he followd him apace :
So that he shortly forst him to forsake
The hight, and downe descend unto the base :
Tliere he .bim courst afresh, and soone did make
To leave his proper forme, and other aiiape to lake.
Into a foxe himaelfe he first did toume ;
But he him hunted Uke a foie full fast :
Then to a buah himselfe he did transforms ;
But he the bush did beat, till that at last
Into a bird it cbaung'd, and from him past.
Flying from tree lo tree, from wand lo wand :
But he then stones at it so long did cast.
That like a atone it &II upon the land ;
^ut he then tooke Uuf, and held fast in his hand.
So he it brought with him unto the knighta,
Aiul to Ills lord lii Artegall it lent.
Warning him hold it fast for feare of lights :
Who wbiieat in hand it gryping hard he lieut.
Into a hedgehogge all unwarea jt went,
And prickt him so that be away it threw :
Then gan it runne away incontinent,
Being returned to hia former hew ;
But Taluaioone bim oveitooke, and backward drew.
But, wlienas he would to a snake againe
Have tum'd himaelfe, he with hia yron flayle
Gan drive at him with so huge might and maine.
That all his bonea as small aa sandy grayle'
He broke, and did his bowels disentrayle.
Crying in vaine for heIpe, when helpe waa past j
So did deceipt the selfe^deceiver fayle :
^Jl^gn they him left a carrion outcaat
— and ibules to feede upon fbr their repast.
Thenco forth they passed with tliAt gentle mayd
" To see her ladie, as they did agree :
To which when she approched, thua she sayd;
" Loe now, right noble knighta, arriv'd ye bee
Nigh to the place which ye de^r'd to sec :
lliere shall ye see my soverayne ladie queene.
Most sacred wight, most debonayre and free.
That ever yet upon this Earth was aeene.
Or that with diademe hatfa ever crowned beene."
The gentle knighta reioyced much to heare
Tile prayses of that prince so manifold ;
And, passing litie further, commen were
Where they a stately pallace did behold
Of pompous show, much more then she' hgd told.
With many towres and tamis mounted hye.
And all their tops bright glistering with gold.
That seemed to out^sUne the dimmed skyc.
And with llieir biightnessa dai'd the straunge be-
holders eye.
There tbej alighting, by that damiell were
Directed in, and shewed all the tight ;
Whose porch, that most magniGcke did appeare.
Stood open wyde to all men day and night;
Yet warfed well by one of roickle might
That sate thereby, with gyant-like resemblanco.
To keepe out guyle, and malice, and despight,
Hial under shew oft-times of fayned semhlaDce,
hindrance :
His name was Awe ; by whom they passing in
Went up the hall, that was a large wyde roome.
All full of people making troublous din
And wondrous noyse, as if that there were some
Which unto them was deding righteous doome :
By whom they pasMng through the thickest preauQ
The marshall of tiie hall lo them did come.
They ceast their clamors upon them to gaze ;
Whom seeing all in armour bright aa day,
Straunge there to aee, it did them much amaie.
And with unwonted terror halfe affiay ;
For never saw they there the like array ;
Ne ever was the nam£ of waire there spoken.
But ioyous peace and quietnease alway
Dealing iust iudgments, that mote not be brokeo
For any brybes, or thrcates of any to be wroken.
There, as they entred at the scriene, they saw
Same one, whose tongue was for his trexpasse vyle
Nayld to a post, adiudged so by law ;
For that therewith he falsely did revyle
And foule blaspheme that queene for forged guyle.
Both with bold speachea which he blazed had.
And with lewd poems which he did compyle ;
For the bold title of a poet bad [^nd.
He on himselfe had ta'en, and rayling lymes had
Thua there heatiKid, wbileM hi|^ over hia head
lliere written waa tbt purport of his sis.
In cyphers strange, that few could righUy resd,
Bon Fmi ; but Son, that onee had written bin,
Waa raced out, and Mai was now put in :
So now Maffintt was plainely to be red j
Eyther far th' cvill which he did therein.
Or that he likened waa to a welhed
Of evill words, and wicked sclaundeia b; him shed.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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Tfaef, pasung bj, were guyded b; degree
Unto the presence of that gretiouB queene ;
Wbo uCe on high, that she might all men KC^
And might of ^1 men royally be scene.
Upon a throne of gold full bright and aheene.
Adorned all with genunes ofendletae price.
As eilhei might for wealth haie gotten been^
Or could be tram'd by workmans rare derice ;
And all emboM with lyoni ud flourdelice.
All orer faer a cloth of statf was apied.
Not of ricb liuew, nor of cloth of gold.
Nor of ought elK that may be rictant red.
But like a cloud, u likest nutj be told,
lliat her brode-^reading wings did wyde unfold ;
Whose skirts were bordred with.bright sunny beemet,
Glistring like gold amongst the plights enmld.
And here and there shooting forth silver streames,
HoDgst which crept litle angels through the glitter-
ing gleames.
Steined those litle angela did uphold
Tile cloib of state, and on their purpled vings
Did buire the pendants through their nimblesse tiold ;
Betidts, a thousand more of such as sings
Hymns to high God, and carols heavenly things,
Encompassed the throne on which she sate ;
She, angel-like, the heyre of ancient kings
And mightie conquerors, in royall state ; [trtite.
Wbjicst kings and Kesais at her feet did them pros-
Thusihe did sit in soverayne maiestie.
Holding a sceptre in her royall band.
The sacred pledge of peace and cletnencie.
With which high God had blest her faappie land,
Maugre ss many foes which did wiihsland !
But at her feet her sword was likewise layde,
Whose loog rest rusted the bright steely brand ;
Yet whenas foes eoforst, or friends sought ayde,
She could it slernely draw, that all the world dis-
mayde.
And round about before her feet there late
A berie of faire virgins clad in white.
That goodly seem'd t' adome her royall state ;
All lovely daughters of high love, that bight
LitK, by him b«^ot in lores delight
Upon the tighteous ITiemis ; those they say
Upon loves iudgment-seat wayt day and night ;
And, when in wrath be threala the worlds decay.
They doe his anger calmc and cruel] vengeance stay.
They also doe, by his divine permission.
Upon the thrones of mortail princes tend.
And often treat for poriion and rcmisuon
To suppliants, tlitough fliyltie which offend :
Those did upon Mercillaea throne attend,
lust Dice, wise Eunomie, myld Eirene;
And them amongst, her glorie to commend.
Sate goodly Temperance in gaimenta clene.
And sacred Rcvoence ybome of heavenly atrene.
Thna did alle nt in royall rich estate,
Admyr'd of many, honoured of all ;
Whylest underneath her feete, there as she sate.
An huge great lyon lay (Iliat mote appall
An bardie courage), like captived thrall
With a Btrong yron chaine and coller bound.
That once he could not move, nor quich at all ;
¥et did he munnure with rebellious sound.
And softly royDe, when salvage cholergaurcdound.
Go oitting Ugb In dreaded soverayntie.
Those two strange knights were to licr presence
broupht;
Who, bowing low before her maiestie.
Did to her myld obeysance, as they ought.
And meekest boone tliat Uiey imagine mouglit :
To whom she eke inclyning her withall.
As a faire stoupe of her high-soaring thought^
A chearefull countenance on them let falH
Yet tempred with some maiestie imperially
As tlie bri^t Sunne, what time his flerie teme
Towards the westeme brim b^in* tO' draw.
Gins to abate the brigbtneese of his beme.
And fervour of his flames somewhat adaw ;
So did this mightie ladie. when she saw
Thosetwostiaiige knights such bomagetober tnakc^
Bate somewhat of that maiestie and awe
Ititt whylome wont to doe so many quake,
And with more myld aspect those two to entertakc.
Now at that instant, oa occasion fell,
When these two stranger knights arrtv'd in placid
She was about aSUres of common-wele.
Dealing of iustice with indiiTetent grace.
And hearing pleas of people mean and base :
Mongat which, as then, there was for to be heard
The tryoll of a great and wei^tie case.
Which on both sides was then debating hard >
But, at the «ght of these, those were awhile debord.
But, after all her princely entertayne,
To th' hearing of that former cause in bond
Herselfe eftsoones she gan convert sgaine ;
Which that those knigbta likewise mote understand.
And wilnesse forth aright in forrain land.
Taking them up unto her stately throne.
Where they mole beare the matter throughly scand-
One either part, she placed tb' one on th' one,
Th~ other on th' other ude, and neare them none.
Then was there brought, as prisoner to the bane)
A ladie of great countenance and places
But that she it with foule abuse did marre ;
Yet did appeare rare beautie in her face.
But blotted with condition vite and basi^
That all her other honour did obscure,
And titles of nt^ilitie dd'ace :
Yet, in that wretched semblant, she did sure-
Hie peoples great compassion unto her allure.
Then up aros»a person of deepe leoeh.
And lore in-sight, hard matters to rev^e ; [speach
Hiat well could charme his tongue, and- time ld«
To all aseayes j fajs name was called Zele :
He gan that ladie strongly to appete
Of many haynous crymes by her enured ;
And with sharp reasons rang her such a pele.
That those, whom she to pitie had allured,
He DOW t'abhorre and loath her penon had procured.
First gan )n tell how this, that seem'd so faire
And royally arayd, Dueua bight ;
That ialse Ducssa, which had wrought great can
And mickle miscluefe unto m*ny a knight
By her beguyled and confounded quight:
But not for those she now in question came,
IliDugh also those mote question'd be aright.
But for vyld treasons and outrageous shame.
WhicJi she against the dred Marcilla oft did *■■-•■—■
Gg 3
For she wfajliMM (u ye mote ;«t tight well
Hemnxiber) had her couneelH fklia conBpyred
With futhlesae Blandamour uid Paridell,
(Both two her puiQaourr, both b; hifr hyred.
And both with hope of shadowen viiine inspyred,)
And with them pnictii'd, liow for to depryve
Mercilta of her crowne, by her aspyred.
That she mi^t it uoto henelfe deryre, [dryve.
And tiymnph in their blood whom ihe to death did
But through high Heavens grace, which faTour not
Tbe wicked diines of tnyterous desynei
Gainst loisU princes, all this cursed plot
Ere proofe it tooke discoiered was hetymes,
And th' actours won the meede meet for thmr crymes;
Such be the meede of all that by inch meane
Unto the type of kingdumea title clymea !
But false Dueua, now untitled queene, [scene.
Was brougbt to her tad doome, as here waa to be
Strongly did Zele her haynous fact enforce,
And many other crimes of foule deibne
Against her brought, to banish all ramors^
And Aggravate the horror of her blame :
And with him, to make part against her, came
Many grare persons that against her plnL
First was a aage old syre, that had to nanae
The Kingdomes Care, with a while silver bed,
Hiat many high regards and reasons gainst her red.
Then gan Authority her to oppose
With peremplorie powre, that made all mule ;
And dien the l^w of Nationi gainst her rose.
And reasons brought, that no man could reflite j
Next gan Religion gainst her to impute
High Gods beheast^ and powre uf boly lawes j
Then gan the people* cry and commons sule
Importune care of their owne publicke cause ;
And lastly lustice charged her with breach of lawes.
But then, for her, on tlie contririe part.
Rose many advocates for her to plead :
first there came Fittie with full tender bart.
And with her ioyn'd Regard of Womanhead ;
And then came Daunger chreatning hidden dread
And high alliance unto forren powre j
Tbea came Nobilitie of birth, that bread
Great ruth through ber nutfbrtunea tragicke stowre;
And lastly Gtiefe did plead, and numy tearei forth
With the neane touch whereof in tender fiart
The Briton prince was sore empaaaionate,
And woie inclined much unto her part.
Through the sad terror of so dreadfull fate.
And wretched nine of so high estate ;
That for great ruth his courage gan i«lent :
Whidi wbenas Zete percaiTed to abate.
He gan hit earnest fervour to augment,
And many fearefiill oUectt to them to present.
He gan t' effbtce tbe evidence anew.
He brought tbrth that oki hag of hellish hew,
The cursed At£, brought her face to UiCe,
Who privie was and partie in the case :
She, glad of upoyle and ruinous decay,
Did her f^>peach ; and, to her more disgrace.
The plot of all her practise did display.
And all ber tnynes and all her ttiasons forth did lay-
Then brought be forth with griealy gripi agpi^
Abhorred Murder, who with bloudie knyfe
Yet dropping fresh in hand did ber detect.
And tliere with guiltie bloudshed cbai^ged ryfe -.
Then brought be fortli Sedition, bmdmg tUjte
In troublous wits and mutinous uprore :
Then brought he forth Incontinence oTlyf^
Even foule Adulterie ber liice befoi*.
And lewd Im^etie, that her accuacd tore.
All which wbenas the prince bad heard and teem.
His former fancies ruth he gan repent,
And from her partie eftsoones wta drawn cleene :
But Artegall, with constant firme intent
For leale of iuslice, was against her bent i
So was she guiltie deemed of them all.
Then Zele began to urge her pnnishment.
And to their queene fbr iudgnnent loudly call.
Unto Mercilla myld, fbr iiutice gainst the thrall-
But the, whose princely breait was touched neare
With piteous rutli of her so wretched plight.
Though plaine she saw, by all that she did hearer
That slie of death was guiltie found b; right.
Yet would not let lust vengeance on ber l^ht ;
But rather let, instead thereof, to fall
Few perling drops from her faire lampes of light (
Tbe which she covering with her purple pall
WoiUd have the passion bid, and up arose witball.
Prince Arthur takes the enteiprii
Sous clarkea doe doubt in their deviceAill art
Whether this beavenly thing whereof I treat.
To weeten Merde, be of lustice part,
Or drawne forth from her by divine extreate i
This well I wate, that sure she is as great.
And meriteth to have as high a place,
Sith in th' Almighties everlasting seat
She first was bred, and borne of heavenly race ;
CVom thence pour'd down on men by influence of
grace.
For if that vertue be of so great might
Which from iust verdict will for mrthing star^
But, to prGserve inviolated right,
Ofl spilles tbe prindpall to save the part ;
So much raore then is that of powre and art
That seekes to save the subiecl of ber skill.
Yet never doth from doome of right depart j
As it is greater prayse to save then spill,
And better to reforme then to cut off tbe HL
Who then can thee, Merdlb, throughly prayae.
That herein doest all eartbly princes pas 7
What hesvenly Muse shall thy great honour rayae
Up to the ^ea, whence first deriv'd it was.
And now on Earth itselfe enlarged has,
Fmn th' utmost brinke of the Armericke abore.
Unto tbe margent of the Molucas ?
Those nations farre thy iustice doe adore; [more
But thine owne people do thy merey pra^ much
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Much more it pAjscd wu of those tvo knights,
Vba noble prince aod righteous Artegsll,
Whea tbey hod seene and heard her doome uigbtB
Agninst DuCKW, damneil hj tbem all ;
But by her lempred without griefe or galJi
Till Blrong constraint did her thereto enforce :
And jet even then niing her wilfull fall
With more then needfull noturall remorse.
And jfeeldiug tbe Ust honour to her wretched cone.
During all which, Ibose knights continu'd there
BoCh dinng and receiving curteuea
Of that great Udie, who with goodl; chere
Tbem entertayn'd, fit for thar dignities,
Approving daylj to their noble eyei
Royall euunplei of her merciei rare
And worthie patema of her clemendes ;
Which till this da; mongst many living are,
Wbo them to tlieir posterities doe still declare.
Amongst the rest, which in that space befell.
There came two springah of full tender yeares,
Faire thence from forrein land where they did dwell.
To seeke for succour of her and her pearcs.
With humble prayers and intreatfuU teares ;
Sent by their mother who, a widow, was
Wrapt in gteat dolours and in deadly fearss
By a strong tyrant, who invadt^ has
Her land, and sUine her children ruefully, alas !
Her name was Belg^ ; who in former age
A Indie of great wurth and wealth had beene.
And mother of a frutefuU heritage, [aeeni
Even seventeene goodly sonnes ; which who hai
In their first flowre, before this fatall teeue
Tbem overtooke and their faire blofisomes blasted.
More happie mother would her surely weene
Then famous Niobe, before die tasted
Lalonaea childrens wrath that all her issue wasted.
But this fell tyrant, through his tortious powre,
HadleftbernowbutfiTeofall that brood:
For twelve of tbem he did by times devoure,
And to his idols sacrifice their blood,
Whyleit he of none was stopped nor withstood ;
For fioothly he was one of matcblease might.
Of horrible asp&t and UreadfuU mood.
And had three bodies in one wast empight.
And th' anoes and legs of three to succour him ii
fight.
And sooth they say that he was borne and bred
Of gyants race, the wnne of Geryon ;
He that whylome in Spaine so sore was dred
For his huge powre and great oppresuon.
Which brought that land to his subjection.
Through hji three bodies powre in one comhyn'd ;
And dee all strangers, in that region
Anjviog, to his kyne for food assynd ;
lie fayrest kyne alive, but of the fiercest kynd :
For they were all, tbey say, of purple bew.
Kept by a cowheard, hight Eurytion,
A cruell carle, the which all strangers slew,
Ne day nor night did sleepe t' attend them on,
But walkt about them ever and nnune
With his (wo-headed d<^^ that Orthrus higlit ;
Orthrus begotten by great Typhaon
And foule Echidna in the house of Might ;
But Hotnile* them all did overcome in fight.
His BOnne was this Oeryoneo hight ;
Who, after that hit monstrous father fell
Under Alcides club, strdght tooke his flight
From that sad hirfd, wl ■■ ' _
And came to this, where Belgi then did dwell
And flourish in all wealth and happinesse,
Being then new made widow, as befell,
After her noble husbands late deccsse:
luell,
Which gave beginning to her w
Then this bold tyrant, of her widowhed
Taking advantage and her yet fresh woes,
Himselle and service to her offered.
Her to defend against all forrdn foes
That should her powre against her right oppose :
Wherefore she glad, now needing Wrong ddince.
Him eniertayn'd and did her champion chose ;
Which long he uad with careful! diligence.
The better to coufiime her fearelessu confidence.
By meanes whereof she did at last commit
All to his hands, and gave him soveraine powre
To doe whatever he thought good or fit :
Which having got, he gan forth from that howre
To stirre up strife and many a tragicke atowre ^
Giving her dearest children one by one
Unto a dreadfull monster to devoure.
And setting up an idole of his owne,
The image of his monstrous parent Geryone.
So tyrannizing and oppressing all.
The woefull widow had no meanes now let^
But unto gratiouB gr«st Mercilla call
For ayde gainst that cruell tyrants theft.
Ere all her children he from her had reft:
Therefore these two, her eldest sonnes, she sent
To seeke for succour of this ladies peft ;
To whom their sute they humbly did present
In th' hearing of full many knights and ladies gent.
Amongst the which then fortuned to bee
TTie noble Briton prince with his brave peare;
Who when he none of all those knights did see
Hastily bent that enterprise to heare.
Nor undertake the same for cowheard feare,
He stepped forth with courage bold and great,
Admyr'd of all the rest in presence there.
And humbly gan that roightie queenc entreat
To graunt iam that adventure for his former feat.
She gladly graunted it : then he straightway
Himselfe unto his iouraey gan prepare.
And all his armours readie dight that day.
That nought the morrow next mote stay liis fare.
The morrow neit appear'd with purple hayre
Yet dropping fresh out of the Iiidian fbuni.
And bringing light into the Heavens fayre.
When he was readie to his steede to moiuit
Unto his way, which now was all his care and count
Then taking humble leave of that great queene,
gave bim roiall giftes and riches rare,
ikens of her tfaanbefull mind beseene.
And leaving Artegall to his owne care,
L his voyage forth lie gan to fare
With those two gentle youthes, irfiich him did guide.
And all his way before him still prepare ;
Ne after him did Artegall abide,
" ■ m liis finl adventure fonvard forth did ride. —
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It was not long till that the prince aniied
WiUiin tbe land where dwelt timt Isdie sad ;
Whereof that tyrant hsd her now deprived.
And into moores and nuushei baimhl had.
Out of the pleuaot soyle and dtlies glad.
In which she wont lo harbour happily :
Hut now his cruelt; so core she drad,
That lo those fennes for faslnesie (he did fly,
And tliere herseUe did byde iioiD his hard tyianny.
There he her found in sorrow and dismay,
All ulitarie fnthout living wight ;
For all het other children, through affray.
Had liid themselves, or taken rurtfacr flight ;
And elce herselfe through sudden strange affright.
When one in amies ahe saw, began to fly ;
But, when her owne two sonnes she had in sight.
She gan take hart and looke up ioyfuUy ;
For well she wist this Itnigbt came succour to supply.
And, running unto them with greedy ioycs.
Fell straight about their neckes as tbey did kneele.
And bursting forth in leares; "Ah! my sweet boyes,"
8ayd she, " yet now I gin new life to feele ;
And feeble spirits, that gan faint and reele.
Now rise Bgaine at this your ioyous sight.
Alreadie seeme* that Fortunes headlong wheele
Begins to tume, and Sunne to sbine more bright
Tbea it was wont, through comibrt of this noble
■ Then turning unto him ; " And you, nr Knight,"
Sud ahe, '■ that token have this toylesome peine
For wretched woman, miserable wight,
May you in Heaven immorlall gu«don gaine'
For 90 great travell as you doe sustsine !
For other meede may hope for none of mee,
To whom nought else but bare life doth remaine ;
And that so wretched one, as ye do see
Is bket lingring death then loathed life lo bee."
Much was he moved with her piteous plight;
And low dismounting from liis loftie sleede
Gan to recomfott bcr all that he DiighC,
Seeking to drive away deepe-rooted dreede
With hope of helpe in that her greatest neede^
So thence he wished her with him lo wend
Unto some place where tbey mote rest and feede.
And she take comfort which God now did send ;
Good hart in evils doth the evils much amend.
" Ay me ! " sayd she, " and wMtber shall I goe ?
Are not all places full of forraine powres?
My palloces possessed of my foe.
My cities sackt, and tbeir sky-threatning towres
Raced and made smooth fields now full of flowres?
Onely tiiese marishcs and myrie bogs.
In which the fearefull ewftes do build tlieir bowres,
Yeeld me an hosOy mongat tbe croking fh>gs,
And harbour here in safety trom those ravenous dogs. "
" Natbtesse," said be, " deare ladie, with me goe ;
Some place shall us recare and harbour yidd ;
If not, we wHl it force, maugre your foe.
And purchase it lo tjs with speare and shield :
And if all ftyle, yet ftrewell open field!
The fjutb to all her creatures lodging lends."
With such his chenrefull speaches he doth wield
Jler mind so well, tlial lo his will she bends; [wends.
And, liyndinguphcrlocktand weeds, forth H'itli him
They canie unto a dtie farre tip land.
The which wbylome that ladies owne bad bene ;
But now by force extort out of her hand
By her strung foe, who had defaced cleenc
Her Elalcly towns and buildings sunny sbeene.
Shut up her haven, mard her marchanta trade^
Robbed her people that full rich had beene.
And in her necke a castle huge bad made,
The which did her conunaund without needing per-
That castle was the strength of all that stale,
Untill.that state by itreuglh was pulled downe ;
And that same otie, so now ruinate,
Had bene tbe keye of all that kingdomes crowne ;
Both goodly castle, and both goodly toirae.
Till that th' offended Heavens list to lowre
Upon their blisse, and balefull fortune fotwne.
When those gainst states and kingdomes do coniur^
Who then can thinke their hedlong rtune to recurc I
But he had brought it now in servile bond,
Atid made it beare the yoke of inqniution,
Slryving long time in vaine it to withsiond ;
Yet glad at last to make most base subtmHion,
And life enioy for any composition :
So now he hath new lawcs and orders new
Imposd on it with many a hard condition.
And forced it, Che honour that is dew
To God, to doe unto bis Mole most uutrcw.
To him he hath before this castle greene
Built a faire chappell, and an altar framed
Of conly ivory full rich beseene,
On which that cursed idole, iarre proclamed.
He hath set up, and bim his god hath named ;
OSring to him in sinfull sacrifice
The flesh of men, to Gods owne likenesse framed.
And powring forth their bloud in brutisbe wia^
That any yron eyes, to see, it would agriie.
And, for more horror and more crueltie.
Under dial cursed idols altar-stone
An hideous monster doth in darknesae He,
Whose dreadfull shape was never seene of none
That hvei on Earth ; but unlo those alone
The which unto him sacrificed bee :
Those he devoures, tbey say, both flesh and btme;
What else they have is all tbe tyrants fee :
So that DO wMt of them remayning one may see.
There eke he placed a strong garrisone.
And set a seneschall of dreaded might.
That by bis povrre oppressed every one,
And vanquished all venturous knights in fight;
To whom he wont shew alt the ibame be mi^i^
After that them in battell he bad woime :
To which when now tliey gan approch in sight.
The ladie counseld him the place lu shonne,
Wheitas so many knights had fouly bene fordoone.
Her fearcAill speaches nought he Sd regard ;
But, ryding strtight under the castle wall.
Called aloud unto the walchfull wanl
Which there did wayte, willing them forth to call
Into the flcid their tyrants seneschall :
To whom when lydings thereof came, he stre^bt
Cals for his aimcs, and arming him witliall
EtUoones forth pricked proudly in his might.
And gan with courage fierce addrcssc him to tbefiglit.
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THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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■odi encounter id the middle plolne,
icir iturpe spMrei doe both together an
bar ehielda wiiJb ao huge miKlit uid m
Km'd their soules thejr would hate
quight
JiEJr breasts with furious despight ;
princes ahield where it empight
3 the metall wai aod well refynd),
^vered all about, and scattered in the wynd ;
■ the princes ; but with restletse force
1 b shield it readie pasiage found.
I iiraugh 1h> haberieon and eke his corse ;
\ tombling downs upon the senselease ground
(V -eBTe uDto hii ghost froin thnldome hound
T-^ Ander in the griesly shades of night :
'* ^ did tite prince him leave in deadly swound,
A thence unto the castle marched right,
I'o see if entrance tbere as yet otitaine lie might.
But, as he nigber drew, three knights be spyde.
All arm'd to prant issuing forth apace,
Which towards him with all tbdt powre did lyde.
And meeting him right in the middle race
Did all their spe«res attonce on him snchace.
Aa three great culveringa for batterie bent.
And lereld ail against one certaine place,
Doe all attonce their thunders r>|^ fbrlhient.
That makes the wall to atagger with ulonishment :
So all attonce they on the prince did tbonder j
Who from his saddle swarved nought ssyde,
Ne to their force gave way, that waa great wonder ;
But like a bulwarke firmely did ahyde,
Rebuniiig him, which in the midst did ryde.
With so huge rigour, that his morlall speare
Psstthroughhisshteldandpierst through either syde;
That downe be fell uppon his mother deare.
And pawred forth hia wretched life in deadly dreare.
Wliom when hia other fellowea saw, they fled
Aa fest as feete could carry them away ;
And after them the priuce Bii swiftly sped.
To be areng'd of their unknighdy play.
Tliereiwhilestlheyentringth' one did th' other stay.
The hindmost in the gate ha overhent.
And, as he preaaed in, him there did slay :
His carkasse tumbling on the threahold sent
Hia grooiog soule dnlo her place of puidahment.
The other which was entied laboured fast
To Bperre the gate ; but that same lumpe of clay,
Whose grudging ghost waa thereout fled and past.
Right in the mtddeat of the threshold lay.
That it the posterne did from closing stay :
^lie whiles the prince hard preaaed in betweene.
And enttaunce wonne ; atrdght th' other fled away.
And rwi into tfie hall, where be did weene
HimaelfetosaTej butbetherealewhimaltheskreene.
Hien all the rest wUch in that castle were,
Seang that aad ensample tbem before,
l>urBt not alride, but fled away for feore.
And them coniayd out at a posterne dore.
Long sought tlie prince ; but when be found no more
T^ oppose gainst his powre, he tiajh issued
Unto that lady, where be her had lore.
And ber gan chrare with what she there bad <ewed.
And, what she had not leene within, unto ber shewed ;
Who with right huinbletbankes him goodly greeting
For so great prowesse as he there had proved.
Much greater then wag ever in her weeting.
With great admiraunce inwardly was moved.
And lunourd him with all that her behoved.
Thenceforth into that castle be her led
With her two sonnea right deare of her beloved ;
Where all that night tbemselves they cherished.
And from her bolefull minde all care he banished.
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r, and reatore
Thai Right long time is overborne of Wrong
Through avarice, or powre, or guile, or striie.
That weakens her, and makes her patty atrong :
But lusdce, though her dome she doe prolong.
Yet at the last she will her owne cause right :
As by sad Belgd seemes ; whose wrongs though long
She BuflTred, yet at length the did requight.
And sent redresse thereof by this ^we Briton
Whereof when newei waa to that tyrant brought,
r that the lady Belgi now bad found
A cham]don, that had with his chaiapion fought.
And laid his seneschtf low on the ground,
And eke himselfe did threaten to confound ;
He gan to "bume in rage, and friese in feare.
Doubting sad end of principle unsound :
Yet, nth he beard but one that did appcore.
He did himselfe encourage, and take better cbeare.
Nathlesse himselfe be armed all in haat,
And forth be far'd with all hia many bad,
Ne stayed step, till that he came at last
UnIO the caatlc which they conquerd had ;
There with huge terrour, to be more ydrad.
He stemely marcht before the castle gate.
And, with bold vaunts and ydle thrcntning, bad
Deliver him his owne, ere yet too late.
To which they had nu right, not any wrongefull
The prince staid not his aunswere to devise.
But opening strelgbt the iparre forth to him cam^
Full nobly mounted in right warlike wise ;
And asked him, if that he were the same.
Who all that wrong unlo that wofull dame
So long had done, and from her native land
Eiiled her, that all the world spake shame.
He boldly aunswerd him, be there did stand
That would his doings iuatifle with his owne hand.
1 that BO furiously at him he flew.
As if he would have over-run him streight ; .
And with his huge great yron axe gan hew
> Mdeously uppon his armour bright.
As be to peecea would have chopt it quight;
l^t the bold prince was forced foote to give
To his flrst rage, and jeeld to his despigfat ;
The whilest at him bo dreadfully he driven
That seem'd ■ maiUe roc^ asunder could have
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lliereto b ffeat adfauntage eke he hu
Through his three double honda thriae muldplydej
Beudes the double ttrength nhich in tbem was:
For stil, when fil occasiun did betyde,
He could hit vmpon aliift From side Co syde.
From band Id huid ; and witli such nimbleaae sly
Could wield about, that, ere it were eipide,
The wicked stroke did wound hia enemy
Behinde, beside, berore, aa be it list apply.
Which uncouth use whenas the prince perceived.
He gan to watch the wielding ot his hand.
Least by such slight he were uiiwares deceived;
And ever, ere he saw the stroke to land.
He would it meete and warily withstand.
One time when he his weapon faynd to shil^
As he was wont, and chang'd from hand to hand.
He met him with a counter-stroke so swift.
That quite smit off his anne aa he it up did lift.
Therewith all fiaught with fury and disdaine
He brayd aloud for very fell despight;
And Bodainely, t' avenge himselfe againe
Gan into one assemble all the might
Of all bis hands, and heaved them on hight,
Thinking to pay him with that one for all ;
But the sad Steele seizd not, where it was hight,
Uppon the childe, but somewhat short did fall.
And lighting on his horses head him quite did uiall.
Downe sUreight to ground fell his astonisht steed.
And eke to th' eanb his burden with him bare ;
But be himselfe fiill lightly fnm him freed.
And gan himselfe to fight on foote prepare ;
Whereof whenaa the gyant was aware,
He wox right blych, ai he had got thereby,
And laught so loud, that all his teeth wide bare
One might have seene enraung'd di«>rderly,
Uke to a rancke of piles that pitched are awry.
Etteoones ag«ne his aie he raught on hie.
Ere he were throughly buckled to his geare.
And can let drive at him so dreedfullie,
Hat bad he chaunced not his shield to reare.
Ere that huge stroke arrived on him neare.
He had him surely cloven quite in twaine :
But th' adamantine shield which be did beare
So well was .tempred, that for all his maine
It would no passage yeeld unto his purpose vaine.
Yet was the stroke ao fbrdbly applide,
lliat made him stagger with uncertaine sway.
As if he would have tottered to one side :
Wherewith full wroth he fiercely gan aaaay
That curt'iDe with hke kindnesse to repay,
And smote at him with so importune might.
That two more of his armes did fall away,
Like fVuittesse btaunches, which the hatehets slight
Hathpruned&om the native tree and cropped quight
With that all mad and furious he grew
Like a fell mastifTe, thiou^ enraging heat.
And cunt, and band, and blasphemies forth threw
Against his gods, and lire to them did threat.
And Hell unto himselfe with horroui great :
Thenceforth he caT'dnomore which way he strooke,
Nor whsra it light ; but gan tn chaufe and sweat,
And gnasht hia teeth, and his head at him sboole.
And stenwly him bdield with grim, and ^tiatly
Nought fear'd the diilde his lookea, nayet his threats;
But onely weied now the more aware
To save himselfe from those his furious heata.
And watch advauntage bow to worke his care.
The which good fortune to him oflred faire :
For as be in bis rage him overstrooke.
He, ere be could hia weapon backe repaire.
His side all bare and naked overtooke, [strooke.
And with his mortal ateel quite through the body
Through all tbree bodies be him strooke attonce.
That ail the three attonce fell on the plaine.
Else should he thrise have needed for the nonce
Them to have stricken, and thrise to have slaine.
So now alt three one sencelesae lumpe remaine,
EnwalloWd in his owne bbicke bloudy gore.
And byting th' earth for very Deaths disdajne ;
Who, with a cloud of night him covering, bore
Downe to the House of Dole, his daies there to dc-
Which when the lady from the castle saw.
Where she with her two sonnea did looking stand.
She towards him in ha^t hetselfc did draw
To greet him the good fortune of his hand :
And all the people both of tawne and land.
Which there stood gazing from the citties wall
Uppon these warrioutB, greedy f understand
To whether should the victory befall.
Now when they saw it falnc, they eke him greeted all.
But Belg^ with her sonnes prostrated low
Before his feete, in all that peoples sight, [wo,
Mongst ioyes miiing some tears, mongst wele some
Him thus hcspake ! " O most redoubted knight.
The whicli hast me, of all most wretched wigh^
That earst was dead, restor'd to life agajne.
And these weake impes replanted by tliy might ;
What guerdon can I give thee for tliy paine.
But ev'n that which thou savedst thine still to rc-
He tooke her up forby the liJly hand.
And her recomforted the best he might.
Saying j " Deare lady, deedes ought not' be scand
By th' authors manhood, nor the doers might.
But by the trueth and by the causes right :
That same is it which fought for youth is day.
What other rneed then need me to requight,
But that which yeeldeth vettues meed alway ?
That is, the vertue selfe, which her reward doth pay.°
She humbly thankt tiim tor that wondrous gnce.
And further sayd i " Ah ! air, but mote ye please,.
Sith ye thus fkrre have lendred my poore case.
As from my chiefeM foe me to release.
That your victorious arme will not yet cease.
Till ye have moted all the relickes out
Of that vilde race, and stablished my peaces "
" What is there else," sayd he, " left of their rout?
Declare it boldly, dame, and doe not staod in dout."
" Then wote you, sir, that in this church hereby
There stands an idolc of great note and name.
The which this gyant reared first on hie.
And of his owne value fancies thought did iiaiDe :
To whom, forendlesae horrour of his Hhamc^
He offred up for daily sncri&Ee
My children and nly people, burnt in flame
With all the tortures tliat be could deviie, [guiac.
The more t' aggnite his god with such his blouddy
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
•• And umkraeath this idoll there dotb lie
An hldeoui moDHter, that dotfa it defend.
And feedei on all the carkoHe* llut die
In sAcrifiie unto that curved feend :
WboK ugly ihspe none erer saw, nor kend,
That ever auii'd : for of ■ nun they Hy
It hu the Toice, that speachei forth doth lend.
Even blasphemous wuids, which she doth bray
Wliich when the prince beard tell, bis heart gan came
For great desire that monater to usay ;
And pnyd the place of her abode to leame :
Whitii being ihew'd, he gan bimselTe streightway
Tbeceto ad^esse, and his bri^ shield display.
So to the church he came, where it wai bM
. The monster undemeatfa the altar lay ;
llKre be that idoll saw of nuusy gold
Uoat richly made, but there no monster did behold.
Upon the image with his naked blade
Three times, as in defiance, there he strooke ;
And, the thifd time, out of an hidden shade
There forth issevd tVom under th' altar* smooke
A dieadfull feend with fowie deformed looke.
That strctcht itselfe as it hsd long lyen still i
And her long tajle and fetliers strongly ihooke.
That all the temple did with terrouT fill ;
Tet him nought terrifide that feared nothing ill.
An huge great beast it was, when it in length
Waa stretched forth that nigh fild all the place.
And aecm'd to be of intinite great strength ;
Horrible, hideous, and uf hellish race,
Borne of the brooding of Echidna base.
Or other like inferoall Furies kinde ;
For of a mayd she had the outward fkce.
To hide the horrour which did lurke behinde,
'the better to beguile whom she so fond did finde.
Tbovto the body of a dog she had.
Full of fell raTin and fierce greedinesae ;
A liom claires, with powre and rigour clad.
To rend and tears wbauo she can opprease ;
A dragon* taile, whose sting irithout redresse
Full deadly wounds wbereso it is empight i
And eaglet wings, for scope and speedinesae.
That aothiag n ' ""' ""■"'
Whereto she c
Much tike in (bulnesae and deformity
Unto that monster, whom (he Theban knight.
The father of that fttall pn^eny.
Made kill herselfe for tery hearts despight
That he had red her riddle, which no wight
Could ever loose, but sufired deadly doole :
So also did this montta use like slight
To many a one which came unto her schoole.
Whom she did put to death decdved like a foole.
She comming forth, whenaa she first beheld
The armed prince with shield so blazing bright
Her ready to assaile, was greatly ijueld.
And much dismayd with that dismayfull right.
That backe she would have tum'd for great aSHght ;
But he gan her with courage fierce assay.
That font her tume againe in her despight
To save heiwlfe, least that he did bcr slay ;
And sure be had heiBlaiue,hadsbei]ottuiiidlierwBy.
Tho, when she saw that she waa font to flght.
She flew at him like to an hellish feend.
And on his shield tooke hold with all her might.
As if that il she would in peeces rend.
Or reave out of ilie hand that did it hend :
Strongly be strove out of her greedy gripe
To loose his shield, and long while did contend;
But, when he could not quite it, with one atripe
Her lions dawes be from her feete aivay did wfpe.
With that aloude abe gan to br^ and yell.
And fowle blaiphemous speaches forth did cast.
And Intter curses, hurible to tell j
That even the tonple, wherein the was plast.
Did quake to heare, and nigh asunder hrast ;
llio with bet huge long taile she at him strooke.
That made him stagger and sCand halfe aghast
le well-timbred hulke
As when the mast of :
Is with the blast of ao
Blowne downe, it shakea the bottome of tbe bulk^
And makes ber ribs to crade aa they were tome ;
Whilest still she stands as stonisht and forlome;
So was be staund with atroke of her huge taile:
But, ere that it she backe agajne had borne.
He with his sword it strooke, that without faile
He ioynted it, and mard the swinging of her floile.
Then gan she cry much louder than afbn^
That all the people, there without, it beard.
And Belg^ selia was therewith stonied sore,
As if the onely sound thereof she feard.
But then the feend herselfe mare fiercely rewd
Uppon her wide great wings, and strongly flaw
With all her body at his head and beard,
That had he not foreseene with beedfull vew, [rew:
And thrown bis shield atweeen, she had him dwie to
But, as she prest on him with heavy sway,
Under her wombe his (htall sword he thrust.
And for her entroiles made an open way
To issue forth i the which, once being brust.
Like to a great miil-damb forth fiercely gushi.
And powred out uf her infeniall sitike
Most ugly filth ; and poyion therewith nuht.
That him nigb choked with the deadly stinke :
Such loathly matter were small lust to speake or
Then downe to ground f^ll that deformed masse.
Breathing out clouds of sulphure fowle and blackt^
In which a puddle of contagion was.
More loatbd then Lema, or then Styp'an lake.
That any man would nigh awhaped make :
"Whom when he saw on ground, he waa ^U glad.
And streight went forth his gUdnease to parteke
With Belg^, who watcht all this while full sod,
Wayting what end would be of that aame dauigei
Whom when she saw so ioyously cmue forth,
She gan reic^ce and shew triumphant cbei^
Lauding and praysing his renowmed Wfvth
By all the names that honorable were.
Then in be brought her, and her shewed there
Tbe present of his poines, that monsten spoyle.
And eke that idoll deem'd so costly 6en ;
Whom he did all to peeces bredte, and foylo
In filthy durt, and left so in the leathely loylc.
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Then bU the people which beheU that day
Gun shout aloud, thai unto Hearen it rong;
And all the dsmiels of that towne in niy
Came dauncing forth, and iojoua carroU tong :
So hiui Ihey led through all dieir streeles along
Crowned wilh girlondt of immoitall beiea ;
And all the vulgar did about them throng
To see (he mail, whose ererlasiing praise
They all were bound to all poneritiei to ruse.
There he with Beige did awhile remaine
Making great feast and ioyous meniment,
Untill he bad ber nettled in her raine
With safe aasuraunce and establishment.
Then to his first empriic his mind he lent.
Full loath to Belgd and to oil the nnt ;
Of whom yet taking leave thenceforth he went.
And to bis former ioumey him addrest ;
On which long way he rode, ne ever day did rest.
But tume ve now to noble Artegall ;
Who, havii^ left Mercilla, strdghtway went
On his first qiien, tbe which him forth did call,
To weet, to worke Irenaes franchisement,
And eke Gnuitortoes worthy punishment.
So forth he fared, as his manner was,
Witb onely Talus wayting diligent.
Through many perils ; and much way did pas,
Tiii Digti unto the place at length approcht he has
Ther« as he traveld by the way, he met
An aged wi^t wayfaring all alone,
Who through his yeares long since aside had set
Tbe use of armes, and battell quite forgone :
To whom as he approcht, be knew onone
That it was he which whilome did attend
On foire Irene in tier aflliction.
When first to Faery court he saw ber wend.
Unto hii soverune queene ber suite for to cod
Whom by bis name saluting, thus he gun ;
'■ Iloile, good sir Sergis, truest knight aUve,
Well Iride in all thy ladies troubles than
When her that tyrant did of crowne deprire ;
What new occauon doth tbee billier drive.
Whiles abe alone is letl, and thou hov found?
Or is she thrall, or doth she not survive?"
To whom be thus ; " She liveth sure and sound ;
But by that tyrant is in wretched thraldome bound.
I* For she pcEsuining on tb' appointed tyde,
In which ye promist, as ye were a knight,
To meete ber at the Salvage Hands syde.
And then and there for triall of ber right
With ber unrighteous enemy to fight.
Did thither come ; where she, afrayd of nought.
By guilefull treason and by subtill slight
Sur^ied was, and to Grantorto brought,
^^ her imprisond hath, and ber life often sought.
" And now be hath to her prefiit a day.
By which if that no champion doe appeare,
Wliich will ber cause in iMttailous array
Against hJTn iustifie, and prove ber clears
Of all those crimes (hat he gainst her doth reare.
She death shall sure shy." Those tidings sad
IKd much abash nr Artegall to heare.
And grieved sore, that tbrougb his fault she had
Fallen into that tjrants hand and usage bad.
Then thus replide ; " Now sure aiJ by my life.
Too much am I to blame for that &ire maidc.
That have her drawne to all this troublous atrife.
Through promise to affbrd her timely aide,
Which by default I have not yet defraide :
But witnesse unto me, ye Heavens ! that know
How clearc I am from blame of this upbraide :
For ye into like thraldome me did throw,
And kept from complisliing the faith which I did owe.
" But now oread, sir Sergis, haw long space
Hatb be her lent a champion to provide. "
" Ten doles," quoth be, ■■ he eraunled halh of grace.
For that he wceneth well before that tide
None can have tidings to assist her side :
For all the shores, which to the sea accosle.
He day and night doth ward both fsire and wide.
That none can there arrive without on hoste :
So her be deemes already but a danmed ghostc*^
" Now tume ogoine," sir Artegall then sayd j
" For, if I live (ill those ten dnies have end.
Assure yourselfe, sir Kniglit, sbe shall hove ayd,
Though I this dearest life for her doe spend."
So Inckeward he attone with him did wend.
Tbo, OS they rode together on their way,
A rout of people they before than kend.
Flocking together in confusde array ;
As if that there were some tumultuous affray.
To which as they approcht the cause to know.
They saw a Icnigbt in daungerous distmse
Of a rude rout him chasing to and fro.
That sought with lawlesse powre him to oppresse.
And bring in bondage of their brutisbnesse ;
And farre away, amid their rakehell bands,
Tbey spide a lady left al) succourlesse,
Crying, and holding up her wretdied hands [t-tands.
To him for aide, who long in vaine tbdr rage witb-
Yet still he strives, ne any peril! spares,
To reskue her iVom their rude violence j
And like a lion wood amongst them fores.
Dealing iiis dreadful] hlowes with large diapetice,
Gainst which the pallid death fiodes no defence :
But all in vaine ; thelrnumbers are so great,
That naught may lioot to banisbe them from tbaicc;
For, soone as he their outrage backe doth beat,
Tbey tume afresh, and oft renew their former threat.
And BOW they doe so shaipely bim assay,
That they his shield in peeces battred have.
And forced him to throw it quite away.
Fro dangers dread his doubtfuU life to save;
Albe that it most safety to him gave.
And much did magnifie Us noble name:
For, from" the day that he thus did it leave.
Amongst alt knights he blotted was with blame,
Andcounted but arecreantknightwith^idles shame.
Whom when they thus distressed did behold,
Tbey drew unto his aide ; but that rude nxM
Them also gan assaile with outrage tiold.
And forced them, however strong and stout
They were, as well approv'd in many a doubt,
Backe to recule; untill that yran man
With his huge flaile liegan to ioy about j
From whose steme presence they fUffused ran,
Like scoUrcd scbafie, Ibe which the wind away doth
THE FAERIE QI7EENE.
461
Sd when that Lolght frotn peiiU cleare was freed.
He drawing neare began to greete them Tiuie,
And yeeld great thankes for Ihcir ao goodly deed.
In WTJng him from daungeroui Jespaire
Of those wliich sought his life for to empaiie ;
Of whpm sir Artegall gui then enquen
The whole occlnon of his late mii&re.
And who he was. and what those TJIUine» were.
Hie which with mortull malice liini pursu'd M nere.
To wboin he thus ; " Mj name is Burbon higfat.
Well knowDc, and far renowmetl heretofore,
Uolill late mischiefe did uppon me light,
That all my former praise hath blemiutit sore i
And that faire lad;, which in that uprore
Te with tboae caytives saw, Flourdelis hight.
Is mine owns lore, though me she have forlore ;
Wbetber withheld from me by wrongfull might,
Or with tier owne good will, I cannot read aright.
•• But aure to me her bith the first did plight '
To be coy love, and take me for her lordj
1111 that a tyrant, which Giantorto hi^t.
With golden giftes and many a guileful! word
Enlyced her to him for to accord.
O, who may not with gifts and words be tempted !
Sitb whidi she hath me ever dnce Hbhord,
And to my foe bath guilefully consented :
Ay me, that ever guyle in wemen was invented I
** And now he hath this troupe of villains sent
By open force to fetch her quite away :
Gainst whom myselfe I long in vaine have bent
To rescue her, and daily meanes auay,
Yet rescue her thence by no meanei I may ;
For they doe me with multitude oppresse,
And with unequall nught doe overlay,
That oft I driven am to great distTewe,
Jiai forced to forgoe th' attempt remfdilesse."
*' But why have ye," said Artegall, " forhome
Tour owne good shield in daungcrous dismay ?
That is tlie greatest shame and foulest scome,
Which unto any knight behappen.may,
To loose the badge that should his deedes display,"
To whom sir Burixm, blushing Wfe for shame ;
*^ That shall 1 unto you,'' quoth he, " tiewray ;
Least ye therefore mote happily me blame.
And deemeitdocn of will, that through inforcement
'• True is that I at first was dubbed knight
By a good knight, the knight of the Redcrossej
Who, when he gave me annes in field to fight.
Gave me a shield, in which he did endosse
His deaie Redeemen badge upon the bosse :
Tbe same long while I bi»e, aod therewithall
Fou^t many battels without wound or loaae ;
Therewith Grantorto telle I did appall.
And made him oftentimea in field before me fall.
" But for that many did that shield envie,
And CFuell enemiea increased more i
To stint aU strife and troublous enmitie.
That bloudie scutchin being battled sore
I layd aside, and hare of late foibote ;
Hoping ther^y to have my love obCayned :
Yet can I not my love have nathSmore ;
For she by force is still fro me detayned, [ed."
And with comiptfull biybca is to untruth ml>trajo-
To whom thus Artegall ; " Ceiles, ^r Knight
Hard is the case the which ye doe complaine ;
Yet not so hard (for nouglit so hard may light
That it to such a strdght mote you constraiiie)
As to abandon that which dotli containe
Your honours stile, tliat is, your warlike sliield,
All |ierill ought be lense, and lesse all painc
Then losse of fame in disaventrous field :
Dye, rather then doe ought tliat mote didiononr
" Fie on such forgerie," said Artegall,
'■ Under one hood to shadow faces Iwaine;
Knights ought be tnie, and truth is one in all :
Of all things, to dissemble, foul; may befall ! "
" Yet let me you of courteiue request,"
Said Burbon, " to asust me now at need
Against these pesants which have me opprest.
And forced me to so infJLnous deed,
That yet my love may from th«r hands be freed."
Sir Artegall, albe he earst did wyte
His wavering mind, yet to his aide agreed,
And buckling him eftsoones unto the fight [nughL
Did set upon tliese troupe* with all his powie and
Who Socking round about them, as a swarme
Of flyes upon a birchen bougti doth cluster.
Did them assault with terrible allarme.
And over ail the fields themselves did muster.
With bils and glayves making * dreadfull luster ;
That forst at first those knights backe to retyrc :
As when tbe wrathfull Boreas doth bluster.
Nought may abide tbe tempest of his yre, [quyre.
Both man and beast doe fiy, and succour doe in>
But, whenas overblowen was that brunt.
Those knights began afresh them to asuyle,
And alt about the fields like squirrels hunt;
But chiefly Talus with bis yron flayle,
Gainst which no fiight nor rescue mote avayfe,
Made cniell havockc of the baser crew.
And chaced them both over bill and dale ;
The raskalt manle soone they overthrew; [subdcw.
But the two kiughts themselves their captains did
At last they came whereas that ladie bode, ^
Whom now her keepers had foruken quight
To save themselves, and scattered were abrode -.
Her halfe dismayd they found in doubtful! plight.
As neither glad nor sorie for their sight ;
Yet wondrous (aire she was, and richly clad
In roiall robes, and many iewels dight ;
But that those villais through their usage bad
Them fouly rent, and shamefully defaced had.
But Burbon, streight dismounting from his steed.
Unto her ran with greedie great desyre.
And catching her fast by her ragged weed
Would llBve embraced her with hart entyre :
But she, backetarting, with disdainefuU yre
Bad him avaunt, ne would unto his tore
Allured be for prayer nor for meed :
Whom when those knights so froward and forlote
Beheld, they her rebulud and upbrayded sore. ^^
Bm.yd Art^all ; " "What foule dUgnce i« thii
To so faire ladle, u ye Kerne in si^ht.
To blot four beuitie, that unblemisht Is,
With w foule blune aa breach of faith once pligbt,
Or change of lore far an; worlds delight ?
la ought on Earth so pretiouB or deare
Ah prayse and honour ? or ia ought so bright
And beautifull ta glories beomes appeare,
Whose goodly light then FbobuB tampe dotb ihine
" Why then will ye, fond dune, attempted bee
Unto a atrangera love, so li^itly placed,
For goifles ^ gold or any worldly glee.
To leave the love that ye befbre embraced.
And let your fame with falshood he defaced?
Fie on the pelfa for which good name is sold.
And honour with indignitie debased !
Dearer ia love then life, and bmc then gold ;
But dearer then them both your faith once plighted
Mud was the tadie in her gentle mind
Abaaht at hia rebuke, that bit her neare ;
Ne ought to uuwere thereunto did And :
But, hanging don^n her head with heavie
" dlonga. ■' ■
Which Burbon i
Bing,
her a,
And, claaping twiit hia ennee, her up did reare
Upon his Bteede, whilei she no wbit gwn«iayd :
So bore her quite away nor well nor ill apayd.
Nathlesse the ynm man did still pursew
That nsfcall many with unpittled spoyte ;
Se ceassed not, till all their scattred crew
Into the sea he drove quite from that soyle.
The which they troubled had with great turmoyle ;
But Artegoll, seeing his cruell deed,
Commaunded bim from slaughter to recoyle.
And to his voyage g*n agoine proceed ;
Tot that the terme, approching fast, required speed.
Artegall dolh sir Burton aide.
And blames for changing shield :
He with the great Granlorto fights.
And sUieth bim in Seld.
O ucRin hunger of ambitious mindes.
And impotent deaire of men to raine !
Whom neither dread of God, that devils bindes.
Nor lawes of men, that common-weales containe,
Nor bands of nature, that ivildE beaates restrune.
Can keepe from outrage and from doing wrong,
Where they may hope a kingdome to oblaine :
No faith BO firme, no trust can be so strong.
No love K> lasting then, that may enduren long.
y Buibon be ; whom ill the bands,
Which may a knight assure, had surely bound,
Untill the love of lonlship aiid of lands
Made him become moat faithless and unsound :
Andwitnease he Gerianeo found.
Who for hke cause faire Belg^ did oppresse.
And right and wrong most cruelly confound :
And BO be now Grontorto, who no lease
n all the rest burst out to all outngiouuiease.
Gainst whom dr Artegall long having sine*
Taken in hand tb' eiploic, (being theretoo
Appointed by that migfatie Faerie prince,
Great Gloriane, that tyrant to fordoo,)
Through other great adventures hethertoo
Had it fonlackt : but now time drawing ny.
To him assyud her high bebeast (o doo.
To the aeo-ahore he gan hia way apply.
To weeta if shipping readie he mole there descry.
Tho, when tbey come tt
A ship all readie, a* good fortune fell.
To put to sea, with whom diey did componnil
To pasae them over where them liat to tell :
The winde and weather semed them so well.
That in one day they with tlie coast did fall ;
Whereas they readie found, them to repell.
Great hottes of men in order martiall.
Which them forbad to land, and footing did forstall.
But nathemore would they from land refraine :
But, nhenas nigh unto the shore they drew
That foot of man might sound the bottome plaine.
Talus into the sea did forth issew [tbrew;
Though darts from sbore and stones they at htm
And wading through the waves irith stedfitsC sway,
Maugre the might of all those Ovttipes in vcw.
Did win the shore ; whence he tbeoi chast away
And made to fly like doves, whom th' eagle doA
affray.
The whyles sir Artegall with that old knight
Did forth descend, there being none them neore.
And forward marched to a towne in slgfiL
By this came tydings to the tyrants esre.
By those which eant did fly away for ftare.
Of their airivall : wherewith troubled BiH«
He all his forces streight to him did teare.
And, forth ioauing with his scouts afwe, (shore ;
Meant them to have incountied ere they left the
But ere he marched ftrre ho with them met.
And fiercely charged them with all his force;
But Tolua atemely did upon them set.
And brusht and battred them witbout remorse.
That on the ground he left full many a corse ;
Ne any able was him to withstand.
But he them overthrew both man and horse.
That they lay Bcattred over all the land.
As thicke as doth the seede after the soirers bond :
Till Artegall him se^ng bo to lage
Willd him to stay, and iJgne of truce did make :
To which all hariining did awhile asswage
Their forces furie, and their terror slake ;
Till he an heniuld cald, and to him spake.
Willing him wend unto the tyrant aiiei^t,
.Kad tell him (bat not for such Elaughlers sake
He thether came, but for to trie the right
Of fkyre Irenaea cause with him in aingle fi^ :
And willed him for to reclayme with speed
His Bcattred people, ere they all were slaine;
And lime and place convenient to oreed.
In which they two the combat might darraine.
Which message when GrantoMo heard, full fayne
And glad he was the slaughter so to stay ;
And pointed for the combat twixt them twayoe
The morrow neit, ne gave him longer d^ :
So wunded the ittraite, and di«w his Mke away.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
That ni^t «!r Artegall did cause his tent
There to be pitched on the open plaine ;
For he hod given strelght comiDBUiidenienl
ThilnoDeshoulddarehimaiicetoenlertwDe: [bine
Which none duist breake, though mui) would right
For faire Ireiia whom they loved deore i
But yet old Scigis did so well him puoe,
That from close friends, thiit dar'd not to appeare.
He all things did purvay which for them needful!
The morrow next that wu the diamall day
Appointed for Irenas death before,
So soone as it did to the world di^Uy
Hia cheorefull face, and light to men restore.
The heavy mayd, to whom none tydings bore
Of Artegals anivail her to free,
Lookt up with eyes full sad and hart full «ore,
Weenii^ her lifeg last bowre then neare to bee ;
Silh no redemption nigh she did nor heare nor see.
Then up she rose, and on herselfe did dight
Most squalid garments, fit for such a day i
And with dull countenance and with doleful ipright
She forth was brought in sorrowfull dismay
For to receive the doome of her decay :
But comming to the place, and finding there
Sir Artegall in battailous array
Wayting hia Gie, it did her dead hart cheare,
And new life to her lent in midst of deadly feare.
Like as a lender rose in open plaine.
That with untimely drought nigh withered was.
And hung the head, soone as few drops of taine
Thereon distill and deaw her daintie face.
Gins to look up, and with fresh wonted grace
JJispreda the glorie of her leaves gay {
Such was Irenas countenance, such her case.
When Artegall sbe saw in that array,
Tltere waytii^ fV>r the tyrant tiU it was farre day :
Who came at length with proud presumpteous gale
Into the field* as if he fearelesse were*
All armed in a cote of yron plate
Of great defence to ward the deadly feore.
And on his head a steele-cap he did weare
Of colour rustic -browne, but sure and strong ;
And in his hand an huge polsxe did beare.
Whose stesle was yron-atudded, but not long,
With which be wont to fight, to iuatifle his wrong :
Of stature huge and hideous he was,
Uke to a giant for his monstrous bight,
And did in strength most sorts of men surpas,
Ne ever any found his match in might i
Thereto he had great skill in single fight ;
His lace was ugly and his countenance steme.
That could have frayd one with the very sight,
And gaped like a gulfe when he did geme ; [ceme.
That whether man or monster one could scarse dis-
Soone as he did witlnn the listes appeere.
With dreadfuU looke be Artegall beheld.
As if he would have daunted him with feaie j
And, grinning griesly, did against him weld
His d^dly weapon which in hand he held ;
But th' Etfin swayne, that oft had seene like aigbt^
Was with his ghastly counl'nance nothing queld :
But gan bim streight to buckle to the fight.
And cast hia shield about to be in readie plight.
The trampeta ootind ; and they together goe
With dreadful! terror and with fell intent;
And their huge strokes full dangerously bestow.
To doe most dammage whereas most they ment :
But with such force and furie violent
The tyrant thundered his thicke blowes ao fast,
That through the yron walles their way they rent.
And even to the vitall parts they past,
Ne ought could them endure, but all they cleft or
Which cruell outrage whenas Artegall
Did well aviie, thenceforth with warie heed
He shund his strokes, where-ever they did fall.
And way did give unto their gracelesse speed ;
'As when a skilfull marriner doth reed
A storme approcbing that doth perill threat.
He will not bide the daunger of such dread,
But strikes Itis sayles, and vereth his main-sheat.
And lends unto it leave the emptie ayre to beat.
So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare.
And stouped ott his head from shame to shield :
No shame to stoupe, ones head more high to reare ;
And, much to gaine, a litle for to yield ;
So stoutest knights doen oClentimeB in field.
But still the tyrant stemely at him layd,
And did his yron axe so nimbly wield.
That many wounds into his flesh it made, [ladp.
And with bis burdenoua blowea him sore did iiver-
Yet whenas flt advantage he did spy.
The whiles the cursed felon high did reare
His cruell hand to smile him mortally.
Under his stroke he to him atep)nng neare
Right in the flanke him strooke with deadly dreare.
That the gore-bloud thence gushing grievously
Did underneath him like a pond appeare.
And all his annour did with purple dye :
Thereat he brayed loud, and yelled dreadfully.
Yet the huge stroke, which be before intended.
Kept on his course, as he did it direct.
And with such monstrous poise adowne descended.
That seemed nought could faim ftoa death protect:
But he it well did ward with wise respect.
And twiit him and the blow his shield did cas^
Which thereon sdnng tooke no great eflect ;
But, byting deepe, therein did iticke so fast [wrast.
That by no meanes it backe againe he forth could
Long while be tug'd and strore to get it out.
And all his powre applyed tbeRuntO)
That be therewith the knight drew all about:
Natblesse, for all that ever he could doe.
His ue he could not Itom his shield undoe.
Which Artegall perceiving, strooke no more.
But loosing soone hjs Hbield did it fotgoe ;
And, whiles be combred was therewith so sore.
He gan at him let drive more fiercely then afore.
So well he him pursew'd that at the last
He stroke him with ChrysMir on the bed.
That with iJie souse thereof full sore aghast
He staggered to and fro in doubtful] sted :
Againe, whiles be bim saw so ill bested.
He did him smite with all his might and main^
That, falling, on his mother earth he fed :
Whom when be saw prostrated on the plaine.
He lightly reft his h^d to ease him of his paiiw.
Which when the peopis round about him tar
■rhejsl
GUdio
outed all for ioy of his >ucces^^e,
be quit from that proud tyronti awe
Which
niCh Eirong powie did Chem long ti
prp«ci
And.™
nning all with greedie ioyfulnesse
TaUure
Irena, at her feel did fall.
Aitbei
Andek
her dumipionB glorie sounded over
lU:
Who, strdght her leading vilh mcelc maiestie
Unto the pallace where their Icings did raync.
Did her therein establish peaccaiilie,
And to her lungdomn uat restore agayne ;
And all such pei«>iii, as did late miuntayne
Tbat tyranta part with close or open ayde,
He sorely punlahed with heavie payne ;
Tbat io ihort space, wUlcs there with her he stayd.
Not one was left (hat durst her once have disobayd.
During which dme that be did there remayne,
His itudie was true iustice bow to deale.
And day and nigbt employ'd his buiie paine
How to reforme that ragged comiuon-weale :
And that nme yron nun, which could reveole
All bidden crimes, through all that realme he sent
To search out tboae that usd to lab and steale.
But, ere be coulde reforme it tborougbly.
He through occamon called was away
To Faerie court, that of necessity
His course of iustice be waa fotst to May,
And Talut to revoke &om the right way,
In which he waa tbat rcalme for to redresi
But envies cloud still dimmeth vertues ra;
So, haring freed Irena from distresoe.
He totdu bia lean of bra there left
Hehi
Wbenaa two old ill-&Tour'd hagi lie met.
By the way -side being together set.
Two griesly creatures ; and, to that thrar faces
Most foule and filtbie were, tbeir nrmenta yet,
Being all r^'d and latter'd, thrir disgraces [caaes.
JM much tbe more augment, and made most ugly
The one of them, that elder did appeare.
With her dull eyes did seeme to looks askew,
That ber mis-shape much helpt; and her foule heare
Hung loose and loathsomely ; thereto her hew
Was wan and leane, that all her teeth arvw
And all her bones might through her cheekes be red;
Her lips were, like isw lether, pale and blew ;
And as she spake, therewith she ^vered ; [she sed :
Yet spake she seldom : but thought more, the lease
Her hands were foule and durtie, neier washt
In all her life, with long uaytes OTer-i*ught, [scmcht
Like puttocks clawes ; with th' one of which she
Her cursed bead, altbmigh it ilcbed naught ;
The other held a snake with Tenime fVaugh^
grily,
That round ahout her iawea one might descry
ITm bloudie gore and poyson dropping lothwmely.
Her name was Bnvl^ knovcn well thereby ;
Whose nature is to grieve and grudge at all
That ever she sees docn prays- worthilyi
Whose sight to her is greatest crosse may fall.
And veinh so, that makes her cat her gall :
For, when she vranUth other thing to eat.
She feedi-s on her owne maw unnatural).
And of ber owne foule entiayles nudics her moat
Meat fit for such a monsters monstcrous dyeot :
And if she hapt of any good to beare.
That liaii to any hi^ipiiy betid.
Then would she inly fret, and grieire, and tcaro
Her flesh for felnesse. which she inward hid ;
But if ^e heard of ill that any did,
Or harme that any had, then would she make
Great cheate, Hke one unto a banquet bid;
And in anothers losse greft pleasure take,
As she liad gut thereby and gayned a great stake.
The other nothing better waa then sfaee ;
Agrenng in bad will and cancred kynd,
But in tad nuuier they did disagree :
For wbatso Envie good or bad did fynd
She did conceale, and murder ber owne mynd ;
But this, whatever evill she conceived.
Did spred abroad and thrCiw in tb' open wynd :
Yet this in all her words might be perce^Ted,
Tbat all she sought was mens good namie to have
For, whatsoever good by any aayd
Or doen die heard, she would itrdgfatwayes invent
ilaunderoualy iipbrayd,
Ort
of a
thing that well was ment :
Therefore she used ofWn to resort
To common haunts, and companies frequent.
To hearke what any one did good report.
To blot the same with blame, or wrest in wicked sort:
And if that any ill she heard of any.
She would it eeke, and make much worse by telling.
And take great ioy to publish it to many ;
That every matter worte was for her melling ;
Her name was higlit Ucu-action, and her dw-elling
Was neare to Envie, even her neighbour next f
A wicked hag, and Envy selfe excelling
In mischiefe { for herselfe she only vext t
But this same both henelfe and otlicrs eke pcrpleiL
Her face was ugly, and her mouth distort,
Foming with poyson round about her gils.
In wbidi her cuned tongue Aill sharpe and shwt
Appear'd like aspis sdng, that closely kils.
Or cruelly does wound whomso she wila :
A distaflc in her other band stie had,
Upon the which she lltle spinnes, but apils ;
And faynes to weave false tales and leasings bad.
To throw amongst the good, which others had diir
Tlieae two now had tbemsalves combynd in oim^
And Itnckt together gainst or Art^all ;
For whom they wayted as his mortall fane,
How they might make him into miacbiefe fall.
For freeing from tlieir snares Irena thtall :
Besides, unto themselves (hey gotten had
A monster which the Blatant Beast men call,
A dreadfiiU feend of gods and men ydrad, [lad.
Whom they by slights allur'd and to thor puipos*
THE FA£RIE QUEENG.
Sucb i*eie then baga, and ki unbaiidsoiira diat :
Wbo when thej nigb ■ppmching bad espyde
Sir Artegall rctum'd from liii Ule queat,
Tbe; both aroK, and at him loudly crjde,
Aa it bod bene two ahepbeards ciurei bad aajde
A ravenouB wolfc amongst the usllcred florkei :
And Eniie lint, ai abe that iini him ayde,
'^owardea bim run*, and with rude flaring lockes
About ber evea do«* beat her breit and fortiead
Then Itma ber mouth tbe gobbet abe does take.
The which wbj-lewe «he wae ao greedily
Devouring, eren that tialfe-i^nawen snake.
And at him throws it most deipightfuUy :
Tbe cuned serpent, though she bungril;
Elarst chmad thereon, yet was not all ao dead.
But that BOine life rranayncd secretly ;
And, u he past afore withouleu dind.
Bit liim behind, that long the marke wai to be read.
Ilien th* other cxnmning nesre gan him lEfile,
And fouly rayle, with all ahe could indent ;
Saying that be bad, with unmanly guile
And foule abuiion, both his honour blent.
And that bright sword, the snord of lubtice lent^
Had stayned with reprodifull cruelcie
In giiiltlesse blood of many an innocent:
Aa for Gianiotto, him with treacherie
And timynei baring suipiii'd he foulj did to die.
Tbereto the Blatant Beast, by Ibem set on,
At him b^an atoud to barke and bay
With bitter rage and fell contention ;
That all the woods and rockes nigb to that way
B<^an to quake and tremble with dismay ;
And all the aire rebellowed agoine ;
So dreadfully his hundred tongues did bray :
And evermore those hags ihcmseliH did poloe
To sharpen him, and their owne cursed tongg did
And, still among, moat bi
Mosi
nr^hte
ta they spake.
That they the mildest man alive would make
Forget bis padence, anil yeeld vengeaunce dew
To her, that so false sclaunders at him threw i
And more, to make them pierco and wound roo
She with the sting which in her vile tODgue grew
Did sharpen them, and in fresh poyson steepe :
Tetbepaston,andseem'dofthem to take no'kcepe.
Bnt TUus. hearing her so lewdly rails
And speake ao ill of him that well dese
Would her have ch&lii'd with his yrun Sci\e,
If her sir Artegall had not preserved,
And turn forbidden, who his heast otxerved :
So much the more at him still did she scold.
And ttonea did cast ; yet he for nought would swer
From hia right course, but still the way did hold
To Faetie court i where what bim fell shall also be
told.
THE FAERIE QUEENE,
Thk waies through which my weary steps I guyde
bis delightfull land of t'aeiy,
BO exceeding spacious and wyde,
And iprinckled witli slirh sweet variety
Of all that pleasant is to eare or eye.
That 1, nigh lavisht with rare tboughti delight.
My tedious travell doe forget thereby ;
And, when I gin to feele decay of might, [spright.
It strength (o me supplies and cheera my dulled
Such secret comfort and such heavenly pleaauraa, -
Ye sacred imps, that on Pamasso dwell.
And there the keeping have of learnings thnnaurea
Which doe all worldly riches fane e.cell.
Into the mindea of mortall men doe vretl.
And goodly fury into them infuse;
Guyde ye my footing, and conduct me welt
' ' ese strange waies where never foote did use,
one con Snd but who was taught them by the
Heveic to mc the sacred noursery
Of vertue, which with you doth tliere remain^
Where it in silver bowre does hidden ly
From view of men and wicked worlds disdainc {
Since it at first was by the godi with paina
Planted in earth, being deriv'd at furst
From heavenly seedes of bounty loveraine.
And by them long with careful! labour nurst.
Till it to ripenesse grew, and forth to honour bursL
Amongst tlicm all growea not a fayrer flowra
Then is the hloosmc of comely courtesie ;
Which though it on a lowly stalke doe bowre,
Yet broncheth forth in brave nobililic.
And spreds itselfe through all civilitie ;
Of which though pleasant oge doc plenteous sceme.
Yet, being roalcht with ptaine autiquitie,
Ve will them all but fayned showes esteeme.
Which carry colours faire tbat feeble eiea misdece:
But,
nthetriaaioftruec
jrterie.
w so faire from that
which tllC
nUwai
That
t indoed is nought b
ut forgerie.
Fashi
n-d to please the eie
B of them that pai
Which see not perfect tljin
gsbutin
agios,
Yet is
thatglassesogaytl
at it can bijnd
Thev
risestsight, to think
gold tha
is bras
Butv
within the
mynd.
And
not in outward sho
defynd.
ws but i
ward
But where shall I in all antiquity
So hixv a patleme finde, whoe may be asene
The goodly praise of princely cuReue,
As in yourselfe, O aoveraine lady queene?
In whose pure mindc, oa in a mirrour sheene,
It showcA, and with her brightneose doth inflami
The eyes of aJl which thereon fixed baene;
But nteritelh indeede an higher name i
Tct BO, At>m low (o high, uplifted is tout name
Hb
"Hieii pardon me, most dreaded KiTeraine,
TbM firom youraelfe I doe this vcrlue bring.
And to younelfe doe it retume againe :
So from the ocean all Timers ipring,
And ti^bute badce repay as (o tbcir king :
Right so from you all goodly vertuei well
Into the rest which round about you ring,
Faire lords and ladie* wbich about you dwell,
And doe adome jour court where courtenes exccll.
Calidoie saves from Malelfort
A damiell used vylde :
Dolh vanquiah Cruder ; and doth make
Briana wexe more mylde.
Or court, it scemcs, men courtene doe call,
For that it there most useth to abound ;
And well bcscemeth that in princes hall
That vertue should be plentifully found.
Which of all goodly muinen is tlie ground.
Andn
^vill c<
Right BO in Faery court it did redound.
Where curteouB knights and ladiea moat did won
or all on Earth, and ma'
But mongst them all was none more courteoui knight
Then Calidore, beloved oier all :
In whom It Beemei that gentleneaae of spright
And manners mylde were planted naturall ;
To Which he adding comely guiie williall
And gracious speadi. did sleale mens bearti away :
Nathlesse thereto he was full stout and tall.
And well ^ipror'd in batteiloui alfiay,
Tliat him did much rtnowme, and hi bii ftme dia-
pUy.
Ne was there knight ne was their hidy found
In Paefy court, but him did deare euibrace
For his bire usage and conditjona sound,
The which in all mens liking gayned place.
And with the greatest purchast greatest grnce ;
Whicli he could wisely use, and well apply,
To please the best, and th' evill to embaae :
Pur he loathd lea^ng and base flattery.
And loved limple truth and itedftat honesty.
And now he was in tisTell on his way,
Uppon an hard adventure sore bestad,
Whenas by chaunce he met uppon a day
With Artegull, returning yet balfe aad
Prom hi^ late conquest which he gotten had :
Who ivhenas each of other had a si^
They knew themselvea, and both their person* rad :
When Calidore thus flrnt) " Haile, noblest knight
Of all this day on ground that brealhen living
spright !
" Now tell, if please you, of the good successe
Which yc have had in your late enterprise."
To whom sir Artegall gan to ciprcBsc_
His whole exploits and valorous emprise.
In order as it did to liim ariie.
" Now, happy man," said then air Calidore,
" Which have, so goodly as ye can device,
Atchiev'd so hani a quest, as fen before ;
That shall you most lenowmed make for evermore.
" But where ya ended have, now I b^n
To tread an endlease trace ; withouten guydti
Or good direction how to enter in.
Or how to issue forth in waies untryde.
In perils strange, in labours long and wide ;
In wbich although good fortune me befall.
Yet shall it not by none be testifydc."
" What is that quest," quoth then sir Art^all,
<■ 'Riot you into such perils presently doth call? "
" The Blattant Besat," quoth he, " I doe pursew.
And through the world incessantly doe chaae.
Till I him overtake, or else subdew ;
Yet know I not or how or in what place
To find him out, yet still I forward trace."
" What is that Blattant Beast then ?" he replide;
" Is it a monster bred of hellishe race,"
Then answered he, " which often hatb annoyd
Good kni^ta and ladiea true, and many else de-
" Of Cerberua whilome he was begot
And fell ChiiUBra, in her darkesoine den.
Through fowie commixtuie of his HIthy blot ;
Where he was fostred long in Stygian lien,
Till he to perfect ripenesse grew ; and then
Into this wicked world he tonb was sent
To be the plague and scourge of wretched men :
Whom with vile tongue and renemous intent
He sore doth wound, and bite, and cruelly torment.''
■• Tlien, since the Salvage Island I did leave,"
Sayd Artcgill, " I such a besat did see.
The which did seeme a tbouiand tongues to hare,
Tlial all in spij^ and malice did agree.
With which he bayd and loudly bariit at ntee,
As if that he Bttonce would me devoure :
But I, that knew tnyielfe irom petill free.
Did nought regard his malice nor his powr* t
But he the more his wicked poysoo forth did potire.'
" That surely is that beast," saide Calldote,
" Which I pursue, of whom I am right glad
To heare these tidings which of ncme afore
Through all my weary travell I have had :
Yet now some hope your words unto me add."
" Now God you tfeed," quoth then sir Ait^all,
" And keepe your body from the dounger dritd {
For ye have much adoe to deole witball [ "
So both tooke goodly leave, and ported seveialL
Sir CJidore thence travelled not long,
Whenas by chaunce a comely squire be fotmd.
That thorough some more mighty enesnies irrong
Both hand and foote unto a tree was bound ;
Who, seeing him from farre, with piteous snilid
Of his shrill cries him called to bis aide :
To wliom qiproching, in that painefVilt ttotmd
When be him saw, for no demauuds he staide.
But fint him losde, and afterwards thus to him aaid ;
" Unhappy squire, what hard mishap thee bnxighl
Into this bay of perill and disgrace ?
What cruell hand thy wretched thtoldome wrought.
And thee captyved in this shameAill place?"
To whom he answered thus ; " My hiqilesse Case
Is not occasjood through my misdesert.
But through misfortune, which did me abase
Unto this shame, and my young hope subvert,
Ere that I in her guilefull traines was well expert.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
« Not fkne tram htaie^ n|tpcia joDd ndkj hlO,
Hard I7 ■ strei^ then ataodt « cutU Mroug,
Wbich doth obwrre m cuMomB lowd and ill.
And itliatfa long nuyntuDd with mdghqr wroDg:
For may no knight nor ladj pajwi along
That way, (and yet tbn needs niust puie that way,
By naaoQ of tha straight, and rudca anuHig.)
But dK7 that ladies Iwkes doe shave away, [pay."
And diat knights bcaid,fortoll which ihey for passage
" A shamefUU use aa ever I did heBre,"
Sayd Cahdore, " and to be orenhrowne.
But by what meanes did they at flnt it rears,
And for what cause ? tell if thou have it knowne."
Sayd then that squire ; " The lady, which doth owne
lluB casde, is by name Briana lught ;
Then which a prouder Udy liveth none :
She long time hath deare lor'd a doughty knight,
And sought to win hia Ime by all the meanes she
" His name is Cruder ; who, through high disdaine
Aud proud deipight of hii srife-pleasing mynd*
Refused hath to yeeld bar lore againe,
Untill B mantle she for him doe fynd
With beards of knights and locks of ladies lynd :
Which to proiide, she hath this castle digh^
And therran balh a senesdiall aasynd,
Cald Maleffort, a man of mickle might.
Who executes bei wicked will with worse despight.
" He, this same day as I thai way did corns
Vfitii a foire damiell my belored deare.
Id execution of her lawlesse doome
Did set uppon ua flying both for feare ;
For little boDt« against him hand to reare :
2fe first he tooke unhable to withstond,
And whiles he her pursued every where.
Till his returue unto this tree he bond :
Ne wote 1 lurely whether he her yet have fond. "
Thnt while* they spake they beard a ruefiill shiieke
Of one loud crying, whirh they streightway ^leac
That it was she the which for heipe did aeeke.
Tho, looking up unto the cry to lest,
They saw that carle from ftite with hand unblest
Hayling that mayden by the yellow heart,
IllBt all bcT gannenti from her inowy breat.
And from her bead ber lockes he nigh did teare,
Ne would be spare for ptty, nor lefnyue for feare.
Which haynous sight when Calidore beheld,
Eftsoooea be looad tlial squire, and so him leA
With hearts dismay and inward dolour queld.
For to pursue that viUaine, which had reft
That piwoua ipoUe by so iniurious theft :
Whom OTOtaking, lotide to him he cryde ;
" Leave, flq'tor, quickely thai misgotten w^
To him that 1^ it better iuslifyde, [defyde."
And tume thee soone to him of whom thou art
Wbo, hearkniDg to that vtnce himselfe upreaid.
And, sedng him so fiercely tosrardea make,
Against him stoutly ran, sa nought afeard.
But rather more eniag'd for those wordi sake ;
And with Sterne eount'naunce tfaos unto himspake ;
" Art thou the caytive that defyest me.
And for this mayd, whose party thou doest take.
Wilt give thy bwd, though it but little bee?
Yet shall it not her lockes for raunsoma fro rae free."
With that be fleitsaly at him d««, and layd
On hideous strokes with most importuna might.
That oft ha made him stagger as unstayd.
And oft recuile to shunne his shai^ despight :
But Calidore, that was well skiid in fight.
Him long forlN»e, and still his spirite spar'd,
Lying in waite how him he damadge might 1
But when he felt him sbrioke, and come to waid.
He greater grew, andgan to drive at him mora hasd.
Like as a water-slreame. wliose swelling sounc
Shall drive amiU, within strong bancka Is pent.
And long reatrayned of his ready coiu-se ;
So soone as passage is unto him leut,
Bieakes forth, and makes bis way mora violent ;
Such was the fury of sir Calidore :
When once be felt his foe-man h> relent.
He iiercely him pursued, and pressed sore ;
Wbo as he nill decayd, so he eocreased more.
The heavy burdeti of whose dreadi\tll might
Whenas the carle no longer could luMaine,
His heart gau bint, and straght he tooke his flight
Toward the caetle, where, if need constiaine,
His hope of rt^fuge used to remaine :
Whom Calidore perceiving fast to flie.
He him pursu'd and chaced through the plaine.
That he for dread of death gan loude to cria
Unto the ward to open to him bastille.
They, firom the wall him seong so aghast.
The gate soone opened to receive him in j
But Calidore did follow him so fast.
That even in the porch he him did win.
And cleft hia head asunder to his chin 1
The carkasse ttmibling downe within the dore
Did choke the entrauoce with a lumps of un.
That it could not be shut ; whjlest Calidore
Did enter in, and slew the porter on the flore.
With that the i«st the which the castle kept
About him fiockl, and bard at him lUd It^ ;
But he them all from him full lightly swept.
As doth a steare, in heat of sommen day.
With his l«ig taile the bryies brush away.
Thence passing forth into Che ball he came.
Where of the lady selfe in sad dismay
He was ymelt, who with uncomely ijiaroe
Ganhimsalute,andfawleupbrayd with faulty bUmt:
' False traytor knight," uic
f armes ! that 1
e, " no knight at all,
with girilty ban''
unmand,
Murdered my men, and slaine my seneschall ;
Now comesC tbou to rob my house unmand,
And spoile myselfe, that cannot thee witlntand?
Yet doubt thou not. but diat some better knight
Then thou, that shall thy treason undentand.
Will it avenge, and pay thee with thy right :
And if none do, yet shame shall thee with sha
requight."
Much was the knight ahaabed at that word;
Yet answer'd thus ; " Not uiito me the shame.
But to the shainefuJ] doer it aJTord.
Bloud is no blemish ; for it is no blame
To punish those that doe deserve the same ;
But they that breake bands of dvilitie.
And wicked eustomes make, those doe de&me
Both noble armes and gentle cuitesia :
No greater shame to man Chen inhumanitie.
Hh 3
" ITion doe youndfe, for drewl of ihome, forgoe
Tbii erill DWDnei whicb ye here iiuiiiitune,
And doe iiute«d thereof mild rurt^ue showe
To all that pesK ; that shiilt you glory gune
More then his Iotb, which thus ye aeeke I' oblaine."
Wherewith M full uf tinxh the thus replydc ;
" Vile recreant ! know that I doe much disdaine
Th; courteous lore, that doesC my loie deride.
Who scomes thy ydle bco&b, and bids thee be de-
fyde."
" To take dcfiaunce at a ladiei word,"
Quoth he, " 1 hold it no indignity ;
But were he here, that would it with his iwoid
Abett, perhaps he mole it deare aby." [fly
" Cowherd," quoth «hc, '■ were not that tbau wouldat
Ere he doc come, he should be soonc in place."
" If 1 doe so," sayd he, >< then liberty
I leave to you for aje me to disgrace [de&cc."
With all those ahaaiet, that erst ye spake me to
With that ■ dwarfe she cold to her in haat,
And taking from her hand a ring of gould
(A plivy token which betweene tliem past)
Bad him to tUc with all the speed he could
To Crudor ; and desire him (hat he would
VoBchtafb to leekue ber against a knight.
Who through strong powre liod now herselfin hould.
Having late siaine her seneschal) in fight.
And all her people muidred with outragious might :
The dwarfe Lis way did host, and went all night ;
But Calidore did with her there abyde
The commingofthst so much tbreetned knight;
Where tliat discourteous daoie with scomfuU prdye
And fowle entreaty him indignifyde,
Tliat yron heart it hardly could sustaine :
Yet he, that could his wrath full wisely guyde,
Did well endure her womanish disdaioe,
And did himselib from IVaile impatience refraine.
The morrow next, before the lampe of light
Above the Earth upreard his Homing head.
The dwarfe. which bore that message to ber knight,
Brought aunswere backe, that ere he lasted bread
Be would her succour, and alive or dead
Her foe deliver up into her hand :
Therefore he wil'd her doe away all dread ;
And, that of him she mote assured stand,
He sent to her bis basenet as a faithful! band.
Thereof full hlyth the todie streight became.
And gan t" augment her hittemesse much more i
Yet no whit more appalled for the same,
Ne ought dismayed was sir Calidore ;
But nther did more cheareftiU seeme therefbre ;
And, having aoonehis armes about him digbt.
Did issue ItHth to meele his foe afore ;
Where long he stayed not, whenas a knight [mighL
He ipide come pricking on with all his powre and
Well weend he itrcight that he should be the same
Whidi Cooke in band her quarr^ to maintaine ;
Ne itayd to asko if it were he by name.
But coucht his ^leare, and ran at him amaine.
They bene jtaett in middest of the plains
With so fell fiiry and dispiteous fone.
That neither could the others strdce sustaine.
But rudely rowld to ground both man and bone.
Nether of other taking pitty nor remorse.
But CaUdora uprote agaiue full light, '
Whiles yet his foe lay fast in scncelease sound ;
Yet would he not him hurt although he might ;
For shame he weend a sleeping wight to wound.
But when Briana saw that dr«y stound,
TTiere where die stood uppon the castle wall.
She deem'd him sure to have bene dead on gmond;
And made such piteous mourning therewiibBll, ~
That &om the battlements sbe rndy seem'd to &U.
Nathlessc at length himselfe he did upreare
In luiitlesse vise ; as if agaiast his will.
Ere he had slept his lill, he wakened were.
And gan to stretch his limbs ; which feeling ill
Of his kte fall, awhile he rested still :
when he saw his foe before in few.
He shooke off luskishnesse ; and, courage t^iill
Kindling afresh, gan battell to renew, (tew.
To prove if better foote then horsebw^ would en-
There then began a fearcfidl cruell fray
Betwiit them two for maystery of might;
For both were wondrous practicke in that play.
And passing well eipertin ungle lighl.
And both inflam'd with furious despigbt;
Which as it still encreast, so still increast
ruell strokes and terrible affri^ ;
^ for rulh their rigour they releast,
' to breath awhile their angers tempest ccaiL
Thus long Ihey tiac'd and traverst to and fro.
And tryde all waies how each mole entiauce make
Into the life of his malignant foe ;
lliey hew^d their helmes, and plates asunder brak^
As ihey had putshares bene ; for nought mote slake
Tb<Hr greedy vengemnces but goaiy blood;
That at the last like lu a purple lake
Of bloudy gore congeal'd about them stood.
Which from theirriven Ndes forth gushed like B flood.
At length it chaunst that both their hands on hie
At once did heave with all their powre and migb^
Thinking the utmost of their force to trie.
And prove the ii nail fortune of the fight;
But Calidore, that was more quicke of si^t
And nimbler-handed then his enemie.
Prevented him before his stroke could light.
And on the helmet smote him formerlie, [militie!
That made him sloupe to grou ad with [a»ke hu-
And, ere he could recover footc o^aine.
He following that faire advantage fast
His stroke redoubled with such might and mainc,
Thot him upon the ground he groveling cast ;
And leaping to him light Would liave urUast
His helme, to make unto his vengeance way :
Who, seeing in what daunger he was plasi,
Cryde out j " Ah merde, sir '. doe me not alay.
But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay."
With that his mortall hand awliile he stayd ;
And, haring somewhat colm'd his wrathAill heat
With goodly patience, thus he to him sayd ;
■■ And is the boast of that proud ladies threat,
Tliat menaced me from the field to beat.
Now brought to this ? By this now ye m^ Ionic
Stnngers no more so rudely to entreat ;
But put away pnnid looke and >ui^ Uane,
Ttw which ahal Dooght to you but foule diahoqour
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
■■ For nothii^ a more blamefull to > knight,
That coiirt*iie doth aa well u annes profeMC,
HoweTer Kniog and fortunate in flght,
Mlieii tbe repFoch or pride and cruelneaae :
In Tsine he seeketb otben to luppreaw,
Who bath not leaind hinudA Gnt to uibdcw ;
AU fleah ia frayU and full of ficklencaM^
Subiect to fbrtunea ciiance, itiD cbaunging new ;
WltBt btp* lo-d^ to ma W>miitTow ma^ to you.
" Who will ^t merde unto othen gbew.
How can he mercie ever hope to have ?
To pa; each with bis owne is right and dew :
Yet since ;e mercie now doe need ta mve,
I will it giaunt, your hop«tcs8e life to Bava,
With (beae conditioni which I will propDund:
Tint, that ye better shali yourwlfe behave
Unto all errant kaiglits, whereso on ground;
Neit, that ye ladies ayde in every ilead and Btound."
The wietched man, that all thii while did dwell
In dmd of death, his heosti did ghuily )ieare.
And proisist to performe hii precept well.
And whatsoever else he ^tiuld requcro.
So, niBring Mm lo rise, he madit bim iwcare
By his owne iword, and by the crosse tbereon.
To take Briana for his loving fure
Withouten dowre or compnaition ;
But to release his former foule condition.
All which accepting, end with faithfutl oth
Bynding himselle most Gmiely to obay.
He up arose, however IJcfe or loth,
A nd swore lo him true Tcaltie for aye.
Then forth he raid from sorrawfull dismay
The sad Briana which all this bebetd j
Wbo cmnming forth yet full of late affray
Sir Calidore upcheard, and to her teld
All this accord to which he Crudor had compeld.
Whereof she now more glad then sory earst.
All overcome with infinite sfTect
For bis exceeding courtesie, that pcarst
Her stubbame hart with inward decpe effect.
Before bis feet bcnclfe she did proicct ;
And bim adoring as her lives dearc lord.
With all due tbankes and duUfull respect,
Herselfe ackirawledg'd bound For that accord.
By which he bad Is her both life and love reslord.
So all returning to the castle glad,
Kfoat ioyfally ibe them did eutertainei
Where goodly glee and feast to them she made.
To shew her thankefull mind and meaning faine.
By all the meanes she mote it best eiplaine :
And, after all, unto sir Calidore
She &eely gave that castle for his painc.
And berselfe bound to him for evermore ;
So wODdroualy now chaung'd from that she wm
But Calidore himselfe would not rctaine
Nor land nor fee for byre of bis good deed^
But gave them streigbt unto that squire againe.
Whom fVom her seneschall be lately freed.
And to bis damzell, as their rightful! meed
For rccompence of all their former wrong :
There he remaind with them right well agreed.
Till of his wounds be wexed hole ^nd strong ;
And then to liii first quest he passed forth along.
Calidore sees young Tristram slay
A pmud discourteous knight :
He makes him squire, and uf him leames
His state and preavnt flight.
What
Or for i
ao fitting fbr a knight,
'bom a knight should love,
na curresiej lo beare themselves aright
To all of each degree as doth behove ?
For whether they be placed higb above
Or low beneath, yet ouglit Ihey well to know
Their, good ; that none them rightly may reprove
Of rudenesse for not yeelding what they owe :
Great skill it is such duties timely to bestow.
TTiereto great htlpe dame Nalure selfe doth lend :
For some so goodly grotious are by kind,
That every action doth them much commend.
And in the eyes of men great liking find ;
Which othen that have greater skill in mind.
Though they enforce themselves, cannot
hmg, I
whic
is inclined.
Doth best become and grcutest grace doth gaine !
Yet praise likewise dcwrve good thewes enforst with
Tliat well in courteous Calidore appeares ;
Whose every act and deed, that he did say, .
Was like enchantment, (hat through both the eye^
And both the eares did stealu the liart airay.
Ho liow agalne is on his former vi'ay
To follow his first quest, wbenaa he spyde
A tall young man, from thence not farre avray.
Fighting on foot, as well he him descr}'de.
Against snormed knight that did on honcbackcrydc.
And them beside a ladie faire he saw
Standing alone on foote in foule array ;
To whom himselfe he hastily did draw
To weet the cause of so uncomely Iray,
And to depart them, if so be he may:
But, ere be came in place, that youth hod kild
■Tiat »rmed knight, that low on ground he lay ;
Which when he saw, his hart was inly diild
With great amazement, and his thought with won-
der fl Id.
uniable grace.
: .lip, t
Yet sevenleene yesres, but tall and faire of ftce,
That sure he deem'd him borne of noble race :
All in a woodmans iacket he wat clad
Of Lincolne gteene, bvtayd with ulver locc;
And on his head an hood with aglets sprad,
And by bis side his huntera home he banging had.
Buskins he wore of costliest cordwayne,
Pinekt upon gold, and paled part per part,
As then the guire was for each gentle swayne ;
In his right hand he held a trembling dart.
Whose fellow he before bad sent apart j
And in his leA he held a sharpe bore-spesre,
Witli which he wont to launch the salvage hart
or many a lyon and of many a beore.
That first unto his hand in chose did happen neare>
nine?
Why hath thy hand too bold iwclfe embrew«J
In blood of knight, the which liy thee i> slaine,
Bythee no knight: which armesimpugnethplune?"
" Certes," said he, •< loth were J to have broken
Tlic Uw of aimet ; yet breake it should againc,
lUlher tb«n let myuilfe of wight be Etroken,
So long as ttaeie in-o armei were able to be wroken.
" For not I him, na thi* hEs ladie here
May wJtne«se well, did offer flrnt to wrong,
Ne surely thus unann'd I likely were,
But he me Srit through pride and puisssuncettrong
Aarnyld, not koowing what to oimes doth long."
" Ferdie great blame," then said ur Calidore,
" For armed knight a wight unann'd to wrong :
But then aread, tbou gentle chyld, whciefore
Betwixt you two began thUEtrifc andBterneuprore*"
" That thall I sooth," said be, ■■ to you declare.
I, whole unryper yearn are yet unfit
For thing of weighl or worke of greater care.
Doe spend my dayea and bend my careleEse wit
To salvage chace, where 1 thereon may hit
In all this forrest and wyld voodie nine :
Where, as tliis day I was enraungjog it,
I cbaunat to meete thi* knight who there lyes slaine.
Together with this ladie, passing on the plaine.
" The knight, as ye did see, on horsebacke was.
And this his ladie, that hitn ill became.
On her fiire feet by his horse-side did pas
Through thicke and thiji, unfit for any dame :
Yet not content, mote to increase his shame,
Whenso she lagged, as alie needs mote so.
He with his spcore (that was to him gieat blame)
Would thtmipe her forward and inforce to goc.
Weeping to him in vaine and making piteous woe.
" Which when I saw, as they me passed by,
Much was I moved in indignant mind,
And gan to blame turn fbr such cruelty
Towwds a ladie, whom with usage kind
He rather should have taken up behind.
Wherewith be wroth and full of proud disdaine
Tooke in fouls scome that I such fault did find.
And me in lieu thereof revii'd againe,
Threatning tochastiaeine,asdoth t'achyldpertaine.
" Which I no lesse disdajning, backe relumed
Hia tcomeful] taunts unto his teeth againe.
That he streightway with liiughtie cboler burned.
And with his speare strooke me one stroke or twaine i
Which T, cnforst to beare though to my paine.
Cast to requite ; and with a slender dart.
Fellow of this I beare, throwne not in vaine^
SCrtwke him, as seemeth, underneath the hart,
That through the wound his spirit shortly did depart.'
Much did sir Calidore admyre his speacfa
Tempred to well, but more admyr'd the stroke
That through the mayles had made so strong a breach
Into hit hart, and had so stemely wroke
Hia wTslh on him that Grst occasion broke :
Yet rested not, but further gan inquire
Of that same ladie, whether what he spoke
Were soothly so, and that th' unrighteous ins
fc^f her ownckm'ght had given him his owna due hire.
Of all which wbtnas she could nought denjr.
But cleard that stripling of th' imputed blame; 1
Sayd then sir Calidore ; " Neither vriil I
Him charge with guilt, but rather doe quite dame:
For what he spake, for you he spake it, dame ;
And what he did, he did himtdfe to save : [shame :
Against both which &M knight wrought knightleiw
For knighta and all nien this by nature have.
Towards all womenkind'tbem kindly to bdwve.
" But, uth that he is gone irrevocable,
Please it you, ladie, to us to aread
What cause could make him so dishonourable
To drive you so on foot, unfit to tread
And lackey by him, gainst all womanhead."
" Certes, sir Knight,^' sayd she, " full loth I wa«
To rayse a lyving blame against the dead :
Bu^ Mnce it me concemes myselfe to clere,
I will (he truth discover as it chaunst wbylere.
" This day, as he and I together roade
Upon our way to which we wra«n bent.
We chaunst to come foreby a covert glade
Within a wood, whereas a ladie gent
Sate vrith a knight in ioyous iolliment
Of their fronke loves, free Tnan all gealous spye* :
Faire was the Iodic sure, that mote content
An hart not carried with too curious eyes.
And unto him did shew all lorely courtesyea.
" Whom when my knight did see so lovely ikire.
He July gan her lover to envy.
And wish that he part of his spoyle might share :
Whereto wbenas my presence lie did spy
To be a let, he bad me by and by
For to alight : but, whenas I was loth
My loves owne part to leave so tuildenly.
He with strong hand down &om bis ateed uw
thrnw'th, [strdgbt go'tb.
And with presumpteous powre agaioM thai knight
" Unann'd all was the kni^t, as then more meete
For ladie* service and for loves dehght,
l^n fearing any foeman there to meete ;
Whereof be taking oddes, stragfat bids him dight
Himselfe to yeeld his love or else to fight :
Whereat the other starting up dismayd.
Yet boldly answer'd, as he nghtly might.
To leave his love he should be ill i^yd, [uyd.
In which be bad good right gaynst all that it gaine
" Yet since he was not presently in ph'gfat
Her to defend, or his (o iuslifle.
He him requested, ss he was a knight.
To lend him day bis better tight to trie.
Or slay till he his armes, which were lheivl)y.
Might lightly fetch : but be was fierce and whot,
Ne time would give, nor any tennes aby.
But St him flew, and frith bis spnre him n>ot|
From which to thinke to save himselfe it booted anl.
" Meane while hia ladie, which this outrage saw,
Whileat they together for the quarrey strove^
Into the CDVETt did berseUt witbdrair.
And closely hid bersdfe within the grove.
My knight hers soone, as seemea, to daunger drove
And lef^ sore wounded ; but, when her be mist.
He woxe balfe mad ; and in that rage gan rove
And range through all the wood, whemo he irisi
She hidden was, and sought her so long as him list.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
" But, irbenAS her be by do meanea could find.
After loQg Ecarch and chaulTbe turned backe
Unto the place where me he left behind :
TbcTE gwi be me to nine and ban, for lacke
Of that (aire bootie, and with tntlet wradte
To wreake on me the guilt of hk owne wrong:
Of all wbkh I ;« glad to beare the packe
" Then, ai it were t' avenge big wrath oa mee.
When ftHwaid we *hould fa», he flat refuted
To take me up (as this young man did see)
Upon his Bleed, tor no iust cause accuKd,
But font to trut on foot, and foule misused,
Founching mu with the butt-end of hii speare.
In vaioe conaplayning to be so abused ;
For he regarded neither playnt nor teare, [heare.
But more enfurst my paine, the more my plaints to
" So paised we, till this young man us met ;
And being nioov'd witb pittie of my plight
Spake, aa was mecte, for ease of my r^ret :
Whercttf befell what now i< in your sight."
*' Now sure," then said sir Calidore, " and right
Me seemes, that bim befell by his owne fault :
Wboerer tbinkes through contideace of might.
Or through support of count'oaiice proud and hault.
To wrong the weaker, oftftlles in bis owne assault."
Then turning backe unto that gentle boy^
Which bad himtelfe so stoutly well acquit ;
Seeing his face so lovely steme and coy.
And bearing tlie ausweres of bis pr^nant wit.
He praysd it much, and much adtnyred it {
That sure he weend him \yom of noble blood.
With whom those graces did so goodly fit :
And, when he long had him beholding stood,
He bunt into these wordes.aa to him seemed good;
■' Faire gentle swayne, and yet aa stout as fayre,
That in these woods amongst the nymphs dost wonne.
Which daily may to thy sweete lookes repayre.
As they are wont unto Latonaes sonne
After his chace on woodie Cynthus donne ;
Well may I certes sucb an one thee read.
As by thy worth thou worthily hast wonne.
Or surely bome of some heroicke sead.
That in thy fkce ^peares and gratious goodlyhead.
" Bnt, should it not displease thee it to tell,
(Unlesae thou in these woods thyselfe conceale
For love amongst the woodie gods to dwell,)
I would thyselfe require tbee to reveals ;
F<a deare affection and unfayned Male
Which to thy noble personage 1 beare.
And wish tfaeegrow in worship and great weale :
For, since the day that aimes I first did reaie,
I never saw in any greater hope ^tpeare."
To whom then thus the noble youth ; " May be,
Sr Knight, that, by discovering my estate,
Harme may arise unweeting unto me ;
To you I will not feare it to relate.
Tb«i wote ye that I am a Briton borne,
Sonne of a king, (however thorough &te
Or fortune I my countrie have torlome.
And lost the crownc which should my head by right
And Tristram Is my name ; Ibe onely hdre
Of good king Meliograa which did raync
In Comewsle, till that he through lives dcspcire
Untimely dyde, before I did attaine
mpe yeares of reason, my right to maintune :
After whose death his brother, seeing mee
An infant, weake a kingdome to sustains,
Upon him tooke the rojall high degree.
And sent me, where him list, instructed for to bee.
" The widow queene my mother, which then hight
Faire Emiline, conceiving then great feare
Of my fraile safetie, rusting in the might
Of bim that did the kingly scepter beare,
Whose gealous dread induring not a pcare
Is wont to cut off all that doubt may breed;
Thought best away me to remove somewhere
Into some forrcin land, whereas no need
Of dreaded daunger might his doublfutl humor feed.
'* So, taking counscll of a wise man red,
She was by him sdvii'd to send me qiught
Out of the countrie wherein I was bred.
The which the Fertile Lionesse is hight,
Into the land of Faerie, where no wight
Should weet of me, nor worke me any wrong ; .
To whose wise read die hearitning, sent me streiglit
Into this land, where I have wond thus long [strong.
" All which my daies I have not lewdly spent.
Nor spilt the blossome of ray tender yearea
In ydlc^nc ; but, as was convenient.
Have trayned bene with many noble feres
In gentle Ihewes and such like seemly leres :
Mongat which my most delight hath altvues been
To hunt the salvage chace, amongst my peres.
Of all that raungeth in the forrest greene.
Of which none b to me unknowne that ev'r was seene.
" Ne is there bauke which mantleth her on peareb.
Whether high towring or accoasdng tow,
But I the measure of her flight doe search.
And all her pray and alL her diet know ;
Such be our ioyes which in these forreata grow ;
Onely the use of armes, which most I ioy.
And tittelh most for noble swayne to know,
I have not taated yet ; yet past a boy.
And being now high time these strong ioynts to
imploy.
" Therefore, good sir, bA now occasion fit
Doth tail, who« Uke bervafter seldome may,
Let me tlus crave, unworthy though of it.
That ye wilt m^e me squire without delay,
That fh>m henceforth in batlalous array
I may beare armes, and Icome to une them right ;
The rather, since that fortune hath this day
Given to me the spolle of this dead knight,
IliesegoodlygildGnarmeswhichlhaTewoninBght."
All which when weU air Calid<Re bad heard,
Him much more now, then earst, he gan admire
For the rare hope which In his yearea appear'd.
And thus replide; " Faire chyld, the high desire
To love of armes, which in you doth aspire,
I may not certes without blame denie ;
But rather wish that some more noble hire
(Tluiugh none more noble then is chevalrie)
J had, you to reward with greater dignilie."
in SPE
Tbrre be liim eausd b> kne«Ic, and made to iwcto'e
Faitb to his kniglil, and trutb to ladies ail.
And never to be recreant for feare
Of perill, or of ougilt [hat might befall :
So he htm dubbed, end hia squire did call.
Full glad and iuyous Ihen young Tristram grew ;
Idke aa a flowre, whose silken leaves small
IiOng shut up in the bud iiom Heavens vew.
At length breaks forth, and brode dj^layes his
smyling liew.
Thus when tJicy long had treated to and fro,
And Calidnre bcloobe him to depart,
Cbyld THatram praj-d thai he with him might goc
Ob his adventure, vowing not to atari.
But wajt on him in every place and part ;
Whereat sir Calidore did much delist,
And greatly ioy'd at his so noble hart.
In hope be sure would prove a doughtie knight :
Yet for the time thii answere he to Vara bchigfat ;
" Glad would I surely be, thou courteous ci]uire.
To have tliy presence in my present queat.
That mote tliy kindled eouroge set on tire.
And flame forth honour in It^ noble brest:
But I am bound by vow, which I protest
To my dread loveraine, when I it asuyd.
That in atchievement of her high behest
I should no creature ioyne unto mine ayde ;
Forthy 1 may not graunt that ye so grtally prayde.
" But since this ladle is all desotale.
And nccdetli sofegsrd now upon her way,
Te may doe well in this her needful! stala
To auccour her from daunger of dismay,
That thankful! guerdon may to you repay."
The noble ympe, of such new service fayne.
It gladly did accept, as lie did say ;
So taking courteous leave they parted twayne ;
And GiUdore forth passed to his former payne.
But Triitram, then despoyling that dead knight
Of all those goodly implements of prayse,
l«ng fed his greeie eyes with the ftire sight
Ofthe bright metullshyning like Sunnerayes;
Handling and turning them a thousand wayea ;
And, after having Iham upon him dighl,
He toobe that ladie, and her up did rayse
Upon the slecd of berowne late dead kni^t:
So with ber marched forth, as she did him behighL
There to their fortune leave we lliem awliile,
And tume we bockc to good sir Calidore ;
Who, ere he thence had travdld many a mile.
Came ta tJie plaee whereas ye heard ofore
This knight, whom Tristram slew, had wounded sore
Another knight in his desptteous pryde;
There he that kniffbt found lying on (he Aore
With many wounds full perilous and wyda, [dyde:
That all his garments and the graaae in vermeill
And ttwre bcaide him sate upon the ground
His wofiitl ladie, piteously cumplayning
With loud laments that most unluckis Mound,
And ber sad selfe with carefull hand constrayning
To wype his wounds, and esw their bitter payning:
Wliiidi lorie nght when Calidore did vew,
Mlth beavie eyn« from teares uncath refmyning,
Hi^mightiebarttlieir moiimefull case can r*w,
_ And for their better comfort to them nigher drew.
Then, speaking to the Udie, thus be said ;
" Ye dolefuU dame, let not yonr griefe cm]
To tell what cruell hand hath thus arayd
This knight unarm'd with so unknightly breacb
Of armes, that, if I yet him nigh may reach,
I may avenge him of so foule despight."
The ladie, bearing his so courteous speach,
Gan reare her eyes as to the chearefiill lights
And from her sory ban few beavie words forth si^i^ :
In wbicli she shew'd, how that discourteoua knight.
Whom Tristram slew, them in that shadow found
loying together in unblam'd delight;
And him unarm'd, as now he lay on ground,
Chsrg'd with his speare, and mortally did woondr
Withouten cause, but onely her to reave
From him, to whom she waa for ever boiiitd :
Yet, when she (led into that covert greave, pea si
He, her not finding, both them thus nigti ikail did
When Calidore this ruefUll stone had
Well understood, be gan of her demand.
What manner wight he was, and how yclad.
Which had this outrage wrought with wicked haod.
She then, like as she beat could understand,
Him thus describ'dy to be of stature large,
CW all in gilden armes, with Biure band
Quartred athwart, and bearing in hia taigc
A Udie on rough waves row'd in a sommer bargo.
Then gan sir Calidore to ghesse streightway.
By many signes which she described had.
That this was he whom Triscnim earst did slay.
And to ber said) " Dame, be no longer sad ;
For he, that hath your knight so ill bestad.
Is now himsetfe in much more wretched plight ;
These eyes him aaw upon the cold earth sprad.
The meede of bis desert for that despight,
WMch to yourselfe he wrought and to your loved
knight.
" Therefore, faire lady, lay awdc this griefe.
Which ye have gathered to your gentle hart
For Chat displeasure j and thinke what reliefs
Were best devise for this your lovers smart ;
And how ye may him hence, and to what part.
Convey to be recur'd." She thankt him dear^
Both for (hat ncwes he did to her impart.
And for the courteous care which he did beaitt
Both to her love and (o hciselfe in tl»( sad diesrc
Yet cotild she not devise by any wi(.
How thence she might convay him to some place ;
For him to trouble she it tliought unfit.
That was a sCraunger to her wretched case;
And him to bcare, she thought it thing too base.
Which whenas he perceiv'd be thus b^pake ;
" Faire lady, let it not you seeme disgrace
To bcare this burden on your dainty bache;
Myselfc will beare a part, copoition of your padfe."
So off* he did Us shield, and downewaid layd
Upon the ground, like to an hollow beare ;
And powring balme, which he had long purvayd.
Into bis wounds, him up thereon did rare.
And twixt them both with parted paines did beax^
Twiit life and death, not knowing what was doane:
Thence they him carried to a castle neare.
In which a worthy auncienl knigbl did wonne:
^Vliere what ensu'd shall in nest canto be begonue.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
«7S
CiUdora brings Priicilla JuiDe ;
Pursue* the BlaUnt Bout :
SivB S^reiu, wliilen Calepine
By Turpine ii oppnst
True is, that whilome that good poet nyd,
Tbe gentle minde by gentle deeds is kuotnie :
For ■ man by nothing is so well bevrayd
As by hid mmnncn ; in which pUine is showne
Of what degree and what race he ii growne :
For Kldoine seene a trotliiig stalion get
An anibling colt, that is bis proper i
Uoth noble courage (bew with curteous roumers
Bat evermore cimtKby hath bene tryde.
That gentle bloud will gentle manners breed ;
Ai well may be in Calidore deecryde,
By late ensample of that nmrteoua deed
Done UJ that wounded knl^hc in his great need,
Whom on his backe he buro, till he him brought
Unto the castle where they bad decreed :
Tlien! of the knight, the which that castle ought.
To make abode that night be greatly was besought.
He was to weete a man of full ripe yeares,
Tbat in his youth bad beene of miclde might.
And borne great away in armes amongst his pearea ;
But now weak* age had dimd bia candle-Ii^t:
Yet waa he courteoua atill to enery wight.
And loved all that did to annea incline;
And waa the ftther of that wounded knight,
Whom Calidore thus carried on bis chine ;
And Aldua waa his name ; and hia aonnes, Aladine.
Who when he saw his Sonne so ill bedight
With bleeding wounds, brought home upon a beore
By a fairs lady and a straunger knight,
WoB inly touched with compassion dcare.
And deare affection of so dolefuU dreare.
That he these words burst forth ; " Ah ! aory boy 1
Is this tbe hope that to my boary heare
Thou brings ? oie me ! ia thia the timely ioy.
Which I eipected long, now tumd to sad onooy 7
■■ Such ia tbe weakenesse of all mortall hope ;
So tickle ia the state of euthly things ;
That, ere they come uato their aymed scope,
They fall too abort of our fraile reckonioga.
And bring us bale and bitter Borrowings,
Instead of comfort which we abould embrace :
Titia is tbe state of Keosats and of kings 1
Let none therefore, that is in mewier place.
Too gRollj grieve at any his tinlucky case ! "
So well and wiaely did that good old knight
' Temper big griefe, and turned it to cheare.
To cheare his guesta whom be had alayd that night.
And make their welcome to tbem well appeare :
That to air Calidore waa eaoie geare ;
But that faire lady would be cbeard for nou^it.
But aigb'd and aorrow'd for her lover deaie,
And inly did afflict her pensive thought
With thinking to what case her name abouU now be
For she waa daughter to a noble Isrd
Which dwelt tha«by, who sought her (o aAjr
To a great pere ; but ahe did disaccord,
Ne could her liking to hia love apply,
But lov'd thia &eah young knight who dwelt bar ny.
'Die luity Aladine, diongh meaner borne
And of less livdood and liability.
Yet foil of valour tbe which did adome facome.
Uis meaneaae much, and make her th' others riches
So, having both (bund fit oceanon,
Tbey mat together in that lucketease glode ;
Where that proud knight in hia presumption
The gentle Aladine did earst invade,
Being umum'd and set in secret shade.
Whereof ahe now bethinking, gan t^ advice
How great a haiard she at earst had mode
Of her good tune ; and fitrther gan deviae [guiie^
How ahe the blame might salve with coloitt«d dis-
Bnt Calidore with all good couitcaie
Fain'd her to frolicke, and to put away
The pensive fit of her nieUncbolIe ;
And that old knight by all meanes did assay
To make tbem both oa merry as he may.
So they the evening post till time of rest ;
When Calidore in seemly good array
Unto his bowre waa brought, and tliere undrest
Did Bleeps all night through weary travell of bisquest.
But fUre Priscilla (so that lady hight}
Would to no bed, nor take no kindely aleepe.
But by her wounded love did watch all nigbt.
And ail tbe night for bitter anguish weepe.
And with her tearea his wounds did wash and sleeps.
So well she waaht'thEm, and so well she watchthmi.
That of the deadly swouni), in which full deepu
He drenched was, she st the length dispacbt him.
And dmiB away the stound which mortally attacht
him.
The mOTTOw neit, when day gan to uplooke,
He also gan uplooke with drery eye.
Like cme that out of deadly dreame awooke :
Where when be saw hia faire Priacilla by.
He detpely aigfa'd, and groaned inwardly,
To thinke of thia Ul alate in which she stood ;
To which she for Ma sake had weelingly
Now brought hcraelfe, and blam'd her noble blood :
For firat, neil after life, be tendered her good.
Which ahe perceiving did with pTenteoua tearea
Hia care more then her owoe compassionate.
Forgetful! of her owne to minde hia feares:
So both conspiring gan to intimate
£Bcb others gnefe with zeale affectionate.
And twiit tlwm twaine with equal! care to cast
How to aave whole her haxarded estate ;
For which the onely heipe now left them laat
Seem'd to be CaLdore : all other helpes were patC
Him tbey did deeme, aa sure to tbem he aeeraed,
A courteous knight and full of futhfull trust ;
Therefore to him their cause they beat esteemed
Whole to commit, and to his dealing iuat.
Karely, so aoone as Titana beamea forth bruBt
Through the thi eke clouds, in whii± tbey steqied lay
All night in darkcnesse, duld with yron rust,
Calidore rising up as fresh as day
Gan freshly hun adttreaae unto hu former way.
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But fint biin leemed fit tbM wooD^d kaigtit
To Tuite, after tbu nigbU pcrilloua pww ;
And to ulute him if he were in plight.
And eke IhM lady hia laire torely luce-
There be him found much hetter then he <ru ;
And mOTed ipcsch to him of Ihingi of coane.
The uiguiih of bii paine to over-pSBe :
MoDgit which be nunely did to turn ditcoune
Of lb
Of wUcb
Gm broke to him tbe fbrtuius of his lore,
And all hii dindrentorea to unfbld ;
That Calidore it dearly deepe did more ;
In tfa' eod, hii kyndly courtoie to prate,
He hini by all the hand* of lore boought.
And aa it mote a faithfuU friend behore.
To lafe-conduct his tore, and not for ought
To leave, till to her iktbenliouH ha had her hron^it.
Sir Calidore hit faith Iherelo did plight
It to perfoiuM 1 BO after little May,
'Hut ihe herselfe had to the ioumey dight.
He paaied furtb with her in fitire anay,
FearlEaie who ought did (hinke or ought did aay,
Sith hii ownthought lie knew most deare frnmwite:
So, as they past logetber on their way,
He can de*ize thi> counter-cast of slight.
To gt*e laire colour to that ladies cause in Hght.
Strdght to the caikaiae of that knight he went,
(Thecauieof all this still, who waa aUune
Tht day before by iuit atengement
Of noble Trinnun) where it did reinaiae ;
There he the necke thereof did cut in twaine.
And tookc with him ttie head, the sigoe of shame.
So forth he passed thorough that daies pains,
TUl to that ladies fathers house he came)
Most penate man, through jearc what of his childe
lline be arriting boldly did present
The fearefull lady to her father deaie.
Most perfect pure, and guiltlesae innocent
Of blame, at he did on his knighthood sweare,
Knee first he saw her, and did free trom feare
Of ■ discourteous knight, who her had reft
And by outngious force away did beare :
Witneaie thereof he sbew'd his head there left,
And wretched life forlome far tengementof hia theft.
Moat iojAiU man her sire trai, her to see,
And heare th' adtenture of her late miscbuuice ;
And Ihonsand thankes to Calidore for fee
Of his large psines in her delireraunce
Did yeeld ; ne lesse the lady did adtauoce.
Thus bating her restored mutily,
He then did make, and then most carefully
Unto his Br« eiploite he did himself^ apply.
So, aa be iraa pursuing of his quest.
He chauiut to come whereas a iolly knight
In covert shade htmscUe did safely rest,
To solace with hia lady in delight ;
Hia warlike armes he had fhim him undlght ;
For that hmualfe he thought trvan daunger free.
And far from entfoua eyes that mole him spight i
_^Bd eke the lady waa full faire to see,
' •■^'rteaus withall, beeomming her degree.
To whom sir Calidon q>pTaaclung nye.
Ere they were well aware of liting wight,
Tbem much abasht, but more binuelfe tberd>y.
That he so rudely did uppon tbem light.
And troidiled had their quiet lotes deliglit :
Yet since it was hia fortune, not his fault,
Himselfe thereof be laboured to acquite.
And pardon ciat'd fiv his so rash default.
That be gainst courtese so fowly did default.
With wUch Us gentle trends and goodly irit
He aoone allayd that knighti conceit'd displeasure..
That be besm^ht bim dawne by him to ait,
Hiat they mote treat of thing* abrode at leaaure.
And of adtentures. which had in hia measure
Of to long wales to bim belallen laic
So downs he sate, and with delightfiill pleasure
His long advetiturea gan to him relate,
Wiiich he endured had through daungerons debate :
Of which whileat they discoursed both together.
The fiure Serena (so bit lady hight)
Allured with myldr^esse of the gentle wether
And plesaunoe of the place, the which was di^t
With diteri flowres distinct with rare delight,
Wandred about the fields, as liking led
Her watering lust after her waudring ti^t.
To make a garland to adome her bed.
Without suqiect of ill or dauogeia hidden died.
All sodaindy out of the forrest ncre
The Blaunt Beast forth rushing unaware
Caught ber thus loosely wandring here and there.
And in his wide great mouth away her bar^
Crying aloud to sbew her tad misfare
Unto the knights, and calling oft for ayde ;
Who with the hoiTour of ber hapleaae care
Hastily starting up, like men dismayde,
Han after £BBt to reakui '
The beast, with their pursuit indled morc^
into the wood was bearing her ^nce
For to bate qwyled ber ; when Calidore,
Who was more light of facte snd swift in chace.
Him otertooke in middest of his race ;
And, fiercely charging him with all his might.
Font to forgoe tus pray there in the places
And to betake himaelf* to fearefull 6igbt;
For he durst not abide tritb Calidore to fight.
Who nathelesse, when be the lady saw
There left on ground, though in full etUl plight.
Yet knowing that her knight now neare did di«w,
Slaide not la succour her in that afinght.
But follow'd fktl the monater in his flight :
Through woods and hilt he follow'd him so hst,
lliat he tiould let him breath nor gatho' qiright.
But font him gape and gaspe, tri^ dread agha^
As if hit lungs and litcs were nigh asnndo- brasc
And now by this sir Calepine, so hight,
Came to the place where he his lady found
In dolorous dismay and deadly plight.
All in gore btoud tliere tumbled on the ground.
Having both sides through grypt with griealy
Hit weapons toonc from liim he threw away.
And stouping dotrne to her in drery twound
Ujircar'd her ftom the ground wtwreon she lay.
And in his tender armes her forced up la slay.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
80 well be did Ids biuie painei ^iply.
That the faint spright he did reroke BgaiDe
To h V fnile nunnon of mortality :
Then up he lodce ber twiit bis *rmSi twaine.
And netting on his iteede her did iuaUine
With canfull hand* toft footiug her biside ;
mi to Hime place of reit the; mote attaine.
When she in lafe aasurauoce inotu abide,
Till iberecuicd were oTthuH ber woundes wide.
Now whenas Phobus with his fier; wune
Unia his lane began to diaw apace ;
TIk^ wexing weary o( that tayleaomc pain^
In tnTelling on foote so long a space,
Not wont OD foote with haavy annes to trace ;
Downe in a dale fortiy a rivers syde
Ha cbaunat to <pie a faire and statrly place.
To which he meant his weary steps to guyde.
In hc^ie there for his hive some succour to provyde.
But, comming to the riien side, be found
That hardly passable on foote It was ;
Therefore there still he stood aa in a stound,
Ne wist which way he through the foord mote paa :
Thus whilest he was in this distietsed case,
Derisiag what to doe, he nigh espyde
An armed knight approaching to the place
With a faiie lady lincked by hia syde, [ip ride.
The which themselTes prepord thorough tbia foord
Whom Calepine saluting, as became,
Besought of courtesie, in that his neede.
For safe conducting of his sickely dame
Through that same perillous foord with better heede,
To take him up behinde upim his steed :
To whom that other did this taunt retume ;
" Perdy, thou peasant knight nrightst rigbtly reed
Me then to be flill bsae and erill borne.
If I would bearc behinde a burden of such acome.
" But, as thou bast tbj steed forlome with sbaoie.
So fare on foote till tliou another gayne.
And let thy lady likewise doe the same.
Or beare her on thy backe with pleasing payne.
And prove thy manhood on the billowes vayne."
With which rude speach his lady much displeased
IXd him reprore, yet could him not restraync.
And would on ber owne palirey him have eased
For pitty of his dame whom she saw so discttsed.
Sr Calepine ber thanckt; jet, inly wroth
Against her knight, ber genttenesie refused,
And carelesly into the river go'th,
Aa in deapiglit to be so fowle sbused
Of a rude cbnrle, whom ofWn he accused
Of fowle diiconrtene, unfit for knight ;
And, strongly wading through the waves unnsed.
With speare in th' one hand stayd himselfe upright,
mUi tb' other Haide his lady up with steddy mi^lt.
And all the winle that same discourteous knight
Stood on the further bancke beholding him ;
At whose calamity, for more despi^fat,
H* laught, and mockt to see him like to swim-
But wbenas Calepine come to the brim.
And saw his carriage past that periti well.
Looking at that same caile with count'tunce grim,
His heart with vengeaunce inwardly did swell,
And forth at last did breake in qieacbes sharp* and
" Unknlghtly knight, the blemi^ of that nami^
And blot of all tlMt armea uppon them take.
Which is the badge of honour and of fame,
Loe ! I deGe thee ; and here ciiallenge mak^
That thou for ever doe those annes forsake.
And be for ever lield a recreant knight,
Unleoie thou ilnre, for thy deaie laiSes sake
And for thine owne defence, on foote alight
To iustifle thy fhult gainst me in equall flgbt."
The dastard, that did beare himselfe defyde,
Seem'd not to weigh his threatAill words at all.
But laught them out, as if his greater pryde
Did scome the diallenge of so base a thrall;
Or bad no courage, or cite had no gall.
So much the more was Calepine oflbnded.
That him to no revenge he forth could call.
But both his challenge and himselfe a '
Me eared as a coward so f '
But he, nought wdgfaing what be sayd or did, .
Turned his stemSe about another w^,
And with his lady to the castle rid,
Whets was bis. won ; ne did the other stay.
But after went directly as be may.
For his sicke charge some harbour there to seeke ;
Wbere he arriilng with the fall of day
Drew to the gate, and there with prayers meeke
And myld entreaty lodging did fin' her beseeke.
But the rude ports' that no mannen had
Did shut the gate against him in his face.
And entraunce bol<Uy unto bhn forbad ;
Nath'lesae the knight, now in so needy case,
Gan him raitreat even with aubmisaion base.
And humbly praid to let them in that night :
Who to him aunswer'd, that there was no place
Of lodging fit for any errant knigbt,
Unlease that with his lord be formerly did fight.
« Full loth am I," quoth be, " as now *l eaist
When day is upent, and rest us needeth most.
And that this lady, both whose aides are peaiit
With wounds, is ready to forgo the ghost ;
Me would I ghKlIy combate with mine host,
That should to tne such curteue afford,
Unlesse that I were tliereunto enfbnt ;
But yet oread to me, bow hight thy lord.
That doth thus strongly wvd the Castle of the
Fwd."
" His name," quoth he, " if that thou list to leame,
Is hight sir Tur^Mne, one of mickle might
And manhood rare, but terrible and steame
Because of one that wrought him fowle de^ght."
" 111 seemes," sayd he, " if be so valiaunt be,
iW he should be so steme to sinmger wight:
Fot seldome yat did living creature see
" Bat go thy waies to him, and fro m* lay
That here is at his gate an errant knight,
TtM bouse-rome craves ; yet would be loth t' asny
The proofe of botteU now in doubtfliU night.
Or curteue with mdeitesse to requite :
Yet, if be needea -^11 fight, crave leave till mome,-
And tell witball the lamentable plij^
In which this lady languishcth forlimie.
That pitty craves, as he of wranaQ was ybome," '
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11m gioome Wont Btidf^htwa; In, uid to hii lord
Declar'd the menage which dtat knight did more ;
Who, utling with hit lad; then st bwd.
Not fmely did not his deniaund approve,
But botb hiinwlfe revil'd nnd eke his love;
Albe his lad;, thai Blandiiu higbt.
Him of ungentle usage did reprove.
And earnestly entreated that they might
FmdB &vour to be lodged there for that Mine night.
Tet would he not perswaded ho for ought,
Ke from his currish will awhit reclame.
■Which answer when the groome returning brought
To Calepine, hit heart did inly flame
With wrathfull fury, for so foule a shame.
That he could not thereof avenged bee :
Bu^ most for pltty of his dearest dame,
Wbinn now in douil]' dsunger he did sec ;
Yet had no meanes to comfort, nor procure her gleir.
But all In Tune ; for why ? no remedy
He saw the present mischiefe to redressc.
But th' utmost end perforce for to aby,
Which tlmt nights fortune would for him addreise.
So downe be ttwke his lady in distrcase,
And layd her underneath a bush to sleepe,
Cover'd with cold, and wrapt in wretchednesse ;
Whiles he himielfe all night did nought but weepe,
And mry watch alnnit her for her safegard keepe,
The morrow next, so soone as iojuus day
INd shew itselfe in sunny beamea bedigbt,
Serena full of dolorous dian^y,
Twixt darkenessc dread and hope of living light.
!e that chearefiiil sight.
Uprear'd her head
Then Calepine, howi
And greedy to avenge that vile despight,
Yet for the fe^le latUes soke, full loth
To Duke there leoger stay, forth on his loumey
go'th
Bemg unhahle else alone to nde ;
So sore her sides, so much her wounds did bleede ;
Till that at length, in his eitreamest neede,
He chaunu tar off an armed knight to spy
Pursuing him apace with greedy spcede ;
Whom well he wist to be some enemy.
That meant to make advantage of his misery.
.Wberefbre he stsyd, till that he nearer drew,
To weet what issue would thereof belyde :
Hio, whenai he approcbed nigh in vew,
By certaine signes he plainly him descryde
To be the man that with such scomfutl pryde
Had him abusde and shamed yesterday ;
Hierefore, misdoubting least he should misguyde
His fanner malice to some new assay,
He cast to keepe himsclfe so safely as he may.
By this the other came in place likewise.
And couclnng close his speare and all his powre,
As bent to some malicious enterprise.
He bad him stand t' abide the bitter stoure
Of his sore vengeaunce, or to make avoute
Of the lewd wvtAt and deedes whicb he had done :
With that ran at him, a* he would deroure
His life atlooce ; who nought could do but shun
~^" Dcrill of his pride, or else be over-run.
Yet ha him still pursew'd train place to plac^
With fuU intent him cruelly to kill,
And like a wilde goale round about did cliace
Flying the fury of bis bloudy nill :
But his best succour and reRige was still
Behind his ladies back ; who to him cryde.
And called oft with ptayers loud and shrill.
As ever he to lady wss affyde.
To spare her knight, and rest with rcBsim pmatjde i
But he the more thereby enraged was.
And with more eager felnesse him pur«ew'd ;
So that at length, after long weary chace.
Having by chaunce a close edvanUgc vew'd.
He over-raught him, having long eschew'd
His violence in vaine ; and with his spere
Strooke through bis shoulder, that the blood ensewM
In great aboimdance, as a well it were.
That forth out of an bill fresh gushing did apperc
Yet cesst be not for all that rrucll wound.
But chaste him still for all his ladies cry ;
Not BBtisfyde till on the fatal! ground
He saw his life puwrd forth dispiteousty ;
The which was cfrtes in {(rcat jeopardy,
Had not a wondrous chaunce bis reskuc wrought.
And saved from his cmdl vilUny :
Such rhaunces oft excwd sU humaine thought !
That in another canto shall to end be brou^t.
Calepine by a salvage man
Fnnn Turpine reiikewed is ;
And, wbylest an infant from a bcare
He saves, his love doth misse.
LiEi as a ship with dreadful! slorme long tost.
Having spent all her maslcs and her groundhuld.
Now farre from haibour likely to be lo^
At last some fisber-barke dotli nearc behold,
That giveth comfort to her courage cold ;
Such was the state of this most courteous knigbt
Being oppressed by that faytour bold.
That he remayned in most perilous plight.
And his sad lodie left in pilifull ainnght -.
Till that, by fortune passing all fureughl,
A salvage man, whici) in those woods did wonno,
Drawne with that ladies loud and piteous shright,
Towsrd the ssme incessantly did ronne
To understand what there was to be donne :
There he this most discourteous craven found
As fiercely yet, as when he first begonn^
Chasing the gentle Calepine around,
Ne spariug him the more for all his grievouc
The salT^e man, that never till this boure.
Did taste of pittie, neitlier gentiesse knew.
Seeing hia stuipe assault and cruell sloure
Was much emmoved at his perils vew.
That even his ruder hart began to rew,
And feele compassion of his evill plight.
Against his foe that did him so punew ;
From whom he meant to free him, if he might.
And him avenge of that su vittenous delight.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Tet aima or weBpon'bad be none (o fight,
Ne knew the uk of wlikc instrumentt,
Sbtc Mich as (udden nge hiiQ lent to nmte;
But naked, without needTull veitiinenta
To clad hi» corpse with meetc habiluiienta,
He cared not for dint of sword nor ipeere,
No more then far the atroke of ■trawet or benta :
Far from his motben wombe, which him did beore,
He inH inTulneniiile made b; nugicke leare.
He itajed not t" adTtxe which way were beat
His foe t' a»a}'le, or how himielfe to gard.
But with fierce fury and with force infest
Upon bim ran ; who being well prcpard
H4S first anault full warily did ward,
And with tbe push of -his sliarp-pointed speaie
Full on the breast him ttrooke, so stroof and hard
That forst Mm backe recoyie and reels sreare ;
Yet >» Ida bodie made no wound nor bloml appeaie.
With that tbe wyld nun mole enisfced grew,
like to a tygre that bath mist his pray.
And with mad moode againe upon hun fiew.
Hoarding n^tlter speare that mole hltn slay,
Kor his SerCB steed that mote him much dismay :
The salTBge nation doth all dread detpize :
Tbu on bis shield he griple bold did lay,
And held tlio same so hard, tJiM by no wiie
He could bim force to loose, or leave his entcrprize.
• and fro,
Long did he wrest and
And ereiy way £d try,
For he would not bis grecdie grype forgoc.
But haytd and puld wilb nil his might and maine.
That from his steed him nigh he drew sgaine :
Who having now no use of his long speare
So mgh at hand, nor force his shield to stnine,
Both speare and shield, a> things that needlease were.
Me ^uite forsooke, and fled himselfe away for
But afler him the wyld man ran apace,
Aad him puisewed witii impurlune speed.
For he was swift as any bucke in chsce j
And, had he not in Ids extreamest need
Bene helped through the Bwiflnesiie of his steed.
He bad bim overtaken in his flight.
Who, ever as he saw him nigh succeed,
Gan cry aloud with horrible affright,
And sbiiekcd out ; a thing uncomely for a knight
But, when the salvage saw his labour vaine
In followiug of him that fled so iast.
He wearie woie, and backe return'd sgaine
With speede unto the place, whereas he last
Had Icfl that couple nere their utmost cast :
There he that knight full sorely bleeding found.
And eke the ladje feBrefiillj aghast.
Both for tbe perill of the present stound,
And ^ao for the sharpneBSe of bei rankling wound;
For though she were right glad so rid to bee
From that vile lonll which her late o^nded i
Yet DOW no lesse encombrance she did see
And perill, by Ibis salvage man pretoided ;
Gainst whom she saw no meanes to be defended
By reason that ber knight was wounded sore :
Therefore berselfe she wholy recommended
To Gods side grace, whom she did ofl implore
To MDd ber roccour, being of all bops forlcve.
But the wyld man, contririe to her feare.
Came to her creeping like a fawning hound.
And by rude tokens made to ber appeare
Hii deepe compasiuan of her dolefull stound.
Kissing his hands, and crouching to the ground ;
For other language bad he none nor speadi,
But a soft murmure and confused sound
Of senselesae woida (which Nature did bim teach
T' expresse his passions] which his reason did em-
And comming likewise to the wounded knight.
When he beheld the streames of purple blood
Yet flowing fresh, as moved witli the sigbl,
He made great mone afler his salvage mood ;
And, running sireifjlit into the thickest wood,
A certoine herbe from thenCe unto him brought
Whose tvrtue he by use well under; ' '
The
Luyce
vound hi
ought.
shield and speare,
wnirn eanii ne len, ne signei unto them made
With him to wend unto his wonniog neare ;
To which he easily did tbem perswade-
Farre in the forrest, by a hollow glade
Covered with mossie shrubs, which spredding brode
Did underneath them make a gloomy shade,
Where foot of living creature never trode,
Nc Ecarse wyld beasts durst come, there was this
wights abode.
Thither lie brought these unacquainted guests ;
To whom faire semblance, as he could, ha shewed
By sigOGs, by lookeB, and all bis other gcsts :
But the liare ground with hoorie mosse beslrowcil
Must be their bed ; tlieir pillow was unsowed;
And the fruilcs of the foiresl was their feast r
For their bad stuard neither plough'd nor sowed,
Ne fed on flesh, ne ever of wyld beast
Did taste the bloud, obaying Natures first beheasL
Yet, howsoever base and meane it were,
Tliey tooke it well, and thanked God for alt.
Which had them freed from that deadly feare.
And sav'd from being to that caytive thmll.
Here they offeree (as fortune now did fall]
Compelled were themselves awhile to rest.
Glad of that easement, though it were but small;
That, having there their wounds awhile redrest.
They mole the abler be to passe unto the rest.
During which time that wyld man did apply
His
; all the woods both fair
mdn'
lye
Fotberbestodreisetheirwounds; stillseemingfaine
When ought he did, that did did their lyking gaine.
So as ere long he had that knighles wound
Recured well, and made Mm whole againe :
But that same ladies hurts no herfoe he foimd
Which could redreese, for it was inwardly unsouiul.
Now whenas Calepine was woien strong,
Upon a day he caat abrade to vrend.
To take the ayre and heare the thrushes song,
Unarm'd, as fearing neither foe nor th:nd.
And without sword his person to defend ;
There him befell, unlooked for before,
An hard adventure with unh^pie end,
A crucll beare, the which an in&nt bore.
Betwixt bii bloodie iowes, besprioekled kU with gor°
•478 SPE]
The litle baba did loudljr tcrik* *i>d «q«i^
And alt the woods with pileoua plunts did 611,
As if hia cry did mmw for helps to call
To Calegiiiie, wboM euea ibosc iilirieche* shtill,
Perdng his hart, with pities point did thrill ;
That ^er him be ran with lealous haste
To rescue th' inbnt, etc he did him kill :
WhtKD though he saw dow somewiiat ovetpat^ -
. Yet bj the cry be follow'd, and pursewed fitsb
Well then him chaunst tus heary armes to want.
Whose burden mole empeach his needfull speed.
And hinder him from libertie to pant ;
For having long time, as hia daily weed.
Them wont to weare, and wend on fool for need.
Now wanting them be felt himeelfe so light,
Hiat like an hauke, which feeling herselfe freed
From bels and ieiacs whidi did let her flight, [light.
Him seem'd his feet did fly and in their speed de-'
So well he sped him, that the wearia beare
Ere long he o*etlooke and furst to slay ;
And, without weapon him aasayling neare,
Competd him soone the spoyle adowne to lay.
Wherewith the beast enraged to loose lus pray
Upon him turned, and, with greedie farce
And furie, to be crossed in his way.
Gaping full wjde, did Ihinke without remote
To be STeng'd on liim and to devoure his corse.
But the bold Icuight no whit thereat diimayd,
But catching up in hand a ragged none
Which lay thereby {so fortune him did aydel
Upon him ran, and thrust It all atlone
Into hia gaping throte, that made biro grone
And gasp^ for breath, that he nigh chdied was.
Bang unable to digest that bone ;
Ne could it upward come, nor downward pasae,
Ne could he brooke the coldnesse of the stony maase.
Whom whenas he thus combred did behold,
Stryring in TUne that nigh hia bowels brast.
He with him doed, and, laying mightie hold
Upon bis throte, did gripe his gorge so fast.
That wanting breath him downe to ground he cast;
And, then opprasing him with urgent pain^
Ere long enforst to breath his utmost blast,
Gftashing his cruell teeth at him in vaine,
And thteatuing hia shaipe cUwes, now wanting
Then toofce be tip batwlit his arm& twaine
The litle babe, sweet relickes of his pray ;
Whom pitying to heaie lo lore complaine,
'FVom bis soft eyes the teares he wypt away.
And from bis face the filth that did it ray ;
And ertfy title limbe he learcht around.
And every part that under awaUlt-banda lay.
Least that die bents sharpe teeth bad any wound
Hade in hia tender flesh, but whole them all he found.
indi (Maine i
uptyde.
He with him thought
But when he lookt about oa erery lyde.
To weet which way were best to enterlaine
To bring tiim to the place where he would fcine.
He could no path nor tract of foot descry,
Ne by inquirie leome, nor ghesse by synw ;
For nought but woods and fmtcsta &rre and nye,
Ttat aUldwut did doae the i
Much wag ba then anoombKd, ne emlil tell
Which way to take : now west he wont ewbilei
Then north, then neither, but aa fortune fdi :
So up and downe he wandred many a mile
With weaiie travel! and uncerlaine toile.
Yet nought the nearer u> his ioomeys snd ;
And evermore hii lovely litle spoile
Crying for food did greatly him oflleDd :
So all that day, in wandring, vainely be did ^Mnd.
At last, about the setting of the SuBne,
Ilimselfe out of the forest be did wyod.
And by good fortune the plains chan>pion wauae ;
Where, looking all about where be mote fynd
Some place of succour to content hia mynd,
At length be heard under the fbrresta syde
A voice, that seemed of some womaukynd.
Which to benelfe lamenting londly oyde.
And <rft oomplayn'd of £ate, and fortune otl ddydc-
To whom approaching, wbeuaa abe psecived
A stranger wight in place, her plaint sbe stayd,
As if she doubted to have bene deceived.
Or loth to let her aorrowes be bewrayd -.
Whom wbeuaa Calepine saw to dimayd.
He to her drew, and, with ftire btandishment
Her chearing up, thna gently to her sayd ;
" What be you, woftiU dame, whicfa tlms lam«il^
And for ii^Bt cauN, declare ; so mote ye not i»-
To whom ibe thui ; " What need me, sir, (o t^
That which yourself have earst ared so right ?
A irofull dune ye have me termed well ;
So much more woAill, as my wofiill p|]^
Cannot redressed be by living wight ! "
" Nathlesae," quoth he, " if need doe not you bynd.
Doe it disclose, to ease your grieved qiii^it:
Oftimes it haps that sorrowei of the mynd
Find remedie unsought, which seeking cannot fynd."
Then thus bqan the lamentable dame ;
" 8ith then ye needs will know the griefe I boonl,
I am th' uafortunatE Matilde by name.
The wife of bold sir Bruin, who is lord
Of all this land, late conquer'd by liia sword
From a great gyant, callul Cormoraunt,
Whom he did overthrow by yonder foord ;
And in three battailes did so deadly dauut.
That be dare not retume for all his daily vaunt.
" So is my lord now seia'd of all the land.
As in his fee, with peaceable estate.
And quietly doth hold it jn hia hand,
Ne any darea with him for it debate :
But lo these happie fortunes cmell flile
Hath ioyn'd one evill, which doth overthrow
All these our ioyea, and all our blisse abate ;
And like in time to further ill to grow.
And all this land with endlesse loesa to over'.6ow.
" For th' Heavens, envying our protperitiG,
Have not vuuchsaft to graunt unto us twaine
The gladftiU blessing of posteiitie.
Which we might see ailer ourselves remaine
In th' heritage of our unb^i)ne pdne :
So that for vrant of beires it to defend,
AH ia in time like to retume againe
To that foule ieend, who dayly doOt attend
To Wtpe into the same after our lives end.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
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•• But most my lord 14 grieved liMewitlwll,
And jntket eiceeding mone, when he doea tbinke
Tliat all (his Unil uoto liis foe dull fiill,
For which he long in 'line did sweiU and iwinke,
That now the same he greatly doth rorlhinke.
Tet it vita aajd. Then ihaald to him a nmnc
Be gotten, wit begotlea ; wAicA lAouZd drt'iiii
And dry up all f Ac water wlikt doth ronne [dirniie.
In Uk not broalu, bg wA«m that fiend thould be fir-
" Well hop't he then, when this was propheside,
That trma hii side some noble chyld should riie.
The which through fame should farre be magnifide,
And thit proud grant should with briTe empriie
Quite overthrow, who now pnnes to despiie
lliegood sir Bruin growing fane in jreara,
Who thinkcs from me hia sorrow all doih rise.
LiO ! tiiis my cause of griefe to you appeared ;
For which I thus doc mourne, and poure forth cense'
le«w tearea."
Which when he beard he iiAj touched was
With tender ruth for her unworthy griefe ;
And, when he had deviied of her case,
He gan in mind conceive a fit nliefe.
For all her paine, iF please her inake tbe priefe :
And, bariog cheared her, thus said; " Faire dame,
Id eiili counsell is the comfort chiefe ;
Which though I be not wise enough to frame.
Yet, aa I well it meaue, vouchaais it without blame.
« ir that the cause of thie your Umguishment
Be lacke of children to supply your place,
Lo ! how good fortune doth tn you present
This litle babe, of sweele and lovely face,
And spotleaac spirit in which je may enchace
Whatever formes ye list thereto apply,
Being now soft and fit tbem to embrace ;
WheSier ye list Um imine in chevalry.
Or Qoursle up in lore of leam'd philosophy.
•• And, certes, it hath oftentimei bene seene
Tbat of the like, whose linage was unknowne,
McKe brave and noble knigbts have raysed beene
(As their victorious deedes have often showen.
Being with liune through many rutions bloweu,)
Then those which have betie dandled in the lap.
Therefore some thought that those brave imps were
The ladie, hearkning to his senaefull speach.
Found nothing that he said unmeet nor getsiHi,
Having oft seene it tryde as be did teach :
Therefore inolyning to his goodly reason.
Agreeing well both with the place and season.
She glatfly did of that same babe accept,
Aa cnT her owne by Uverey and seisin ;
And^ having over it a litle wept,
She bore it tbence, and ever a* her owne it kept.
Bight gUd was Caleinne to be bo rid
Of his young charge whereof he skilled nought {
Ne she lene glad j for she so wisely did.
And with her husband under hand so wrought.
That, when that infant unto him she brought.
Site made him think it surely was his owne ;
And it In goodly theweg 10 welt uphrought,
Tbat it became a famous knight well knowne.
And did right noble deedeaj tfae which eliwliereai
But Cakpine, now being bft aloOB
Under the greenewoodi side in sorie pli^t,
Withouten armes or steede to ride upon.
Or house to hide bis head from Heavens apight ;
Albe that dame, hy all the meauea she might.
Him oh desred home with her to wend.
And oflred him, his courteiie to requite.
Both horse and armea and whatao else to lend.
Yet be them all refusd, though thaukt her as a firend;
And, tow eiceeding griefb which inly grew,
llial he hie love ao luck lease now bad lost.
On the cold ground maugre himselfe he threw
For fell despight, to be so sorely croat{
And there all night himseUe in anguish tost.
Vowing that never he in bed agaioe
His limbea would rest, nv lig in ease emboat.
Till that his ladies ught he mote attain^
Or undeiatand that she in safetie did remaine.
The salvage aervea Serena well.
Till she prince Arthure fynd ;
Who her, ti^tber with his squyre.
With tbe hermit leaves behynd.
O WHAT an easie thing is to descry
llie gentle bloud, however it he wrapt
In sad mialbrtunes foule deformity
And wretched sorrowea, which have often liapt !
For howsoever it may git>w mia-shapt.
Like this wyld man being undisdpljmd.
That to all vertue it may seeme unapt ;
Yet wilt it shew some sparkei of gentle mynd.
And at the laat breake forth in his owne proper
kynd.
That plainely may in this wyld man be ted.
Who, though be were still in this desert wood,
Mongst salvage t>ea*ts, both rudely borne and iw^
Ne ever saw foire guiie, ne leam«l good.
Yet atiewd some token of his gentle tilood
By gentle usage of tliat wretched dame :
For cettes Yte was borne of noble blood.
However by hard hap he hetber came ;
As ye may know, when time sltall he to tell the
Who, whenas now long time he lacked had
Tbe good sir Calepine, that farre was strayd,
' Did weie eiceeding sorrowful! and sad.
As be of some misfortune were afnyd ;
A nd, leaving there hia ladie all dismayd.
Went forth itreightway into tbe forrcat wyde
To seeke if be perchance asleep were layd.
Or whatso else were unto him betyde :
He sought him farre and neare, yet him lu where
he Bpyda.
Tho, hacke returning to that aorie dame.
He shewed semblant of exceeding mone
By speaking ugnea, as he them beat could frame,
Now wringing both his wretched handa in one.
Now beatJDg hia bard heed upon a stone,
Tbat ruth it was to see him so lament :
By which she well perceiving what was done,
Gan (eare her hayre, and all ber garments rent.
And l>eat lur br^st, and pileously henclfe ti«mcBt.
Upon the gTDUDd beneUe ibt fiercely threw,
R^ardkise of her vounds yet bleo^ng Hfb,
ThU with ber bloud did all the flore imbrew.
An if her breut new launcht with murdrous knife
Would strdght dislodge the wretched weorie life :
There she Ions groreliag and deepe groning la}',
As if her Titall powers were at strife
With stTOQger death, and feared their decay ;
Such were this ladiea pangs and dolorous assa;.
Whom when the salvage saw so sore diMrest,
He reared her up from the bloudie ground,
.And sought, by all the meanei that he could best.
Her to recurs out of that stony swound.
And staunch the bleeding of her dreary woundi
Yet Dould she be recomforted for nought.
Nor cease her sorrow and impatient stound,
But day and night did weie her care^ll thought.
And erer more and more her uwne affliction wroughL
At length, wheoas no hope of his retoume
She saw now left, she cast to leave the place.
And wend abrode, though feeble and forlome.
To seekc some comfort in that sorie case ;
His steede, now strong through rest so long a space.
Well as she could she got, and did bedight ;
And being thereon mounted forth did pace
Wilhoutcn guide her to conduct aright.
Or guard her to defend from bold oppressors
'Wbom wben her host saw readJe to depart.
He would not suffer her alone to fare,
But gon himselfe addresse to take her port.
Those warlike annes, which Calcpinc whyleare
Had left behind, he gun eiUoones prepare,
And put them all about himself unfit.
His shield, his helmet, and his curats bare.
But without sword upon his thigh to sit:
Sir Calepine himselfe away had bidden it.
So fbrth they traveld an uneven payre,
That mote (o all men seeme an uncouth ti^t ;
A salvage man matcht with a lady feyre
That rather seem'd the conquest of his might
Gotten by spoyle then purchaced arigfat ■.
But he did her attend most carefully.
And fiuthfuUy did serve both day and night
WithouUn thought of ihacoe or lilleny,
Ne ever shewed signe of foule disioyaJty.
Upon ■ day, as on tb«r way they went.
It chaunst some fiimiture about ber steed
To be disonlred by some accident ;
Which to redressc she did Ih" asusCance need
Of this her groome ; which he by signes did rcede ;
And streight his combrous armes aaide did Uy
Upon the ground, withouten doubt or dreed ;
And, in his homely wixe, b^an to assay
T" amend what was amisse, and put in right any.
Bout wbidi whilest he was busied thus hard,
Lo [ wbere a knight, together with his squire,
All Bim'd to piHtit came ryding thethcrward ;
Wfai(A seemed, by their portance and attire.
To be two errant knighu, that did inquire
After adventures, where they mote them get i
llioae were to wcet (if that ye it require)
Prince Arthur and young Timias, which met
By Mraoi^ occaaon, that bet* needs fi»th be set.
After that Tlmfaa had agwn recund
The favour of Belphebe, as ye beard,
And of ber grace did stand againe assured:.
To happie blisae he was full high uprear'd,
Netber of envy nor of chauoge afeard :
Though many foes did him maligne therefbcct
And with uniust detraction him did beard ;
Yet he himselfe so well and wisely boie.
That in her sovermine lyking he dwelt evermore.
But, of them all which did his ruiue seebe.
Three mightie enemies did him most despight.
Three mighde ones, and crueli minded eeke,
TTiat him not onely sought by open might
To overthrow, but to supplant by slight :
The first of them by name was cald Detqietli^
Eiceeding all the rest in powre and bight ;
The second, not so strong but wise, Decctto ; [fetto.
The third, nor strong nor wise but spightfullest De~
Oftimes thcdr sundry powres they did employ.
And several deceipts, but ^1 in vaine ;
For neither they by force could him destroy,
Ne yet entrap in treasons subtill traine :
Therefore, conspiring all together plaine.
They did their counsels now in one compound ;
Where singled forces fajle, conioynd may gaine.
The Blatant Beast the fittest meanes ih^ found
To wotke his utter shame, and throughly him oaa-
Upon a day, as they the dme did waits
When he did raunge the wood for salvage game.
They sent that Blatant Beast to be a baite
To draw him from his deare beloved damfr
Unwares into tbe dau'nger of defame :
For well they wist that squire to be so bold.
That no one beasl in fairest wylde or tame
Metbim.in chase, but be it challenge would, [hould.
And plucke the pray oftimes out of their gteedy
The hardy boy, as they devised had.
Seeing the ugly monster passing by,
Upon bim set, of perill nought adred,
Ne skilfuU of the uncouth ieopardyj
And charged him so fierce and furiously.
That, his great force unable to endure,
He forced was to tume from him and Ay :
Yet, ere he fled, he with his tooth impure
Him heedlesse bit, tbe whiles he was thereof secum
Securely he did after him pureew.
Thinking by speed to overtake his flight ; [drew.
Who through thicke woods and brakes and biien him
To weary him the more and waste Ids spigbt.
So that he now has almost spent his spright :
Till that at length unto a woody glade
He came, whose covert slopt his further nght ;
There his tbree foes shrowdad in guilefull shade
Out of their ambush brtAe, and gan him to invada,
Sharpety they all altonce did him aasaile,
Burtung with inward rancour and deqiigfat.
And heaped strokes did round about him Isaile
With so huge force, that seemed nothiDg might
Beare olf their blowes from perdng thonmgh quitv:
Yet he them all so warily did ward.
That none of them in his soft flesh dSd hbm ;
And all the white bis backe for beat saf^anl
He lent against a tree, that bockaward oasat bard.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
481
Uke • wjlde bull, thai, being at ■ bsf,
I* b^tcd of a mutiffe and > bound
And a curre-dog, thai doe him sharpe aiaay
On wterj side, and beat about hjm round ;
But moat that currc, barking with bitter lownd.
And creeping adll btJiinde, doth bim incomber,
That in his cbaaffe he digs tbe Irainpled ground.
And threats his horns, and bellowei like the (bonder ;
So did thM aqtiini bis foes dispeise and drive asoader.
HiTn well behoved so j For hii three Foes
Sought to encompaase him on every ude.
And dangerously did round about enclose :
But, most of all, Defetto him annoyde.
Creeping behinde him still to have destroyde ;
So did Decetto eke him circumvent ;
But iitoul Despettu in his greater pryde
J>id front him, face to face against him bent %
Yet be them all withstood, and often made relent.
Till that at length nigh tyrd with former chace.
And weary now with careAill keying ward,
Me gan to shrinke and somewhat to give place.
Full hke ere long to have escaped hard ;
Wbenas unwares he in the forrest heard
A trampling steede, that with his neighing fast
Did wame his rider be uppon his gard ;
With mnse whereof the squire, now nigh aghast.
Revived was, and sad dispaire away did cast,
Eftttkones he s|Hde a knight approchtng nye ;
Wbo, seeing one in so great daunger set
Hongst many foes, himself did &sler hye
To reskue bim, and his weake port abet.
For pitty so to sec him overset :
Whom soone as his three eoemies did vew.
They fled, and Fast into the wood did get :
Him booted not to thinke them to pursew ;
The covert was so thicke, tliat did no passage shew.
Gnashing his grinded teeth with griesly looke.
And qiarkllng fire out of his furioua eyne.
Him vrith his fist unwsres on th' bead he strooke,
Tliat made liira downe unto (he earth encline j
Dce soone upstarting, much be gan re^ne,
And laying hand upon lus wrathfutl blade
Thuugbt therewithal] forthwith him to bave slaine ;
Who it perceiving bnad upon him layd.
And greedily him griping his avengement stay«L
With that aloude the faire Serena cryde
Unto the knight, them to dispart in twaine ;
Who to them stepping did them soone divide.
And did from further violence restraine,
Albe the wjld man hardly would re&aine.
Then gan the prince of her for to demand
What and from whence she was ; and by what tnine
'ell into that salvage villaines hand ;
And whether free with himdienowvere, orinband.
'bom die thus ; ■■ I am, at now ye see,
Tbe wretchedst dame that lives this tky on ground.
Who both in minde (the which most giieveth me)
And body have receiv'd a mortall wound,
That bsth me driven to this drery stound.
B erewhile the love of Calepine ;
Who whether he aUve be to be found.
Or by some deadly chaunce be done to pine.
Since I bim lately lost, unestb is to define.
c, him
veil he knew
Then, turning to that swi
To be bis 'Hmias, his owne true squire ;
Whereof exceeding glad, be to him drew,
And, him embracing twiit his srmes entire.
Him thus bespake ; ■■ My liefe, my lifes desire,
Why have ye me alone thus long yieft?
Tell me what worlds despigbt, or Heavens yre.
Math you thus long away from me berdl?
Where have ye all this while bin wandiing, where
bene weft?"
With that he dgbed deepe for inward tyne :
To whom the squire nought aunswer^d againe.
But, shedding few soft teares from tender eyne.
His dear affect with silence did restraine.
And shut up all his plaint in privy poine.
There they awhile sume gracious speeches spent.
As to tbem seem'd fit time to entertaine :
After alt which up In their sleedes they went.
And forth together rode, a comely couplemenL
" In salvage forrest I him lost of late.
Where I had surely long ere this bene dead.
Or else remained in most wretched swte,
Had not tliis wylde man, in that wofiill stead
Kept and delivered me from deadly dread-
In such a salvage wight, of brutish kynd.
Amongst wilde beastes in deaett forresis bnd*
It is most straunge and wonderful to fynd
So milde humanity and perfect gentle mynd.
" Let me therefore this favour for him finde.
That ye wilt not your vrrath upon bim wieake,
SiCh be cannot eipresae his simple minde,
Ne yours conceive, ne but by tokens speake :
Small praisetoproveyourpowrc on wight so weake E"^
With such faire words she did their heale osswage.
And the strong course of tlieir displeasure breake.
That they to pitty tumd their former rage.
And each sought to supply the office of her page-
So, having all things well about her digbt,
Sha on her way cast forward to proceeds ;
And they her forth conducted, where they might
Knde harbour fit to comfort her great neede )
^or now her wounds corruption gan to breed :
\ad eke this squire, who likewise wounded was
Of that same monster late, for Incke of heed
Now gan to ihint, and further could not pas
Through feeblenesae, which all his Ijmbes opprased
„ lodighl.
With those brave armours lying on the ground.
That seem'd tbe spole of some right well reiiuwnd.
Which wh«i that squire beheld, he to them slept
Tbinking to lake them from that hylding hound ;
But be it seeing lightly to him lept, [kept :
And itemely with strong hand it from his hradling
So forth they rode together all in troupe [cas
To leAe some place, tbe whi^ mote yeeld eom
To these sit^e twaine that now b^an to droupe i
And all the way the prince sought to appease
The bitter anguish of their sharpe disease
By all Uie
Some while with m
t, fit to
48S SPEb
Hongit whicb, 8«en> did to Inm reUte
The foul« duoourt'iiea and unkniglrtlj paMa,
Which TurfHiie bad unto her Bheind late,
Without compasnoQ of her cruell nnuta :
Althougb BlaiKUna did with all her art*
Him otherwise penwade all that ahe miglit.
Yet be oT malice, without her deaarts.
Not onely her excluded late at ni^t.
But aiaa trayterouslf did wound her wouy knight
Wherewith the piiuee mire moied there avoud
That, soone h he returned baclce againe,
He would avenge th' abu>e> uf that proud
And shanielul knight, of whom ahe did camplmne.
Thia wiie did they each other entertaine
To pasee the tedious travell of the way ;
TUI towards aight tfaey came unlo a plaine,
By which a little hennitage ttiere lay,
Far from all n^hbourhood, the which annoy it may.
And nigh thereto a little chappel stoode,
Which being all with yvj overspred
Deckt all the roofe, and, shadowinff the roode,
Seem'd like a grove faire brauncbed otb- hed :
Therein the hermite, which bis life here led
In streight obserraunce of religious vow.
Was wont his bowies and holy things to bed ;
And therein he likewise was praying now, [nor how.
Whenaa theae knighb arrived, they wist not where
Tley atayd not there, but siraghtway in did paa :
Whom when the bennite present saw in place.
From his devotion atreight he troubled was ;
Wbicb breaking olThe toward them did pace
With stayed steps and grave beseeming grace :
For well it seem'd that whilome he had beene
Some goodly person, and of gentle race.
That could bia good to all ; and well did weene
How each t i. . .
And soothly it was aayd by common fame,
So long as age enabled him thereto,
That he had Iwne a man of mickle name,
Benowmed much in armes and derring doe :
But being aged now, and weary to
Of warm di'light and worlds contentiaua toyti
lite name of knighthood he did disavow ;
And, hanging up hia armea and warlike apoyU.
Fn>m all this worlds incumbrance did himselfe as-
Hetli
ahu
Letting their ateedes to glaze upon the
SmaU was hia house, and, like a little cage,
For hia OWDC tume ; yet inly neate and dene,
Deckt with greene bougbes and flowers gay beseene :
Tbaaein be them full falre tUd entertaine
Not with such folded ahowea as fitter beeoe
For courting foolea that curtesies would fiune.
But with entire aflectioil and appearaunce plldne.
Yet was their iare but homely, luch as hee
INd use hia feeble body to austainei
The which full gladly they did take in glee.
Such as it wu, ne did of want complaine,
But, being well sufGi'd, them rented faine :
But fair Serene all ni^ht could take no rest,
Ne yet that gentle squire, for grievous paine
Of their late woundni, the which the Blatant Beas
Had given them, whose griefe through aufilauDce
So all that njglit they past in gtvat dJaeaaa^
Till that the momiog, bringing eately Ilglit
To guide mens labours, brought them also coae.
And some annagement of theii- painefiill pliglit.
TTien up they rose, and gan themselves to diglit
Unto their ioumey ; but that aquire and dame
So taint And feeble were, that they ne might
Endure fa> travell, nor one foote to fnaae ;
Their hearts wwe sicke ; their aides ware aoi* ;
th^ feete were lame.
Therefbre the pituce, whom great a&irea in mynd
Would not permit to make there lenger stay.
Was forced there to leave them both behynd
In that good hermits charge, wliom he did p^ay
To tend them well : to finth he went his way.
And with him eke the salvage (that wbylenre
Seeing his royall usage and array
Was greatly growne io love of that brave pere)
Would needea depart; as shall declared be elsewho^
The hermite healea both squire and dame
or their sore maladies ;
He Turpine doth defeate and shame
For hia late villonies.
No wound, which warlike band of enemy
luflicta with dint of sword, so sore doth light
As doth the poyanous sting, which inftmy
Inflieth in the name of noble wight!
For, by no art nor any leaches might.
It ever can recured be againe ;
Ne all the skill, which that immortall sprighl
Of Fodalyriua did in it retain^
Can remedy such hurts; such hurts are helluh pais^
Such were the wounda die which that Blatant Beatf
Made in the bodies of that squire and dame ;
And, being auch, were now much more inereast
That now corrupt and curtlesse they became :
Howbe that carefiill beimite did hia beat,
With many kindet of medicines mcetts, to tame
The poyanous humour which did most infest [dn^
Their lanckling wounds, and every day th«m duely
For he right well in leaches craft was seene ;
And, throu^ the long eiperknce of hii dayea.
Which had in many fortunes tossed beam
And past through many paillous assayea.
He knew the divers* went of mortal! wayea.
And in the mjndes of mai had great toaght ;
Wbicb with sage coumell, when they went astny.
He could enJbime, and them reduce aiigfat ;
And all the passioae be^ which wmmdtbe waks-
sprint.
For whylome he had been a doughty knight.
As any one that lived in hi* duet,
And proved oft in many peiilloua fight.
In which he grace and glory wonne alwaies.
And in sll bsttels bore swsy the baies ;
But being now attacht with timely age,
And weary of thia worlds unquiet waies.
He tooke himselfe unto this hermitage,
In which be liv'd alone, like careleaae bird in a«*.
THE FAERIE tUJEENE.
Theii
Tbatqi
With
To rule Um
dMt tbc7 hMi fatrcd pririlr ;
ianrttd with unrulj utotBiili,
parts now gas to putrify,
r thej Kna'd paat faelpe ctT uirgery ;
r needed to be duajdule
itde of Md sobttety,
of psBicm blade :
MK, fru/ cmiiimM io the mini
So^ taking IfasD BjnM Imd his oell,
He to thu point it apcacbei gan to frame,
Aa he the »rt of wnrda knew wondroiu *ell>
And eke couM doe a* wall u uy the seme ;
And tfaushetatbemaa/d; ■' Fain daughter dame,
And ymif fiire BODnaf whirh here thus long now Jie
Id piteous languDT linae ya hither came;
In vaine nf me ya hope &>r ronedie.
And I Kkewaie in vaine doe aalTaa to you applie :
■■ For ia ya«ncl& yonr oocly heipe doth lie
To beale youndTfa, and anid proceed aloae
From jaat anmt will to enie your maladie^
Who can him cure tltit will be rur'd of none ?
If there{i»v health ye leeke, ofaeeire this one ;
Fint leame yoiw outward Kiuca Id refraine
Fiom things that atinB up Eraile ■flbcliou ;
Toureii
The seede of all tbis e*ill Grai doth spripg.
Which at the fint, faefore it had infeOed,
Uote eame be oupiu'eM with little thing :
But, bang growtm itRing, it forth doth bring
Sotrow, and angmih, and impatient peine.
In til' mno' parti ; and, lastly, srattering
ConMgioiM poyaon chne Ifarougli eicry vaine.
It aaw H^ till it hare wrought his fimll bane.
" For that beaata teeth, which wounded you tofore,
Are so eiceediDg Tmomona and keene,
Made all af maty yran taackling sore.
That, where they bite, it bootcth not to weene
With (aire, or antidote, or other mene.
It erer to amend : ne marTaile ought ;
Tor tfaM same beaat was bred of bclliih ilrene.
And long in darksome Stygian den upbrought,
Daguirffoole Echidiu, as in bookes is taught.
That eraa Ac hdlidi fiends aAHgfatcd bee
At sigbt tb«aof, and from her presence flee :
Yet did her laca and ffnmer parta prafeiie
A &ire yonng mayden, full of comely glee ;
But alt h^ hinler parts did plaine expresse
A nonetioua dtagon, fiiU of featAil ugUneme.
« To her the godi, for her so drewUiill face.
In filaTcfoll darkncaie, fiutiien from the skl^
And fhnn the Earth, appoinleid have her place
Itfongsl rocks and cares, where abe enrold doth lie
In hideom honrour and obseuiily,
Wasting the strength of her immortall age :
There ^d Tyi^Bon with her company ;
Cruell Typhaon, whose tempestuous nge [asswage.
ftUre* th' Heni«n* tremble oft, and him with idwr
'■ Of diat coinMiition they did then begot
This belliah d(«, that bight tlie Blatant BeaM;
A wicked mouater, that fata tongue dolb whet
Gainst all, both good and bad, both moit and least.
And pours hJ5 poysnous gsll £oTth to infest
Tlie noblest wights with notable defame ;
Ne erer knight that bore so lofty <7eest,
Ne era' ladie of so hon<« aanie,
But he them spotted wiih nyroch, er soouCe shame-
'* In vaino therefore it wnv with medicuie
To goc about to salve such kind of sore,
Tlmt rather needes wise read and discipline
Then outward salrea that may augment it more."
" Aye mel" sayd dien Serena, sching sore,
■■ What hope of helpe doth then 1^ na mnaine.
If that no salves may us to health restore ■ "
" I^ beat," gnyd be, " that I can you adviie.
Is, to avoide th' occasion of the ill ;
For when the cause, whence evill doth ariie.
Removed is, Ih' effect sirceaaeth still.
Abstaine from pleasure, and reitraine your will ;
Subdue desire, and bridle loose delight ;
Uae scanted di^ and fcobearc your fill ;
Shim secrese, aad talke in open ri^it :
So shall you soone repaire your present evill plight."
Thus having sayd, his sickely patieats
Did gladly hearken to his gtave beheast.
And kept so wall his wise commaundements,
That in short space their malady was ceast.
And eke the biting of that bsrtnefull bout [ceave
Was throughly ixai'd. Ilio when they did per.
Hheit wounds recur'd, and forces reincreast.
Of that good hennite both tbey looke their leave,
And went both on their way, neediwouldolher leave :
But each the other vow'd t' accompany :
The lady, br that she was much in dnd.
Now left alone in groat entremity ;
He squire, for that he courteous was indeed.
Would not her leave alone in her great need.
So both together traveld, till they met
With a &ire mayden clad in mourning weed.
Upon a mangy iade unmeeily set.
And a lewd foole her leading thorough dry and wet.
But by what meanes that shame la -her befell.
And how tbveof berselfe she did acquile,
I must a while forbeare to you to tell ;
Till that, as comes by course, I doe nwite
What fortune to the Briton prince did lite,
Punning that proud knight, ilte which wUleare
Wrought to sir Calepine so foule despi^it;
And eke his lady, though die sickly woe,
So lewdly had sbusdc, as ye did hitely beare.
Hie prince, according to the former token,
Wluch finre Serene to him delivered had,
Porsu'd him streight ; in mynd to bene ywroten
Of all the vile demesne and usage bad.
With which he had those two so ill beetad :
Ne wight with him on that adventure went.
But that wyld man ; whom though he oft fortiad.
Yet for no tndding, nor for bdng shent.
Would he restrained b« from his attendement.
481 SPEt
Arming there, an did b; chaunce belUl,
H« found the gate wyde ope, and in he rode,
Ne stnyd, till that he cune into the hall ;
Where soft disnujundng, like a weary lode,
Upon the ground with feeble feete he tnxle,
Ai he unable were for very ueede
To move oue fooEe, but there must make abode ;
The whiles the salvige man did take his steede,
And in some stable neare did set him up to feede.
Ere long to him a homely groome there came.
That in rude icise him a^^ what he wai.
That dui^e so boldly, without let or Ebamc,
Into his lords forbidden hall to passe ;
To whom the prince, him fayning to embase,
Mylde answer made, he was an errant knight,
The which was fall'n into this feeble case
Through many wounds, which lately he in fight
Received had, and prayd to pitty Ids ill plight.
But he, the more outrageom and bold,
Stemely did bid him quickely thence araimt.
Or dears aby ; for why ? his lord of old
Did hate all errant knights which there did haunt,
Ne lodging would to any of them graunt j
And therefore lightly bad him packe away,
Not sparing him with bitter words to taunt ;
And therewithall rude band on him did lay,
To thrust him out of dure doing his worst assay.
Which when the salvage comming now in place
Beheld, eflsoones he all enraged grew,
And, running strnght upon tliat villaine base,
Uke a fell lion at him fiercely flew,
And with his teeth and nailes, in present vew,
Him rudely rent and all to peeces lore i
So miserably him all helpelesse slew,
liiat with the noise, whitest he did loudly rore.
The people of the house rose forth in gran uprore.
Who when on ground they saw their fellow slaine.
And that same knight and salvage standing by,
Upon them two tbey fell with might and maine.
And on them layd so huge and horribly.
As if they would have slaine them presently :
But the bold prince defended him so well.
And their assault withstood so mightily.
That, maugre all their might, he did repell [fell.
And beat them back, whilst many underneath him
Yet he them still so sharpely did pursew,
That tew at them he left alire, which fled.
Those evill tydings to their lord to shew ;
Who, hearing how his people badly sped.
Came forth in hast ; where whenas with the dead
He saw tlie ground ail strow'd, and that same knight
And salvage with their bloud fresh steeming red.
He woie nigh mad vrith wrath and fell despight.
And with reprocfafbll woi^ him thus bespake oi
bight i
" Art thou he, traytor, that with treason vile
Haat slaine my men in tUa unmanly maner.
And now trilimpbest in the piteous spoile [noi
Of these poore folk, whose soules with black disho-
And foule defiune doe decke thy bloudy bsner ?
The meede whereof shall shortly lie thy shame,
And wretched end which still attendelh on her,"
With that himselfe to bsttell he did (Hme ;
*^ did bis forty yeomen, which there with him can
With dreadfull fore* tbey all did him anaile.
And round about with boystrous strokes opptesse,
on his shield did rattle like to haile
In a great tempest ; that in such distmse
He wist not to which tide him to addresse :
And evermore that craven cowherd knight
Was at his backe with heartlesae heedinesse,
Wajrting if he unwares him murtber might :
" uwardiae doth still in viiiany delight.
Whereof whenas the prince was welt aware,
0 him tumd with furious intent.
And turn against his powre gan to prepare ;
Like a fierce bull, that being busie bent
To fight with many foes about him meut.
Peeling some curre behinde his heeles to lut^
Tumes him about with fell avengement :
So likewise tumde the prince upon the knigfat.
And layd at him amaine with all his will and mi^il.
Who, when he once his dreadfull stroke* had tasted.
Durst not the furie of his force ^yde.
But nim'd abadce, and to rctyre him basted
Through the thidt preaae, Uiere thinking him fo
But, when the priuce had once hiro plaindy eyde.
He foot by foot him followed alway,
Ne would him suffer once to shrinke asyde ;
<ut, ioyning close, huge Lode at him did lay ;
Who Bying still did ward, and warding fly away.
But, when bis foe he still so eager saw.
Unto his heeles himseife he did betake.
Hoping unto some refuge to withdraw ;
Ne would tbe prince him ever foot forsake,
Whereso he went, but after bim did make.
He fled from roome to roome, fWon place to place,
Whyleil every ioynt for dread of de^ did quake.
Still looking after him that did him chace :
At last he up into the chamber came
Whereas his love was sitting all alone,
Wayting what tydings of her fblke became.
There did tbe prince him overtake aiione
Crying in vaine to her him to bemone ;
And with his sword him on the head did smyte.
That to the gmuiul he fell in senselesse swone ;
Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte.
The tempred Steele did not into bis bt^nepan byte.
Which when the ladie saw, with great aflKght
She starting up liegan to shrieke aloud ;
And, with her garment covering him ffora sight,
Seem'd under her protection him to shroud;
And, falling lowly at his feet, her bowd
Upon her knee, intreating him for grace.
And ofWn him besought, and prayd, and vowd;
That, with the ruth of her so wretdied caae,
He stayd his kecond stnwke, and did his baad abase
Her weed she then withdrawing did him discarer;
Who now come to himselfe yet would not rize.
But still did lie as dead, and quake, and 9ulver,
That even the prince liis basenesse did despise ;
And eke his dame, him seeing in such guize,
Gan him rvcomfort and from ground to reare ;
Wlio rising up at last in ghastly wise,
Ijke troubled ghost, did drcadAilly appeare.
As one that had no life him left through former f^aic.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
485
WbiHn when the prince to deadly nw diamayd,
He for such buenene shunefully him shent,
Aiid with ihaipe wotdi did bitterly upbrayd ;
" Vile cowhewd iogge, now doe I much repent,
Ttut GTer I thii life unto thee lent,
Whereof Ihou caytive » unworthie art.
Hat bod] thy lore, for lacke of hardiment.
And eke d>y«lie, for want of manly hart.
And eke all knighti haat ahamed with thii knight-
" Yet further haat thou heaped ahame to ihame.
And crime to cnnie, by thU thy cowheard feare :
For fint it wu to thee reprochfull blame,
T" erect thia wicked cmtome, which I heara
Gaiiul errant knights and ladies thou dost reare ;
Whom when tbou mayit thou doat of arms deapoile,
Or ,of their upper gaiment which they weare :
Yet doeat thou not with manhood, hut with gtiile,
le this evil uu, thy foea thereby to finle.
A wrongfull quarrell to maimalne by flghC;
Yet have through prowesae and th^ hrave emprixc
Gotten great worship in thia »orId& aght :
For greater force there needs to maintaine wrong
then right.
" Yet, sDce thy life unto this ladie fayre
I given have, hve in reproch and Kome I
Ne ever armea oe ever knighthood dare
Hence to professe ; for ahame is to adorne
With so brave badges one so basely borne ;
But onely breath, Bith that I did forgive ! "
So having from his craven bodie tome
Those goodly armes, he them a«
And onely suSred him thia wreti
There whilest he thus was selling things above,
Atwene that ladie myld and recreant knight.
To whom his lifh he giaunted for her love.
He gan bethinke him in what p«ilous plight
He had behynd him left that salvage wight
Amongst so many foes, whom sure he thought
By this quite slaine io so unequall fight :
Tberefote descending backe in baste he sought
If yet be were alive, or to destructioo brought.
There he him found environed about
With alaughtred bodies, which his hand had slaine .
And laying yei efieah with courage stout
Upon the rest that did alive remame ;
Whom be likewise right sorely did constraine.
Like scatlred sbeepe, to seeke for saTetic,
After he gotten had with busie peine
Some of their weapons which thereby did lii?,
With which he layd about, and made them fast to Hie.
Whom when the prince
1 felly »
oragc,
LTc, his hand he stayd.
And sought, by making lignes, him to asswage :
Who them perceiving, streight to him obayd,
A« to his lord, and downe bis weapons layd.
As if he long had to his beasts bene Irayned.
Thence he him brought away, and up convayd
Into the chamber, where that dame retnayned
With her imwimhy knight, who ill him enlertayned.
Whom when the salvage saw from dauoger Scte,
Sitting beside his ladie there at ease,
He welt remembred that the same was bee.
Which lately sought his lord for to displease :
Tho all in rage he on him streight did seaae.
As if he would in peeces him have rent j
And, were not that the prince did him appeaie.
He had not left one limbe of him unrent ! [menu
But streight he held his hand at his commauad'd-
Ilius having all things well in peace ordayned,
The prince himselfe (here all that night did rest ;
Where him Blandina fayrciy enlertayned
With all the courteous glee and goodly feast
The which for him she could imagine best:
For well she knew the wayes to win good will
Of every wight, that were not too infest ;
And how to pleaae the minds of good and ill.
Through tempering of her words and lofAes by
wondrous skill.
Yet were her vmrds and lodes but (Use and byned.
To some hid end to make more eaaie way.
Or to allure such fondlings whom she trayned
Into her trap unto their owne decay ;
Thereto, when needed, she could weepe and pray.
And when her listed she could fawne and flatter ;
Now smyling smoothly like to sommers day.
Now glooming sadly, so to cloke her malter ;
Yet were her vrords but wynd, and all her tean but
Whether such grace were given her by kynd.
As women wont their guilefull wits to guyde ;
Or leamd the art Co please, I doe not fynd :
Tliis well I wotc, that she so well applyde
Her pleasing tongue, that soon she paciCyde
The wrathfull prince, and wrought her husbands
Who nalhelesse, not therewith satitfyde, [peace :
His rancorous despight did not releasse,
Ne secretly from thought of fell revenge surceasse ;
For all that night, the whiles the prince did rest
In carelesse couch not weeting what was menl.
He watdit in close awayt with weapons prest.
Willing to worke his villenoiis intent
On him, that had so shamefully him shent :
Yet dursl he not fur very coivardiie
Effect the same, whylest all the night was spent.
The morrow next the prince did early rise.
And passed forth to follow his first enterpriie-
Turpine is baffuld ; bis two knights
Doe gainc their treasons meed.
Fayre Mirabellaes punishment
For Loves disdaine decreed.
LiEi as the gentle hart itsdfe bewrayes
In doing eentle deedes with t>anke delight.
Even so the baser mind ilaelfe dispUyea
In cancred malice and revengefull spight i
For to maligne, f envic, t' use shifting aUghl,
Be arguments of a vile donghill mind ;
Which, what it dare not doe by open might.
To worke by wicked treason wayes duth find.
By such discourteous deeds discovering bis base JU
486
That mil wpans in Una d
The cowanl Turpine, vhenof now I treat ;
Wbo notwithitaoiluig that in tornta figbt
He of the prince bi> life rectiveil \M»e,
Yet in bis mind mdiliaiii uui ingrMe
He gan deiiie Co be aveng'd mew
For all Out tbmate, which kindled inward la
Hemaetfe in but lie onn'd, uid did him fist ptmew.
Well did he tract hit steps u he did rjde.
Yet would not neare approch in danngers ejc.
But kept aloofe for dread to be deicryde,
Untill fit time and plafe he mote eipy,
Wfaere be mote woike him acalh and rillcn;.
At laM he met two knights to him unknowne.
The which were armed both agreeablj.
And both combynd, vhatcier chauncc were blowne,
Bctwiit them to divide and each to make hia ownb
To whom falte Turpine comming courteouil;,
To ctdie the miachiefe which he inl; ment,
Gmi to complaiiie of great diicourtaie,
Whicji a straunge koigbt, that neare afore him went,
Had doen to him, and hit dvare ladie itaent ;
Which if they would afford him ayde at need
For to avenge in time convenient.
The knighta beleev'd that all he aayd waa trewj
And, being tresb and full of j'oulhly spiight.
Were gUd to beare of that adventure new.
In which Ihey mote make Iriall of their might
Which never yet tbey had approv'd in Sgfat,
And eke deurouB of llie oi&ed meed ;
Said then tbe one of them ; " Where ii that wight,
Tbe which hatb doen to thee this wTongfull deal,
That«einayitBveDge,andpuni(h him with ipeed?"
" He rides," uid TurjNDe, " there not tarn afore.
With a wyjd man soft footing by his lyde ;
That, if ye Un to haate a litle more.
Ye may him overtake in timely tyde."
Eftsoonea they pricked forth with forward pryde ;
And, ere that title while they ridden had,
The gentle prince not farre away they spyde,
Ryding a softly pace with poitance md,
Deviling of hia love more then of daungei diad.
Ilien one of them aloud unto him cryde,
Bidding him tume againe ; " False tniytour knight,
Foule woman-wronger ! " — for lie him defyde.
With that tb^ both at once with equall spight
Did bend their spearea, and both with cquall might
Against him ran ; but th' one did misse his marke,
And being carried with hia Ibrce forthright
Glaunst awilUy by ; like to that heavenly sparke.
Which glyding through the ajre lighta all the H«»-
venidaike.
But th' other, ajming better, did Um smite
Full in the ihi^ with to impetnoua powte.
That all bis launce in peaces shiTered quite,
And scatleiwl all diout fell on the flowte :
resleddytf
But me itout pn
Full on his bever did him strike ,
That the cold Steele through piercing did devowre
Hi' viull brealli, and to the ground him bore,
niU 1m batbad 1^ in hia own bloody gtn.
Aa wWn ■ oat «r CnlodDi mafc« (iMir fi^
At an hiimtfiair. that lyta aloA an wiag.
The whjle* tbeyitaike at hdm with hecdlaaa
The wavK foule Ma Inll dotfa backward wring ;
On wbicfa the first, whoae fiirce bar first doth bii^
Herselfe quite through tbe bodie deth mgon, _
And blletfa dowM to ground like •eoariaae tluBg ;
But lb' other, not ao avrift aa she befbn, [bMM.
Faylea of ^s aousa, and paaung bf doth kwrt H»
By this the other, wbicb was pasted by,
HinueUe recovering, waa retsrn'd to figM ;
Where vrben be taw his lello* lifcleaw if.
He much was daunted ofth to dismal aigU f
Yet, nought a)Mliir|- of lus fmma apHShl,
Let drive at him vrilfa to maBlioua mynd,
Asif bemmld have passed tbisD^ Ima qiagbti
But the steete-bead no stedhsl bold conh) tpiA,
But glaineing 1^ decetv'd bun of that he Atrjad.
Not so the prince ; for hia welt-leamed speare
Tooke surer hould, and from hit hones bade
Above a launcca length him U>rA did bean.
And gainst tbe cold bard earth so tore him ttiA*,
That all his bones in peecet nigh be brake.
Where teeing him so lie, he left his steed.
And, to him leaping, vengeance thought to take
Of Mm, for all his fonHEr follies nieed.
With flaming swotd in band his terror more to breed.
The fearfiill swayne beholding death ao nie
Cryde out aloud, for merde, him to save ;
In lieu whereof be would to him deacrie
Great treason to him meant, his life to reave.
The prince aoone faearkned, and his life for|
Then thus said he ; " There i
The which, for promise of great meed, ui drave
To thit attempt, to wreake his hid dn|nght.
For tbat himseUa thereto did want sufflcieDt mi^iL'*
Tbe prince much mused at such viffaiie, [meed ;
And tayd ; " Now sure ye well have aara'd yooT
For th' one is dead, and th' other aoone ib^ dw.
Unless to me thou hither bring with qiced
The wretch that hyr'd you to this wicked deed."
He glad of life, and willing eke to wreake
Tbe guilt on Um which did thit mischiefc brcolf
Swore by his sword, that ueitbcr day not wciAe
He would aurceate, but him wbcnao b« wsc would
So up he rose, and forth ttrdghtway he went
Backe to the place where Turpine late he lore ;
There he him found in gnat astonishment.
To see him to bedight vrith bloodie gnre
And giiesly wounda, that him ^palled sore-
Yet £ut at length he said ; " How now, air Ku^t,
What mcaneth tliis which here I see before ?
How fortunelb tlus foule uncomely plight, [lii^?'
So diffirent tram that which eaiat ye nen'd ia
" Ferdie," taid he, " in erill hour* it fell.
That ever I for.meed did undertake
So hard a taske as life for byre to sell ;
Tbe which I earst adveritur'd for your sake :
Wiuesse the wounds, and thit wide bloudie lake.
Which ye may see yet all about me sleeme.
Therefore now yeeld, at ye did promise nu^e.
My due reward, the which right well I deeme
I yearned have, that Ufa so dearely did r< '-
rorgave,
H* knigfa
THE FAERIE QCEENE. .
4«7
<• But wbv* then ii," quoth he, halft wiothfUlf ,
■■ Where a the bootie, vhich tberefmB I bought.
Thai curwd caytive, m; strong eneniy,
Tlat reracant luiight, wboae hM«d li^ I Bi>ugbt ?
And where is eke jour blend which halie it ought? "
" He lytst" uid he, " upon the coM bue ground,
Slq>ne of that emnt knight with wbom he fought ;
Whom aftenrarde mpelfe with nuuijr a wound
Didal^ igain^airenufNe there in the dound.'
Thereof fblwTurpin was full glad and faine.
And needs with him itreigbt to the place would rjde.
Where he himielfe might lee Ua fbcQun ilaioe ;
For else hii feare could not be aatiiffde.
So, as dtej rode, he uw the way aU dyde
'nitfaMTeai»es<^bkiudi which tiactiug by the tnile,
£iw loi^ they came, wbeius in evill tyde
That ether iwaTiie^ like aabea deadly pale,
X«y in Ac imp of ilrath, rewing bia wxetebed bale.
Much did the craven eeeme to mone his case,
That for his sake his deare Ufe had forgone ;
And, him bewayling with afiectian base,
Sid comUerfeit kind {uttie where was non* :
For where'a no courage, there's no ruth nor mone.
Ilieiice peeling forth, not forre away he found
Wh treat the priiKe himaeUe lay alt alone,
Ltwaely diiplayd upon the gnaue ground, [iwound.
Fossoscd of swaeto ikepe that luld him soft in
Wane of travell in hii former fight.
He there in sbade himielfe had Uyd to rest,
Hanng his annes and warlike things uniligbt,
Fearelesse of foes that mote his peace molest ;
The whyles hia salrage pagc^ that wont be preat.
Was wandred in tbe wood another way.
To doe aome thing, that aeenxd lo him best ;
The whyles his loid in silver siomber by.
Like to the evening icarre adom'd with deawy ray.
Whom wbenas Turpin saw so loosely Uyd,
He weoied well that he indeed was dead,
Uke as that other knight to him bad sayd ;
But, when he nigh ^rprocht, he mote ajuid
Plaine aignes in him of life and liveUhead.
Whereat much gricv'd against that stimunger knight.
That him too light of credence did mislnd.
He would have backe retyred from that sight.
That was to him on Earth the deadliest dmpighL
But that same knight would not once let him start;
But plainely gan to him declare the case
Of all his miscbiefe and late lucklesse smart ;
How both be and hii fellow there in place
nil that be him i
He, therewith much aha«hed uid eArayd,
Began to tremble erery limbe and nine ;
And, softly whispering him, antyrely prayd
T adviie him better then by such a Iraine
Him to betray unto a ilraunger svraine :
Yet rather counseld liim contrirywize,
Silh be likewise did wrong by him sustaine,
To ioyne with him and vengeance to dcvite,
Whylest time did ofier mcana him sleepiug (o sur-
priie.'
Nathleae, for all hii ipeach, the gentle kni^it
Would nM be tempted to luch vilienie,
Kegarding more his faith whidi he did plight,
All were it to hia mortal! eoemic.
Then to entrap him by false treachcria :
Great ihame in liegea blood to be amblew'd !
Thus whylest they were debating divendie,
The salvage forth out of the wood issew'd [vew'd.
Backe to the place, whems his lord b» llMpilig
Hiere when he saw those two so nearc hmi Qtand,
He doubted much what mote their meaning bee;
And, throwing downe bis toad out of his hand,
(To weet, great store of fotnat b-ute wliich hee
Had for his food late gattiered from tbe tiee,)
Himselfe unto his weapon he betooke.
That was an oaken plant, which lately tiee
Rent by the root ; which be so sternly ibooke.
That like an tiasell wand it quivered and quook^
Whereat tbe prince awaking, wl>en be ipyde
Tlie tnytour Tuipin with tliat other knight.
He started up ; and snatdiing neare his (yde
His trustie sword, the servant of hit might.
Like a fell lyoa leaped to bim li^
And his leA hand upim his collar layd.
Therewith the cowheard, deaded with afinghl^
Fell flat to ground, ue word unto him sayd,
But, holding up liis bands, with dlenoe merde prayd.
But lie BO fiili of indignation was,
Hiat to liis prayer nought he would incliney
But, as he lay upon tbe humble grai.
His foot he set on his vile necke, in signe
Of servile yoke, that nobler harts repine.
Then, letting liim arise like abicct thratl.
He gan to him obiect his tiaynous dime, '
And to revile, and rate, and recreant call.
And, lariy, to deipoyle of knightly banneraU.
And after all, fbr greater Infkmie,
He by the heclea him bung upon a tree,
And balTuld so, that all which passed by
Tlie picture of liis punishment might see.
And by tbe like emample warned bee,
However tltey through treason doe treapiiae.
Bui turae we now backe to that Udie free.
Whom Ute we Ittt ryding upon an asee,
I«d by a carle and foole which by her side did passe.
She was a ladie of great dignities
And liilcd up to honorable place.
Famous through all the land of Faerie :
Though of mcaoe paTentage and kindred base,
Tet deckt with wondrous giiies of Natures grace.
That all men did her person much admire,
And praise the feature of her goodly bee )
The beames whereof did kindle lovely fire,
In tfa' harti of many a knight, and many a gentla-
squirei
That none she worthie thought to Iw ber fere,
But acomd them all that love unto her ment ;
Yet was she lov'd of many a worthy pere i
Unworthy she to be belov'd so dere.
That could not weigh of worthinesse aright :
For beautie is more glorious bright and clere.
The more it is admir'd of many a wi^t.
And noblest she that served is of noblest knight.
But alt M7 d«nuell thought cootiiriwue.
That nich proud looks would make her prafinl moral
And that, the mure she did all love despize.
The moT9 would wretched lorers her adore.
What cared nhe wha sighed Tor her tore.
Or who did WBjle or watch the weoiie night ?
l>t them that list their lucklesw lot deplore ;
She was home free, uot bound to any wight.
And 90 would ever live, and love hec own delight-
Through such her stubbome stifneaie and hard hart,
Many a wretch for want of remedie
Did languish long in life^oiuuming smart.
And at the last through dreary dolour die :
Whjlest she, the ladie of her liberlie,
1^ boaat her beautie had such soveraine might.
That with the onely twinckle of her eye
She could or save or spill whom she would hight :
What could the gods doe more, hut doe it more aright?
Did laugh at her that
Whiles! Ehe did weepe, of no man merdfide :
For on a day, when Cupid kept his court.
As he is wont at each Saint Valendde,
Unto the which all loven doe resort, [report;
llal of their loven successe they there may make
It fortun'd then, that when the roulea were red.
In which the names of all Lorea foike were fyled.
That many there were misdng ; which were ded.
Or kept in hands, or from their loves eiyled,
Or hy some other violence dcspoyled.
Which whcnae Cupid heard, he wexed wroth ;
And, doubting Co he wronged or beguyled.
He bad hia eyes to he unhUtidfold both.
That be might see hit men, and muster them by oth.
llien found he many misnng of hit crew.
Which wont doe suit and service to hta might ;
Of whom what was becomen no man knew,
llierefore a iutie was impaneld streight
T* enquire of them, whether by force, or sleight,
Or their owne guilt, they were away couvayd i
To whom foule Iniamie and fell Dnpight
Gave evidence, tbat they were all lietrayd
And murdred cruelly-by a rebellious mayd.
Fayre Miiabella was her name, whereby
Of all thoee crymes she there indited was :
All which when Cupid heard, he by and by
In great displeasure wil'd a capias
Should issue forth t' attach tbat scomefull laaie.
The warrant straight was made, and therewithall
A baytieBe etraut forth in post did paaae,
Whom they by name there Portamore did call ;
He which dotb summon lovers to Loves indgemenl
The danudl was attachl^ and AarHj braugfat
Unto the barre whereas she was artayued :
But she thereto nould plead, nor amwere ou^t,
Evan for stubbome pride, which her restrayned :
iudgement past, as is by law ordayned
Ino
• likei
which when ai
Her stubbome hart, which love before dlsdayned,
Can (toupe ; and, falling downe with humble awe,
JScide mercie, to abate the eittemilie of law.
Hm saana of Venus, who la myU by kynd.
But where be is provokt with peevisliiiMae,
Unto bar pnyen [dteonaly endjnd,
And did ttie rigour of bis dcnme rqmaae;
Yet not so freely, but that nathMsssa
Heui
Which was, that through thia worlds wyde wsUcnuB
She wander should in oimpanie of those.
Till she had sav'd ao many loves as she did lose-
So now Ae had bene wandiing two whale years*
Throughout the world, in this uncomely caaa.
Wasting her goodly liew in heavie taares.
And her good dayes in dolorous diagnce;
Yet had she not in all these two yearea space
Saved but two ; yet in two yesres before, [plac^
Through her dispiteous pride, whileat tore lacit
She had destroyed two and tvrenty more. [ftare !
Aie me, how could her love make half amends ibesv-
And now she was uppon the weary waf ,
Whenas Ihe gentle squire, with fJure serene
t her In wch misaeeming foule array ;
The whiles that mighty man did her demeane
With all the evil termes and crueU meane
That he could make i and eeke that angry foole
Whicb follow'd her, with cureed bands uiicleane
Whipping her hone, <Ud with his smarting toole
Oft whip her dainty selfe, and much augment her
Ne ought it mole atule her to entreat
The one or th' other better her to use;
For both so vrilfull were and obstinate
That all her piteous plain! they did refii*^
And rather did the more her beate and bniae i
But roost the fanner villaine, which did lead
Her tyreling lade, was bent her to abuse ;
Who, though she were with weorinesse nigfa dead.
Yet would not let her lile, nor rest a Utile stead i
For he was steme and terrible by nature.
And eeke of person huge and hideous.
Exceeding much the measure of mans stature.
And rather like a gyant monitruous :
For sooth he was descended of the bous
Of those old gyants, which did waires dairaine
Against Che Heaven in order battailous;
And sib to great Orgolio, which was slaine
By Arthure, whenaa Unas knight he did maintune.
His lookes were dreadfull, and his fiery oca,
: CKo great beacons, glared bright and wyde.
He scorned in his overweening pryde;
And stalking stately, like a crane, did stryde
At every step uppon the tiptoes hie ;
And, all the way he went, on every syde
He gai'd about and stated horriblie,
As if he with his lookes would all men terrifie.
Hew
leform
1 richly Ts
Upon checklatoo, he was straungely digbt ;
And on his head a roll of linnen pl^ht.
Like to the Mores of Malaber, he wore.
With which his locks, as blacke as pitchy ni^
Were bound about and voyded firom before ;
And in his hand a mighty yron club h* bora.
THE FAERIE QUBENE.
Tbia mt DuUne, who led that ladle* bone
llotiii^ thick uid thia, tbroiigh roounlAiiu And
tlirougb plains,
Compelling ber, wbete the would not, by force,
Haliiig her palfny b; Ibe hempen nunes :
But tbut nmefoole, nhichmwt increast berpeinea,
Wu Scorne; who, hsTing in his huid > whip,
Her therewith yickii ; and iitill, when ibe compiaines,
Tfaii more be Uughea, and doea her closely quip.
To see ber sore lament and bite her tender Up.
'Whose cruell handling wben that iqiiiie beheld.
And saw those nllaines her so vildely use.
His gentle heart with indignation sweld,
And could no lenger beare so great abuse
A* nicb a lad; so to beate and bnise ;
But, to bim stepping, such a stroke blm lent.
That tont him th' h^ter from his band to loose,
And, nuugre all hii might, backe to relent :
£l*e had be lurelj there bene slaine, or fbwljr ihcot.
The riUaine, wroth for greeting him so sore,
Gathered himselfe together soone againe.
And with his yron battim which he bore
I.et driie at bim eo dreadfully amaine.
That for hi> safety he did bim constraine
To give him ground, and ghiil to every side.
Rather than once bis burden to sustaine:
For boMlBSie thing bim seemed to abide [piide.
So mi^ity blowes, or prove the puissance of hii
Like B3 a maatiS'e having at a bay
A salvage bull, whose cruell bornes doe threat
Deqierate daunger, if l>e them aieay,
Tr«ccth hi) ground, and round about doth beat,
To sp}r where he may some advantage get.
The whiles the beast dotb tage and loudly rare ;
So did the squire, the whiles the carle did fret
And fume in his disdainefull mynd the more.
And oftentimes by Turmagant and Mahound swore.
Nalhelease so sharpely still he him punewd,
That at advantage him at hut be tooke,
When hii foote slipt, (that slip he deaiely rewd)
And with his yroQ club to ground him strooke ;
Where still he lay, ue out of iwoune awooke,
Till beairy hand the carle upon him layd.
And bound him ftst : tbo, when he up did looke
And saw himselfe caplii'd, he was dismayd,
Ne powre had to withstand, ne hope of any ayd.
Hien up he made bim rise, and forward lare.
Led in a rope which both his bands did bynd ;
Ne ought that foole for piity did him spare,
But with bis whip him following behynd
Him often acourg'd, and forst his feele lo fynd :
And otherwliiles with bitter mockes and mowes
He would him scorne, that to his gentle mynd
Was much more grievous then the others blowes ;
Words sharpely wound, but greatest griefe of scorn-
The £uK Serena, wben she saw him fall
Under that vilbines club, then surely thought
That ilaine he was, or made a wretched Ihnll,
And fled away with all the ipeede she mought
To seeke for safety ; which long time she sought ;
And past through many perils bj the way,
Ere she againe to Calepine was brou^t:
The which discourse as now I must delay.
Till Miiabellaes fortunes 1 doe further say.
Prince Arthurs orercomes Dlsdaine ;
Quites Mimbell from dreed :
Serena, found of salvages.
By Calepine is freed.
Ye gentle ladies, in whose soreraine powre
LoTe bath the glory of bis klngdome left.
And Ih' beam of men, as your clemall dowre.
In yron cbaines, of libeity bereft.
Delivered bath unto your hands by gift j
Be well aware bow ye the same doe use.
That pride doe not to tyranny you lift ;
I>east, if men you of cruelty accuse.
He ftum you take that chiefedome which ye dog
And as ye soft and tender are by kynde,
Adomd with goodly gifts of beauties grace.
So be ye soft and tender eeke In mynde ;
But cruiJty and haidnesse from you cbace.
That all your other praises will deface.
And from you tume the love of men to hate :
Ensample take of Mirabellses case,
Wbo from the liigh degree of happy state
Fell into wretcbnl woes, which she repented late.
Who after thraldome of the gentle squire.
Which she beheld with lamentable eye,
Was touched with compassion entire.
And much lamented hi* calamity,
That for her sake fell into misery ;
Which booted nought for prayers nor for threat
To hope for to release or mollify ;
For aye the more that she did them entreat,
The more they him misusi, and cruelly did beat.
So as they forward on theur way did pa^
Him still reviling and afflicting sore,
lliey met priitce Artbure with air Enias,
(That was that courteous knight, whom he before
Having subdew'd yet did to life restore ;)
To whom at they s^procht, they gan augment
Their cruelty, and him to punish rrKue,
Scourging and haling him more vehement ;
As if it them should grieve to see bis punishment.
The squire himselfe, wbenaa he saw his lord
Tbc witnesse of his wretchednesse in place,
Waa much asham'd that with an hempen cord
He like a dog was led in captive case.
And did his head for bashfulneua abase.
As loth to see or to be seene at all ;
Shame would be bid ; but whenas Enias
Beheld two such, of two such villains thrall.
His manly mynde was much enunoved therewilhalL;
And to the prince thus sayd,- " See you, sir Knight,
The greatest shame that ever eye yet saw,
Yond lady and her squire with fuiile despigbt
Abusde, against all reason and all law.
Without r^ard of pitty or of awe !
See ! how they doe llial squire beat and revile !
See ! how they doe the tsdy bale and draw !
But, if ye please to lend me leave awhile,
1 will them soone acquite, and both of blame M-
ISO s
The prince jMcnted ; and then br, Mni^KwBj
niiiiHHilllill|^ h^A, hk ilneM ibaut liiiii thiTir,
Wilb irtndi apfrnMchiiig ibtu be gin to «aj ;
" Abide, yt c«yf' - ■ -
Tint bar* Willi I
■i> in»itatt *wmj.
Hk miodet iwl m
TIh wlikfa docenikd (litl
Hut •coned nought the (
Na more then lightening frani the loAy sky -.
lie lilt the knight the powre thereof may,
Whole duome wai deMh ; but, lightl} tlipping by,
Uonn* defnuded his intended ilrriinj :
And, to lequile him with (he like agane,
With hi* iharpe nrord he Sereel; at him tew.
And Mrooke n) Mroogl j, that the caile wiUi inaie
SaTtd himaelfie but that he then him deir ;
Yet (Bv'd not lo, but that the blood it diew.
And gare bii foe good hope of nctorf ;
Who, therewith Sobt, upon him set uww.
And with the Krond stroke thought certaindj
To baT* mpplfdc the fifM, and paide the uauiy.
But FortmMi auiuwerad not unto hii call ;
For, ai his h.ind waa heaved up on bight.
The Tilkine met 1dm in the middle sJi,
And with his club bet badie his brond-fron bright
So fordblj, that with hit owne handt ought
Hcbeatcn badte upon hitnidfe againe
He driren was to ground in lelie Atapigbt ;
From wbeDce ere be recovery oould gaine.
He in hi* nede had aet hit tbole with fell diidaine.
Witb that the fbole, which did thM end aw^te,
Came running in ; and, whilett on ground be lay,
Laide heavj handi on him and held so Urajte,
That downe be kept him with his Bcomefiill swaj.
So ai he could not weld him any way ;
The whiles that other Tillaiiw went about
Him to haie bound and thmld without delay ;
The while* the fbole did him revile and flout,
a yolu thmi two and tame tbelrcorage
Ai when a sturdy ploughman with his bynde
By strength have overthrone a Mubbome Keara,
They downe him hold, and bit with cords do bynde,
nil they him Torre the buiome yoke to bean :
Bo did these two this kni(;hl oft tug and tcare.
Which when the prince beheld, there standing by,
lie left his lofty steede (o aide him neere ;
And, buckling aoone liimaelfe, gan fiercely fly
Upon that carle, lo nave his friend from ieopardy.
The vilLaine, leaving him unto hia mats
To be captiv'd and handled as he list.
Himielfe addrest unto this new debate,
And with his club him all about so blist,
Thai he whidi way lo turne him ncarcely wiat :
Sometimes aluft he layd, sometimes alow,
Now here, now there, and oft liim oeare he misti
Sa. doubtfully, that hardly oiie could know
'— more wary were lo give or ward the blow.
His dnadfuU hand be bcned iqi aloA,
And with his diradfiiil iustiwaacBt at yre
Tbou^it rate have powndol him to powda-soA,
Or deepe emhoweld in the earth eotyrc ;
But Fortune did nut with bia will cmqare :
For, oe his stnike attayned his intent,
"nw noUe childe, pmentiDg his di^T^
Under lui club with wary boUnenc went,
AnduDOtehimODlfae knee thai never yet was benb
It never yet wai bent. Be bent it now,
Albe the MnAc so strraig aad puissaot wen^
Tiat Beem'd a marble piUour it could bow ;
But all that leg, which did fab body beare.
It cnckt tbraugfaoiit (yet did no Uoiid ^paara).
So a* it was unable to support
So huge a burden on radi broLoi g^u%
But ISdl to ground like to a lumpe of durt;
Whence he avayd to liae, but could not fiir hia hurt.
EflsofKiefl the prince to him full nimbly stept.
And, least he should recover foote againe,
His head meant from his abouldfn to have swept :
Which when the lady law, she cryde aitaaine;
" Slay, May, nr Knight, ftn- love of Cod abstaine
From that unwarea ye u 1 1 tli ii ■ doe intend ;
Slsy not that carle, though worthy to be slaine;
For more on Mm doth then himaelfe depend ;
Hy life will by his death have la
He staide his band according her denre.
Yet nathemore him suSred to arise ;
But, itill suppressing, gan of her inquire,
What meaning mole those uncouth wi»ds comprise.
That in that villaines health her safety lies;
That were nu might in man, nor heart in knights.
Which durst her dreaded reskue enlerprite.
Yet Heavens tliemselves, that fkvour feeble rights.
Would for itaelfe redresse, and punish such de^
pighlB.
Then bunting forth in tcares, which gushed fist
Like many water-streams, awhilii tbe stayd ;
Till the ahorpe pasuon being overpast.
Her tongue to her restord, then thus she sayd ;
" Nor Heavens, nor men, canmemostwretcbedmayd
Deliver from the doome of my denrt.
The which the god of love bath on me layd.
And damned to endure this direiiili amart.
For penaunce of my proud and hard rdwUious hart.
And Nature me endu'd with pi
Of all her gifts, (hat pleaide each living ught j
I was belov'd of many a gentle knight.
And sude and sought with all the service dew :
Full many a one for me deepe groand and sigb't.
And to the dore of death for sorrow drew,
ComplsyningMiJonfiwthat would not ODtbemtew.
THE FAERIE QUEEME.
4dl
*■ But let tliem Ion ttau titf, or E*e m di* ;
Bf« Um DOl die fl>r uj luven doole :
Ne lilt me t«¥e m; knad llbertie
To pitqp him tbu lul to pby the foolt :
1^ lore mjnelf 1 Icamad bail in ■chooia.
Tbua I triumphed long in torscB pain*.
And, litting careleMe od the •coman atoi^,
Did laugh at ttwae that did lament and plaiae :
Bui all ia BOW npa^d with interett a^ioe.
" Fot Io« ! the wingad god, ttat woundath harta
Canada nw be called lo accranpt thenefore ;
And tor Tereagement of tboaa wTODgfuU unarta;
Which I to otben did inflict afora,
Addecm'd me to endun
That in thia win, and ttv
Vfilb theae two lewd
Diadaine and Soome, Ithrougb the world ihoulditraj
mi I hsTcix'd ao nany aa I euat did •laf."
<■ Cerlea," aijd then the piiuce, " (he god ia iuM,
That taketh Tengeauuce of hi* pct^lea apoile i
Par were no law in lore, but all tlat liul
Might tbtm oppreaae, and painefutl}' tunnoile,
Hia kingdome would continue but aSvhile.
But lell me, lady, wherefore doe you beare
lUa bottle thus before you wilh auch toile.
And e^t thia wallet at jour backs aneaie, [wen?"
Haat te Iheao carba (a can; much mora comalj
" Here in this bottle," layd the sory mayd,
" I put (be tean of my contrition,
Till to the brim I have it fuU defisyd :
And in this bag, which 1 behinde me don,
I put re]>eataunce for thingi p«M and gon.
Yet ia the bonle leake, and bag h tome.
That all wbich 1 put in fala out atHM,
And is behinde me tmdden dowue of Scom^
Who moAeth all my patne, and laughs tba mora I
The infant hearkued wisely to ber tale,
And wondied much at Cupidi judgment wise.
That could bo meekly made proud heaita avale.
And wreake himscLfe OD them thai bim deajiiae.
Then suHred be Diadaine up to aria*,
Wbo was not able up hinuelfe to reare.
By meanei bia leg, through hie late lucklees* priae,
Was cradt in twune, but by hia foolish feaie
Waa holpen up, wbo him lUpportad standing ntare.
But bdi^ up be looLt againe aloft.
As if he never had received fall ;
And with aterue eye-browi stared at bim oft.
As if be would baie dauiHed hfan withall:
And Btanding on hia tiptoe^ t« leeme taU,
Downe on hb goldan Ibete be oft^i gaaed,
Aa if audi pride the other could ^laU ;
Wbo was so far fiom being ought anumd.
That b* hia kxAea despised, and bis boast dispraised.
Then tuming backe unto that capdie thrall.
Who all thn while stood there besde them bound,
Unwilling to be knownc or aeme at all.
He ttoai those hands weend him to have unwound;
But when approaching neare he piainely found
It was his owne true groome, the gentle iquire,
lie thereat wait exceedingly astound.
And him did OH embrace, aind oft admire.
Ne could with seting satisfie his great de^r*.
Mesne while the lalnige man, whoi be bdiald
That huge gnat Ibole oppreaaing tb' otber ^"ighti
Whom with bis weigbt unwahly downe be held.
He flew upon him like a gieedy kight
Unto some carrion ofiftred to his aigbt ;
And, downe him plnckii^, wilh his naylea and teeth
Gsn him to bale, and teare, and Bcratch, and bite ^
And, from bim taking his owne whip, therewith
Sostvehimacourgath that tbebloud downe fblloweth.
And sure I weene, had not the ladies cry
Procur'd the prince hia cruel! band to stay.
He would with whipping bim have done to dye :
But, being checkt, be did abataine atroghtwaj
And let him rise. Then thus the prince gan say ;
'■ Now, lady, silh your fortunes thus dispose,
"ITiat, if ye list have liberty, ye may;
Unto yourselfe I freely leave to choae, [lose."
Whether I shall you leave, or from theae TiHaini»
■■ Ab ! nay, at Knight," said she, " it may not b^
But that I needes must by all meanea fulfill
This penaunce, which enioyned is (o me.
Least unto ma betide a greater ill :
Yet no lease thankes to you for your good wilL"
3o humbly taking leave she tumd aside :
But Arthure with the rest went onward sdll
On his lirsl quest, in wbich did him betide
A great adventure, which did him from them devlde.
Of fure Seretia ; who, aa ee
oteU
When Am the gentle squire at variauuce fell
With those two carles, Ued fast away, afeord
Of villany to be to ber inbrd :
So fresh the image of her former dread.
Yet dwelling in her eyc^ to ber appeatd.
That every foote did tremble wbich did tread.
And every body two, and two sba foure did iwil. '
llirough bils and dale^ through bushes and tbrougb
Long thus she fled, till that at laat sbe thought
HersaUb now put the perill of her fHrca:
Tfaen looking round about, and seui^ non^U
Which doubt of daunger to ber offer mougbt.
She fhm her palfrey lighted on the ploing j
And, sitting downe, berseUe awhile bethought
Of her Itmg tiavell and turmoyling pains ;
And otlen did of love, and oft of luck^ complaine*
And evermore she blamed Calepine,
The good sir Calepine. ber owne true knight.
As th' onely author of her wofull tine ;
For being of hia love to her so light.
As her to leave in such a piteous plight :
Yet never turtle truer to his make,
Then be waa Iride unto his lady bright:
Who all this while endured for ber sake
Great perill of his life, and restlesse painaa did t«ke>
'nw whenas all her plainta aha had displayd.
And well diibutdened her angrieved brest.
Upon tbe grasse beiaelfe adowne she l^d ;
Where, being tyrde with tnivell, and oppreat
With sorrow, she betooke hersclfe to rest ;
ITiere whileai in Morpheus boaome safe she lay,
Fearelesse of ought that mote her peace malea^
False Fortune did her safety betray
Unto a strange mischaunce. that menac'd ber di
In these wylde doerta, ifheit she now dx>de.
Then dvelt > wlroge nation, which did live
Of atedth and apoile, and making; nightly rods
Into their neighbour borders ; ne did gire
ThemselTFn to any trade, (aa for to driye
The painefuU plough, or cattell for to breed.
Or b; adventroua merchandiie to thrive,}
But on the labours of poor men to feed,
And serve their Dwne neceasitiea with olheis need.
Thereto they uade one moat accursed order.
To eate the flesh of men, whom Ihey mote fynde,
And Btraungers to devoure, which on their border
Were brought by errour or by wreckfull wyndc :
A monstrous cruelly gainst course of kynde !
Tbey, towards evening wandering every way
To seeke for booty, came by fortune blynde
'Whereas this lady, like a sheepe astray,
Now drowned in the depth of sleepe all fcarlesse lay.
Soona as they ipide her, I^ord I what gladfull glee
They made amongst themselves ! but when her face
Like the fairc yvory shining they did see,
Kach gan his fellow solace and embrace
For ioy of such good hap by heavenly grace-
Then gan they to devise what course to take ;
Whether b> stay her there upon the place,
Or sufTer her out of her aleepe to wake.
And then her eale attonce, or many meale* to make.
The best adtiieinent was, of bad, to let her
Sleepe out her fiU without encomberment ;
For sleepe, they sayd, would make her baltill better :
Then, when she wakt, they all gave one consent
That, since by grace of God she there was sent,
Unto their god they would her sacrifiie.
Whose share, her guiltlease bloud they would present :
But of her dainty flesh they did devise
To make a CDcamon l>aat, and fbed with gurmandiie.
So round about her th^ themselves did place
Upon the grasse, and diversely dispose.
As each thought best to spend tlie lingting space:
Some with their eyes the daintest monels chose ;
Some praise her paps; some praise her lips and nose;
Some whet their knives, and strip thar elboea bare :
The priest binuelfe a garland doth compose
Of finest Sowen, and with full busie care
His bloudy vessels wash and boly Bre prepare.
Ihe daniiell wakes ; then all attonce upstart,
\nd round about her flocke, like many flics,
Whooping and hallowing on every part,
Kt if they would have rent the brasen skies.
iVhich when she sees with ghastly griefful eies,
Her heart does quake, and deadly pallid hew
Benumbes her cheekes ; then out aloud she cries,
Where none is nigh to bears, that will her rew.
And rends her golden locks, and snowy brests cni-
But all bootes not ; they hands upon her lay :
And first they spoile her of her iewels deare,
And afterwards of all her rich array ;
The which amongst tbem they in peeces tcare.
And of the pray each one a part doth beare.
Now b«ng naked, to their sordid eyea
The goodly threesures of nature appeare :
Which as [hey view with lustfull fanlasyes,
"""■■ wisheth to himaelfe, and to the rest envyes
Her yrotj* neck ; her alablaster bnst ;
Her paps, which like white silken [ullowes wers
For Love in soft delight thereon to rest j
Her tender sides ; her bellie white and clei«.
Which like an altar did itselft uprere
To offtx sacrifice divine thereon ;
Her goodly thighes, whose glorie did appeare
Like a triumphal! arch, and thereupon [won.
The sptrilea of princes hang'd which were in bnttel
Those daintie parts, the dearlings of delight.
Which mote not he prophan'd of common eyes.
Those villeins vew'd with loose lascivious sight.
And closely tempted with their craftie ipjtt ;
And some of them gan mongsl themselves dfviae
Iliereof by force to lake thnr beastly pleasure :
But them Che priest rebuking did advise
To dare not to pollute so sacred Ibreasure [sore.
Vow'dtotfaegods: Religion heldeventbeevea in IIM»-
So, being stayd, they her from theoce directed
Unto a litle grove not tarn asyde,
In which an altar shortly they erected
To slay her on. And now the Eventyde
His brode black wings had through the Hcavena wyde
By this dispred, that was the tymc ordayned
For such a dismall deed, their guilt to byde :
Of few greene turfes an altar soone they fayned.
And deckt it all with flowies which Ihey nigh hand
obtsyned.
"nio, whenai all things leadie were aright.
The damsell was before the altar 9e^
Being alreadie dead with fEKrefuU fright :
To whom the priest with naked ormes fiiU aet
Approching nigh, and murdrous knife well whet,
Gan mutter close a certain secret cbarme.
With other divelish ceremonies met :
Which doen, be gan ^ofl t' advance bis arme^
Wbereat-tbey abouled all, and made a loud alarme.
Hien gan the bagpypes and the hornet to shrill
And shrike aloud, thai, with the peoples voyce
Confused, did the ayre with terror fill,
And made the wood to tremble at the ooyce :
The whyles she wayld, the more Ihey did reioyce.
Now mote ye understand that to this grove
Sir Calepine, by chaunce more than by cboycc^
The sells sune evening fortune bather drove.
As he to seeke Serena through Ote woods ilid rove.
Long had he sought her, and through many a soyle
Had traveld still on foot in heavie armes,
Ne ought was tyred with his endlesse toyle,
Ne ought was feared of bis certains harines :
And now, all weetlesse of the wretched stwmes
In which his love was lost, he slept fVill fast ;
Tiil, being waked with these loud alarmea.
He lightly started up like one agba-it, [?■■(•
And catching up his annt stra'ght to the noiae fbnh
There by th' itncertaine glims of starry night,
Aiul by the twinkling of their sacred fire,
He mote perceive a litle dawning sight
Of all which there was dinng in that quire :
Mongst whom a woman spoyled of alt attire
He spyde lamenting her unluckie strife,
' d groning sore fVom grieved hart entire ;
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
'With dut he IhnuU into the thickeM throng;
And, even as big right buid (downe deacenda.
He him preventing lajs on earth aloD^
And tacrifiieth to ih' infeirudl fe«nds :
71wn to the mt his wiathAiU hand he bends ;
Of whcqn he makes luch havocke and such hew.
That awannei of damned ujules (o Hell he Knd*
Tbe rest, that scape his sword and death eschew,
Fl; like a Docke of doves before a taulcooi vew.
From tbem returning to tbnt ladie backe.
Whom b; the altar he doth sitting And
Yet fearing death, and next to death, the lacke
Of clothes to cover what she ought by kind ;
He first her hands beginnt^th to unbind,
A nd then to questioo of her present woe ;
And afterwards to eheare with spcachea kind :
But she, for nought that he could say or doe.
One word durst qwake, or ans were him a whit thereb
So inward shame of her uncomely case
She did conceiTe, through care of nomanbood,
TbM d)ough the night did cover her disgrace,
Yet she in so unwomanly a mood
Would not bewray the state in which she stood :
So all that night to him unknown she past :
But dnj, that doth discover bad and good,
£nsewing, made her knowen to him at last;
Tbe end whereof ilc keepe until! auotber cast.
From thence into tba open fields be fled.
Whereas the hordes were keeping of their neat,
' ihephcards singing, to their Bockes that fed,
I«yes of sweet love and youthes delightfull heal :
'" n thether eke for all his feerefuU threat
He followed fast, and cbaced him so nie,
That to the folds, wha« sheepe at night doe seat,
to the litle cots, where shepherds lie
la winten wrathful! lime, he forced him to flie.
There on a day, ai he pursew'd the diace,
le chsunst to spie a sort of sbepbeard groomes
'laying on pypes and caroling apace.
The whyles their beasts there in the budded broomes
Beside them fed, and nipt the tender bloomes ;
For other worldly wealth they cared nought :
To whom sir CaUdoTe yet sweating comes,
them to tell him courteously besought.
If such a beast they saw, which he had thether
brought.
Thejr aniwer'd him that no such beast they saw,
" any wicked feend that mote offend
Their happie flockes, nor daunger to them draw ; ■
~ if that such there were [as none there kend}.
They prayd high Godthemfarrefrom them to send:
Then one of them him seeing so to sweat.
After his rusticke wise, that well be weend,
Oi&ed him drinke to quench his thiralie heat.
And, if be hungry were, bim o&ei eke to eaC
Tbe knight i
And to ' '
Calidore boales with Melibee,
And loves fcyre Pastwrell ;
Coridon envies him, yet he.
For ill, rewards bim well.
Now tume Bgaine my teme, Ibou iolly swayne,
Backe to tbe furrow which 1 lately left;
I lately left a fVimiw one or twayne
Unplougb'd, the which my coulter had not cleft;
Yet seem'd the soyle both fayre and fhilefull eft.
As I it past ; that were too great a shame,
miat so rich fWite should be from us bereft;
Besides the great dishonour and defame,
Which should be&ll to Calidorea immortall name.
Great tnvell hath the gentle Calidore
And toyle endured, sitb I left him last
Sewing the Blaunt Beast ; which I forbore
To finish then, for other present hast.
Full many palhes and perils he hath pan,
llniugh fails, through dales, through forests, and
through plaint
In I
le que!
which fc
So sharply he the monster did pursew,
lint day nor night he suBred him to rest,
Ne rtated he himselfe (but natures dew)
For dread of daunger not to be redrest,
If he for slouth forslackt so famous quest
Him first &am court he to the citties couned.
And from the dtties to the townes him prest.
And ftom the townes into the countiie Taraed, '
And fVom the countiy back to private farmea be
They prayd him ut, and gave him for to feed
Such homely what as serves the simple clowne,
That doth despise the dainties of the towne :
Tho, having fed his fill, he there besyde
Saw a faire danuell, which did weare a crowne
Of sundry flowrcs with silken ribbands tyde,
Yclsd in home-made greene that her owne hand*
had dyde.
Upon a litle hillocke she was placed
Higher tlien all the rest, and round about
Environ'd with a girland, goodly graced.
Of lovely lasses ; and them all without
Tbe lustie shepheord swaynes sate in a ront.
The which did pype and sing her prayses dew.
And oft reioyce, and oft for wonder shout.
As if some miiscle of heavenly bew
Were downe to them descended in that earthly vew.
And sootbly sure she was full tkjie of face.
And perfectly well shapt in every lim.
Which she did more augment with modest grace
And comely carriage of her count'oauce trim.
That all the rest like leaser lamps did dim :
Who, her admiring as some heavenly wigbt.
Did for their soveraine goddesse her eiteeme,
And, catoUng her name both day and night,
The fayrest Fastorella her by name did h^ht.
Bs there heard, ne was there sbepheards swayn^
But her did honour; and eke many a toe
Burnt in her love, and with sweet pleaang payne
Full many a night for her did ngh and grone :
But most of .all the shepheard Coridon
For her cUd languish, and tds deare lite spend;
Yet neither she for Idm nor other none
Did care a whit, ne any liking lend : [ascend.
Though mesne her Icrt, yet higher did her n-'-^
*9i 8FEI
Her wh jlei lir CaUdme time remd well.
And marfct her rare demeannre, wUdi him tiuBd
So forre Che mevie of ah^tbeBrds to excell,
Ag that be in his mind lier wortii; deaned
To be a prinEca para^one esteemed.
He wu unwarea BUrprisd in subtile bandi
Of tlie blynd boy ; ne thence could be redeemed
By any skill out OThia cnietE luuida;
Catjgbt like the bird which gazing still on others
So stood he itill \oag gasing tbereapon
Ne any wilt had thence to move away,
Although his queaC were &rre afore him gon :
But after he bad fed, yet did be stay
And Hte thoe atill, untill the flying day
Was tarre forth spent, discoursing divenly
Of sundry things, a* fell, to vaAe delay ;
And erermorc his qwach he did apply [**f -
By tfali dte moystie ^ght approching fast
Her deawy humour gan on th' earth to ihed.
That wam'd the aheplMards to their homes to host
Their tender flacks, now being fully fed.
For feare of wetting them before their bed :
Tlien came to them a good dd aged syre,
Whose silTer lockes bedeckt bis beard and bed.
With shepheajrls hooke in hand, and fit attyie.
That wil'd the damiell rise ; the day did now cipyt«.
He was to wcet. by common vtace, i
The fuller of the fayrest Psstorell,
And of berselfe in very deede bo deemed;
Yet was not BO ; but, as old stories tell,
Found her by fortune, which to him befell,
In th^ opeu Gelds an iniant leA alone ;
And, taking up, brought borne and nouised well
Ai bis owoe chyld ; for other he had none ;
That she in tract of time accinnpled was hia owne.
She at his bidding meekely did arisen
And strd^ umo her litle floeke did fare :
llien all the rest about her rose likewise.
And each his sundrie sbeepe with iereiall care
Gathered together, and them homeward bare :
Whylaat everie one with beliHDg hands did strive
Amongst themselTea, and did 'their labours share.
To belpe bire PaMordla horn to drive
Har flMde flocka; but Cocidon moat faelpe did givs.
Now necing
And night arrived bard at band, began
Him to invite tuita fall rimple home ;
Which tfaoogh it were • cottage cW with lome.
And all things thenin meane, yet better so
To lodge tben ia the salvage fields to JiMne.
The knight fiill gladly soone agreed ibaHo, [go-
Being bit harts owne wish ; and Iiome with him did
lliere be was wekom'd of that honest syre
And of his aged beldame homely wall ;
WboUm beeoughl himseUe to disattyre,
And rest himaeU'e, till supper time Iiercll ;
By which home came the ftyreat Fastorell,
After her iocke she in their fold had lyde :
And, supper readie d^hl, Ibey to it fell
With small adoe, and nature mtutjie,
^Jba which doth Htle crave contented to abyde.
"no wInb dwy bad th^ hm^et d^ed wdl,
And the byre mmji the table ta'ne away ;
The gentle knight, as ha that did eieell
In courtesie and wdl could doe and asy.
For to great kindnesse as be found Aat day
Gan gi«tly tfaanke his host and Ids good wife:
And, drawing (hence his qieadi inotfaer way,
Gsn highly to commend the happie life
Which sbepheaidt lead, without debate or bittsTstrilc.
" How much," sayd be, ^
r, heiedi
: dwell at (s
Leading a life bo free and fortunate
From sll the tempests of these wcffldly Bea%
Which tosse the rest in dsungerous diteaae ;
Where warres, and wreckes, and wicked ennoilie
Doe ibem aiflict, whitdi no man can appease !
That ceites I your happinesae envie.
And wish my lot irara plast la such foluitie '. '
" Surdy, my sonne," then answer'd he againe,
'• If happie; then it is in this intent,
Tliat having small yet doe I not complsinc
Of want, oe wish for mom it to augmeut.
But doe mytelfe, with that I iiave, content ;
So taught of nature, which doth litle itecd
Of forreine hclpcs to lifet due nourishment ;
The fields my food, my flocke my isymcnt breed ;
No better doe I weare, no better doe 1 feed.
" Tlwreiiire I doe 'not any one envy.
Nor am envyde of any one therefore ;
lliey, that lure much, foare much to loose tbereby.
And store of cares doth foliow richea store.
The litle that I have grawes dayl; more
Without my care, but onely to attend it i
My lambei doe every yeaie increaao their acore^
And my flockes bther daily doth amend it.
What have I, but to praise th' Almighty that doth
•mdit!
" To them, that lisl, the worids gay ahowes I Uan,
And to great ones such follies doe forgive;
Which ^ through pride do their owne perill weanc.
And through ambition downe thanaelves doe ilriv«
To sad decay, tliat might contented livek
Me no such carca nor combrous tlioucbta itffiwil,
Ne mice my minds oamovsd quirt gneva ;
But all the night in nlver sle^ie I spend.
And all the day, to what I list, I doe attend.
" Sometimes I hunt the foi, the vowed foe
Onto my Umliea, and him dislodge away ;
Sometime the fiiwne I practise ttoia the doe.
Or ^om the goat her kidde, how to conray ;
Another while I baytes and nets display
The birds to catch or fishes to beguyle ;
And, wlien I wearie am, I downe doe Uy
My limbes in every shade to rest from loyle;
And diinke of every hrooke, when thirst ray throte
doth boyle.
" The time was once, in my Ant prime irf jtmwtt,
Wtien pride of youth forth pricked my dean«,
TEut I disdain'd amongst mitie equall pearea
To fallow sbeepe and shepheards base attire ;
For further fortuiM then 1 would iuqiure :
And, leaving home, Ut roiati court ( sought,
Where I did sell myselfe for yeardy hive.
And in the prilwcs gardin daily wvou^t ;
There I Lebeld such vainenesse as I never thought.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
4S5
'• With tight irbareof ■oone c\oji, ud lont deluded
With idle hope* wUch them doe ratertune.
After I had ten jeuw tajteWe eicluded
From native horne, and ijieat my youth in laine,
I gui my follies to myaelte to plaine.
And this Bireel peace, wbow lacke did then appeaie :
Tho, backe returning |o my afaeepe againe,
I fiiBn thenceforth have leam'd to lo»e more dear«
Thi* lowly quiet liie ohieh 1 iDberita here."
Whyleit thus be talfct, the knight with greedy ears
Hong atill upon his melting mouth ittent ;
Whose lensefuU words empierst hii hart to neate,
That be was wrapt with double niviihment,
Both of hii speach that wrought him great rontent,
Aud abo of the obiect of hii tcw.
On which his hungry e;e wu alwayes bent ;
That twill hii pleaning tongue, and her liure bew,
Helosthimselfc, and like onehalfe-entiauncedgrew-
Tet to occasion meanes to worke his mind.
And to iaainuBte his harts desire,
He thus replyde j " Now surely, syre, I find.
That all this worlds gay sboues, which we admire,
Be but vaine shadows to this safe retyre
Of liA, which here in lowiinc^ise ye lead,
Peareleew of foes, or fortunes wratlifull yre,
WUch toneth stales, and under foot doth tnd
Tbe migbtie ones aSrayd of every chamiges dred.
•■ That cnn I, which daily doe behold
The gloiie of the great mongst whom I won.
And now have pnn'd what happinesse ye hold
Id this small plot of your dominion.
Now loath great lonhhip and ambition ;
And wish tbe Heavens so much had graced mee,
le live in like a
Or that my fintunes might tranapoied bee
From' ^tch of h!)^ place unto this low degree."
" In vdne," add then old Helibre, " doe men
TIk Heavens of their fortunes fault accuse g
Sitb they know hen what is the best for them :
For they to each such fortune doe diffiise,
At they doe know each can moat aptly use.
For not that, which men coret moat, ia best ;
Nor that thing wont, which men do most refuse;
But fittot is, that all contented rest
With that they hold : eedi hath hia fintune in hia
brest,
" It it tbe myiid, that maketh good or ill.
That m^ath wretch or htppie, rich ot poore :
For aome, tliat hath abundnice at bis will.
Hath not enotigb, but wants in greatest stole ;
And other, that hath Utie, aaka no more,
But in tlut litle it both rich and wise ;
For witedome is moat licbita : fooles therefore
-They are, which fottunet doe b;r Towes deviia ;
Sitb each unto himaelfe hia lift may fortunize."
" It is t
■elf," aaid CaUdore,
I awhyle, good father, in this riiore
To rest my barcke, which hath bene beaten late
With ttDimea of fortune and tempestuous fiUe.
In aeos of troobles and of loyletome paine ;
That, whether qnite from them for to retiMa
I shall rcaotve or backe to lume againe,
I may here with younelfe some tmiill lepoae obtain
" Not that the burden of to bold ■ pittt
Shall chargefull he, or cbaunge to you at all ;
For your mesne food aball be my daily feast.
And this your cabin both my twwre and hall -.
Besides, for recompence hereof, I shall
You well reward, and golden guerdon give.
That may perhaps you better much withall,
Aud in (hia quiet make you aafei live." [diire.
So forth he drew much gold, and toward him it
But the good man, nought tempted with tlie offer
Of hia ridi uuiuld, did thruM it &rre away.
And thua beapake ; " Kr Knight, your IxHiDteoui
Be farre fro me, to whom ye ill diiplay [profitr
That mucky matse, the cauie of mens decay,
'Hiat mote empaire my peace with daungfn dread:
But, if ye algMet coret to aiaay
This timple sort of life tlat sbe[Aeanls lead.
Be it your owae ; otu' rvdeneas to yourttlfe anai"
So there that night air Calidore did dwel).
And long while alter, whilst him list nniaine.
Daily behi^ng tbe faire Pastorell,
And feeding on the bayt of his owne bane :'
During which time he did her entertaine
With all kind courtesies be could invent ;
And every day, ber companie to gaine.
When to the field she went, he with her went :
So tor to quench his fire be did it more
But she that never had acquainted beene
With such quient usage, fit for queens and kinet,
Ne ever had auch knightly service seene ;
But, being bred under base sliepheards wing*.
Had ever leam'd to love the lowly things (
Did litle whit regard hia courteoui guise.
But cared more for CoiJns carolinga
Then all that he could doe, or e>er deviw; [apite.
Hk layea, hit lovea, his hmket, tbe did tbem aU de-
Which Calidore percdving, thought it beet
To cbaunge the manner if his loftie looke ;
And doffing his bright armes hinuelfe addrest
In shepheArds weed ; and in his hand he tooke.
Instead of stecle-head speare, a shepheanLs hooke ;
That who had aeene him then, would hate bethought
On Phrygian Paiia by Pleiippus brocJce,
When ha tba lore offayre Beaone sought.
What time the golden apple was unto him brought.
So being dad, unto the fields he want
With the £Biie PaatorelU evny day.
And kqA her shaepe with diligattt attest.
Watching to drive tbe ravenous wolfe away.
The wbjlat at pleasure (be mote aport and play ;
And every eveiuiig helping them to fold;
And otherwhiles, for need, ha did assay
In his ttrong hand their rugged teatt to hold.
And out of tbem to pratte the milke ; love so OHicb
could.
Which teeing Coridon, who her llkewite
Long time W lov'd, and hop'd her love to galne.
He much was troubled at thai sIzaiu^eTS gtiiac.
And many gealous thoughta conceiv'd ia wine,
That this of all bit labour and long paine
Should reap the barvett ere it ripened were;
That made him scoule, and pout, and oft cotiq^ne
Of Paitotell to all the aheptiaanls tlnre, [dere.
That she did love a stranger twayiie then him mon
*S6 SPE
And ever, when be rams in companie
Wliere Calidore *)is present, be would loure
And bfU hia lip, mnd eted for geBlouaie
Wu leadie ofl hii ownc hut (o devoure,
Who on Che other side did seeme so larre
From lualidng, or grudging hia good houre,
That, all be could, he graced him with her,
Ne erer shewed ligne of raneour or of iarre.
And ottj when Coridon unto her brought
Or litle aparrowes stolen from their nest.
Or wanton aquiireli in the woods farre sought.
Or other daintie thing for her addrest.
He would comoieiul his guift, and make the beat :
Yet the no whit his presents did regard.
One day, whenaa the shepheard swaynes together
Were met to nuke their qmrts and menie glee.
As they are wont in fairc sunshynie weather.
The whiles their flockes in shadowes shrouded bee;
They fell to daunce : then did they all agree
That Colin Clout should pipe, as one most fit;
And Calidoie should lead the zing, as hee
That mon in Pastorellaes grace did sit;
Hieicat Arown'd Coridon, and his lip cloaely bit.
But Calidore, of eourleoui iQclinalian,
Tooke Coridon and set bim in hi* place.
That he should lead the daunce, as wu bis babion ;
For Coridon could daunce, and trimly trace ;
And whenaa PastoTella, bim to grace.
Her flowry garlond tooke from her owne head.
And plan on Ida, he did it soone di^lac^
And did it put on Coridons instead :
Then Coridon woie thilicke, that earat aeemed dead.
Another time, wbenoa they did diapoae
To practise games and maisteries to try.
They for their iudge did FaatorelU chose ;
A garland was the meed of victory :
There Coridon, forth stepping, openly
Did cbalenge Calidore to wrestling game ;
For be, through long and perfect industry,
Hiercin well practiad was, and in the same
Thought sure t' aTCnge his grudge, and woHcc hia
foegi
But Calidore he greatly did mistake;
For be was strong and mightily atillb pight.
That with one fall hia necke be almoat brake ;
And, had be not upon bim fallen light,
Hia deoreat ioynt he aure bad broken quight.
Then was the oaken crowne by Psatoretl
Given to Calidore aa hia due right ;
But be, that did in courtesie eicell,
tJare it to Coridon, and said he wonne it well.
Thus ^d the gentle knight himselfe abeare
Amongst that ruadcke rout in all his deeds.
That eran they, the which hia rivals were.
Could not mal^ne him, but commend him needs:
For COUlteaie amongst the rudeat breeds
Good will and ftvour: to it surely wrought
With this latre mayd, and in her mynde the aeeds
Of perfect lore did sow, that but fiwth brought
The tVuite of ioy and bliiae, though Imig time deerriy
Thus Calidore continu'd there long time
To winne the love of the faire PaatorcU ;
Wliich having got, he used without crime
Qi blunefull blot ; but menaged ao well.
That he, of all the test which there did dwell.
Was tWroured and to her grace commended ;
But what Btiaunge fortunes unto him befell.
Ere he attain'd the point by him intended.
Shall more conveniently in other place be ended.
Calidore sees the Graces daunce
To Colins melody i
The whiles his Paatorell is led
Into captirity.
Wbo now does follow the tbule BloUnt Beoit,
Whileat Calidore does fallow that Ure mayd,
Unmyndfull of his tow, and high beheaat
Which by the Faery queene was on him layd.
That be should never leave, nor be delayd
From charing him, till be had it attcbieved ?
But now, entiapt of love which him betrayed.
He mindeth more how he may be relieved
With grace from her, whose love his beott hatfa ■
That from henceforth be meones no more to aew
His fOTmer quest, so fbll of tmle and peine ;
Another qiitst, another game in vew
He bath, the guerdon of his love to gaine;
With whom he mynde* for ever to rEmainc^
And set his rest amongst the rusticke sort,
Rather then hunt stilt after shadowes vaine
Of courtly ftfour fed with light report
Of every blast, and ailing alwaies in the port.
Ne cettes mote be greatly blamed be
From au high atep to stoup unto ao low ;
For who hMl tasted once, as oft did be,
Tlie h^py peace which there doth oversow.
And prov'd the perfect pleaaurea which doe grow
Amongst poore hyndes, in bils, in woods, in dales ;
Would never more delight in painted show
Of such false bliase, as there is aet for stalea
T entrap unwary fboles in their eternall bales.
For what both all that goodly glorious goie
Like to one sight which Colidme did vew?
The ghuince whereof their dimmed eie* would doie,
That never more they should endure the diew
Of that shumie-sbine, that makes them looke askew i
Ne ought, in all ttiat world of beauties lar^
(Save onely Glwianaes heavenly hew,
To which what can compare ?) can it compare ;
Ute which, as commeth now by course, I will de*
One day, as he did raunge the fields abroad.
Whitest hia faire Faatorella waa elsewhere,
He ctuunst to come, far from all peoplea troad.
Unto a place, whose pleaaaunce did appere
To passe all otbera on the Earth which woei
F(N' all that ever was by Natures skill
Derii'd to worke delight was gathered there ;
And tliere by her were poured forth at fill,
Aa if, this to adome, she all the rest did pill.
THE FAEBIE QUEENE.
497
It WM an feill -pliata in H opoi 'pl■Jec^
That round alKHit WH bunUreil with ■ wood
Of mMchleMe high!, Ui^ Hem'd th' eaitli to dialWiu
Id which all trea of bonour sMcl; itood.
And did all winter ta iu (OEumar bud,
Spredding panGom loz tha birds Is bowre,
Which in tlieir lower bnuncbn auiis aloud ;
And in ilim- tops the loring buike £d towrs,
Suing lika king of fovlca in naittty and powre :
And at tlw fboM thereof ■ gentle Bud
Hia silTS wares did lattiy tumbia downe,
VDinanl witli ragged moue or filth; mud;
Ne mots wjlde beariM ae mote the ruder clowne,
lliereto approcb ; ne ftlth nMite therein drowna :
But DTsqiheB and Faerica b; the baiKlu did ut
In tlia woods shade which did the waten erowne.
Keeping all aayiame things away frooi It,
And to the waten fldl tuning their accents Gt,
And on the top thereof a apacious plains
IMd sprsd ilsdfe, to serve to all deligbti
Either to dauoM, when the; to daunee would Une,
Or else to couiee about their bases light ;
Ne ought then wanted, which for plewun might
Denred b^ or Ihance to banish bale :
80 plaasBundr the Mil with equall hight
IKd sosme to areriooke the lowl; vale ;
ThcnAre it lightly deeped was Mount Aeidol*.
Tbrj saj that Venus, when she did dispose
Henelfe to picaaunce, used to rescHt
Unto this place, and therein to repose
And rest herseUc as in a gladsome port.
Or with the Grsres there to play and spott ;
That ertn her owne Cytheron, though in it
Sbe used most to kecpe her royall court
And in hei soreraine majesty to sit,
Sba in te^rd hereof reAude and thought unfit.
Unto this plaea whenfs tlie ElSn kni^
Approcbt, him seamed that the merry sound
Of a shrill pipB he playing heard on higbc.
And many feete fast thumping th' hollow ground.
That through the woods their eccho did rebound.
He nigher drew, to weete what mole it be 1
There he a troupe of ladies daundng found
Full msnily, and making gladfull gleei
ir into tb' open greenc.
Hedu
For dread of them u
For breaki^ of tb^ dsuDce, if 1m wen
But in the covert at the wood did byde.
Beholding all, yet of them unespyde:
There he did see, that pleased much hia sight.
That eren he himseUe his eyes envyde.
An hundred naked maidenB lilly while
All tbey witbonl were raunged in a ring.
And dsunced rouiid ; but in the nudst of than
Three otba ladies did both duince and sing.
The whilcat the rat them round about did hemme.
And like a girleod did in compassc Bttmnie ;
And in the nuddest of those same three waa placed
Another daouell, as a precious gemme
Amidst a ring most richly well enchsced,
T^at with her goodly presence all the rest much
graced.
Looke I bow tlM erowite, which Aiiadde wore
Upon her yrory forehead thU same dqr
That Theseus itsr unto his bridale bore.
When the bold Ceutauiea made (hat bloudy fray
With the fierce Lapithes which did them dismay ;
Being now placed in the firmament,
Through the bnglit HeaTei doth her bsama display,
Which round about her raove in otder ucelknL
Such was the beauty of this goodly band,
Whose lundry parts were here too long to t^ 1
But she, (bat in tbe midst of them did stand,
Seem'd all the test in beauty to eiceli,
Crownd with a rosic girlond that light well
Did her beseeme ; and ever, as the cnw
About her daunst, sweet flowres that far did smell
And fragrant odours they uppon her tbnw ; [dew.
Bu^ moet of all, those (hrec did bet with gifts st-
ThoM were the Graces, daughCeis of deUght,
Handmaides of Venus, which are Wont to bauilt '
Uppon this hitl, and daunee there day and night:
Those three to men all gifts of grace do graunt ;
And all, that Venus in herself doth Taunt,
la borrowed of [hem : but (hot fUre on«^
That in tbe midst was placed paravaunt.
Was she to whom that ihepheard pypt alone ;
That made him pipe so merrily, aa never none.
She was, to weete, that lolly shepheards Usee,
Which piped then unto that merr? rout ;
Ibal ioUy shepbeard, which then piped, was
Poor CoUn Clout, (who knows not Colin Ckrat?)
He pypt apace, wfaileBt they him daunst shout.
Pype, iolly shephesrd. pype tliou now apace
Uuto thy lore that made thee low to lout ;
Thy love is present then with tbee in place ;
Thy love is there advaunst to be another Grace.
Much wondred Calidore at this straunge ugh^
Whose like before his eye had never teene ;
And standing long asbniished in spright.
And rapt with pleasaunce, wist not what to weene ;
Wbeth^ it were the ttaiiu of beaulits queene.
Or uymphes, or Faeries, or enchauntad show.
With which his eyes mote have deluded beene.
Thereibre, resolving what it was to know,
" ' of tbe wood he rose, and tDwsrd them did go.
But, ioone ae he appeared to their vew.
They vaniafat all away out of his sight.
And eleane were gone, which way he oevcr knew ;
All save the shephevd, wbc^ for felt desp^ht
Of that displeasure broke hia bag-pipe quight.
And made great mane for that unhappy tume 1
But Calidore, though do less* soi; wight
For that mish^, yet seeing him to moume.
Drew nesre, that be the tnith of sll by him moK
And, first tiim greetjug, thus unto him spake ;
'■ Haile, iolly shepbeard, wliicfa thy ioyous dayes
Here leadeet in this goodly metTy-make,
Frequented of these gentle nympbes alwayea,
Whidi to thee flocke to heare thy lovely layes !
Tell me what mote these daintydamaela be.
Which here with thee doe make their pleasant playes:
Bight h^ipy thou, that mayeat them freely lee !
But why, when I tham saw, fled tbey away from ma ? '
498 SPE>
'• Not I lo biqtp;,'' answerd then thM nraine,
*■ Ab thou unbappy. which them thenes didst cluce,
Whom b; no manes thou canst recall againe ;
For, being gone. Done can them bring in place.
But whom tbe; of themaelTca lid lo to grace."
'■ Right sory I," nide then sir Calidore,
<' Hut mjr ill fiMtune did them hence displace :
But since things pawed none may now restore.
Tell ma what wen they ^ whose lacke thee grierSB
Tho gan that shepheard thus for to dilate ;
" llien wote, thou shepheard, whstnoe'er thou bee,
TbM all those ladies, which thou sawest late.
Are Venua damiels, all within her fen.
But differing in honour and degree :
Thej all are Graces which on her depend ;
Besides a thousand more which ready bee
Her to adorne, whenao she forth doth wend j [tend :
But Ifaose three in the midit, doe chiefe on her al-
" Htey are the daughters of sky-ruling Imt,
By him begot of foire Eurynome,
The Oceans daughter, in this pleasant grove.
As b^ this way comming fl-om feaotAil glee
Of Thetis wedding with Aeddee,
In BODimen shade himselfb here rested weary.
Tbe fint of them bight mytdc 'Euphrosyne,
Next fkire Aglaia, last Thalia merry ; [cherry !
Sweete goddesws all tliree, whidi me in mirth do
" Hieae three on ineD all graoous gifta l>eslow,
Which decke the body or adome the mynde.
To make them lorely or well-favoured Aow ;
As comely carriage, entertainment kynde,
Sweete semblauat, friendly offices that bynde.
And all tlw complemenla of curtede :
They teach us, how to each degree and kynde
We should ounelves demeane, to low, to hie.
To friends, to foes ; which skill men call civility.
" Therefore they alwaies smoothly seeme to smiley
Ttax we likewise should myldc and gentle be ;
And also naked aie, that without guile
Or false dissemblaunce all them plaine may see,
Simple and true from covert malice free ;
And eeke thcmsdves so in their daunce they bore,
That two of tbem still &owu^ seem'd to bee.
But one sdll towardi shewed hersetft afore ; [store.
That good should ftom us go^ then come in greater
Who can aread what ci
Whether a creature, or a goddesse graced
With heavenly gifts from Heven first enracedi
But whatso sure she was, she w(»thy was
To be the fourth with those three other placed :
-TM was the certes but a countrey lasie ;
Yet she all other countrey lasses farre did passe :
" So Euie, as doth the daughter of the day
All other leaser li^ta in light eicell ;
So l!srTe doth she in beautyfiill array
Above all other lasses beare the bell ;
Ne lease in vertue that beaeemcs her well
Doth she exeeede the rest of alt her race ;
For which the Graces, that h«re woot to dwell.
Have for more lionor brought her to this place.
And graced bcr so much to be another Gnce.
Another Grace sbe well deaema'to b^
many graces gathered are,
uch ^e meooe of her d^tee
Eicelli]
lilime chastity, that sjHght ne blemish dare !
All which she with such courtesie doth grace,
That all her peres caimat with her ctnnpare,
But quite are dimmed when she is in place :
She made me irften pipe, and now to pipe apace.
" Sunne of the irorld, great glory of Ae sky,
TIttt all the Earth doest lighten with thy rayes.
Great Gloriana, greateat miiesty !
Pardon thy shepheard, mongst so many hya
As he hath sung of thee in all hia dayes.
To make one minime of thy powe haodmayd.
And underneath thy feete to place her pmyae ;
That, when thy glory shall be farre diqilayd
To future age, of her this mention may bemadel'
When thtii that sbeptward ended had his ipeoch,
Sayd Calidore i " Now sure it yrketh mee,
Tbit lo thy blisse I made this luckelesse breach,
As now the author of thy bale to be,
Thus to bereave thy loves deare sight from thee ;
But, gentle shepheard, pardon thou my shame,
Who ratbly sought that whidi I mote not aeo."
Tlius did die courteous kiught excuse hia blame,
And to recomfbrt him all comely mcanea did frame.
In such discourses they together (pent
Loi^ time, as fit occasion forth than led ;
With which the knight hinuelfb did much content,
And with delight his greedy &ncy fed
Both of his words, which be with reason rad.
And also of the place, whose pleasuras rare
With such regard hii sences ravished.
That thence he hod no will away to &re, [sbaie.
But vrisht that with that siiepbeard be mote dwdliug
But that envenimd sting, the whidi of yore
Hit poysnous point deepe fixed in his hart
Hod Id), now gon afresh to rancle sors,
Aiid to renue ^ rigour of his smart ;
Which to recure, no skill of lesichea ait
Mote him availe, but to retume ogoine
To bis wounds worker, that with lovely dart
Dinting his brest had bred his lestlesse peine ;
Like as the wounded whale to shore flies from Ilis
So, taking leave of that same gentle swoine,
He bocke returned to his rusticke wonne,
Where hi> Ure Fastorella did remaine :
To whome in sort, as he at first bcgonne^
He daily did apply hiroselfe to donne
All dewfull service, vnde of thoughts impure ;
Ne any paines ne perill did be sbiHuie,
By which he might h^ to his love allure.
And liking in her yet untamed heart procure.
And evermore the shepheard Coridon,
Whatever thing he did her to aggrate.
Did strive to match with strong cootentimii
And all his paines did closely emulate ;
Whether it were to caroll, as tbsy sale
Keeping their sbeepe, or games to eierdie.
Or to present Im widi tfaar labours late;
Through which if any grace chaunst to ariie [Itim.
To him, the shepheard straight widi ieiJoutle cUd
THE FAERIE QOEENE.
A tigre fcvth out of the wood did Tue,
TlMt with fell d>«e* full ol* 6enx goumundiu,
And gnaiy mDuth wide*^aping like bell-^Me,
Did ruQiw U PuWreU h^ to surpiiie ;
Whom ihe beholding, now all desolate,
Gao cry to them aloud to balpe her all too late.
Whidi Cncidon SrM beuiag, taa in hast
To rolue her ; but, when he law the feend,
Tliroiigfa cowherd tbare be dcd awaj aa &it,
Ne dunt abide the daungcr of the end ;
His Ute be ateeiaed dearer then bU frend :
But Calidove aoone conuning to her ajde,
Wben be tbe bcMt saw readj now to rend
Hii lores dears apoile, in whicb his heart wai prajde.
He ran at hin enngedg instead of bdng tnjAe.
He bad do weapoo but hi* tbe]dieards hookc
To serre tbe vengesunce of bia wnlhfyi will;
With whirb so itemdy he the manster strookc,
Tbat to tfac ground astoiushed be ftil ;
Whence ere he could recou'r, be did lum quell.
And bevrinf; off his bead, it presented
Before the fcete of the faire Psslorell ;
Wbo, acarcely yet from former fearv exempted,
« him thankt that bid her death
From that day ftnth she gaa him to affect.
And daily more ber faTour to aKgrnent ;
But CofJdoa for coirtieRliie raect,
, F!t to keepe ibeepe, unfit for loves content :
Tbe gentle heart tcornea bate diiparagement.
Tet CaHdore did not despise him quight,
But-usda him firiettdly for ftirth^ intuit.
That by his fdktwship be colour might
Both hii estate and Iotc trttia dull li any wight
So well he wood her, and lo well be wiougfat ber.
With humble serrice, and with duly sute.
That at the last unto his wilt he brought heri
Whicb he so wisely well did pmaecule.
That of bis love be reapt Ihe timely ftute,
And ioyed long in close felicity :
mi Fortune, fraught with malice, blinde and brute,
That ennea lorerv long prosperity.
Slew up a Utter ttornie of foule advenity.
It fortaned one day, when Calidore
Waa btmtiiig in the woods, as was his trade,
A lawlesae people, Brigants h^ht of yore,
71ial nner mde to live by plough nor spade.
But fcd on spoile and booty, wluch they made
Upon Ibcir neigbbaurt ifhich did nigh Ibem border,
The dwelling ^Iheae shepbearda did ioTades
And ipoyld tbor bouaea, and tbemselTes did murder,
Ami drtn* awBy thor flocks ; with other much dis-
„tt the RM, the which they then did pray,
TbcT qx^ld old Melibee of all be bad,
And all Ins people e^itive led away ;
Uongst which this lucklesse mayd away was lad,
Faire Paatorella, sorrowful and sad.
Most sorrowful], most sad, that ever sigb't.
Now made the spoile of theeves and Brigants bad.
Which was the conquest of the gentlest kuight
That ever liv'd, and th' onely glory of hi> mighL
With them aba was taken CoMat,
And carried capttTe by those theeves away ;
Who in tbe covert of tbe uigbt, that none
Mote them descry, nor reakue from their pray,
Unto their dwelling did them dose convay :
Their dwelling in a httle island was.
Covered with shrubby woods, in which no way
Appeared for people in nor oat to pia.
Nor any footing fynde for overgrowen grai :
For underneath the ground their way was made
Through hollow caves, that.no man mote disco*er
For the thickv shrubs, whicb did them alwaies shade
From view of living wight and covHvd over i
But darkeneese dred and daily nigbt did hover
Iliraugh all the inner parts, wherein they dwelt ;
Ne ligfatned was with window, nor widi lover.
But with eoDtinuall candle li^t, which delt
Adoubtfullseoseof things, not so well seene as felt.
Hither tbpse Brigants brought their present pisy.
And kept them with continual! walcb and ward ;
Meaning, so soone as they convenient may.
For slaves to tell them for no small reward
To merchants, which them kept in bondage hard.
Or sold sgaine. Now when faire Fastorell
Into this place waa brought, and kept with gard
Of griesly theeves she thought herself in Hell,
Where with such damned fiends she should in dark-
Bnt fi>r to tell the dolefull dreriment
And pittifiill complaints which there she made,
(Where day and night she nought did but lament
Her wretched life shut up in deadly shade,
And watte her goodly btsuty, which did iide
Uke to a flowre that feeles no heate of Sunne
Which may her feeble leaves with comfort glade ; )
And whU befell her in that theevish wonne.
Will in another canto better bt begonne^
The theeves ttil out for Fsstorell,
Whilest Melibee is stain :
He^ Csliddre from them redeemea.
And bringetb backe againe.
Tbe ioys of love, if they should ever last
Without affliction or disquiet!
That worldly chauncca doe ai
Would be on Earth la „
Liker to Heaven then nwrtall wretcbednesie ;
Therefore the winged god, to let men weet
That here on Earth it no sure happinesse,
A thousand sowrca hath tetnpred with one sweet.
To make it mnii mora deare and dainty, as is meet-
like as is now hefitlnc lo this faire mayd,
Faire Pastofdl, of whom is now my song!
Who being now in dreadfull darknetse Isyd
Amongst thoae tlweves, which her in bondage strong
Deuynd ( yet Fortune, not with all this wrong
Contented, greater mischiefe on her threw.
And soiTowes htapt on hs in greato- thmog;
That whoM Iwaras her beavinesse, would rew
And pitly her sad pl^hl, so chang'd from pleasaunt
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WhyleM thus ihetn these hellbb den* remajnted,
Wnpped En wretched cam ud hcwta unreal.
It 90 befell, as Fortune lud ontaynetl.
That he which wis their capitune profest,
And had the chiefe commaund of all the rest.
One day, as he did all hia prisoners vew,
With liutfiiU eyes beheld that loiel; guest,
Faire Fastorella, whose sad moumefull hew
Like the faire monuE^ clad in mist; fog did diew.
At sight whereof hi« barbarous hmrt waa fired.
And inly burnt with flames most r^ng whot,
That her alone he for his part desired
Of all the other pray which they had got.
And her in mynde did to himselfe allot.
From that day forth he kyndneaae to her showed.
And sought her lore hj all the meanes he mole ;
With looks, with worda, with gifts he oft her wowed.
And miied threats among, and much unto her
But all that ever he could doe or soy
Her constant mind could not a whit remore.
Nor draw unto the lun of his lewd lay.
To graunt him farour or afford him lore :
Yet ceait he not to sew, and alt wsies prore.
By which he mote accomplish bis request.
Saying and doing all that mote behove ;
Ne day nor night he suflHd her to rat,
But her all night did watch, and all the day molest
At last when him she so impArtune saw.
Fearing least he at length (he raines would lend
Unto his lust, and make his will his law,
Sith in his powre she was to foe or friend ;
Sie thought it beat, for shadow, to pretend
Some shew of favour, by him gracing small.
That she thereby mole either (iw!y wendi,
Or at more ease continue there his thrall t
A little wdl is lent that gaineth more withalL
So fh>m thencefortli, when lore he to her made.
With better traimes she did him entertainei
Which gave him hope, and did him halfe peiswa
That W in tiuic ber ioysnce should obtaine :
But when she saw, through chat small favouis gaine,
That further then elie willing was he prest;
She found DO meanes to barre him, but to fain
A sodaine sicknesBe which her sore opprest,
And made tiuBt to serre his lawlesse mindes behest.
By meanes whereof she would not him permit
Once to approkh to her in privity.
But onely monKst the rest by her to lit,
Mouming the ngour of her malady.
And seeking all things meete for remedy :
But she TCaoWd no remedy to t^de.
Nor better cheare to shew in miseiy,
ml Fortune would her captive bonds unbynde '
Her sickenesse was not of the body but the mynde.
During which space that she thus sieke did lie.
It chaunst a sort of merchants, whidi were wount
To skim those coastcs for bondmen there to buy.
And by such trafKche afler gaines to hunt.
Arrived in this isle, though bare and blunt,
T inquire for slaves ; where bnng readie met
^ some of these same thecves at th' instant brunt.
Were brought unto thdr captaine, who was set
"~-"'' his ftire patients side with sorrowful! regret*
To whom they ilieiFed, how thaw rnerditDti wtve '
Arriv'd in place their bondslaves tar to buy ;
And tha^ore pnyd that those same csptiva there
Mole to them for thdr most ccauroodin
Be sold, and mongst them shii«d equally.
This their request the captaine much appalled ;
Yet could he not thor iust demaund deny.
And willed strdght the slave* should forth be called.
And sold fiir molt advutage na« to be forstalkd.
llien forth the good old Uelibee waa brought.
And Coridon with many other moc^
Whom they before in divene qioyles had eaagbl ;
All which he to the marchants sate did showe :
Till some, which did the sundry prisoners knowc,
Gan to inquire for that faire slwplierdeaw.
Which with the rest they tooke not long agoe ;
and featu™ to eipresse.
The more t' augment her price through praiap of
To whom the captaine in full angry wiie
Made answere, that <■ the mayd of whom they spake
Was his owne purchaae and his onely prize ;
With which none had to doe, ne ought partake.
But he himselfe which did that conquest make;
Lille for him to have one silly lasse ;
Beudes Ihrouglf sicknesse now so wan and weake.
That nothing meet in merchandiie to passe : "
So shewM them her, to prove how pale and weake
The Bght of whom, though now decayd and maid,
And eke but hardly seene by candle-light.
Yet, like a diimimd of rich regard.
In doubtfiill shadow of the darkesome night
With stairie beamea about her shining bri^tt.
The marcliants fixed eyes did so amaie, [light-
That what through wonder, and what throu^ de-
A while on her they greedily did gaae.
And did her greatly like, and did ber greatly praiie.
At last when all the rest them oOred were,
And prises to them placed at their pleasure.
They all refuted in regard of her;
Withoulen her, whose worth above all threasurt^
They did esteeme, and oUred store of gold: [sure.
But then the captaine, fraught with more diqilcai.
Bad them be Mill ; <' bis love should not be sold ;
The rest take if they would ; he her to him would
hold."
Thereirith some other of the chieftst thceves
Boldly him bad such iniurie foibeaie ;
For that same mayd, however it him greerea.
Should with the rest be sold bdbre hun tbeare.
To maka the prises of the real more deaic
That with great n^ he stoudy doth denay ;
And, Gerrely drawing forth his blade, doth ai
That whoso bardie hand on her dotb laj
It dtarely shall aby, and death Hx
tbUy,
bandvllpi
llius, as they words amongst them multiply.
They fiill to strokes, the fhite of too much talk^
And the mad Steele about doth fiercely By,
Not sparing wight, ne leaving any balke,
But making way Ibr Death at lai^ to waUce ;
Who, in the horror of the griesly ni^t, (ataike.
In thousand dreadful shapes doth mongst them
And makes huge harocke; whiles the candle-light
Out-quencbed leaves no skill nor difference of wigfat-
THE FAERIE QUEEME.
like ■■ • Mfft d hungi7 dog^ jmet
About taaie carcase b<r the couimoa waj.
Doe fmli together, itiTring each la get
The greatest portioQ o( the greedle pny ;
AU DO confused heapes IheaiselTca aaaaj.
And BDatcb,*iid b;t«, and rend, and tug, and teaie;
That who tb«m sees would wonder at tb^ (nrg.
And who sees not would be aflrayd to heaie :
Such was the conflict of those cruell biigants there.
But, first of all, their nptiTea they doe kill,
Leaat thej ahould iojne againat the weaker aide,
Or rise agaiDit the remnant at thdr will :
Old Meiibec ii slaine ; and him beside
Hi« aged wife ; with many othen wide ;
But Coridon, escaping cniftilj,
Creepei forth of dores, whilst daiknei him doth hide.
And Sjea away as fast aa he can bye,
Ne atayeth leare to take before hia IHeuda due dye*
But Pastorella, woAill wretched elf^
Was by the captaine all this while defended,
Who^ minding more her aafety then himselfe,
His target alwayei over her pretended ;
By mcanei whereof, thai mote not be amended.
He at the length was alaine and layd on ground.
Yet holding Elst twilt both his aimes extended
Fayre Putorell, who with Che lelfe lame wound
Luincht through the arme fell downs with him in
There lay she corered with confused preasse
Of canaaes, which dying on her fell :
Tho, whenai be was dead, Che fVay gan ceasse ;
And each to other calling did compell
To stay their cruell hands from slaughter fell,
Sith they that wete the causeof all were gone :
Thereto they all attonce agreed well ;
And, lighting candles new, gan seard) anone.
How many oftbeir fHends were slaine, how many fo
Tbor captaine there they cruelly found kild,
And in bis armes the dnary dying mayd,
Like a iweet angell twill two clouds upbild;
Her lofely light was dimmed and decayd
With cloud of death upon her eyes displayd ;
Yet did the cloud make eren that dimmed light
Seeme much more loiety in that darknesse layd.
And twiit the twinkling of her eye-lida bright
To spatke out lille beames, like staires in foggie
night.
But, when they mov'd the carcases aside,
Tbey found that life did yet in her rvmaine ;
Tb«i all their belpca they busily applyde
To call the soule backe to her home agalne ;
And wrought so well, with labour and loug paine.
That tbey to life recorered her at last ;
Who, sighing sore, as if her hart in twaine
Had riven bene and all her hart'^tring* brast.
With drearie drouping eyne lookt up like one aghasL
There she beheld, that soie her grier'd to see.
Her father and her friends about her lying,
Henelfe sole left a second spoyle to bee
Of ibose, that having saved her from dying
Renew'd her death by timely death denying.
What now is left her but to wayle and weepe.
Wringing her handi, and ruefully loud crying '.
Ne FHvd she her wound in lisiea to steepe,
Albc witli all their might those briganta hei did keepc
But when tbey saw bw now rellT'd againe.
They left her so^ in charge of one, the beat
Of many worst, who with unkind disdaine
And cruell rigour her did much molest ;
Srarse yeelding her due food or timely rest.
And acarsely sulfring her inrestred won
Who when he backe returned from the wood.
And saw his ahephcarda cottage spoyled quight.
And his lore reft away ; he weied wood
And halfe enraged at that ruefull nght ;
That even his hart, for vetT fell deipight.
And bis owne flesh be reedie was to teare :
He chauft, he griev'd, he fretted, and he ugh't.
And iared like a furious wyld beare, [where.
Whose whelpes are stolne sway, she being other-
Ne wight he found to whom he might complaine,
Ne wight be found of wbam he might ioquire j
That more increast the anguish of ms paine ;
ought the woods, but no man could see there;
ought the plaines, but could no (ydings heare:
The woods did nought but ecchoes vaine rebound ;
The playnea alt waste and emptie did appeare ;
Where wont the shepbeards oft their pypea resound.
And feed an hundred flocks, there now not one he
At last, as there he romed up and downe.
He chaunst one coming towards him to spy,
Tliat leem'd to h« some sorie umple clowne.
With ragged weedes, and lockes upataring bye,
As if he did from some late daunger fly.
And yet his feare did follow him behynd :
Who aa he unto him approached nye.
He mole perceive, by tignea which he did fyndi.
That Condon it was, the ailly shephearda hynd.
him running last, he did not stay
It him first, but o^t. Where were the real.
Where Pastorell ? — Who fuU of fresh dismay.
And gushing forth in teares, was so opprest.
That he no word could speake, but emit his bres^
And up to Heaven his eyes fasl-streming threw ;
Whereat the knight amai'd, yet did not rest.
But aakt againe. What meant that rufull hew ;
'Vhere was hi) Pastorell 7 where all the other crew ?
Ah ! well away," sayd lie. then ligliing sore.
That ever I did live this day to see,
This dismall day, and was not dead before.
Before I saw fiiire Pastorella dye \ "
" Die ! out alas ! " then Calidorc did cry,
" How could the Death dare ever her to quell t
But read thou, shepfaeard, read what destiny
Or other dyrcfuU hap from Heaven or Hell [tell."
Hath wrought this wicked deed: doe feate away, and
Tho, when the shepheard breathed had awhyle,
' uH began ; " Where shall 1 then conunence
TOfull lale ? or how those brigonta vylo
With cruell rage and dresdfull violence
"poyld dU our cots, and carried ul from hence ;
Ir bow faire Pastorell should have bene sold
To marchants, but was saVd with strong defence ,
Or how those theeres, whilest one sought her to hold.
Fell all atods, and foughtthrough fury fierce and
H In that suns conflict (woe i« me !) bdtU
Diii btall cluunce, tbii doIeAill accident,
'Whou hear; tfdingi now I have to telL
Flnl all the csptiTn, which they here had bent,
Were by them aliine by generall consent [
Old Uelibee uid hii ^Mxl wife withall
These eyes saw die, and dearely did lament :
But, when tbe lot la Pastorcll did fall, [forttall :
Their (^itaine long withstood, and did het death
" But what could be gainst all them doe alone 7
It could not bout ; needs mote she die at last !
I onely scapt throu^ great confuuone
Of ciyes and clajnora, which amongst them pact,
In dreadfull darknease, dreidfuUj aghast ;
That better were with tbem to haie bene dead.
Then here to s«e all desolate and wast,
Despoyled of those iojres and iollyhead, [lead."
Which with those gentle sfaepheaids hel« I wont to
When Calidore tbete rueAill newes bad rangfat,
Hii hart quite deaded was with anguish great.
And all Us wits with doole were nigh diitntught,
Hat he liis bee, his head, his brvst did beat.
And death itaclfe unto bimseire did Ihreel ;
Oft cursing th' Heavens, that so cruell were
To ber, whose oanie he ot^o did repeat ;
And wiahing oft, that be were present there [nere.
When sbe was ilaine, or bad bene to her succour
But aftc griefe awhile had had bis course.
And spent jlseltfe in mourning, he at last
Began to mitigate his swelling soutse.
And in his mind with better reason cast
How he might save ber life, if lifb did laslt
Or, if that dead, how he her death might wreake ;
Sitfa otherwise he could not mend thing past ;
Or, if it to revenge he were too weake, [breakiL
Tbm for to die with ber, and bis liT«s threed to
Ibo Coridon he prayd, sith he well knew
The readie way unto that tfaeerish wonne.
To wend with him, and be hia conduct trew
Unto the place, to sec what should be donne :
But he, whose hart through feare was late fbrdonne,
Would not for ought be drawne to farmer drede ;
But by all meanes tbe daunger knowne did shonne:
Ym Calidore so well bim wrought with meed.
And faire bespoke with worda, that be at last agreed.
So forth they goe together (God before)
Both clad in shepheuds weeds agreeably,
And both with shepheardi hookes ; but Calidom
Had, underneath, him armed privily :
Tbo, to tbe place when they approached nye.
They cbaunit, upon an hill not farre away,
Some fiockea of sheepe and shepbeards to espy ;
To whom they both agreed to take their way,
In hope there newcs to leame, how they mote beat
assay.
There did tbey find, that whieb they did not ftere,
Tlie self-same flocks the which those theeres had rrit
From Melibee and fVom themselves whyleare ;
And certaine of the theeres there by them lef^
Tbe which, for want of hcanls, Ibetnselves then kept :
Right well knew Coridon bis owne late sheepe,
__Aiid, seeing them, for lender pittie wept :
'- when he saw tbethecfes which did tbem keepe,
lan fayle, albe he saw them all aslcepe.
But Calidore recomforting his griefe,
Hiough not his feare ; for nought may fe
Him hardly forward drew, whereas the thiefe
Lay sleeping soundly in the buslies sbadc^
Whom Coridon him couoseld to invade
Now all unwares, and lake the spoyle away ;
But bc^ that in his mind bad closely made
A further purpose, would not so tbem slay.
But gentjy waking thon gave them tbe time trf' day.
'nio, siting downe by them upon the greeny
Of aundiie things he purpose gan to foine.
That he by tbem might certaine tydlngs weaie
Of Pastorell, were she alive or ilaine:
MongM which the tbeeves them questioned agaiue.
What mister men, and eke from whence thcj we>«-
To whom they answer'd, as did appertaine.
That they were poore heardgroomes, the which wfay-
lere [elswbere.
Had &om tfaeir maisleis fled, and now sought hyn
Whereof ri^t glad tbey seem'd, and oBer made
To byre tbem well if they tfaeir flockes would keepe :
For they themselves were evill groomes, they sayd,
Unwont with heards to walch, or pasture sheepe.
But to foiraj tbe land, or scoure tbe deepe.
Thereto they soone agreed, and earnest tooke
To keepe their flockes for litle byre and chepe ;
For they for better hjre did shortly looke :
So there all day tbey bode, till light the sky fonoiAe.
Tbo, whenaa towards darksome night it drew.
Unto their hellish dens those tbeeves them brought ;
Where shortly they in great acquaintance grew.
And all tbe secrets of their enlrayles sou^ :
There did they find, contririe to their thought.
That Fastorell yet Ijv'd ; but all tbe rest
Were dead, right so as Coridon had taught:
Whereof they both full g]ad and biytfa <£d rest.
But chiefly Calidore, wlwm griefe lud most poseeM.
At length, when they occanon fittest found.
In dead of night, when all tbe theeves did rest
Aflcr a late forray, and slept full sound.
Sir Calidore him arm'd, as he thought beM ;
Having of late by diligent inquest
Provided him a sword of meanest sort ;
With which he streight went to tbe captuoea neat :
But Coridon durst not with him consort,
Ne durst abide behind for dread of v^orse effort
When to tbe cave they came, they found it fiut :
But Calidore with huge reaistlesse might
llie dores asaayled, and the locks unbrast :
With noyse whereof the tbeefe awaking li^t
Unto the entrance ran ; where the bold knight
Encountring bim with small redstence slew :
The while* fkire Fastorell through great affii^t
Was almost dead, misdoubting least of new
Some uprore were like that whieb lately sbe did vew.
But whenas Calidore was Mmen in.
And gan aloud for Fastorell to call.
Knowing his voice, although not iKBrd loiig aio.
She sudden was revived therewithal),
And wondrous ioy felt in ber spirits thrall :
lake him that being long in tempest tost.
Looking each hourc into Deaths moutb to fall.
At lengtti espyes at hand the happie cost.
On which be safety hopes that earst fterd to be Ie«l>
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
HcT gentla but, that oow loog hmcu paat
Had ncTcr ioyaocii fdt nor rhtirtTflill thought,
Began •ame ifnaAc of comfint Dnr to twi.
Like Ijftful bfU to nimimed Kiua brought,
And life to fe^ thu long for death bad Mnigfat:
N« Ihk in fa«t idorccd Calid^
When be her iinind ; but, like to one diitnugbt
And mbd of rcuon, towvdj ber him bore ;
I embnst, and kid a tbouiaod nun
But now b; ttaii, witb lu^ie of late uprore.
The hue and C17 ma rmjiti all about;
And all tbe brigant* flocking in great aiore
Unto the CBTe gan pnwac, nou^t banng dont
It CaUdore in th' entrj close did Hand,
id, (ntCTtajiiiDg tiiem with counge itout,
r the fbimoM that came Snt to hand ;
Tbo, when no more Could ni^ to him qiprodi.
He breath'd hi* sword, and noted him till daj ;
Which when he ipjde upon the eaith t' encroch.
Through the dc^ carcaaes be made liit way,
Mongit which he found a aword of better saj.
With which he forth went into th' open light.
Where all the rot 'for him did readj May,
And, fierce aasayling him, with all ttaar might
Can all upon him lay : there gan a dreadfuU fight.
How many flyei in whotteM aummera day
Do aeiie upon *ome beait, whose fleth it bare,
That all the place with swarme* doe overlay,
■ And with their litle ningi right felly fkre ;
So many tbeeves about him swarming are,
All which do him auayle on erery aide,
And use oppnsae, ne any him doth ipare ;
Bui he doth with liii nging brond divide
Tbeir tbickeM troupe, and round about him aaUtreth
like aa a lion mongit an heard of dere,
Diq»eneth them to catch his cboyscit pray ;
80 did be fly amongst them here and there.
And all that nere him came did hew and slay.
Till he had itrowd with bodies all tbe way ;
That none bit daunger daring to abide
Pled from his wrath, and did themselTes convay
Into tbdr cares, their heads from deoth to hide,
Mc any leil that rictotie to him euvide.
Then, backe returning to bit dearett deare,
He her gan to recomfart, all he might.
With gladfull qieacbea and with lovely cbeare ;
And forth her bringing to the ioyous light,
Wbetfof she long had lackt tbe wishfull light,
Sevii'd all goodly meanes from ber to drive
He sad remembrance of her wretched plight :
80 her uneath at last be did revive
That long bad lyen dead, and made againe alive.
This doen, into those theevish deni he went,
And thence did alt the ipoyles and tbreasure* take.
Which they from many long had robd and rent :
But Fortune now tbe victors meed did make ;
Of which the best he did his love betake ;
And ^10 all those flockes, which they before
Had reft iW>m Melibee and fiata his make.
He did them all to Corid<Hi reatore :
80 dioire them all away, and his love witb him bore.
Fayie Faslcrella by great h^
LiKi as • Aip, that thtougb tbe ocean wyde
Directa ber course unto one certalne' coat,'
Is met of many a counter' winde and tyde.
With which b^ winged speed ia let and croa^
And she heraelfe in atonnie surgea toit ;
Yet, making many a borde and many a bay.
t, making many a bo
II winneth way, ne hi
For all that betberto hath long delayd
This gentle knight ftnm sewidg his first queat,
Tbougb out of courae, yet hath not bene mis-aay
To shew the eoartcsta by him proftat
Even unto the lowest and the leaat
But now I coma into my course againe.
To his atchieveoient of tbe Blatant Beait ;
Wbo all this while at will did range and raine.
Whilst none was him to stop, nor none him to
Sir Calidore, when thus be now had raugfat
fUre Paattffdla ftom those briganta powre.
Unto the castle of Bclgard ber brought.
Whereof was iwd the good air BeUunonre ;
Who whylome was in his youthea ireiheat flowre,
A luslie knight as ever wielded speare.
And had endured many a drtsdfull stoure
In bloudy battell tta a ladie deare,
The dyrest ladie then of all that living wet« i
Her name was ClaiibeU ; whose father bight
Tie lord of many ilanda, fiurre renound
For his great ridics and hi* greater might :
He, through the wealth whereiu he did abound.
This daughter thought in wedlocke to have bouttd
Unto the prince of l^cteland, bordering nere ;
But Bhe, whose sides before with secret wound
Of love to Bellamoure empiereed were.
By all meanes shund to match vrith any foneign
And BeUamouT againe so well ber pleased
With dsyly service and attendance dew.
That of herlovehe waaentyrdy sdied.
And closely did her wed, but knowiM to few 1
Which when her fetber underatood, ha grew
In so great rage that them in dongeon deep«
Wthout companion cruelly he threw ;
Vet did so itreightly them asunder keepe,
Tina neither could to company of th' oth^ creepe.
Nalhleiae sir Bellamour, whether through grace
Or aeciet guifta, so with his keepers wrought.
That to hia lore sometimes he came in place ;
Whereof her wombe uowist to wight was froii^t,
A nd in dew time a mayden child forth brought : '
Which she smightway (for dread least if her i^re
Should know thereof to slay be would have sought)
Delivered to her handmayd, that for hyrv
3he should it cause be fostred under Bltaunge all
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The tnuiie dnmeU bearing it steode
Into the emptie fields, where liiing wlgbt
Mote not bewra J the lecret of ker loile,
She forth gui lay unto the open light
The Utle Inbe, to lake thnreaf a sight ;
Whom whyleBt she did with wstrie eyne behcJd,
Upon the Utla bnat, like chriitall bright,
She mote percdre ■ litle purple mold,
That like a Toae her nlken |ea*e« did flure uofbld.
Well iba It markt, and pittied the mora,
Yet coutd not Teniedle her wnlcbed caw (
But, sloeiDg It againe like at befbra,
Bedeaw'd with tewea there left it In Ae plaoe ;
Tet left not quits, but drew ■ litle epace
Behind the hiuhei, where ibe ber did hyde.
To weet what moitall hand, or HeaTeni giace.
Would for the wretched ioftnta belpe proiyde;
For which it loudly cald, and pittifuUy cryde.
At length a thephaard, which thereby did keep*
HU Seed* fiocke upon the playnra around.
Led witfa the influita cry that loud did weepe.
Came to the place ; wtwre whea be wrapped foond
Th' abandond apoyle, he BofUy It unbound ;
And, leetng there that did him pittie sore,
He tooka it up and in his mautle wound ;
60 home unto hla honelt wifb it bore.
Who as her owns it nurst and named
ThuB long continued Claribell a thrall.
And Belhtoouriobande; till that her ayre
Departed life, and left unto them all :
Then all the itaniifs of Fortimee former yre
Were tund, and they to iyeedome did relyre.
Thenceforth they io/d in happinesse together,
And liTed long in peace and lore entjr^
Without diBquiet or dislike of ether,
Tta time that Calidore brought Pastorella Aether.
Both whom they goodly welt did entertaine;
For Bellamour kuew Celidore right well,
And loved fM' hb prowesie, sith they twalne
Long eince had fought in field : als Claribell
Ne lease did lender tba fkire Fastorell,
Bedng her weake and wan through durance long.
re Bound and strong.
Tho gan sir Calidore him to adnie
Of his first quest, which he had long forlore,
Adiam'd to thinke how he that entcrpriie.
The which the Faery queene had long afore
Bequeatfa'd to liim, fonlacked had so sore ;
'^lat much he feared least reproachful] blame
With tbule diahmour him mote blot therefore ;
Besides the losse of so much loos and &me,
Aa through the world thereby should glorifie his
TlereAffe, resolring to returns in hast
XJnto BO great atchievemenl, he bethought
To leave his love, now perill being past,
With Claribell ; whylest he that monster sought
Throughout the world, and to destruction brought.
So taking leave of his faire Paatorell,
Whom to recomfort all the meanes he wrought,
With thanks to Bellamour aud Claribell,
**~wentfoTthoahiiquest,and did that him befell.
But Snt, ate I doe bia adnntuNi t^
In thii exploite, so ~
What did bet" ■
During his at , .
Throurii didly nMraning and ^gfatly ml^uvi
Yet did that aunctrait matrons all ahe migfat,
To cherish h«r with all things choice and rare ;
And her owne hsndmayd, that Mellasa bigb^
Appcinted to aneiui her dewly day and nigbt.
Who in a morning, when this maiden faire .
Was dightlng her, having ber saowy brest
Ag yet not laced, nor her golden baits
Into their oomely tivsses dewly dreat,
Chaunat to espy upon her yvory chest
The rosie maiie, which she remembred well
That litle inftnt had, which fbrtfa she kest.
The daughter of her lady Claribell, [dwril.
Iha wUdi sha bore the whilea in jHitoii ibt did
Whidi well aviilnR, stretght she gan to cast
In her Goaoeiptfull mynd that thia faire mayd
Was thai same infiint, which so long sith past
She in the open fields had loosely layd
To Fortunes spoUe, unable it to syd :
So, fvXl of ioy, streigbt forth she ran in hast
Unto her mistresae, beittg halfe dismayd.
To tell ber, how the Heavens had her giaste.
To tare her chylde, which in Misfortunes mouh
The sober mother seeing such ber mood.
Yet knovring not wliat meant that sodaioe thro,
Aakt her, how mote her words be underMood,
And what the matter was that mov'd her so.
" My liefe," aoyd she, " ye know thai long ygo,
Whilest ye in durance dwelt, ye to me gave
A little mayde, the which ye chylded tho.
The same agune if now ye list to have.
The same is yonder lady, whom high God did nve.'
Mudi was the bdy trouUed at that apeach.
And gan to question streif^t how she it knew.
" MostceitainemBrkeB,"saydshe, "do me it teadi;
For on her breast I with these eyes did vew
The litle purple rose which thereon grew.
Whereof her name ye then to her did give.
Besides, her couotenauoce and her likely hew.
Matched with equall years, do surely prieve
That yond same is your daughter sure, which jtt
doih live."
The matrone stayd no lenger to etiquite,
But forth in hnst ran to the (traunger nuyd ;
Whom catching greedily, for greet desire
Rent up her brest, and boaome open layd,
In which that rose she plainely saw displayd :
Tlien, ber embracing twiit her arme* twaine,
She long so held, and softly vreeping sayd ;
'■ And bvest thou, my daughter, now againe?
And alt (hou yet alive, whom dead I long did Une?*
Tbo further asking her of aundty things.
And times comparing with thar accidents.
She found at last, by very rertaine sgnes
And speaking markes of passed monumoiti.
That this young mayd, whom chance to her pUKIfi
Is her owne daughter, her owne iniant deare.
Tbo, wondring long at those so straunge events,
A thousand limes she her embraced ncre,
With many ■ ioyfiilt kiaee, and many a melting t«u<-
THE FAERIE aUEENE.
.505
WboercT it tbe modier of ona ehjU^
Whicfa hanng thought long dead ibe tya^ tUra,
Let ber by proofe of thM wbich ibe bMb fjUa
In faer owne brest, tfaii mothen lay descriTB :
For nthiT DOB* Nich panioa am contrii*
In pafact fotine, m thii good lad; felt.
When (be BO fiure a daugfaier wr lurriia.
As PaMoralla wu i that nigh aha nrelt
For paadng {07, which did all into pitt; melL
lliaice running fortb unto bar k>vad lord,
Sbe unto him recounted all that fell :
Who, iojning ioy with bar in one accoid.
Acknowledge for hii owne, fiure PaitorelL
Tbcra leare we them in iaj, and let ua tall
Of Calidore ; who, seeking all tbia while
That nHnutraiu bcait bj Goal] force to quell.
Through every place with reatlene paine and toiie
Him foUow'd by the track of his outragioui ipoile.
nrongfa all cMacea be fnind thM be bad put,
In which be many meaHcne had left,
And to the clergy now *ai come at last ;
In which such spoile, such baTocke, and aueh theft
He wrought, that ihence all goodneaB* he b«vaft,
That endlcae were to tell. The Elfin knight.
Who now no place beddea unsought bad left,
At length into a mtHiaiteie did light, [ml^it.
Where he him found deapoyling all with niaine and
Into their eloyrtm now he broken had,
Tfarou^ which the monckea be chaced here and there.
And them punu'd into their doitouiv lad.
And Bearcbed all tbcir cells and ucTetB neere ;
In which what filth and ordura did ^ipsare.
Were yifcoonie to reptat ; yet that foute baaat.
Nought qMring them, the more did tosae and taaia,
And raniacke all their dennea from most to levt,
Begarding nought religion nor their holy haaac
From thence into Ae nered church be brake,
And robd the chanceU, and the dedcce downs tbtew.
And altars fouled, and blaiphAuy spoke.
And the inugea, for all their goodly hew.
Did cast to ground, whilest none was than to rew ;
So ell c<HifiHiDded aod disordoed there ]
But, seeing Calidore, away he flew.
Knowing hia fiitall hand by foraur Aore ;
But be him &at pursuing ioooe iq>proacbed neare.
*Him in a narrow place he oiertooke.
And fierce assailing foist Urn tume againe :
Stemely he tumd againe, when he him stioake
With bis sbarpe Steele, and ran at him amaioe
With open mouth, (hat seemed to containe
A full good pecke wlthtn the ntmoat brim.
All set with yran teeth in rnunges twaine,
Hiat tenifide hie foes, and armed bfan.
Appearing like the mouth of Orcus giiealy grim :
And therein were a thousand tongs empight
Of sundry kindes and sundry quality ;
Some were of dogs, that barked day and night;
And some of cats, that wnwiing still did cry ;
And some of bearea, that groynd continually 1
And sotne of tygres, that did acema to gren
And anar at all that ever passed by :
But most of them w»ra tongues of raortall roen,
Wlieh tptkp reptodifnllyt not cstbig wliire nor
And them amongrt ware mingled hen and there
He tongues of serpents, with three-forked stings.
That spet out poyson and gore-bloudy gere.
At all that came within his lavenings )
And spake licentious words and batefull things
Of good and bad alike, of low and hie,
Ne Kesart spared he a whit nor kings ;
But either blotted tbetn with infamie,
Or bit them with bis banefull teetb of injury.
But Calidore, thereof no whit sfVayd,
Rencountred him with to impetuous mi^it.
That th" outrage of hia violence he stayd,
And bet aback e threatning in Twne to bite.
And spitting forth the poyson of his spight
That fomed all about bis bloody iawcs :
Tbo, rearing up his fcmner feete on hight.
He rampt upon him with bis ravenous pawes.
As if be would have rent him with Ms cruell clawea:
But he right weU aware, his lage to ward.
Did cast his shield atweene ; and, theiewithall
Putting his puissaunce forth, punu'd so han).
That backeward he enforced him to fiUl ;
And, being downe, ere be new helpe could call.
His shield he on him threw, and fast downe held ;
Like as a bullocke, that in bloudy stall
Of butchers balefull hand to ground U feld,
Is forcibly kept downe, till be be throughly quel<L
Full cruelly the beast did rage and rare
To be downe held, and may^red so with might.
Hut be gan IVet and fome out bloudy gore.
Striving In viine to rcre bimself upright :
For still, the more he strove, the more the knight
Did him suppresse, and forcibly subdew ;
That made him almost mad for fell despight :
He grind, he bit, he scracht, he Tenim threw.
And fared like a feend right horrible In hew :
Or like the bell-bome Hydra, which they &ine
lliat great Alddes whilome overthrew, I
After that be bad labourd long in vaine !
To crop hii thousand beads, the which still new 1
Forth budded, and in greater number grew.
Such was the fury of this hellish beast,
Whilest Calidore him under him downe threw ;
Who nathemore his heavy load releest, [ci^ast.
But aye, the more be rag'd, the more his powre iu-
Tho, when the beast saw he mote nought availe
By forc^ he gan his hundred tongues apply.
And sbarpely at him (o revile and raile
With bitter ternies of shameflill iatmiy ;
Oft interlacing many a forged lie.
Whose like he never once did speake, nor beare.
Nor ever finught thing so unworthily :
Yet did he nought, for all that, him (brbeare.
But strained bun so streigbtly thu he cbokt him
At last, wheaas he found bis force to shrincke
And rage to quaile, be tooke a muzzle strong
Of snteat yron made with many a lincke ;
Therewith be mured up liis mouth along.
And therein shut up his blasphemous long.
For never more defaming gentle knight,
Or unto lovely lady doing wrong :
Aiul thereunto a great long chains he tight.
With wbKh he drew him forth, even in Ills owp
despight. ^^^
like M why\6tae that strong 'nrjiitluan Mralne
Brought forth with bim the dreadfull dog of Hell
Agunut hia will !ast bound in jron diaine.
And roring horribly did him compel]
To tee the hMeTull Sonne, that he might tell
To griesly Pluto, what on Earth was donne,
Add to the Other damned ghosts which dwell
For aye in darkenesBe which da<r-light doth ahonne
So led this knight hii cap^e with like conquest
Yet greatly did the beast repine at thoge
Sinuinge bands, whose like till then be never bore,
Ne erer any durst till then impose ;
And chau^d inly, seeing now no more
Him liberty was left aloud (o rote :
Yet durst be not draw backe, nor once withstand
Tbe proved powre of noble Calidore ;
But trembled underneath his mighty hand, [land.
And like a fearefull dog him followpd through the
Him through all Faery land he follow'd so,
As irhe learned had obedience long.
That all the people, whereso he did go,
Out of their townes did round about him throng,
To see iiim leade that beast in bondage strong;
And, seeing it, much wondred at the sight :
And all such persons, as he earst ^d wrong
Rooyced much lo see his captive plight, [knighL
And much admyr'd the beast, but more admyr'd the
Thus was this modster, by the maysbring mi^t
Of doughty Calidore, suppiest and tamed.
With iiis vile tongue, which many had defamed.
And many causelesse caused to be blamed :
So did be eeke long aAer this remaine,
Untill that (whether wicked fate so framed
Or fault of men) he broke his yion chains
And got into the world at liberty agoine.
Thenceforth more mischiefe and more scath he
To mortall men then he had done before i [wrought
Ne ever could, by any, more be brought
Into like bands, ne maystred any more :
AU>e that, long time after Calidore,
The good sir Felleas him tooke in hand ;
And after him sir Lamoracke of yore ;
And all hia brethren borne in Britaine land ;
Yet none of them could ever bring him into band-
So DOW he raungeth through the world agune.
And rageth sore in each degree and state;
Ne any is that may him now restraine,
He growen is so great and strong of late,
Barking and biting all that him doe bate,
Albe they worthy blame, or cleare of crime ;
Ne ipaieth be most learned wits to rale,
Ne spareth he the gentle poets rime;
But rends, without tegard of penon or of dme.
Ne may this homely lene, of many meanest,
Hope to escape his venemouB despite.
More than my former writs, all were they cleameal
From blamefuU blot, and fVee from all thai wite
With which some wicked tongues did it backubite,
And bring into a mighty peres displeasure.
That never so deserved to endite.
Therefore do you, my rimes, keep better measure,
And seeke to please; that now ii counted wise mcos
TWO CANTOS OF MUTABILITIE;
raicH, MTH roa roam ahd HAma, AFpaAai to
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Proud Change Cuot pleaad in mortall thinga
Beneath the Moone to raigne)
Pretends, as well of god* and men.
To be the Boreraine.
What man that sees the ever-whirling wbede
Of Change, the which all mortal! things doth sway.
But that tfaer^ dodt find, and plainly leeJe,
How Mntabili^ in them doth play
Her CTuell aporta to many mens decay?
Which that to oil may better yet ^peai«,
I will rehearse, that whylrane I heard say.
How she at. first hervelfe b^an lo rears
Gainst all the gods, and th' empire sought fivva
But first, here blleth fittest lo unfold
Her antique race and linage ancient.
As I have found it rt^istred of old
In Faery land mongst records permanent!
She was, to weet, a daughter by descent
Of those old Titans that did whylome strive
With Sotumes saiuie tor Heavens regiment;
Whom though, high love of kingdome did deprive.
Yet many of their stemme long alter did stirvive :
And many of tbem afterwards oblain'd
Great power of love, and high authority:
As Hecat^ in whose almighty hand
He plac't all rule and principality.
To be by her disposed diversly
To gods and njen, as she them list divide ;
And drad Belluna, that doth sound on hie
Warres and ollaruma unto nations wide.
That makes both Heaven and Earth lo tremble at 1^
So likewise did this Utanesse aqiire
Rule and dominion to herselfe to goine ;
That as a goddesse men might her admire.
And heavenly honoun yield, as to them twaine :
And Gral, on Earth she sought it to obtaine ;
Where she such proofe and sad eiamples shewed
Of her great power, to many ones great paine.
That Dot men onely (whom she soone subdewd)
But eke alt other creatures her bod doolngs rewed.
For she the bee of earthly things so changed.
That all which Nature had establisht firat
In good estate, and in meet order ranged.
She did psvert, and all their sUtules burst :
And all the worlds faire frame ( which none yet dunt
Of gods or men to alter or misguide)
She altered quite ; and made them aU accurvt
That God had blest, and did at first proride
In that still happy state for ever to abid^.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
507
Ke thee tbs Inwea at tfatura onelj brake,
But eke of lusdce, and of Folicie ;
And wrong of rigiit, and bad of good did mike,
Aad death for life elchuiged foolishlie :
Since which, all living wight« have leajn'd to die,
And all thii world ii woien daily wone.
O pittious worke of Mulabilitie,
Bjr which we all are lubiect to that eune, [nunc :
jLad death, in itcad of life, have uicked front our
And nov, when all the Eanh ihc thus hadjirougbt
To ber behett and thnlled to her might,
She gan to caal in her ambitious thought
T' attempt the empire of the Heaven* hight.
And love himielfb to shoulder tntai his tight.
And fint, she past the region of the ayra
And of the fire, wboie tubitance thin Mid alight
Made no mislutce, ne could her contnite,
But ready passage to ber pleasure did prepain.
Tbence to the circle of the Hoone the dambe,
Where Cynthia raigma in everlasting glory.
To whose bright shining palace straight she came.
All ^rely deckt with Heavens goodly story ;
Whose diver gates (by which there sate an bory
Old aged sire, with hower-glaase in hand,
Higbt Tyme) «he enired, were he liefe or sory ;
Ne itaide till she the highest stage had scand,
Wbere Cynthia did tit, that never itill did stand.
Her sitting on an ivory throne she found,
Srawne of two steeds, th' one black, the other white,
Envimnd with tenne thousand staires around,
That duly her attended day and night ;
And by her side there ran her psgc, that hight
Ve^Mr, whom we the evening-atarre intend ;
lliat with his lorche, Blilt twinkling tike twy light.
Her lightened all the way where she should wend,
And ioy to weary wandring travailera did lend :
That when the hardy Titamsse beheld
The goodly building of her palace bright.
Made of the Heavens substance, and up-held
With thousand crystal! pillois of huge hight;
Shee gan to bume in her ambitious spright.
And t' envie her that in such glorie raigncd.
Eftsoonet the cut by force and tortious might
Ber to displace, and to hersetfe t' have gained
TThe kingdome of the Xight, and waters by her
Boldly she bid the gnddesse downe descend.
And let herselfe into that ivory throne ;
For she herselfe more worthy (hereof wend.
And better able it to guide alone ;
Whether to men whose fall she did bemone.
Or unto gods whose state ^e did moligne.
Or to tir infernal powers her need give lone
Of her faire light and bounty most benigne,
Herselfe of all that rule shee deemed most condigne.
But shee that had to her that loveraigne scat
By highest love asugn'd, therein to beare
Nights bumuig lamp, regarded not her threat,
Ne yielded ought for favour or for feare j
But, with st^me countenaunce and disdainful 1 cheare
Bending her homed browes, did put ber back ;
And, boldly blaming her for coming there,
~ ~ ' X from Heavens coast to pack.
Yet nathihnart the panteare forbare j
But, boldly preadng on, raughl forth her band
To pluck her riowne perforce from off her chaire;
And, there-with lifting up her goldei wand,
Threatned to strike her if she did with-stsnd :
Whereat the starres, which round about her blazed.
And eke the Moones bright wagon still did stand.
All beeing with so bold attempt amazed.
And on her uncouth habit andsteme looke still gMe<L
Mean while the lower world, which nothing knew
Of all that chaunced here, was darkned quite ;
And eke the Heavens, and all the heavenly crew
Of happy wights, now uuporvaide of light.
Were much afraid and wondred at that sight ;
Fearing least Chaos broken had his chaine.
And brought againe on them etemall night ;
But cbiefely Mercury, that nezt doth raigne.
Ban forth in haste unto the king of godn to plains
All ran together with a great out-cry
To loves bire palace flit in Heavens hight ;
And, beating at his gates full earnestly,
Gan call to him aloud with all their might
To know what meant that suddaine lack of light.
The &lher of the gods, when this be heard.
Was troubled much at their so strange affright.
Doubting least Typhon were againe uprear'd.
Or other his old foes that once him sorely fear'd.
Eflsoones the soone of Maia forth he sent
Downe to the circle of the Moone, to knowe
The cause of this so strange astonishment.
And why ahee did her wonted course forslowe ;
And, if that any were on £arth belowe
That did with charmes or magick her molest.
Him to attache, and downe to Hell to throwe;
But if from Heaven it were, then to arrest
The author, and him bring before his presence prest.
The wingd-foot god so fiut his plumes did beat.
That soone he came whereas the Titanesse
Was striving with lairc Cynthia tat her seat ;
At whose strange sight and haughty hardinesso
He wondred much, and feared her no lease :
Yet, laying feare aside to doe his charge,
At last be bade her, with bold stedfiutnesae,
Ceasse to molest the Moone to walke at large,
Or come before high love bei donngs to discharge.
And therevrithall he on her shoulder laid
His tnaky-n-rcadied mace, whose awfiiil power
Doth make both gods and hellish fiends aSraid ■.
Whereat the Titanesse did stemely lower.
And sloutlv answer'd ; That in evill bower
He from hii love such message to tier brought.
To bid her leave Csire Cynthias silver bower ;
Sith shee liis love and him esteemed nought.
No more then Cynthias selft; but all their kingdom*
sought.
Hie Heavens herald Bl«d not to reply.
But past away, his doings to relate
Unto bis lord i who now, in th' highest Ay,
Was placed in his prindpall estate.
With alt the gods about him congregate :
To whom when Hermes had hts message told.
It did tbem all exceedingly amate, [bold.
Save love; who, changing nought his ci
Or *l ber peril! bide the wrathfull'thunden wradc Sid unto them at length these speedie* wise imfold^^
406 SPE
" Haiken to dim awhile) ye heevenly powen i
Ye ma; remember once th' Bwthi cuned leed
Sougbt to »imili the Heaieiu etenull toma.
Ana to ui ell eiceeding feare did breed ; -
But, bow we then deTeated all their deed,
Yc all doe knowe, and tbem destroied quite ;
Yet not %o quite, but that there did succeed
An ofi^spHng of thedr bloud, which did alite
Upoo the liriiilfull Earth, which doth ua yet deqiile.
•• Of that bad leed i* this bold woman bred.
That now with bold pieBumplion doth upire
To thrust laire Phoebe from her ailTer bed,
And eke ouiwlTes from Heavens high erapLre,
If that her might were match lo hei desire :
Wherefore it now behovea ui to advite
What way ii beat to drive ber to retire ;
Whether by open force, or coumetl wiie :
Aj*ed| ye aonne* of God, as beat ye can deviacu "
So baTing sud, be ceaat ; and with hie brow
(Hie black eye-brow, wboee doomeAill dreaded beck
I> wont to wield the world unto his tow.
And eren the highest powera of Heaven to check,]
Hade ngne to them in thur duress to speake :
Who straight gan caat their couosell grave and wise.
Meanewhile th' Earths daughter, though she nought
Of Henoes message, yet g*n now advise [did reck
W|iat Gourve were beet to take in this bat bold em-
EftttKKies she tbus retolv'd ; that whil'M the gods
( After retume of Hennes embasse)
Were troubled, and amongst themseliee at od> ;
Before they could new counsels re-aUie,
To set upon them in Oat eitasie.
And take what fortune, lime, and place would lend :
80 isrth she rose, and through the pureet tky
To love* high palace stiaigbt cast to ascend.
To prosecute her plot : good onset boads good end.
Sbte there arriving boldly in did pass ;
Where all the gods the found in cDunsell eloae.
All quite unarm'd, as then their manner was.
At ligbt of her they suddaine all arose
In gre« amaze, ne wist what way to chose :
But love, all fearelesse, forc't them to sby ;
And in his soveraine throne gan streight dispose
Himselfe, more full of grace and maiesde,
lliat mote encheere hia (Hands, and foes moteterrifie.
That when the haughty lllanesse beheld.
All were she ftvught with pride and impudence.
Yet with the ugbt thereof was almost queld;
And, inly quaking, seem'd as reft of sense
And voyd of speech in that drad audience ;
Unlill that lore himselfe herselfe bespake :
" Speake, thou frailc woman, speakewith confidence;
WlKnce art thou, andwhatdoostthou here now make?
Wliat idle errand hast Ihou Earths maoidon to for.
. sake?"
Sbee, bslfe confused with bis great
Yet gathering spirit of her natures pride.
Him boldly answer'd thus to bjs demaund ;
" I am a daughter, by the mothers side.
Of her that is grand-mollier magnilide
Of all the gods, great Earth, great Chaos child :
But by the fathers, be it not enride,
' f godi^ tlraugh wrongftilly fhun Huavea
" For Titan, a* ye ^1 acKnowledge muat.
Was Saturnes elder brother by birtb-right;
Both sonnea of Uranus ; but by uliiuat
And guilefull meann, through Cwybantes sligbt.
The younger thrust the elder fiom hia ri^t :
Since which thou, love, iniuriouily bast beU
The Heavens rule from Titans sonnea by migtit j
And them to hellish dungeooa dawne hut fJd:
Witness*, ye Heavens, the truth of all that I have
teld!"
Wbil'st she thus spake, the gods that gave good esre
To her bold vrords, and marked well ber grace,
(Bering of stature tall as any there
or all the gods, and heautifull of ftce
As any of the goddesses in place,)
Stood all astooied ; tike a sort of steeres,
Mongil whom some beast of strange and foraine nee
Unwarei is chauncH, far straying from his peem :
So did their ghaatly gase bewray their hidden tesivs.
Till, having paui'd awhile, love thus bespake;
" Will never mortal! thoughts ceasae to aspire
In this bold sort to Heaven claime to make.
And touch celestiall seates wilb earthly mire?
I would have thought that bold Procrustes hire,
Or Typhous fall, or proud Iiioos paine.
Or grest Prometheus tasting of our ire.
Would have sufGi'd the rest for to restrune,
And wam'd all men, by their example, to refiaiiK;
" But now this off-scum of that cursed fty
Dare to renew the like bold enterprise.
And chslenge th' heritage of this our akie;
Whom what should hinder, but that we likewise
Should handle as the rest of her allie^
And ihunder-driveto Hell?" With that, be ibookt
His nectar-deawcd locks, with which the skyes
And all the world beneath for terror quooke.
And eft bia burning levin-bmnd in huid be tacke.
But when be looked on her lovely face.
In which faire beames of beaut; did appcare
That could the greatest wrath soon tume to grace,
(Such sway doth beauty even in Heaven beare)
He staide hishsnd ; and, having chang'd his dtcire.
He thus againe in milder wise began ;
■' But ah ! if gods should strive with flesh yiere.
Then shortly should the progeny of man
Be rooted out, if love should doe still what he csb!
" But thee, faire Titans child, I rather weene.
Through some vaine errour, or inducement lif^
To see that mortall eyes have nevtr seene ;
Or through ensample of thy sisters might,
Bellona, whose great glory thou doost S)nghl,
Since thou hast seene her dreadfull power belowc,
MongHt wretched men, dismaide with her aflWgfal,
To bondie crownea, and kingdoms to bestowe :
And sure tfay wo^ no lesse then hen dotli seem ta
" But wotc thou thia, thou hardy Utaneaa^
Thai not the worth of any living wighl
May challenge ought in Heavens interesse;
Mui'b iessc the title of old Titans right :
For we by conquest, of our soveraine mi^it.
And by etemall doome of Fates decree.
Have ^onne tliv empire of the Heavens bright;
Which to ourselves we hold, and la whom wee
Shall worthy dceme partakers of our blisw lo bee>
THE FAERIE QUEENG.
•• Tbm ettme Aj Idle clafane, tbou (bolhh gcrle | |
And leeke by glace and goodnease to obtaiiM
That pUce, fW>m whicfa b; follr Hon teU ;
Tbereto Ibou maiM perhaps, if «o thou fune
Marc lore thj ^racuiiu lonl and Horeraigne'"
So hc*iDg uid, ihe thiu to hini replTde ;
*• CoaK, SMumea Kmne, to aeeke bj proSen valne
Of idle bopea t' ■llura mee to thy lide.
For to betray my right, before I hare it tilde. '
" Bat thee, O lore, no equall iudge I deeme
Of my desert, or of my dewfull right;
That in thine owne bthalft m)d*t partial! leeme ;
But to the highest him, that ii behigbt
Father of gods and men by aquaL might.
To weet, the god of Nature, I appeale."
Thereat lore weied ffrotb, and in hii iprigfat
md inly grudge, yet did it well conceale ;
And baile Dan Fhuebua scribe her appellation teale.
Eftaoonei the time and place appointed were.
Where all; both heavenly powera and earthly wighta,
Befon great Natures pnaence sbould appeare.
For triall of their tities and best rights :
That waa, (o weet, upon the tugbnt hights
or Arlo-hill (who knowes not Arlo-hiU ?)
That is the liighest head, in alt mens ughts.
Of my old father Hole, whom shephesfds quill
R«D<nrmed bath with hymnes fit for a rur^ skilL
And, were it not ill fitting for (hil Hie [knights.
To sing of hiUea and woodes moagst warres and
I would abate the atemenesse of my nile,
Hongat these steme Btounds to mingle soft delightoj
And tdl how Arlo, through Dianaes spights,
(Seeing of old the best and Rarest hill
That was in all this holy'iilands hights)
Was made tlie most unpleasant and most ill :
Meane while, O Clio, lend Calliope thy quill.
Whylome when Ireland floriifaed in fame
Of wealth and goodnease, fisr aboie the rest
Of all that beare the British Islands name,
The gods then us'd, fbr pleasure and for rest,
on to resort thereto, when seem'd them best :
But none of all therein more pleasure Found
Then Cyntiiia, that is soferaine gueene profest
Of woods and furresta, which therein abound,
Sptiokled with wbolsom waters more then most on
ground:
But mongst them all, as fittest for her game,
(Either for chace of beasts with hound or bowe.
Or for to shroude in shade from Fbrebus flame.
Or bathe in fountaines that doe freshly flowe
Or from high hillcs, or from the dales belowe)
She chose ^is Arlo ; where shee did resoR
With all her nymphes enranged on a rove,
With whom the woody gods did ofl consort ; [sport :
For with the nymphes the satyres lore to play and
Amongst the which there was a nymph that hight
Holaona; daughter of old bther Mole,
And riater unto Holla fwre and bright :
Unto whose bed false Bregog wbylome stole,
That sbepbeard Colin deerely did condole.
And made her lucUesse loies well Itnowne to be : '
But (his Molanna, were she not so shele.
Were no lesse Uin and beautiflill then shee :
Yet, aa sbe is, a fairer flood may no man tee.
ooki
For first ahe apiingi out of two ma
On which a grore of oakes bigh-mt
That aa a girlond seemes to deck the locks [shown
Of some fwre bride, brought forth with pompous
Out of her bowie, (hat many flowers stiowes :
So through the flowry dalea she tumbling dowtie
Through many woods and shady coverta floires.
That on each side her silter channell crowne,
Till to the plaine she com^ whose rdleyes shee
doth drowne.
In her sweet atreemes Diana used olt,
After her sweetie diace and tirilesome pUy,
To bathe herselib ; and, after, on the soft
And downy grasse her dainty limbes to lay
In corert shade, where none behold her may ;
For much she hated ught of liriog eye :
FooHah god FauDus, though full many a day
He saw her clad, yet longed foolishly
To see her naked mongst her nymphes in pririty.
No way he found to oompaiae bi> denre.
But to corrupt Molantu^ ttus her maid.
Her to discover for some secret hire :
So ber with flattering words he flrst assaid ;
And, after, pleasing gifts fbr ber purraid,
Queene^applea, and red cherries from (he tree.
With which be her allured and betraid
To tell what time he might ber lady see [bee.
When she heiselfe did bathe, that he might secret
llteieto bee promlst, if she would him pleasure
With this small boone, to quit ber with a better;
To weet, that whereas shee had out of measure
Long lui'd the Fanchin, who by nought did set her,
That be would undertake tor this to get ber
To be his lore, and of him liked well :
Besides all iriiich, he Tow'd to be her debtor
For many moe good tumes then he would tell ;
The least of which this little pleasure should eieell.
The simple mud did yield to him anone ;
And eft him placed where he close might view
TTial never any saw, sa»e onely one.
Who, for his hire to so foole-banly dew.
Was of his hounds devour'd in hunters hew.
Diana, with her nymphes abinit her, drew
To this sweet spring ; where, dofEng her amy.
She batb'd her lovely limbes, for lore a likely pray>
l^ere Faunus saw that pleased much lus eye.
And made his hart to tickle in hi) brest.
That, fbr great ioy of somewhat he did spy.
He could him not containe in silent rest ;
But, breaking forth in laughter, loud profest
His foolish thought: a foolish fiuine indeed.
That couldst not hold thyselfr ao hidden blest.
But wouldest needs thine owne conceit Breed !
Babblers unworthy been of so divine a meed.
The goddeaae, all abashed with that noise.
In haste forth started ttara the guilty brooke ;
And, running straight whereas sbe heard his voice,
Enclos'd the bush about, and there him tnoke
Like daired larke, not daring up to looke
On her whose sight before so much he sought.
Thence fbrth they drew him by the hornes, and shooke
Nigh all to peeces, (hat they left him nought ;
And then into the open li^t they forth him brought^^
510 SPE
Like M Ml hiuwifs, that wi^ Inuie care
Ttunks of ber durie to nuke wondroiu gaiue,
I^Tndiiig whereu lome wicked beast unware
Thai breakes into ber dayr' houne, Uiere dotb draiae
Her creaming pannes, and frus&ate aJ] her peine i
Hatb, in some snare or gin set close behind,
Entraiiped him, and caught into her traine.
Then thinkes what punishment were best auign'd,
AndthouBanddealfaeideTiiethinherTengeftillmiiid:
So did Diana and her ma^dena all
Use ull; Faunus, now within tbeii baile :
Hie; mocke and scome him, imd him faule miicall ;
Some by the nose him pluckl, some by the tail^
And b; his goatiih beard some did him haile ;
Yet he (poore soule ! ] with patience alt did beare ;
For nought againat their wile might counterraile :
Ne ought he taid, whatever he did hcare ; (peare.
But, hanging downe his head, did like a mome ap-
At length, when the; had flouted him tbeir fill.
They gan to cast what peoaunce him to give-
Some would have gelt him ; but that same would spill
The wood-goda breed, which must for ctet lire :
Others would through the river him have drive
And ducked deepe ; but that seem'd penaunce li|^t :
But most agreed, and did this sentence give.
Him in deeres slua to clkd ; and in that plight
To hunt him with their hounds, himselie lave how
faee might.
But Cynthie'i aelfe, more angry then the rest.
Thought not enough to punish him in sport,
And of her shame to m^e a gamesonte iest ;
But gan examine him in straighter sort.
Which of her nymphes, or other close consort.
Him thither brought, and ber to him bebeid.
He, much aifeaid, to ber confessed short
That *twai Molanna which her so bewraid-
Then all attonce tbeir hands upon Molaona laid.
But him (according as they bad decreed)
With a deeres-skin they covered, and then chast
With all tbeir hounds that aiUr him did speed ;
But he, more qieedy, &om them fled more fast
Hien any deere ; so sore lum dread aghast.
They after follow'd all iritb shrill out-cry.
Shouting aa they the Heavens would have brast ;
That all tbe woods and dales, where be did flie,
Pld ling againe, and loud reeccbo to the skie.
So they him follow'd tlD they weary were j
When, back returning to Molann' againe,
Tliey, by commaund'mcnt of IMuia, there
Her whelm'd with stone* : yet Pauniu,tinherpaine,
Of ber beloved Fanchin did obtaine.
That her he would receive unto bia bed.
So now ber waves passe through a pleasant pUine,
101 with the Fancbio the henelfe doe wed, [spred.
And, both combin'd, themselves in one faire river
Nathleue Diana, fiill of indignitioa,
Tlienceforth abandond her delicious brooke ;
In whose sweete streame, before that bad occasion.
So much delight to bathe her limbes she tooLe :
Me onely her, but also quite forsooke
All those fatre forrests about Arlo hid ;
And all itiM mountaino, which doth overlooke
The richest champian that may else be rid ; [bred.
" isandswrnoos
I nd the faire Staure, in which ai
Them all, and all that iLe so deare did way,
Tlwnceforth she left ; and, parting from tbe place,
Thereon an heavy b^lesse cuise did lay ;
To weet, that wolves, where she was wont to spacer
Shou'd haibour'd be and all those woods de&ee.
And thieves should nAt and sp<ule that coast anxini
Since which, those woods, and all that goodly cbne
Doth to this day with wolves and thieves abouDd :
Which too-too true that lands io-dwellen ancehai^
found!
Pealing Irom love to Natures bar.
Bold Alteratian plewles
Large evidence : but Nature aaaDo
Her righteous doome areeds.
Ah ! whither dooit thou now, thou greater Huie.
Me from these woods and pleasing forrests biiiig 7
And my fhule spirit, that dooth oft refuse
This too high flight unfit for ber weake wing.
Lift up aloft, to tell of Heavens king
(Thy BOreiaJae sire) his fortunate succeami ;
And victory in bigger noates to sing.
Which he obtain'd against that I^taneese,
That him of Heavens empire souf^t to di
Tet, sith I needs must follow thy behest,
Doe thou my weaker wit with skill ini|nn^
Fit for this tume ; and in my sable brest
Kindle fresh sparks of tbsl immortall fire
M'bich learned minds inSameth with de&ire
Of heavenly things : for who, but thou alone
That art ybome of Heaven and heavenly sire.
Can tell things doeo in Heaven so long ygotte.
So farre past memory of man that ma; be kucwne?
Now, at tbe time that was before agreed,
Tbe gods assembled rU on Arlo-hitli
As well those that are sprung of heavenly seed.
As those that all tbe other world doe fill.
And rule both sea and land unto tbeir will ;
Onely tb' infernal] powers might not appeare ;
As well for hoTTor of their count'naunce ill.
As for tb' unruly fiends which tbey did feaiv;
Yet Pluto and Proserpina were present there.
And thither also came all other ci
Whatever liie or motion doe retsiae.
According to tbeir sundry kinds of feauirea;
That Arlo scarsly could them all containe;
So full they filled every hill and plains :
And had not Natures sergeant (that is Order)
Them well disposed by his busie paine.
And rsunged ttim abroad in every boiler,
Tbey wMdd have caused much conftuiofi and di
Then forth issew'd (great goddeise) great dame Na-
With goodly port and gndout maiesty, [ton
Being far greater and more tall of stature
llien any of the gods or powers on hie ^
Yet certes by her face and physnomy.
Whether she man or woman inly whk,
lliat could DM any cieature well descry ;
For, with a vsile that wimpled every where.
Her head and face was hid that roote to nooe 19-
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
«, loiM doa WKJ, WW fo b; iklll deriMd,
Ude the tOTOT of Iwr uncoutli hew
m mnfnll e^ that ibould be loic (griaed ;
tiiat her &ca did like a lion ihew,
it eje of oight could not indure to *iew :
. o^«n toll that it w beuilwus wai,
E* of aplenidot threw,
■ glaw.
w but like w
That well mar Hemea true ; for well I weatw
That this aame da]r, wben <he on Arlo >at.
Her garment was bo bri^t and woodroua abceae,
Hiat m^ fiaile wit cannot deriie to what
It to compare, nor fimk like iluSe to that:
Ae those thraa aaered saiiil*, tbougli eke moit wiw,
Tec on M«uM Tbtbat quite their wita forgat,
Wben tber Ibdr glniou* Lord in itiwiae itiagiiiaft
Tmufigur'd lawe ; hia gannenu ao did dau tbeu
In a fayre plaine upon an equall hill
She placed wai in a pavilion ;
Not such ta crafteamen by th«r idle ikill
Arc wont for princes itate* to fashion ;
But th' Earth berwlT, of her ovne motion.
Out of her fruitful! bosome made to growe
Moat daiut; tr
Did«
For hi
■e unto her, and like a throne did show.
So bard it u for an^ living wi^it
Allh
otelt.
That old Dan GeflVer [in whose gentle apright
The pure well-head of poesie did dwell)
In iaajauia parity durst not with it mell,
But it traosferd to Alane, who he thought
Had in hi) t^tdni ofXladci describ'd it well :
Which who will rnd tet forth so at it ought.
Go seek he out that Ahne wben he may be sought
And all the cwth bi underneath her feete
Was dighl with flowers, that voluntary grew
Out of the ground, and sent forth odours sweet ;
TeQQe thousand mores of sundry sent and hew.
That might delight the smell, or please the view,
"nkc wfaidi the nymphes from all the brooks thereby
Had gathered, they at her Ibote-stoole threw ;
That richer teem'd than any tapestry.
That princea bowrea adome irith paiotad imagery.
And Mole himselfe, to honour her the more,
Did deck himself in freshest faire allirei
And his high bead, that Kemetb stwaies horu
With hard^ frosts of former winters ire.
He with an oaken girlond now did tire,
Aa if the love of some new nymph late aeene
Had in bim kindled youdiflill Crab desire.
And made him change hit gray attire to gicene:
Ah ! gentle Mole, such ioyance bath tbee well be-
Waa oerer ao great ioyance iJBCe the day
Hiat all the god* whylome aasendiled were
On Hamua hill in ibdr divine array,
Ta celebrate the solnnne bridall chcara
Tiriit Feleu* and dame Tfaetii painted there ;
Where Fhabus self, that god of poets high^
Tbey say, did sing the spousall hynme full cleere,
That all the gods were ravisbl with delight
Of his celotudl aoDg and muaicks wondrous might.
Ttua great gnndmother of all creabuca bred,
Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld ;
Still mooving, yet unmoved from her sted ;
Unseene of any, yet of all beheld ;
Thus sitting in her throne, as I have teld.
Before her came dame Hutalnlitie ;
And, being lowe balbre her presence feld
With loaek obaysance and humilitie.
Thus gan her plaintif plea with worda to ampli&e :
" To thee, O greatest goddeaae, onely great.
An humble suppliant Joe I I lowely fly.
Seeking for rigbl, which J of thee entreat j
Who right to all dost dede indificrcntty.
Damning all wrong and tortious iniurie,
Which any of thy cnstures doe lo otiier
Oppressing them with power unequally,
Sith of Ibem all thou an the equall mother,
And knittest each to each, as brother unto brother ;
" To thee Iherdbre of this same love I plaine.
And of his fellow god* that faine lo be,
That challenge to themselves the whole worlds raign.
Of which the greatest part is due lo me.
And Heaven itselfe by heritage in fee :
For Heaven and Barth I both alike do deeme,
Sith Heaven and Earth are both alike to thee;
And gods no more then men thou doeat esteeme.-
For even the gods to thee, a* men to gods, do aeeme,
■' Ttuia weigh, O soveraigne goddesae, by what right
These gods do daime the world* «4iola soverainty ;
And that is onely dew unlo my might
Arrogate to themselves ambitiously i
As for the gods owne principality.
Which love usurpes uniuatly, that to be
My heritage, love's selfe cannot deny,
Fnun my great grandaire HlBn unto mee
Deriv'd by dew descent j at ia well known to thee.
" Tet mauger love, and all his gods befiid%
I doe poaaease ttie worlds most r^ment ;
As if ye pleaae It into parts divide,
And every parts inholders to convent.
Shall to your eyca ^peare incontinent.
And first, the Earth (great mother of us all]
That only seems unmov'd and permanent.
And nnio Mutability not thrall.
Yet i* she chang'd in part, and eeke in generall :
" For all that fWim her springs, and it ybreddc,
However fayre it flourish for a time.
Yet see we soone decay ; and, being dead,
To tunie again unto their etrthly slime :
Yet, out of their decay and mortall crime.
We daily see new creatures to aiiu.
And of their winter spring another prime.
Unlike in forme, and chani'd by strange disguise :
So tumelhey ttill about, and change ia restleasewiscv
" As for her tenanta ) that it, man and beMta ;
The beasts vre daily tea masa*frsd dy ■
As thr^ls and vaasala unto men* bebsasta ;
And men themselves doe change eonlinuaUy,
Prom youth to eld, Aom wealth lo poverty,
I^tHn good to bad, from bad lo worst of all :
Ne doe their bodies only Bit and fly ;
But eeke their mindes (which they imroortall cell)
3till change and vary thougbta, at new occanov *"
tl9 SPI
" Nell the Wttmta mora eonMant cms;
Whether (how mdh on high, or then bdowe:
For th' oCcui moreth Mill from place to pboa j
And eyerj rirer still dotfa ebbe uid flowa ;
Ne any lake, that Kenu mcMt (till and ilowe,
Ne poole so small, that can his smoothueiHi holds
When any winde doth uudar HeaTen blowe ;
With which the cloud* are aUo toM and roll'd,
Now like great hill* t and stocigbt, like ilucw, th«n
unfold.
" So llhewiie ore all watrf Ilring wighla
Still toat and turned with continuall change,
Never abjrding in their stedfast plights :
The fiih, still floting, doe at random range,
And nerer rest, but eiermore exchange
Their dwelling places, as the streamea them came ;
Ne hare the vatrj foules a certaine grange
WherSD to rest, ne in one stead do larrj ;
But flitting still doe flie, and atill their places vary.
*• Next IS the Ayte : which who feeles not hj sense
( For of all sense it Is the middle mesne)
To flit itill, and with lubtill influence
Of his thin spirit all creatures to maiutaine
In state of life? Oweakelifei that does leans
Oa thing so tickle M th' unsteady ajn.
Which erer; howre is chatig'd, and altred cleane
With every blast thai hloweth fowle or fiure :
Thebire doth it prolong; thefowle dothitimpaiie.
" Therdn the changes infliute behcUe,
Which to ber creatures erery minute cbaunce ;
Now boy ling hot ; stnight fHesing deadly cold ;
Now faire sun-shine, that makes alt dip and diuBCe;
Sireight bitter storms, and balefuU oauatenaiKe
That makes them all to shiver and to fhake :
Rayne, hayle, and snawe do pay tham Hd peninca,
And dreadfbll thundei^lapa (that make them giMke]
intii iamea and fla^ng tights that Ibouiand
change* make.
■■ Last is the Fire ; which, thotigh It live fbr ever,
Ne can be quenched quite ; yet, every day,
We see his parts, so soone as they do sever.
To lose their heat and shortly to decay ;
So makos himself his owne consuming pray ;
Ne any living creatures doth be breed;
But all, that are of others bredd, doth slay ;
And with dieir death his cruell life dooUi teed;
Nought leaving but thdr barren ashes withont seede.
" Thus all these fow» (the which the groundwoik
Of all the world and of all living wights) [bee
To thousand sorts of change we subject see :
Tet are they chang'd by other wondrous slighla
Into themselves, and lose their native mights j
The Rtb to Aire, and Ih' Ayre to Water sheere.
And. Water Into Earth ; yet Water Aghts
WHh Fire, and Aire widi Earth, approaching ueen ;
Yet alt are in one body, and as one appeared
<■ So in dicm all raignea Motdiilitie;
However theses that go^ themselves do call.
Of them doe claime the rule and soverainty ;
As Vesta, of the fire iMfaereall ;
Vulcan, of this with.us so usuall ;
Ops, of the aartta ; and Itmo, of Ilia ayre ;
Neptune, of seas ; and njmplM*, of riveta all :
For ail thaw rivals to ma subsact are ;
■"' ' -'Ithareit, which theyuitirp, baaUmyibai*.
" Which M appnn-n tra^ m I fas** taU,
Vouchsafe, O goddeaM, Hi di; picaanuL all
The rest vrUch doe the irarid in being bold ;
As Times and Seasuia af the yaasc that Ul -.
Of all the which demand in geiierall,
Or iudge thyselfs, by vaidit of this* eye,
WbadMT to me they am not subi«:t alL"
Nature did yeeld thereto j and by-aad-by ,
Bade Order call thtm aU bcfinn b« mais^.
So fortfi (meVd Ae SeaaoM of the yaa* :
First, lusty Spring all dight in leaves of flowres
That freshly budded and new bloosmes did b«an.
In which a thousand Urds had built tbvr bowTM
TiaX sweetly sung to call forth paramours ;
And in fais hand a iavelin he did beare.
And on his bead (as fit for wwiike stoum)
A guilt engraven morion ha did wears ;
That as some did him lova, s0 otben did him &■»
Then came the iolly Sommer, being dight
In a thin silken cassock coloured greme.
That was unlyned all, to ba morelight :
And on his head a girlond well beieene
He wore, from which as be bad chaoBed been
The sweat did drop ; and in bis hand he twe
A bowe and shaftes, as he in fotrest greens
Had hunted Iste the libbard or the bore, [an
And now would liathe his limbe* with Islxv bested
Then came the Autumne all in yellow clad,
As though he ioyed in his plentioui store.
Laden with fruits that made him laugh, full glad
That he had banisht hunger, which tofore
Had by the belly oil him pinched sore :
Upon his head a wreath, that was enrold
With ears of corae of every sort, be bore ;
And in his hand a dckle he did holde, [yoU.
To re^w the ripened fruits the which the eaith Ind
Lastly, came Winter ckathed all in ftue,
Chatt^ing his teeth for cold that did him chlD ;
Whil'st on his hoary beard his breath did &nie.
And the dull drops, that from his purpled bill
As from a limbeck did adown distill :
In bis right hand a tipped staife he held,
With which his feeble steps he stayed still ;
For he was &int with cold, and weak with eld ;
That scene his loosed limbes he hsble was to weld.
These, marching softly, thus in order irent.
And after them the Montbet all riding came :
First, sturdy March, with brows full sternly beat.
And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram,
The same which over Hellcsponlus swam ;
Yet in his hand a spade he also bent,
And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame,
Whid) on the earth he strowed as he went, [mevL
And fild her womb with fruitfull hope of nouiiii)-
Neit came fre^ Aprill full of lustybed.
And wanton as a kid vihaae borne new buds:
Upon a Bull bi rode, the nma wUth led
Europa Boting through th' Argoliek fluda :
His homes were ^il£n all wiSi gotden atnds.
And ganishad with garloadt goodly £^it
Of all the &irvt flowm and frcabcst buda
Which th' earth brings fbtth ; aod wM be setD*!
in sight [<Wi^
With waves, through which he waded for las lorn
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
SIS.
Thou came Uin May, the tKfnrt majA on ground,
Deckt all with diintiei of her mwiiu pryde,
And throwing Aowrea out of her Up uouad :
Upon tvo brethreiu ahoulden the did ride.
The Twisnes of Leda ; nhich an either side
Supp<»ted her like to thtir soreraiDe quaene :
Lend ! how all CRXtuici laugbt when ber they ipide.
And lupt and daunct u they had i«Tishl beene !
And Cupid selfe about her fluttred all in greene.
And after her came ially Tune, arrayd
All in greene lesvo, ai he a player were ;
Yet in his time he wniughl ai well as playd.
That by hia pLough'yrona mute right well appcare ^
UpiHi a Crab he rode, that him did beare
With erooked crawling steps an uncouth paae.
And backward yode, as bargemen wont to Tare
Bending their force coatriry to their face ) [?race.
Ijke that ungtadaua crew which funcs dcmureal
Then came hot luly boyling like to Are,
That all hia garnwntB be had cait away ;
Upon ■ Lyon raging yet with ire
He bold); rode, and made him to obay :
(It was the beast that whylome did forray
The N^nuean fortcM, till th' Amphytrionide
Him (lew, and with hi> hide did him array 0
Bchinde his backe a sithe, and by bis side
Under his belt he bore a tickle circling wide.
The sill was Augv
In garment all o< _
Yet rode be not, but led a loiely
Forth by the lilly band, the which wa« cround
Vitb earn of come, and full her hand was found :
That WW the righteous Virgin, which of old
Lir'd here on Eartb, and plenty made abound ;
But^ after wrong was lor'd and iustice wide,
Sbe left th' uniighleoui world, and was to Hearen
eitold.
Next him aeplembcr marched eeke on foote ;
Yet was he heavy laden with the apoyle
Of harresta-richei, which be nude bis boot.
And him enricht with bounty of the aoyle :
Id his one hand, as fit for harreita toyle.
He held a knife-hook ; and in th' other band
A Paire of Waights, with which he did assoyle
Both more and leue, where it in doubt did stand,
And equall gave to each as Iustice duly scaun'd.
Then came October full of merry glee ;
For yet bis noule was totty of the must,
Which he was (reading in the wiite-fals see,
And of the ioyous oyle, whose gende gust
Hade him so frollick and so full of lust :
Upon a dreadfull Scorpion he did ride.
The same which by Dianaes doom unjust
Sew great Orion ; and eeke by his side
He bad his ploughing-afaare and coulter ready tyde.
Next was NDrember ; he full groue and fat
Aa fed with lard, and that right well might seeme ;
For be had been a biting hogs of late,
That yet bis browes with sweat did reek and sleem.
And jet the season was full sharp and brecm i
In planting eeke he took no small delight :
Wbereon he rode, not easie was to deeme ;
For it a dreadfull Centaure was in sight,
TIw seed of Satunie and faire Nais, <'hiron bight.
And after him came nexi the chill December:
Yet he, through merry feasting whiril he made
And great bonfires, did not the cold remember ;
His SaTiours birth his mind so much did glad :
Upon a shaggy-bearded Coat he rode,
The same wherewith Dan love in tender yearea.
They say, wi* nourisht by th' Isan mayd ;
And in his band a broad deepe Iwwle be beares.
Of which be freely drinks an health to all his peeres.
Thenet
Yetdi
rr like I
ayles to warme them if be may ;
For they were numbd with holding all the day
An hatchet keene, with which he ft-lled wood
And from tlie trees did lop the ncedlesse spray :
Upon an huge great Earth-pot Steane be stood.
From whose wide mouth there Bowed forth the Bo-
mane flood.
And lastly came cold Febriiajy, silling
In an old wagon, for he could riot ride,
Drawne of two Fishes for the season fltting.
Which through the flood before did softly slyde
And swim away ; yet had he by his side
His plough and hamcssc flt to till the greund.
And looles to prune the trees, before tho pride
Of hasting Prime did make Lhem burgcin round-
So past the twelve Months forth, and their dew places
And after these iliere came the Day and Night,
Hiding togelher both with equall pase ;
Th' one on a palfrey blocke, the other white :
But Night had covered her uncomely face
With a blacke veile, and held in hand a mace.
On top whereof the Moon and stars were pight.
And ^eep and Darknesse round about did trace ;
But Day did beare upon his scepters hight
The goodly Sun encompast all with beames bright.
Then oune the Howies, faire daugbteis of high lovu
And timely Night ; the which were all endewed
With wondrous beauty fit to kindle love;
But they were virgins all, and love eschewed
That might fonlack the charge to them foresbewed
By mighty love,' who did tliem porten make
Of Heavens gate (whence all the gods issued)
Which they did dayly watch, and nightly wake
By even tumes, ne ever did their charge forsake.
And after alt came Life ; and lastly Death ;
Death with most grim and grisly visage secne,
Yel is be nought but parting of the breath ;
Ne ought to see, hut like a shade to weene.
Unbodied, unsoul'd, unheard, unseene :
But Life was like a faire young lusty boy.
Such as they Aune Dan Cupid to have beene,
Full of dehghlfull heaith andiiyely ioy, [ploy.
Deckt all with flowres and wings of gold fit lo em-
When these were past, tlius gan the Ulanesae ;
" Lo ! mighty mother, now be iudge, and say
Whether in all thy creatures more or lesse
Change doth not laign and bear the greatest sway : '
For who sees not that Time on all doth prey?
But times do change and mo>e continually :
So nothing here long standeth in one stay :
Whttefore this lower world who can denj
But to be anbiect still to Mutatnlilie ! "
514 spe:
Then thu* gin lore ; *■ Right tni* it i* tbal tbcn
And ill UuDgg elae that under HeSTeii dwell
Arc chaung'd of Hme, who doth them all diadte
Of being : but who is it (to me tell)
Tb«t Time hinwelfe doth more and (till compel]
To .keepe hia coorae ? Is not th&t namely wee.
Which poure that vertue from our beaienl; cell
That mmet tbem all, and make* them changed be?
So tbem we gods doe rule, and in them alio tbae."
To whom thu> Ilfutabitit; ; '■ The thingi.
Which we ue not how they are mov'd and swajd,
Ye may attribute to youraelres as Itingn,
And lay, they by your aecret power are made ;
But what we lee not, who diall us perswade ?
But were they so, as ye tbem faine to be,
Hoi'd bj youT mi^t, and ordered by your ayde,
Tet what if I can proie, that even yee
Touneliei are IDcewiae chang'd, and lubiect unto
« And fii^ concerning her that i> the Gist,
Even you, faire Cyntlua ; whom so much ye make
lores dearest darling, she wa> bred and nuisl
On CyndiuB bill, whence she her name did take ;
Then is >be mortal! borne, howio je crake ;
Besides, her bee and countenance erery day
We changed see and sundry forms partake, [gny '-
Now homd, now round, now bright, now brown and
So that Bt cAangefiiU at Uie Moone men use to say.
" Neit Mercury j who though ha lease ^>peare
To change his hew, and alwayea mme ai one ;
Yet he hii course doth alter erery yeare.
And is of Iflte far out of order gone ;
80 Venus eeke, that goodly paiagone.
Though fiure all night, yet is At darke all day -.
And Phcebus self, who lightsome is alone,
Yet is he oft eclipsed hy the way.
And fills the daikncd world with terror and dismay,
" Now Man, that nliaot man, ii changed most;
Yot he sometimes so ftr runs out of square.
That he his way doth seem quite to haTe loat.
And ctcane without bis usuall sphere to fare ;
That eTcn these star-^puers stoniaht are
At sight thereof, and damne thar lying bookea 1
So likewise grim sir Satume oft diMh span
His Sterne aspect, and calme his crabbed lookes :
So many turning cranks these haTe, so masj rwk^j.
" But you, Dan love, that only constant are.
And king of all the rest, as ye do dame,
Are you not subject eeke to this misfkre ?
Then let me aske you this wilhouten blame;
Wliere were ye borne? some say in Crete by name.
Others in Thebes, and others oUierwIicre ;
But, wheresoever they comment the same,
TIkj all consent that ye begotten were [peare.
And borne here in this world; ne other can ap-
« Then ore yc mortal! borne, and thrall to me ;
Unlesae the kingdome of the sky yee make
Immortoll and unchangeable to be :
Besides, that power and vertue, wliich y» spake,
That ye here worke, doth many changes tAe,
And your owne natures change: for each of yon.
That tertue have or this or that to make,
Is chedit and dtanged from his natiit« trcw,
By odters oppodtioD or oUiquid view.
Some in short space, and tome in longer jeares ;
What is die same but alteration plains ?
Onely the stairie skie doth still nmane :
Yet do the atarrca aud signea tbeivn still moi^
And even iteelf is moved, ss wixards saina ;
But all that moreth doth mutation love :
IlMTef ore both you and them to me I sulnect prore.
" Then since within this wide great univene
Nothing doth firme and permanent appeare.
But all things tost and turned by ttansvene ;
What Chen should let, but I aloft should reare
My tn^ihee, and &om all the triumph beare ?
Now iudge then, O thou greatest goddesse ticw.
According as thyselfe doest see and beare.
And unto me addoom that is my dew ;
That is, the rule of all; all being rvl'd by you."
So having ended, alienee long ensewed ;
Ne Nature to or fro spake for a space,
But with firme eyea affiit the gTound stilt viewed.
Mesne while all crottures, lowing in her ttct.
Expecting th' end of this to doubtAdl case.
Did hang in long sucpence what would ensew.
Tba silence brake, and gave ber doome in speecbai
" I well consider all that ye have sayd ;
And find that all things stedfastnes doe bate
And changed be ; yet, being rigbtly wayd.
They are not changed from their first estate }
But by their change their bdng doe dilate ;
And, turning to themselves at length againe.
Doe worke Sieir owne perfection so by fate :
Then over tbem Change doth not rule and laigae ;
But thty laigne over Change, and doe tber statea
'■ Cease therefore, daughter, further to aspire.
And thee content thus to ba rul'd by me :
For thy decay thou seekst by thy desire :
But time shall come that all shall changed bee.
And from thenceforth none no more change shall
So was the Utimeasput downe and whist, (see!"
And love confiim'd in his imperiall see-
Then was that whole assembly quite dkiust.
And Natures selfe did vanish, whither do unui inst.
Wreh I bethinke me on that speech whyleare
Of Mutsbility, and well it wsy ;
Me seemes, ^at thougli she all unworthy were
Of the Heavens' rule ; yet, very sooth to say,
Id all things else she bears the greatest sway :
Which makes me loath this state of life so tidile,
And love of things so vaine to cast away ;
Whose flowring pride, so fkding and so lldle.
Short Time shall soon cut down with his c<
sickle!
Then gin I thinke on that which Natuie sayd.
Of thu same time when no more change «b«ll b(^
But stedl^ mt of alt things, Grmely iUyd
Upim the pillours of Eternity,
That is contrayr to Mutal^tie :
For all that moveth doth in change delight:
But thwceforth all sh^ rest eternally
With him that is the Godof Sabaoth hisht ; [sight!
O ! that great Salnwth God, grant me £ai fMtaihi
FULKE GREVILE, LORD BROOKE,
SKRTANT TO QUKEN KLIZABBTR, COONSBLLOB TO KIN(j JAMBS, AND VaiBMS 1
SIR FHILlt> SYDNEY.
Thus he la desigiuted in Ma epitapli; and in the
title-page to hia poems they are aaid to have been
"written ju bia jouth, and familiar eierciaewilh Sr
Philip Sidney i " lO much and so dcaervedlj did he
piide iiinue] t u pon the frjeadahtp of wi eicrilenta naati.
Hewaa nturdoed in a Bt ofpaarion, and perhspa
of madneie, by ■ aerraat who had aerved him long
and fiuthfutly, and thought himgelT ill requited.
The mnrderer iniatediately killed himself. This
waa in the jeaz 1638. His poenu were publiahed
in 1633, and never reprinted. Twenty-two pages
an wanting in all the eapiea that hare yet been
examined ; they woe undoubtedly cancelled on
account of somethii^ which waa deeiued cenaurnble
Hia " Remaina,'' bttng " Poaoa of Monalchy
and ReligiaD," were printed in IGTO. The pul^-
liaher italea in hit adrertiaement, that Lord Brodke
bequeMbed « them to hia fHcod Mr. Michael Malet,
■n aged gentlcnun in whom he moat conSded, who
intended, what the audior puipoaed, to have liad
tbem printed alti^etber ; but by copiea of aome
parta of them which b^pened into other hajids,
■ome of tbem came first abroad t each of his worlia
having had tbeij fate, aa tbey aiiigly moit puticular
esteem, so to coma into the woiid at seTual times.
He to whom tbej were first delivered being dead.
the trust of these remaining pieces devolved on Sir
J, M(alet,)who luth given me the licensed copy i^
iteandjudgemi
" Perhapa'few men that dealt in poetry had nrore
learning or real wiadom than thia nobleman, and
yet hia stile is aometiraea so dark and mysterious,
that one would imagine he chose rather to conceal
than iUuatrkte bia meaning. At other times, hU
wit breaks out again with an uncommon brightnesa,
and ehinc^ I'd almost aaid, without an equal. It
is the aamc thing with hia poetry, sometimea so
haiah and uncouth, as if he hwl no ear for muucj
at otben, ao smooth and harmonious, as if he was
maaler of all its powers."
Lord Brooke is certainly the most difficult of all
ir poets : but no writer, whether
1 prose or verse,
ly other country, appears to have re-
flected nMre deeply on momentous anlgecis ; and
his writings haie an additional value, if (as may bo
believed) they represent the feelinn and opiniona of
Sir Philip Sydney aa «-ell as hia own.
A beautiAil edition vf hia life of Sydney waa
ptintsd at the Ptcsa Priory, 181S: one of the many
aenices for which English literature is beholden to
Sir Egerton Urjdges.
Thi mind of man is thia wwld'a
And knowledge is the measure of the minde ;
And as tbe muide, in her vaste comprdienaun,
Containea mon worlds than all tbe world can find
So knowledge doth it selfe farre more extend.
Than all the minds of men can comprdieud.
X>eptfa witiwut bottome, way without an end,
A circle with no Itne inuinnwd ;
{lot eomprebeaded, all it comprebenda ;
Worth infinite, yet satisfies no minde,
1111 it that infinile of the OodJwad finde.
This knowledge is tbe as
"WUch man luata after to be made his Maker j
For knowledge is of powen etemi^.
And perbtX glbry, the true image-taker
aaaiiAatdMhtbcinB ''
Man be as infiolia m it
By ganng on this sunne, doe make vi blinder
Nor if our lust, our ccntaur&Jikc afitctioa.
In ateed of naMre, fadome clouda, and winde,
So adding to original] defection.
in knowes his owne vnknc
t, &ele our losae.
growes BO groaac.
For our defects in nature who sees not ?
Wee enter first things preaent not conceiving.
Not knowing fntoie, what ia paat fbrgnt;
All other creallues instant power receiving.
To belpe tbemaelues ; tnan onely biingeth sense
To feele, and waile hia natiue impotence.
Which eense, mans flrst inalructor, white it sho*>^
To firee him from deceipt, dccduea him most;
And from tJiia Iklae root that miitakiiig grdwea.
Which truth in humane knowledgea hath lost :
So that by iudging sense herein perfection,
Man must deny tJs natures impertcction.
516
LOHD BROOKE.
B«ides, these Knses which we tliua approue.
In Ts m many diuerse likings breed,
As there be diSsrcnl tempGiB ia.cainplexions,-
Degrees in healths, or ages imperfections.
Againe, change
Than doe "■■' "
Than doe our owne debilities within :
For th' iibiect, which in grosse our fleuli conce
After ■ sort, yet when light (ioth beginne
These to retaile, and subdiuide, or sleeuei
rithout no lesae deceive!,
fleuli conceives.
etaile, ana suoaiuiae, or i
minutes ; then growes sc
a M^n mn refine the sense a
se agree in any can.
These
Into
That two.
Yet these rock'd vp bjr wit eicesaiucly.
Moke fancy thinke sfaee such gntdationi Andes
Of heat, cold, color* such variety,
Of smels, and tosts, of tune« such diuers kindes,
As that braue Scythian never could deiary.
Who found more sweetnesse in his hones nayiog,
Than all the Phrygian, Dorian, Lydian playing.
Knowledges neit organ is imagination ;
A glasse, wherein the obiect of our sense
Ought to respect true height, or declinatioa.
For vnderstan dings cleares intelligence :
Uut this power also hath her variation.
Filed in some, in some with difference ;
In all, so shadowed vrith selfe-application
As makes her pictures still too foule, or Cure ;
Not like the life in lineament or ajre.
This power besides, alwayes cannot rcceiue
What sense reports, but what th' affections please
" To admit i and as those jirinces that doe leaue
Their stale in trust to men corrupt with ease.
False in their tuth, or but to faction friend.
The truth of things can scoi
So must th' imagination from tlie sense
Be misinformed, while our afTections cast
False shapes, uid formes on their intelhgenct^
And to keepe out true intromisuon thence,
Abttradi the imagination or dittasts.
With images pre-occiipately ptac'd.
Hence our desires, feares, hopes, loue, hate, and
In fancy make us beare, feele, sec impresuons,
Such as out of our sense they doe not borrow ;
^nd are the efficient cause, the true progrenaion
Of ideeinng vinons, idle pliantasmes waking,
Life, dneames, and knowledge, apparitions mak'
Againe, our memory, rcpster of sense.
And mould of arts, as mother of indoctioa.
Corrupted with disguis'd intelligence,
Can yeeld no images for mans instruction :
But as from stained vombes, obortiue birth
, Of strange opinions, to confound the earth.
The last cbiefe oracle of what man knowe*
Is Tndeistanding ; which though it containe
Some fiunous notions, which our nature sbowes.
Of general] truths ; yet haue they such ■ staine .
From our corruption, as all light they lose ;
S<{DC to cotnrinca of ignorance, and sinne,
^^Wiikfa wh^ they raigfw let no perfection in.
Hence weake, and few those dailed notions be.
Which our fraile vnderstonding doth retainc ;
So as mans bankrupt nature ift norfree.
By any arts to raise it selfe sgaine^
Or to those notions which doe in ts line
Confiis'd, a well-fram'd art-like state to giue-
Nor in a right line can her eyes ascend.
To view the things that inunateriall are;
" For as the sunne doth, while his beames descend.
Lighten thecarth, but shaddow cuery stane -."
So reason stoo^ng to attend the sense.
Darkens the q)irits cleare intelligence.
Besides, these faculties of apprehension ;
Admit they were, as in the soules creation.
All perfect here, (which blessed large dimensioD
As none denies, so but by imagination
Onely, none knowes) yet in that comprehension,
Euen through those instruments nfaerby she
works.
Debility, misprision, imperfection lurkes.
As many, as there be within tlie brains
Distempers, frenues, or indispositions ;
Yea of our falne estate the fatall staine
Is such, as in our youth while compoaitious.
And spirits are strong, conception then a veake.
And faculties in yeete* of ynderstanding bivakc.
Againe, we see the best compleiioos vainer
And in the worst more nimUe sublilty ;
From whence wit, a distemper of the bnine.
The schooles conclude, and our c^ncity ;
How much more sharpe, the mora it apprehetids
Still to distract, and lease truth a
But all these natunll defects perchance
May be supplyed br sdencea and arts ;
Wluch wee tliiiM after, study, adioire, -aduatw^
As if restore our All, recure our smarts
. . They could, bring in perfection, bume our rods;
With Demades, to make us like otir gods.
Indeed to teach they conflUent pretend,
Alt generall, vniforme axioms srientiHcall
Of truth, that want beginning, haue no end.
DemonstratiuE, inMlible, onely essentiall:
But if these arts containe tins mystery.
It proues them proper to the D«ty :
Who onely is eternal], infinite, all-seeing,
Euen to the abstract enences of creatures ;
Which pure transcendent power can haue no being
Within mans finite, fraile, imperfect features:
For proofe, what grounda so generall, and kikown.
But are with many exceptions ouerthmwiie?
So that where aur philosophers confrsse,
That we a knowledge vniuersall haue.
Our ignorance in particulars we eipresse :
Of per&ct demonstration, who it gaue
One cleare example? Or since time began.
What one true lionat found out by wit of man ?
Who those charocteristicatl ideas
Conceiues, which science of the Godhead be 7
But in thdr.stead we raise, and ntould tropbsu.
Formes of opinion, wi^ and-vani^,
OF HUMANE LEAHillNG.
Whkh w«' can trta ; ind Ikll Id lotie with dieM,
« Ai did Pygmalion vith hu carred tree ;
For which men, all the life they here enioy.
Still fight, as for the Helens of thdr Troy."
Hence doe we out of words create ui aiti ;
Ofwhicb the people notwithstanding be
MastoB, and without nilei doe them impart :
Reason we make an art ; yet none agree
What this true reason is ; nor yet haue powers,
'fa leuell others reason rata ouia.
Katanv we dnw to art, which then foisakea
To be henelfe, when she with art combines ;
Who in the secrets of her owne wombe makes
The load-stone, aea, the aoules of men, and windes j
« Strong instances to put all am to schoole,
And proue the BeJenco-monger but a foole."
Nay we doe bring the influence oFstaires,
Yea God himselfe euen vnder moulds of arts;
Tet alt our arts cannot pieuaile so tamj
As to taMfinae our eyes, resolue our hearts,
■■ Whether the heaueni doe stand still or nunie,
Weie fiam'd by chaoct^ antipathie, or loue 7 "
Then what is our high-prais'd philosophie.
But bookesof poesie,in prose compil'd?
Fam mpre ddighcfull tbao they thiitfuU be,
" Witty appaiaaee, guUe that is beguil'd ;" ;
Corrupdng miiKls much rather than directing,
The *Uay of duty, and our prides erecting.
For as antsng physitians, what they c|]l
Word-magike, neuer helpetb the disease.
Which dntgges, and dyet aught to desle withal].
And by their reall working giue vs ease :
So these wDrd-Bellers.h*uB no power to cure
The passions, which corrupted liues endure.
,Yet not sslum'd theK lethaUsti still are,
Frdm youth, till age, or study dimme their ejea.
To engage the grammar rules in ciuill wsrre.
For some small sentence which they patronise ;
As if our end liu'd not in reformation,
But vetbes, or nounes true senie, or decIiuUian.
Mniike instructs me which be lyribe moodes ;
Let her instnicl me rather, how lo show
No weeping voyce for losse of fortunes goods.
Geometrie giues measure to the earth below ;
Rather let her instruct me bow to measure
. What is enough for need, what fit for pleasure.
Shee teachetfa, how to [ose nought in my hounds,
'And I would leame with ioy to lo«i them all :
T^ artist showes which way lo measure rounds,
But I would know how fint mans minde did fall.
How great it was, how little now it is, [this
And what that knowledge viaa which wrought t
"What thing a right Une is, the learned know ;
But bow auailes that him, who in the right
Of life, and manners doth desire to grow ?
What then are all these humane arts, and lights.
But seas of erton ? In whose depths who sound.
Of truth Bode onely' shadowei, and DO ground.
Life ia the wla4oiiie, art ia bnt the letter.
Or stiell, which oft men for the kemeQ take ;
to moodes, and figures moulding vp dece^
To make each science rather hard, than great.
nd as in grounds, which salt by nature yeeld
o care can make retume of other graine :
So who with bookes their nature ouer-build.
Lose that in practise, which in arts they gaine ;
That of our schooles it may be truely said,
Which former times to Athens did vpbraid :
That many came fint wisemen to those schoolea;
Then grew philosopher*, or wisdome-mongcrs ;
Neit rhetoricians, and at last grew foolea."
Nay it great honour were to this booke-hunger.
If our schools dreams could make their scbAan «ea
What imperfectiona in our natures be.
But these vaine idols of humanity,
As they infect our wits, so doe they staine.
Or binde our inclinations borne more free.
While the nice alchymie of this proud veine
Mak^ some grow blinde, by gaiing on the skie.
Others, like whelpes, in wraiigiing elencbs die.
And in the best, where science multipUes,
Man multiplies with it his care of minde:
While in the worst, these swelling harmonies.
Like bellowes, fill Tnquiet hearts with winde, ' '■-
To blow the fame of malice, question, striie.
Both into pubiike slates and private lift.
Not la It in the schooles alone whav arts
Transforme Ihemselues to craft, knowledge- to
Bophistrie,
Truth into rhetorike ; since this wombe imparls.
Through all the practice of humanity.
Corrupt, sophisticall, chymicall alwayes.
Which snare the subiect and the king betnycs.
Tlaugh there moat dangerous, where wit serVeth
might.
To shake diuine foundations, and humane.
By punting rices, and by shadowing right,
Which tincture of probabile prophane,
Vnder tklse colour ^uing truth such rates.
As power may rule in cliiefe through all estatei.
For which respects, learning hath found distaste
In gouemments, of great, and glorious fame ;
In Lacedemon scorned, and disgiac'd.
As idle, vaine, effeminate, and lame :
Engins that did vn-man the mindea of men
Yea Rome it selfe, while there in ber remain'd
That antient, ingenuous austerity.
The Greeke proTeaaora from her wals resttain'd,
And with the Turke they still exiled be:
Wc finde in Gods law curious arts reprou'd,
ne schoole approu'd.
Besides, by name this Ugh philosophy
Is in the GospeH term'd a rsine deceipt ;
A nd caution giuen, by way of prophecy
Against it, as if in the depth, arul be'ght
Of spirit, the apostle clearely did foresee,
That in the end corrupt the BchoolC'Tnen would
Gods true religion, in a heatlien mould. — ^
at
LpRP sBoass,
And not tlvtn inaka ^nha dei^r
But goda of 4L tbitf flnhly kuw brinp fottli :
Giue morUJl nature immortality,
Yet Ihinke all but ^DW prewnt nnlhuig worth
An angel'pride, and in t» much more vaine,
Siqca wbMtbey cquJd not, bow (bould weattaiua?
Farifnwuwiaedinnei, Iswea, arU, legenda. ichoolet.
Be built Tp«n the knowlsd^oT the eiriU ;
And if tbse tropliiet be the onely toolea,
Wbich doe maiotaine ttw kingdune of the diuell ;
IF^l thew Babels had ihe ciirse of tonguea.
So aa confusion itill to tham belonga i
Then aa those moulds neuer containe Ihar Maker,
Nor tboae (licQ fomuh uid different beings show,
Whicb figuif in hii worka ^ruth, wisdome, nature,
The onely ubiect for tM snule to know -.
Tbesa arts, moulds, workei can but expreiM the
VheocclV™
II fi>llie, liis &11 did be|pniie.
Againe, if all nuns ieMj orgtaa rest.
Voder that curse, as out of douht the; doe {
If sld^ aea, ekrth, lye inder it oppieit^
As tainted with tliat tast of emm too ;
In this rooilalitie, this strange piiuadoD,
What koowledgv standi but sense of dediiu
A rhapaodr of queadoua controuerted;
In which becausa men know no truth at all.
To euery purpose it ma; be conuerted :
ludge then whit gronfida Qua oan tp odur pja,
Thtt naued e^r in it sclfe mint line ?
TTfigdan. Ibe loule of man, prince of this earth.
That Uuely image of God's truth, and inight.
If it haue loat the bline of h^auenly birth.
And t? transgressioD dimm* that piercing light.
Which from their inwanl natures, gaue the name
To eu^ Dr«ature, and desajb'd the same
If tins be slain'd In eassoce, as in shiine,
Thou|^ all were pur^ wlience she collecla, diuidca
Good, ill ; false, true ; tbfngi humane, or diuine ;
Yet where the iudge is fajse, what truth abides?
False both the obiects, iudge, and method be;
What be those art* then of humanity ?
_ IS borne of mortall sense.
Opinions curious moulds, wherein she casta
Elenches, begot by hlse inlelligeDCt^
Betweene pur reasons, and our senses tast :
Jt[D<Ung mans minde with earths imposturC'tine,
For euer looking vp to things diuine.
Whereby, euen as the truth in euery heart
SeSnes our Boahly humor, and aSectiou ;
That they may eulier aenie the better put.
Know, and obey the wisedome to perfection ;
These dreamca embody and engroaae the minde,
To make the nobler serre the baser kind.
In lapse to God though thus the world remainea,
Yet dolh slie with diuine eyes in chaos'd light,
Striue, study, aearch through all her Guile vdnes.
To be, and know (without God) infinite :
To which end doyslers, cells, scbooles, she erects,
^^false npulih, that while theybsbion, doe iniect.
it9«*ijiioUhdat^-olt,
Vpon the tklse faundation (f Us guilt;
Confusedly doe w^ua wUhln our hewts,
Theii owne aduancement, state, and declination.
As Ihings whose bdngt are )>ut ttansmutatinn
Subject not onely tha«n Tnto time.
And alt obstructions of misgoucmment :
But in themaelTes, when tbey are most
Like fleshly visions,
" Risii - •■ '
Andn
But if they scape the Tiolenoe of waire,
(Iliat actiue initmment of baifaamme)
With their owne ntcenease tbey Iraduoed tnr
And like cqiiniou, eraflie moulds of ""-t-i-*^ ;
As founded vpon flatteries of sense.
Which mnat with truth keepe least inldligaiCKi
But in darke ■ ssim ignmnce
Some times lye shadowed, and allhon^ not deadL
Yet sleepiiLg, till tlie tames of dssnge, or chaooe
Doe (in their restlcase chariots gamisbcd
Among the cloudy meteon made of earth]
Giue them again, to scourge the world, new bkSL
Thus, (ill man end, his Tanities goe rouad.
In credit here, and thtrc discrtdited ;
Striubig to binde, and neuer to be bound ;
To goneme God, and not bee gnraned :
Which Is the cause his lift is thus confuwd.
In hia cotmption, by these arts ahiaed.
Mere see we then the ninenesse, and defect
Of schooles, arts, and all else that man doth know.
Yet shall wee straight resolTe, that by neglect
Of science, nature doth tlie richer grow ?
Iliat ignorance is the mother of dniotion.
Since schoolea giue them that teach this taeb |no-
No, no ; amongst tlie wont let her come Ei^
As nurse, and mother rato euery Inst ;
Since who commit ininalice, often sinne.
Because they know not what to each is iuat ;
Intemperance doth oft our natures winne.
Because whafi foule, Tndecent, wee tliinke be^
And by miaprition to grow in the rest.
Man must not therefore rashly science scome,
" But choose, and read with care ; since louoiDg is
A bunch of grapes sprung vp amoog the tbonte^
Where, but by caution, none the hirme can misw;
Nor arts true riches read to voderstand.
But shall, to please bit taste, offend his hand."
For as the world by time still more declines.
Both from the truth, and wisedome of crstioa :.
So at the truth she more and more repine^
As TTP^''"g bast to her last declination.
Therefore if not to care, yet to refine
Her ■
OF HUMANE LEAENINQ.
Knee ihwe pun nulea (wbo odI; know hii vtdc*)
Umue no ait, but <ri>edieiice, for their tot t
A mjUeiT betweene God, and tin Dun,
Aduiigi and giuiBg Guts man th*n we can.
Let n tbtn mpito Hmh^ and fint behold
"Hie woiM, with all her inMruoicat^ waics, endi ;
What kaepn iHtqionioo, what muM be ctotnl'd.
Which be bar eoeiide^ aiul which her Msidi?
That HI we bat ma^ coonnll, or dccrea
Hie nnit]' cam neuei witer bee.
Vhcniii to guide mans choice to mch a mood,
A* all the world maj iudge a worka of merit ;
1 wiah all curioua Kienco let blood,
SinMrfluoua purg'd tn
For though the woi
world be built vpon exeeae,
a ihee moM needi grow laan i
For man being Suite both in wit, time, mi^^
Hia dajea in Tanitie nu^ be roispent ;
V*e therefora muM itend hi^ier tlui delight.
The active hate a fhiitlease imtrumeiit :
So murt the world tboae buaie idle foolei,
That sore no other market than the adiaolei.
Againe the actiue,
C hight to be briefe in bookei, in pnctiK long ;
Slxwt piecq»t» may extend to roauj parts,
The practiie miut be large, or not be itrong.
And B> b7 aitlerae guidea, ttatea euer waioe ;
So doe they where then Tveleue ditaoien reigne.
For if theae two be in one ballance welgh'd.
The aftlease Tse beam dowue tfae vsclene art ;
With mad men, elie how ia tbe madd'it obtj'j.
But t); d^rees of rage in actiue bcarta ?
WUle conlonplation doth the world diatrae^
With laine ideu^ which it cannot acL
And in tins thinking Tndigeated notion,
Tramfortnea all bcingi into atomi ;
IMiaolaea, build* not ; nor reata, nor gets b; motion,
Heada b^ng lease than wombes of Tanit]' :
Which vidou make all humane arti Ihua tedious,
Intricate, vaiue, endleaae, as tbej prou* to vs.
Tbe wnrld should therefore her instructiona diaw
Backe rato lifb, and aetiona, whence they came ;
Thai piactis^ which gaua being, might giue law.
To make them abort, cleare, fVuitfull mto man.
As God made all for Tse ; even so must she,
Bj chance, and vae, fpbold her mysteiy,
" Bendea, where leeming, like a Cardan Sea,
Hath hittierto receiu'd all little iMOoke^
Bc, bonie tbair ni
And in ber greenesae hid thor chrystall lookea ;
Let lier tome ocean now, and gitie backe more
To tboae deare qnioga, than B^ receiu'd before."
ZjCt ber that gather'd rules empcriall.
Out of particular experiments,
And made meere contemplation of them all.
Apply Lbem now (o ipedall intents ;
TlMt she, and mutual! action, ma; maintaine
lliemBdDea, by taking, what they ^ue againe.
Foime art directly radcr natuna tawea ;
And all eflects so in their causes mould ;
As frails man liuely, without schoole of stnait,
Might see SBCcesaes comming in an art.
For acieiices fton nBtnra should ha dtawue,
AsattalVam practise, Dcucr out of bookea ;
Whose rule* are onaly left with time in pawne.
To shew how in tbem Tie, and nature lookea :
Out of wiuch li^t, they that aits Ant bsgan,
JHoc'd further, than succeeding ages can.
Knee how sboald water rise aboue ber finintaiae ?
Or spirits nde-bound aee beyond that light ?
So as if botAes be nnui's Parnassus nnountaine,
Within them no arts can be infinite ;
Nor say multiply hiniselie to moic,
But still gniw l^u than be that went befcoe.
Agsine, art should not, like a curtiiao.
Change babila, dresnug giaces euery day ;
But of hs- tennes one staple counterpane
Still keepe, to shuD ambiguous allay ;
That youth in definitions once receiu'd.
To wluch true and, in euery art there ihould
One, or two authon be selected out.
To cast the learaen in a constant mould ;
Who if not falsely, yet else goe diout;
And as the babea by many nurses doe.
Oft chi
The like turueyea that spirit of gouamment.
Which moulds, and tempers all these seniing aRs,
Should take, in choosing out Bt instruments.
To iudge men* iuclinations, and tbeir parts ;
That bookes, arts, nature^ may well fitted be.
To bold Tp thia worlds curious mjsteiy.
The outward churches, which their enBgnes bear*
So milt with power, and craft in euery part,
Ai any shape, but truth, may enter there :
All whose hypocrisies, thus built on passion.
Can yet nor b^g giue, nin' constant fashion.
For though the words she Tse, seeme leuels true.
And strong, to show tbe crookedneate of error;
Yet in tbe inward man there's nothing new,
Bnt masked euill, which still addeth terror,
Helfnng the ranity to buy or tell.
And rests as aeldome as it labours well.
While they make sensa scat of etctnity.
Must bury ftith, whose proper obiects ai
Bendes, these nymphs of Nemesis still woAe
Nets e{ opinion, to entangle ^rits ;
And in tbe shslow of tfae Godhead lurke,
Building a Babel vpon faithlesse merits ;
Whence fornie and matter neuvr can agree.
To nuke one church of Christianitie.
LORD BHOOKE.
More faitlifuUf endesuour'd 'to tiuU,
And thereby necrer cmme to doing well ;
^euer reiiealing curioua mysteries,
Vnlesse cnbrc'd by mans impietiH.
And when that dtsc^Mdicnra needs would dnle
With hidden knowledge, to praphane her Miker ;
Or voder questions contradicEion steale.
Then wisely vndertakes (his vndertBlter
'^itb puwerfull couocels, tliu nuule error mute ;
Not arguments, which still maintsinc dispute.
S6 were it to be wish'd, e«h kin^ome would
Within hei proper souenugnily,
Seditions, schiunes, and strange opinions mould
Oj synods, to a setled vnity ;
Such, at though error (uiustely did barme.
Yet publike schismes might not so ireely swanne.
For though the world, and man can neuer. frame
These outward moulds, to cast God's cboseu in ;
Nor giue his spirit where they giue his name ;
That power being neuer granted to (he siime ;
Yet in (be world those orders prosper best,
.Which from the word, in seeming, vatic least.
Since therefore she brookes not diuinity.
But superstition, hereaie, schitme, rites.
Traditions, l^ends, and hypociisie :
Let bet yet forme those visions in the light.
To represent the truth she doth despise ;
And, by that likeuesse, prosper in tier lies.
To which end lei her raise the discipline.
And practise of repentance, piety, loue;
To image forth those homages diuine,
Which euen by showes, draw faonour from aboue :
Embracing wisedome, though she hate the good.
Since power thus nyl'd is hanUy Tnderstood.
Lawes be her n«xt chiefe aria, and instrumeiits,
Of which the onely t>est deriued be,
Out of those tenoe wprds in Gods Testaments,
Wheie consdence is the base of policie ;
But in the world a larger scope they take, [make.
And cure no more wounds, than perchance they
They b«ng there meere children of diseate.
Not form'd at once by that all.4ecing might.
But rather as opinions markets please,
*■ Whose diuerse spirits in times present light,
Will yet teach kings Co order, and reduce
Those abstract rules of truth, to rules of Tse."
Tberefbre, as shadowea of those Uwes diuine.
They must assist church-censure, punish error.
Since when, from order, nature would decline.
There is no other naliue cure but terror j
By discipline, to keepe the doctrine free.
That laith and power slilL relatiucs may be.
Let this &ire hand-n
And to tlie wounds of consdence adde I
That ptiuate hearts may mto publike ei
Still gouem'd be, by order's easie raiuei
And by eilcct, make manifest (he cau
Of hai^y stales to be religious lawes.
That fearelesss each may
Secur'd (hat right shall n
IVrsoni inditferent, reall arti in prise.
And in no otlter priuiledge made wise.
Lastly, as linkes betwilt mankinde, and kings,
Ijawes safely must pnMecc obedience,
Vnder those soueTaigne, all-embrmdng wiuga.
Which from beneath eipect a reuerence :
That like the ocean, with her little qmngl.
We for our sweet may feele the salt of kings.
Pbysicke, with her faire friend philosoplue.
Come neit in tanke, as well as reputation ;
Whose proper subiect is mortalidc.
Which cannot reach that prindpdl cmtion,
Mixtures of nature, curious mystery.
Nor comprehend the infinite degrees
or qualities, and their strange operatiob ;
" Whence both, vpon (he second causes gr
Most iustly by the first cause, be confounded."
Therefore, let these which decke this bouae of clay.
And by excesse of man's corruption gaine.
Know probahilitie is all they may,
For to demonslinte they caimot attaine :
Let labour, rest, and dyet be their way
Mans natiue beat, and moisture to maintains,
As healths true base, and in disease proceed,
" Ratbcrby what they know, than what they read.'
ticke philos<^hi<^
Whose proper obiecis, forme and macteta aiej
In which she afl corrupla her mystery.
By grounding orders offices too Cure
'* On precepts of (he heathen, humours ofkii^s^
Customes of men, and times VI
Besides, wha[ can be certaine in those arts.
Which cannot yeeld a gencrall proposition.
To force their bodies out of natiue part* 7
But like things of mechanicall coudition.
Must borrow tliat ivherewtth they doe conclude.
And so not perfect nature, but delude.
Rcdresse of wliich cannot come from below ;
But fVom that oibe, where power exalted raignes.
To order, iudge, to goueme, and bestow
Sense, strength, and nourishment, through all the'
Ones in an age let gouemment then picaae
The course t^ these traditions, with their birth;
And bring them backe vnto their infant dayea.
To keepe her owne louersignity on earth;
Else viper-like, thdr patents they detioure :
For all powers children easily couet power.
Now for these instrumentall following arta.
Which, in the traflicke of humanity.
Afford not matter, but limme out llie parts.
And formes of spealcing with authority :
" I say who loo long in thdr cobwebs lurka,
DothUkeliimthatbuyestooleB,butneun' worb
OF HtJMANE LEARHIMG.
m\
Tbc one of Go^tbe <>tl)w of ttais deiiill,
Fcelc.' out of things, men wordi still fuhion emn :
•* So that from Hfe unce liueljr ironii proceed,
Wbat otber gmnmu' iloe our nmtuiei nted ? "
Logike comes neit, who with the tjmmj
Of lubtile rules, distinctions, terrnes, and noUons,
b of real! tnidi the hMraony,
Is theiudge
Hence striue the schoola, bj fint, and second kinds
Of lubstuices, b; essence, and eiistence;
That trine, »nd yet vnitednesse dJuine
To comprehend, and image to the sense ;
As doe tfae misled supersiidous minds,
By this one rule, or axiom taken tbence ;
Looktvbtie the whole is, there the parts must be,
Thinke the; demonstrate Christs Tluijuity.
Tbe wise reformers therefore of this art
Must cut oS*Ienneii, distinctions, axioms, lawes,
Such as depend either in whole, or part,
Vpon this stained sense of words, or sawes :
Onelj admitting precepts of such kinde,
A* without wDida maj' be mnceiu'd in minde.
Rbetoiilce, to this a sister, and a (winne.
Is growne a siren in the formes of pleading,
" Capliuing reason, with tlie painted skinne
Of manj words; wilh empty sounds misleading
Vs to blse ends, by these false forma abuse,
Bring neucT forth that truth, whose name they vse.
Besides, this art, where scarcity of words
Forc'd bv, at first, to malt^orikB wings.
Because no language in the earth affords
Sufficient characters to eipreiae all thinp ;
" Yet since she playes the wanton with this need,
And Staines the malrone with the harlots weed'"
WbotM tboM words in euery tongue are beat.
Which, doe most properly eipresse the thought ;
" For a> of pictures, which should manifest
The life, we say not that is fineliest wrought.
Which fairest simply showes, hut fsiie and like ; "
So words must sparkes be of those fires they strike.
For the true art of eloquence indeed
Is not this craft of words, but formes of speech.
Such as from liuing wiadomea doe proceed ;
Whose eodi are not to Hatler, or beseech.
Insinuate, or perswade, but to declare
What things in nature good, or euili aie<
Yet in tUi life, both thew play noble parts ;
llie one, to outward church-rites if applied.
Helps to moue thoi^hts, while God may touch the
hearts
With goodneiae, wherrin he Is magnified :
And if to Man we dedicate this ait.
It raiseth posaiDni which enlarge the minde.
And keepes downe passions of the baser kinde.
The other twinne, if to describe, or praise
Goodnesse, or God she her ideas liame.
And tike a maker, her creations raise
On lines sf truth, it beautifies the same ;
And white it seemeth oncly but to please,
Teachetb. TS order vnder pleasures name i
" Which in a glaase, shows nature how to fiuhiou
Her selfe agaiue, by ballandng of passion."
Poetie and rouaicke, ar
Succeed, esleeni'd aa idle mens profesuon ;
Because their scc^, being mcerely contentation.
Can moue, but not remoue, or m^e impression
He^y, wther to enrich *e wit.
Or, which is lesse, to mend our stales by it.
This makes the solid iudgmenta giue them place,
" Onely as pleaing sauce to dainty ftwd ; "
I~ine foyles for iewels, or enammels grace.
Cast vpon things which in thcmselues are good :
Since, if the matter be in nature vile.
How can if be made prelioui by a stile?
and plea:
" If studied for it setfe, disease of mind i "
The next (like Nature) dotb ideas raise.
Teaches, and makes ; but hath no power to binde :
Both, ornaments to life and other arts.
Whiles cbey doe serve, and not possesse our hearts.
The^ grace, aud disgrace of this following traine,
Aritlimetike, geometrie, astronomy.
Rests in the artisans Industrie, or veine.
Not in the whole, the parts, or syromctiic ;
Which being onely number, measure, time;
All following nature, helpc her to refine.
And of these arts it may be said agsjne.
That since their theoricke is infinite ;
" Of infinite there can no arts rvmaine.
Besides, they stand by curtesie not right ;
Who must their principles as granted craue.
Or else acknowledge they no being haue."
Their theoricke Qien must not waine their vse.
But, by a practise in materlBll things.
Rather awake ibat dreaming vaine abuse
Of lines, without breadth ; without fbathers, wings :
So that thdr boundlesnease may bounded be,
In workes, and arts of our humanjly.
But for the most part those professore are.
So melted, and transported into these ;
And wilh the abstroct swallowed up so farre
As they lose traffickc, comfort, vse, and ease :
And are, like treasures which strange spirita
guarded,
Neither to be enloy'd, nor yet discarded.
Then must the reformation of them be,
By carrying on the vigor of them all.
Through each profession of humanity,
Hililary, and mysteries mechanicall :
Whereby their abstract formes yet atomis'd.
May be embodied ; and by doing pris'd.
As for example ; buildings of all kinds ;
Ships, houses, halls, for humane policy;
Camps, hulwarkes, forts, all instruments of wurrv;
Surueying, nauigation, husbandry,
Trafficke, exchange, occompts, and all such oilier,
" As, like good children, do aduancelheirm-''- — "
599
LORD BEOOEE.
For tbus, tbcM utt pMw, wfaenM tber caoM^ to li&,
Circle no) lound in iel&.ii>uf[tiution.
Begetting lines upon an abslnct wife,
Ai children bi»^e for idle coutemplatioii ;
" But in the practiie of mans wisedoroe giue,
Meaoes, for tiie woridt iuhabiuau to line."
Lutl;, tbe ne of all TnUwfuU vta
Is mainc abuse ; whom acts, and contempUtiou,
EqUBUf founded ipon cmed parts.
Are onely to be cur'd bj extiipation :
like mle being true, that what at first is ill,
Grow worse by ne, or by refloitig wilL
" Now u the bullion, which in all estates.
The standard besret of souersignity ;
Although ^laid bj chaiBcters, or rates
Moulded in wisedome, or necesaitie,
Gets credit by the alainpe, aboue Ids worth.
To buy, or sell ; bring home, or cany forth :"
Eu'n BO, in these corrupted moulds of art.
Which while they doe conforme, reform* vs not ;
If all tbe false infectiaiu they impart
Be shadowed thus, thus fonnally be wrought ;
Iliough what works goodnesse, onely males men
Tet power thus' mask'd may finely tyranniie.
And let this seme to make all people see.
The Tani^ is cnfty, but not wise ;
Chance, or occasion her prusperitie.
And but aduantage in her bokd, no eyes :
Truth is oo cotmsellor to assist the euill.
And in hiB owne, who wiser than the deiiill 7
la which corrapt confusion let tb leaue
The Tanity, wiUi her sophiaticstions ;
Deceiu'd by thai wherwith she would deceiuci
Faying, and paid with Tsine imaginations ;
Changing, coniipting, trading hope, and fearc^
la stead of rertuea, which she cannot beare.
And so retume to those pure, humble creatures,
Who if they haue a latitude in any.
Of all these Tsine, traducing, humane features,
Wbne, out of one root doe proceed so many ;
They must be ipaiing, fbw, and onely such,
Aa helpe obedience, stirre not pride too much :
For in tbe world, not of it, since they be ;
Like pasnengers, their ends must be to t^e
Onely those blessings of mortality,
Whidi he that made all, &shion'd for llieir sale :
Not filing loue, hope, toirow, care, or feare.
On mortall blossoms, which must dye to beare.
With many llnkes, an equall glorious cfaaine.
Of hopes etemall those poor people frame ;
Tel but one forme, and metall it conlaines.
Reason, and passion, being lliere the same :
" Which wel.linckt chaine tlwy fiie vnto tbeiky.
Not to draw heauen downe, but earth vp by."
Thar arts, laws, wisedome, acts, ends, honors being
All Etamp'd aud moulded in tb' Eternall breast ;
Beyond which truth, what can be worth their seeing.
That aa fiilse wisedomes all things else detest?
_ Wherby tbdr worices are rather great than many,
T than to know, and doe, they haue nol any.
For earth, and ctttliytMssa it t
Which muies, stiifes, bates, oi
Which meteors noidi must from this dssie sow,
Wheie each tbouglit is on his Cmtorbenl;
And where both kings and people should a^ire,
To fli all other motions of dettic.
Hence haue they latitudes, whertin they may
Study sea, skie, ayre, earth, as they enioy tfann ;
Contemplate the creation, state, deiay
Of mottall thu^s, in tbem that mioiDplay dion :
" Preserue the body to obey the miode,
Abhi»Ta the aiTor, yet loue humane kinde."
Salomon knew nature both in berbea, plants, bosO;
Vs'd then for health, fbr honour, pleasure, gaii^
" Yet, that abundance few crownes wel dignt,"
Let his example, and his booke maintaine :
Kings, who baue trauail'd through the noilj.
Can beri describe ts what her risicras be.
For we in such kings (aa cleare minois,' scci
And reade the beauenly glory of tbe good;
All other arts, which borne of euill bee.
By thae are neither taught, nor rndtntood.
Who, in the wombe ^ God's true dmrdi ^A
mother [oOb-
Lcame they that know him wellt must know so
Winch God this people worship in thnr king
And through obslience trauaile to perfectiou ;
Studying their wills vnder his will to bring,
Yeeld trust, and honour both, to his dinctioD :
" And when they doe from his eiample swsn*
Beare witnesse to thtmselues they ill daenK."
Since goodnesse, wisedome, truth, then ioyn'din iw.
Shew kings, aud people, what the glories be
Of mutuall duties, to niake up a throne.
And weaue protection in huoiflity :
Where else to rockes when men doe fksten daiaa,
Their labors onely draw themselves la pains.
Now, if this wisedome onely can be fonnd.
By seeking God, euen in the fkilh he giu« ;
If earth, heauen, aes, starres, creatures be tbe bamoi
Wherein reueal'd his power, and wisedome Hik^
If true obedience be the way to tfai^
And onely who growcs better, wiser is:
Then let not curious, silly flesh conceife
It selfe more rich, or happy when it knowcs
These wordsof art, which men(asshelli)mui(cha'^
Before the lifes true wisedome they disclose ;
Nor when they know, to tewh, they knowDOt wW
But when their dunin men mav wondR at.
The taws line, onely where tbe law doth breed
Obedience to the workes It bindes n to :
And as tbe life of wisedome hatb eiprcst.
If this you know, then doe it, and be blest.
Againe, the Tse of knowledge is not strifr.
To contradict, and critical! become.
As well in bookes, ss practise of our Uie ;
Which yeelds dissoluing, not a building doemt,
A cobwebs worke, tbe thinnest fruit of wil.
Like ntomi, things reali seeme to iu
INQUISITION VBfm FAME AND HONOUR.
But ■■ to WWV ll« frn*. n om epd.
So a bo- iTortliieirt to ipaiDtsiTU the right ;
Not to mike question, amll or oMtBod,
Duall Ibi eutb yiUit vkimu in^nite i
SM nune fbe voild witb chuit^k toad.
Which uonv cau doa th*t an not wiw, wid good.
The c^^A ne llieB is man (^ (hat ha knoveir
it his paine* taking for the good of all.
Not dedit; »«epiag for our owue made woea.
Not laughing from a melaocboly gall.
Not hating Aom a soule that ouerflowea
WUh bittcrneaa^ brealti'd out &oid imrard tbnU :
" But sweetly nther to eue, lotne, or Unde,
Aa nmd raquina. tbia ftaile fidl'u hunua kiade."
Yet aoiDe aeeke knowledge meerelj to be kftown^
Apd idle corioaitie that ia;
Soma but to kU, not freely to bcaloir,
Theae gaine and spend both time, and wealth amine;
F.intwting arts, by basely deeming ao,
Some to Wild othera, which ib charity,
But lb(M to build tbemMlufs, who wise mat be.
And to conclude, whether we would eiEct
Our selves, or odtera 1^ this choice of arti ;
Our chide endeauour imiat be to effect
A aowid foucdatioD, not on sandy parts
Of light opinion, selfeaeste, words of men,
Butl^at Bufe teicke pf tnithi God's word, or peone.
Next that we doe not ouerbuild our states.
In seaiching socrets of the D«I;,
Obacuritiea of nature, casualtie at fates ;
But measure Grit our own humanity,
Tben on our gifts impose an equall nie.
And so seeke wiaedomc with sobriety :
" Not curious what our fellowea ought to doe,
But what our owne creation bindes ts to."
I«stly, we must not to tbe world erect
Tbealeis, nor pWt our paraiUae in dust,
Nc»' build Tp Babels for the diuels elect ;
Make tenq>ka of our beaita to God we must;
And thai, as godlesae wiscdomes follies be,
So are his heights our true philoaophie.
With which ioire cautions, man ouy well profeHe
To ttudie God, whom he is borne to serve,
Mature, t' admire tbe greater la the lease ;
Time, but to leanie ; our selues we may obierue,
To humble vsi others, to exercise
Our loue and patience wh^n duty lies.
I,ast]y, the troth and good to loue, and doe them,
Tbe error, i»iely to destroy, and shunne it,
Our hearts in gcnerall will lead vs to tbem,
When gifts of giKC, and &ilh haue once begun it
" For without these, the minde of man growes
Tbe body darkencsee, to the loule a lombe."
Tim* are true leamiags in the humble neart
A ipiritu^ worke, raisii^ Oods imsge, rased
By ouc ftamgiHssitmi a well-framed art.
At which the worid, and «rror stand amaicd ;
A light diuine, when man sees ioy, and sm»rt
InuDortall, in this mortall body biased ;
A wisilome, whicli the wisedome ts araurath
Witb beis eucn to Ihe tight of Cod endnratb.
Hard chsnctwi (I giaot^ to Scah and blood.
Which in tbe G^t perfection of cnotion
Fnety resign'd the state of bang good.
To know the euill, where it found priuation ;
And lo^ her bring, era she vndeiatood
Depth of fhis ttjl, pdne of regeneration :
" By which she yet must raise heraclfe Bf^ne,
Ere she aniudge all other knowledge Taine."
INdtllSITION
tTPON FAME AND HONOUR.
WnAT are mens liues, but labyriuths of enor,
Bbopn of decot, and seas of misery 7
Yet death yeelds ao nnall comfort, so much ten
Of which three bajtes, yet boDour seemes the efaiefh,
" And is TDlo the wwJd, like goodly weather,
Which giues tbe spirits life, the tbougbta reliefe.
Delight, and traudl, reconciles together:"
admire it.
So as the leam'd, and great, nc
Than euen the silly artisans ss[
When death looke her, before their worke was done.
And so bereft them of all hopce to come j
llat they would yet their own woA perfect makiS
Euen for thnr workes, and th^ selfe-gltHiea sake.
Among the worthies, Hercules is noted.
For fsme, to haue n^tected gaine, and pleasure ;
Cleombrotus to haue beene so deuoted.
To pease his deeds, by her nice weights and measure.
As he that to bis state, made his life thrall,
Tet to saue botb, would not let honour fslt.
Which great desire, hatch'd Tp in these xast spirits,
Liues as a relicke of mans discreation ;
When he affected to be iudge of merits ;
Or eccho, which giues all sounds moderation :
" An image too sublime for thrones to beare,
Who all what they command not, euei fWe. "
What was it then, made Aristotle raise
lliese imbound spirits to so high a rate ?
Call them ingenious, ciiiil), worthy praise?
Tbe answer's plaine, that neuer sny state
Could rise, or stand, without this thlnt of gloryi
Of noble woikes, as well the mould aa story.
For elae, what gouemour would spend his daye^
In enuious tnuull, for the publike good?
Wbo would in bo<^c>, search after dead auaa wayes?
Or in the wane, what souldier lose his blood I
" Liu'd not this &me in clouds, kept as a crowne ;
Both fur Qk sword, the tcqiter, and tbe gowne."
It tberelbre much concsmei each publike state.
To hoyse these costlene siyles Tp to tbe sky^
" For it » held a symptome of ill &te.
When erowDesdoc kt this tldrst of glory dye;
Which doth enlarge states, by enlarging heErtl^
And ont of deedes teach schooles to tashion alts.
s»
LORD BROOKE.
Hub fee we,1xith'the force, md Vse af bme;
How states and men houe honour by her stilef
Ai ecchoes that enuiroD order* frame,
Whic}^ diiproportioii waiteth to beguile.
Fame walls in truth, and cherisheth her end,
■* Knovres neither whf, Dor how, yet isherfriend."
For in the worlds corrupted trafficlie here,
Goodnesse puts onely tincture on our gall.
The light of truth, doth but in clouds kppcaie.
Hardly disccm'd, and not obey'd at all :
No man yeeids glory into him that make* him.
For if he doe, lie seen the world fonaies him.
Now in thi? twilight of deliberation.
Where man is darke because he will not see :
Must.he not trust to his selfe-constellatioD?
Or else grow confident, he cannot be ?
Assuming this, hee makes himselfe bis end,
Aad what be Tnderalands, that takes tt> friend.
In whieh Nrange oddea, betweene the earth and side.
Examine but the stale of euery heart ;
.Flesh feeles and feares strong inequality ;
" Horrois of sinne, cannot be free'd by art ; "
flumoun are mans religion, power his lewes.
His wit confusion, and his will the cause.
Nor is it thus, with man bimselfi; sJoiie,
His theaters and trophies, arc not free,
I mean all states, all gouernmenls, all thrones
That haue no basis, but his policy ;
" They all alike feele dissolution ready,
Tlieir owae subsistence failing, and vnsleady,''
Kebellion in the members to the head,
Aduantage in the head, to keepe them Tnder,
The sweet consent of sympathie quite dead,
Selfenesse euen iq>t to (care it selfe asunder :
" All gouemmeots, like man himselfe within.
Being restlesse composidong of tho »nne."
So as in this estate of mans defection,
ConRia'd BmongBt the good and ill, he goes ;
Both gather* and distributeth infection,
Chuseth and changeth, builds and ouenhrow* ;
For truth and goodnesse, hauing left his heart.
He and bis idols, are but words of art
AQiong which number, men must reckon fame.
Wit; superstition, learning, lawea that Irinde,
Without oiv Maker, ttd* worlds erased frame,
All which conitnine, but not instruct the minde;
Goueme the euils part, with her confUson,
Which haue no throne or being, but delusion.
"llien to cut faiili on fame, or these foundations,
Or not to thinke, as all these nothing were.
So backe to nothing, they shall haue gradation.
Since time must ruine all what she did beare.
Were not to know these drams of mortal! seed,
•■ In curing one, still more diseases breed."
And yet to part this worlds declining frame.
And let some pillars stand while others fall,
I mpane make vertues bodies vnto fame.
That be indeed hypocrisies of hell ;
Must needs exile all hope of doing well :
God being Tnbeleeued, or vnknowne,
* I humoiie windome, with it selfe o'retlwown.
For to be good the world finds it too hard.
And to Ifc nothing to subsistence is
A fatall, and unnaturing award.
So as betweene perfection, and Tnblisse,
Man,'DUt of man, will make himselfe a framtv
Seekes outward helpe, and borrowes that of hne.
Yet doth there rise fi«m abstract conteoiplotiai,
A gilt or painted image, in the braine.
Of humane vertues, fames disestimation.
Which, like an art, our nature so restraines ;
" As while the pnde of action wee suppnaoe,
. UangTOweanobetler, and yet states grow lease."
HcDca they that by their words would goda becoBM,
With pride of tbought, depraue the pride of deed^
Vpon tbe acriue cast a benuy doome.
And marre weake strength s,tomultiply stron^weed* :
" While they conclude tkmes trumpets. Trace, and
More fit for ci
n worthy m
For fkine they still oj^nse euen fWim those grmuuh,
That prone as truly >Ii things else aa Taine,
They giue their vertues onely humane bounds.
And without God subuert to build againe
ReGn'd ideas, more than flesh can beare.
All foule within, yet speake as God were tbere,-
Mons power to make himselfe good, they maintaine.
Conclude that fate is gouern'd by the wise ;
Affections they supplant, and not restraine,
Wilhin our seluea, they seat fcUdti™ ;
" With things 03 Taine, they Tanity beat downe.
And by selfe-ruine, sedce a "
Glory's dispraise, being thtis with glory tainted.
Doth not as goodnesse, but a* euils doe
Shine, by informing others beauties painted.
Where bashfull truth vaylea neighbour
All humane pride, it built on th' '
And art on art, by this teekes a
Without his God, man thus must wander ei
See mootes in others, in himselfe no bcMnes
" III ruines good, and ill erecteth neuer.
Like drowning torrents, not transporting stre
The vanity from nothing bati '
And malces that essence goo<j
Yet from tiiese grounds, if fame wee ouerthrov,
We lose mans eccho, both of wrong and tight,
Leaue good and ill, indifferent here below.
For humane darkenesse, lacking humane light.
Will easily cancell nature* feare of shame.
Which worites but by intelligenco with JiSDC.
And cancel) this, before Gods truth be knowne^
Or knowne, hut not beleeued, and obeyed ;
What seeming good rests in usof our owne?
How ii i-ni-ruplion from corrupting stai4?
" ji the flesh doth ba«
In humane commerce, then let l^e remaine.
An oatwird tnirrour of the inward mind*!.
That, what msn yeelda, he may receiue againe,
And his ill doing, by ill hearing finda :
For then, though power crre, though laweabelanM
And conscience dead, yet ill auoyds not ijiane.
INOUISmON UPON FAME ATID HONOUE.
But let Ts IcBuc theK ■tiKmy oibsof puaion,
Wbsre humoun oaeij balUnce one (nother.
Making pur trophiefl of > marlall fashion,
And Tuiilj, of euery act Ibe maCher;
For inward peacf , being neuer wrought hy fame,
Proues nuuii worth is no nature, but a name.
^lierefore let this cleare itreame, beare doime to-
Fame, and pIiiltHophie her (lie opposer; [gether
A« bauing nothiiig of their uwne in either.
Worthy to make each by the other loser :
Since if by Chiistian rules, their depths be taken.
The body and the ihadow both are shaken.
Fw where the father oT philosophie,
Vpon the common vertues, but aboue.
Doth raise and build his magnanimity,
A gtaitnesse not with little fiune in loue.
Hard to flnde out, as goodnesie i> with vs,
' And without goodnene, meere ridiculous.
Let truth ciamine where this rirtue liucs.
And bold it raine, if not produc'd in act t
*' Man i> corrupt, and no perfection giues,
Wbateuer in hun others praiie enact :
So as if fame be vnio goodnesie due ;
It onety can in God, be great and true : '^
For mans cluefe Tertue, is bumilitiB,
True knowledge of his wants, his height of merit ;
l^kts pride of minde, this magnanimity ;
His gnotcM tice, hi* flist seducing spirit ;
With Tenimous infection of his fall,
To aeipeat-kike appeanuice euer thrall.
Fatther we vrge agumt this masters grounds,
That OUT first Adam, imag'd is to is.
In that iruit pride that worth^iceeding bounds.
Whereon schooles build their true imaginations :
« Since to be like his Maker lie aifkcted.
And being lesse still thought tumselfe neglected."
Which spirituall pride (no duubt)
All Seshly hearts, where thirst of honour raues.
For B« vpon the seat of God Ihey will,
A« did those -princes, who instead of graues
Made idol*, altars, temples to be rnis'd.
Wherein, like go<k, Ihey were ador'd and praii'd.
And such againe, hath God'i seene churdi brought
Ai doe in Peter's choire, God's power assume,
Such was Menecrates of Utile worth,
Who lone, the sauiour, to be call'd presum'd,
To whom of incense Phillip made s feast,
And'gaue pride scome, and hunger to digest
Aemne, to take the (rue anatomy
Of these, and search in life what sure foundation
For humane good, or grealneases there be,
Wee shall disceme the roote ofthia ambiti<i
To be concdpt, that glory doth contalne
urall sparke, or apparition,
Ah silly creatare, cunt nx^ttdit/l
What canst thiiu know, that knowest not mans esuh
To be but lice, gill with hypocrisie;
" Which doth the life it most resembles, hate ?"
And yet affects thu dears mshadow'd light.
Wherein her darke deformities show bright.
So that, for thee to passe the piercing eyes
Light tongues, and listening earn of curious fame,
Were to use trafficke to thy preiudice.
As with a trumpet publishing thy shame ;
•■ Whichallbutfooles, who know theirown heart
least.
Rather leeke to conccalc, than manifest."
Besides, to be well knowne lindi out oppressors.
By which tbo world still bonoiin thee the lesse;
For who be throughly knowne, are euer ioosers.
If fame belye not mans vnwarthineue.
Where to the iust, in thought, as well as deede ;
What other trumpet, dotb the conscience neede ?
More Iban the
'd, lou'd, obey'd, and knowne,
tfftci, with jKtwers aboue hi* owne.
Yet in mans youth, perchance, fume multiplies
Courage, and octiue Tndentondingnesse,
Which cooles in age, and in experience dyes.
Like fancies smoke opinions wantonnetse :
Yet who knowes, whether old age qualiHes
This thirst of fame, with vnderstandingnesse.
With selfe-despaire, or disabilities 7
Whether experience, which makes fame seemelesse;
Be wit, or feare, from narrownesse arising,
True noblenesse as none of these despinng ?
Neueithelene fVaile nun dotb still aspire
Vnto this welbcleeuing reuerence.
As helpes, to raise his masked errors higher.
And BO by great improucments in the sense,
Eitend mankind unto the bounds of praise,
Forre aboue order, law, and duties waycs.
Or if this reuerence be not the Are,
Wherein mankind a0ects to mould his slate ;
Then is it loue, which they by fame aspire,
A n imposition of the highest rale
Set upon people, by their owne dewre,
Not making powers, but natures magistrate ;
Whether in people, yorth, or chance worke this.
Is knowne to them, that know what mankind is.
" For true to whom are they, that are mtnie
To God and nothing seriously intend,
But tiimult, fury, fancy, hope of new ?
Neuer all pleas'd with loue, if be descend ;
Vnconstant, like confusion in a miodv,
Not knowing why it hates, nor why 'lis kinde."
To ploue this by example, take Camillaus,
Sdpio, Solon, Metellus, Arisddes,
Tbemiitocles, Lycurgu*, or Rutillius,
And by their change of humors toward these.
Let Ti conclude, oil people ve vnlust.
And ill affections end in malice musL
Besides, the essoice of this glorious name,
" Is not in him thai hath, but him thai giues it :"
If people onely theu distribute fame.
In them that vnderstand it not, yet Uucs it :
" And what con thor applause williin v* raises
Whp are not conscious of that worth Ihey proisi
LORD BROOKE.
Nor is It by the Tiilgu altagediiT, *
That fame thui gmva ■ wondor of nine dajrw j
The wise and learned, plucke awaj her falhtn.
With enuiouB humoan, and opposing wayca :
For they depnuie each other, and detail^ -
ThoH Btaoai, and beards, thou augun tnffli^ by.
Plato (tis true] great Homer doth commend.
Yet from hia common-weale did him exile ;
Nor is it wDids, that doe with word* contend.
Of deeds the; vary, and demurrc of Mile :
" How to please all, ai no words jet could tell ;
8a what oi» act did all yet censtire well 7 "
For proofe, what works more for the publike good,
Than that rare libraiie of dead mens treasure ;
Collected by the Egyptian royall blood?
Which Seneca yet censures at hii pleasure,
No elegance, Dor princely industry,
But rather pompe, and studioui luxury.
Nay, his owne epithete atudioui, he corrected.
Inciting that for plid^ not studies Tee,
Tbe luxurie of kings, had them collected:
So what in scome ofcrilicall abuse,
WsssaidDTbookeSiDf fkme will proue the slate,
That readers censures are the writers £tte.
Thus show our liues, what fame and honour be,
Conndercd in theDjeelves, or them that gaue them ;
Now there remaines a curiosity.
To know euen what they are, to those that haue them ;
" Namely vntwdinale to get or rse.
Difficult to keepe, and deiqpenue to lose."
And for the fint, if fiuue a monster be.
As ^rgil doth describe ber, then she must
Conte from a monstrous birth and pnigenie i
And if she be the child of peoples lust.
Then must she (without doubt) be basely borne,
■' And, like her parents, neuer vniforme."
For what indeed more monBlrous, or more base,
Ulan these cbimens of distempered miodes,
Borne of ojnnion, not of lertues race.
From whence it growes, that these Rune-hunting
They walke not umply good, or euill waies.
But fiele of numbers, none of which retume ;
As Polypus with stones, so they wilt praise.
Change colours, and like Proteus their ftsme,
" Following the people* lust, who like their cloths
Still shift conceit of truth and goodnene both."
These honour none, but such as boast their piide.
And retidy heads for all times htmtoun be.
So as not eminent Tertue is the tide
Which cairies fame, but swolne iniquity,
What shall we iudge of Sylla and Marius then ?
But sstyn, cenlaures, demi-beasts and men.
Such as false glory sought by b^ig heed.
Of the patrioan, or plebeian &ction ;
By which that miatrcsse stale was ruihed,
XHuision euer bringing in contraction ;
Among the laam'd, so Epicurus wan
^^His fiime, by making pleasun) god of man.
Diogenw 1^ mockas, Heraclitns b} ttaiia,
Demoditus bf smiles, and by such ladders cUmai
Each sect and hereaie, to honours sphearv^
With new opioioos, in misguided times,
Subuerling nature, grace, duility.
By scandalous, satyricall scurrility.
Thus Aretine of late got rtputstion.
By scourging kings, as I^ueian did of old.
By scorning gods, with their due adoralioD ;
And therefore to conclude, we may be bold,
Tliat people* loue, with euill acts is wonn^
And sttber lost, or kept, as it hegiinnwi
What winde then blowes poore man into this sea.
But pride of iiesrt, and singularity ?
Which weary of true rertues humble wny.
And not enduring nuns equality,
Seeketh by wit, or aophiMry to rise ;
" And with good words, put off Ul
Of which ambitions, lime obserues three kindea:
Whereof the hrst, and least Tnaaturall
Is, when fraile man some good in himsel& fiadca ;
But ouer-prii'd ; defects, not peai'd at all :
" Ijke bankrupts, vbo in auditing tbeir stato^
Of debts, and of expenee forget the rates."
And of these Solons fboles, who theb owDe wanta
Cannot disceme, if there were not too many.
Our inward frailtiea easily would supplant
Outward ambitions, and not suffer any
To Tsurpe these swelling stiles^ of domination.
Which are the Godheads tr ■ ' ■ -
The second wee may terme politicall.
Which value men by place, and not by w6rtb,
" Not wisely, liiinting we be counters all.
Which but the summea of goucnunent set forth :
Wherein, euen those Ibat are the highest placed
Not to their ownc, but others ends are grneed."
So that fWnn Pbaroahs court to lethros cell.
If men with Moyses could their hearts retin^
Id honour they diould enuilesse excell.
And by an eouall ballance of deure,
Liue tree from clouds of humane hope, and fiean^
" Whose troubled drclea oft strange meteors
The last sort is, that popular vaine pride ;
Which neither standcth vpon worth nor place.
But to applause, and selfc-opinion ty'd,
Like Esops iay, whom othcn feathers grace,
Himselfe as good, and glorious estecmelh.
As in the gluse of flatUry he seemcth.
This makes him fond of praise, that knows it Ijes ;
The cruell tyrant tbinkes his grace renown'd,
Enen while the earth with guiltlesse bloud be dyes;
And his magnificence, euen then resound
When be doth ruiine allbefore his eyes :
Of which vaine minds, if may be truly said.
Who lolU &lse praise, of false scome* are affisid
Bendes, a* this ambition hath no bound ;
3d grows it protid, and instantly vnitnt,
Biwreitig sfao(tJ>rbuh'd (kihe aloud to sodnd,-
By pwdoalog ddits, and by defrauding trtnt ;
INaUISITION UPON FAME AND HONOUB.
Tba; both good uniaDta, bi
lliui we dUceme what counes Ihej miut bold,
That maka this humiMir of applauM thair and :
The; haae no true, and ao no camtsnt mould ;
light cbangi^ ii both their aismj and friend.
Who built that church, be burnt, hath loat hii
Yet wbeD Ibil brittle glor; thui in gotten.
The keeping U aa painefuU, more confiue.
Fame liues b; doing, ia widi reat forgottim,
" Shee those thai would euio; bo- dMh rdW,
Wooed (like a Uii) will be and obeetu'd ;
Euer ill kept, rince neuer
And if true iame with luch great paine be wonne,
Wonne, and preseru'd, of iklse what can we hope ?
Since ill with greater coat than good i> done :
Againe, what bath leaie latitude or scope,
To keep, than that which euery change bereauei.
That timet, mans own heart, or the world rcceiu'i?
Laatlj, IhU Eune hard gotten, wotae (o keepe.
Is ueuer loat, but with dapair^ and shame,
Vbidi make man's nature, cnce iallen from this
le thor being shouM out-lait their name :
Some in aelfe-pitty, tome in exile languish,
Othcia rebell, some kill thenuelues in anguish.
Like relatiues, thus stand Cm world and ftme,
Twinnei of me wombe, that loae, or win togetber,
Witb Vulcan's oeta, thef catch each othen shame,
Diuide with God, and so are losers euer ;
" Alone they are but nothings, well dUguia'd,
And if compar'd, more worthily despis'd-"
But now 1 heare the vt^ce of power, and art,
A btall diaaolution straight proclaime,
Cloaely to be inweau'd in euery heart.
By mdermining thus the w<Mld, and tame ;
" For wound fame in the worid, the world in it,
TbejF aake whati left to stirre vp humane wit."
" Must good mens deeds, with ill mens words bi
payd?
When we are dead, is merit dead with ts?
Shall breath determine Oud, and vertue thtu?"
Some scbooles made fame a shadow, some a debt.
To T«nue some a handmaid, none her end :
For tike a God, she othen striuea to get.
ABecb DO boDour, naeda nor fame, nor Mend ;
*■ Moued, shee moues man to adore her mouer.
And ooslj ^uea bersdfe to those that loue her.
Hence did the Homanes, mountebanke* of ftme,
Build fame, and virtue temples, so in one,
Aa thorough vertuc'all men to it came.
Yet Tnto Tertue, men might passe alone j
£i pressing flune, a conaequence, no cauie,
A powerlbatspeake*, not knowing by wiMllawcs
5S7
But let true wisedome cany ip our eyes,
To see how all truq Tertues figured bee,
Angel-Iilte, paiaing to and from the Bkiea,
" By Israeli ladder, whose two ends are free
Of beauen, and earth; to cany >p, and downs,
lliose pure souls, wldch the Godhead means to
And if you aske them whether their pure wings.
Be charrets, to beare vp those fleshly prides
Of crowne-rootl miters, church-unroofing kings,
Conquest and fame, whose ebbe and flowing tides.
Bring forth diuiding titles, c^itiu'd Uwes,
Of mans distresae, and ignorance the cause?
These Tertues answer, they be powers diuine ;
Their heauen, faith ; olHect, eternity :
Deuised in earth, thoae mines to r^ne,
Vnder whose weight, our natures buried lye ;
" Faiih making reason perfect ai before.
It fell, for lacke of faith, beleeuing more."
Abcees they are, which doe vnteach agvne
That knowledge, wliich first taught *i not to know
The happy state, wherein we did remaine,
When we for lacke of euill, thought not so ;
New making Paradise, where we began.
Not in a ganlen, but the heart of man.
And as to serpents, which put off their akinne.
Nature lenewes, a naturall compleiion,
So when the goodnesse doth Tncase the sinne,
Health so renewed, can neuer take infection ;
*" Id inchants not, hel hath lost her migJit,
eclipse the Infinite ?
For what mist cs
Wliich p>u« reflexions, what dimme eye can seo?
And after dther world, or fame admire ?
Comparisons eipels the Tanitie,
Immortall here, is obiect of desire,
" Nature abhoires this supematurall.
And scom'd of fleab, aa God is, they be aU."
Yet hatb the goodnesse, this of infinite,
Tliat they who hate it, praiae, who hurt it, feare,
Wbo striue to shadow, help to show her light.
Her rootes, not fame, but loue, and wonder beare,
" God, that to passe, will haue his iustice come,
M^es sin the thiefe, the hangman, and the doom.
These wooe not, but coounand the Toice of fkmc.
For line they, dye they, labour they, or rest.
Such glorious lights, are imag'd in their huae ;
As nature feeles not. art hath not eiprett :
All what the world admires comes from within ;
A doome, whereby the sinne, conddnnes the sinne.
Then make the sunune of our ideas this,
Wbo loue the winld, giue latitude to hirw.
And this man-pleasing, Gods displeaung is,
Wbo loue their God, haue glory by his name ; .
But fixe on truth, who can, that know it not ?
Who file on error, doe but write to blot.
" Wbo worship fame, commit idolatiy,
Make men their Cod, fortune and time their worth,
Fcnne, but refbrme not, meer hypocrisie.
By shadowes, ondy abadowes biinglng fbrih.
Which must, as blossomes, fade ere true fruit
springs,
(Like race, and eccho) iayn'i; yetiliuen things
LORD BEOOKE.
TREATIE OF WAllttES.
Peio is the huuest of nuns rich ereuion.
Where wit and paJne haue acope to sow, uid rcape
The miiide, by arts, to woHie her eleuadoa ;
Care is sold deare, and sloth ia neuer cheape.
Beyond the intent of nature it pit>un
The earth, and fruiifull industry it loucs,
Vnder the ground concodements it discouerg;
It 6ofb giue rorme. and matter multiply ;
Her acts beget on nature like a louer,
But for incrnuie, no seeds within her dye :
Exchange, the language is she speakes to all {
Yet least confusion feeles irf' Babela fall.
Seas yecld their fiah, and wildemesse their woods,
Foulcs fur her food, and festhera fur her pleuure.
Beasts yeeld their labour, fleeces, flesh, and blouds,
The elements become her aeruants, and her treasurei
To her alone, God made no creature Taine,
No power, but need, is idle in her nugQe.
When she hath wrought on earth, slie man improuei,
" A shop of arta, a rich and endlesse mine,"
Workea by hifl labour, wit, bis feart, and loue.
And in refining him, all else refines ;
" Nature yeelds but the matter, man Che forme,
Wbicb m^es the world a manifold letume."
uiity,
His good, and ill, hii need, and '
Both, sets himselfe a-worke, and auxn tuu j
Trades, and eichangeth our humknityj
Her maits are more than lawes, to make men doe ;
Nature bring! nothing forth, that is not MTOught,
And art wimtea DOtbing on her, but is bought.
If peuN be Buch, what must we thinke of warre,
" But horrouT from aboue, below eonfuuon,"
Where the nihappy onely happy are,
Aa poking mischiefe cucr her conclusion?
" Scourges of God, figures of hell to come.
Of vanity, a Taine, io&mous tombe."
Y^betc neither throne, nor crowne heue reuerence,
Sentetice, nor writ, nor sergeant be in fashion;
All terror sconi'd, of guiltinene no sense ;
A discipline whereof the rule is passion :
I " And as mens tIccs, beasts chiefe vertues are,
So be tbs shames of peace, the pride of warre. "
j Here northern? bodies ranquiah southcrne wit,
r Greeke sciences obey the Romane pride,
Order serues buUi to wue, and kill with it,
Wiidome to raine onely is apply'd ;
Fame, worth, religion, all doc but assure.
Vain man, which way to giue wounds, and eudure.
And when the reines of bumine hope atid feare.
Are thus laid on our neckes, and order cbang'd.
Pride will no more, the yoke of heauen bare,
l|Ior our deures, in any bounds be rang'd ; [right,
llie world must take new fonna of wrong and
For warre did neuer loue things definite.
ts of minde.
Vertue no othar mould but courage finde^
All other beings, in her being dyes ;
Wisdome of times grows infjaney a^ne,
BaaMs rule in man, and iDsn doc beastly nigne.
Audit the end : how con fauntanity
Freserred be in mine of mankinde ?
Both fbaiv, and courage feele her cruelty,
" The good, and bad, like fatall mine finds :
Her enemies doe still prouide her food.
From those she mines, she recriues her good."
Was not this Mars, then Mauors rightly nani'd.
That in one instant, ail thus ouerthrowes?
Or can the poets beauy dooms be blam'd.
Bulm
ince the earths first age, brought giants faith,
nesse for gooil, hath so past euery where,
Aa euen this cloud, of gianumaking worth.
Proudly the stile of fame, and honour beares ;
" Kings are hercreai
And beings take, froi
Thus did v>
e Nimrod, (that m
nting beast]
Kaise ip the first God-scorning monarchy :
And from the warre, er'n so spraag vp the mt.
That by adnantage, chann equality :
So as those princes, still mi ' '
Which staine roost earth, <
it famous ore.
The ground wluch makas most «
s lima fhod ^
la, that with armes all ompirei doe incrane :
But morke iriiat's tiex^ wM anm diejr niin^ an :
For when men feele the health, and blisae of peace.
They cannot rest, nor know they other art.
But that wherein themseluea, and others smart.
Now when the policies of great estatea.
Doe Mai^ professe, religion Ibea to warre
It selfe must fashion, and endure such rates,
" This made the Greeks, paint al their gods in
As friends, of mans selfe-haiard, to
Such the religion is of Mahomet,
His doctrine, onely warre, and haiard
His discipline, not how to vse, but gel.
His court, a campe, the law of sword bis ;
Venues of peace, be holds elTeniinBte,
And doth, >s vices, banish them his sta
And though tlie Christians Gospell, widi ihefn bi
Etteem'd the loyfull emboaaie of peace.
Yet be that doth pretend supremacy,
VpoQ their church ; lets not contouiaa naae ;
But with opinions stirres Tp kings to wan^
And aamea them martyrs, that hjs finiea ■!«.
And vnto amies, to multiply deootian.
Calls that land holy, which by God is curat ;
IMslurhes the churches peace, stJrrea vp a
And as (with drinking Christian blood) a-
From desolation, striues to set that &ee.
Wboae seruitude stands, fixtjn Gods-decrM,
A TREATtE OF WARRES.
Thui see we, how tbe*e Tgly fuiioiu qiirits.
Of wane, are ciolb'd, colour'd, uid diiguU'd,
With Miles of vertue, bouour, E«le, ud meiita,
WhoK Dwne compleiiou, well wiMomu'd,
A miiture if of pride, nge, uurice,
AndiilioD, liut, and euety tngicka vie«.
** Sam* loui no cquali. ■ome ■upecioura sconu^
One irft-ri more worldi, utd be will Helens baue.
This coiieti goldt wiib diuen Ikcea bomep
Tbe*ehiimouni«JgBc,«idleadmenUitlieirgn>ua: "
« Whcnb; for Isjei, and little wage*, we
Ruiiu our edues, to laiie Tp Ijiumy."
■■ And ■> iriwa wiadi an „
Ssi then an UMt, and waua with wane muu fight 1 "
So when pow'ra rertlnaw humoura bring forth wwre,
Tbci« people bean the ftulli, and wounda of might i
" The error, and diicaMB of the head
■till, TOtiU the limmes be dewL "
Yet are not people* erron, euer free
From guilt of woundi tbej MiKr by the warn ;
" Neuer did anj publike miaery
Riee of it seife ; Gods plagues stitl grooDded are
Od coauDon Etaioea of our humanity:
And to the flame, which ruincth mankind,
Man giueatbe matter, or at leaat giun wind."
Nor an tbeae people earned into blood
Onely, and atill with violent giddy pauion,
But in our nature, r^htly «ndeiMDod,
Rebellion liues, (till itiiiiing to diefaabion
Order, authority, lawea, any good.
That ibould icMrahw our liberty ofpteaimc,
Bound our dcaignea, or giue desire a nieaaure.
So that iu man the humour radicall
Of riolence, i» a swelling of desire ;
To get that ftecdome, csptiu'd by hia fall ;
Which yet fldU more by rtriuing to clime higher :
« Men would be ^nnts, tyrants would be gnd^
■nnis they become our scourgea, we their rods."
Now tUi coorluaoD, tiata these grounda we lake,
Tlat by our bll, wee did Godi image leaue,
Wboae power and nature is to aaue and make ;
And firnn the deuila image, we receiue
" Tbia apiril, which aiima mankind with man to
Which deuils doe not j wherein worse we are."
For proofe ; this very spirit of tbe deuill.
Makes men more prompt, ingenious, earnest, five.
In all tbe workes of rtiine, with the euill ;
Tien thejr in sauing with the goodnesse be i
" Criddu rpon all writers, then ere many ;
Planters of truth, or knowledges not any."
How much more predoua ia the satyr pen,
Homin or Mimus, than the Lyricke rajne,
Or EpiAe image to Che hearts of men ?
And as in learning, so in life againe,
» Of CT^ tyrants store, wise kings scan* one,
L«w-breaken many, w4 law-makers nooe."
Diligence, courage, constancy exeetl.
ITian in good arts of peace or juety?
So worke we with tbe deuill, he with ts ;
And makea his haruest by our mine thus.
Hence grew diat catapult in Sidl found.
This counterfeit of thunders firy brath,
Sdll multiplying forces Is confbtmd ;
Allaying courage, yet refining death :
Engines of ruine, found out by the deuili.
Who moue* warre, fin, and blood, all, like him,
euill.
Yet let ua not forget that bdl, and bee,
Vnder tbe power of heauen, both incline ;
And if phyailiBna, in their art did aee,
" In each di*eaaetfaa<e was Bomc sparks diuine:"
Much more let tb the hand of God confesse,
In all these sufferings of our guihinease.
Hence great diseases in great bodies bred.
Of states, snd kjrtgdomes, often are foretold,
By earthquakes, comets, births disfigured.
By rinona, signes, and prophecies of old :
" Who tbe fours monsrchs change mors clearly
■pake.
Than Daniel, long before they roots did take?"
The Scripture then assuredly saith true.
That warre begins, from some oRence diuine i
That God m^L-s natkm nstion to subdue.
Who led his flocke, to that rich promised mine ;
Not for their goodness^ but euen for the unne.
Tie Canaanites and Amorites liu'd in.
Nor by the wsrres doth God reuenge alone,
He sometimes tries, and trauelleth the good.
Sometimes sgoine, to haue bis honor knowne.
He makes come grow, where lYoyitselfeoncestood:
Lets fate passe from him, on the wheelea of time.
And change to make the falling ballance clime.
For if one kingdome ahould for euer flourish.
And there one faimly for euer raigne ;
If peace for euer should one people nourish ;
Nobili^, authority, prosperity, and gaine.
As Tnder nature, ksspe one fixed stats,
• ■ offtte;
God would in time teeme partial! vnto some.
To others cruell, snd to all vniuat;
His power despis'd, and mans owne wit his doomt
Chance in bis hands, change mdemeath hla lust;
Superiours, still Inferiours tyrannising;
Aduantagt^ m
7^11 at tbe length, enormities of vice,
Lawea multiplicity, prides luiuriousnesae.
Increase of people, leprous ausrice.
Arts lophiatication, tralGque in sieesse, '
Opinions freedoine, fuU ofpreiudice.
Curious uoueltis ; all faire weeds of peace,
" Would ruine nature, and men monaten make,
Weary the earth, and make her wombe not take."
Needful! it therelbre is, and deerely true.
That all great empirea, dties, seals of power
M m
LORD BROOKE.
ReualU,
AUhUH
Which!
ise and fall, won q|d, uid not renew,
ly discate, Iliat !*ma without dmoui,
in euen bj' dUordera in them bred,
le ontij, and diicouer'd in the dead.
z which are Included lecret bateg,
diipleaauni, discord, ciuUl wane ;
their growing, and dediciing BtMeB,
ith time, place, occadcm bounded an i
hope for that in
Which Rome (the queen of crown*) could no
T^uH change by watre, eniojea her clianging doome ;
Irui growl rich, and Cnesus miut wax poore.
One from a king ■hsU cchoolemasler become,
And he nude king, that wrought in patten oarv ;
They who commanded eral niuit now obey.
And fame, euen grow infiunoiu in a day.
That by vidsalude of these tr
And cliaage of place, corruiition, and exceue ;
Craft oueibuilding all degenerationB ;
might be reduced to the fint addrme
Of naturea tawea, and trutha simplicity ;
These planting wrath, and worth authority.
All which beat root, and ipring in new foundations.
Of nates, or kingdoraet ; and againe in age.
Or height of pride, and, power feele declination.
Mortality is changes proper stage ;
States haue degrees, as humane bodiei haue,
^ringi, summer, aulumne, winter and the gniue.
God then sends war, commotion, tumult, strife,
" like windes, and ilormea, to purge the syre and
earth;"
Disperse corruptioQ ; giue the world new life.
In the licintude of creatures hiith.
Which could not flourish, nor yeeld fVuit againe,
Without retumes of heate, cold, drought and raine.
But further now the etemall Wisedome sbowes,
That though God doe preserue thus fur a time,
lliis equilibrium, whet«in Nature goes,
By peaung humours, not to ouerclime.
Yet he both by the ctue, and the disease,
Proues dissolution j aU at length must cease.
For surely, if it had beene God's intent
To giue man here eternally possesuun.
Earth had beene free tram all miagoucmment,
WvTe, malice, could then haue had jirogremien,
'• Man (as at &rst) had bin msnB nursing l)rotber.
And not, as since, one wolfe unlo another."
For onely this antipathy of minde
H^h euer bin the bellowea of sedition ;
Where each man kindling one, inflames mankind.
Till on the publike, they iaflicl perdition,
■' And as man vnio man, so stale to Mate :
Ins|Hred is, with venime of this hate."
And what doe all these mutinies include.
But diseolutiim first of gouemment ?
Then a dispeopling of the earth by feud, -
As if our Maker to destroy ts meant?
For states arc made of men, and men of dust,
f*^ moulds arc fraile, disease consume them must.
Mow as ^e warres proue mani mortality.
So doe the oppositions here below.
Of elements, the contrariety ;
Of constellalioni, which aboue doe rfiow.
Of qualities in flesh, will in the spirits;
Principles of discord, not of conctud nude,
AU proue God meant not man abould here inht
A time-made world, whieb with time tfabuld
[uidpl
Bp should the fire of Chiist w
Thus see we both the canses and eflbcU
Of warre, and how these attributes to bap,
Counceli of men, power, bm^ which all sScet,
Lye doae reseru'd within th' Almigbtiei lap ;
Where fiubion'd, otder'd, and diqios'd (bey Ix,
To accomplish bii infallible derree.
And &om these grotmdi concluding as we dtie,
Warres causes diuerse ; so by consequence,
Diuerse we mutt conclude thcii Datura loo :
For wsrre proceeding irom the Omoipoteoce,
No doubt is hoty, wise, agd without error.
The aword of iustice^ ud of sinne the temr.
But wines ot m<a, if we examine these
By piendng mles^ of that steepe narrow wiy, [ni!>
Which Christian soules must walke, thit hop* »
Their bodies fVom the earth another day :
" Their life U death, tlieir warre obedicnee,
Of crowns, fiune, wrongs, they haue DO other seat,'
Then till to t£ese God plainely hath eiprest,
By prophets, nwes, wonder, and angels sound,
That his cburch-rebels hee will haue fiuppnst \
Or giue his people Mher peoples ground ;
" Tliey must preseruehistemp1es,nDtdMdblfiiiJ,
But s^iere the tnouer makes the motion good.'
Nay, euen these warres though built on piety.
They lawlcssc hold, vnlesse by lawful) might
lliey indertaken, and performed be ;
" For lutures order, cuery creatures right,
Halh TUto peace ordain'd, that princes shouli
Of warre the grminds, and eieeulion nnokL'
Bendes, the manner must hsue charity,
nist oHering peace, which if disease dislaite,
Yet wisdome guides the cure, not cruelty ;
Art prunes the earth, confusion leaues it wnle:
God wouldnol hsue men spoil whit tbnrmayW-
It feeds the warre, aiui leaues a ground to m'-
What warrant then for all our waires of ^nqr,
Where power and wit, do multiply their li^ri,
By acts recorded, both in &me and stcoy,
Are there not due prensatiues of might?
Or shall we by their £eames <"f"',"° IbaCi
That lose the world, they know not what to pin"'
Is not euen age due oddes to euery father,
From whence, we children owe them reuereoM?
If he that bath, haue latitude to gather,
'■ Must he not yeeld, that c«naot moke ddSmte?
Hmw subjects lawes, tg rectiSe oppression ?
And princes wrongs no laW but imerctseioii ?* j
" Are there by m
A TREATISE OF MONARCHIE.
]Doe power and honour follow tham (hMdoeT
And j«t are kingi rectnia'd tuna whMtbey ctn7
Oaue natura odwr boundi of habhatioii.
Than rtrlgth, or wcatgm— Toto euwy nation J
Haue wa not UKh of poUcj, and might
FicgnaiU eiamplea, euea in Ineli wed ?
FSnt, bow the )nuoger got tb* ddan right.
I^ ia Ibib tbui coiwli^ t^t imd; thcj
Wfaoae cod in thit world, ia tho world (o come,
Whoa* hiaiti denra ii, that thair deairei ma j-
M, by trutfai etaniaU doonw.
With tbaae I My, wans, eongiH^ bODanr, fknw.
Stand (ai the world} ncglecHd, or fomken ;
" Like eriDn oobwabi, iu wboae curioiu tnan,"
Sbe onely ioyea and mauraaa : tako, and Ii taken :
" In which dKH dying, that to God Uue tlnu.
Endure our conquwti, wanld not conquer n."
When all itBtaa elw that itand on power, not gnce,
And gage dedre by no lucb cpirituall meanire,
Bdaka it tbefa- end to raigne in euery place :
To waire fiv honour, tar rencngn, and pleaaura ;
<■ Tliinidng ttia urang ihonld ka^ie the wwk* In
aw^
And euery ina^ualitie ^ue taw."
Thaae ktim Ibe world to rale her b; her atti,
Raiie motlall trophiee vpon mortall paaiion ;
Tliar waakli, strength, glory, growing tma Aoea
tteerti,
WUcfa to tfadr enda, tbe? mine and diAihioii i
<■ The aere nnie*e ftom God, the lew* remone)
Which s(il puea hcmor power, occadan feme."
Tlxese make the iw^d tbeir ludge of wrong, and
right,
Their atoiy &nie, their law* bat power and wit ;
TiMir endlna* mine, all Tanitiei of might,
Rewardi and painea the myMaiy of it,
A>d in thii spheare, tbia wildemene of euils.
None prosper highly, Imt the perfect diuala.
The Tnrklih empita, Ibtu grew vnio height,
WUd^ in* in raity, peat othen tazre,
Thmr church wai meere colluaion, and deceit.
llMar court a campc, their diactpliae a waire ;
With martiall hopea,Bndhaie^and«howi diniac,
To haaard oiMly they did man reflna.
VpCB (be CAriatian* hereby they preuail'd.
For they dhiided atood, in adasne and sect,
Among theauehiea (aHailing or aaail'd)
Their Tpdertakingi miied inth neglect :
" Their doctrine peace, yet
Feetothibowii ' '
Ood and tlw world tfaey wonUp Mill togeHicr,
Draw not their lawca to Urn, but hit (a theira,
Vntme to boO, bo procperoui in nailber,
Amid tbair owne i\mii iii atiil railing fearea:
" Vnwiae, aa all diatracted ^ow«a be;
Strangen to Ged, faoln in humanitie."
Too good for great tUng% and too great fbr good,
Their princei airue their piieat, yet that pileM ia
Growna king, euen by the arti of dcA atid blond ;
BLnd lupentitlon baaing built rp tbia,
" As knowing no more thin it aelfiB can doe.
Which ahap (for wcola) ael* God and empire
Una wane we CfariatiaH atlll betwixt two airea ;
Nor IcMia the world for Ood, nor God for it ;
While theie Tnrfcea cttming vp Tnital stairaa,
Aboue the luperalitiona double wit ;
Leaue ra as to the lewiih bondage betrea,
A laboth rest for aelfe-conlHiuon fit :
Since italawiU then leaue waiT^ when men b^n
For Goda aake to alAorre tbia world of ainne.
TREATISE OF MONARCHIE.
Sktt. I.
Tkiki waa a time b^m the timea of Mory,
Whaa Natmvraign'diniteadcf laweoearta.
And mart*] goda, with man ma^ up the giofy
Of one republic^ by united heaita.
Earth waa the common acat, tkor coaTanadoti
In aaring lore, and oura in adontiDn.
For In thoae golden d^^ with Natme'a daina
Both king and people aaeai'd coi^n'd in one,
Both nurrt aliko^ with mntnal feMing reina
TranicendcncT (Neither aide wnkaown.
Princes wiui m«n luang aa ether arta
But by good dealing to obtain good liearta.
Power then mainteind it self even by thoie arta
By which it grew, ea juitice, labcB', loir ;
Reaerred awnlmm did it idf impart
Even unto aluTea, yet kept it adf above,
And by a meek deeceading to Um laeat.
EnnlMs awayd, and govem'd all the reat.
Order there equal waa, time courta ordain'd
To hear, to judge, to execute, and make
Few and good roles, for all grieU that complain'd
Such care did princea of their people take
Before this art otpowa allay'd the truth :
80 glodoua of mmm greaUeaa ia the youth.
ling spirit
M V wtnui^ WKin mt hiw goda aAcT dotfh
Who in thdr life eiaeeded humane foith ?
And sha]] it aror, nay impiety
In heathen eouts be tbou^ to recompance
The absent with immonal memOTy,
Goodness with praise, and beneflt with senee?
Or rather such a golden nalur'd vein
As in tbe world might golden days maintain
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LORD BROOKE.
For where ahould thankful ingenuitj
TUnk tlw rear-tbuiklring KepUr fit to reM,
With knoviedge, vertue, and felicil;r,
But in mild Jupiter's weU-dinng brest?
Or whera but iu Olympus, heaven lo be?
Which was hia dwelling place Id Thesal;.
And if departed iiouli must riu again
Setetdy to become examined.
And bide the judgement oT reward or pain,
What cbanceloTS seem fitter fin the dead,
Tben Rliadamantfaua and stem Mino* were.
True types of justice while they lived here?
Thus kings may see, while greatueis did deacend,
And care as far spread aa authority,
Gnce did restrain and disgrace did amend.
The vice was liateful and the miqeaty
or justice held up for a common good,
A work by kings and men well understood.
Kings creatures then were no vain famriles
But guanUans of tbe poor, eyes of the crown;
l^est beigbt of place should orersee the right
And help the proud to pull the humble down i
All laws like eobwcba, catching little flies.
But IMT«T great ones without princes eyes.
Under Euristus that bran prince of Greece
No Pallas, DO Nardiaus delicate
Were minion^ whose luiti did the people fieece.
Nor could sufficed be with Hidat state.
To make themaelrea great, still made scepters less.
But Hercules, a brave laborious spirit,
Who having freed Greece ihim home-tyranny
As boni of more then his own soyi to merit,
Was sent to purge the earths iniquity,
Egypt of Busyre, Diomedes of Thrace,
Italy of Cacus, Spain of Gerions race.
Nor could a goddess spite (which Juno veils
Under emploimeDts specious pretences)
Change nature, or make true worth strike her sails.
One god qipeasiog other ^ods offences,
Wlien she that by lus lalfaur sought his doom
There made him trophies, where she rnennt his
Yet did he raise no Fytamis for pain
But his republick's good, his masters fkme ;
Af thinking selfness but a trivisl gain
To hitn that builds a univerul Aame j
No trophies fit for wnrthf but love and praise
Which ahadow-like still tbilow active rays.
gain ^wbo w
king)
When he the Secce of Colcbos bomi
Then in the ndU of lai^e time lo be plac' ,
For undertaking passages unknown, [grown ?
Tlraugb which the wealth of many state* have
Now whilst pow'r did thus really proceed
Not on advantage, butnor, slight, or will.
Her u«l with honour mixt peaa'd every deed ;
Time did not yet incline to mask her ill; [free.
Words grew in hearts, mens hearts were large and
"ondage had then not brought in flattery.
But by decrea of fate this corporation
Ii aller'd siuee, and earths fair globe miscanied.
Mans craft, above these gods in estimation.
And by it wisdomes coiutant standard varied ;
Whereby the away of many yean are gone
Since any godhead rul'd an earthly throne.
Whether it were nums false P^roean wit,
Giptiviag envy, or the giant's pride.
Which forc't these worthies to abandon it,
I know not ; but some disptoportioii'd tyde
Of timea self-humoura hath thatcommerce drownt.
To whichtbis image shews those timei were bound.
And when those golden days were once eipired
Hme straight claim'd ber succession in the bna.
And to her end* new instruments inqrired.
With narrow selfness staining all that was:
Power still a&ects more inequality
Which mode mankind more curious to be f^ee.
Divided thus, kings quit their fathoa hand
In government, which men did eant adore,
Fei^le agun by number sought to atand.
And scom'd that power which eant tbejr did implore.
Goodness goes from the earth, and greatness too.
In will, fear, craA, men formiug all tbey do.
Hence these gods tir'd with neighborlea* detxit
Have rais'd th^r thrones above mortality
And chang'd their sweet aspects with sour letreat.
Whence all things blest before now blanted be
With tempeslj, earthquakes, fire, and tbundaa
Shewing and Ihreatning mans corrupting enata.
By whicb strange plagues these gods do testify
Maidund to be of such a metal cast.
As neither fire can melt, air qualify.
Water dissolve, or itnike of hammer waste :
No native notion, law, or violence.
Fashion his hard heart to sn humble sence.
But that be should still grudge at government.
Scorn mercy, yet rebel at tyranny.
Repine at discipline, rest discontent
Both with his equals, and authority ;
As in whom pow'r might without goodnesa be.
And base subjection without loyalty.
In whicb confused state of declination
Left by those gods, nunlcind was forest to trust
Those light thoughts which were nulda of hia |m-
AndseorTiingequtthi,raiw asovcraignmust; [vatio^
For frailly with it self gro^^n discontent.
Wardlike must live in othen government.
To whom God did foretell, on faunu _^_
How inequality once r^'d still gather*,
Tbcir choics ofToided him, please you it nuiM,
Whose dregs stlli in you, on you, make it just.
Prince* again, o'r-rack not your ereaticaii
Lest pow'r return to that whence it bogan.
But keep up scepter* by that repulatiaii
Which raised one to rule this world of man;
Order makes us the body, you the bead.
And by disorder anarchy ia bred.
A TREATISE OF MONARCHIE.
Let emeh then know by tqoal Mtinution,
.That in tbi* Avil freehold of fle^ and blooi^
Nature ber self dccliuca unto privation.
As milt or real ill and seeming good ;
And where maiu best ntstc is nicb a strife.
Can order there be permanent in llAi 7
Now, if consider'd simply, man be such,
Caat him into a throne or subjects mould,
Tbe function cannot lake sway this touch i
Since oeilber what be ougbt, or can, or would.
Both king and man perplexed are in state,
ImproTG thdr ends, and set no other rate.
In which imperfect temper, cipeclation
Frores unto ui a perrene enemy ;
Wbir» powY with EOveraign partial cantemplatii
Aima at ideas of authoiii;
More absolute then God himwif requires.
Who of us, onelj what he gives, deures.
Again, while people do expect from kings
Such a proteetipg popularity
Aa gives, fbrgites, intends no other things
Id judging Mber then let cither know,
Aa tbey are men, they are a mean creation
Betwixt tbe beaten above and hell below.
Not more deserving hale, then adoration :
Equal in some things an the great'st and least ;
One dispn^Kntion must not dniwn tbe rest.
Tbe odds to be examined then is place,
What that doth challenoe, what again It owes.
Not peaiing theae in d^ty soJea of grace,
When pure simplicity (br wisdom goes ;
Or vain ideas (bnned in tbe air.
To ael&ima^nalion onely fair.
But in tbe worid as thrones now moulded are
By chance, choice, practice, 'birth, or martial awe.
When laws and custMne doe prescribe how fkr
Which place, what it it but of re
A throne rais'd on man's ravin
Where that well happy miit and conBuence
Of earthly and celestial reflection
Should wear the publick, in tbe private good.
And to protect both, govern flesh and blood.
Yet, si
g election d<
!)i«sign
True woith to chance, brave Industry to blood,
Nature to art ; and f<nee command tbe earth.
That native commerce which wrought mutual good
'Twiit crowns and men, was soon exil'd ' —
And we like b
ta left no right but in si
To fortify which confldent rais'd throne
And keep mankind with it in unity.
The wit of pow'r cannot suffice alone,
Man is not strong to biad humanity ;
Therefore above nun, they that would man bound
Sdll sought iraie shews of ererlaating graund.
Hence was pow*!! senith railed op, and flxt
Upon the base of lupentiiious rights.
Whose visions with the truth and error mixt
Make humane wisdomes yet seem infinite,
By living vain opinion (bom of seoce)
Falsly the sacred stile of conscience.
For as by optick repercusnons here
The light with shadows mixt, makes sencc mistake.
Whereby the lesa'oft greater doth appear.
Creating Castor god for Follui sake ;
And as the rainbow but a shadow being,
By diaduws forms another to our seeing.
So fVom the nurror of these viuons more
Second rcflexiona which doe represent
Fl»ms of tbe ill below, and good above
As humane laws, fam
Now if from these dumb shadows there break
Light to sliew thrones are not indefinite ;
In true religions cleer beams who can doubt
But that pow'r bounded is with wrong and right,
Tbe Infinite in wintom dnwing down
The will of tyrants to the laws <rf' crown.
Wherein that other supostitlous sphere
Chance, and opiniooi nimble idols lajgn.
Racking up tributes out of hope and fear.
By which weak mankind lose; strong acepten
gain;
As where no limits be to pow'r or will.
Nor true distinction between good and ilU
So then when man beholds this boundless sea
Of will, and no sboar left to shew her streams.
He ttrsdght bejeeves thongbta may sail every way
Till pow'r! contrary winds disperse these dreams ;
And make men see thdr freedom bound so
fast,
As it of no forbidden fhiit dare taste.
Yet happily bad man not thus been bounded
With humane wrests, aswell aa moulds divine.
He in hit passions must have been confoooded.
Desire in him is such an endless mine.
Eve would have Adam been, man kings, kings
Till such
more.
fall as feU b.
Therefore if pow'r within these scepter lioes
Could keep, and give aa it would be repaid.
These mutual fed, and mutual feeding mines
Would (till enrich, could hardly be decajd ;
For chance gives mutual coi^dence a bliss ;
And God hclpa those frames, which shew likest
Besdes this activeness it self
And rather then live idle, can do ill i
Those imagea it nuMth in out bmina
Having alliance not with truth but will.
And to confirm iliis, strives to pull all di
That limit. the eiceuea of a crown.
LORD BROOKE.
Now though the world on the eicentnclu be
Fubion'd to move, did bdUnca her own weight.
Not much enclming to obliquity,
Yet is her ruler maiii thniu^ wIf.«oiiceit,
VioleDce of pride, &te of coemption,
Apt to give all her bat works intemiptioii.
To rule, those ancieot fomuDg pow^ gave place.
The stile of conscience orer-irdgluag fame.
And reason yielding up her ■oreraign mace
Unto tho« lirely pictures which produce
lloactive apparitioiu of no use.
Whjch'charge straigbt wrought, but was not straight-
ways found,
PowV was so *eil'd with formal laws and bails
Under which still the infinite lay bound
And man bewitcht with wits confiued slnghts.
To make pow'n throne the idul of bis heart
'Danifbnning leal and natare into art.
So tliat without the guide of cloud or Are,
Man since sails &tal straights of hope and fear.
In ebbs and Soodi of traieUing desire^
Where what we have to us is never dear,
Pow'r making men raioly, by offering more.
Rope to ledMm ttiat stata they bad before.
Hence itOt it out that ally peapU hwsa
Still by these thin webs of authority;
Which they that spin, yet thenfore cannot use.
Because these threda no more inherent be
Within themselves, but so tnnsciib'd to crowns
As they raise pow'r by palling freedom down.
.Hui by a credulous obedience.
Mankind gave might a ground to build up more.
Cooling and kindling his desire with aence.
Even of inch things as were his own before.
Disease and error meeting both in this.
That many follow where one rooted ft.
For thus tmboa'd, we sine* want paw*r to tie
Other to us, or m unto our own ;
Our many poMions serre to bind tn by.
And our diatractioiu keep our strengths Unknown,
One holding that which others give away ;
The base, whereon all tyianny doth stay.
Hence canw tbsae false tnonandia] coBDcils in,
And imtrumenn of tyrants state* apart.
Which to their private fhtm the publick win.
While man beootnea the matter, powV the art ;
Making obedience loo indefinite
As tall with all the vanitie* of might.
The tenure dNmg'd, Nature straight cfaang'd the n
For all the active qntjts fc41ow might ;
Ignorance boseDeas ; negligence abuse ;
Inconstancy, dinunioD, oversight,
By crowns to people ao intail'd are they
As no Mikjeclimi cut put Iheee away.
Whence neiibcr maketi oow, Mt mvnbm bsU
Men ar^ but blank*, where pow'r doth write ber tnal
A spriieless maas, which, for it cawxR weld
It self, at Mbers pleseure langiush must ;
Resohe to sulTer, and let pow'r da all
In men, in children natuial.
From whicb eraa'd wondi of Bwiitj iroa bi«u^
forth,
A giant creature in eicca* of might,
To work in all with every pow'r bat worth.
Who to be sure, that never shall have ti^it.
Take* iki( God as he is, but makes him naw
Like to hi* ends, large, narrow, Eilse, or true.
Religion, honour, Natutaa laws and natioiis.
All moulda derived from that pft tr
These monsteis stampt, m gave disc
Ab they did find them thein or undepeudent ;
Left nothing certain here on earth but will.
And thai yet never conalant, for lis ilL
iBlanni proud Mahomet when he piopoa'd
The empire of Ibis world to hk ambition.
Under Gods name were not his acts diqios'd
To change mans faith and fireedom of cooditioa 7
The sacred dove whisp'ring into hi* bt
That what his will impoa'd, the world must fear.
Unto Cambyses all hi* sags* vow'd
That in their reading they of no law wist
Which marrisge with hi* sister had allow'd,
~ jt that tbdr monarch might do what he list ;
I.ica B lit«t, and what be these otho'
Then hellish words of Caracalla's mother ?
And doth not our great C^tolion lord
he same compass in each eourae he alimrs?
lot those acts, which all ealaiea discord.
As king* nnaninntr. motiny of peers
Scirr'd up by him under pratencc diving
To force those scepters be cannot encUne ?
Nay, bath he not a hi^er pitch attoin'd,
A more compBidious pows- of penwaaioa 7
Having, tioce Fhoclnis and Cybele reign'd.
Made himself auch a Trypode by occasion.
As may not be eumin'd, or withatood.
But urith a Godhead equally made good.
Which amra (like the hectick feaven) ba
Basie to cure, while they are hard to know ;
But when they once obtain supremacy,
Iben easily seen, but hard to ovolhraw i
So that where pmr'r prevents not this eacc*^
Miten grow great, by making scepters leaa.
Therafbre did these proud grants live air>k%
Careful to cancel all infioior light*.
And In creation* still keep pow'r to mak^
To fit each instrument and fashion spirita ^
That aa the head ideas rule the heart.
So pow'r might print her will in every port.
For active rulers seldom fiul (rf' means.
Occasion, colour, and advantage Ic
To bind by tone, by irit, by cv
And make th' oppressed soul* c
Fear suSering mudi, for fear tc
Aa Mill by smart mode greater
A TREATISB OF MONARCHIE.
5S5
KmnrlBg tiMt mtn aKke toneli't nerar w«re,
TbM diKn MUM woika diTcnl; in wqe,
The oiimblMt wit* bong Mill kept down bj fnr [
Dull witi DM feriing nugblMin orathrow ;
litt wiM nustnut the wMk, and MiiTe to b«v,
Throoes being itroag, becuue ni«ii thiak them so :
Yet mark at leng^ bow eiror nuu in round*.
And ever what it raiwtb up conftranda.
For whoi thi* pow'r tmucendent growa lecure
Flattering il self that all u made for one,
Tliea will, which nothing but it self enduns.
And pow'i that (hinlu it slanili and works alone.
With an uiuatiale pride and wanton ease,
SuHeU it aeir with other mena diieaK.
Hence lawa grow tedioiu, and the T«i; nanwi
Of God and truth, whoae natures died before,
A heavj burthen to these racking f^anua.
That with a word would wreat up all and more)
Aaaeinbliea of eitalei diiparagementa be,
Xaxe, cuitMue, fear, and labor onaly fne.
Hence thrones grew idols, roan their lacriGca,
And from the earth ae to the sun above
Tributes of dew and exhalations rise ;
So humane nainn fielda up all but lore,
Uanng this strange tnnseendenc; of might.
As child of no mean ntt, but infinite.
Whereby these strengths which did before conciure
To build, inient, examine, and conclude,
Now turn disease, bring question and demur.
Oppose, dissolTe, preraiical^ delude
And with opinions give the state uowresC,
To make the new snU undermine the beat.
Cmai was slain by those that ot^jecls were
Of grace, and engines of his tyranny ;
Brutus and Cassius work shall witness bear,
Exen to the comfort of posteril;.
That proud aaplrers never had good end ;
Nor yet excess of might a constant friend.
So that although tins tyrant usurpatiiMi
Stood peai'd b; humours from a present MI ;
Thou^ts being all fbrc't up to adoration
Of wit and pow'r {which auch tbionea work withal).
Yet both the head and memben Bnile are.
And must still by their miscrealing marra.
The nature of all urer-acting might.
Being lo Btirre offence in each estate,
And from the deep impresuona of dcspigbt
En&ame tho« restless insCruments of fate.
Which as no friends of duty or devotion
£asily stirre up incumion, or camnuiliun.
Occasion fbr a foneign enemy.
Or such competitoTS as do pretend
By any slile, or popularity.
Faction or sect, all whose endeavon lend
To shake (he realm, or by swsainsfe,
Into the people to let fall the state.
In which excess of tyrants violence.
If Nero lack a foreign enemy
Nero from Vindei shall recave offence.
Safe from his guard Caligula shall iu>t be )
Or if tttese grants find none worse then they,
Otho shall help to make himself away.
But grant the world slept in bar misery,
Yet greedy Time, that good and ill devour^
To croas this bead-long course of tyranny.
Takes from the throne these ancient daring pow'tn]
And by Huccenion of mans discontent,
Carries m ' '
Came down and gave offences punishment t
Lest man should think, above mortality
Against injustice there were no decree.
For proof, when with Lycaon'a qrranny
Men dunl not deal, then did Jove to reform
Descend, and savage natur'd cruelty
f^lly into the greedy wolf transform;
Chaog'd into Vpupa's foul feeding dust.
Hence was Megisra, and her listen tied
By God lo attend the cryi of mens oppreauons ;
Whether Orestes w«re for parricide
To k>e distracted with bis own impreanons |
Or Pentheiu for his proud blaspheming scam
In many pieces by bis mother torn.
Thus as we see these guides of humane kind
Changed from gods, and fathers to
So we see tytannie's excess -' — '-
Olthfus kept her scepter without stain.
Till she let fall pow'rs tender reputation.
By gracing Venus and her son to raigii,
Who with the first gods had no estimation.
For when these f^nt thoughts came to rule above
Pow'r lost at once both majesty and lore.
A work of Saturn, who with narrow spite
Mow'd down tbe fat, and let the lean ears spring,
That after hii sithe nothing prosper might ;
Hme that begets and blasteth every thing.
To barley making wheat degenerate.
As eagles did into tbe kites ^tate.
But let us grant excess of tyranny
Could scape the heavy band of God and man ;
Yet by the natural variety
Of frailties, rai^ng since the world b^^ j
Worth must decay, and height of pow'r decline,
Vicea shall still, but not the same vice, raign ;
Error in mankind is an endless min^
And to tbe wont, things ever did constrain :
Unbound it would live, and delight by change -
To make those fonos Btit^ welcome that be
Mm 1
LORD BROOKE.
HoiM like I ball, how bMh tU* worid been t«t
Ftam baud to hud, bctwiit the Peniuis, Mcdo,
RomuiB and Greeki, each oune in other I«t?
And vhite Homes pride her garemmem mUtads
To Kom the Asian GrecisD aTiiM and worth,
Made slave she wis (o those lonh (be brou^t
What tncrrel ii it th«n to aee the earth
Thua chang'd from order into anarchy?
Wbea tlMae ideas of refined biilh
Wen thus tranronn'd from Tcauni mona
That ir
Nature aBectiog like viaantude;
Whence to *ee vice succeed irorth is not strange,
Weaknen and strength, aswell as youth and ag
Having ia each estate a larioua stage.
So that out of this pbmdx Itrv there bred
Birds thai do wear no fnthen of their own.
But borrow'd plumes, which imping ever need.
And such as are by divers coloun known,
Not of or for themselves to move or be
But under them that guide their infoncy.
^ without a doing lui. .
To add more scorn to her fore-runnen Main
Dare Deilber cherish ill, nor goodness trust ;
But slacks those engines which an wound liefore,
At]d BO gives pe<^]c back their own again and more-
Then, man, mark by tiiis change, what thou liait won
That leav'st a torrid, for a froscn lone;
And art by vice-vicissttudal undone.
Whose state is ever &lal to her own.
The active ^rrant scarce allowing breath.
While this uoactiTe thrcateiu liiigring death.
For where to power absolute, such spirit*
Are raised up, as unacquainted b«
How to create, k> eensurv faults or merits
Where to be bound, to Innd or to be free.
Amidst the ocean of mans discontent,
They want both m^ and scale of govenimenL
Since where the poyie, lietwixt hear^ wit, and right
Uneoual is, and wit predominant,
Opiiuons shadoirs must seem incite
To pcame circles large, the odiM scant.
All deer zones dimly overcast with l^ar.
And to those false mists mankind forc't lo swear.
Whence from inferion^ visions Utted be.
Deceiving iVwlty with bar own desire ;
£aae is mitde greatness, trust a liberty,
A point of Raft fiH power lo retire.
To work by others held a soveraign state,
Resting as God, who yet distributes tate.
Under which doodii while pow'r would shadow slotJi,
And make the etown a spedous hive for dranes,
UDBcdvenesa find* iconi, and ruine both.
Vice and misfbrtane seldom go alone,
Pow'r toodng it self by diMasl of pain,
Sinoe they that labor will be sure to raign.
For Aough lika SaAiu tnm lb* UHi of aj^t,
ThroDes can let winds out to n>ove eardi and MB,
Yet Dsthn can dwy calm or guide than i^faa
Fromblaalingof thai mountain wbeiv they Iqr,
Because these apbte jofD, part, w
To rob*
ig authority.
Thus did tAd Galba laign in popilli^
Who rob'd, built, ^Mit'd upon the pubSA stagey
Cloth'd with the vail of his authority :
Thus Claudius in his empire liv-d a thrall,
Scoro'd by those slaves rais'd by him to do alL
Beades what Unten then must raign, wbot mCM
Base idle (kntoames, creatures of grace,
Impoaaible to temper, hard to )deese.
Shall have the pow'r to raise up or de&co ?
Since mean bwn natures, artless fortune lj,nM,
Hate tbem that merit, scoiu them that intiett.
WhichUasdngbnmoun woimdboth men and tbings,
Down go the schools, the pulpit and the barr.
States fall where power flies with feeble wings.
To make a man, such kings oTt kingdomi mair.
Nothing and all alike an currant tber^
Order springs up and dies, change no ab^iebwi*.
Hence come contempt of laws, and buUiooi bU>
Riddles of slate whidi get by dcHi^haim;
Statutes for wotds, bondage unnatural.
Offices, cusiemes, dttadels in hnne.
Engaging crowns, making powVs name • MiW
To nune wMth, which ii cannot b^uile.
Yet mark how vice (that it sdf only (Hends)
Id her own web, still wean her own disease.
By disproJMition compassing her oid^
And dispropOTtioti ruining her ways;
F(H' thlDse that rose by providence, care, pain.
And over pow'r widcb wanted theae, did raign.
Grow fondly scornful, idle, imperious,
Ekespiui^ ftffm, and turning law to will.
Abridge our freedom to lord over us.
Loosing the fruit of humors with the skill ;
Till by degrees insensibly they fWll
By leaving those arts wluch tbey rose wilhaL
When instantly those undertaking pow'rs
Care^ haiard, wi^ udqtlaced induiti;
(WUch helpt to build their oligarcha] tow'n)
Fly from .these downfids of prosperity ;
Ando
>t lower properly be nted.
The pride of such inferiors did constrain
The Swiss against the Austrians cantonise ;
So wen the Belgfau* likewise fbrc't again
A new republick floeiy to devise.
In which that monarch * was compdl'd to Ii
As with slate* equal f^ not equal great.
For vicea soon to beigbts and periods riae.
For vicea soon to bagbts at
Have both their duldbood,
like blaring stars that burn their
Or shadows which the shew of bodies here.
And in self-daikness both a life and grave.
A TREATISE OF MONARCHIE.
Wbence it procMdi that all the woHu of etror
Utc um in lUte of health, but lick and cured,
Cbao^ canyiug out elceai, to bring in t^^ur,
Hera aecuring, nor to be aecured ;
But ph^ck-lika In new diMaaea bred,
■ - ' Ids tiU >U be dead.
Thus rose all itato, thui grew they, thui tfaej bll
Pnnu good to iU, and «> from ill to worse j
Time for her due Tidntudes doth call,
Error Will cairying in il self her curse ; ■
Tel let this light out of tiisse ciouda braak €ia&.
Tint powV faBlh no long being but in worth.
Now to prarent w itar tfaeae deelipatioiii
And desperate diseases of estate.
As hard il aa to change the incUuatioiis
Of bimuiw nature in her love or hate;
Which wiMsoereT can make straight or ti
Hence frUs it out that . .
When he discovers death in the diaease,
Kereals iiii patients dangennia condition ;
And straight abandons what he cannot cue
Unto the ghostly phyiick of a migbt
Atiov* alt second causes infinite.
So Dian; grave and great men of estate
ht such despaired times retire away,
And field the stem of govemment to iaie,
Forcseang lier remedilesfl decay ;
Loalh in confused torrents of oppression
To perish as if guilty of Cn
Who then can wary Seneca reprove?
After he had observ'd his pupils rage,
The brother poison'd (iiCrange bewitching love}
The mother sUln, of ttcv hia patronage ;
If he from blood; Nero did remove,
And as the pilots do in tempests groan.
To fate give over art, and aU their own.
But grant such qtirits were to be excus'd.
As bj uppreasioa or necessity
Di^raced live, restiained, or not us'd.
As port tbemsslvea of publick- misery.
Yet who are fiee must labor and desire
To carry water to this coounon fins.
Have not some by equality of mind,
Even in tbe crosses! course of evil times.
With passive goodness won against the wind ?
So Pnscus pass'd Damitian's torrid climes,
And scapt't ttom danger to the full of days,
Helping frail Rome with un-offending ways.
Was it true valour or timidity
Tbml made stern Cato so impt^ient
Of his own life, and Cmstz'i virtory ?
Vani^ it was, like amoak not permanent
That wrought this weak work of strong destiny.
Where wMle he lost his life and lUnne a friend
He kut that glory which he made bis end.
>s at Brst were founded
For since tbe n
Upon the wavii „
On what but fear can his discourse bs grounded
That in distress despairs of good conclusion ?
With mysteries of which vicissitude
Fate olWCinDea doth humane wit delude.
Aguu, who mark titnes revolutions, find
The constant health of crowns doth not remain
In pow'r of man, but of the pow'rs divine.
Who fixe, change, mine, or build up again
According to the period, wsin or state.
Of good or evils seldom changing fata.
First theil let tyrants (as they do incline
By nature, either way unto excess]
Conceive, though bue perfection be divine
And no where ever brought to pass with less :
Yet in the worid, which they would govern well.
Cures and diseases both together dwell.
And though to live by rule proud man be loath ;
Yet rules to kings and sulgects are such stays
As cmtches be to feeble ages sloth.
Or as tlie main turmmled mother seas
Do find those banks which then confine ber comae.
When rage blown up, would els make all thinga
Let no man then expect a constant air
Between the sence of men and senccless nu'glit.
Where one man makes skies foul, another Giir,
In passive otbs wbo look for other right.
Child like must break all toys for loss of one.
And by their &11 add honour to a throne.
Rather let people, as in airs infected.
Not seek to master but avoid disease.
By absence now, by homage now protected.
Not looking high for stumbling in their ways ;
J.est, as of old, curst with confused speech
They now And no word currant but. Beseech.
Again, let weak kings keep th«r humour chaale.
Not daring violence, lest over-built
Hiey help to lay their own foundation waste.
And failing themselves, multiply tbeir guilt.
Since bearts as strong as their estates must b^
That can enlarge themselves by granny.
For as in weak estates, so in weak minds.
To injure or oppress humanity
Stirs up right, wit, and heart in £ters kinds.
To shew how easily hazard makes men free ;
Where prospect must appear to these weak kingi
A sign that mine flies with nimble wings.
This weakness which I mean hatb divers kinds.
Some water-like, easie to take impression.
And like it leave not any print behind.
Which I omit as fit for no profession :
The other wax-like, take, and keep a mind.
And may in strengths they have, not of their own.
Be belpt by common duties to a throne.
For as, when birds and beasts would have a king.
To furnish this fair creature for a guide ;
Out of their own they gave him rtery thing.
And by their gifts themselves more surely tyed ;
Eyes, viHces, wings, and of their naturea skill,
To govoo, raise, and mine tbem at will.
LORD BROOKE.
(Qt,
So nuf these tnH urwctive kind of spirits
Be with the milk of msoy nunes fed,
All striTing to hold up tlie aceptera rights
With subjects alrenglbs bjr crowns withoriwd.
Whereby the feeble may again be wombed,
And there get life even where it wm intombeii
Which outward help of others proridi
Watcbeth vccauon, poiieth i
Nor is crown-wisdom any qi
Of abstract truth or an of goiemment.
More then sweet sympathy or counCerpeaae
Of humours temper'd haj^ly to please.
But their best help indeed i> happy choice
Of under ministers of ever; kind,
By whom discreetly thrones may judge the voice
Of images projected to their mind :
' And so by weak but wakeful jealousie,
Hie true or talse scope of propoundeis see.
Whence mark, how that young uneiperienc'd spiiit
Aleiaoder (who was after nam'd Severe)
During his youth did of his people merit.
By help of council uncorrupt, to bear
The practice of bis publick goTenunent
Under good laws, which gave good men content.
Now though pow'r hardly can fit spirits to place.
Which must want judgement wanting industry.
And so as rarely well dispose of grace,
Having but chance, no true nobiBty ;
Yet kinless iame helps weakness what to judge,
7111 from an eccbo, she becomes a drudge.
For ss the painter (curious in his art)
Eitream ill features easily represents.
And by deformity in every part,
Eipresa the life and likeness to content ;
As he in Natures good proportions shews.
That in her pride Art equal with her goes.
So Fame, this quinteKence of humane spirit,
Brings into light (he divers states of men.
And acldome to un worthiness gives merit.
Or lets perfection languish in a den ;
But on her wings alike brings dther forth ;
The one as good, tlie other nothing worth.
Thus may Fames many eyes, heads, wings, and heart,
Instruct weak pow'r to keep her aute upright i
And ae to rule these is a roasters art ;
So to rale by these is one way of might.
Wherein the crown can feel no great distress.
And Tor the people, they must sure find less.
Besides the help of fame weak thrones shall find
The wit of time, and selfness in mens hearts.
Will teach how one man, many men may bind.
And isise the bead by countetpoiie of parts.
All having change and subaltern degree.
To esse the audita of authority.
When else weak hands in mighty works mutt fail.
And all liansfbnn'd be to usurpers paauon ;
Thrones then reserve your selves, chmcc and appesl ;
Grettneas ber way must with some labor fashion,
With many ayes he must see wrong and right,
"^ it finite being, would rule infinite,
That end of crowns, which God made publick good.
Yet give your secortds scope in such a meaaure.
As may for chii^fs still make you understuod ;
Which one poor priviledge you may reatrve.
By thinking more, then one, can well datrve.
For, as in bodies living (though decay'd)
If all parts equally chance to be stained.
The whole is by an {equilibrium sway'd,
As where no odds can easily be gain'd ;
And so mortal!^ adjaum'd as far
Oft as in those i all whose parts sounder are.
So these weak pow'rs (in whom stales air diseaa'd
By equal disproportion in each part)
May scape great fits and happily be eae'd.
Keeping her tottering ballance up by art :
In making iactiou which destroys the stnmg.
By pesring weak pow'n to preserve tbem Img.
W^t had become of Romea
When Galienus buried waa i
Sloth, riot, and excess of vanity.
Even whiht the Barfaara swatm'd like bamu dust;
Had not the thirty rivals to each other
From one mans tyranny presarv'd their rootbev.
Let place then rule, let favor laign, not merit {
And each in his predicament be king ;
Do of a wise head use neither pow'r nor spirit
To audit, question, or judge any thing ;
Onely let faction multiply ba seed.
Two bodies headleaa seldom danger breed.
For equals soon each other will oppose.
And both in thrones sc suddenly unite.
To it they pray, tbey travel, they discloa^ ;
Creation only ballanceth their might ;
Reserve, distribute that in jealous measure.
Then crowns inay stand, and kings may take tfasir
These partial wits (irtiich bction works withal)
Though btal judges, yet good risten be,
Which while they strive each other to enthral,
Cleer up the dimme lights of authority j
And shew weak crowns what weight of hope or fear
The state or mind of every man can bear.
Besides thrones have all moulds of their faretohei
Safe under-buildings of the wisdoms dead,
Eichequers that revenues judge and gatho-.
Courts that exunine treason to the h«d ;
Parliaments, couDcel-seals, tripoda <rf law.
Engines of jraw'r to keep desre in aire.
For forain practice they have spies of time
And place, to which intelligence is due ;
For church inferior fuudions, and sublime
To teach men God, and take a spiritual view
Of schisme in doctrine, and in life of sin.
That neither sect, nor scandal enter iiu
:orks on the old ;
Onely let not weak pow'
Who cannot Judge how t
But keep the ancient forms m reputatioi
To which mans freedom is already sold i
Since order over-worn is yet a frame,
Wherein confusioa rarely weavs ber n
A TREATISE OF MONARCHIE.
Thiu much for wmki— in that To^il part
Which doth concsTD juMke that u luprenie;
Whose goUen linki {thou^ foix'*! by powen Ut)
Safe circlea am to compau every ibbIiu ;
And keep out dt Ihonghli of iircTerence,
A> beuing in it every nuuu defence.
Wbas frailty dMg erar imfNtunate
Wanting Drue scales between place, wil, and heart,
Scattera the Rrength, and hoooor of a itate,
Bj nffcring more to play one tjranta part ;
And blows the people like clouds here and tbeie,
Aa (till eihauatsd) otgecu of thdi fear.
Lastly, if tbeie mild cautions bil to itay
These frailties, which discaaa-Uke turn and ton.
And so for that change every where make way,
Which change uoguided still begetteth loss ;
Then he who cannot take, must taken be.
Snch sharp points bath frail mam supremacy.
Now from the aetting of this erening Mar
Ascends that nuHning planets influence
Which both in l^ht and glory pasaeth br ;
I mean such conBdent imperious ipirila^
Ai oTer act with restless scepter-wit.
Thinking the world inferior to their merits ;
And brook no other bounds or lawa in it.
Then to make all ibuT own thoughts, words, and
Beceii'd of people not as rules, but creeds.
Which soul* thus oier-swoln with windy vice,
HuR wisely be alUy'd, and moulded be ;
LeK torreDl-like, they with the [O-^udice
or people, w ■ "
Aiulthusl
Have tbcii
>1 grounds Ic
Othen baim not so many as they please,
111 eboaen vices vanish ia despair.
Well chosen still leave something after fair.
Viullina vertaelesi in lifb and raign.
Yet by a gluttons familiarity
The Gennan armiea did so finely gain,
As against Otho, he had victory ;
Brake the fVvtorian forces ; and in vain
VeqiaEiaii bad aspir'd his monarchy.
For what 01
xfitsn
9 age affects anocber hates.
Fettinai again, ia wbom predominant
Few vices were, yet uatmwneH of heart
Made Mm the fortune of great armies want.
Where Cssar mixt with vices, ironh, and art,
Had with the people for his death such moanj
As if in bim Home had been ovtrthrown.
In bim that flnt did sprai her treaaury,
Bavage bur provinces and tyrannise.
While as bewitdit with prodigality,
They sell themselves for what in their pow'r lies 1
IhuB pleanog vices sotnetiinc* raise a crown,
Pow'r therefore most those womanish slight errors.
Which publish to the world self-love or feu-,
Carefully shun, as craity peoples mirroini.
To shew botli what the king and crown can bear ;
And teach mankind on humors to take bold,
Ihat otberwis* with tlroaes dunt not be bold.
Frmn henoe the Macedonians did get bean
To dally with that tenderness they found
In their great king, and finely frame an art
To keep the monarch with his own thoughts bound;
Far when Hephestion died he did aspire.
Through him to make a god of his desire.
Unto which god some itnlght did altars build, -
Some sacrific'd, othen tware by his name.
Some told their dreams, others were vlsion-fiil'd ;
All which inspirings from Hephestion's came :
As grace or diwrace did in Nero's days.
To those that did his singing scorn or praise.
Aspirers therefore on corruption founded,
Should use their vice as merchants do thiir ware ;
Not choak the market, lest iheir vents be bounded.
But martial tliese things which excesses are.
So as by vice made slaves they may not be.
But radier vice made arts of tyranny.
For m^esty then sinks, when private vice
Is not kept servant to the publick state.
But ratber crowns with common pr^udice
Subjected basely to their vices fate ;
Because of consequence then power must
Serve them in all things thai observe thai lusU
By it a pow'rful government did get.
To wave his own Euth, and seduce mankind ;
For which vice if bis bvirs did loose the throne.
It proves, disorder never goes alone.
Again, as tyrants are eclips'd by (his,
So falls the scepler when it bankrupt grows
In common fame, which Natures trumpet is;
Defect, for ever iinding scorn below ;
For reputation airy though il be.
Yet is the beauty of authority.
Which to improve, strong princes must despise
All arts that blemish birth, place, courage, vrorth ;
For tyrants unto men then sacrifice
Their thrones, when inward errcHi (hey sbew forth.
Which curiously the wise have ever us'd
To keep conceal'd, well ballaoc'd, or excns'd.
Such are extortions, cruelly, oppression,
Covelousness, endless auger, or displeasure.
Neglect, or seem of person, or profesrion.
Pride, baseneits, rudeness, vain expencti of treasure;
All which like number multiplied by place.
Do in the man the monarchy disgrace.
LORD BROOKE.
Ab with the end of gorenmunt bat itmdt.
And who leta tall these pleasing inward ties
Must either All in state or tymiDiie.
Let Rdiobotun then in oU hi> wbjb
Aroid young council which inflame the heuti.
And soon ruine pow'rs tbundstion lafs
In which hght youth hath stiU the chi«fest parts :
Th^ wit is force, tt>e old mans fwce is wit.
And then for thionea, let no nun judge what's fit.
But abore *U, such adiona iw may bring
His fuih in doubt, a strong prince must eschew,
Because it doth concern a boundless king
To keep his words, and contracts steddy, true,
His grants entire, graces not undermin'd ;
As if both truth and pow'r hsd but one mind.
'What did it profit that great Charles the Fill
To traffick with the prwid simplicity
Of Gennan princes, by unprincely shift,
Misletterd writs, a conclave subtUty ?
Since ill iate then, and ever did bt(M
Hut broken faith astiircrs work withal.
Itie precepts of I.yunder to beguile
Children with toys, and men witli perfidie.
Records hinuelf by this inramous wile.
To be their tutor in mslignity,
Who since conclude that perjury no sin.
Which by equivocation enters in.
Borrows the veil ofjustice for deceit ;
Hollow Tiberius plays not with his wit.
But to give his false practice better weight ;
Hence sacred virgins are to be defied
By hangmen fir>l, to have the law beguil'd.
The poeta shew what credit with these gcxls
Truth had, by sacred oaih of Stygian lake.
The heavy dooms, and still tarmenliiig rods.
Which they resert'd fur Ihem that sware and brake;
And freed from pain if these pow'n could not be.
What shall we think of tyrants blaspbemie ?
IMd Tantaltu, beloi'd of Jupiter,
With his own nectar, and ambroda nurst ;
Or Battus painlcas in perjuring erre?
When Tantalus in bell sees store and staires,
Which senceless Battue for a touchstone serves.
Thus see we bow all limea, all sorts of faith.
Some by the cloud of fiuned transformalioa,
Olhen by hmnane censure unto dealli,
And soDM by heavy doom of diacreatioD,
To keep troth sacred cacrfully have sought,
Without wUcfa no society is ought.
Tbtfefora let pow'r in her deliberatians,
Take time and care betf^He she undertake,
That she an equal princely calculation
Of wealth, orengtb, titles, fears, and hope may
L
The pain's no more, or ratbtt not so mncfa
To shun the sidcnen as to seek the cure.
And yet in gain, and hoaour &r vaore rich.
It is within ber ttrcngth to rest secure ;
Pow'r, make your leagues, giflii contracts thcnAcc
just,
Since wroag presci^MS not crowns by time or dan ;
Thrones never wanting means, occasioii, lust.
To try by haiard bow their right shall speed.
In whoae uncertain oib yet [oiooes shall
Oft find mischance, upon a' ''-- '"
For howsoever to the partial tbtone
Of mighty pow'r, the acts of tnitfaless vnt
May currant go, like brass, amongst their own ;
¥et when the world shall come to judge of it.
Nature that in her wisdom never lies.
Will shew deceit and wrong are never wise.
But grant this honor i
ITut sometimes it may prosper w
And nuke true wisdome in appearance leas,
Yet what gains pow'r by loss cUT reputation ?
Since every blossome which ill-doing bears
Blasleth the tVuit of good success with lean
Again, as tyrants ought to soar above
This reach of humours, so ought they
A rulers huid, and every spirit move,
That under them shall govern hope or
f^nce by whose wiadomes states ai«
They of the same states are reputed
Tetm
Of sect or faction to become a part,
Snce all is theirs, all must on them depend.
And to make use of each ride is their art ;
Else like lyings forc't for refuge to oike town,
They in that one cast dice for all their crows.
Rather must they by proridence imite
All parties so, as none may gage tiicir state.
Or in thcii private ends withdraw from migbi.
But give their greatest, such a yielding rmte^
As like the earth plow'd up, they must not gToaa,
Though greedy pow'r exhaust more thai tfadrowa.
For faction else lurking in hopes and ftera.
When it awakes by opportunity,
Strai^t hydra-like, in many foreheads beua
Horror, division, multiplicity,
Nor safe unto it self, nor to tiiose kings
That unto mean birds will lead eaglca winga.
Therefore should this well masked cockatrica
Be carefully even in the egg supprett.
Before the venome of her pusoning vice
Against the prince and kingdom be addrest ;
It beJDg not safo for strong-willed mighrt
To give aulyection any r^al right.
For as we see in deep eotriq>ted airs,
£sch petty richness turns to pestilence.
And by iiifection common ruine bears.
So in the orb of kings oi
A TREATISE OF HONARCHIE.
For to make (mmUm tttonc, prom beads >rt weak,
And lo two sects prepared in one realm.
Which doth the beaul; of obadience break,
By tCQipdng dificODtcnted minds to gLeMi ;
And so force tbroDes to one aide for prol
Whose being is Eo keep both ia lubJectiDi
Nor holds our rule alike with weak and sttimg.
Since weak kings laigns do rerj seldom niie
Sudi i)nrils, u dare shuffle rigbt and wrong,
At least whu brseds them, breeds their counter
ks this other princely stirrinff stuffy
Oft by example giTes new laws to kings.
With danger to soTenugnty enough
Bj' those new fashions which they give to things :
Hierefore oir factions here to be supprest.
Whidi in mild ti
» support w
Bsbest.
Now buw pow'r so should ballance things and mind*,
Aa all dissentions may in her unite.
Or from what place pow'r arguments should Bnd,
To make the crooked undergo the right ;
How it should pierce the skin of passjon.
And yet in these wounds instantly gire fsshioD,
Strong hearts leant out of practick wisdom must.
Which knowing how to pay each with his own.
By mixing good and ill, with fear and lust,
Iteap among thorns, seeds by them nerer sown;
And make the pnple yield up thar estate.
To add more «U11 to gortnunent they hats.
Which artiBdal steerage of affection
Haling but small affinity with good,
No essence, but an esuence like reflecdon
Will best by oppOHtc* be understood,
The foul eicess of ill being only that
Wldch to avoid in pow'r I lerel at.
Therefore as little bridles to restrain
Mans climing mind in princes boundless might.
Let tyianta that think ill their acts remain
Spraad, like Apollo's beams, in each mans sight,
Which by the divers ftte of good or ill
Eitber produce acOTn, malic^ or good will.
Lastly, this tjrmnt-pow'r (veil of the man)
In pei^iles eyes must not assiduous be ;
Wbst hate respect appears but now and then ;
Beserredneas, that art of Tyranny,
Equally graceth both pain and reward ;
" ' n work* remisuon, not regard.
Thtis much hi brief, to lamper head-strong vice
Which tbocow pfiiKei often wounda the crown ;
To shuD which dangeraus racking precipice,
Tyranta should all signs of tbeir selfbess drown ;
And yet by odds of place work every man
To serve tbem with the best, and worM they cai
As their safe haven fma the winds of term.
Till be thai tais'd powV to mow maos rins down,
Please for pow'is own sin*, to pluck off her crown.
Tvns having in few images eiprest
lie effect which each extremity Inings fbrtb,
Within mans nature, to distucb mans rest ;
What enemies again tbey be to worth,
As either gyres, which freedom doe restrain.
Or juhiles which let cooflision raign.
Hicre rests to shew, what these degrees of vice
Work, when they flxt be to the moulds of might;
As what relation to the prguitice.
Or help they yeeld of universal ri^t j
Vice getting fbices far above her own.
When it spreads &om a pcnon to a throtie.
For as in princes natures, if there be
An audit taken, what each kind of paiaiiiii
Work* and by what usutp't aolbority.
Order and reason's peace they do disbshion ;
Within mans little world, it proves the same
Which of pow'rs great world doth eootbund the
Whence spread kings selfJove into church or law.
Pulpit and bar streigbt tee\ corrupted might.
Which bounded will not be, much less in awe.
Of heavenly censure, or of earthly right :
Besides creation and each other part
Withers, when pow'r turns raiture into art.
For as between the ol^ect and our sence.
Look where the mediums do prove dim or deer,
Mens minds leceive forma of intelligence.
Which makes things eitber fair or fbul appear ;
So between powers lust, and peoplea right,
" hrip to cleer or daiel light.
llierefore to let down thess Ugh pillar'd th
ercc,rigbts,well temper'd zeoH,
And where by this well-ballancin^ of mif^t.
Regalities of crovrns stand undedin'd.
Whose beings are not to be infinite.
And so of greater price then all mankind ;
But in (^re and function temper'd so
As they may current with their people go.
Wbeu Theopompus, I^ceden
uking
(Like Roman tribunes) which the soaring wing
Of sovereign excesses mi^t abate ;
He therein saw, although he bound his child.
Yet in a IcH room he did But«r build.
For infinite ambition to extend
Tbe bounds of pow'r (which finite pow'rs mui
weld)
As vain is, as dadre to comprehend.
And plant etemi^ in nature's field ;
Whereby the idl^ and the OTer.doing
Alike run on, th«r
54S
LO£D BROOKE.
Active then yet without eiceu of (fHiit,
Strong princa must be iu their govtmmaat,
Thar influence in eierj thing of merit,
Not with an idle, glorioua name content.
But quick in nimble ute, and change of womlM,
Whi^ eiie prove peopioa anarea and princea tombs.
Placing tlie fiitt foundation of (heir nigni
Upon that flnme, which all fiunea elae eiceeda;
ReligitHi, by w4iow name the scepter gains
More of the world, and greater reverence breeda
In foirainer, and hom»-bred subjects too,
Then much eipence of blood and wealth can do.
For witfa what force Gods true rvligiop sprwtdii,
li by her shsdaw superstitian known ;
When Midas having over Phrygia abed
Seeds of this cetemony, till then unknown.
Made Aua safer by that empty word,
Tlien his fore&thers had done by the sword.
And is not Mahonnts fhrg'd Alcoran
Both with the heathoi in authority :
And to Ibe Christians misled miter-tluiHia
BecoDw a very rack of tiranny ?
Their sfdriti united, ealiag men like fbod.
And making ill ends with strong armies good.
Religimu &ir nam
Secretly s^seth all pow'n of the mind.
In undentanding raisetb adnuratioii.
Worship in will, which native sweet links bind
The soul of man, and having got poasessiDn
Give pow'rftill will an cmlinate progreasion.
Forming in oooadBDce lines of equity,
IV) temper lawa, and without fbice infuae
A homoJioni practice of civility.
Current with that which ail Um world doth us^
Wberdty divided kingdoms may unite
If not in truth, at least in outward rite.
Thenftire I aay pow'r should be provident
In judging thii chief atreagthaf tyiumy
With lautraD, that the cle^ government
The dmrcbea proper arms be tears and prayers,
Peten true keys to open earth, and sky.
Which if the prieat out of hi* prides despair
Will into Tybiia cast, and Paula sword try;
Gods sacicd word he thcran dotb abandon.
And run with Beahly cfldUence at random.
Mild people therefore honour you your king,
Reverence your priests, but never under one
Pnil creature both your soul and body bring.
But keep the better part to God alone,
Tbe soul his image is, and onely he
Knows what it i^ and what it aught to be.
Lest else by some iddlatrous oonoeit,
ITou giTe tliem, that at sin can cast no stone.
Means to pluck down the Godhead by decat.
And upon i ' — -' ' — ■'
Princes acain wake, and be wril adria'd.
How suddenly in man kings powY is drown'd,
Tbe miter rais'd, tbe scepter pi^udic'd.
If you leave all rights superstition bound ;
For then at souls more dear, then bodies are :
Kings therefore that few si
cntitioij
mi^
Must cross their courses in thdr infancy,
By which the Dmids, witb their Bhadow'd light.
Got goods from (hem that took their words, to be
Treble rewarded in the life tu come ;
And works not paradice the same for Rome ?
For witb such mystical deilerity.
Racking tbe living bouIb through rage of sin.
And dyug eoula with horrors myitery,
Did not the miter fVom the scepter win
Tbe third part of the world, till Luther caoie.
Who shakt the doctrine of (hat double frame ?
Lie not fVanc^ Poland, Italy and Spun
Still as ibe snow doth, when it direatena mor^
like engines, fitted to draw back again
Those that the true light severed ben>re7
And was not Venice excommunicate.
For cnrtung such blse puiehaaes ot late?
Wluch endless thirst of sacred avarice,
If in tbe inDuicy it be not bounded,
Will hardly by prosperity grow wise;
For as this church ii on apparance fiiunded
So besides schools, and cells which vail her sham^
Hath she not armies to extend her name?
FowY for a penail, conscience for a table.
To write ofunian in of any fkihion.
With irits distinctians, ever merchantable,
Between a princes throne and peoples paoion?
Upon which teita she raiseth or puis down
All, but those objects, which advance her crown.
Pow'r therefore, be she needy, or ambitiaua,
Sispos'd to peace, or unio war enclin'd.
Whether retigioua in her life, or vidous.
Most not to miters so enthral mankind ;
As above truth, and forcei monks may prevail.
On their lUae visions crowo-rigbU U> emtaiL
Again, let not ber derks by Simons ways,
Leiy w^ endowments of devoted qiirita ;
Aiid so pull down, what (heir forefathers raisd
With honour in their actions, if not merit ;
Least as by pride they once got up (no hi^ii
Their bas<^iess feci (he next eitiemig'.
For first beaidea the scsodal, aad cettfenpt
Which those base courses on thur doctsiiie mm i
The stately nvKiumeDts an not exempt.
Because without meani, ao tima-woi^s can laM j
And &oai high ponqi a daqmate descent
8tmn both in slate and chiutJi MiimiiumuanM.
Whereof tether take heed, since whan cslataa
Fran such a gnwliitss do begin tt ' "
Descent is or'- '*- ''-■
For as one g<
A TREATISE OF MOKARCHIE.
TherEfoTe miut tbnmai (m gods of fornu oxterior)
Cast up tins MTthiy mstul in good mould t
And when men ts profeinoni prove superior,
Rotiain proud thougbti, from doing what they
Guiding the WMk, and tcrong, to such aitnuion,
Ai nu]F to OTder sacrifice invention.
And herebj work that formal unity,
WUcli brooka do new, or irrsligioui lects,
Tb nane op ftetion or impietj,
Change ever teacbing people to neglect !
Bin raiM the painftil, learned, and derout
To plant obeying conscience thorowouL
Veyling her doctrine with antiquity,
Wbence, and where although caattadicting uct*
Strive to derive, and prove thair pedigree,
Ai saAst humue level* to direct
Into what mould opinion ibould be cast.
To make ber true, at least like truth to last.
Or if their time* irill not permit a truce,
In wrangling questions, which br«ak nature* peace.
And thnein offer God and man abuae ;
Let pow'r yet irisaly make their prectice rrasr.
In cburdi or court*, and bind them to tha bcIukjIi,
A* business for idle, witty fools.
Ordering Ibat people from the pulpit bear
Nothing, but that which seems mans Uf^ to mend ;
Ai sbadows ot eternal hope and tear,
Which do contract the ill, and good eilend.
Not idle tbaorick, to tickle wit,
Empty of goodness, much mora nice then fit.
To which refining aod, it may ini in justj.
Tliat in the church the lupream a
Should ancient be, ere tb^ be put ir
ESoce aged wit best tempera, and abates.
These heady and eiorlritant ififectiow.
Which are of blind proud youth the imperfections.
The Roman laws for magiatate* admit
None that had not pasa'd the meridian line
Of youth, and humour* incidaitto it;
And ahall it not in iiinctiona ^vina
Be more abaurd, to let that youth appear,
And teach win* wise men think scarce fit to hear i
Besldeii, ciMMe life years easilier roay obeerr^
Which temper in cattiedral dignity, ,
Thou^ wivea be lawlUl, yet doth well deserve.
As to their fHinctioai leaving them nurc tiee i
Inatance thdr learned work* that liv'd alone.
Where married bishops left us few, or none.
And if men skall object, that this reatraint
Of lawful mani^e will increaae the li^
And so (be beauty of the church attaint,
By bringing scandal through mans frailty in,
I My man* fall i* aina, not churchea shame,
' Oidain'd by censure to enlarge hei tiune.
Ceiwiu^ the lille of discipline, which bean
Fow'rs spiritual standard, fit to govern, all
Opinions, action*, humours, hopes, and fears.
Spread knowledge, make obedience general;
Whence man instructed well, and kept In awe.
If not the inward, yet keeps outward law.
Which form [a all that (ynnny eapects,
I mean, to vrin, to change and yet unite ;
Where a true Ung In his estate iflbcta
So from within man, to work out the right,
As his will Deed not limit or allay
Tlie liberties of God's immortal way.
Where tyrants diadpline is never tree.
But ballanced, proportioned, and bounded I
80 iritb the temporal ends of tyranny, I
And ways whereon pow'n grtotnesses an; fbunded ; |
As !□ creation, fame, life, death, or war, |
Or any other bead* that soveraign ore. I
Pow'ri
opposed, or ci
each inferior orb conunand
With proper latitudes di^nctly bounded,
ided;
Not rent asunder by sophistieation
Of one fVail unner, whose supremacy
Stands by propbane or under-valuotion
Of God* anointed soveraignity :
And by dividing subjects bom their king*
Soar* above thoae throne*, which Brst gave t
wings.
ABbctlng sudi Irrevocable might
With us, as to their mufty, Turks Kv'd undw.
Or rather sacriledgc more infinite,
Fnaa Jove to wrest away the fearnU thunder :
Salmoneus pride, as if the truth tbcn Ml,
When he alone rul'd not earth, heav'n and lu
Solmoneu* who while be hfs carroacb drav«
Over the braien bridge of BH* stream.
And did with artificial thunder brave
Jove, till he plerc'l him with a lightning beam [
From which example who will on idql be.
Must reat aSBur*d to feel a deity.
Thus much to shew the outward churches use,
Sutiject alike to ordn-, or abuse,
Cbain'd with immortal seeming hiqras and fear ;
Wbi^ shadow-like their beings yat bereave,
By trusting to be, when their bodies leave.
Where if that outward work which pow'r pretends.
Were life indeed, not fMl bypocriaie.
Monarch* should need no odier law* to ttitad,
Con*dence being base of their authority ;
By whose wont, fVsJtty fla^ng out mans tnor
Itbkea thrones enwall theraaelvea with laws of
Hnrci when these ancient friending god* foresaw.
Schism and diviaiou would creep into nations.
By thi* lubjecting lublilty of law.
Which yet did yield their makers reputationi
They out of grace, sent down their progeny.
To keep, men as they were created free.
5M LORD BBOOK&
Were not to Ihii end Cem well ftvm'il Um Hence '
Ai proper for imnkind, u «u ber con ?
Unto which deer-ej'd oalure gives appluiH^
Bjr mutual duties (o which man ii bwn.
And ftnta which no soul can deliier'd be
Sj time, dia^^tioil, or authority.
Which Uwi w^K not engny'd in Mones, or brass,
Because these mettals must corrupt with time.
Mans understanding that imprcosion wast
Which did contain these itnageB dinne ;
Where conscience seal'd ndtfa horror plagueth tbo*
That against these bom-duties doe opfote.
But after mankinds hard and thankless heart
Had banish'E mild Astnea troai the earth,
Tbai came this sophistry of humane arts,
Pictum, not life of that celestial hirtb ;
Falling from laws of hesY'D-like harmoay.
To maris laws wliieh but corrupt reason be.
Of this kind Solon was in AHiens one ;
LjcuTgus cobwebs orer Sparta i^iread ;
The Locrians by Seleucus nets wwe known,
Bj ZonMster* Bactria was misled ;
Numa was be that first enthralled Rom^
And natures freedom under l^al doom.
After which change, men have lit'd more divide
By laws, then they at first by language were ;
For who before by reasons light were guided,
Since fondly worship to such idols bear ;
As those new nusteis stir up in mans heart,
Who seldom find truth in the weaker part
A masto'- piece of pow'r which hath extinct,
That tbtmer U^it of nature men Ijv'd in,
Holding the worid to crown opinions linkt
Who simply prise nut good, nor punish iin :
But whatsoever doth witiutand their will.
That bar, as if by nature it were ilL
Yet in nuns daibiess ance church lites alone
Cannot guard all the paita of govemmcDt,
Iicst by tUsvdar atatea be overtiirowQ,
Pow'r must me laws as bcr best instrument ;
Lawa bong maps, and anmcaliors that da
Shaw forth ditniari and redress them too.
For though peibaps at first Bgfat laws appear
Like prisons, unto tyrants sovoaign mi^bt,
Yet sn they secrets, which pow'r should hold de
Since envylesa they make her infinite ;
And set BO &ir a gkws upon her will.
As under this veil pow'r cannot do ilL
After Augustus had by civil sword
Hade lliat large empire thrall to his ambition.
Hen yet retatn'd tbeir priviledge in words,
And freely ceusur'd every mans condition,
1111 by the laws of wounded mqesty,
Not words, nor laiA:s, n< '
fVee.
■1 this reproof of pubKcfc vice
e of thor emperonrs misdeeds
n, and maintain'd with ptejudiice.
to say, vain Nero sang not wdl 7
Id nature thei what latitude at all.
If o'rc roans freedom tyranny thus swell 7
Whether by taw men rout or ruine take.
Sure am I, scepters it dotta sacred make.
Besides, laws fixe the bents of peoples minds
Prom prying up, while selfbeas doth inleod
Other mens faults, and therein beedlcas binds
That common freedom, which they would extend.
Laying an impost upon every vice.
To spread the crown by pe<9leB pt^udice.
This was that apple btally cast down
By Mtnoua, to set goddesses at war.
Which erst too hu^ were with Jove* hif^ ctowb
And cabinet, where all dooms fixed an,
Judg'd by shepheanl, fbr it was thought dna
That to inferiors they submit, that sue.
Old Rome again was nera out of strife
Between the people and tbe magiatrales,
Till Appius brought trom Athens rules of life.
Which are call'd laws in every other state
Whetting their edges ao against d>ar own.
As none found Idsure to restrain a Ihrme.
Since then, by laws, tbe best and worst aScetiaiu
Of piide-bom tyrants fbrm'd and disfbnn'd be.
To give fin- them some general directions.
As stays aguiut confounding liberty,
I think were fit, as wel to sfaew the abuse
In making as their good effect in use.
pow'r do laws apply
Therefore if I
Yet those are fbund of most equality
Which bear a careAil tmireisal face ;
Wbereai particular ai
Again tlMMe laws whidi nidvetsal be.
And thereby freely ciuraiit evoj iriiare.
Doe with the gnxntds of nature best agree,
And so with man moat rapntation bear i
As rsaaoa cast in fkamaa to urauld bia pawiao.
Which ksptin boonda, keepe all bis atta in Ikahinw.
But the true ground of all our humane lawa,
Ougbt to be that law which is ever true.
His light that is of every bang cause ;
Beyond whose providence what caiv be new ?
Therefore as means betwixt these two extnazoi.
Laws should take light at least tnoA tboac sw««t
Yet by the violence of superiors paaaon,
idring vinana of inferior spirits,
make up it self stiivi
Yet do these laws make sinrits of thor prcrf'amiBn.
Or such ss unto them iut^ect tkeiT stale,
Publicklyw' -'-
A TREATISE OF MONAKCHIE.
For u the man that mcBiu to write or draw,
If he uiipetfect be in hand or bead.
Makes hb straight linn unto himaelf a law,
Bf which hii after- woriu are goremcd.
So be these lines of life in vrvrj raJm,
To *agtt mens acts, a well-contenting beam.
Hence must tiwlr spbDrisnua which do conpriae
The aumine of law be published and itil'd.
In snch a common language as is pril'd
And tuM abruui not fyma (be wirld eiil'd.
Lest being both io ieit and huigu^e thrall,
limj prore not cojm for trattck general.
For is it meet that laws whidi ought to be
Bulea unto all men, should rest known to tew ?
Since then bow can powr'a sorerwgnitjr
Of uniicnal justice bear a shew,
BeCinn the judge, correct the adTocale,
Who knowing law alone command the state?
After the in&ncy of glorious Rome,
Laws were with church rite* aecretlf eoihrin'd ;
Poor people knowing nothing of their doom.
But (bat all lighti were in the judgea mind :
Planus rercal'd this snaring mistery
Great men repin'd, but Rome h self grew free.
So with the crafty priesthood was the ;ear
Made shiKt or large by their intercalation,
Sdling (he time to publicans more dear.
Till Cssar did reform this computation.
And brake these threads of aTsiice thn spun.
Measuring swift time by due course of the sun.
Hard is it therefore for men to decree.
Whether it better were to have no law.
Or law kept onely ai a mystery.
In their breatta that rerenue Irom it draw ;
Whether to bar all mandates be not one
With spreading them in dialects unknown.
For as when liturgiea are published
In funain tongues, and poor souls forc't to pray.
The tongue is trusted without heart or bead
To tell the Lord they know nut what they aay ;
But oidy that this priest-obedience,
Twixt gnce and reason, damns th' intelligence.
So whan our law, the beams of life and light.
Under a cloud or bushel shall bum out.
The furrain accents wluch are infinite,
Obscunng scncc, and multiplying doubt ;
We blinded in our ways b; this eclipite
Must needs qx>log>ie for many slips.
Again, laws order'd must be, and set down
So eleerly at each man may understand,
Wbervn for him, and wherein for the crown.
Their rigor or equality doth stand ;
For rocka, not seamaiks etwi ih^ prore to be,
Fearfld to man, no frisula to qrranny.
As making judges, and not princea great,
Because that doulilfiil senec which tbej eipound
Raiseth them up abore the princes seat,
By i^Bg strength, form, matter, and a gRMind
To faaUoo all dcgreee unto their end.
Through I ■ ■ '--
is deairM which coret law to f^nd.
For as the papists do, by eiposition
Of double sences In Gods testament.
Claim to their chair a soTereIgn condition ;
So will these legists in their element
Get above trutb and thrones, raising the barr
As high as those unerring proud chain are.
All which just ballancing of judge and law.
Be marks of wise and undentanding might.
As it is under orders lines to draw [right.
Prohibiting those lawless marts of place.
Which, by penniaaion of a careless crown.
Corrupt and gire the magistrate disgrace
With servile purchase of a selling gown ;
And so rate Justice at as vile a price.
As if her state were peoples pngudica.
In cDurae of law beside pow'r must adviw
Whether fbr tryal of mens private right.
It will be found just, equal, fit, or wise
To give the judges any other light.
Then in mens titles by cleer evidence :
In case of crime by testimony of aence :
Again, if common jtiitice of the king
Delay'd, dishonour'd or coirupted be.
And so the subject rackt in every thing,
By these wonl-mongen, and thor liberty.
Whether Gods government among his own.
Was not more wise, which advocates had none.
The warlike Lacedemon sufltred not
In her rcpublick any advocate ;
The learned Athens neither used lot
Nor plea, liut party, and their magistrate i
As if these courts, would never stainless be.
Which did allow that gaining mistery-
Because their end being nwerly avarice.
Winds up their wits to such a nimble strain.
As helps to blind the judge not gite him eyes.
And when suceesaively these come to raign
Their eld acquinted traffick makes them see.
Wrong hath more dyents then linoerity.
Hence these new judges made, sometimes adhere
Unto the plain words, sometimes sence of law.
Then bind it to the makers of their chair,
And now the whole test into one port dnw ;
So that fVom hotne who shall but four years be
Will think laws traveli'd have aswcll as he. '
MoreoT^, to give Justice ready eyes
Kings here and there in provinces remote
Should to ettablish proper courts devise
That their poor suhjecia might not live by vote,
Mor ye* by chei^ of cares far fetched right,
Give more advantage to oppreswng might. '
Nn
5M
LORD BROOKE.
Tit from the bni'n,
n thorough ftll.
Such be those seven li
In the French monarc
To spread both seoce <uid m
And Of er sence, opinion, cusiome mga ;
Puis, Grenoble, Tolous, Bourdeaux, Bone,
Dijon, and Aii, aeren pillara of a throne.
Whidt, were they not oA nibjecC to infection
Fyom noisoaie miits bcj'Ond the Alpes ariiing,
Would keep the health of that atale in peifi-clion
As well IVton falling as from tpwiniiing,
But fate leares no man longer quiet here,
Then hieesed peace is to his neighbor dear.
Pow'r then, stretch no grounds for givce, spleen a
gain.
But leave the subject to the subjects law ;
Since equals over equals glad to ralgn,
Wilt by advantage more adrintage draw,
Fat tfaTone-eiamples are but seldom lost.
And foUow'd erer at the publicl cost.
People by nature lore not to obey,
By force and uie yet grow th«r humours miit.
Now soft like wax, now.bsrdned like the clay,
And w to make or maire, soon mov'd or fiit.
As these two moderatois wit and might
To their ends wave or let them stand upright.
Cnft though unpunished in m^esty,
Tet never governs, but works by deceit.
Base inatrument ot humane frailty.
Which audita not by standard, number, wdght.
But with false lights makes tyranny descend
To do, and bide, by which stain none ascend.
Crowns therefbre keep youi oaths of coronation.
Succession frees no tyranny from those.
Faith is the ballance of pow'rs reputation,
That circle broken, where can man repose ?
Since scepter pledges, which should be sincere.
By one false act grow bankrupt every where.
Ith, and liberty.
Servile without book Co unbounded will,
Procrustua like he racks humanity.
That in pow'rs own mould casta ilieir good will,
A»d staves men must be by the sway of time.
When tyranny continues thus sublime.
(Ktserrc in greafaess this one abstract notion,
lliat odds of place posaest by spirits inferior.
Must find strange lulls and dales in every motion.
Nature and chuice growing by turns superior ;
Wlieore inward weakneM never shall be able
To keep tbe outward borrow'd glories stable.
Yet above all these, tyrants must bave care.
To cherrisll these assemblies of estate
Which in great monarchies true glasses are.
To sbaw mens grief, excesses to abate.
Brave moulds for laws, a medium that in one
Joyns with content a people to the throne.
Besides a safe wrest of these boundless kings
To get supply, or enryless reform.
Those over-strelehed, or relaxed strings.
Of many members wbich might else deform ;
Sill friends to thrones, who [as lords of the choice)
Give life or death to all acta by Iheir voice.
is in man this little world of ourSf-
All objects which afiect him divenJy
With pain or pleasure under feeling pow'r*
"f common sence, are summon'd presently.
And there diuiinisht, judged, or approved,
A crisis made, some changed, s
So in the kingdoms general convention
By confluence of all slates doth appear.
Who nurseth peace, who multiplii
What to the people, what to great men Hear,
Whereby soveraignity still keeps above
And from her center makes these circles mora.
Again, since parliaments assembled be.
Not for the end of one state hut of all.
Practice of no side can be counted free.
Anger of greatness there is short-brcath'd fall,
Altring, di^ladng, raiung, pulling down
Offtods the burroughs, adds not to the crown-
People like sheep and streams go all one way.
Bounded with conscience, names and liberty ;
All other aits enhance, do not allay
The headlong pasuons they are governed by :
Crafl tcacheth ciafl, practice goes not alone.
But ecchocs self.wit back upon a throne.
t to multiply
ves them glory cheap.
Blood were too much, great bodies cannot die ;
Pow'r that sows truth, may wealth and honor reap,-
Men joy ia war for conscience, and can die
Giving their wealth to save tbdr liberty.
Conscience (I say) is to the people dear.
And liberty they (like all creatures) love;
What then needs any force or practice here.
Where men upon such fair wheels easily move?
It may stir jealousie, but cannot friend.
That which both king and men should make thdr
Pow'r, therefore bring all ways degenerate
Back to thdr old foundatioas whence they grew.
And suffer not these pillars of estate
By private selfnesa to become still new ;
Of private orbs tb' orisons are not great.
Must they not then diminish where they treat ?
The large times, strength like, kept electioas ficc.
Sheriff's us'd no self-an in thdr county-days j
Great men forbore those shapes of Majesty
Which gave the people freedom in their ways.
And what can scepters loose by this free cbokc.
Where they reserve the royalty of voic« ?
At their, will, either to di^iense with law.
When they are made as prisons of creation.
Or legal yokes which still more bandage draw
By bringing penalties in reputation.
Mild people of the throne deaiiing leave
More BpedouB nets on all estates to weave.
IVeedom of speech ecchoes the peoples trust.
That credit never doth tbe soveraign hann
Kings win the people by tbe people rnus^
Wherein the scepter is the diiefest chaime ;
People, like infants, joy in little things.
Which ever draws their counrels under kings.
A TREATISE OF MOMAKCHIE.
3*7
McDC* powo- oftan in ber largctt dayi
Hath chosen free uid active instnunents.
From lubJKti faith, Uutt !□ the subjecta vtyv
Humbly to lufier hne been nil contml ;
And lines man U Qo more then what be knoira ;
Ought he DM pay that duty which he owi?
And what expect men far tfarir Urea and gonds,
Butaome poor festhen out of their own winga?
Pardons (I mean) fnnn thoae law-catching ^lOodI^
Which they befhie had b^ged of their kingi ;
Let them ipeak freely, then titej &eel; paj ;
Each creature hath •oine kind <^ aablMith-da;.
LMtly, whan princes moat do need their own,
People do ap]' ft1«e lights of liberty ;
Taxes there raniaht, irapositioni gone,
Tet doth the parlamentsl aubsidy
Reliere kinga wants at home with peoples wealth,
And shews the world that both states are in heahh.
Prom these sweet mouDttuna therefore let ua vii
Tie former great estates which goiem'd all,
And by the use of many people knew,
Whidi way to frame things for the general ;
Yet kept thdr aoveraignity above.
By uiiiig couDcds not of few, but tote.
The Soman state, for all free atatea a glaas
Id her deliberatiana of weight,
When ihe did strive to shun or bring to pasa
Her real councela, or welt raask't deceit ;
Had to her five and thirty tribes recourae,
AsBembling many, to keep all from worse :
By tl>em determining in Mara his field
The denizing of realms, magistrates creation,
When RcRne was barren, what did over yield.
When peace or war, and wby, bad reputation,
Feanng the aenates pride, (he peoples rage.
Lest tbe eiceas of one should all engage.
And tiy thia equal botlance kepi upright
Her br extended government and law ;
Till war, by over-adding unto might
Tlw aeate uneven, did on her aide draw.
And by a martial mutinoua election
Of emperon, brought empire to defection.
Far different ia the course of tyranny,
Where mans felicity is not the end.
But self-contracting soveraigniCy,
Neither to acepter nor to people friend.
The mystery of iniquity b^ng there.
Not to aaaemble parlament for fear.
Inatamce tbe prewat brutish rapiody
Of mankind under Ottoman's base line.
Where if in one man should aaaembled be.
Of thrar well beings freely to define.
What were it but a tibaal commission.
For them, to cast off bondage by aedition.
Tbe true uniting Grecian policy,
Of cDune frequented twice in every year.
Their ancient Amphictian aynodie,
A parliament for many causes dear,
Aswel at home to curb mens diven minds.
As all encroaching forrainem (o bind.
Pof active powV must not her bounds enlai^
By streching crown rights (which by law descend)
To taxe, impose, monopolise, or charge.
As if both God and man'a law had no end ;
But enhance prerogatives as &r.
By arts of peace, aa tiiey by conqueats an.
Elae when thia erown-aasumed liberty
Halh shuffled all distinct imperial rests.
To give confused will aoveraignity,
Order thus ahak't in throDca, in aubject* breasts
Makes duty nothing else but servile fear^
Svhcre fruiu alike for both, occaiion bears.
Atid as these Iswa which bind mans birth to throne*.
Have therefore, under wise kinga government.
Never been creatures of their wills alone ;
But like man-yokes made by mankinds consent,
So taie again to one from many paid,
la not from one voice well, but many laid.
Much less ought pulpit doctrine, atili'd above
lliorDUgh colhednl chain or scepter might.
Short, Of beyond th' Almighties tenure mor^
Vorj^ng her shape, as humora vary light,
Lett, wben men see God shrin'il in humane la*.
Thrones find the immortal chang'd to mortal awe.
Asd to descend &om viuons of the beat.
Both place and person from her shadows must
Be so upheld, as all may subject rest
To pow'r supream, not absolute in trust ; -
So to rwae fees beyond reward or merit ;
As if they might both taie and diainberit.
Which to avoid, as pow'ra chief mystery.
Birth, education may give princes light.
Yea in each art the moster-peccea be
Help to select among the infinite ;
No work of chance aa from Pandora's tunne.
By happy choice, by Fames cleer eye-sght wonne.
Again, though use of taking from mans youth
Be but a doubtful way of djsapline
To work a habit in the love of truth.
Though instrumental practice do refine
The sening, not the judging pow'rs of wit.
And for uprightness, so the more unfit,
Tet in the liberty of advocates.
Which are of judges now the nursery.
Fame ia a glaaa, whCTC goverooura of states.
May see what good or ill proportions be
In every heart fram'd to do wrong or right
Against temptations both of gain and might.
re choaen well,
,„.„^ ^ , ahcwB them forth.
Borne bumcFuni raia'd, some humbled do excel.
Security ia no true nurse of worth : [dioic«
And whence bath pow'r more safe intelligence?
Since Fame doth serve them at her proper coat,
And is not thrall to grace, or to offence.
Though sometirne clouded, very seldom lost.
And where she lies by evil information.
She think-i rrtreat no loss of reputation.
Nn 2
LOKD BROOKE.
Now dnce Aae rulas Ibr laws, do ereii like Uns,
Bqually tene tbe tpsnt sad the king ;
This, to good UKa for tbe publick catue,
That, M mens fteedomi under will to bnng,
One spidei.like, the other like the bee,
Drawtng to help or hurt humanit;.
If I without dUtinctioii do ut down
These humble precepts in ■ common stite,
Their difference not bdng pUced >n the crown.
But cnft or truth to goTem, nr beguile ;
Let him that reads in this and in the rest
Each crudity to his fair end digest.
Whih wise Frooietbeus bad his fine cU; ^ira*
To bahioD man, he nothing more did shun
Then nature* uniformity in beasta.
Of which by an there can be nothing won.
Whence in these creatures fniat be did cconprlie
Many both stn»g and stiaoge varieties.
That as there divers Unds be of complexions.
So in them thrae might be prebemineDce,
Divers of spirit, vigor, and affections ;
To keep up which d^reea of diHerence,
Reason, of life the guardian, was ordain'd.
As conscience to religion was chain'd.
And to cooBnn this inequality
Have not the feigned gods in orbs above
Gloriously plac'd that specious hierarchy
'Whose influence doth inferior spirits muve ;
And in slack, or iwiil coumx, high or luw,
Tbe divers honours of each being ahovt ?
So that of force he must a stranger be.
To their repubUck that will not confess
Tbe supream synods of this deity.
To be compos'd of differing nobleuess ;
And partially wbo can be placed tliere.
Where they that cteerest sliine, most honor bear?
By biith and worth that Hercules higb-piii'd
Shines he not over Cassiopea's bead ?
Justice sbe being onely canonii'd
For Perseus sake who did her daughter wed ;
And be that for anoUiers sake dotli rise,
Hii merit not in worth, but favour lies-
Would it not be an aukeward oonseqaence
To see that virgin fivil Erigene
Who by compasiioi
Adored by our mar
Far above those two brothcn saving light.
Whose twiw-like^^iryntakesthasodiack hdght.
Doth not Orion worthily deserve
A higher place, ever for the constant love
Wherewith be did the chaste Diana serve.
Then frail Bootes wbo was plac'd above
Onely because the gods cKd else foresee,
~ He shouM the murtherer of his mothsr be ?
Pow't borrow patterns of crsating art
Out of these throne* wherein the nu^es^
Of nature is maintain'd throtigh every pnt, .
By thdr well-laid distinctions of de^vc.
Which grow conftis'd again by parity.
For as tbe harmony which sence admirea
Of discords (yet according) is compounded.
And as each creature really aspires
Unto that unity, which all things founded ;
So must the throne and people both affect
Discording touts united with respect.
By which cotisent of disagreeing movera.
There will spring up a^>ects of reverence
Equals and betters quarrelling like loveiSi
yet all confessing one omnipotence.
And therein each estate to be no mon^
Then instruments out of their maket* store.
From whence nobility doth of creation
A secret prove to kings, and tyisnny ;
For as the stamp gives bullion valuation.
So these fair shadows Of authority
Are marks for people to look up nnfo.
And see what princes with our earth can do.
In whom it is great wisdom to reward
Unequal worth with inequality;
Since it doth breed a prosperous regard,
Aswel to princes as to tjranuy :
When people shall see those men set above,
That more with worth then fottime seem in love.
Tet must diia brave magnificence be us'd
Sot rally to dispossess the crown.
Either of pow'r or wealth, but so infus'd
As it may rather raise then pull it down ;
Which frugal majesty in growing Rome
Gave her above all stales a lasting doom.
For she discem'd, although her wealth woe vast.
Yet people, and desiie did far exceed it.
So 88 what spread too far, could never last.
Shadows for bodies she saw were lo choose.
Which must both strength and reputation Uiote.
Tbe way she therefore did observe to prise
Well doing subjects, and ciicuutage merit.
Were titles, trophies, which she did devise.
Costless, and yet of force lo quicken spirits.
Thus unto Alricanui Scipio's name,
Honnibals and ^Carthage ecchoM were by fanic-
His brotboa slmame AsiatiGUs
The story was of Asia subdued;
Perseus c^>tiv'd by Macedooicus :
To lugurth strei^it Numidicns cusued : [bon
By which course as nch conqueat brau^t fivtfa
So thay by giving still Eocreast their tun.
Beddes, ptoud princes miort in their cs«BtioOB
Of form, wort^ number keep a providntoe.
For if too many ; that wains reputation,
Bouf^t worth, or none, lets &11 their mcresiBc,
With men, that think liability to do.
Hie scope creatfat^powV Is bound unto.
A TREATISE OF MOMARCHIE.
For -ftrewel poblick «tilsi tad dignity
When Nero's dark tboughu ■hall coauaunicoM
Unto hiB fellow muutrelg lent;
Triumphal sUtueB, offiea of Elate,
Or bODour to such apirits, m though in age
Nerer s«r*'d Man nor muie but on a itage.
Nor moat thii spedoui bod; lue bo high
A> it ahort afaadinrs ma; on people cast,
Or by reflection diro the princei eye
Who creatures ovEr-greitness cannot tute :
But live like clouds in middle r^ons bloirn
Which rise and fUl to make their mover known.
SIsTea with the Romani were
If all but nobles should >tand
What wretched state were our humanity ?
Aft if atep-motherJike, nature combin'd
With pow'r, not only to make most men slaves.
But in a few lords to prepare them graves-
Such laws in Poland set so easie rates
On mean mem lives, rate great mens lives so fugt^
Aft they may murtber all inferior states
Yet subject to no other justice lie.
Then (aft for dogs) a senceless money fine.
Against this can it strange or wonder be.
Where creatuies their creaton overgrow.
If prince* hold Ibdr crowns by eurteaie ?
Poland and Germany are ballanc't so,
As scepters glory is in both these lost.
And nothing left lungs but a name to boast.
Fair Albion, when she swel'd with sulgecis worth,
And by her princes merita gathur'd &me,
Eismples then did to the world bring forth,
lliat over-grealnesft often sways great frames ;
Instance her active barons martial pride.
Which helpt the royal issue to divide.
Likewise while glorious Naples did eiyoy
Of bonw-bom princes the felicity,
Tet even tben, peer-graatnesa did annoy
That dainty sc^ittT with stiBOge mutiny.
As oft as to the pope it seemed good,
To serve Ida turn by hot asfHring blood i
"nil at the length this waving course of llieini
Under a great lord wrought thcdr servitude,
Wbo now curbs all tiieir mutiny with fears,
And yet that ttar again with hope deludes,
Keeping men like reeds, to his self-ends bent.
By making new Rome with her own content.
Kings tfaneKn that would not itqjenerate
Their scepter arts to artless anarcby.
To many, few, or any other stale
Host wuely bound tbeir own niMlity,
Not nisiag mat b; charge, but spedotu shew,
Ncr yet so high as they may ove^nrw.
In Scotland tbair bcnditary sbrifii
(Eladi is a vice-toy in his aattre daie;)
Add oft to princea dangars peoples grief;
Justice so IKe to ftctioD loiAdng there,
As men are sotattimes forc't to fall from kings
For Aadnw, nubr nibidleniale wings.
Princes, then know it to be ominous
For you, to spread, or to partidpale
lUng, which doth govern us,
CSS, still unfortunate ;
Or else to such a strengthned corporation.
As easily cannot wave her rqiutation.
The lustre wherein powV is magnided
Ueiog only lo command that tame wild beast.
People I mean, who ofl prove dangerous tides.
And love equality undistinguishl best ;
Against whose rage there is no better tence.
Then well advised pow'r may have from henoe.
Where else, while both nobility and kings
To poise themselves, as neither can be great.
The people pulling feathers &iim both wings.
Will first like equals, not like subjects, treat
Of all prerogatives, and then aspire
To be the doom, or standard of deaire.
Wherefore this great and littie oorporadon
Should be so tempered as they both may give
Unto their iiead a ttrengthning r^utation,
And thence tbat flwdom take in which diey Ilvej
People not rackt, exhausted or made proud.
But to be kept strait, evermore kept bow'd.
For sovoraign pow'r, which cannot stand alone.
Must by her subaltemness supported be.
Keeping a distance between ever; one,
To shun contempt even in authority ;
Whose little springs unlo that mother sea,
Whrace they derived are, must tribute p^.
Nor were these humane gods so prodigal
Of given honours, but they did reserve
A power lo curb their citiiens withal ;
Phcebus did well his banishment deserve
By offering to these thunder-worlcers wrong,
Cyclops, which to his father did belong.
Now when these ebbing, or still flowing states.
Thrones wisely have with bounds established ;
lien that this frame prove not unfortunate.
Foe to it self, and doubtful to the head ;
Pow'r must with constant stem of government
Suppress dividing humorous discontent.
Especially tbat brutish oi
Of private courage, which sets life and soul
Not only at a trivia] valuation.
But lifts a subject faire above hi* ndl.
Into the princely orb of making lairs ;
As judge and party in his private cause.
Which confident assuming*, if they be
Snfflvd, do much allay the sovaaign right.
Since all the moulds of fame and inftoy,
'~[>w'r of mans life, and death, be acts of might.
And must be form'd by muyeaty alraie ;
As royalties inhavnt to a throne.
Whose delicate complexion is such,
Tbat if in any member it be wounded.
It gangrene* all ; nay when man doth hut touch
nysleries, then is her state confounded :
ndes, who as a king, dare kill a man ?
man again will kill kings, if he. can.
Nn 3
550
LOHD BROOKE.
Loitly where tiuDy states become uidted
UDd»' one throne, though not one government,
Civil dinentioiu euQ; are invited.
Under the colour of a private rend,
More mischief ntirr^d up is, then understood.
Thui absolute pow'n (hat will respected live.
Must govern greatness, with a grvuter miad.
And care their actions ma; no scandal give,
Aa unto change or littleness ioclin'd ;
But vrith a constant universal care,
Make them good aubjecls that ill people are.
Wbin these gods saw mankinds simpticlty
Wander whta beasts, as fellows in creation
To both their thirsts alike the water free,
AconiB their foodi, earth bed and habitation.
They take compassion, and from heaven sent
Their spirits, who did handicrafts invent
Which mysteries the slownes of mans wit,
la many years could else not have attun'd.
That as men grew, so they might learn to fit
Nature with art, to be by them muntain'd;
And on the earth find hearbs for food and health.
As well as underneath it, mines for wealth.
To which Ceres down lo Scil came
And spread Iw fruitful art of suwing grain.
As Bacchus taught the Naiians bow to frame
The gtfpe for wine; and Pallas shew'd the vein
Of planting olives, which do bear her name,
A goddess motherless, bwn of his brain, -
That over all the other gods did raign.
Which wisdome likwise first taught men lo bide
Their naked skin, that bears no native cooll ;
And by chaste Pallas did reveal beside,
How fVom the worm of silken riches full, [kings.
The peoples hands might work choice robes for
Whidi since the pride of man in common brings.
AgUD, when mankind was thus finely taught
To use the earth, with all that on it grew.
Instantly Vulcan, through her bowels sought
For predous mettals, then to people new ;
Helping this common dome of ours the earth.
By many midwives, unto many bitths.
Lastly, lest one dime should abound, and bunt
Starving the rest, which of their store had need ;
This active FaUas likewise was the first
Hiat found, and gave Iheoe moving bridges speed
As well to import, as to carry forth,
FiDm lone to.ione, all richesses of wortli.
And of her loving father did obtain
In furrows of the Oceans face, who spiti
To have his deep compleiion without
Flough'd up by tbos<» that venliui to
Thus did these gods, ore great to doubt the might
or all the world, though pride and wealth they knew
Apt to conspire against the ways of right.
In hope to make sovereignity still new ;
Yet suffer men lo gtow in wealth and pridi^
As helps not to unite them, but divide.
Whence in the world they publkhl, that each aoH
Created needful was of neighbor climes ;
And (.for they must corrupt that needed none)
God made them subject, both to want, and timn.
That Art and Nature cliangiog each with Mtacr,
Might nurse all mlions like a common motbcr.
for long ere Jove iJye Mercury enjoyo'd
By the advantage of his golden tongue, [coyn'd.
To fashion grounds, from whence arts mi{^t be
To leave the weak, and qualiflc the strong, ~
With an attentive sweet obedieDce,
Helping his reason, to cammand his sence.
Long, as I said, ere this teUdtj
Did these ingenious goddesses descend ;
And in that golden times simplicity.
As unto need, and not excesses friend.
As made powV rich with more then was her owb.
Thus sec we in this native image-li^it
No lack where art and nature joyn^ be ;
Who therefbre will in idleness ikligbl.
And make not doing bis felicity.
As earth by him turns wilderness again
So nature in biro rusts for lack of pain.
Labor and care then must familiar be.
Thorough the vigour of mens educatioii
To give mankind against necessity
Protection, in some honest occupation.
And all grow undertakers, not a drone.
Both ignorance and idleness unknown.
To which end pow'r must nurseries erect.
And those trades cherish which use many hands.
Yet such as more by pains then skili'd efiect.
And so by spirits, more then vigor stand ;
Whereby each creature may it self suataiD,
And who excel add honor to their gain.
For traffick is a quintescence ronfecled
Of milt compleiions, in all living creaturea t
The miracles of which may be collected
Out of thoac fine webs which on Natures fcatmea
Art works to make men rich that are not good ;
A base, whereon all govemmenls have stood.
Venice that ftmous m
Raised her rich magnificence by trade.
Of coasts, towns, creeks, ent refuge* for stealth.
Along the midland sea she suburbs made ;
Spices of £gypt, Barbaries fine gold ;
All works of Syria her marts bought and soliL
A city, till the Indian trade was known.
That did like Eunqtes exchequer fill and spnwl.
Adding more provinces unto her own.
By mines of money with bcr trofflck M,
Then martial Philip had aubdu'd in Oreec^
Or he whose art brought home the gtddco fleece
A TEEATISE OF MONARCHIE.
curious prD^wct tliMe proud klngi
Ought to sortey the commerce of tbeir land,
Keir trades and stales itill establuhiDg,
So to improre the work of every tuod.
As each may thrive, aad by exchange, the Ibrone
Grow rich iodeed, because not rich alone.
Wbosem
Yet feed pow'is triumpln, nune neceMity
By Tenting, changing, rairing, letting fall,
Fnmii^ works both for use lad raaity
In mutual traffick, wlucfa, while marts aland bir,
Hake natures wealth, as free as is her air-
To ballance these by eqatl weights ca measure,
Tlw audit of our own must be the guide
As what for use, for lionour, gain or pleasure,
At home now is, or else might be supply'd :
The reft so by exchange to rise or fall.
As while none loose, we yet may gain by all.
Foraaiu leagues of stales, when either might
Adranlaga of times, words, humours, wit
Unequally hare lost, or galteu right,
Thia surfvt erer brings diseue with it ;
Which (like a torrent) bils not to break out,
Leasing with loss of faith boUi states in doubt-
So when these Uttle limbs of great estates
By ciaft beccmta oa either side opprest.
Can wit bind pow'r with her deceiving rates.
Or hatch ber cuckoes in the eagles nest?
No; marts and tradvfl, which natures standards be
Stni^it find, and bietk this inequality.
Thus did the Haose's sometimes tyrannise
The northern princes in their infancy
Of trade and commerce, till with time grown wise.
Can never stand to harm a
Now under merchant, miner, clothier, plough.
Are all these arts and mysteries contain'd,
Which out of each do teach our princes bow
Tbeir pomp in war and peace may be maintain'd ;
As in whose choice, use, government, and measure.
Though bullion wants, yet states recover treasure.
All which rich mines, made for the good of all.
Are yet abus'd by short brealh'd wits that will
The price and true encouragements let All
Ofindustry; and eicellence in sk'"
Ho]Hng tbrou^ ignorance, deci
While they locse art and credit,
and stealth,
get wealth.
The cure of which contagious disease
Rests only in the pow'r of government.
That must with real arts her people raise;
Not niarre her markets (o give fraud a vent.
And can almost as well make flesh and bloo^ ,
As artisans, that shall be true, and good.
For though eadi sice brings fin- her occupation.
Wherein earth yields the matter, art the &ime.
To make gain InBidte by transmutation,
Knee forms redoubled, triple gains return ;
Yet must there be ■ kind of faith preserv'd
Even in the commerce of ths vanity,
That with true arts their markets may be serv'd.
And credit kept to keep them great and IVee ;
Weight, number, measure truly joyn'd in om^
By Inde with all slatea to enrich our own.
Among which mass of arts, if one too much
Draw up, Iben traffick stands, and realms grow poor.
Whereas in states well teraper'd to be rich,
Arts be the men's, and men the princes are ;
Form, matter, trade, so working every where.
As goverment may find her riches there.
Then a
men must the supreom pow'r, this w^eflil spirit
Observe proporlicsi in her industry.
Never lier own from traffick disinherit.
But keep eichange in doe equality.
Not bringing home more than she carries forth,
Nor buying toys, with things of staple worth.
But work her matter with her home-bom hands,
And to that use fetch forraign malteis too,
Buying fur toys the wealth of other lands.
To gain by sJI the good or ill they da ;
Keep up the bulUoa, for it doth entice.
Yet not transport it, for 'tis prejudice.
Wherein wise princes ought to Imitate
The Saracens enriching-industry.
Who ^gypts wealth brought to their barren state^
Entidng vice by far-fetcbt vanity;
And for their ostridge feathers, toys of pride.
Get staple wealth from all the world beside.
Which as a watch word, ibein pow'r may impose.
With less hurt on the eommeice of delight.
For there by deameas, what can credit lose
Where fancies value is so inflnite.
As wealth and reason judge not, but devisa
To serve her both with objects and with eyes?
Thus the Sabeans heapt up mass of treasury
By venting incense unto every nation,
Aswel for superstition as fbr pleasure;
HinB Syria got by balsam estimation.
And milions brought by custom to the Jew,
Wealth kept for him that their state oreitlunv.
Hence tnins the Hollander his little child.
To work toys for the vanity of us.
And in eichange our cloth to them we yield j
Wise men and fbols, even sore each other tbu^
The standard of the whols world being seen
To furnish bers, by carriage out and in.
Now though wise kings do by advantage play
With other stales, by setting tai on toyes,
Which, if leagues do permit, they justly may.
As punishment for that vice which deetroys ;
Of real things yet must they careful be,
Here and abroad to keep them custome &ee.
> any town the gulf of all be made;
Forlhougb from fewwcalth soon behid and known.
And still the rich kept sertlte by thdr own,
558
LORD BROOKE.
Yet DO one dty rioh, or eicbequei full
GiTcs slates such credit, strength or reputalion.
As that foreseeing long breath'd wisdom will,
'Which, by a wel]-di^K»ing of creation,
Breeds universal wealth, gives all content,
la both the mine and actle of government.
Admit again the Holland industry
Lay tax on victual, spate their merchoodjse ;
Yet is it not ground for a Dumarchy,
To view bis awn Irame with democnte eyes ;
Since sovereign pow'r in one, and many ploct
From diven lights, must divers shadows cast.
Do we not see the fertile soyls decay'd
And eastern dtjes by the tiranny
Of that great lord, who bis voat wealth allay'd
By bringing all lliose cities into three ? *
Which three prove greedy ill digesting wombs,
Not treasuries of wealth, but redter tsmbs.
And while the forraign gulls I thus describe.
My wish ia that I may not seem to stain
Some ore.sH'oln dty of the Albian tribe,
Which starving many, amother'd doth remain,
And yet will not be cured of this grief.
By yielding to the neighbor towns relief
MorcDverf fix and marshal in such wise
Pow'r commerce must, of strangers with her own.
As neither may the other tyranniic,
But live like twins out of one body grown ;
The strangers ships not banisht, nor their ware.
Which double custome brings, and gages ate.
No monopolies suffered in the land.
All interpohng practices withstood.
In merchant laws, a constant gentle hand
Imposing, parallel'd with lelting blood;
The bullion not enhanced not embosed,
The fbrtoiners not dandled nor disgraced.
Lastly, she labor must to draw her marts
Witliin her porta, and so the strangers wealth,
Framing such laws and rates for forrsui ports,
As public commerce may be kept in health;
Their goods as pawns, their industry as vents
To multiply our traffick, shipping, rents.
WUch may be.done in any great estate.
Whose native riches others do exceed
In real worth, and thereby may give rate
And draw home ibrrain states by gain or need ;
But where this wants, there treaty must supply,
paiming our ne^hbwa wares to work this fay.
So hod that worthy, great, and looideu queen f ,
If she bad liv'd, Ivougbt home that staple wealth
Of the Muscovian empire to have been
Coi\joyn'd with hers, for either country) health {
He selling his here dearer then elsewhere.
She fixing by them both ■ st^lc bere.
And when these had been stapled here togctixr.
The silks and riches of all other parts, [hither,
Mud needs have foUow'd these great slandajils
With such as live by commerce or by arts ;
A work already by eipmence known.
Trade having staid or cbang'd with oun alone.
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t Queen EUtttwUl. ^^
And though tha atrangar rarely will oommi
His ship and ware to island princes statas.
Yet if he wealth or freedom find with It,
Fear of imbargo it essity abates ;
Since by the present gain, if evil oome.
He hadi to buy, or bear out heavy doom.
Therefore let duMies, whoae Mates have seas to Mend,
Study by trade to make ber navies greal ;
□e u) maxe ner navies greai ;
Magnificent theaters when they treat.
Bridges thU will fawiHooH. anil m
To carry in and o
en tney treat,
insport, and moving tow'n
triumphing pow'n.
Under wbidi sate, yet moving policy.
Did finite Athens make the infinite
Forces of Xenes out of Greece to fly ;
Lepanto likewise proves the Christians migfat
Able by sea to shake the Turkish pow'r.
Where his land^armies all the world devour.
England, this little, yet much envy'd isle.
By spreading fame and power many vraya.
Admit the world at her land-conquests smila,
Yet is her greatness reverenc'd by seas;
The ocean being to her both a wall.
And engine to avenge ber wtoi^ withall.
To which end kings must strive to add a spirit
Unto the mariner, in war and peace,
A minister of use and double merit,
t'ram'd without charge, to travel without cease i
Pow'r hath no nobler, nor yet surer way
llien that by which both save and get tbey may.
Now though this course of traffick may i^pear
To multiply strange shipping, not our own,
Tet in the practice all states find it deer.
That still by traffick mariners have grown ;
As shipa by manufocturea multiply.
And where good shipa be us'd, vents cajinot dye.
Instance of both the Netherlanders be.
Who have cncreasl tlieir shipping witli tlieir maiti,
Adding to each by tJiat fair industry
Of manufactures, many forming arts.
By wealth and concourse of ^l other nations,
Even in war, grown rich with reputation.
And though of staple riches they have none^
By nature in their native countrey bred.
To sway or to induce more then their owd.
Yet are they by these arts established ;
Merchant and Mars bis well miit polity
Of all exchanges grown the nursery.
Whereby tbey want no bullion, cloth, or food.
But with the surplus, when need is, supply'd.
Enrich themselves, raise custome, yet do good
To all their limbs, amongst whom they divide
Herelaw, there court, hen one trade, tbervauotbEr,
Lest any should engross to hurt their motbcr.
Again, thrones must, by regal providence,
Govern that much us'd unknown myst^y.
And costless model of iDtelligau»i
Exchange the type of merchants polky,
Whereby he raiseth or leta &11 all tbii^ ;
And, though inferiour, binds and loooath ktngi.
A TRKATISE OF MONARCHIE.
B J irbich lai^ proTidence of goTaninieiit,
Both over naliie, tad the focToin wealtli.
None sbkll be over-Mrain'd or discontent
But from the hewt fxh limb recdTe his health ;
lint or crsTing,
l^iom evay m^JKt, with aelf.«nds innted.
To improre tna, emrth, men in every kind,
Making ibe harrat great, the labor Bmall,
By doing all thing* witb the help of all.
Now, if against these noble mines of wealth.
Any from fbmiin strains of tyranny.
With colour to keep all degrees in health,
Would bind or limit this prosperity,
As nursing pride and luxury in one.
Vices that eaiily climb up to a throne ;
And out of these blae grounds make pow'r conerave
Porerty to be the best end of subjection,
jMt him, to judge bow much these mist* deceive,
F!nt put himself in poverties protection,
And be shall Bnd all wisdoms that supprew.
Still by misfonning, make their own fiWmt !«■■.
For every open heart knows ricbes be
The safest gages to keep men in peace.
Whose natures cannot rest in misery.
No more then flesh can, till her anguish cease ;
80 that who over slaves do tyrannise
By choice, ore neither truly great nor wise-
Therefore proud princes ever must propound
That royal and ingeniouii design
Of making all men rich, not minute bound.
And to the same end, study to reflne
Nurseries for traffick, mysteries and art.
To fumiib equal wealth in evei7 part,
For poor then, tell me, how can scepters be
When all tbdr sul^ects sbsll in wealth abound ?
Or how, not great in fhme and ro^esty
When strangers help to frame our trafflck sound?
And so make people Btrengths unto thdr king.
Who, without these moulds, charge and danger
Beudes, severely here may lairs proceed
Against the drone, tbe vagrant, or the thief,
Where occupations doe supply mens need.
And labor give each Aimlly relief;
■ Lastly, how can mens spirits mutiny here.
Where each mans private, to himself it deer 7
Tna ancient sages took our nrth to be
A simple element of one complBximi,
Diflering onely in niety
or beats and cold from heavenly refleiios ;
To nanow conteniplatioDS of 01
This abstract dream of former time confutes ;
Compos'd as variouB is, as are her fruits ;
Here gold for Ufe's use, marble for her tomb.
Here veins of silver, there quick mercury.
Here Pales, there Pomona fruitful be.
Which sweet variety doth oot proceed.
From influence, or temper by the sun ;
But from the first diversity of seed
Which did through her created vessels run.
And to the beat (as tributes) pay their springs
Which unto ripeness Pluebus after brings.
Cold Germany thus yields fhim her deep mines
Under the earth, a lasting spring of treasure.
Thus Hungary, where Phcebus neerer shines.
Above the earth, yields native wealth and pleasure ;
As in her center she beddea contains
Of gold and silver many hidden veins.
Hence again Fiance, though ever martial bent.
Was by her late fourth Henry's policy,
Known for a paradice-like continent.
Who out of that disceni'd fertilitjr
Both multiplied the crown, and peoples part.
By natures emulation aith his art.
From both which mines in and above the earth.
Nature escludes the sloth of each degree,
Offring the riches of her nuuiy births,
Oncly where she her self gires industry ;
As if both man and things, must there consent
Where vrealth is multipled to ornament.
For as rich ni
■e is the mould of plenty ;
Again, as Phiebua thron
And yet the work of far
So under kings, not earth, or creatures dun^
But art of man it is that yields the sum.
Pow'r therefore, that these pillars of estate
Church, lavs, trade, honor have established.
Must then take care as equally to rate
Rents and eipence, that by those to the head.
Wealth >i new-like may give a strength lo mova
And breed respect by miiing fear with love.
First, because forrun states bear reverence
Where they find utealtli in soveroignity.
As they which need keep no tnielligence |
Besides the example of frugality.
By cutting of excess, that else oonsumee :
Tempers proud vice, which olbt
Again, for wealth though these (Ur grounds ba laid.
And treasure gotten by tiiese barmlesa mines ;
If order yet be not as well obey'd
In the expence, wealth suddenly declines ; [crowi^
And want pressiag Ihnngh mans bult^ on the
Uore iatally pulls king and people down.
Therefore oi^ght monartka to be pnnident.
Id weighing things, wiach though tliey trivial aeem,
Yet are of consequence in gorennaeM ;
As diSerence of diet, custone, diiae,
Athens, and PirvuBI piA
Hadn;
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Wbence I conclude that northern princes mutt
CberiBh the itAple reiit of their licxiivsnrs.
And to their own inheritances truM,
Which to the crown of old did ■ppertuo.
At least by parliamenta nupply their lust ;
Else shall these kings be easily oTerthrown,
Hiat taje, and give the peopica with thcdr own.
And though the finer heau scorn theae safe Kays
Of crown rvvenue!!, u if pow'r and wit
From peoples wealth might endlais profit raise.
Yet in the practice, who obserreth it.
Shall find those taies, which the south hrooks well,
Do often make the colder climes rebel.
Beddes, who well observes a monarchy,
Shall find disw^r there a fatal tbiug ;
The head being both of unprospetily,
Good fortune, ftme, or infamy the spring :
So that oppression, whicb tnakes both sides poor.
Ought to hare entrance at a narrow door.
LOBD BROOKE.
IS prerogatiTe alone.
Pleading an over-racking pedigree,
Others by parliaments so miie the throoe
With common peoples good, as but eiceta
Nothing can thence rise, to make scepters less.
France then, thou large extended monarchy.
Keep to thy self the charge of ^own-demesne.
For bleeding taiea whicb breed misery
In men, and so reflect on crowns again.
By forcing them to sell tribunal seats,
Which mdce thy justice nle, thy judges great.
Lewis th' Eleventh of craft, not m^osty.
The perfect type, being asked what the crown
Kevenues might of France amount to be,
Said, France a medow was, which mow it down
As ufl an need, or pleasure did require,
Would yet grow up again to feed desire.
When majesty indeed is kept abore
By true magniEcencc, inis'd of lier own ;
Riot a steep is where states hodlong more ;
The rage ot pow'r is by low stooping known.
For as, but miters, few by stews do get,
So who but Negars tax on breathing set ?
Kings then that would have their magnificence
To be maintain'd by springs which should not fdfl,
Must with that council keep intelligence,
Wherewith the dying brmer did prevail.
To make Ms children dig his vine for gold,
Who found it not in mettal, but in mould.
This vineyard in a king is his demeane,
Joyn'd with that art of arts, which man improves
And en>Fy]ess makes acliTe roonarchs reign,
Aieh both in peoples trauuna aod thdr loves:
What Midas wish, what dreams of alchimy
Can with these true crowit^nines compared be?
Again, prtragaliTes in government.
Which prinledg'd pow'r at flnt to take^ then prise
What might hw true neceautj content,
But where ercesa of times makes pow'r exceed
This safe equality of old foundations ;
Bather with tempeianee qualiSe that need,
Then strain old words to modem iutimatiao.
And diereby wrack men to proride fbr more
Eicesa, then all those agca knew before.
Of which eicesa, whether the root proccad
FVom humours naturally nnistiatc.
Or casually made violent by need ;
Odious those cures are which equivocate.
As did Caligula when by quirks of law
SM el /uf he to sons did draw.
And though it for a wisdom of estate
Enrolled be in the senate house of KoPM,
When they with Carthage did ca|MluIate,
llat she must from her old sea-nurses coum ;
Inferring (City) signified no wall.
But laws, which men obey and rule witlnJ.
Wliereby although more got was, then was meaiil
And by advantage evil acts made good ;
Yet what this adds to any government.
Is in dishonour ever understood :
Since crafty webs, which oft serve preaent turn
To warn limes coming, do like beacons bum.
Besides, if pomp of princes must exceed,
In those kinds rather let their riot be.
Whose natures thougli they leave the crown in nee
And BO embase the state of majesty ;
Yet keep the buUioo still within the land ;
And go and grow, like fame, from hand to han
Yet as a spring for ever feed the croita.
By making people able to relieve.
Where riots that tronspart, pull scepten down«
Give kings and people mutual cause to grieve,
At that extreme and fatal consequence
Of coin transported by misgoicmmenL
Amongst whose many heads, though of the chief.
Is that most idle and unmeasured charge
Of leager agents, sent to take a brief.
How forrain princes alter, or enlarge
Alliance, councels, undertakings, trade;
Provisions to defend, or to invade.
By makiog princes marts, their proper stage.
Whereby exchange, want, folly, or desire
To self ends tbey let fall, or raise thinga hi^^r.
Else springs it from improper imitation
Of that loog-breath'd incroaching court of Rome,
Which to give her stain'd warea deer valuation.
And govern all by superstitious doom ;
From her false ark thcee cormoranti sends torOt,
To prey on every thing they find of worth i
And to that end retaiiiedi every when
Whose charge those bumble provinces muM Id
That are beaidcs, eifaauated without stint,
By priests who cherish for IbeiT pride and f
liose nns the verr heathen did restraiiL
A TREATISE OV MONARCHIE.
Tbc namnr center ot ivMch cloiitcr wil,
Ai it Kcka to contnct the deitjr.
In finite frunc* of «rt» coolriy'd by itj
So ive th« large ictB of bumanit]'
Shnt up in dungeons, by tbeir muddy fence,
That, except error, nothing comes from them
Now what afflnity can other king]
Aumne with thii, that only ipend to know
Which featben cow in forraign eagles wingi?
From wJience there can no other proflt grow.
But Tainlj by expeocc of wealth to buy,
The vleioui fiirnu of ftnrain tyranny.
With her unequal moulds of goTemment,
To tnSck or distract the peoples bearta ;
Free denidng that practical deceit.
By which not Bnall, but great atatei gather waif bt.
Out of the ituighl of which error, many
Wise kinga thia modem course hare alttred.
And rarely either aent, or taken any,
Unleia for pment good occuioned
To treat of marriage, commerce, peace or war.
In which returns the eipencea answered are.
Again, since as of duliea, lo eipence,
'Hieie is a divers nature, and degree.
Kings in the choice of their magnificence,
Tlwugh absolute they seem, yet cannot be ;
But bound amongst the many heads of charge
Chiefly their fume or empire to enlarge.
Nay, eren in these eipencea which be fbunded
Upon the laws of nature, honor, stale ;
Wise princes with their fortunes must be bounded,
Since all eiceases be unfortunate.
And do not oneiy prejudice a throne.
But leave no creature master of Ilia own.
Of this kind chai^ of children, buildings be.
To multiply obedience, and regard ;
Wherein yet kings should therefore keep a meaaui
As in things fram'd to live, and die with treasut
Whence 1 conclude it for a monarchy
Wisdome, in her eipences and creationa.
To use a spare discreet frugality
Which gives the work and workmen reputation ;
And BO again by all ingenious ways
Descending n '
And*
Disposed thus both tc
Blore then can be wrought in them by eipence.
F<v kings ore types of heavenly eicellcnce,
How be it drawn in finite colours miit.
With pow'r and wil, both earthly influence ;
Yet were but these arts in our princes Bit,
How to he strong by others lore and might,
Their Btateswould toon clime tu above their tight.
Piicx ia the next In order, first in end ;
As the most perfect state irf govenunent.
Where art and nature each to other ftieod,
Enlarge the crown by giving men conlenl ;
And what by laws within and leagues without.
Leave nothing but prosperity to doubt.
So that in her orbc there is left for kings
Great undertakings, far beyond the flight
Or pitch, of any lower feaUier'd wings.
The charge, care, council being infinite,
As undertaking rage of time, and seas.
Which tyrant.like, to mine else finds ways.
Upon advantage, for tlie trade of men,
Rebuilding monuments, or towns defaced.
Cleansing of havens, draining dry of fenna.
Fitting out brooks, and mean tor navigation.
All works of princely art, charge, reputation.
Such wat the cleanung of the Egyptian sluces,
Wliich got Augustus ornament and food.
For his PrKtorian bands, and peoples uses.
In this kind prov'd the Appian high-way good ;
Tbosepublickworkswbicbactive states bring forth.
Shewing the itrangcr maps of wealth and worth.
Tlierefore kings providence should still adorn
Natures producemenis, by the pow'r of art;
But to subvert her fVomes proves scepters scorn ;
Through Athos, who yet sails in any part?
Is Coriuths Islmus from the main land torn?
Cssars vain dreams, as if fall'n flattering Rome
Over the fl'ee made elements, bad doome.
The base of great works, and the muesty.
Is when tliey the workers pow'r, and wisdom thewi
Both in the use and poasfaility ;
So over later, Trajan's bridge did goe ;
Amasis and Chei^ how can time forgive.
Who in thdr useless pyramids would live ?
Next, and of more refined policy.
Hie founding is of these sweet nuiseries,
Where knowledge, and obedience multiply
The fame, and sinews of great monaichies ;
As schools, which finely do between the sence
And natures large forms, fVame intelligsue.
Unto which end in Achai, Athens, Creet,
Rhodes, Laccdemon, and more, were erect
Illustrious states, aixl picdagogies meet.
By reason and eiample to protect
The coming ages from that boibarisme
Which first breeds ignorance, and after schisme.
luch means to move or qualify they sie ;
Where, in the Tu^ eicesa of tiranny,
Theae dainty nymphs eicel'd for ever be.
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And to pre more &ith M thii sjimpathy,
Which Iwlween M«i» and mu»e« ought to rest.
The poets in idea's far more free,
Tben any other arts Of mortal breast.
Have in thrar tabiea ever shew'd them miit,
As, if divided, neither could be fiit.
Hence (ago they, when Joire sent his daughters ni'
To polish Greece, be would not hare them pa»
Alone, eipoa'd to every savage myne,
Or r^e, wherein the earth abundant was;
But gave them Hercules for such defence,
Have not again these muses, when tliey sing
'ilie /g Faim of their thundering father
Apollo, with his shafts nock't in the string
For consort of thdr quire, or master ralber j
To shew where truth chains not men by the a
There savage nature must be rul'd by fear.
Whence amongEt all the famoi
Which old Home from the East did triumph on.
Even that of Fulvius did deserve the priie.
Who for a trophy of pow'r overthrown
Brought home the statues of these sisters nine
And that of Hercules, alike dirine.
For which the dty did a temple build.
As spoils that their god Mars did better fit,
Then all those dainties which fine Asia yield.
Or curious cobwebs of Egyptian wit.
Plenties of Nylus, wealth of Macedone,
Which belpt not to raise up, but wain a throne.
Hard by which temple, Rome built up two more.
Tie one to Worth, the other unto Fame,
From Worth to Fame, theic was an open door,
From Fame to Worth she did no passage frame ;
Tlie mind of which brave nation was in this
To shew that Fame but Vertue's shadow is.
Now, though it rarely be to be expected,
3W all kings perfect should, like Csaar, be.
Who in himself both muse and Mars erected,
At least with Tr^ans ingenuity.
Let them that do in either Inanch excel,
Still, in the other, cherish doing well.
And as the elephant who not created
To swim, yet loves and haunts the waters shoar ;
Bo let wise pow'r in mighty empires stated.
Though boost they cannot in the Musea store.
Yet honor spirits of Parnassus free.
As knowing beat wliat fila humanity.
Nor is the building of the Muses cell
Pow'rs chief w<Mk, but to manage evoy spirit.
And fnine each sdence so to doing welt.
As stales and men may multiply by merit;
All aits prefer'd by odds of practick ux^
. Tbe men- contemplative scom'd as abtise.
Chiefly this cell-art of the wrai^ling monks
Captiviiig both mans reason and his sence.
In dreams of yesterday, wherewith tbeae trunks
Strive to coTTtipt divine intelligence ;
Their nmninal and real pedgnea
'ng but descent* of curious vanitieB.
LORD BROOKE.
And hence it is, the acts of peace and war
Never recorded here so bravely were,
As when these abstract wits Uv'd not to mar.
By nuking their fond visions cbaiacts bear,
Ofthesemensdeeds, who, what by sword they wan.
By pen as lively registred to man.
Pot as that active worth was then admir'd.
The elTects it wrought being of large extnl ;
So in those times less actively inapir'd,
Ilie stiles of that time seem magiiificent ;
As if God made them trumpeta lit fbr Fame,
Who by their deeds deserr'd to bear her nnne.
Meaning that when times iron days should blast
That manly discipline of d<nng well.
The art of writing should no longer last ;
Like natures twinna that must tc^ether dwdl ;
D(Hng and writing being each to other.
As bodies be of their own shadows motbef .
This was tbe form, the birth, dw education.
And art of diat age, which did train her own.
To keep up gteat estates in repotation,
Makiog them stand, by worth, as they had gtown j
And drawing men IVom visions of abuae
To arts, whCTeof both war and peace Hnd nac.
In which account of objects still ant, life, [m^
Speech, manners, scepter, sphear, earth, shield, sod
All Reasons children, by the Sence his wiE^
EVam'd to guide Nature in an active way ;
Whether she would be rich, or serve her need ;
Raising no trophies for her, but by deed.
Now
On these cliief pillars tlius shall setled be ;
Then active princes may grow rich, and great.
By striving under one self-policy.
Their provinces divided to unite.
As worth addition unto native right.
Which union must all divers things atlone
As councils, laws, church, ynunerce, language,a
Degrees, and forces, so that in the throne,
As in one head, they may like members joyn,
Intirely, without any reservation ;
Which union is, all else but a
A state, like unto c
Sutgect to all the n
As floating hi^ upon o<
Which one by harming oHwrs, doth advanes^
Tbe witty seUbess of each humonr hiding
That which in common tnffick proves fviding.
Whereas Qmt tatt and welt united fVame
With head and memben joyned to ohc cimI,
Can bring forth notfajng to divide tbe same
And though of these the right* divided be.
Some into hands of people, some of kii^ ;
Yet must not scf^tera by ttantcendencie
Draw home their own right with imperii sU
But by applause, to make up this new cliai
Rather persuade tbe people tben cooitraiu
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More teDderly of force ought (hnuiea to deal
With th«e, where men prescribe by right or ui
Fw common liking muit to commoo we*l
Be woone, or mao hii profit will refuse,
And turn biii wuni meltal into ■[«el,
Whicli. Iwnuing otlien, Mlf-huin cannot fc«
La litould eaaily be leduced;
Tbey that enjoy them, to lestniin > throne.
And they again to mutiny, that haTe none.
Then yet all waodring titles of Bucceiuon
Else will tbcae cro?ra-rights leave a deep ioipreanon.
That no set courae can long continue right ;
Since when the one line shall bscome eitinct.
All uiJon built on that base lies unlinbt,
IdonoTm, realms of natural descent,
When they with tboae which chance or conqueM win,
Shall be united in one goveniment,
Then acepters nu^ more famaus works begin ;
Planting new islonies in savage parts, [arts.
Tlere to spread wisdom, pow'r, laws, worth, and
Following, for guide of this establishment.
Either the common standard of mans reason,
Or else the second tight of govenuiient.
Which stories yield, and no time can disseason.
Drawn from those tuonarcbiea which overran
In little time all this known world of man.
Wboee bent amlntion still to conquer more,
Compell'd them wisely to dispose their own.
And by that discipline they us'd before,
Wmk nations conquei'd neer sa soon as known.
To live in order, and by tiade get wealth ;
With equal justiGe, keeping both in health.
By wtueh mild wisdmne, they grew lords of fame.
As well as crowns ; and rather wanted men
Then sagee, means, or %odels bow to frame
Ruinea, miah^u to better form again ;
Builfting upon the barbarous conquered,
"" n of ill, well governed.
See we not even among the brutish nationi.
If men to them transport dvility,
Those colonies are dear in reputation,
And soon link't with them in affinity ?
Their comiugs construed not ta ipoil, or take ;
But as come from their dwellings for their sake.
So Athens with Ionian colonic*
Did people Asia ; Laccdemon spread
Her Draian tribes thorough ferdle Italy
For by the Itmg breath'd coune it came to pass.
That all states did not onely stand in awe.
Of Rome as miatriss ; but all the whole world was
Link't unto ber in trafflck, lesigue, and law ;
And did so much adore the Romans fVate,
Aitbey fonooit Ibeir own to bear ber name.
Where, in this crsAy worlds dccUnins age.
Those large spread roots, are withered, or dead ;
All ^rits of worth to present pow'r engsfle.
And there so master'd, dull'd or measnrei^
As while men fear thor little toy* to loose.
Worth they choose rather to suppress, then use.
From whence it is, that we find of erecting
Decay'd estates, or colonies deriving.
Or proper laws, the present time directing
Examples few ; but many princes striving
Through fear of change, and fatal hate of pains ;
With publick loss to bring in private gains.
Which privateness forgets times glory past.
And usetli time to come but to despise j
Her narrow ends being on the present plac'd.
No undertaking empire to extend.
To purchase fame, or any noble end.
Deface fair monuments, spoil civil places,
Dispeople realms of men, and earth, of trees.
Spoiling, to varnish tyraunies disgraces,
And bring the world to those days back again.
Where pow'r did over beasts, not people raign.
Again, this art of tyrant dttadel,
Not suffering free cititens but slavea.
What is it, but a council out of hell,
Uaking the princes triumphs, peoples graves 7
And sorts it not well with the sultans word,
Who vaunts, grass grows not, where his horse hath
This is the cause the lioly prophet spake
And irrote, but of four monarchies alone.
As if the rest, these lights did rather take.
Not empire but a crafty violenee.
Whose mines never roibe magnificence.
TliisllM durfpQIar isof policyl
That ever by the Romans was invlnted,
Envylesa to uphold their monarchy.
And make the stranger with tbeir yoke contented ;
Prodigal of Rjnne they to their neighbors were
- Wbmibj her own womb did the empire bear. '
For that indeed is nc
Which makes kings
But that which works a perfe
Thus unto kings their provinces remote
fWhid) oft else grudge at subaltern subjection,)
May with good government be kept devote.
Men do ascribe so much unto protection,
And oft adore most what tl)ey least do know,
IJke specious things wUcb far off ftirest shew.
And as mans heart, though in one place ccHifln'd,
Yet to maotc limbs sends forth vital pow'r^
Wiih esse or disease to affect the mind,
According to her good or evil hours; [senci
Whence sometimes arms have of her pulse moi
Tlieii other roemben less fiir off from thence.
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LORD BROOKE.
Eren to, dut proridaDce of hcnreal; lore.
Which hold* the opposing demanta in aws,
lliaugfa ia ber thrnie Bdvuiced fkr above
The finite reech of uj mortal Uv,
Tet nerer reati confiD'd to any leaC
But by far ■preadii^, prorea iKrowD pow'i great.
Tberefora, nnce wisdom worlu both tu and nigh,
Ai boundleH, not T«tiain*d to time or p)ac«,
Ador'd when abient, hoDOur'd in our eye.
The more auiduous, atill tlie more in grace ;
Rcproaing mans ambition with hii fear,
. A iMllaiice king* muit use, and people bear.
Oil Ibese statci, what true judgement can we lay
Which by ths arts of crafty lyranny,
So to their ends do peoples humoun sway,
As thronts rights grow a kind of mistery 7
Whence Mahomet himself an idol makes.
And draws mankind to Mecha for his sake.
Thus did the caliph of great Babilon,
In former times, bewitch the bartiarous nations.
With sight of rich robes, shadows of his tlirone ;
fUsLK'd magnificence gives such reputation.
Adding to arts of pow'r, which still seem more.
By making those souls less that must adore.
But to conclude, as modern tyranny
Hath not in any kind established
A state by peace unto prospenty
Of people, or of honor to the head ;
But rather to the prejudice, or shame
Of both, like torrent^ spread abroad ill fame-
So against this, pow'r absolute should strain
In tlieir estates to settle such a peace.
As, people pleas'd ; kings might with pleasure raign,
By making mens wealth to their use increase ;
. Which so will link aU members to the head *.
As change shall there And all her moTers dead.
MjiHB error having Iram'd his mind and sence
So diveis, as no real works long please,
Is justly scourged by that Omnipotence
Whidi never in it self lets vice find ease;
Whence the vicissitudes of peace and war,
row'n punUunenls, as well as glories, are.
Yet since excess in some bounds must subsist.
And war have bounds (torn other heads then might,
Because her torrents else run where they list.
And in desire raise titles infinite ;
Right and defence must tberefbre be ber basc^
Which yet may varied be in many a case,
AnMKig which, let protection be a chief.
When weak crowns threatened are to be opprest.
An image of the Ddties relief.
Shewing that tlu'oaes at once can move and rest
And lo grow greater by that aid they give.
Crown-ii^t again vrhicfa nuivrij desem^
Claiming estates in other croims pusscsuion.
Must luM o^lected be in princes ends,
And yet have curious audits ih progression,
Wealth, right, occanon troai the batr of ironi
In princes states appealing to their sworda.
In petty ri^ts therefore propoftion'd care
Doth well become the royal states of pow'r ;
But that indeed by which crowns bonour'd are.
Is care, no one throne may the rest devour;
Lastly, it much more danger will be found.
When princes shall be thought adverse to war.
Ont of the hearts eiftminatidi ground.
Then to be held as wit and courage are,
Amtndous undertakers, and no fiieods
To any right that intcmipis their ends.
For since most crovms were fint eMoblishtd
By war, can times or states vidasitudes
So constantly by man be governed.
As they shall not his idle times delude ;
And on those monarchs desolation lay,
That will neglect that base whereon they stay ?
Hence sprang that wisdom, whereby martial Rame
Did Janus temple, in eight hundred year^
Not three times shut, but open to the doom
Kept them of Mars, whose force each question deer*
And to his banners did one consul fit.
As she in justice made the other sit.
Then let not kings by their neglect Invite
Aspiring states or princes to do irrong ;
Security exposeth wealth and righ^
And prays to their ambitious that are strong ;
Nor is the spoilers hand so soon made free.
By any thing as inhobilitie.
But so provide for unprosperities,
As fate at least may qualified suecead,
Framuig for change of lime such polidea.
As no distempers or diseases breed ;
By home broils to tempt forrolo enemies ;
Lest we for them, not for our selves prove wise.
To which end princes must raise ordinance.
Provide munition, armor, fortify
Such places as may best secure mischance,
Siege, or surpriie, which conquest trafficks by ;
And sudi i^ain, as if a tumult grow.
Wise princes to them may fbr refuge go.
Euphrat, Donuby, Rbene were those old bounds
Of Rome, which Barbers ventured not to pass,
While many legions kept their winter grounds.
But chang'd by ConEtantine when that fone was,
Goths, Hunnes, and Scythians over.spread her&ce.
Like horses ninning in a champian race.
Such bulwarks modemly have held out Spain,
From her miit stiles of right and usurpation ;
Such have withstood the sultan's force again.
And sav^d the Germans from depopulation ;
Whereas for want of these, fair Albion
Hath five timnbeenossail'd, four timesa'cTcaotp.
A TREATISE OF MONARCHIE.
Bedde*, lining kiagi miut arm uid eierdw
Troops of their people in KCurest times;
And to the lame ead ever patromie
Some active spiiitt in wan of foirain Climes,
To train up leaders, who, before need come.
Hay dinapUne their man for Man iiii doom.
Luctatiiu, who tlie good luck had to end
Romea fint great PunlcL war, did on the land
B; practice teach his uBinen how to mend
That discipline in peace by which wan stand ;
As PhilopaawQ made Achaia spread
By laiy peace, yet lively goiemed.
If Roderigo, that unlucky king,
OTer those Goths which did inhabit Spain,
Had well obsers'd these rules, that savage spring
Of Saracens could nut have shaL't bis rajgn.
But still conRn'd unto the Africk shore.
Must have remain'd and not have fougbt for more.
Where be at home, afraid of citil war,
Disann'd his men ; which (o bold Tarrif was
A sign that oetiTe force might venture tn.
And by 3pains weakness bring bis ends to pass :
Which shews again, when fViends or foes draw
Tbey ever loose that rest or trust in words.
Who knows not that the Roman conquoing nation,
Lit their bn>e people should degenerate
By peace, ta keep up spirit and reputation,
Trained tbrir soldiers in each neighbor state,
And under colour of prntecting friends,
Laid new foundation for ber own new ends,
Somiding the wit and force of every nation.
That when time serr'd, they might theirmasters grow;
Thus held they up the JEtolisjis reputation.
To conquer Greece, and Asia oveithrow :
By ftiending Eumenes, Afnck's made theirs,
Colour'd by help to Maaanissa's hein.
Fow'r must again so plant intelligence.
And ballanee neighbor princes by their good.
As in our dangers they may feel offence,
And hold it fit even with tbeir subjects blood.
In our protection so to work out theirs,
HuU public pow'r may warrant publit^ fears.
Not highly changing party, ends, or way.
Urging, that equsJIy all princes may
Abjure incroactiing, rest within their bounds.
Not strite by adding others to their own.
To make the worlds divided empire one.
And aa the timea now stand, unto this end
They must keep open still that chief diviuon.
Not peiecing it for enemy or friend,
Pear, want, or any lalse gloss of misprision ;
For it takes hold upon tha soveiaign part.
Which still by conMJence multiplies the heart.
I mean that many headed separation.
Which irreligious being, yet doth bear
Religions name, sffecu her reputation.
And which, (as it is now us'd every where}
Becomes the ground for each ambitious tliotight.
And slutdow of all actjons that be naught.
Her name bdng dearer far, then' pMci^ and wealth,
Haiard for ber, of freedom, life and goode.
Welcome, as means to everlasting health,
Hope with no mortal pow'r to be withstood ;
So much of greater force Ls conscience i
Than any lower vivon of the sence.
Tliis rupture therefore never roust unite,
Nor yet the heat of opposition slack.
Chiefly, because ber pope is inSnite^
And to his own ambition lives awake ;
Affecting greatness by that temporal pow'r.
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lodevo
Deposing kings a* hereticks that leave her.
And periling ^ber own kings in such manner.
As of supremacy none shall bereave her.
But march aa soldien underneath her banner.
And all her armies, both of war and faction,
Wage at their charge, to serve the church in action.
So that to let her seminaries spread
WitUn the bowels of a soveraign slate.
Or leave ber enenues abandoned.
By force, or secret practice unto fate ;
Were to let friends decrease, and factiona grow.
As still they do by neuters overthrow.
Nor let Ibis fslacy of her declinalitai
Perswade, that with her strength, her ends are changed ;
Since pride had never such an elevation.
As when aspiring superstition rang'd i
Which dn was at the linl the angels fall.
And in the outward church, since natural.
Whereby sbe still unfwm'd lives, till a head
Supreame she finds, or to ber self makes many ;
A body such as must be governed.
Within it self, not subject unto any
And in each minute of her nature swell,
Even with that pride, wherewith the whole excels.
With leas then all can never be content;
But by the sophistries of wit and will.
Strive ever to be head of good and ill.
Therefore I say, let not this gathering mass
or Buperstilion (whose true base is fear)
Lurk, and by false faith, bring her ends to pass.
Or to the world such threatening ensignes bear.
As time will shew are form'd to serve the turn.
Of other kings, that in her lust do hum.
But let kings rather watch this govemcas,
That by her wisdom they may form theirs ;
When to be merciful, when merciless.
Time having Uught her, to use hopes, and fean,
Povrer and wit, that each may help her ends.
Which are to have aU sUves, no foes, no IHends,
Therefore when she lets inquisitions raign,
Pow'n, laws, as freely should their process use ;
When by confession she seeks lo maintain,
That tnapp of secieta which sbe doth abuse ;
Then must kings by all tryals gage her nest.
So as her luids may neither hatch nor rest ^
LORD BROOKE.
Nm- mutt m giTa ber ear when «be prapouDdi
Freedom of conscience, tbaC yields others none ;
But woA Bgainst her on the name strict ground,
WhertAiy she would bind atnuigers to ber own.
Suffering no freedom in dispute, ot book.
But iui£ as her false discipline dotfa brook :
For if ibe eoniicience plead, the like do ire.
And so in fsith the some religious benda i
If (be doth therein claim supremscj' ;
Soverugni^ (which upder do pow'r stands)
Pleads, that we ma; deal to with fomugn pow'rs,
Hen, or abroad, as the; shaU deal with ouis.
Lastly, when she, and her swotd-bearerB strire
Id peace, war, league, or any combination.
By fall of other princes states to thriTe,
We must of fwcc break that association ;
And if they arm in clouds, then Brme so too,
' And countermine by dtang as they do.
Or else she by her contracts without charge
As well as war, wUl still divide in gain ;
Where kings their crowns, she there her cells enlarge,
And bring her harvest home with othen pain ;
Ifaking poor princes by her dreams of spirit,
Like sUves, that onely for their lord can metit.
Trust not their church with her scope infinite,
As king-ships in this world, mor« in the other;
Here to seem greater then Te6ned right,
Tbete both of grace and innocence a mother ;
For God, a pope ; for angels, cardinals ;
A church inore orer-built then Babels walls.
An outward church, that must stand as it grew.
By ToiMi craft, r^ine, and hypocrisie,
An earthly faidi, eren evoy day made new.
Built on the base of one's supremacy ;
A pride bom of that angels pride that fell,
' Fili^ for Peters pence, hear'n, purgatory, helL
Trust not this miter which fin^eth none.
It souls that be tiM of her creeds,
. o adorn her throne.
And TtKpi TBst wealth from suptnititioiu seeds :
For must D
Wbicbsoai
Sulfo not men of this divine profesnon.
Which should be great within, religious, true,
Ai heralds sent by God to work progression
Fiom sin, to grace, and make the old man new ;
Let them not with the worlds moralities,
Think to hold up their doctrine with the wise.
Let them not Ml into these common moulds.
Of fiail humanity, which scandal give j
From God they must take notice what they sboald;
Hen watch not what they speak, but how they live :
Iiblice soon pierceth pomps mortality,
Ibe sin derides her own hypocrisie.
Tht clergies praise, whan they from pulpit m
Is to keep that decorum in their lives.
Which wall them in, from each nnreverend i
Of hlwrtines, who to deftce them strive :
From obbiea let them not hope to uphold
Eicees and riot by the peoples voice ;
Where good and ill alike ate cheaply sold.
And frail mankind confounded in his choice.
Good life, and doctrine, are both light and fbod
To starve the ill, yet do« the chosen good.
Now though this couodl seems to fit a king.
And not the steep electa of tyranny :
Yet beams and bodies being divers things,
(Inely in shadows may resembled be ;
Whence in the outward varying forme of things,
l^rants may well use rules set down for kings.
Let not kings therefore on this old foundation
Fear to continue taxe, to hazard paid.
Since war and crowns consist by reputation.
Which must not easly from their course be sway'd
Either by want of ship, or sail, or shroud.
Unless kings will loose (ides, tor every cloud.
But rather follow Mais in forrain parts.
Who ever friends the undertaking spirit.
With honor, hope of spoil, and all those arts.
Which still as treasure are merv'd for merit ;
Nor be these helps in minutes understood.
Which in the mass, make undettakiuga good.
Sioce here admit the worst that thresrtens oome.
And rauselesa Fortune like her self should raigD,
How can the assistance yet find heavy doom.
Whose chanoe at home Is to be cast again ?
And by their neighbors stumbling, not their bit,
Each monarch taught to have an eye to all.
Yet can they never take us in their strength.
Who in their growings interrupted are.
And to assail those pow'rs which wounded a
Doth certainly pronounce them latal doosn.
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Where St
llat change of vices give their wounds redress.
And qualify the common discontent
In people, who when peace b tum'd to w
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I, not earth, were to them di
Whereby disease grows cure unto diseaseo,
A wisdom proper to humanity ;
For while in something, she her self orv-peozes,
Yet stands by equal ballanc't vanity.
And unto chance things present sacrificing,
I^inds frtnn those ashes better times arising.
And BO we see in muddy northern air.
Winds, thonders, storms, (earths present misery]
Yet instantly m^as foul borisons bir j
So doth the war and her iaipiety
Purge tbe imporiium'd humors of a peace,
WUdi oft else makes good gmetaaiaA deereaae.
Only let princes tint will martial ba,
Reform that common stained discipline.
Which is the base of unprosperity,
Sin against natutv, chance, and pow'r divine,
WbareiB I fear the Tui^ doth us aicdl.
They keeping deedi, vre words of doiag well.
A TREATISE OF MONAHCHIE.
Again, fbr thaw which unto war era Ijent,
To liglit tbdr wTDDgs, rerenge tbenudTe^ or giin,
How bnne adTUitageoui on imtnunait
A wcil-fnm'd 1UT7 ia to eoteiuin.
Let tfaan be judg* wbo undenland how ae*
For hen, like air, doth ererj when mak* waf.
For whataocTer odds in man or b«aU
Bttween the Christian, and Ihe Turk there be,
Bj delicacy, hardoen. industry or rest, .
Our fatal discord, or thdr unit; )
Yet we that thus on disadTanta^ stand.
Stand fiut, because be makes his wars bf land.
Wbereas each man of uaderstanding spirit
Knowi well, that if this mighty tyrant would
Hare chang'd his war, and so his ways of merit,
FVom land, and made the wsnne ocean mould
Of all his expeditions undett^en.
The Christian churches had long since been shaken.
Nay, in tlie Indians East and West again.
What great tiiinga men m«y with ses forcea do,
Not only in suppressing of Ihe main.
But in possessing land and cides too.
By undeitakings of a maiden queen '
May as in models to the world be seen.
So aa sinc« seas be mothers unto Fame,
Whose brareat feathers martial actioni be ;
And mother.like, since th«r breasts nurse that nanu
Which they b^et by strange prosperity ;
Let those kings seek the secret of that womb,
Iliat will of riches, right and wrong give doom-
Now, if the tedlousness of mortal days
(Which suflbrs no man in his state content)
WiU seek a change in all things Iliat displeaaer
Then can no real form be permanent ;
Vain lusl and novelty will never rest,
Fleaung ^teased natures ever beat.
Yet Arst let these light ipiriCs which love change,
Consider whence and whether they would go ;
Lest while they grow bewitcht with what is strange.
They think that, happiness, which is not so;
And by affecting mortal heaiens here.
Hold only things which tbey have not, dear.
Doleful Alcyon had, perchance, good cause
Both to suspect the fVauds of men and beasts {
Yet OTFr-acting passion makes ill laws.
For to avoid which fear, she built her neat
Upon the oceans ihoar, where storm and wind
Since tyrannise both her and all her kind.
From like grounds, do not thotights impatient.
Which work new ikngledness in peoplea minds.
And have their proper lord in discontent.
By such dislike of every air they find,
While they would run from shadows that offend,
Like rowling stoncschange place, but never mend.
> Queen Elisabeth,
For if men will accnrdii^ to tfae mune.
Conceive th' ariataciatical estates
Of goveminent, to be the periect irame.
And number able to give proper rates
To lavish huroours, then a monarch can ;
What is this but new fongledneiB In man ?
And let not man examine this by book,
» stand pointed, or enamel'd there ;
But rather upon life then pidiues look,
Where practice sees what every state can bear j
And where the peoples good, the wealth of realms,
Slew clecrly what forms spread forth sweetest
Which view will prove, how speciously soever
These many heads enter with glorious stile
Of conquering worthies, yet they have never
Long borne those titles, but within a while
Been forc't to change tlirir many heada to one ;
At blest by inequalities alone.
For instance of which strange inconstancy.
Take Rome, that sublime senaton estate i
Did she not fint the sons iniquity
Plague in the aged guiltless fathers fate?
And then her monarch into consuls throw.
Under which yet Rome did on empress grow ?
iooa after she erects the state of Ten,
And even before th' ungrateful memory
Of Appius Claudius buried was with men.
She still affecting change of policy,
Carelesly left her government in trust.
For some years, to her maitiat tribunes lust.
Lastly, at if in that unconstant wit
Tbey bad concluded to dissolve the fmme
Of their republick, by oft changing it ;
To such dracent of anarchy they came ;
As in five years they govcruours liad none.
But stood upright by hap of time alone. <
For had there any undertaking slate
Assail'd them then, this France wherein Ihey stood
'Twiit life and death, must needs have given Jnte
To wandiing humours staiii'd with native blood.
And by the factious government of Three,
Have freed her slaves, 10 bring in tyranny.
Thus sick, and fidty ripe for cure, or dealb,
Rome did enforce a Casor of her own.
To loose his honour, or to break his fiuth ;
Her state alike being each way overthrown ;
Wherein yet he that brought hack moikarchy
Err'd less then he that set the people free. '
For after Tsrquin, though Rome stood entire.
Yet fell she into many-headed pow'r,
y which, b'ke straws, light pei^le set on lire,
Did by confusion, which waits to devour.
Yet raise again that brave monarchal slate,
Ai souls well organ'd to be forturuUe.
Betides, in Athens, what were Codrus merits
That after him they should endure no king?
I that he sacrific'd his spirits.
To qualifie Apollo's threatening 7
In which work this captiv'd unlliankfulness.
Which stained her, soon made her fortune ims.
LORD BROOKE.
Apin, wbit comfort, or true estiination
Can active yertae either tske or gin,
Wbere nun j heads have power oF crtatian 7
Or wha«in can thew bniTe enticement* Uie
Which niae exorbitant aipiring merit.
Since maiif judges naTer liaTe one spirit ?
UuBt not laws there, and ordinances be
Ijke oracles, meer abstract and ambigtKiDS,
Pit fbl diacourae, or boolu, not policf ,
All practice dull, delaying, or litigious?
Mans justice seldom deer, and neier wise.
As seeing rigbt or vrong mtb chances ey» ?
What symptome is besides ao dangerous
To mottal orders apt to be diseaa'd,
As fiKtion, on whose criss ominous
lliose states depend where many must be pleaa'c
And where unequols are, by government.
With equal measure forc't to be cootent.
For as to make all rulers of estate
Alike wise, honest, rich, and honotuable,
1 'a bardly posaible to fate ;
Out of which swallowed discontentment grows
That monster which then moat the publick spoils,
When to the world it best pretences shewa.
And as with faction, emulation, broila, .
Theae many heads oft civil war invite.
So against fortaign fbrce they worse unite.
Under three leaders i did not Athens wain
Her right to Samoa, 4nd her reputation ?
Aa ahe before at Syracuse did stain
Her glory, and let lall her estimation
Under the guide of Alciblades
Joyn'd with item Niciaa, faint DemMthenes.
Whence the Athenian orator' aver'd,
Hiat their state never prospered in war.
But when ail pow^r was upon one confer'd ;
And when again waa Rome engaged so far,
As tmder Canna'a many-beaded flight ;
Wbeie change and mischance had pow'r in&nile.'
Besides, as mild streams in an ocean sea
Laoae both th«r current, aweetness, and tbar name ;
So bere the best men must be sent away
By oatiacisme, to qualifie their ftme,
A* for this state loo great, wbicfa feareth woRb,
XnoKUig that it atill monarchy brings forth.
Vor is it not to them of banishment
Sufficient ground, to he reputed Juat ?
What other cause was there of discontent
'Gainst Aiistides, but hi* worth's mistmat?
How ua'd they him that conquer'd Marathon 7
Or him, who Xerxes host had orerthrown 7
Some diew'd her greatneu, when ahe did sid>due
Africk and Carthage, yet who will observe
How little ahe thought to the Scipios due.
Or from Camillus how soon she did swerve,
Shall see, in aristocradea, the fate
Of noble actions is the peoples hate.
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in NIoxlo.
publiek shall haM powV
To bind reward, with wiolh'd frogality ;
Where sad ttil'd justice shall mankind devour.
Thorough a bloody stem screii^ ;
Must not these glorious stilea c^ commoD-wcml,
Wouitd ever that worth whcnwith it should deal ?
Faction again is ever soonest nude.
Where many heads have part, and coanals known
There soonest ore, where men with many trade ;
Besides alliance here binds not her own ;
Nor adds unto the publick any might : [sli|^
Which makes their league, their love, tbeirmlicc
Lsslly, OUT finite natures do not love
That infinite of muhijilicity :
Our hopes, affections, fears, which ever more.
Can neither fist, nor yet well govem'd be.
Where idle, buaie rulers, with a breath.
Give doom of honor, grace, sham*, tife, ns' death.
Thus is mankind, lo numerous astatsa
Wantonly discontent with Hberty,
Where equals give and take unequal rates.
Moulding for good and bad one destiny :
Whence Athens swaying to demoaacy.
For ever changing ber orcbonte* b$.
And aa ill ] uck makes man of man despair.
And thence ^peel a supreme soveraign.
So grows adversity the peoples Hair,
Whereby they clime to monarchy again '.
What wants diotator but the name of kin^^
Being aa aoveraign else in every thing?
Why do they troax their magistrates disclaim,
Aa in extrvrpitica atill impotent?
fUnce who in storms the fittest pilots be.
Are ablest sui« to guide prospsity.
is?
Now, if the best, and choicest govemmont
Of many heads, be in bes nature this ;
How csn tlie democratical content.
Where that blind multitude chief mastei
And where besides all these foreqmken fric^
The most, and worst sort govern all estate* ?
Since as those persons naoally do haunt
The market places, whidi at home have least ;
So here those spirits most intrude and vaunt
To do the business of this commoa beast.
That have no other means to veot their ill.
Then by transforming real things lo wOL
Beddes, tins equal sUl'd democimcy
Lets &1I mens minds, and make* their manncTS base]
Learning and all arts of civility ;
Which odd both unto nature, and to plorr.
It doth eclipse, as death to that estate ;
Wherein not worth, but idle wealth gives fiite.
A TREATISE OF MONARCHIE.
Naj, wbera rdlgitai, Ood, ud bumai
No MlHr ma, or honor, era tipcct
TlMn to atnt iiUa libertiea apidaun,
d toyi, wtui ' ' ""
Thoefon itnxj to protect tU> Hale,
Alledge, impeiul Borne grew great by it ;
And Atheni likewiie br hkhc fortuiwle,
Am niiing types up both of irorth and wit ;
Sucb WB DO nKHurchy con- parallel.
In tbe nre w^b oTgrestne* imng well ;
Or if again, to make good thia pontion.
Any aTciT lliat Homes Srst monaichy,
For lad: of courage, soon cbang'd her conditloa
Of union, into mulliplid^ ;
Wliencc Gemans over France, and Golbsin Spain,
In AlVick Sonceni, and Turks in Anaraign.
I anawer, tint, that tboae subduing prides
( Whereof tbe people boaM) wen to tbe hand
Form'd by tbe three preceding monarch tides.
And what succeeded (if exactly scan'd)
But imitation was of their brave deeds,
Who, but tbdr own wortb no example needs.
For did not their Tsrquinius, ere be fell,
Coniguer the Latine and the Sabine nation.
Making their martial discipline excel,
And so increase their strength by reputation?
Out of which actiTe legionary worth.
That city brought her after conquests foitfa.
But be this aa it may be, I deny
Eithef the empirss nowth or consummarinn
To be tbe work of Komes democracy ;
KDoe belweeD her Int Ctasais domination.
And IWquin, her soreraignity wss miit.
Of one, fbw, mtaj, waving. Direr fiit.
As consuls, senate, or tbe peoples might ;
Tbe first a pow'r which Rome did conquer by,
Tbe second set her publick councils right,
Tbe last ^iprore, increase or qualifie
Fain, and rewards of good or evil deeds ;
Two beams of justice, weighing out good speed.
Whence you may easily pregnant reasons draw.
To attribute the glory of old Rotne
Unto the monaith p«t which held in awe
Tbe conquer'd world ; and not the peoples doome.
Proportion from the Breal world to the small,
ly limbs, one head roles all.
Shewing, v
What but the peoples mutinous conve
Under tbe factious tribunes, scattered
Rome* publick patrimonie ? and with
Her wise opposing senate threatned.
By their Agrarian laws, engines of wrong.
Dispersing laws which to the stale belong. >
Besides, as who at borne ill huAands be,
Seldome make dainty to ilretch out tbdr band
Into theiT ndgbbors harmless treasury,
So did it with tliese bankrupt people stand )
Who sent their armies out by force, and stealth.
To bring them home the king of Cyprus wealth. <
' Icfs AfiTsris. nntn BatiUum.
Wboee waallll was reckoned so indelivu;
Not caring bow tbmr get or what that sp»d ;
But making good thtir Ul by confidence,
A worthof more use tbsra, then innocwica.
Lastly, when they had many times procUm'd
Against tbe Mamettines their juM i^eikca ;
Tet came they In their succor, and disclaim'd
With Carthage their long Hr'd intelligence ;
Whence tlu Aral Pnnick quanel did proceed ',
Andliad the btcsbeen just, with Ikr won* ^i«ed.
Wherein the senate nobly did oppoee
lliii heady peoples incivility, ■
As beddea laitb, in wisdom loath to loose
The ticb retmns erf' that affinity i
Publick respect, and shame wiou^t in the ana,
Who saw that iU deeds seldom pasa alone.
Whereas the people, which no nodce lake
Of these small rainutca of humanity.
But ways above tliese tbia-lin'd duties make.
Thinking they rule not, that restrained be ;
With ravening and irregular excess,
Stain good and ill to serve their wanttmneia.
Now for the empires flnal overthrow,
Falsly imputed to the monarchy ;
Who doth noiby the course of nature know.
That periods in the growth of all states be
Ordsin'd 7 which no republick can exceed ;
For making each form self-diseases breed.
Or if loo abstract this reply appears ;
Forget not bow the monarchy pieserv'd
Rome for a thousand and searen hundred jeon,
Fart of her glory her first kings deserv'd<,
Tbe rest by Carsan in successive raign,
"Ha Hahomct the second made her wbib.!
Wh^re on the other side democracy
IMd in few ages rise and fUl again ;
There being but fiiur hundred siity three
Yean, between Casars and Tarquinius raign ;
In which time Bome corrupted lier self to.
As change the must, or suffer overthrow.
But that indeed which brake the empires f^ame
Was floating iwariDS, and mighty inundations
Of rude barbarians, which from Scythia came.
To Infflck vices with all civil nations ;
Nor can that be peculiar stain to Home,
Whicb of all other empires was the doom.
Attyla, Alarick, Omar, Tamerlane
Being in martial worth nds'd up as high,
As h«,thae most unto the empire wan.
And against whom old Romes democracy
Even in her pride must have made such retreat.
As would hare sliew*d at home she was not great.
Such OS she did at Allia of old,
When naked Gauls both took and burnt tbe lawn
Or Italy from Spartaciu the boU * ;
When by a slave their eagles were thrown down;
Bo that tlw monarch fell by outward late.
Whereas the peoples own faulta ihak't their state.
iFa)fMus,lib.l. 'SiSftai.
• LIT. lib. 5, Huurch. In Viti
Oo 8
LORD BROOKE.
But that exceu did make facr old >ge till
lato a gulf. irixMe two itreams iood deicnir
Tbc rights and mtjatj of ml pow'r.
The fint wu, tfaeir turoultaoin etectioD
Of Cman, which did many times make way
To dnl broila, diwrder, and defectioa,
'Wbenie she became lo forreduen a prey :
llie pow'r of choice makiDg the soldien know,
Tbei bead abore had yet a head below.
Tie aemnd was their lack of crown demesne,
By which the emperoun still forced were
Id publick and self-indigence to Miain
I.awa, by men* roicei ; men by hope, and fear ;
Who law ther wealthi and &ee<^m both in one
By tin* cotiraa of eiadioiit oicTthrown.
And yet, b tbia disesae of monarchi uat^
I dare avow tbeir breed of bome-born ipiiita
To have been BcliTe> worth;, fortunate
Above danociacies in every meriti
For inatance, whom can that state parallel
With Tnjan in the powT of d«ng well?
Who with Auguitm in ftlidty? '
. With Conatantine In true magnificence ?
With Marcus can in wisdom ballanct be 7
Or with good Anthony in innocence?
Julian in learning ? Juliusin worth?
Hut ever yet democracy brought forth.
For tribnnea be the champions they can boast,
An HetorocUte magiitiBle, devis'd
Without rule, to have all rules by him lost,
ndigion scom'd, laws duly tyrannis'd,
A Beiy qarit wtndi lacking foiraia stuff*.
At home finda fuel to make blan enough.
So M if Caiilo tnly oll'd those rtate*
The beat, Ithlch moat unto Iheir laws do gin.
And kept ttwii demagogues at humblest rstes.
Then tluB conclusion ratified must live.
Wbare reel thiu^ with humoiirs rise md fUI,
Whence I conclude, that sin
In her crai'd nwulds great empire* <
Of fivee, theae Asil confused policies.
Which cannot breed state*, can make no state last ;
But aa the viper doth, must tear the womb
Of monarchy, whence her (bundatioDS come.
inaflect
For whatsoever stile these ni
Of optimates, or of democracy,
'nieir courses basely practice, and effect
A servile oligarchal tymmy ;
As well in laws as in establishment,
like ill mixt humours, never well cont)
So that loch onely have eacap'd mischanci
As luckily, by publick oppoaition.
To ballance consuls, tribunes did advance.
Or by a more refined composition.
Now, tbongii I know our books are llll'd with praise
Of good mens vertoe^ fivedoms popular j
Tet be that will not audit words but ways.
And mcr-look the dreams of time with are,
In smart succenion, he shall cleerly find
No bag liv'd state bath been of either kind.
o managing the whole in every part,
LB these vast bodies valetudinary,
lay, in the native feaveis of the heart,
ret some degrees of good complexion carry ;
And while they keep tbeir tbnun foes af
Win lime tbeir " " '"
Beades, if either of these states do chooae
Ibeir magiatratea, or iMBcers by lot.
And chance instead <^ worth, and knowledge use
What strange confusions then beget they not ?
So that no wise man will himselr commit.
Much less wise state to be di^nsM by it.
Again, if they by suffrages elect.
Then, what sct^ that doth unto practice give ;
The old comilia, and the new erect
Conclave of Rome pregnant examples live ;
To shew worth there must be abandoned.
Where real grounds are pasBion.-govemed,
Nay more, let us consider if it be
Easie at once of good men to find many ;
Since we with oddsof Inrth and breeding see
Even amoDg kings, how rarely time yields any
That out of conscience, or for cotmtreys sake
Will haiard, care, restrain or undertake?
But grant such may be found, yet states thus ptai
Must of necessity (as fortune-bouod)
Either by printe* have the ballance rais'd.
Or loose to undertaking princes ground -.
In which the tbsnka they i^er to a crown
Is ollen thanklesa mines, to pull it dowiia
And foolishly ; since union contains
All native strengths of soveraignity ;
Aa bearing over nature meekest rains ;
Wber^y all other forms of policy
Must other freely yield to her subjectiaa.
Or eke at least crave under it protcetian.
Whence to conclude, since in this abstivct view
Of these estates, the multiplicity
Proves apt to over-wrest, or loose Ibdr dtte
Am onely true friends to extremity ;
Can mankind under any soveraign
Hope to And rest, but in a mooardks raign ?
Silt of which ground, the poet, making GUea,
Mh tcgistred three thousand ddties,
Tbt least of whose powers govem'd many atacei.
And yet acknowledg'd Joves supremacy,
A work of supematurBl succession,
Deri v'd from God beads itf lbs first impmnoo.
A TREATISE OF RELIGION.
Agaiii, who look* down from tbawetnjital ^bcti
To T»w tbe ocean wbora J<nrea brother nign^
Shall ha not find tbe wUer Nareid'a tbeie
Wbmca, if Ihao lirelj images pnm trtts,
It ciuat be' alike true, that tlie beat timea piiiM
That old monardial lium, betott the new
CoaliHed moulda, b; ctror aince dcvit'd :
For die Ikeir types of ruling ptorideoca,
Abatudl;, will seem Ikr eicell'd bf leDce.
Let man then weigb, vfaether thia atnnge exoess
Follow the nature of «ach mortal fhune
Aa time-bom, with twr to grow more oi lem j
And like, her neTs to remain tbe same i
Or whether this relsxe or orer-beut,
Sprii^ fnno the nibject ix the goremroent?
And he shall find the gnnind of ehaoga to be
A waadering. and unmeasured affection
Of pow^ to bind, and people to be Ihe,
Not in the lawi, church rile^ or tbeir conoeuon i
But practice mealy to raise, or keep down
Ctowns by the people, people by the crown.
In which mispriaion, while each doth mippteas.
That true relatiini, bj which states subsist,
Tbey first loose nsmes, then make their natures lesi
Growing defbnn'd, by fonoing what they liat :
For they that still cast idd finmdations new,
Make many ibapes, but ncTer any new.
Aitd as we do in humane bodiea see.
Where reason raigna in chief, n
Order is great, not waoton liberty ;
Whether it be to stataa of few or more,
Qian^ leads them neerer unto aturchy
By diTers minutes, then titey were before ;
Since unitf dirided into many,
Ba^ets confVision, never Mend to any.
For in each kind of humane gmenunent,
Where custome, laws, oi
Serve as bve tales, to weigh out pow'n intent,
Honour and wealth there find no diminution!.
But where will inigns, and oTU'-leiqMtbosebounds,
What can establish, but that which confounds ?
Tbaefore to end tlui point, if any one
i According to our natures) fiHid of new,
nio more rulers would translate a throne,
L<t him at home this paradox find true ;
Or else yield, that unfit for publick states.
Which in his piirate every creature hatea.
Tlnu have we view'd the iidtlt of goremment,
Shew'd both her ends, and errors in same kinda, *
And by compaiiog ;et made eicetlent
This brave imperial monarchy of minds.
Not making lyronls gods to unmake kings
With flattering air for <Kier>so«ring wings.
And thoa^ tha w^i (rf wit ba inflBlle,
Not M be east lo any mould or art,
Like shadows, '•'■*"g'"g sh^ie with every U^t,
Ever and, iMver, stiu the same in part j
Tat by tbia model, wiaer men may see
That thcae ia ehoue even [n (be vaniqr
And fetm* eetsUirfri, wUch atiM be obey'd.
As levels fbr the world to guide her mm
FoundatioM against anardiy well laid,
Wboae being is hot brings overthrown ;
Where tbiofwa (as mortal shriuea) with moMal fti
Must be ador'd and wonbipt evs^ whve.
Therefine J thus ccHidude this Indtless dream, -
That if the body have in^Krfect features,
Or swim (like ^sops wife] againit the stream,
" ' " tbe woAs of cr
It else in vain, sur^ I have roul'd this tun.
TREATISE OF RELIGION.
Wnai make these many laws, these rains of pow'r
Wherewith mankind thus fetter'd is and boiud ;
'nieee divers worships, wliich men's souls deflowY
Nature, and God, with novelty confound?
"Ti* ignmancs, sin, infideUty
By which we faU'n from our creation be^
What is the chain whidi draws us back again.
And lifts man up unto his first creation 7
Nothing in him his own heart can restrain.
His reason lives a captive to temptatian.
Example is corrupt, precepts are mill,
All fieahly knowledge frail, and never flit.
It la a light, a gift, a grace insptr'd,
A spalk of pow'r, a goodness of the good j
Derire in him, that never Is desir'd ;
Ad unity, where desolation stood ;
In us not of US, a spirit not of earth,
Fksboning the mortal to immortal Urth.
His image that first made ui
Fttna angela differing moat in ome ana piace,
liiey fell by pride, and we by theu: infection,
Theu- doom ia psst, we yet stand under grace ;
Tbey would be godi, we would their evil kna
Man finds a Cbrist, these angela did not so.
Soice of diis God, by fear, the aenaual have,
THatiiaarnl nature erying unto grace.
For sovereign rason then becomes a slave.
And yields to servile scnce her aoveraign [dace.
When more or other she afibcts lo be.
Then seat or shrins of tUs eternity.
Yes, prince of earth let man assume to be.
Nay more ; of man, let men himself be Cod,
Tet without God, a slave of slsvea is he.
To others, wonder ; to htnuelf, a rod ;
Restless despair, dears, a ' '
nien
Oo 3
LORD BROOKE.
Tbcn bf aSkcdng poirVi wa cannot know fabn.
Bj knowing all tblngi elie, we know him lew,
Matiin eoDtaiiu him not, art camiDt iIkw him,
OpinioDi idola and not God ejipreu.
Without, in pow'r, we am him merj where.
Within, we rat mx, till we find liim there.
Then Hek we muM, tiiat coutm U natuial
For owned aouls to find thor owner oiit.
Our free temoTMi, when our natureg &tl ;
When we do welt, our beatti mide free from doi^
FMre aerrice due, to one Omnipotence ;
And nature of reli^oa to haTe wnce.
QueMiom again, which in our bearts arise
(Since loving knowledge, not humilit;)
Though they be curious, godless, and unwise,
Yet prore our nattire feels a Deity ;
For if these strifes tooe out of other ground*,
Hbo were to Ood, h deafoen ii to sounda.
Religion thus we naturally profess,
Knowledge of God is likewise uiiivenal ;
Which diTen nalioni diversly eipress,
For truth, pow'r, goodness, men da worship all ;
Dudes to paimt, child, time, men, and place.
All known by nature, but observed by grace.
y-,a-to.|
I* anio Snely fiit
ng, and the conscience too.
That if OUT nature were not tuangely miit,
But what we knew it could as easily do,
M«o should <e*en by this siririt) in fieah and blood
Grow h^>pily, adoren of tlie good.
Dnt there retnoini sucb natursl corruption
In all our pow'ni, eren from our parents seed.
As to the good gins natire interruption ;
Sencfl stains aficMion ; that will, and will deed,
So that whal^n good in us, and othen too
We praise ; but what is evil, that we do.
Oor knowledge thus corrupted in our Uvea,
Wbidi sentence of reconi with self-love strives.
Leads us for res^ and remedy of an.
To seek God and religion from without,
'And free tbii cgndnniiatiop which we doubt.
Yet in this strife, ltd* natural ranotaa.
If we could bend the force of pow'r trnd wit
To work upon the heart, and make divorce
There from the evil which perrerteth it ;
In judgement of tbetjutb we diould not doubt
Cvod Ufv would find a good rdigioQ ouL
Bnt oor inflnnity which eannM brook
This strong, intoliiie, and rebellious war,
In vrit and oor affaMions, makes us look
For such religions as there imaged are i
Hence grow these many worships, gods, and sect!
Wbcreirith mans error all the world infects.
In blind afleetiona, there It ttnlght begett
Gross superstition ; when in witty pa«iona
It moulded is, a luster there it sets
On beaits pnqihane, by politick pretowc^
Both buying shadows with the soul's eap^HXw
For they, Oods true retigton (which a state
And being is, not taken on, but in)
To bottomless hypocrisie translate,
llie superstitious doth with tear liegin ;
And to deceiv'd, deeeiTes and under
His God, and makes an idol of his s
The politick with craft inthimlls a
And makes his body sacrilice his mind.
Botli, in our selves, make us seek out a God,
Both, take self-love and tear, tot aeale and measni*^
They both, become their oirn and others rod ;
Hie one takes care, the other wrong for plesnaiv ;
As many minds, as many gods they make.
Men eaaly change all they easily take.
Iliis superstitiaut ignonnee and fear
Is falsa rdigion, offiing sacred things
Either to whom it should not, or etwwber^
The """"»»• to the Godhead scandal brings ;
It fean aea, earth, skie, silence, darkness, light.
And in the weak soul still hath greatest mi^E^
Which natural disease irf' mortal wit,
Beget* OUT magick, and out staf^rinea^
Wiiards, inipottors, visions stand by it.
For what Csar comprdtends itot, it enijinea
To moke a god whose nature it believes.
Much mote eoclio'd to puiush, then relioTeL
The reason is, when tetn dim eyea lotdi in.
They guilt discern, whan upvrar^ justice thefc
Reflects self-horror back upon the sin,
Where Outward dangers threaten every where i
Flesh the foundation is, fancy the work,
MHiera rak'd up and unqueocht, the evils lult.
For fbar, whose motira sdll it self improve^
Hopes not for gnc^ but pnys to shun the rod ;
Not to do ill more then do well it love* ;
F^ohons God unto man, not man to God :
And to that Deity, gives all withou
Of which w
The other Ivaadi is meer hypocrine,
Hie viorld's religion, horn of wit and lust ;
All which like hunters follow tUngs that flee.
And still beyond things found, flndsmnelli*
As God is bonndlw, endless, infirate.
So seem these idols to the hypocrite.
Witt tiien is priest, who ncrifiee doth mak
Of all in heaven and earth to liii desire ;
For flom this witt, God and religion take
As many shapes, as many strange atliica
Ai there be in the world degrees <rf' chsu
Which upon humours, time, occasion mi
Tlis teacbeth all amlHtions magislratei.
On sins unquiet, humors bow to build
Idols of powV, to alter natures rats^
And by false fears and hopes make people yield
Their hearts for temples unto tyTjnli law^
Which seal divine, to
o tyTjnli lav
M himagt i
A TREATISE OF REUGION.
And wbMi tptiitaai ligbt% wUch tiuih eipound,
Odc* M Iba Infflefc of HMD* will dcKwod ;
With chww of tmtb, mttiikiiid no mora li baund,
Wbcnb^ tbair heart* dwulil up (o bcaTcn ncend ;
Buc vainly lini't unto tbdr loague*, which dnir
R«ligioD to ft teddj oomard awe.
And though tliii few- a holinan, in «bow
Such as no tja of man can pierce tb« thI,
But IcbM God'a hotnhold, to coDlcmpt ibotiU grow,
Tlwj dmr the award of pow'r, against ber Own,
Or dM atir people up, to war (bar kings;
Both mnat be thain, or both b« overthrown ;
Tlwf bind man unto wonli, God Innd* to (hingi [
For tbeae bhe botd* of boljt mother >e«
Scaptara to nitera, there inferior be.
Among OUT aelv e* likewue there many be
That maka religion nothing elw but in,
To BwatCT odien at their own degree, .
Enthial the aimple weli beliering heart ;
These haie oppoiaa, acorn obedient tooi%,
Afibcting nigQ by cducalioDi tvola.
And dkough they aarre amUtioas piincea uae.
While they protect them like a nuning fiuher.
And while thii common irafBck of abnie
Mutually helpeth -cither aide to gathaj
Yet WLfA titB end of £daa combined tfuat,
It will divide, and amart the people mnaL
For enra in all kinda of hypocriiie
No bodie* jet ara found of nmalBiit bajng ;
No lUiifomM, no liable miitery,
No inward nature, but an outward aeemin^
No aolid truth, no *ertue, holinen.
Bat tfpea of these, which time makeamcne or Im
And fhnn die** qninga, aliange iunadslioin flow.
To drown the aen-maAa of humanity,
' Witb maaaacres, eoni[ntBcy, treason, woe.
By tectM and achians, prt^ibaning Deity :
Besidn, with Auica, fiends, earth, air and hell,
They At, and leach conAiaon to rebrit.
But aa there live* a true Ood in the hcaTen,
So is there true religion here on earth :
By nature ? Ho, t^ grace, not got, but gtTcn ;
Inspii'd, not taught ; from God a sacond biith :
God dwelleth neei about us, eien wittdn,
Worfcing the goodneaa, cenauring the sin.
Without God there was do man erer good ;
Divine the author and the matter be.
When goodness must be wrought in fledi and blood ;
Beligion stands not in coirupted things.
But vertuea that descsnd bne heavenly wings.
Not haathen vertue, wbScb they do dctne
To be a stale of mind by Gustome wrought.
Where sublime religion seems to refine
A faction, parturfaaUoa, every thought,
Unto a nnu wdtfta, which work spent
Half rfibe daya to humaiM Hermes lenb
To inward ooiian, outward form and |nide.
With curious WBtcii to guard a rotten frame
Safb undiscova'd finlm the pierdng ey'd.
Assiduous cautioo tynuuuring there,
To make fiail Ihoughls Mem other then they arc.
Under this mask, besides, no vice is dead.
But pBsiifHi with her countcr-passian peai'd ;
llie evil with It self both starv'd and fed.
And in her woes with her vain glories cas'd ;
The work and tools alike, vain flesh and blood.
The labour great, the harvmt never good.
For in diis painted tomb, let mans own qiirit
Really judge, what that estate can be
Which be begetting in himself inherit^
Other then diesbts of hypocrine.
Within the darkning shadows of his wit.
Hiding his stains tnna all the world but i%.
And if the habits of hypocrisie
Witb such attention must be kept and wrought ;
If to mask vice be such a mist^ry,
Ai must with her captivity be sought [
If to be nothing, and yet seem to be.
So nicely be conldv'd and deaity bought
As vanity must in a phsnii fire
Smother ber self to hatch ber fiJsa dedre.
llten judge, poor man, Gods image once, 'tis true ;
Though DOW the devils, be thine own defection ;
Judge man (I say) to make this image new,
And cleanse thy flesh from this deep dy'd infection.
What miracles most needs be wrought in yon.
That thus stand tost in all things but elecrioo 7
Must be inspir'd to this regen^ation?
Must not the grace be supernatural.
Which in forgiving gives sanctification ;
And ttaia this second chaos of his bll
Forma in mans little world a new creatian ?
And must not then this twice bom child ofheaven
Bring forth in life this new petiectioo giv'n ?
Hen man ; pay and obtain ; believe~and have ;
Omnipalence and goodness ready be
To raise us with our Saviour ftom the grave.
Whence Enoch and Eliaa lived tVee ;
He made all good, yet luffrcd un and death
To raign, and be eul'd again by fltith.
Then, till thou flndthis heavenly change in thee
Of pride to meekness ; atheisme to seal ;
Lust to continence ; anger to charity ;
Tbou feel'st of thy elecdtKi no true seal;
But knowledge only, t£at poor in&ncy
Of this new creature, which must thence app^
Unto the Father tbr obedience.
Judging hia hcqiea or coDdemoatioD thence.
For what else is religion in mankind, ■ .
But raising of Gods image there decay'd?
No habit, but a hallowed stale of mind
Woridng in us, that he may be cJwy'd ;
As God by it with us conmiunicUes,
So we by duties must with all estates :
Oo 4
LORD BROOKE.
IT CreatiM-, Vf ■■
Withoi
With CI
Superion, by respect of thrir promotioii.
Inferiors, with the nature of protection :
With all, by unng all things of our own
For others good, not to our selves alone.
And ev'n this sacred band, this heavenly hreath
In man bis understanding, knowledge is ;
Obedience, in iiia will ; in conscience, faith ;
AfTections, lore ; in death it self a bliss ;
In iwdy, temp'rance ; life, humility.
Pledge to the inonal of eternity.
Pure ooely, where God makes the spirits pure ;
It perfect grows, as impetfeclion dies ;
Duilt on Ihe rock of truth, that shall endure ;
A spirit of God, that needs must multiply ;
He shews his glory, clcerly to the b^
Appears in clouds and borror lu the rest.
When man knew God and goodness, not the nil :
Far greater in the Godheads incarnation.
Where truth lubdu'd the sin that made the derO ;
She atiil is Gods, and God lor ever one,
Both unbelieu'd in flesh, end both unknown.
Then, man, Icom by thy fall, to judge of nrathn- j
Our flesh cannot this spirit comprehend ;
Death and new birth In ui must joyn together,
Then nnce tis tme, we onely here poMesa
These treasures, but in vessels made of slime ;
Religion we by consequence confess
Here to be miit of bsse things and sublime.
Of natiie evil, supernatural good.
Truth, bom of God, and error of our blood.
Yet gold we have, though much allay'd with droaa.
Refining, never perfect in this life ;
Still in our journey, meeting gain and loss ;
Rest in our deaths, and until then a strife :
And as our days are want, temptation, error ;
So is our leal, war, prayers, remorse, and terror.
Bucb is tte Mate of infanta in new birth.
Fed first with milk, too weak for stronger foodi
Who learn at once to know and doe in earth
(Both enemy and impotent in good)
Must feel^ that our Chiist Can of his loose none.
Which unto us makes grace and merit on*.
These be true antidotes against despair ;
Cradles for weakness ; stories for corruptiDn
To read, how faith begins to make her fair
By deanung sensual sinks of interruption
Whereby the tlirows of many thoughts bring fbtth
IJ^tt, onely shewing, man is nothing worth.
For this word fUth, implies a state of mind ;
is both our woing, and our marriage ring ;
The first we meet, and last, but love we Rnd
A given hand, that fecleth heavenly things ;
And who believe indeed God, heav'n and liell
Have passed in that chief lett* of doing well.
Then let not man too rashly judga Ihia B^i^
Nor censure God, by bis own imperfectimis ;
What can give limit to the infinite,
When he by works wilt vntneas our election 7
D^tees I grant there be of will and might.
Some to beget, some onely to inherit,
Yet still the conscience must obey the spirit.
Yea, though God call his labouren every botir
And pay the last aikd first with heavenly gain.
Though he give faith, beyond the law, and paw'r.
Yet b Gods nature where he is to raign ;
His word is life, the letter all mens fall.
That it without the spirit measure shalL
This sacred word is that eternal glass,
Where all mens souls behold the face they bring ;
£ach sees as much as life hath brought to pass ;
The letter can shew life no other thing ;
The hearts grace works to know what they obey.
All else prophone God, and the world betray.
This work is Gods, even his that works all wtMider,
His arm not shomed, and his goodness one.
Whose presetice breaks sins middle wall in sunder, -
And doth in flesh de&ce the evils throne ;
He is all, gives all, hath sll wbere he is.
And in his absence never soul finds bliss.
His £gypt wonden here he doth exceed.
For there he milt with winds, rain, natures line :
Now by his Spirit, he doth blast our weeds.
Immediate grace, true miracles divine ;
Guides not by fires and meteors, night and day.
His wandring pec^le bow to move or slay.
But into sinnere hearts, sbodoirs of death.
He saving light of truth he dotb inspire ;
Fitteth our humane lungs with heavenly bremtfa.
Our mortal natures with Immortal Grej
He draws the camel through the neellet eye.
And makes the chosen flesh die, ere they die.
Yet keeps one course with Israel and with ua.
The flesh still knew his pow'r, but not his grace ;
All outward churches ever know him thus.
They bear his name, but never run his race ;
They know enough for their Belf.rfrondeninatiao,
His, doing, know him, to their owu salvatioii.
His church invisible are ft-w and good.
The visible, erroneous, e*i!, many ;
Of his, the life and letter understood ;
Of these, nor life, nor tetter dwell in any,
These make his word sert, scisme, plulosophy.
And those from fishers call'd, spistlcs be.
They do in praying, and still pray in doing.
Faith and obedience are their rantempiation.
Like lovers still admiring, ever woing
Their God, that gives this heavenly constellatiim :
They vrar that finite, infinite of sin ;
All aits and pomps, ttte error wanders in.
God is their strength, in him, his are not weak.
That Spirit divine, which life, powV, wiadofiie is.
Works in these new bom babes a life to speak
Things which the world still undervtaiids amiss:
Hie lye hath many tongues, truth only one.
And who sees blmdnea^ till the sin be gme ?
A TREATISE OF RELIGION.
Fooli to tbe world then leem, and jet obey
Fiiuca oppresBoiUi whereat fools repine ;
They know tliese crowu, these tbeilen i^ cUy
Denre Ifaeur euthlf pow'r from paw > dJTJne :
TfaeiT ■uSeringa are like >1I tUnga else they do,
ConadeDce to Ood, with men a wisdom loo.
Book-learning, arts, yea school ^I'lcuty,
New types of old Uw-munging Pliarisiea
(Wfaicli curst in bondage of the letter be).
They know, they pitty, and would fain advise ;
The goodnaa move* them, yet the wisdaiii stays
From sowing heavenly seed in itony ways.
To you they cry, O you, that hold the shrine
As sent by God, ye prietia of cliance and gain I
Vour charae is to distribute things divine j
O do not lie for God, and sin in Tain !
Reveal hia word, bis mislKriea eipound,
Blue what he works you travel to confound.
You should be keys to let bis will pass out.
Blind sin, and free repentance by his word ;
Feartbose that scorn, ohd comfort them that doubtj
What drowned Fhanob, still is IsracU forde :
Wisdome above the trutb was Adams sin ;
That veyle which Christ rent off, will you walk in?
Obaerre foiths nature, in these hallow'd shiioas,
Both of tbe old and perfect Testament ;
Works be her fruits, her nature is divine,
Infus'd by liim that is uninipoteni ;
Soe we believe on him, on whom we stay not J '
Can we believe on him, whom we obey not7
Hia pen left two examples, it i* tnie ;
I^rst of his chosen, how he grosly tell i
Then, of tba thief bom iutuitly anew ;
Vice rais'd to heaven, perfection fallen to hell ;
And of each nature therefore left not many,
Leat hcf)e, en bar should over-work in any.
Is it not then by warrant irom above.
That who give* 6uth, gives true obedience?
What other medium hath Dur flesh to prove
Thot sin with God keeps na intelligence?
Takes this from man the fruits of Christ his death?
into it by ftith.
For though God gave such measare of his grace
As might in flesh fulfill tbe second table.
Yet lin against the first, did quite deface
Oods image, and to raise that who is able 7
Betvrcen the flesh and grace that spiritual fight
Needs Father, Son, and their proceeding might.
Nay, let us grant, God irould enable moo.
After his calling, (o accomplish all ;
From Adams sin, who yet redeem him can,
Or Pauls transgression cleer before his call.
But Christ that comes to none of Gods in vain ?
lie jnstest need him, for the worst he is slain.
His Ufe he makes example where he please
To give his spirit, which is, to forgive :
What can the flesh assume it self in these.
Since reason dies, before his faith can live 7
Who knows Gods pow'r, but where he sin removes?
WhatsbouldreatninlheAlmighty where he loves?
Be^des, who marks Gods ct
Down unto Christ, shall by si
Bliss of the goodness, evils co
Eslablisht by unchanging destiny :
^ie word Is cleer, and needs po eiplanation,
Onely the council is a mystery ;
Why God commanded more than man could do,
Being all that be will, and wisdom too.
Why came our Saviour, if Aesh could fuIfiU
The law eiijoyn'd 7 or if il must transgress.
Whence took that justice this unequal wiU
To bind them more, to whom he givelh less?
Here pow'r indeed to wisdom must direct.
Else light saves few, and many doth detect.
Strive not then, wit corrupt and disobeying, [liuwies.
To fetch fh>m popes stools, pow'rs conmianding
Doctrines of might, that suffer no denying,
Tet divers, as earths tempers in her zones ; [dye.
Since Cfarists own heard him, saw him live and
Yet till be rose, knew not the mlstery.
Pray then, and think, faith hath her mediation.
Ask for thy self that spirit which may judge.
Wait the d^rees of thy regeneration,
Connt not without thy God, nor do thou grudge
limits and bounds of thine iUuminadon ;
And if diou seek'st more light to cleer thy mind.
Search not Oods coundls in himself contracted.
But search his written wotd wha« thou sholt find,
llut Adams ftlt was bnach of law enacted.
By which in stained womb the chosen seed
Together with the reprobate did breed.
The one shew'd forth the light which he recdv'd
Fashon'd within him by the infinite;
The other serv-d the evil, was deceiv'd.
And in that which condcmn'd him took delight :
Both states partakers of eternity.
In life, or death, as good, or ill they be.
Both had one school, one form and education.
Each knew one God ; but onely one obey'd.
Where in the odds was spiritual adoration,
And outward rites, which ever have betray'd ;
Abel sought God alone, Cain would have more,
Which pndc Has in the angeb judged before.
Thus when creation was a fresh traditio^.
And miracle the proper groutid of faith.
Guiding the sin unto her true physitian.
Yet then (we see) sin multiplycd death :
For liim that made them men would not obey ;
Idds and sects ne'r had any other way.
Hen would be gods, or earthly giants rather.
Number their strength, and strength thar number is,
Tbnr doctrine an, which as il spreads doth gather
This present world, flesh seeks no other bliss.
As God, bygoodness, saves those souls hechooaeih.
So hell condemns those vricked souls it uaetb.
Now wlule both churches lived thus together.
Parted by gracib by miracle united,
The outward warship common was to ^Iber,
And both alike by benefits invited :
Yet murmure and obedience prov'd Ibem too,
For while both knew, yet onely one would doe.
570
LORD BROOKE.
Thus tbaufh b^ lib the Spfrit ipMta trioCh,
fio Bfl Godv goodiwH it by hU CKpreat ;
Which goodnen in the devila ever dietb.
Yet God hath here mure latitude imprest :
For unto thou who only bear hit name.
He gave uich Gentiles as den/'d tbt lune.
But vben witfa idol) tliey ptopbaii'd the land
Which lie gare them, for seeming to adore him.
When the; that held by form, even brake that band,
An<l lirael in the outnrd faii'd before him ;
Tlwn came captivity, that earthly hell,
I'lanting the Gentiles where his did dvell.
In this times womb, this
Of fleshly Israel, caine the Virgins seed,
Tliat rightfulness which wrought Gods own election.
And in the Hob fulfiU'd the law indeed :
When doctrioe, miracles, benefits prov'd vain,
Hwd was this I^mb ordained to be slain.
Thus by defe
SueeesoiTel; both ain and sect* baTa grown j
Religion is a miracle to senrc.
The new man of the, old ii nevB- known ;
And to those beaits where gross sins do not die,
Gods Tetfameats are meer philosophy.
What latitude this to tbe world allowi,
Tboee souls in wbom Gods image was decay^
Then know when tbey perform sucb qHiitual vows
As undotuath our Saviours cmsa are laid.
They tbat receive his wages, bear bis anns,
Know onely what avails us, and what bairns.
WlKiein to tile ttmnes Brs^ as chief in might,
Davids ire wish, of SalomoDs find some.
Not in liMse wisdoms of the infinite.
But in the m^ whidi bide more doubtful doom :
Tlmnies are the worlds, bow they stand wel <rilb
heaven, [given.
Ilioae pow'TB can iudge to whom such grace is
Next tbat,bigb jwieitfaood, which the *tHrit-&ll'nJew
So prized, and erroneDusly mainlain'd.
Ceased in him, whose sacrifice was due
To all the world by her defections stain'd :
Small hopes tiiis gives to our cathedral chair^
The spirit oncly choosing spiritual heirs.
Again, for such as strive to undermine
The vanity of Jtomei on-built foundation.
With sins ambition, under words divine,
Htqiing to raise sects fVom her declination ;
O let diem know, God is to both alike,
Tbe one he hath, tbe other he irill strike.
And in I
BiMDe huh the odds in age and in dominion.
By whid the devils all tUngs understand.
The Bupetstition is too worn a womb
To raise a Dsw church now to equal Borne.
, for our selves whidi of that church wmild ba
Which (though inviublc] yet waa, i^ shall
For ever be the state and treasurie
Of Gods elect, which cannot fhnn him Ml :
Arks now we look for none, nor signcs to part
,£gypt ftom Israel, all rest in tho heart
Our Area crown'd mttcts, ■
Faith, key and scepter ; ou
Built upon grace we are, ai
This word of lifie, then, let not fieshly man
Corrupt and unregenerate expound ;
As well the mortu judge tlw immortal an.
Or deafness find the discords out of sound.
Or creatures (heir Creator comprehend.
Which they presume that judge before they mend.
Mil not in functions God and earth together ;
The wisdom of tbe world and his are two ;
One latitude can well agree to ndlher.
In each men have thdr beings as tbey do :
Tbe world doth build without, our God within ;
He traficks goodness, and sbe traficks an.
Schools have their limits, whet«n man prescribes ;
What credit hopes truth there, which contradicts 7
States have their laws, all churches have Ibcsr tribes.
Where sin is ever strongest, and inflicts ;
For man is judge, and force still wisdom thor.
How can God tlience eipect a spiritual betr ?
But Gods elect still htmibly pass by these,
Mske love their school, and scale of righteou
Whidi infinite those hearts desire to please.
While to the worid tbey leave her wickedness ;
Sect and division cannot here arise.
Where every man in God is only wisa.
Can it then be a doetrina of despair
To use the wends or councils of our God ;
As they stand in him ? though they seem severer.
Heal A of tbe chosen is the lost dulds md.
Though flesh cannot believe, yet God is tme,
And onely known, where be creates anew.
lUngs posuble with man an yet ir
Gods pow'r, gifts, will, here faith's '
All mediums else are but tbe sins si
Hie mover rawly makes our nature free,
FUth and obedience he that asketh ^ves ;
And without these Gods spirit never live^
Again, in this strange war, this wildoneB,
llese Mrypt brick-kills, from our straw depriv'd,
God ever liveliest doth lumself express.
Help being here flvm heavenly pow'r dcrir'di
Affliction of tbe spirit made mans true glass.
To abew lum, Ood brings what he will to pass.
Now in this fi^i^ wherein the man dcqmiia.
Between tbe sin, and bis regeneration.
Faith upon credit nevo- takes her ban,
Gods wonder in us wo As her adoration :
Wbo from the heaven sends his gracee down.
To work the (ame obedience be will crown.
Tliis leads us to our Saviour ; who no more
Doth ssk then be enables us to do ;
The next he f^ees, and takes upiu his score.
Faith and obedience onely binds us to : .
All other latitudes are fiuih and devil.
To stain our knowledge and enlarge our eviL
A TREATISE OF RELIGION.
OOcr tbcM trnth* W pow^, wIU ifae obe;?
It prunea ber panp, pacduuK* plougha up ttw rooti
It prifUt of tjianu humm doth allay,
MakM Ood tlieit lord, wid cuts thon M lu* foot,
TUi truth they caiiDot wave, jet will not do,
And finr to kaoir b«e>UH that bindi tliem too.
Shew thcK to arta ; thoM riddles of tba an
Which ermr fint creates, and then inherits ;
This light eoiuuinea thou roiiu they Sourish In,
At once deprives tbeir glory and tbeir merit ;
Than mortal form), moulded of humane error,
DisBolra thema^Tes by looking in this mirror.
Kww it to lam ; Gods Uw, the true foundation,
Prore* how they build up earth, and loDie the heaven ;
Gives tfaiags eternal, mortal limitation,
Ore-ruling him ttom whom their laws were given i
Gods laws amright,just, wise,andsa would make
Hans, o^ous, diven, &lse, and so tbej teke us.
Shew it tbe outward church, strsnge ipeculstioii
For that hypocrisie to sec tbe UA ;
They that sell God for ewthlj estimation.
Are here divorc't from that adulterous wife :
Pea this truth tcacbeth mankind to despise tbem.
While God more justly fbr lus own denin them.
OB^ then truths to flesh ; in genend,
God in bis pow'r, and truth they do conftis ;
But want of faith, that venome of their fidl,
Onely that little flock, Gods own elect,
Wbo living in tbe world, yet of it are not,
Ood, is the wealth, will, empire tbey aS^
His law, tbeir wisdom, for the rest they care nol;
. Among all floods this ark is still preserv'd.
Storms of the world are for her own reserv'd.
For their sake, God doth give restraining grace
To his seen church, and to the baalben too ;
Seta sin her latitude of time and place,
That onely she her own may still undoe;
And wlierv tbe sin is free to all, as one.
He binds temptation to preserve Ma own.
So as though still in wilderness they live.
As gone from JEgypt, suffer Israels care,
Tet fond and clothes that wear not out he gives.
Of thera that hate them tbey preserved are.
This grace reBtrsiniag ixninds the hypocrites,
Vhoae rarine else might aptul the world of lights.
Fhen, man ! rest on Uiis feeling from above.
Plant thou thy bith on this celestial way.
The world is roade for use, God is for lov^
ow for sin, knowledge but to obey ;
Fear and temptatimi to refine and prov^
Tbe heaven for joy ; desire thou that it may
I^nd peace in endless, boundless, heavenly things;
Place it else where, it deaolatioD brings.
tiGooglc'
SAMUEI. DANIEL.
Dahul wu the Eon
ton, mnA hiving the good fortune to be patroniied
bj the Pembroke family, vai placed u • commoner
■t Magdalen Hull, Oiford { olterwarda he piinued
those itudiea to nbich inclination led him, at WiU
ton, a bouse, which, he layi, bad been his beat
acbml. He waa then made tutor to the Ladj
Anne Cliflbrd, a noble-minded wcmun, wwthj of
her nnk and ancestry, though, by some itiange in-
felicity of chiuce, ibe married, for her second
builNUid, that liUi-1 of Fembroke, who ww, perbapa,
tbe moat despicable penon of hig age. She alwaya
remembered ber tutor with afiectionate reapect.
It baa been said that Daniel succeeded Spenier
a* poet laureate, because he composed gome of
those masques and pageant* which were than the
refined ammements of the court. Queen Aune of
Denmark was fond of Ms wiitings, and liked his
conTenatJon ; and he was appointed one of the
grooms of ber chamber, with a &ir salary. At this
time his place of abode was in a *■ garden house"
in Oid Street; wliere lie et^joyed tbe society and
fiiendibip of such men as Chapman, Mariow^
Camden, Sir Fulke Grevile, and Shakspeare. Ha
lived, however, to feel thai his reputation waa on
tbe wane ; and retiring to a farm at Beckington,
between Marlborough and Denies, he there ended
his days in 1619. He was a married man, but
leA no issue. HU History of the OTil Wara,
which is the longeat of his poem^ was published,
after his death, by his brother, who was a mnsiciaiit
and who appears in that capacity to have been em-
ployed by the court.
Daniel Irequcntly writes below his subject and
his strength ; but ^ways in a straio ot tender fed-
ing, and in language as easy and natural as it ia
pure. For hi* diction alone be would deaerre to
be studied by all students or lovers Dfpoctry,eTen if
his works did not abound with passages of ■■wg«lT
beauty. Thoughtful, grateful, right-minded, *im1
gentle-hearted, there is no poet, in any language^
of whom it may be inferred with more certainty,
from his writing*, that he was an amiable^ and wise
FUNERAL POEM,
Now that the hand of Death hath laid tbee there,
Where neither greatness, pomp, nor grace we see,
Nor any ditTrences of earth ; and where
No Teil is drawn betwixt tby self and thee.
Now, Deronshire, that thou art but a name,
And all tbe reot of thee besides is gone ;
When men concave thee not but by the fame
Of what thy virtue and thy worth have done :
Now shall my verse, which thou in life did'st grace,
(And which was no disgrace for thee to do,)
Not leave thee in the grave, that ugly plate.
That te* r^ard, or have respect imto :
Where all attendance and observance enda ;
Where all the sunshine of our favour aet* ;
Where what was ill no countenance defends.
And what was good th' unthankful world foigaM.
Here dialt thou have the service of my pen; *
[The tongue of my best tfaoughta) and in this case
I cannot be suppos'd to flatter, when
1 speak behind thy back, not to thy face
Men never soothe the dead, but where they do
Find livii^ ties to hold than thereunto.
And I stand clear from any other chain
Thanaf my lovci which,free-4]Oin,dnwibeebnMfa:
The benefit thou gav'st me, to sustain
My humble life, I lose it by thy death.
Nor was it such, as it could lay on ma
Any exaction of respect so sbxtng.
As t' enforce m' observance beyond thee.
Or make my conscience differ from my tongue;
" For I have leomt, it is the property
For flee men to speak truth, for slaves to lie."
And therefore I sincerely will report,
Flnt how thy parts were fair convey'd within;
How that brave mind was built, and in what son
All thy conteiture of tbj heart hath been i
Which waa to nobly fram'd, so well compoa'd.
As Virtue never had a fairer seat.
Nor could be better lodg'd, nor more repoa'd,
Thau in that goodly frame; where all tbinga sweet.
And all things quiet, held a peaceful reat ;
Wbere pasnon did no sudden tumults raise.
That might disturb her — Nor was ever brwt
Contain'd so much, and made so little noise :
That by thy silent modesty is found.
The ompti'st veasdi make tbe greatest smuid.
A FUNERAL POEM.
57S
For thou K) Tell difcttn'd'at tbTself, luui'M read
Mad tnd his bnotb wo well, ■• made tbev force
The leM to apeak : u b'ing (wdain'd to spread
Thy lelf in actioo, nther than diicoune.
Though tbou lud'it made a general lurrey
Of all the best of men'i beM knowledge*,
And knew ae much aa erer learning knew ;
Yet did it nuks thee tnut tbyidf the lew.
And leH presume -^^ And yet when b^ng mor^d
In priTate talk to speak ; diou did'it bewray
How fully (iaught thou wrat within ; and proT'd,
That thou did'it know whatever wit could lay.
Which ibow'd, tbou had'M not books as many ba*e.
For oatentatitHi, but for use : and that
Thy bount'oui memory was tmeh, m gave
A large rereaue of the good it gat.
Witneaa so many Tolumes, whereto thou
Hast set thy notes under thy teamed hand,
And mai^'d them with that print, as will show bow
The point of thy conceiTing thoughts did stand :
That none would think, if all thy life had been
Turn'd into leisure, thou could'st have attain'd
So much of time, to have penu'd and seen
Vbidi ftimiture may not be devm'd least rate,
Amongst those omamenls that sweetly dlght
Thy s^itary Wansted ' ; where thy care
Had gather'd all what heart or eyes delight.
And whereas many others have, we see.
All things within their houses worth the sight ;
Except themseWes, that furniture of thee,
And of thy presence, gave the best delight.
With such a season, such a temp'nture,
Wert thou composed, as made sweetness one ;
And held the tenour irftfay life still sure,
In consort with thyself in perfect tone.
And nerer man bad heart more truly lerv'd
Undet the raiment of hia own care,
And was more at command, and more obserr'd
Tlie colours of that modesty he bare.
Than that of thine ; in whom men never fbimd
That any show, or speech obscene, could tell
Of any rein tbou had'st that was unsound.
Or motion of thy powers that tum'd not welt.
And this was thy provison laid within ;
Thus wert thou to thyself, and now remains ;
What to the world tbou outwardly hast been.
What the dimenuoo of that aide contains ;
Whicb likewise was so goodly and so large.
As shows that thou wert bom t' adorn the days
Wbernn thou U*'dst ; and also to discharge [raise.
Those parts which England's and thy fame should
Altbougb in peace thou seem'd'st to be all peace.
Yet b'ing in war, thou wert all war : and tiure,
As in thy sphere, thy spir^ did never cease
To more with indefatigable care ;
And nothing seem'd more to arrrde thy heart,
Nor more enlarge thee into jollity,
Than when thou saw'st thyself in armour girt.
Or any act of arms like to be nigh.
The Belgic war first try'd thy msftial spir't,
And what tbou wert, and what thou would'st be found;
And mark'd thee there according to thy mer't,
With honour's stamp, a deep and noble wound.
And that same place that rent from mortal men
Immortal Sidney, gloiy of the Seld !
Andgloty of the Muses! and their pen
(Who equal bear the eaduce and the t/oM)
' The nbiaiy at Waiuted.
Had likemsa been my last t had not the fate
Of England then resorr'd thy worthy blood.
Unto the preservation of a state
Hat muiJi concem'd her honour and her good ;
I thee to enjoy the bliss
Of grice and faTOat in Eliia's sight,
(That miTmcle of women I) who by this
Made thee beheld according to thy right :
Which fair and happy blessing thou mighl'st well
Have far more raii'd, bad not thine enemy
(Retired privacy) made tbee to sell
Thy greatness for thy quiet, and deny
To meet fair Fortune when she came to thee.
For never man did his preferment fly.
And had it in that eminent degrae.
As thou ; as if it sought thy modesty.
For that which many (whom smbilion toils
And tortures with their hopes) hardly attain
With all dieir thrusts, and shDuld'ringplots,I^wHei,
Was easily made thine without thy pain.
And without any private malicing.
Or public grievance, every good man joy'd
That virtue could come clear to any thing.
And fair deserts to be so fairly paid.
Those benefits that were bestow'd on thee.
Were not like Fortune's favours : they could sec
Eliia's clear-ey'd judgment is renown'd
For making choice of thy ability.
But it will everlastingly rebound
Unto the glory and benignity
Of Britain's mi^ty monarcb, that thou wert
By him advanced for thy great desert ;
It bing the fairer work of majesty.
With favour to reward, than to employ.
Although thy services were such, as diey
Might ask thar grace themselves ; yet do we see^
That to success desert hath not a way.
But under princes that most gracious be :
For without thy great valour we bad lost
The deaieet purchaie ever England made ;
And made with such profuse, exceedii^ cost
Of blood and charge, to keep and to invade ;
As commutation paid a dearer price
For such a piece of earth : and yet well paid.
And well adventur'd for with great advice.
And happily to our dominions laid :
Without which, out-lel Englsnd, thou had'st been
From all the rest of th' Earth shut out, and pent
Unto thy self, and forc'd to keep within i
Environ'd round with others' government.
Where now by this, thy large imperial crown
Stands boundless in the west, and hath a way
For noble times, left to make all thine own
That lies beyond it, and force all t'obey.
And this important piece like t' have been rent
From off thy state, did then, so dckle stand.
As that no jointure of the goremmeot
But shook : no ligament, no band
Of order and obedience, but were then
Loose and in tott'ring, when the cba^^
Thereof was laid on Montjoy, and that other men,
Cbok'd by eiample, sougbt to put it oft*.
And he, out of his native modesty,
(As blng no undertaker) laboura loo
To have avmded that which his ability.
And England's geniua. would have bim to do:
Alleging how it was a charge unfit
For him to undergo; see'ng such a one
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WhoM III nceew reobrfd'ring hi* gntt wonb
Wu lucfa, u ca«ild tbM mitchief be witlutood.
It hul been wrou^t,) did tu itself bring forth
Kacouragemeot, tb*t he ihould du lens good.
Tfae lUte raply'd, it wu not loc^'d he itiDuld
Restore it wholly t«iuelf ag^i
But onljt now (if poauble) be could
In any fuh'on Init the bbide retun.
So that it did not fall asunder quite,
B'ing thus dishiver'd in a de^>Bte plight.
With courage on he goes ; doth execute
With counsel ; and returns with victorj.
But in what nobla iash'on he did suit
This action ! with what wit and industry !
Is not to be disgrac'd in this im^l card:
It aaks a spadous map of more regard.
H«« is no room to t^l, irith what Miange qieed
And secreay he used, to prevent
Tile enenues designs t mx with what heed
Ha march'd befon report: where what he utean^
Fame never knew herself, till it was done ;
His drift! and rumour seldom bing til on^
Nor will this place coaveniency aflbrd,
To show how he (when dismal Winter slnrmi)
Keeps peace, and makes Mars sheath his sword.
Toils him abroad, and noble acts perfoi ~ -
Not bow by mast'ring difficulties <
stnnedi
d, and bi
He bravely came to disappoint bis foe ;
And many times surpris'd him unprepar'd.
Yet let me lotuh one point of this great act.
That fiunous si^e, tfae nuBter-work of all j
Where no diitien nor diSicultiee lack'd
T* •fflict his weary, tired camp wiifaal :
That when enclos'd by pow'iful enemies
On either side, with feeble troops be lay
Intrench'd in mire, in cold, in miseries j
Kept waking with alanimi nigfat and day.
There were who did advise him to withdraw
Hb army, to some place of safe defence.
Prom the ajqiarent peril; which they saw
Was to confbimd them, or to force them thence.
" For now Ihc Spaniard hath poosesa'd tbree port
The most important of this iide," fay they ;
" Aod sooner fresh si '^ - " ■ ■
TotI;
I, than England ci
transpons
Then
With some of them already, and doth stand
Here over us, with chiefest strength combin'd
Of all the desp'rate.foTces of the land:
And bow upon these (Undvontagei,
Your doubtful troops will fight, your Aonour guess."
Tb' tuidaunled Montjoy hereto answer* tiiis :
" My worthy Mends, the charge of this great state
And kingdom to my faitb (^mmitled is.
And I must all I can ingeni
Toai
tr forth
same, and render i
Upon as Esir a reck'ning as I may :
But if from hence I sh^ once stir my feet,
Tbe kingdom is undone, and lont this day.
All will fly thither, where they find is Ileatt ;
And Fear shall have none stand to take his part.
" And bow sh^l we answer our country then.
Which howsoever we have done like men.
Will be imbrandcd wi^ the mark of bUme.
And sines we here are ctmie unto the point,
For which we toil'd bo much, and slay'd so long ;
] «t us not now our tiavails dlaappoinf
Of ih' honour which doth thereunto belong.
We cannot q»end our blood more worthily.
Than in so fair & cause — Andif welall.
We &1I with glmy : uul our worth thereby
Shall be renowned, and held dar of alL
And for my pan, I cmmt the field to be
The honounu>leet bed to die npon ;
And here your eyes this day shall either see
My body laid, or else this action done.
The Lord, the chief and sovVeign general
Of bosts, makes weak to stand, the strong to &1I.*
With wbich btave resolution be so watin'd
Their shaking courage, as tbey all in ime
Set to tiaX noble work ; which tbey perfocm'd
As gallantly as ever men have done :
Of which 't is better nothing now to say.
Than say too little. For there rests behind
A tniphy t' be erected, that will stay
To all poslerides, and keep in mind
That glorious act, vUch ^d a kingdom skve,
Kqit the crown whole, and made the peace vrt '
And now I will omit to show, tberefiHre,
His management of public bus'uesaes ;
Which oft are under Fortune's conduct, raore
Than ours ; and tell his private cani'ges.
Which on his own discretion did rely,
Wherewitli his spir*! was fumish'd Ittppily.
Mild, sHiJite, and easy i^ access
He was ; but with a due mervedoess i
passage to his favours lay
re have.
Notci
«aUc[
>ryetw
r, but it gave a goitle way
To such as fitly might, or ought to pais.
Nor aold he nnake ; nor took he up to day
ConuDodities of men's attendances,
And of their hopes ; to pay (hem with delay.
And entertain them with fair promises
But as a man that lov'd no great commeres
With bus'nes* and with noiee, be erv fiica
That maze of many ways, wliidi nu^it diqiene
Him
And with a quiet calm sinoerity,
H' effects his undertakings re^y.
His tongue and heart did not turn barks ; bM we
One way, and kept one course with what he meu
He us'd DO mark at all, but ever ware
His honest inclination open-far'd :
The friendships thst he vow'd most constant wa<c
And with great judgment and i^acretion plac'd.
And Devonshire, thy iaith hath her reward ;
Thy tioblest fKends do not forsake thee now.
After thy death ; but bear a kind regard
Unto thiiw honour in the grave ; and show
That worthiness which merits to remain
Among tfa' examples of int^rity;
Whereby themselves no doubt ^lall also gain
A like rvgard unto their- memory.
Now, mutt'ring Envy, what canst thou prodnci
To darken the bright lustre of such parts ?
Cast thy pure atone exempt from all abuse.
Say, what defects could wrigh down these desoli
Summon detraction, to object Ihe n-orat
That may be told, and utter all it can :
It cannot find a blemish to b' enforc'd
Against him, other than be was a man ;
And built of ficsli and blood, and did live here
Within the r^on of infirmity ;
Where all perfections never did qipear .
To meet in any one so rilly, [ )qk
But that his frailly ever did bewray O
Unlo the world llial be was set in clay.
A PANEGYRIC TO THE KING'S MAJESTY.
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And Gndtnde and Cbaritf, I know.
Will keep no luHc, nor memoij will hmre
Of ought, but of bia worthr Tinuea nov,
Which ttill will live ; the rert lica iu hia gnm.
Seaag onlj such itand «ver base and low,
Tbkl itiike the dead, or mutter undtr-luuid :
And u doga baA &t those they do not know.
So the; at such they <lo not uuderstand.
The worthier sort, who know we do not Iits
With perfect men, will never be s' unkind;
They will the right £d the deceaiied give, ■
Knowing Ibetnselvea must likewise leare behind
Those that will cennire them. And they know bow
The lion being dead, ev'n ha^es insult :
And will not urge an imperfection now.
When as b« hath no party to coouilt.
Nor tongue nor advocate to show his mind :
TtKj rather will lament the loss they find.
By such a noble member of that woith.
And know how rarettie world such men brings forth.
But let it now sufficient be, that I
Tin last scale of his act of life bewray.
Which pves th' applause to all, doth gloril^
Tbe work ; for 'tis the er'ning crowns the day.
This action of our death especially
Shows all a man. Here only is he found.
With what munition he did fortiiy
Hii heart; bow good his furniture hath been.
And this did he perform in gallant wise :
In this did he confina his worthiness.
For on the nKnrow after the surprise
That sickness made on him with flerce access.
He told bis faithful friend, whom he held dear,
(And whose great worth was worthy so to be,)
■■ How that he knew those hot diseases were
Of that contagious force, as he did see
TbMt man were ov«r.«imbl'd suddenly ;
And tbereforc did desire to set s coune
And order t' his affairs as speedily.
As might be, ere his licknesa should grow worse>
And as for death," said he, " I do not wej )
I am resolv'd and ready in tins case.
It cannot come t' afiright me any way.
Let it look neser with ao grim a face :
And I will meet it smiling ; for 1 know
How vain a thing all this world's glory is."
And herein did he keep his word — Did show
Indeed, as he had promised in this.
Pot ricknesa never heard him groan at all.
Nor with a sigh consent to show his pain j
Which howsoever b'ing tyrannical.
He sweetly made it look ; and did retain
A lovely count'nance of his being well,
And so would ever make bis tongue to fell.
Although the fervour of extremity.
Which often doth tlirow those defences down.
Which in our liealth wall in infirmity.
Might c^n lay more than we would have known j
Tet did no idle word in him bewray
Any one piece of Nature ill set in ;
Those Ughtnesaes that any thing will say.
Could say no ill of what they knew within.
Such a sure lock of silent modesty
Waa set in life upon that noble heart,
Ai if no anguish nor eitremity
Could open it, t' impair tliat worthy part.
For having dedicated still the same
Unto devotion, and to sacred skill ;
Tlu* furnish perfect held ; that blessed flame
Conlanu'd to the last in fervour stilL
And when Ms spir't and tongna no longer MuU
Do any certain services beside,
Ev'n at the point of parting they unfokt.
With fervent seal, bow only ha rely'd
Upon the merits of the precious death
Of his Redeemer ; and with rapt desires
Th' appeals to grace, his soul delivereth
Unto the band of mercy, and expires.
Thus did that worthy, who moat virtuously
And mildly liv^d, most sweet and mildly die.
And thus, great patron of my Muse, have 1
Paid thee my vows, and fairly desr'd th' accounts.
Which in ray love I owe thy memory.
And let me say, that herein there amounts
Something unto thy fortune, that thou hast
Thii monument of thee perhaps may last.
Which doth not t' ev'ry might; man befall :
For !o ! bow many when they die, die sIL
And this doth argue too thy great deserts :
For himour never brought unworthiness
Further than to the grave : and there it partly
And leaves men's greatness to fbrgetiiilness.
And we do see that nettles, thistles, brakes,
(The poorest woiks of Nature) tread upon
The proudest ftames that man's invention makes.
To hold his memory when he is gone.
But Devonshire, thou hast another tondi,
Made by thy virtues in a safer room.
PANEGYRIC CONORATULATORY,
Lo here the glory of a greater day.
Than England ever heretofore could see
In all her days ! when she did most display
The ensigns of ber pow'r ; or when as die
Did spread herself the most, and moat did away
Her state abroad ; yet could she never be
Thus blesa'd at home, nor ever come to grow
To be entire in her full orb till now.
And now she is, and now in peace ; therefore
Shake hands with union, O thou mighty state !
Now thOu art all Great Britain, and no roore;
No Scot, no Enghsh now, nor no debate:
No borders, but the ocean and the shore;
No wall of Adrian serves to separate
Our mutual love, nor onr obedience;
B'ing subjects all to one imperial piincfc
What beretoCoie could never yet be wrought
By all the swords of pow'r, by blood, by fire^
By ruin and destruction: here's brou^t to pan .
With peace, with love, with joy, desire i
Om' former blessed union bath begot
A giealer union that is more entire,
And makes us more ourselves ; sets us at one
With Nature, that ordain'd us to be one.
Glory ofmen! this hast thou brought to ua.
And yet hast brought us more than this by far :
Religion comes with thee, peace, righteousness,
Jud^nent,andjuatice; which more glorious are
Than all thy kingdoms : and art more by this
Than lord and sov'rdgn ; more than emperor
Over the hearts of men, that let tbcc in
To more than all Ihe pow'rs on earth can win.
And knaw, thM Ei^bnd, wfaicb in
Can kne whb such a tme deratioii
Tbosc UbI an las Ihu kingi ; to
And khv oTtlua great naliack, populous,
Stoul, T^iant, pov'rAil both tj h and hn
Attcmpdre, able, wortfaj, genenHB,
Wbitii jajtMj tsnbraaa ^ caaaoMBdi
A people tracOAU, obieqaioua,
Apt to be bihian'd bj thj gloiioUB hand
To maj form of bmour, t' an j wap
or Ugh attempta, tli7 Tiitoes shall •as*]'.
A people so ioar'd
Toasw
A* the;
: format (and O
alter'd hath the fonn, the
™<
(till forgot <)
a:
and biou^it
nil po^le, this great state, these beaili adofe
Thy sceptre now ; and now turn all to thee,
Touch'd with • pow'rfiil i«l, and if nnt nwR ;
(And yet O more bow could tbeie net bi^
Than unto her, whom yet we do deplore
Antidst our joy '.) and pye us hare, if we
Hejoice and moum ; that cannot, without wron^
So aooD forget her we enjoy'd so long.
Whidi likewise makes for Ibee^ that yet we bold
True alter i1i alli ; and bring not this respect
To a new prince, for haling of the old i
Or fiom desire of change, or trma neglect :
Whscby, O nighty sor'rragn, thou art told.
What thou and thine are likely to eipect
Prom sucb a fiitfa, that doth not baste to run
BcAre their time ts an arising nm.
And let my humble Muie, whom she did grac^
B^ tins one gnce for her that now lies dead ;
That no file tongue may qwt her with disgrace.
Nor that her lame become di&ligured :
O let her rest in pence, that rul'd in peace '.
Let not her honour be disquieted
Now after death ; but let the grare enclose
All but ho- good, and that it cannot doae.
It adds mneb to thy glory and our grace.
That tbii continued current of our lore
Buns thus to thee all whb so swift a pace ;
And that Irom peace to peace we do remore,
'in but from out our place.
And all fcjr Ace, tfail wc
The glory ot his pow'r, i
Whom be liBib nb'd to purify our days.
And make this onptre of the North to shine,
AgainA all tb' in^MMU woHungs, all tfa' assays
Of vile dia-nator'd ripen ; whose desgn
Waa to anbroil the suce, I'obacure the light,
ai thy siji.d ri^^
To whoa* reproach, since tfa' issue and sdo
Doth a sufficient mark of shame return.
Let no psi else blazoa thor nylin^** :
Be it enot^h, that God and m
Their piojtctt, n
Let not otir children, that are yet ludiom.
Find there were any offer'd to ooMeit,
Or make a douhc to hare our kingdom blen'd-
Bnry tbat question in th' eteenal grave
Of daikneas, nerer to be sem agaiiL
Suffice we have Ibee whom we ought to hsve.
And t" whoni att good men knew did a^iertain
TW inh^tance thy sacred birth-fight gaT« ;
Tbat needed n' other suffngo t' ordain
What only was thy due, nor no dtciec
To be made known, since none was known but thev.
Witness tbe joy, the unireral cheer.
The ^eed, the ease, tbe will, tbe fotvardnesT
Of all this great and spadous state ; bow dear
It held thy title and Ihy worthioeM.
Haste could not post so speedy any wbcse.
But Fame leem'd there bdore in le^ineai.
To lell our hope*, and to proclaim tfaj luuue j
O greater than out hopes! OMite than thy bmcl
What a return of eotnfbet dost thou bring.
Now at this fresh retiinui^ of tfur blood ;
'nius meetiof with the op'ning ot tbe spring
To make our sjants likewise to imhod I
What a new season of encoaraging
Begins t' enlengtfa tbe days dnpos'd to good !
What apprehension (^recoTery
Ofgr ■ -
rejoytl
:e thou wilt make us m
The poise of England »
So strong as now :
Let out to hopes sc
As now they are:
Did we thus (eel so comfortable beat.
As now the gloiy of thy worth fanpatts :
The wbi^ eam^exioa at tbe commonweahh.
So weak before, hop'd oerei fiv more health.
CbubTst thou but see from Dorer to the Mount,
Tnta Totnei (o tbe Orcades ; what joy.
What cheer, what triumpln, and what dev account
Is held of thy renown this blessed day \
A day, wtiirh we and ours must erer cotmt
Our solemn festiral, as wdl we may.
And though men thus court kiii|[s still wfaicii are Dew;
Yet do tbej more, when Ihey find more is doc.
But in
But in
Andw
Our lore, we see, concurs with God's gm
Who only made tby way, thy passage plaii
Lerell'd tbe world for tbee ; did all remoi
Tlut might the show but of a let retain :
UnbatT'd the North ; humbl'd the South ; did more \ We hsi
The hearts of all, tbe right . ,
Hdd other states cmbroil'd, whose enTy might Thou wiU be othervrise in thy dr^ps.
Hare foiter'd bctioos to impugn thy right : ; Than there tbo-j art in thow judkial lii>e«.
Who either lost a good, or felt a bad :
But thou hast checr'd us of this far lonjc nnc
We know thee more than by report we had-
ereriasting eTidence
A PANEGYRIC TO THE KING'S MAJESTY.
It ia tbe greateM gtory upon Mrth
To be ■ king ; but jet much mote to gilt
The inuitution with the htpfj birth
Uulo ■ Iting, and teach him how to Uia.
W« hare b; thee far more tliui thina own worth.
That doth enCDur^e, fltrmgtheD, aud rcUevt
Our bapa in the luccoaioD of thy blood.
That like to thee, the; likewiw will be good.
We hare an earneit, that doth eren tie
TTiy BCeplre lo thy word, and binds thy crown
(IW ebe DO band can bind) to ntify
What thy religious hand hath there set down ;
Wherein thy *II-coniiiiuidiDg loi'teignty
Stands subject to thj pen and thy renown.
There we behold thee king of thine own heart ;
Ani see what we mtut be, and what thou ait.
Tbere, great exemplar ! prototype of kings !
We find the good shall dwell within thy court:
Plrin Zeal and Truth, free from base flattering*.
Shall there be enlertoin'd, and hiTc resort ;
Honest Discinion, that no cunning bring) )
But counsels that lie right, aiid that imparl.
Is tbere lecdv'd with those chose care attends
Thee and the state more than their private ends.
IlKre grace and favour shall not be dispoa'd,
Bm by proportion, even and upright.
There are ao mighty mountains interpo*'d
Between thy bewns and us, t' imbar thy light.
Thoe imyetty Uvea not as [f enclos'd.
Or (oade a prey t' a private benefit
The hand of pow'r deals there her own reward.
And thereby reapi the whole of men's regard.
There is no way to get up to respect,
But only by the way of worthinns ;
All paasage* that may seem indirect.
Ate stopt up now ; and there is no access
By gmsi corruption : bribes cannot effect
For th' undeserving any ofHccs.
Th' ascent is clean ; and he that doth ascend.
Must have his means as clean as Is his end.
The deeds of worth, and laudable deserts.
Shall not now pass thorough the Htnight report
Of an embaung tongue, that hut imparts
What with hla ends and humours shall comport.
The prince himself now bears, sees, knows what parts
Honour and virtue acts, and in what sort ;
And thereto gives his grace accordingly.
And cheen up other to the like thereby.
Nor sliall we now have nae for flattery ;
Fur be knows fals^ood far ttum lubtle ii
Than truth, baseness ttian liberty.
Fear than love, I' invent theie "
And adulation now is spent sc
As that it hath no colours to (
Forw
lo ear to be abus'd.
None will be found that dare t'inform a wrong:
The insolent depraver stands confus'd ;
The impious atheist secnu to want a tongue.
TransTormd into tile fasliion that is us'd.
All strive t' appear like those they live among :
And all will seem compos'd by tliat same Mgunre,
By which they see the bert and greatest are.
' Such pow'r hath thy eiamplo and respect,
As that witliout a sword, without debate.
Without a Doise, ^or feeling, in e£ectj
Tfaou will dispiae, change, fa
Thy kingdom, people, rule, and all effect,
Without the least convulsion of the state j
That this, great pasaage
Not seem a change, but only of '
We shall continue and remain a]
In law, in justice, ar
Thou wilt nut alter the faundation
Thy sncesters have laid of this estate.
Nor grieve thy land with innovation.
Nor take from us more than thou wilt collate ;
Knowing that course is best to be obscrv'd,
Wliercby a state bath longest been preserv'd*
A king of England now most graciously
Remits the injuries tbst have been done
T a king of Scots, and makca his clemency
To check them more than his conection :
Th' anointisd blood that stain'd most thamefullv
This ill-seduced stale, he looks thereon
With eye of grief, not wrath, t' avenge the sam^
^nce th' authors are eilinct that caui'd ihal shaine.
Hius migfaty tivers quietly do glide,
And do not by tiieir rage their pow'rs profesa.
But t^ their migfaty workings ; when in pride
Sinall torrents mr more loud, and work much less.
Peaea greatness best becomes. Calm pow'r doth
With a &r more imperiotis statelioess, [guide.
Than ^1 the swords of violence can do,
And easier gains tliose ends she tends unto.
Then, England, thou hast reason thus lo cheer ;
Reason lo joy and triumph in this wise ;
When thou shall gain so much, and have no fear.
To lose ought else but thy defoimlties j
When thus thou shall have health, and be set clear
FVum all thy great infectious maladies,
By such a hand that best knows how lo cure,
And where most lie those griefii thou dost cuduisi
When thou shall see there is another grace.
Than to be rich ; another dignity,
Ulan money ; other means for place,
Than gold— wealth shall not novr make honesty.
When thou shah see the estimation base.
Of that which most afilicts our misery ;
Without the which else could'st thou never see
Our ways laid light, nor meu themselves lo be.
By which improvenient we shall gain much more
Tlian by Peru ; or all discoveries :
For this way to embaae, is to enslore
The treasure of the land, and make it rise.
lliis is the only key t' unlock the door,
To let out plenty, that it may suffice :
For more than all tliis isle, for more increase
Of sutrjects than by thee, there con incnase.
This shall make room and phice enough fur all,
Which olhenvise would not suffice a fiw :
And by proportion geometrical,
Shall so dispose lo all what shall be due.
As that without corruption, wnmgllng, brawl,
InlruMon, wrestling, and by means uudue j
Dosert shall have liiT charge, and hut one charge,
' As having but one body to ditchai^.
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Wbereby the ■!! inrhrrrinfl nujeit;
Shall come to Bbine at full in tl\ li«T pant,
And ipread ber beonu of comfort equalkyi
Ab being nil alike to like deserts.
For thus to ch«ckr emhoAe, and Tilify
Th' ealeem of wealtb, will Euhion » our bents
To worthy end*, ■■ that we Bhall bj much
More labour, to be good than to be rich.
This will make peace with Iaw ; restore the Bar
T* her ancient silence ; wha« conlenlioa now
Makes so coniiis'd a noise— This will debar
The fost'ring of debate ; and overthrow
That ugly monster, that foul raf ener,
Extortion, which >o hideously did grow,
By making prey upon out nuaerj.
And wasting it again as wickedly.
The strange eismples of impor'
Of sacrilege, exaction, and of w
Shall not be made, nor held as prendents
For times to come ; but end with th* ages past.
When as the state shall yivid more supplements
(B-ing well emploj'd) than kings cam. -
This golden meadow lying ready still
Tbenlobei:
file:
will.
Favour, like pity, in the hearts of men
HuTe like flrat touches ever violent ;
But aoon again it comes to languish, when
He moCive of that humour shall be spent ;
But blng sljll fed with that which first batfa been
The cause thereof, it holds still permanent.
And is kept in by course, by form, by kind ;
• And tune begets more ties, that still more bind.
The broken frame of this disjointed state
B'ing by the bliss of thy gteat grandfhther,
(Henry the Seventh) reslor'd
More sound than ever, and m
Ovnts all it hath to him ;
Stands bound to thee, thi
For without him it had ni
And without thee we had been ni
He of a private man became a king
Having endur'd the wdghC of tyranny, [thing
Houm'd with the world, complain'd, and knew the
That good men wish for in their misery
Under ill kings ; saw what it was to Iniug
Order and form, to the recovery
Of an unruly state : conceiv'd what cure
Would kill the cause of this distemp'rature.
Thou, bom ■ king, hast in tby state endur'd
The sowre affronts of private discontent.
With sutgects' broils; and ever been inur'd
To tlui great mystery of government :
Whereby thy princely wisdom hath allur'd
A state to peace, left tu thee turbulent.
And brought us an addition to the frame
Of this great woik, squar'd fitly to the same.
And both you (by th' all-working providence.
That bataioni out of dangers, toUs, debates,
Those whom it halh ordained to cmnmence
The fint and great establishments of states,)
_ [Which out of judgment best sccommodatei
••joints of rule) was more than mbM detir'd,
fti«D tbe times of need the nraat icquir'd.
And as be laid the model of this fnine.
By which was built so strong a work of stale.
As all the pow'n of changes in the same.
All that excess of a diaordinate
And lustful prince, nor all that afto- came ;
Nor child, nor stranger, dot yet wooien's fitte.
Could once di^oint the ctnnplimenta, whcfdjy
It held ti^etber in just symmetry.
To reinforce the same m«e really.
Which oftentimes hath but been
By tb' only style and _ _
And by no other counsels oft atlain'd
Those ends of ber enji>y'd tranquillity.
Than by this form, and by * '
That had'it thou had no title, (ss thou bast
The only right; and none bath else a right)
We yet must now have been enforc'd t* have cast
Ourselves into thy arms, to set all rigbt ;
And to avert coniusiaD, bloodshed, waste.
That otherwise upon us needs must light.
Thus balh the hundredth year brought back agai]
llie sacred blood lent to adorn the Dorth,
And here retum'd it with a greato gain,
And greater glory than we tenc it fiKth.
Thus doth th' all.working Frovidoice retain.
And keqi for great efiecli the seed of worth.
And so doth point the stops of time thereby,
[n periods of uncertain certainty.
Marg'ret of Richmond, (glorious grandmother
Unto that other precious Margaret,
From whence th' Almighty worker did transfer
This branch of peace, as from a root well set,)
Thou mother, author, plotter, counsellor
Of union < that ^d'st both concave, beget.
And bring forth happiness to this great slal^
To make it thus entirely fortunate :
O eould'st tbou now but view tUs bir aiiii las.
This great ditct of thy religiaus woi^
And see therein bow God halh pleaa'd ta blcsa
Thy charitable counsels; and to work
Still greater good out of the bleesedneM
Of this coiyoined Lancaater aad Yoak i
Which all coiyoin'd irithin ; and Ihoaa shtit oo^
Whom nature and their blith had set without 1
How much hast thou bound all poatffitKS
In this great work to reverence thy nana !
And with thee that rdigious, faithful, wise.
And learned Morion ! who conlriv'd tlM ame.
And first advis'd, and did so well advisB,
As that the good succeos that thereof cama,
Show'd well, that hcdy hands, clean thoughta, A
Are only At to act sudi glorious parta. [baai
But, Huse, these dear remembrances niuat be
In Ihrar convenient places reglslred.
When thou shalt brjng stem Discord to agract
And bloody War unia a quiet bed.
Which wts-k must now be finished by thee^
lliat long hath lain undone ; as desUoed
Unto the glory of these days i fbr which
Thy vows and verse have laboured ao mncb-
A PANEGYRIC TO THE KING'S MAJESTY.
Tbou mar hmt oppowd all thj might
Agaimt eoDtaption, fury, pride and vTOflf ;
PenuacUi^ Mill to hold tbe count of right j
And peace hath been the btnden of Ihy aonB-
And no* thjradf ibtlt tutTs tbt benefit
Of quietntM, which tboa haM waoted loog g
And now ahalt haTe calm peace, and union
With thine own wan j and now thou muat go <
Only the joy of this lo doar a thing
Made me look back unto the cauae, whence can
Thia 10 gnat good, tlie lileeaing of a king;
When our e«tate to much requir'il tlic tanw r
When we had need of pow'r for th' well ord'rin
Of our aifaits : need of a ipir't to frame
The world to good, to grace and w '
Out of Uua hununir of luiu '
iItc* again,
And bring ua back ui
Unto our ancient natiTe mooesi;.
These loathaome aurfeiti, ugljr glutionj' ;
From thia unmanly, and thii idle Tsln
Of wanton and lupetfluoua braTay ;
The wreck of gentry, Bpml of ooblmeM ;
And iquai* in by t^ temp'nte wbenweL
When abituieace la &ahion'd by the time,
It li no rare thing to be abstinent :
But then itfa, when th' age (hill fVaughtwith crime
Uei proatrale unto all misgovenunent.
And •'ho i> not licentious m the prime
And heat of youth, nor then incontinent
When out of might he may, he nercr will ;
No powVcan tempt him to that taste of ill.
Then what are we t' expect fVom nich a hand.
That doth thii Hem of &ir example guide ?
Who will not now ihame to hare no command
Orer hialuMs? who would be *een t' abide
Unfaithful to hli lows ; f infringe the band
Of a man lacred knot which God hath ty'd ?
Who would now leem to be dishonoured
WiUi ih" unclewl touch of an unlawfOI bed ?
What a great dixA wilt this chaste coort be now
To wanton courts debauch'd with luiury ;
Where we no other mistmse* ihall know.
But her to whom we owe our loyalty ?
Chaste mother of our princei, whence ilo grow
TlHMe righteous inues, whidi shall glori^
And comfbrt many nation) with their worth.
To her perpetual grace tfiat brought Aem fbrth.
We shall not feaf to hare our wiin diatainM,
Tlor yet our daughters Tiolated here
By an imperial luM, that bing mirehi'il.
Will hardly be resirted any where.
He will not be betny'd with ease, nor train'd
With idle rest, in aoli delights to wear
His time of life ; hut knows wherdo he lends ;
Hoi^ worthy minds are made (or worthy ends.
And that this mi^y woA of Umao, now
'" — m with glory, muM with grace run on,
be *o clot'd, as all tke jointa nay grow
Together Arm in due pmparliBn :
A woriL of pow'r ami judgment, that n
All parts of wisdom nd ^tseretioo,
Tlut man can show ; lb« no dond nu
He hath a nli^ity burden to sostain
Whose fortune doth succeed a gradoui prince ;
Or wliere men's eipectalions entert^
Hope* of more good, and more beneflcenee :
But yet he undergoes a gnaler pain,
A more laborious work ; who [oust commence
le frame of order and content.
I's desres do run
Especially where men
A greedy course of enunency, gain,
And prirale hopes ; weighing not what Is done
For the republic, so thamselres may gain
Their ends ; and where few care who be undone.
So they be made i whilst all do entertain
The present motions that this passage bring*,
With th'infancy of change, under new kings.
So that the weight of sU seems to rely
Wholly upon thine own discretion ;
Thy judgment now must only rectify
This frame of pow'r thy gim? stand* upon ;
From thee must come, that thy posterity
May joy this peace, and hold this union :
For whilst all work for their own benefit.
Thy only work must keep us all upright.
For did not now thy full maturity
Of yean and wisdom, that discern what show*.
What art and colours may deceive the eye.
Secure our trust that (hat clear judgment knows.
Upon what grounds depend thy Duyeaty,
A nd whence the glory of thy greatness grows {
We might distrust, lest that a side might part
Thee from thyself, and so surprise thy heart.
Since thou 'rt but one, and that agHust thj breast
Are laid all th' engines both of skill and wit ;
And all th' assaults of cunning are addreas'd.
With stratagems of art, to enter it ;
To make a prey of grace, and to invest
Their pow'rs within thy love ; that they might sil.
And stir that way which their iffectian tends,
Reapecting but tbemselTes and their own ends.
And see'ng how difficult a thing it is
To rule ) and what.atrangili is rcquir'd to stand
Against all th' interplac'd respondences
Of combinations, set to keep the hand
And eye of Pow'r from out the provinces.
That Avarice may draw to her command ;
Which, to keep hers, she othen vows to spare,
Hiat they again to her might use like care.
But God that nds'd thee up to act this part.
Hath gir'n thee all those pow'is of wonhiness,
fit for so great a work ; and fram'd thy heart
Discernible of all apparencies;
Taught thee to know the world, and Ibis great art
Of ordering man : titotpledge i^knouJedget f
That from thee men mi^t reckon how this state
Became reslor'd, and was made fortunate.
That thou the fint with us in name, mighfsl be
Hie lirst in couRe, to ftohion us a-new ;
Wherein the times hath offor'd that to thee,
Which seldom t' other princes could accrue.
Thou hast th' advantage only to be free,
T' employ thy bvours wbera they shall be due ;
And to dispose they grace in gcneml.
And like to Jove, to bo alike to all.
Ihf fortuiiB lath iadebtad Uute to oma.
But t' Mil th; people univenally ;
And not to them, but for tbeir love alone,
Which the; account is placed worthily.
Nor wilt thou now frurtrale their hope*, whereon
The; rest ; nor tbey foil in tbeir lojaltf :
^ce no prince comes deceived in liii truit.
But he that first deceive*, and proves unjust.
Then since we are in thiB >o &ir a way
Of rcstoimtiou, greatness, and command;
Cursed be he that causes the leaM ttay
In this fair work, or interrupts thy hand ;
And cursed he that offers to beOmy
lliy gtaces, or thy goodness to witiistand ;
Let Um be held ■bliorr'd, and all hjs race
Inherit hut the portion of disgrace.
And he that shall by wicked oOlces
Be th' auLhor of the least disturfaancy.
Or seek t' avert thy godly purposes.
Be ever held the scorn of infamy.
And let men but consider tbeir success.
Who princes' loves abus'd presumptuously ;
They shall percelre their ends do still rel^,
That sure God loves them not, whom men do bate.
a prey
aprey tc
andn
ill.
The spoils of misery with greater gain
Whose sacrificn ever do allay
The iviath of men cuncdv'd in their disdain
For that thdr hatred proaeculeth still
More than ill princes, those that make them
But both thy judgment and estate doth free
Hiee from Aese pow'rs of fear and flatieiy,
The conqueron of kings ; by whom, we see,
Are wrought the acts of all impiety.
Ihou art so set, ax thou'sl no catise to be
Jealous, or dreadful of disloyally :
The pedestal whereon thy greatness stands.
Is btult of all our hearts, and aU our bands.
SIR THOMAS EGERTON. KVIGHT;
Well bath the powerful band of inqesty.
Thy worthiness, and England's tup bedide.
Set thee in th' aldfull'st room of dignity ;
As th' isthmus these two oceans to divide.
Of tigour and conf us'd uncertainty,
To keep out th' intercourse of wrong and pride.
That tbey ingulf not up unsuccour-d right.
By th' extreme current of licentions might.
Now when we see the most comUoing band.
The strongest fast*ning of society.
Lax, whoam all this frame c^meo doth stand,
Hemain concussed with uncstuoty ;
And seem to foster, rather than witlisluid
Contention ; and embrace obscurity.
Only t' afflict, and not to fashian us,
ing ber cure hr worse than lbs disease :
with wrong,
As if she had made
To part the prey m
And suffer'd &lsehood to be ana'd as elning
Unto the combat, as is righteousness ;
Or suited her, as if she did betong
Unto o^r paasitms ; and did ev'n profess
Contention, as ber only mystery,
Wlucb she testraim not, but dodi multiply.
Was she the same sh' is now, in ages past ?
Or was she less, when she was used less ;
And grows aa malice grows ; and so comes cast
Just to the form of our unquietnesa ?
Or made more slow, the niore that strife runs &st ;
Slaying t' undo us, ere she will redress ?
That th' iU she checks, seems sufWd to be iU,
When it yields greater gain than goodness will.
Must there he still some discord mii'd among
Hie harmony of men ; whose mood accords
Best with conlentioD, tun'd t' a note of wrong?
That when war fails, peace must make war with words.
And b' arm'd unto destmctiun ev'n as strong
As were in agea past our civil swards:
Making as deep, although unbleeding wounds;
That when a* fury fUIs, wisdom confounds.
If it be wisdom, and not cunning, this
Which so embroils the state of truth with brawls.
And wraps it up in strange confiisedness ;
As if it liv'd immur'd within the walls
Of ludeous terms, fiam'd out of barfa'rousncaa
And foreign customs, the memorials
Of our subjection ; and could never be
Deliver'd but by vrrangling subtilly.
Whereas it dwells free in the open plain,
Uncurious, gentle, easy of access :
Certain unto itself ; of equal vdn ;
One face, one colour, one assuredness.
It 'b falsehood that is intricate and vain.
And needs these labyrinths of subtleness :
For where the cunning's! coverings most appear.
It aigues alill that all is not dncere.
Which thy cisar-ey'd eiperieoce well descries
Great ke^KT of the state of equity !
Reflige of mercy ! upon whom relies
Altar of safesnaid 1 Whereto affliction fliei^
From th' eager pumiit of severity.
Haven of peace 1 That labour'st to withdraw
Justice Irani out the tempests of the law ;
And set ber in a calm and even way.
Plain, and directly leading to redress ;
Barring these counter-cduraes of delay.
These wasting, dilatory processes.
Ranging into their right and proper ray,
Errours, demurs, essoigns, and traverses i
The beads of hydra, fringing out of desith.
That givea this monster Malice still new breath.
That what was made for the utility
And good of man, might not be turned t' Ida bint.
To make him worser by bis retnedy.
And cast him down with what should him support.
Nor that the state of law might lose tbenby
The due respect and rev'rence of her port ;
And seon a timf to catch our ignorance,
And to entangle our intampsnuice.
TO SIR THOMAS EGERTON.
Since ber inWrpretaticiiu, and our deeds.
Unto a like infinity aiitt ;
Am beng ■ idence that bf nature breeda
Contention, strife, and ambiguities.
For altercation contmeny feeds.
And in ber agitation multiplies :
Which made the grave Castilian king derise
A prohibition, that no sdTOcate
Should be convey'd to tb' Indian colonies ;
I.est their new setting, shaken irith debate,
Might take but slender root, and so not rise
To any perfect growth of Gnu estate.
" For hiring not this skill haw to coTiiaid,
Th' lumouriih'd strife would quickly make an end.
So likewise did th' Hungarian, when he saw
Theae great Italian Bartolists, who woe
Cali'd in of puipose to explain the lew,
T* anbioil it more, and make it much lea clear ;
Caus'd them from out his kingdom to withdnw.
With this infestious skill, some otber-where;
Whose learning rather let men nuther out.
And opea'd wida pasaagei of doubt.
Seang er'n ii^uslke may be regular (
And no proportion can there be betwixt
Our actions, which in endless motion are.
And th' ordinances, which are always fix'd ;
Ten thousand laws more cannot reach so &r
But malice goes beyond, or lives inuuii'd
Corrupt,
iinteifeit
9- will
tstilL
And therefore did thoae glorioua moiurctii (who
Divide with God the style of majesty.
Far being good ; and hod a care to do
The worid right, and succour bonesty,}
Ordain this sanctuary, whereunto
Th' oppress'd might fly ; this seat of equity,
Wbereon thy viituea sit with &ir renown,
The greatest grace and glory of the gown.
Which equity, being tlie soul of law.
The life of justice, end the spii't uf right j
DweUs not in written lines ; or lives in awe
Of books' deaf pow'rs, that have nor ears nor sight :
But out of well weigh'd circumstance doth draw
'The eosence of a judgment requisite;
Attd is that Lesbian sqaare, thai building tit.
Plies to the work, nor forc'th the work to it.
Maintaining stil] an equal parallel
Just with th' occadona of humanity.
Making ber judgment ever liable
To the respect erf* peace and amity;
When surely law, stem and unaflable,
Cares only but itself to satisfy ;
And often innocencies scarce defends.
As that which on no circumstance depends.
But equity, that bean an even rdn
Upon the present courses, holds in awe
By giving hand a little ; and doth gain,
By a gentle relaxation of the law :
And yet inviolable doth maintain
The erid whereto all constitutions draw.
Which is the welfere of society,
Conusting of an upright policy :
stoflaw)
Which first b'ing by nceeiaity compoa'd.
Where when as ju.3tice' shall be ill lUqios'd,
It sickens the whole body of the slate i
For if there be a passage once disclos'd.
That n-roog may enter at the self-same gi
Which serves for right, clad in
What violent distempers may it draw :
And therefbre dost thou stand to keep the way.
And stop the course that malice seeks to run.
And by thy proirident injunctions stay
This never-ending altercation ;
Sending contention home, to th' end men may
Tliere nuke their peace, whereas their strife begun ;
And free these pester'd streets they vainly wear.
Whom both the state and theirs do need elsewhere.
Lest th' hiunour which doth thus predominate.
Convert unto itself all that it takes ;
And that the law grow larger than debate.
And come t' exceed th' aSUn it undertakes :
As if the only science of the state.
That took up alt our wits, Iot gain it makea ;
Not for tbe good that hereby may be wrought.
Which Is not good if it be deoriy bou^it.
What shall we tiiink, when as ill causes shall
Enrich men more, and shall be more desir'd
Than good ; as far more beneficial ?
Who then defends the good 7 Who will be bir'd
To entertain a right, whose gain is small ?
Unless the advocate that bath consfnT'd
To plead a wrong, be likewise made to run
His client's chance, and with him be nDdone.
So did the wisest nations evs strive
To bind the hands of Justice up so hard ;
That leat she falling to prove lucritive.
Might basely reach them out to take reward :
Ordaining ber provisioni fit to live.
Out of the public ; as a public guafd.
That all preserves, and all doth entertain i
Whose end is only glory, and not gain.
That er'n the sceptre, which might all command,
Secjng her s' unpartial, equal, regular ;
Was pleas'd to put itself into her hand,
Whereby they both grew more admired far.
And this is that great blessing of this land,
That both the prince and peotile use one bar ;
Tbe prince, whose cause (as not to be withstood)
Is never bad, but where himself is good.
This is that balance which committed is
To thy mo)>t even and religious hand.
Great miniEtcr of Justice '. who by this
Shalt have thy name still gracious in this land.
This is that seal of pow'r which doth impress
Thy acts of right, which shall for ever stand !
This is that train of state, that pompously
Attends upou thy rev'rent dignity !
All glory else bewdes ends with our breath ;
And men's respects scarce bring us to our grave :
But this of doing good, must ouUlive Death,
And have a right out of the right it gave.
Though th' act but few, th' example pioflteth
Thousands, that shall thereby a blessing have.
The worlds respect grows not but on deserts ;
Pow'r may have knees, but Justice hatli our hearts.
LOED HENBT HOWABD.
PiAisi, if it be not choice, *nd liud aright,
Can yield no lustra vrheic it ii b«sto<r'd ;
Not any way can gnu* the giver's art,
(Though '( be a pleasing colour to delight,)
For that no ground whereon it can be ihaw'd,
WiU bear it well, but virtue and desert.
And though I might commend your learning, wit.
And happy utt'iance ; and commend them nght,
Ai that which decks you much, and gives you grace,
Yet your clear judgment best deaervetb it,
Which in your coune hath canied you upri^t,
And made you to discern the truest &ce.
And best compieiion oT the thtogs that bioed
The reputation and the lore of men ;
And held you in the tract of honesty.
Which ever in the end we see succand ;
Though oft it may have intemipled been.
Both by tbe timM^ and men's iniquity.
For sure those actions which do fairly run
In the rif ht liiw of honour, still are tboae
That get most dean and a^est to their end ;
And pass the beat without confusioD,
Either in those that act, or else dispose ;
Having the scope made dear, whereto they tend.
When this by-path of euntung doth s' eaibtoil.
And intricate the passage of aAira,
As that they seldom fairly can get out ;
But cost, with Ices success, nton cm and twl ;
Whilst doubt and the distrusted cause impairs
Thdr courage who would else ^pear moie stout
Jor though some hearts are blinded so, that thay
Have divers doors whereby they may let out
Thdr wills abroad without distuibancy,
Int' any course, and into ev'ry way
Of humour, that afibctioD turns about ;
Yet have the best but one t' have passage by ;
And that BO surely warded with the guard
Of conscience and respect, as nothing must
Have coune thu way, but with the certain p«s
Of a persuasive right ; which hdng compar'd
inth their conceit, must thereto answer just.
And so with due eramination pass.
Which Lind of men, nis'd of a better frame.
Are more religious, constant, and uprigbt ;
And bring tbe ablest hands for any 'Beet ;
And best bi ' • -
But when the body of an enterprise
Shall go one way, the face another way;
A* if it did but mock a weaker trust ;
The motion being moostroui, cannot rite
To any good ; but falls down to bewray.
That dl pretoices serve for thitigs unj ust :
Eqwdolly when tb' action will aUaw
Apparency ; or that it hsth a course
Concentric, with the univend frame
Of men corabin'd ; whom it concemeth bow
These motions run, and entertain their fore* {
Having their bdng rating on tbe same.
And be it that the vulgar are but ginaa;
Yet are they capable of truth, and see.
And sometimas guess the right ; and do cone '
Tbe nature of that text that needs a gloas,
And wholly never can deluded he :
All may a few j few cannot all decdve.
And these strange disproportions in the ttdn
And coune of things, do evermore proceed
From th'ill-oet disposition oftbdr minds;
Whereas tbe ways and oounsda of tbe light
So sort with vdour and with manlineas.
As that they cauy things assuredly,
Undsitling of tbar own or others' fight :
There bdng a bleasing that doth giv* iiirrras
To worthiness, and unto constancy.
And though sometimes th' event may ftU amiss.
Yet shall it still have honour for th' attempt ;
When craft begins with fear, and ends with sham
And in the whole design perpleied ii:
Virtue, tbouftb luckless, yet shall 'scape oaalanpi
And though it hath not bap, it shall have fiune.
THE LADY MARGARET,
Hx that of such a bdght hatb buih his mind,
And rear'd the dwelbng of his tbou^ts so stroi
As neither fear nor hope con shake the frame
Of his resolved powers ; nor dl the wind
or vani^ or malice pierce to wrong
His settled peace, or to disturb tbe tame :
What a ftir seat bath he, from whence he may
The boundless waatea and wdlds of man sorvij
And with bow free an eye doth he look down
Upon these lower regions of turmoil 7
Where dl tbe storms of passions mdnly beat
On Seah and blood : where honour, power, tenc
Where greatness stands upon as feeble feet.
As frdlty doth ; and Only great doth seem
To little minds, who do it so esteem.
He looks upon tbe mightiest monarch's wan
But only as on stately roUierics ;
Where evermore the fortune that prevails
Must be the right : tbe ill-succeeding mars
The fairest and tbe best fac'd entetptise.
Great pirate Pompey lesser pitates qudls ;
Justice, he sees, (as if seduced] still
Conqnrea with power, wbuie k*
TO THE COUNTESS OF BEDFORD.
He leei tba flu* of i^it t'oppau
Ah are the paHioiis of imcettain mkn ;
Who put* it in all colouri, all attim,
To Bene hii ands, and mske bis couna bold.
He aces, that let deceit work what it can,
Plot and contrirc base waifa to high desrea j
That the all-guiding Prorideoce doth yet
All diaappoint, and mocka the anc^ of wit.
Ncv is he moT'd with all the thunder-cncka
Of tyranta' thtcata, or with the aurl; brow
Of Pow'r, that proudly >its on otbera' aimes :
ChargV with mare crying luns than thaw he ch
llie itonns of tad confusion, that may grow
Up in the preaent for Che coming timea.
Appal Dot him i that hath no aide at a
But of hinuelf, and knom the w
infalL
Althou^ bia bean (to near ally'd to earth)
Cannot but pity die perpteaed atate
Of troubloiu and diMros'd mortally,
That thua make way unto the ugly biith
Of their own aotrowa, and do mill beget
Affiictjim upon imbecility :
7ct aeeiDg tbua the coune of tiiiuga muit run.
He looks thereoD not straoge, but aa fore-done.
And whilst dialraugbt ambition companaw.
And is encompaaa'd ; whilat aa craft decetvea.
And IB deceived : wiiilat man d<ith ransack man.
And builds on blood, and riaea by diatreaa (
A nd th* inheritance of desolatioa Jeares
To gnst-eipeetiDg hopea i be looka thonni.
As fivm tlw shore at peace, with unwet eye,
And beara no venttire in impiety.
Ilias, madam, &res that man, that bath prepat'd
A rest for his deairea ; and sees all things
Beneath him j and hath leam'd this book of man.
Full of the notes of frailty ; and compar'd
The beat of gloiy with her sufferings :
By whom, I tee, you labour all you can
To pknt your heart ; ami set your thoughts aa near
His glotioui muiiioD, aa your pow'ra can bear.
Wbich, madam, are ao aoundly faahioned
By that dear judgment, that bath carry'd you
Beyond the feeble limits of your kind,
A> they can stand against the strongest head
Paanon can make ; innr'd to any hue
The world can cast ; that cannot cast that mind
Out of her form of i[oodneas, tiiat doth ace
Both what the best and worat of earth can be.
Which makea, that whataoerer here be&Ua,
You in tber^onof yourself remain:
Where no vain breath of th* impudent molests.
That hath secur'd within the braxen walls
Of a clear conscience, that (without ail stain)
Bises in peace, in innocency rests ;
Whilat all what MaUce irom without procnres.
Shorn her own ugly heart, but hurts not youta.
Andwher
That wrong b better check'd by b
Than being porsu'd ; leaving to him t' aienge
To whom it Bppertainii. Wherein you show
How worthily your cleamcag halb condemn'd
Base malediction, living in the dark,
n«t at the t^qrs of BoodDca stiU doth bark.
Knowing the heart of man la act to be
The centre of this world, about the which
These levolutioiu of diiturbancas
Still roll ; where all th' aapacli of misery
Predominate : whose alrong effects are aucb.
As he must bear, bang pow'rleas to redress :
And that unless above himself he can
Erect himself, how foot a thing ia man.
And bow turmoil'd they are that level lie
With earth, and cannot lift tbenuelvea from thence -,
That never are at peace with their desirea,
But work beyond their years ; and ev'n deny
Dotage her rest, and hardly will dispense
With death. That when ability expires,
Desire lives still — 80 much delight they have.
To cany toil and travel to the grave.
Wboae ends you see ; and what can be the best
They reach unto, wbcn they have cast the sum
And reck'nings of their glory. And you know.
This floating life hsth but this port of rest,
ji liearl prrpar'd, thatjeari no iU (0 come.
And that man's greatness rests but in his show,
'Hie best of all whose days consumed are.
Ttat concord, madam, of a well-tun'd mind
Hatb been so set by that all-woriting band
Of Heaven, (hat though the worid bath dme his wo
To put it out by discords most unkind;
Yet doth it still in perftcc union stand
With God and man ; ma ever wiU be fbrc'd
Ftom that moat sweet accord i but still agree.
Equal in fbrtune's inequality.
And thii note, madam, of your vrorthiness
Remains recorded fn so many heaits.
As time nor malice cannot wrong your right.
In th' inheritance of fame you must possess ;
Yon that have buill you by your great deserts
(Out of small means) a fiu- more exquisite
And glorious dwelling for your bonour'd name,
Than all the gold that leaden minds can frame.
THE LADY LUCY,
TnouoB Virtue be the same when low she atanda
In th' humble shadows of obacurity.
As when she either sweats in martial bands.
Or sits in court clad with authority :
Yet, madam, doth the strictnest of her room
Greatly detract from her ability ;
For aa In-wall'd within a living ton^
Her hands and amu of action labour not ;
Her thoughts, as if abortive from the womb,
Come never bom, though happily begot.
*1ut where she hath mounted in open sight
in eminent and spacious dwelling got ;
Where she may stir at will, and use her might,
There is she more herself, and more her own ;
There in the Gur attire of honour dight,
its at ease, and makes her glory known.
Applause attends bet hands; her deeds have gnace;
Her worth, new-bom, is stiaiglit as if fnll grown.
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581 DA
with ntcli B goodly and respected face
Doth Virtue look, that's let to loiA from high ;
And such a fair advonta^ by lier place
Halh BUte and greatness to do wortbilf.
And tlterefore well did your liigh fortunes meet
With her, that gracing yau camcs giac'd thereby :
And well was let into a bouse so sweet.
So good, Eo.ralr: so fur, so good a guest !
Who now remains as bluaed in her seat,
As you ore with her residency blesa'd.
And this fair caurseof knowledge, whereunlo
Your studies (learned lady) ore addrcKi'd,
Is th" only certain way diat you can go
Unto true glory, to true happiness;
AU iMUsages on earth besides, are so
Encumber'd with such vain disturlwiices.
As atill we lose our rest in seeking it.
Bang but deluded with appearances.
And no key had you else that was so lit
T* unlock that prison of your sei a* this.
To let you out of weakness, and admit
Your pow'n into the freedom of that bliss.
That sets you there where you may over-see
This rolling world, and view it ss it is (
And apprehend how th' outsides do agree
With th' inward being of the things ; we decnii
And hold in our ill-cast accounts, to be
Of highest ralue, and of best esteem :
Snce all the gbod we have rests in the mind.
By whose proportionB only we redeem
Our thoughts fiom out confusion, end do find
"ITie measure of ounelves, and of our pow'rs :
And that all h^ipiness remains conBn'd
Within the kingdom of this breast of ours ;
Witliout whose bounds, all that we look on lies
In others' jurisdictions, others' pow'rs.
Out of the circuit of our liberties.
All glory, lionour, fame, applause, renown.
Are not belonging to our royalties,
But t' odien' wilk, wherein they 're only grown :
And that unleia we fiod ux all vjthio.
We nerer can without us be our own ;
Nor call it ri^it our life that we live in )
But B possession held for others' use,
Tliat seem to have most interest therein ;
WMch we do BO dissever, part. Induce,
Let out to custom, fashion, and to show.
As we enjoy but only the abuse.
And have no other deed at al! to slioW.
How oft an we conslrgJned to appear
With other countenance than that we owe ;
And be ounclTes far off, when wo are near !
How oft are we forc'd on a cloudy heai
Tom
Seeming content to put oursel'
To bear a part of others' weaknesses ?
As if we ordy were compos'd by art,
Not Nature; and did all our deeds address
Topinion, not t' a conscience, wfiat is right ;
As fram'd by example, not advisedness.
Into those forms that entertain our sighL
And though books, madam, cannot make this
Wbich we must bring apt to be set aright ;
Yet do they rectify it in that kind.
And touch it so, as that it turns that way
Where judgment lies. And though we cannot find
The certain place of truth ; yet do
And ■ ■ ■
To thoughti of glory, and to worthy ends.
And therefore, in a course that best became
The ctcnmess of your heart, and best conrmeodt
Your worthy pow're ; you run the rigbtest way
That is on Eanh, that can )me glory pvf ;
Bj which, when all consumes, your fiune shall live.
THE LADY ANNE CLIFFORIX
Uirro the t^der youth of those fair eye*
The light of judgment ean arise but new,'
And young ; the world aj^ieari I'a yoong concest.
Whilst tborough the unacqoainted liuniltiea
The late imested soul doth rawly Tiew
Those objects which on that discretion wait.
Yet you that such a fiii advantage hare.
Both by your birth and happy pow'rs, t' outgo.
And be before your yean, can fairly guess
What hue of life holds surest without stain ;
Having your well-wnnigbt beait full fiinush'd ao
With all the images of worthinea.
As there is left no room at aU t'iaveat
Figures of otbo fbrm, but sancti^.
Whilst yet those elean-crcated thooghli within
The garden of your innocendes rest.
Where ate no motions of deformity.
Nor any iooi at all to let them in.
With so great care doth she that hath bwHighl (bcth
That comely body, labour to adorn
That better part, die mannon of your miiul,
With all the richest furniture of worth.
To make y' ss highly good as highly bom.
And set your virtues equal to your kind.
She tells you, bow that honour only is
A goodly garment put on fair deserts ;
Wherein the smallest stain is greatest seen.
And that it cannot grace unworthiness ;
But more apparent shows defective parts.
How gay soever they are deck'd therein.
She tells you too, how that it bounded is.
And kept enclosed with so many eyes.
As that it cannot stray and break ^road
Into the private ways of carelessness ;
Nor ever may descend to vulgarise,
Or be below the sphere of her abode.
But like to those supernal bodies set
Within their orbs, must keep the certain course
Of order ; destin'd to their proper place.
Which only doth tiiai note of glory get.
Tir irregular appearances enforce
A short respect, and peri^ without grace :
Being meteors seeming high, hut yet low plar'dl.
Blaring but while their dying matters laat.
Kor can we take the just height of the mind.
But by that order which her course doth Aow,
And which such splendour to her aetioDB gives ;
And thertjiy men her eminency find.
Arid thereby only do attain to know
The region, and the orb wherein she Utcs.
For low in th* air of gross uncertaiu^.
Confusion only rolls, order sita hi^
And therefore since the dearest things on outl^
ITiis honour, msdam, hath his stately frame
From th' heavenly order, which begets respect ;
And that your natun^ virtue, hsppy birth,
TO THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON. — MUSOPHILUS.
Hbtb tberdn hi^j mterptac'd ^ooT name,
You ma; not run the least coune of neglect.
For where not to lAnene, u to profiu«
Your dignitj ; how cairfut must jou be.
To be younelf ? and though jou may to all
Shine fiur Mpecu ; yet muM ibe nnuoiu gaiD
The be«t effect* of your benignit;.
Vor moM your comnion graces cause to bll
lie price of your erteem t' > lower nu,
l^iaii doth befit the pilch of your estate.
Nor may you build on your sufficiency,
For in our strongest parts we are but weak ;
Hor yet roay over-much distrust the same,
Lest that you come to check it so thereby.
As laleDce may become worse than to speak :
Thaaeh tileneeviomen never iU became.
And none we see wcra eTcr oreithnnm
By others' flatt'ry ; more than by their own.
For though we lire amongst the tongues of praise.
And troops of smoothing people, that collaud
All that we do 1 yet 't is within our hearts
Th" ambaahment lies, that erenuore betrays
Our jndgmenla, when ounelTes be come t' applaud
Our own ability, and oar own parts.
So that we must not only fence this fort
Of ouis agaitiit alt others' ^ud, but most
Against our own ; whose danger is the ntoflt,
Because we lie the nearest to do hurt.
And soon'st deeeire ouneWes ; and soon'it are lost
By oar bast pow'rs, that do us ntoet transport.
Such are your holy bounds, who must couTey
(If God so please) the honourable blood
or CliBlffd, and of Ruisel ; led aright
To many worthy stems, whose offering may
Ixrak back with cooifbit, to have had that good
To apring from cuch a branch that grew s* upright ;
ffince nothing cheers the heart of grvstnera more
Than th' ancestors' bir glory gone before.
HENRY WBIOTHESLY,
n illssa felidut.
Non fert uUum icti
Ua who hath never war'd with misery.
Nor ever lugg'd with fortune and dirtresa,
Ilalb had n'occaaioii, nor no field to try
The strength and forces of his woithiniaa.
Those parts of judgment which felicity
And only men show their abilities.
And what they ate, in their extremities.
The world had neyer taken so full note
Of what thou art, had'st tbon not been undone
And only thy affliction hath begot
More fiune, than thy best fortunes could have di
For ever by adveraily are wrought
The greatest work* of admiration ;
And all the fair eiamplea of renown.
Out of distress and misery are grown.
Hutius the fire, the tortures Regulus,
Did make the miracles of faith and leal;
Kiilc renown'd and giac'd Rutilius :
Imprisonment and poimn did reveal
The worth of Soeratea. Falnitius'
Poverty did grace that commonweal.
More than all Sylla's riches got with strift ;
And Cato's death did vie with Cesar's Ufa.
Not to b''u[khBppy ii unhappiuess.
And mis'ry not to have known misery :
For the best way unto diicretian ii
The way that l«ds us by adversity.
And men are better show'd what is amis*.
By th' expert Goger of calamity,
llian they can be with all that fortune lainga.
Who never shoirs them the tnie face of things.
How could we know that thou could'st have endnr'd,
With a repoa'd cheer, wrong, and disgrace ;
Have look'd stem Death and horrour in the ttee '.
How should we know thy soul had been sccur'd,
In honest counsels, and in way unbase ;
Had'st thou not stood to thow us what thou wer't.
By thy affliction that descry'd thy heart ■
It is I
tbutt
le tempest that doth show
t cunrung j
but the field ll^ ti
The csptoin's courage: and we come to know
Best whst men are, in their worst jeopardies.
For lo ! bow man; have we seen to grow
To high renown from lowest miscHes,
Out of the hsnds of Death ? And many a one
T have been undone, bad they not been undofw ?
He that endures for what his consdeDCe knows
Not to be ill, doth from a patience high
Look only on the cause whereto be owes
Those sufferingB, not on his misery ;
The more b' endures, the more bis gfory grows.
Which never grows from imbedlily :
Only the best compoa'd and worthiest hearts,
God aets to act the hard'st and coosUnt'it parts.
MUSOPHILUS!
DBFENCB OP LEABNIKO.
MASTER FULKE GREVILL.
I no not here upon, this hum'rous stage
Bring my bansfonned verse, apparelled
With other*' paasions, or with others' rage ;
With loves, with wounds, with tiwtiona furnished :
But here present thee, only modelled
In this poor frame, the form of mine own heart:
Where, to revive myself, my HmH is led
With motions of her own, t' act her own part.
Striving to make her now contenuwd art
As fair t' herself as possibly she can ;
Les, seeming of no force, of no desert.
She might repent the course that she b^an j
And, with. these times of dissolution, Ml
Prom goodness, virtue, glory, fame ^d all.
MUSOPHILUS.
FoMU maa, Hueophilui, that thus dost spend
In an ungunful art thy dearest days.
Tiring thy wits, and toiling to nu end,
But to Bttsin that idle siDoke of pntise !
Now when this busy world cannot attend
ll' untimely music of neglected lays;
OtlwT deUglits than these, other desires,
Thil wiser proGt-eeeUng age requires.
Friend Philocosniui, I confess indeed
I loTe this sacred art thou sMt'st bo light)
And though It never stand my life in sl«ad.
It is enoi^ It giyea myself delight.
The whiUt my unafflicted mind doth feed
On no tuiholy thoughts tot benefit-
Be It, that my unseasonable song
Come out of time, that fault is in the time ;
And I must not do virtue so much wrong,
As lore her aught the w<»se for othen' crime :
And yet I lind some blessed ipir'ta among.
That cherish me, and like and grace my rhime.
Again, that I do more In soul esteem,
Tbanall the gain of dust the world doth crave:
And If I may attain but to redeem
My name bixa dissolution and the grave,
I shall have done enough ; and better deem
T* have Uv'd to be, than to have dy'd to have.
ShcHt.4ireath'd mortality would yet extend
That qwn of life so far forth aa it may.
And rob her &te; seek to beguile her end
Of some few ling'ring days of after-stay ;
That all this little all might not descend
Into the dark a universal prey :
And give our labours yet this poor delight,
Tliat when our days do end, they are not done ;
And though we die, we shall not perish quite.
But live two lives where other have but one-
Silly denies of self-abusing man.
Striving to gain th' inheritance c^ air,
lliat having done the uttermost he can.
Leaves yet perhaps but beggary to his heir:
Alt that gf«at purchase of the breath he wan.
Feeds not bis race, or nukes his house more fair.
And what art thou the better, thus to leave
A multitude of words to small effect ;
Which other times may scorn, and lo deceive
Thy promis'd name of what thou dost expect ?
Beifaiei, some vip'rous critic may bereave
Th' opinion of thy worth for some defect j
And get men reputation of his wit,
By but controlling of some word or sense,
Tlian thou Shalt honour for contriving it
With all thy travail, care, and diligence.
Being learmng nowcnougb to contradict,
_And cmsora Mben with bold instdencc
Besides, to many so conftn'dly sing.
Whose divene <Uscordi have die music marr*di
And in contempt that mystery doth bring.
That be mmt aing aloud that will be heard.
And the receiv'd opinion of the thing,
ing that vilely jarT*d,
Hath BO unseason'd now the ean of men.
That who doth touch the tenour of that van.
Is held but vain ; and his unieckon'd pen
The title but of levity doth gain.
A poor light gain, to recompense their Uil,
That thought to get eternity the while [
And tlWTaG:a« leave the left and ont-wom coon
Of unregarded ways, and labour bow
To Bt the times with what is most in force ;
Be new wiib men's alTectioos that are i
Strive no
Out from the sc
For, not discreetly to compose our parta
Unto the frame c^ men (which wa must bi
Is to put off ounelves, and make our arts
Rebels to nature and sodeQ',
Whereby we come to bury our deserts
In th' obscure grave of singularity.
Do not profane the work of doing well.
Seduced man, that can'it not look so high
From out that miit of earth, sa thou on'at tell.
The ways of right which virtue doth descry ;
That overlooks the base, contemptibly.
And low-laid foUies of mortally.
Nor mete out Outh and right-deserving prnae
By that wrong measure of confusion.
The vulgar foot ; that never tikea his waya
By reason, but by imitation ;
Rolling on with the rest, and never weigbs
The courae which he should go, but vrliat is gone.
Well were it with mankind, if what the moit
Did like were best : but ignorance will live
By others' square, aa by example loiL
And man to man must th' hand of errour give.
That none can &1I alone at tbnr own cort ;
And all because men judge not, but believe.
For what poor bounds have they, whom btit th'
What is their end whereto their can attains ;
When the thing got relieves not, but confounds;
ng but travail to succeed their pains ?
What joy liath he of liring, that propounds
' tion but his end, and grief his gains?
Galh'ring, encroaching, wrestling, joining to.
Destroying, building, decking, furni&liing,
Repairing, alt'ring, and so much ado, .
To his soul's toil, and body's travailing :
id all tliis doth he, little knowing who
Fortune ordoius lo have th' inheriting.
And his fair house rais'd high in Envy's eye,
Whose pillars rear'd (perhaps) on blood and wrong.
The spoils and pillage of iniquity.
Who can assun: it to continue long 7
If rage spar'd not the walls of piety,
Shall the profanest piles of sin ktcp strong 7
MUSOPHiLUS.
How nan; proud utiiiing palacn
Have we known made tb« prey of wnlh and piiilcj
Leretrd with Ih' earth, left (o rorgetfulacvt ;
Whilst titlers their pretended rights decide.
Or ciril tumults, or an orderlea
Order ; pretending change of some (tioug side ?
Then where U that proud title of thy name,
'Written in ice of melting Taoity ?
Where ia thine heir left to possess the aame ?
Perhaps not so well ai in beggary.
Something may rise, to be beyond the shame
Of vila and unregarded poierty.
Which I confess; although I often striTe
To clothe in the best babit of my skill.
Id all the lairesl coloura I can giTe.
Yet for all that, methinki she looks but ill ;
I cannot brook that face, which (dead-alive)
Shows a quick body, but a bury'd will.
Yet oft we aaa the ban of this lettiaint
Holdi goodness in, which loose wealth would let fly;
And ftuitleia riches, barrener than want.
Brings forth small worth i^om idle liberty :
Which when disorder* shall agun make Kant,
But yet in all thii interchange of all.
Virtue, we see, with her fair grace stand* iait :
For what high races hath there come to fall
With low disgrace, guile Tanisbed and past,
Since Chaucer U>'d ; who yet liies, and yet shall.
Though (which I grieTe to say) but in his last?
Yet what a linie bath ha wrested from time,
And won upon the mighty waite of days.
Unto tfa' immortal honour of out clime.
That by hia means came first adom'd with bays?
Unto the sacred relics of whose rhyme.
We yet are bound in seal to oltit praise?
And could our lines, begotten in this aga.
Obtain but such a blessed hand of yean.
And 'scape tbe fury of that threatning rage.
Which in confused clouds ghastly appean ;
Who would not stun his tnrela to engage.
When such true glory should iucceed hU caiea?
But wberaa he came planted in the spring.
And had the sun before him of respect ;
We, set in t|i' autumn, in the withering
And sullen season of a cold defect.
Must taste those sowre distastes tbe times do bring
Upon the fiilneaa of a cloy'd neglect ;
Although the stronger constitutions shall
Wear out th' infection of diitemper'd days.
And come with glory to oul-IiTe this fkll,
Becov'ring of another ^ring of praise ;
Clear'd from th' oppresi ' '
Tbe idle multitude stirduvge their lays.
Wbenaa (partM^) tbe wor^ dun scomest i
May Ine, the speakiiv pietun of the mind;
Tlw anmct of the soul, that labour'd bow
To leaielliaimBgaaf her self behind;
WhaniD postain, that Ion to know,
Th«- ' -■
vem pastoiCT, tba
joat ptopMtMn ol
For diaaa lina* ara tbe vcina, the aMerias,
And undecaying life-strings of those bsaits.
That still shall pant, and still shall exercise
The motion, spir't, and nature both imparts.
And shall with those alife (o synipathiie.
As nourish'd with their pow'n, e^joy ther parts.
O blessed latten ! that combine in oite
All ages past, and make one lire with all :
By you we do confer with who are gone.
And tbe dead-liriag unto council eM :
Bj you th' unborn shall have communion
Of what we feel, and what doth us befUL
Soul of the world, Knowledge, without thee.
What hith the earth that truly glorious is?
Why should our pride make such a stir to b^
To be forgot ? Wltat good is like to this.
To do worthy the writing, and to write
Worthy the reading, and tbe world's delight ?
And let th' unuatural and wayward race^
Bom of one womb with us, but to our shame ;
That never read t' observe, but to disgrace.
Raise all the tcmpcat of their pow'r, to blame ;
That puff of folly never can debea
He work a h^py genius took to frame.
Yet why should civil learning seek to wound.
And mangle her own memb^ with despite ?
Prodigious irita ! that study to confound
The life of wit, to seem to know aright ;
As if themselves bad ftvtunately found
Some stand from off the earth beyond our ught ;
Whence overlooking all ai from above.
Their grace ia not to work, but to reprove.
But how came they plac'd in so high degree.
Above the reach and compaas of the rest 7
Who bath admitted them only to be
Free deniiens of skill, to judge the best ?
From whom the world ss yet could never sea
The waiTBUt of their wit soundly eipreas'd.
T* acquaint our times with that perfecticsi
Of high concdt, which only they posaeM ;
That we might have things exquisitely done,
Measur'd irilh all tbdr strict observance* :
Such would (I know) scorn a translation.
Or bring but others' labours to the press ;
Yet oft these monster-breeding mountains will
Bring forth small mice of great-expected skilL
Presumption, ever fiillest of defects, ^
Fails in tbe doing to perform her part ;
And I have knoim proud words, and poor eflbcU,
Of sudi indeed as do condemn this art :
But let them rest ; it ever hath been known,
Tfaey others' virtues scom, that donbt Ihdr own.
And for the ^vers disagreeing cords
Of inter-jangling ignorance, that fill
The dainty ears, and leave no room for words,
Tbe worthier minds neglect, or pardon will :
Knowing the best be hath, he frankly fbrdi.
And aconu to be a niggard of hit dull.
And that the rather iinee this ahort-lii'd ncs
Brang f*tmllf the ion* but of one da;,
ThM now with all theii pow'r ply it apace.
To hold out with the greatest might they may,
Agaiiut confu-iion that bath all in chaae.
To ni^e of all an unirenal prey.
For noir great Nature hath laid down at last
niat mighty birth whereirith bo long she went.
And over-went the times of ages past.
Here tu lie in upon our soft content;
Wliere Truilful she hath mulliply'd so fast,
rhat all she hath on theae times aecm'd t' have spenL
All that which might hare many ages grac'd,
[i bom in one, to make one cloy'd with all ;
Where plenty hath imprcBs'd a dMp distaste
or best and worst, and all in general ;
rhat goodness seenu goodness to have de&c'd.
And virtue halfa to virtue giv'n the fall.
For emulatioa, that proud nurse of wit.
Scorning lo May below, or come behind,
Laboun ufton that narrow top to sit
Of sole perfection ui the highest kind.
Xlnvy and wonder looking after it,
Ihruat likewise on tlie selT-uine bliss to find t
And » long striving till they can no more.
Do Ems' the place, or others' bopa shut out ;
Who doubling to o'ertake those gone before,
Give up their care, and caM no more about ;
And so in acorn l«ve all as for«-posae»s'd.
And will be none, wliere they may oat be best
Ev'n like some empty credn. that long hatb lain
Left or n^lectad of the river b;r>
'Whose aeai'ching sides pleas'd with a wand'ring vela,
finding some little way that close did lio.
Steal in at Brst ; then other streams again
SeoHid the first, then more than all supply ;
1111 all the mighty main hath borne at last
The glory irf his chiefest pow'r that way.
Flying this new-found pleasant room so faat,
7111 all be full, utd all be at a stay ;
And then about, and back again doth cast.
Leaving that fail to (all another way :
Bo fives this hurn'roos world, that erennore
Rapt with the current of a present course,
Runs into that which lay contemn'd before;
Then glutted, leaves the same, and hiU f a worse.
Now leal holds all, no life but to adoie ;
Then eold in spir't, and fUth is of no force.
Straight all tlttt holy was unhallow'd lies.
The scatter'd carcaises of ruin'd vows j
Then truth is false, and now hath blindnesa eyes ;
Then ual tnista all, now scarcely what it knows :
That erennore to foolish or to wise.
It &tal is to be seduc'd with shows.
Saoed Rd^ioo I mother of fonn and fear !
How gorgeoualj sometimes dost thou At deek'd !
What pompons vestorss do we make thee wear.
What stately [nlea we prodigal erect !
How sweat petfiim'd thou art ; how shining clear 1
■"■^Botatnnlyotasrv'di with what respect !
Anoths- time all plain, all quite t):
Thou must have all wiliun, and nought without;
St poorly without light, diirofa'd : no care
Of outward grace, t' amuse the poor devout ;
Pow'rless, unfollow'd : scarcely men can spare
The
Either truth, goodness, virtue are not still
The self-same which they are, and always one.
But alter (u the project of our will ;
Or we our actions make tliem wait upon.
Putting them in the liv'ry of our skill.
And cast them off again when we have done.
You, mighty lords, that with respected grace
Do at the stem of fair example stand,
And all the body of this populace
Guide with the turning of your hand ;
Keep a right coune ; bear up from all disgrace ;
Observe ^ point of glory to our land :
Hold up disgraced Knowledge finm the ground ;
Keep Virtue in request ; give Worth her due :
Let not Neglect with barfa'rous means confound
So &ir a good, to bring in night a^new :
Be not, O be not accessary fbund
Unto her death, that must give lift to you.
Where will you have your virtuous name safe laid ?
In gorgeous tombs, in sacred cells secure?
Do you not see those prostrate heaps betray'd
Your ftthers' bones, and could not keep (hem sura?
And vrill you trust deceitful stones fair laid.
And think they vrill be lo your honour truer?
No, no ; unqiaring Time will proudly send
A warrant unto Wiath, that with one frown
Will all thew! mock'ries of vain-glory rend.
And make them (as before) ungrac'd, unknown ;
Poor idle honours, that can UI defend
Your memories, that cannot keep their own.
And whereto serve that wondrous trophy now
That on the goodly plain near WilEon stands ?
That huge dumb heap, that cannot tell us how.
Nor what, nor whence it is ; nor with whose bands.
Nor for whose glory, it was set to show
How much our pride mocka that of other lands.
Whereon when as the gazing passenger
Hath greedy look'd with admuation ;
And &in would know his birth, and what be were ;
How there erected ; and how long agon :
Inquires and asks his fellow-traveller
What he hath heard, and his opinion ;
And he knows nothing. Then be ttinis again.
And kxdia and ngha ( and Chen admires aft«ah.
And in himself irith sorrow duth cmnplain
The misery of dark fbrgetfulness :
Angiy with time that nothing should rernato.
Our greatest wonders' wooder to express.
Hien Ignotaaee, with (Unilous discourse,
Robbing fkir Art and Cunning of their rigb^
Tells how those stones were by the Devil's fore*
From Aftic brought to Ireland in a night ;
And thence to Britannie, by magic course,
Pnxm panti' bands redeem'd by Heriin's sMgttt :
MUSOPHILUS.
And then near Ambri plac'd. in mnnary
Of all thOK noble Britons multher'ii tlnie,
Bf Hengiit and hia Ssion tmchery.
Coming to parley in peace at unaware.
With thii old legend then Credulity
Hold* her content, and doeea ap her cate.
But n Antiquity io great a liar ?
Or do her younger aons ber age abuse ;
Seeing aAer-cmuen slill so apt t' admire
The grave authority thai she doth UK,
That rer'renGe and respect darea oat require
Proof of her deeds, oi once her words refuse ?
Yet wrong they did us, to presume so far
Upon our easy credit and delight ;
For once found false, they stiaigbt became to mi
Our futh, and their own reputation quite ;
That now her truths hardly bd[eved are ;
And though sfa' atouch the right, she scarce b
And aa for thee, thou huge end mighty frame.
That stands corrupted so with Time's despite,
And giv'st false evidence against their fame
That set thee there to testify their right ;
And art become a tnulor to their name.
That trusted thee with all the best they might ;
Thou sbalt stsnd still bely'd and si
The only gazing^tock of ignorance.
And by thy guile the wise admuiuihed.
Shall never more desire such heapes t' advance.
Nor trust their living glory with the dead
That cannot speak, but leave theii Aune to chance
Coniid'ring in how small a room do lie.
And yet lie safe, {as fresh as if alive)
All those great worthies of antiquity.
Which long fore-liv'd thee, and shall long survivi
Who stronger tombs found for eternity,
Thao could the pow'n of all the earth contrive.
Where they remun these trifles to obraid,
Out of the reach of spoil, and way of rage;
Tliough Time with tJl bis pow'r of yean hatb lai
Long batt'ry, back'd with uadermining age ;
Yet they make head only with their own aid.
And war with his all-conqu'ring force* wage ;
Pleading the faeav'ns' presaription to be free.
And t' have a grant t' endure as long as he.
Behold how every man, drawn with delight
Of what he doth, flatters him in hia way ;
Striving to make his course seem only right,
Doth his own rest and his own thoughts betray :
Imagination bringing bravely dight
Her pleasing images in best aitsy.
With flatt'riiv gluMS that must show him fiur.
And others foul ; his skill and wit the best.
Other* seduc'd, deceiv'd and wrung'd in their :
Hia knowledge right, all ignorant the rest ;
Not seeing bow these minions in the air
Present a face of tbiosa falsely eipress'd.
And that the glimm'ting of these errours shown,
Are but a light tu lei him see his own.
Alas, poor Fame I in what a narrow room.
As an encased parrot, ait thou pent
Here anumpt us ; where ev*n as good be dumb
As apeak, and to be heard with no atlent ?
How can you promise of the time to come,
Wbenai the present are so n^ligmt?
Is this the walk of all your wide renown 7
This Htlle point, this scarce discerned isle ?
Thrust from the world, with whom our speech un-
Made never anj traffic of our style. [known.
And in this all, where all this care is shown,
T* enchant your fame to lost so long a while ;
And fbr that h^ipier tongue* have won so much.
Think you to make your barbarous language such ?
Poor narrow limits for so mighty pains,
That cannot promise any foreign vent !
And yet if here too all your wondrous veins
Were generally known, it might content
But lo ! how many reads not, or disdain*
The labour of the chief and excellent?
How many tltousands never heaid the name
Of Sidney, or of Spenser; or their books?
And yet brave fellows, and presume of &me ;
And seem tu 1>ear down all the world with looks :
What then shall they expect of meaner frame.
On whose endeavours few or none scarce looks ?
Do you not see these pamphlet*, libels, rhyme*.
These strange confused tumulla of the mind.
Are grown to be the sickness of these times.
The great disease inflicted on mankind ?
Your virtues, by your follies made your crimes.
Have issue with your indiscretion Join'd.
Schools, arts, profesuons, all in so gnat store,
Pass the proportion of the present state ;
Where being as great a number a* before.
And fewer rooms them to accommodate ;
It cannot be, hut they must throng the more.
And kick and thrust, and shoulder with ddxile.
For when the greater wits cannot attain
Th' eipected good which they account thdr tight.
And yet perceive others lo reap that gain
Of far inflnior virtue* in their sjght ;
They present, with the sharp of envy, attain
To wound them with reproaches and de^Hte ;
And for these cannot have as well as they.
They scorn their futh should deign to look that way
That feed the simple, and offend the wise,
Who know the consequence of cavilling
jrace, that these to others do devise :
Contempt and scorn on all in Ih* end doth bring.
Like scolding wives, reck'ning each otLier's ibuti.
Make stander^by imagine both ate naught.
For when to tiiese rare dainties Hme admits
»miers, all compleiions, all that wiU ;
ire none should be let in but choicest wits.
Whose mild discretion could comport with skill :
For when the place their humour neither fits,
Nor they the place i who can expect but ill ?
For b'ing unapt ftir what Ibaj look In hand,
And for ought elw wbvMo Ihaj ihall b' addrMa'd,
Thef er'n become th' enciunbmiCB of the land.
As out of rank, diiord^ring all the real ;
This gnuz of than to seem to undenland,
Mars all Ihor gnce, to do without thair reM.
Men find that action is another thing,
Thsn what thej in disctniraing papers read :
The world's aflsirs require in managing
More aits than those wheran you clerks proceed ;
Whilst timorous Knowledge stands connderingt
Audacious Ignonnce hath done the deed i
For who knows most, the more he knows to doubt j
The least discourse is conunonlj most stout.
Tlui sweet enchanting knowledge turns you clean
Out from the fields of natural delight,
And makes jou bide, unwilling to be seen
In th' open concourse of a public right :
This skill, wherewith you haTS so cunning been,
Uninnews all your pow'n, unmans you quite.
Public soci'ty, and commerce of men.
Require auodter grace, another port :
Tliis eloquence, these rhymes, these phrases tbeoj
Begot in shades, do serve us in no sort :
The unmalcrial swelling of jour pen
Touch not the spirt that action doth import.
A manly style fitted to manly ean.
Best 'greee with wit ; not that which goes so gay.
And. commonly tbe gaudy liv'ry wean
or nice comipticHu, which the times do sway (
And waits on th' humour of his pulse, that bean
His pasidoas set to such a pleasing key.
Such dainties serre only fbr slomadts weak ;
For men do foulest, when they finest apeak.
Tet do I not dislike, that in tome friaa
Be sung tbe great heroical deserts
Of brave renowned spir'ts ; whose exercise
Of worthy deeds may call up others' hearts.
And serre a model for posterities.
To fashion them fit fi>r tike glorious parts ;
But so that all our spir'ts may tend hereto.
To make it not our grace to say, but do.
Mudi thou hast said, and willingly I haar.
As one that am not so poaaess'd with Io*e
Of what I do; but that 1 rather bear
An ear to learn, than a tongue to disprove :
I know men must, as cany'd in their sphere.
According to their proper motions mote.
And that course likes them bert, which they are f
Yet truth halfa certain bounds, but falsehood non
I do confess our limits are but small,
Compar'd with all the whole vast earth beside ;
All which again rated to that great all.
Is likewise as a point, scarcely descry'd :
So that in these respects we may this call
A pcnnt but of ■ point, where we abide.
But if we shall descend from that high itand
Of overlooking contemplation,
ir thoughts but to, and not beyond,
Wheie, if our tunn oonAn'd eannot gat out.
What ib^ wa imagina it is pan'd.
That hath so great ■ world to walk mbaat ;
Whose bounda with her reports have both oiaa CDd?
Why shall we not r^thsr eaiMm bar atout.
That furtba than Iwa own aoom to axtawIT
Where b'tng so large a room both to do wril.
And eke to hear th' applause of things well daw ;
llat &rtber if men shall our virtues tell.
We have more mouths, but not mon merit woo ;
It doth not greater make that which is Uudatrfe,
The flama is bigger blown, the flia all oat.
And for the few (hat only lend their ear.
That few is all the woiid ; which with a few
Do ever live, and more, and work, and stir.
This is tlle heart doth feel, and only know
The rest of all that only bodies ben-,
Roll up and down, and fill up but the ruw ;
And serves as others' members, not their own.
The instruments of those that do direct.
Then what disgrace is this, not to be known
To those know not to give themselves respect ?
And though they swell with pomp of folly blow^
They live ungrac'd, and die but in neglect.
The care my labouring spinis
H e is to me a theatre large et
And his iq)plause only sufEdeat is :
All my respect is bent but to his brow ;
That is my all, and aU I am is bis.
And if some worthy spir'ts be pleased too^
It shall more comfort breed, but not more wiU.
But what if none 7 It cannot yet undo
Tbe love 1 bear unto this holy skill :
This is the thing that I was bom to do,
Tbis is my scene, this part must I fulfil.
Let those that know not breath esteem of wind
And set t' a vulgar ur their servile song i
Rating tbdr goodness by the praiie they find.
Hath that all-knowing pow'r, that holds witfain
llie goodly piuspective of all this ftame,
(WitBie whatsoever is, or what bath been.
Reflects a certain image of the same,}
No inward pleasures to delight her in.
But she must gad to aeA an alms of Fame?
Must she, b1te to a wanton courteaan,
Open her breasts for show, lo win her praiw;
And blaie hei fair bright beauty unto man.
As if she were enaminir'd of bis ways;
And knew not weakneM, nor could tightly scan
To what defecta las hum'raua biaath obaya?
She that con tell how proud Ambitioa
Is but a be^ar, and hath nought at all.
But what is giv'n of mere devotioo ; [DnII !
For which, how much it sweats ! how modi il ^
What toil it lakes I and yet when all U dow,
Th' ends in eipertstion nevrr fidl.
MDSOPHILUS.
Shall ahe join handi with such a Hrrils mutt,
And pnntrmte her fur bod^f to commit
Foil; with emh ; lUid to defil* ttmt itXa
Of deaneM, fw lo grog* a beneSt 7
HaTiDg reward dwelling within her gita.
And gloiy of h«r own to fumiih it.
Henelf a recoTnpenaa Hjfflcimt
Unto her^f, to gire her own eoatent.
Is 't not enough that ihe hMh laii'd w high
Those thftt be her"! ; that tfavj may ait and aBv
The earth below tbem, and this all to 1i«
Under their new? taking the true degree
or the jntt height of vwol^ mortalitj
Right ■! it is, not as it ueou to ba.
And undeceiTtd with the parallax
Of a mistaking eye of paanon, know
By theae maak'd outsidea what the Inward locks ;
Haas'ring man b; tumself, not by his show i
Wond'ring not at their rich and golden backs,
Tliat have poor minds, and little else to sllow.
Nor taking that for them, which well the; sea
Is Doi of them, but rather is their toad :
The lies of fortune, wherewithal mea be
l>eemed within, when they be all abroad;
Whose ground, whose giass, whose earth bare ci^i
Which the; suppose is on thenueliet bestow'd ;
And think (like Iria' ass) all honours an
GiT'n unto them alone ; the which are done
Unto the painted idol wliich the^ bear,
That only make* them to be gaaed on :
For take aiway their pack, and show them bare.
And «e< what beast this honour rides upon.
And shall we trust goodness, ai it proceeds
From that unconstant mouth, which with
Will make it bad again, unless it feeds
The present humour that it faToureth ?
Shall we esteem, and reckon bow it heeds
Our works, that his own tows unhallowelh 7
Then whereto serves it to ha*e been enlarg'd
With this free nunumiaaon of the mind.
If for all that we still continue cbarg'd
With those ^■coTer'd erronrs which we find 7
Ai if our knowledge only were discharg'd.
Yet we oorselTe* stay'd in a serrile kindL
Neglect, (Ustaste, uncomprehend, disdain :
When siudi sit^ eyes can never east a glanc
But through the eolotin of their pnqwr sM
Though I must needs confesi, the small respect
That these gi^at seeming-best of men do give,
(Whose brow begets ih' inferior sort's n^lect)
Might mo*e the weak irres<dute to griere ;
But stnniger see bow justly this defect
Hath overtook the times wherein we live.
Tliat learning needs must run the common ftte
Of all things else, thrust on by her own weight j
ComportiDg not heneif in bet estate.
Under this burthen of a self-concHt :
Our own dissentiou* hands op'ning the gate
Unto contempt, that on our quaireli wait,
Discover'd have OUT inward government ;
And lei in bard opinion to disgrace
The general, for some weak impotent
Hiat bear out th«r disease with a storn face ;
Who (silly souls l) the more wit they have spent,
The less they show'd, not betfring tfieir bad case.
And see how soon this rolling world can take
Advantage for her dissolution \
Fain to get loose from this withholding slake
Of civil science and discretion ;
How glad it would run wild, that it might make
One formless form of one conAision !
Like tyrant Ottomans bUndfblded state.
Which must know nothing more, but to obey :
For this seeks greedy ignorance t' abate
Our number, order, living, form and sway :
For this it practises to dissipate
Th' unshelter'd Iroi^m, tJU all be made away.
For since our fathers' uns puU'd first to ground
The pale of this dissever'd dignity.
And overthrew that holy rev'rend bound.
That parted learning and the laity.
And laid all flat in common, to confound
ITie honour and respect of piety ;
It did so much invite the estimate
Of tb' open'd and and iuvulgar'd mysteries.
Which now reduc'd unto the basest rate.
Must wait upon the Noitnan subtleties ;
Who being mounted up into thar stale.
Do best with wrangling rudeness *ym{wtlusfl.
And yet, though now set quite b^nd the train
Of vulgar sway (and light of pow'r weigh'd light).
Yet would this giddy innovation fain
Down with it lower, to abase it quite :
And (hose poor remnants that do yet remain
The spoiled mark* of theii divided right.
They wholly would deface, to leave no dice
Of reverend distinction and d^ree ;
As if they weigh'd no tUfT'rence in this case,
Betwilt Religion's age and iufJHlcy :
Where th' one must creep, th' otiier stand with graces
Lest tum'd to a ddld, it overturned be.
Though to pull back th' on-running state of things,
(Gath'ring corruption, as it gathers days,}
bnto the form of their first oiderings,
Is the best means that dissolution stsyj ;
And to go forward, backward ti^t, men brings,
Tobserve the line from whence they took their way*.
Yet being onra gone wide, and the rigbt way
Mot leYel lo the timc'i ccmdition;
To alter coiine aixy bring men more aMny :
And leaving what vru known, to ligbt on none
Since ev'ry change, the rev'nnce dotl) decay
Of that which alway should continue one.
For Ihii ii that close-kept palladium.
Which ooce mnor'd, brings ruin erennore :
Tfaii Mirr'd, make* men tbre-settled, to became
Curious to know what was believ'd before :
Whilst Faith disputes, that used lo be dumb j
Attd mon men surite to talk, than lo adore.
For nerer head-strong Refonnotion will
Rest, till to th' eitreme opposite it run.
And oremin the mean dlMnisted still ;
As blng too near of kin to that men shun :
When once ti
nolhcr tiuth begun.
So hard it is an even hand lo bear,
Tn temp'ring with such maladies as these ;
Lest livit OUT forward passions lanch too near.
And make the cure proYe wane than the disease :
For with the wcRit we will not spare the best,
Teciuse it grows with that whidi doth displease ;
And faults are easier look'd in, than ledress'd :
Men running with such eager violence,
At thefint view orerrours fresh in quest;
As they, to rid an inconvenience.
Stick not to raise a mischief in the stead,
Which after mocks their weak improvidence.
And therefore do make not your own sides bleed,
To prick at others : you that would ammd.
By pulling down ; and think you can proceed.
By going bock imto tbe farther end :
Let stand that little covert left behind.
Whereon your succouii and respects depend ;
And bring not down the prises of tbe mind.
With under-rating of youraelvea so base :
You that the. mighde's doors do crouching find,
To sell youraelve* to buy a little grace ;
Or wait whole months to outr^nd fdmony.
For that which being got is not your place :
For [fit were, what needed you to buy
Whet wsi your due? Your thirsting sfaovn your
•faift.
And little worth, that seekii ii^uriously
A worthier from bis lairful room to Hft.
We cannot say, that you were then preferr'd ;
But that your money was, or some worse gift.
O sratt'ring gath'iers ! that, without regard
Of times to come, will (to be mode) undo ;
As if you were the last of men, prepar'd
To bury in your graves all other too.
Dare you profine that boly portion.
Which never sacril^lous hand durst do ?
No marvel then, though th' orer-pester'd state
'" It room for goodness t if our little hold
leneii'd unto such a namiw rate.
That rev'rence cannot ut; fit as it should.
And yet what need we thus for moms complnin ;
That shall not want viad rooms, if this course bold?
more than will be fill'd: forwbowill strain.
To get an empty title, to betmy
His hopes ; and travd for an honour vain.
And gain a port, without support or stay ?
What need hath envy to malign their state.
TJuU will themselves (so kind !) give it away?
This makes iudeed our number paas the rate
ur provisions ; which, if dealt aright.
Would yield sufficient room f acconunoi^te.
More llun we have in places requisite.
The ill-disposing only doth us act
In disarray, and out of order quite.
Whilst others gifts then of Ilic mind shall get.
Under our colours, that which Is our dues i
And to our travels, neither benefit.
Nor grace, nor honour, nor n^pect accrues :
The sickness of the state's soul (learning) then
Tbe body's great distemp'nture ensues.
For if that learning's rooms to learned men
Were as thar heritage distributed.
All this disorder'd thrust would cease : for whoi
The fit were call'd ; th' unwoitliy frusbsted :
Did form-establishing D
To maintain a respective hki-iehvc.
Extend her bountiful proviiion
With such a charilab'e providence.
For your di f jiming hands to dissipate,
^md make God's due your impious expense?
Then would our drooping academies, brought
Again in heart, regain that rer'rend band
Of lost opinion ; and no more be thought
Th' imneoeasary furnish of tbe land.
Not discouraged with their small esteem,
Confus'd, irresolute and wav'ring stand :
Caring not to become profound ; but seem
Contented with a superficial skill.
Which for a slight reward enough they decfo.
When tb' une succeeds as well as th' other will :
See'ng shorter ways lead sooner to their end.
And others' longer travels thrive so ilL
Hien would they only Ubour to extend
Their now unsearching spir't beyond these bounds
Of others' povr'rs, wheron they must be pen'd j
As if there were besides no other grounds :
And set their bold plus tdtra tar without
The pillars of thoaealioilts age propounds.
Discov'rTng daily mora and more abottt.
In that immense and boundless ocean
Of Nature's riches, never yet found out,
Nor fare-clos'd with the wit of any man-
So far beyond the ordinary course.
That other uninduBtrious ages ran.
That these more curious times they mi^it divorce
From the opinion they are link'd unto.
Of our disable and unactive fon;e;
~ shovr true knowledge can both speak and do:
m'd for the sharp which in these days they End,
With all provinons that belong thetslo:
That tbeir erpoieocc nw; not coma behind
7^ time'a concnt ; but leading in tbeir placCr
Mbj nuke men tee Ihe weapons of tbe inind
Are stala' beat Btrengthi, and kingdonu' chiefeit
grace ; [prUM,
And rooms of charge, cbarg'd full vith worth and
Alakea M^eitf appear witfa ber full face ;
Shining with all her beams, with all tier rajs ;
UnacanUd of ber parts, unahadowed
In an; daricen'd point : which itill bewrara
Tbe wane of pow'r, when pow'r's anfumiebed.
And bath not all those entire compliments,
Wberewltta tbe atate abould for bcr aUte be aped.
And though tbe fortune of some age consents
TJnto a thousand erroun grossly wrought.
Which flouiish'd over with their fair erents.
Have past'd for current, and good courses thought ;
The least whereof, in other times, again
Host dang'rous ioconTeniences haTe brought ;
Whilst to tbe times, not to men's wils, pertain
llie good lucceases of ill-manag'd deeds :
Though th' ignorant deceiv'd with colours rain.
Miss of the causes whence this luck proceeds.
Foreign defects giving liome-faults Ihe wajr.
Hake er'a that weakness sometimes will succeeds.
I giant, thst some unlettar'd practic may
(Leanng beyond tbe Alps faith and reelect
To Cod and man) witfa imfnous cunning sway
Tbe course* ftov-begun with like eSin^
And without stop maintain the turning on,
And hai^ his etroun deem'd without defect :
But when some pon'rful opposilion
Shall, with a sound encouot'ring shock, di^tuut
The foro-contriyed frame j and thereupon
Th' experience of the present disappoint ;
And other stirring spirts, and other hearts
Built huge for action, meeting in a pmnt ;
Siall drive the woM to summon all their arti,
And all too little for so real might.
When no advantages of weaker parts
8titl\ bear out shallow counsels fivm tbe light;
And tMi sense-op'oing action (which doth hate
Unnmily craft] shall look to have her right.
Who then holds up the glor; of the state ; .
^Which lelter'd arms, and armed letters won)
IVbo shall be fittest to negotiate,
CoDtemn'd Juadnian, or else Littleton ?
When it shall not be held wisdom lo be
Privately made, and publicly undoue :
But sound designs, that judgmeul shall decree
Out of a true discern of the clear w^rs
That lie direct, with safe-goins equity ;
Embroiling not tbeir own, and others' days.
Extending forth their providence bejoitd
Tbe cticuit of tbeir own particular ;
That er'n th' ignorant may understand,
Hoir that Deceit is hut a caviller.
And true unto, itself oan never stand,
But.atlll must with ber own concluMon* war.
Can Truth and Htmesty, wherein conalAs
The right repose on Kuth, tbe surest ground
Of trust, come weaker arm'd into the lists.
Than Fraud or Vice, that doth Itself confound 7
Or shall Presumptioo, that doth what it lists,
(Not what it ought) carry ber courses sound ?
Then what safe place out of confuuon.
Hath plain proceeding Iloiieaty to dwell ?
What suit of grace hath Virtue to put on.
If Vice shall wear as good, and do as well 2
If Wrong, if Craft, if Indiscrclion,
Act aa Gur parts, with ends as laudable 7
Which all this mighty volume of events.
The world, th' universal map of deeds,
Stnmgly controls ; and proves fVum all desccnta.
That the directest courses best succeeds.
When Craft (wrapt still in uuuiy combennenta)
With all her cunning thrives not, though it speeds
For should not grave and leam'd Experience,
That looks with th' eyes of all the world beside.
And with sll ages holds intelligence.
Go safer than Deceit without a guide?
Which in Ihe by-paths of bcr diffidence.
Crossing the ways of right, still runs more wide.
Who will not grant, and therefore this observe.
No state stands sure, but on (he grounds of rights
Of virtue, knowledge, judgment to preserve.
And all the pow'ra of learning requisite?
Iliough other shifts a present lum may serve^
Yet in the trial they will weigh loo light.
And do not thou contemn this swelling tide.
And stream of vrords, that now doth nse so high
Above tbe usual banks, and spreads so wide
Over the borders of antiquity :
Which, 1 confess, comes ever amplify'd
With th' abounding humours that do multiply ;
And is with that some hand of happiness
Enlarg'd, as vices are out of their bands :
Yet so as if let out but to redress,
And calm and sway th'afTectionH it commanda;
Which, as it stirs, it doth again repress.
And brings in tli' out-gcne malice that withstands.
Pow'r above pow'ra ! O heav'nly Eloquence !
Thst irith the strong rein of commanding words
Doat manage, guide, and master th' eminence
or men's affections, ntore than all their swords!
Shall we not offer to thy excellence.
The richest treasure that our irit aUbrds ?
Thou that canst do much more with one poor pen.
Than all tbe pow'r! of princes can eSect ;
And d^w, divert, dispose and fashion meui
Better tbui force or rigour can direct I
Should we this ornament of glory then.
As tb' unmsteiial fhiits of shades, neglect? '
Or should we careless come behind tbe rest
In pow'r of words, that go before in worth » .
When (■ OUT accent's equal to tbe best.
Is able greater wonders 10 bring forth ?
When 5II that ever hotter spir'ta espresa'd.
Comes better'd by the patience of ttia uqtth.
WlMtp„
What tkmghti
69i DA>
And who'(tn thtt«) kilows w})ither ire miij voit
The tieuure of our tongue 7 To whm itnnge tbom
Thii gain of our beM gUitj sbsU be sent,
T'etirJeh unknowing nationa with our stores?
What worlds in Hi' yet unfbnned Ocddent,
Mbj come rafia'd ititb th' accents that are ourt 7
Or wlio can tell for what great xoik in band
The greatness of our stjle is now onUin'd 7
wk ._ ^,,1^1 bring in, »h« spir'tB commaDd?
" ' ' what humours keep re-
What mischief it may pow'rfuUy withstand ;
And what fair ends may thereby be attain'd 7
And M for Po'ifr (molber irf this force I)
That breeds, iirings forth, and nourisbee Ihii might;
Teachiof it in a loose, yet meamr'd oourtef
With comely motions hiaw to go upright ;
And featuring it with bonntiful discourse
Adorns it thus in fashions of delight.
Hat only seein out of (hemselTes ramor'd,
Apd da with mote (ban human skills convene i
Tboae numben wherewith Heai'n and Earth an
moT'4
i^ww weakness speaks in prose, but powV in Teis*>
Wbvru'u thou likewise seemest to allow.
That th' acts of worth; men should be preserv'di,
As in the holiest tombs we can bestow
Upon their glory (hat have well deserv'd ;
Wherein thou dost no other virtue show.
Than what most barbarous countfies luive observed;
When all the happiest nations hilherto.
Did with no lesser glory speak, than do.
Vow to what else thy malice shall object,
FoTschoola, and arts, and their necessity ;
When from my lord, whose judgment must direct.
And form and fashion my ability,
I shall haVe got more strengtii ; thou sbalt expect.
Out of niy better leisure, my reply.
Hon EXCELLENT BIK 1>HILIP StDtfET.
To thee, pure spir't, to thee alone addreas'd
Is this joint-work, by double int'rest thine i
Thine by thine own, and what is done of mine
Inspir'd by thee, thy secret pow'r impress'd.
My Muse with thine itself dar'd to combine,
As mortal stalF with that which is diiine i
Let (hy lair beams gire lustr* to the rest.
That Intel's king may deign his own tranifonn'd
Jn substanc* no, but superflcial tire ;
And Ei^lith guis'd in soma sort may aspire.
To better grace thee what the vulgar fonn'd.
His sacred tones age after age admire ;
Nation* grow gnat in pride and pure desire
0 bad that adid, «Uch honour brouriit tct itat
Too soon, not left, and reft die world of all
Wliat man could show which we perfactian call I
This precious piece had sorted with the beat.
But, ahl wide-tester'd wounds (that never shall.
Nor must be clos'd) unto frerb bleeding &1L '
Ah, Memory ! what needs this uew arrist?
Yet blessed grief that sweetness can impart.
Since thou artbless'd — uTongly do I cotoplainj .
Whatever weights my heAvy thoughts sustain.
Dear feels my soul fur thee — I know my part.
Nor be my weaknas to thy rites a stain ;
Rites to aright, life, blood, would not refraio.
Assist me then, that life what thine did port.
Time may bring forth what time both yet suppress'^
In whom thy loss bath laid to utter waste
The vrreck of time, untimely all dtfac'd,
as the tomb of life deccas'd :
ly heart the highest room thou bast i
There, truly there, thy earthly bang is plac'd :
Triumph of death ! — In life how niore than bUss'd!
Behold (O that thou were now to bdiidd !)
This finish'd long perfection's part begun ;
The test but piec'cC as left by thee undiMe.
Pardon, blesa'd soul, presumption over bold I
If IoT« and aeal bath to this errour run,
'T is tealous love { love that hath never done.
Not can enough^ tbougb justly here controU'd.
But mace it hath no other sc<q>e to go.
Nor other purpose but to honour iliee ;
That thine may shine, where all the graces be :
And that my thoughts (like smallest ctreains ttuA
Pay to their sea their tributary fee) [Sow,
Do strive, yet have no means to quit nor &ea
That mi^i^ debt of infinites I owe.
To thy great worth, which time to tima enroll,
Wonder of men! sole bom ! soul of Iby liind!
Complete in all — but beav'nly was thy mind.
For wisdbm, goodness, sweetness, fairest soul !
Too good to wish; too fair for earth ; .refin'4
Fftr Heav'n, where all true glory rests confin'd:
And where but there no li& without control ?
O, when fVom this account, th!s cast-up sum.
This reck'ning made (he audit of my woe !
Some time of race my swelling pasjons know ;
How work my (hough(s ! mysense ii>trickendumb.
That would thee more than words could' ever sbow";
Which all fall short. Who knew thee best toknov,
There lives no wit that may thy prayer becnsne i
And rest fiur monuments of thy fair time.
Though not complete. Nor can we readi in though^
Whatonthatgoodly piece Hme would have wrau^iti
Had divers «• spar'd that life (but life) to fhone
The rest : alas, such loss J The world bath nought
Can eqo^ it — nor (O) more grievance broaglrtT '
Receive these hymns ; these obsequies rec^ve ;
(If any mark of thy socret 8|urit thou bear)
Made only thine, and no name else mutt wear.
1 can no more, dear soul ; I take my laava :
TO THE BISHOIC OF WINCHESTER.
JAMES MONTiVGDE,
Alibodoh j'ou hsTP, out of joar pnjpet tton,
Tbe best munilioD tbkt may tbrti^
A ooble heart; ■■ no man ma; have more,
Againat Ctae batteries of raoitalit; :
Vet, rei'rend lord, vouchaafe me leare lo brjng
One we^mn more xmlo your futiushment,
"Tbal jou th' assBulu of this close vanqitiehing.
And lecret wasting sickneta may prevent ;
Tot that mjtelf have Mruggled with il too,
And knov the wont of all that it tan do.
And let me teU jou this, you never cotiU
Have fbund a gentler warring enemyi
And one that with roore fnr proceeding would
Encounter you witluut eitremlty ;
Nor give more time to make reaiatancea,
Aod to repair jour breaches, than will this.
For whereas other licknesses surprise
.Our Kpit'ts M unawares, disweap'ning suddenl;
All senae of understanding in such wise,
Aa that they lay us dead before we die.
Or fire us nut of our inflamed fort,
With mving phrensies in a fatrftit sort ;
Thia comes and steals us by degrees away j
And yet not that without our privity.
They rap U9 hence, as vultures do their prey,
Confounding us with tortures instantly
This htriy kills, Ibey foully murtlier ua,
Trip up our beeis b^ore we can diacem.
Tbia gives us time of treaty, to discuss
Our aaS'ring, and Ibe cause thereof to learn.
Besidea, therewith we □ftenlimes have truce
For many montfaa ; sometimeB for many years ;
And are permitted to ei^oy the use
Of study : and although our bod; wean,
Our wit remains j our speedi. Our memory
Fail not, or come before ouiwlvea lo die.
Wc port together, and we take our leave
Of friends, of kindred^ we diapose our alat^
And jdeld up fairly what we did receive.
And ail our bus'nesses accommodate.
So that wc cannot aay we were thrust out.
But we depart from hence in quiet sort j
The foe with whom we have the battle fought,
Halh not subdued us, but got our fort.
And this disease ia held most incident
To the best natures, and most innocent.
And therefore, rev'rend lord, there cannot b«
A gentler passage than there is hereby
Unto that port, wherein we shall be free
From all the stonna of worldly misery.
And though it show us daily in our glass.
Our fading leaf tum'd to a yellow hue;
And bow it withera as the sap doth pass,
And what we may expect is to ensue.
Tet that I know disquiets not your mind,
Who knows the brittle metal of mankind ;
And have all comforts virtue can beget.
And roost the consdence of well-acwd days :
Which all those monuments which you have set
On holy ground, to your perpetual praise,
(As things best set) must ever testify
And show the worth of ncd)le Montague :
And BO long as the walls of piety
Stand, BO long shall stand the memory of you.
And Bath, and Wells, and Winchester shall show
Their fair repairs to all posterity ;
And how much bless'd and fortunate they were.
That ever-gracious hand did plant you there.
Besides, you liave not only built up walls.
But also (worthier edifices) men ;
By whom you shall have the memorials.
And everlasting honour of the pen.
That whenEoever you ehall come to make
Your exit fVom tlua scene, wherein you have
Perfbrm'd so noble parts ; you then shall take
Your leave with honour, have a glodous grave!
" For when can men go better to their rest.
Than when they ara eslecni'd and Idved b«*Ct"'
byGoo^lc
MICHAEL DRAYTON.
Died Dbcihbxk S3. 1
Xui Immily frcm which tlii» poet sprung detiTed
their nune from a town in Ldcestenhirc ; but his
pArmls hsTing remoTed into Wsrwickshiret he wai
born St Hknhul in that county, and in the parish of
Atbenlon, about the year 1563. Very Uttle is
known of his life, acircely, indeed, any tiling raore
than tliat in boyhood he was placed a> page with
some honourable person ; that he studied at Oxford ;
that early in life. Sir Henry Goodere, of Polesworth
in Warwickshire, was liig patron ; and that in his
latlei days, Sir Walter Aston, of 'Hiall in StalTord-
shire, loved bis company, and liberally tieliiended
him. He is one of the poeta ta whom tlie title of
Uureste was given in that age, not as holding the
office, but as a mark of honour to which they were
entitied. Hii coolempotaiiea l>ear witness to the
vittuoua and booourable tenouT of his life, and Ids
works contain abundant proofa of cniditiofi and
He died in 1631, and was buried in Weatminita
Abbey. The Counleu of Dorset is said to bate
eraded bis monument, aa abe did those of Spraaa
and Daniel ; and his epitaph has been variously m-
cribed to Ben Jonson and to Quarles ; it is nMire io
D^ [4gu> malble, M Ihj nadni know
'To Drsftofi^ nunt, hIhjk laofd duM
We rHanmeiid uou Ihy tnitt
Frotacl hU Denusr, mnf prtHTTE bli itnrj ;
Drayton took fa- himself a most fanlutic coat of
mi* : Puasui rampant in a shield aiuic gutty d'eau
ram HeUccni, with the c^i of Mercury for creM,
mid ninbeanis proper.
NTMPHIDIA;
Ou'ClMUMeT doth of Topas toH,
Mad Rablais of Fantagniel,
A later third of Dowaabel, «
WiUi such poor tiiflea playing :
Otben the tike have labour'd at.
Some of (hi* tlung, and some Ot that,
And many of tbcy know not what.
But that they must be saying.
Another aort there lie, that will
Be talking of the FAIRIES still.
Mor never can tbey bsve their fill.
As they were wedded to them :
No tales of them their thint can slake,
So much delight therein they take,
And mne atranga thing they fain wotdd make,
Knew they Iha way to do them.
Tbta MDCe no Muae tiath been fo bold,
Or <f the later, or the old,
Tbovc elvish secrets to unfold.
Which lie from otiiers reading ;
My active Muse to light shall bring
Tbe court of that proud fairy king.
And t^ tiMm of the revelling :
/«*• popr mj proceeding.
And Ibou Nympbidia, gentle Iky,
WUch meeting me upon tbe way.
These secrets didst to tne bewray.
Which now I am in telling :
My pretty light **"^*'^** maid,
I hete invoke to thee my aid.
That I may apeak what thou bart uud.
In numbers smoothly swelling.
lint it IHJ lemperta needs to fear.
Which way soe'ci it blow it :
And somewhat southward tow'rd th
Whence lies a way up to tbe moon.
And thence the biry can aa soon
Pass to the earth below it.
The walls of spiders legs are made.
Well morticed and finely laid.
He was tbe master of his trade,
tbuilded;
eyes of cats.
And for the roof, iutind of slata,
la cover'd with the gkina of bats,
Withn '
Hence Oboxin, bim sport to make.
(Thdr rest when weary mortals take^
And none but only fairies wake)
Descendeth for his pleasure :
( In elder Ciines the m ve that hight)
Which plaguv them ~ ' ' ~
Hence ihadow^ Mcmlng U
! shape*,
•.
iMSpei,
A* nope ot paciinw naius tbeoi :
Which mudi think on the bcMth they ^ee,
When Sres weil-neu coiuiinied be,
Tbae dancing hajea by two and three,
Jiut aa thor tanej caata them.
Hieae malie our girU their alutt^ rue.
By pinching them both black and blu^
Apd put a penny in their shoe,
The home for cleantj' tweeping :
Id roeadowi and in marsbes found.
Of them to eall'd the Fairy-ground,
Of wliich tbey have the keeping.
Theae, when a child bapa to be got,
Which after prorea an idiot,
When folk pcrceiTe it thrireth not.
The &ult therein to amotber:
Some slly delating biaiuleaa caU^
Tliat undetstanda things by tbe hdf.
Say, that tbe fairy left this aulf,
And took away tbe other.
But liitcD, and I ifaaU you tell
A chance in Fairy that befell,
WUch certainly may please some well,
In tore and arm* delighting :
or Obemn, that jealoua gt«ff
Of one of his own fUry crew.
Too well (he feai'd} his queen that knew,
Hia lore but ill requiting.
Hgwiggen was tlui fury knight.
One wond'rous gradous in the ugbt
Of bir queen Mab, which day and night
He amn-ously obasrred :
Which made king Oberon suspect
Hi* lerTice took too good effect,
Hu saudnesB and often cbeckt.
And could hare wished him starred.
Pfgwiggen gladly would CMnmcnd
Some token to queen Mab to send.
If fea or land bim aught could lend,
Were worthy of her wearing:
At length thb lorer doth devise,
A bracelet made of emmets eyes,
A thing be thought that she would priie.
No whit her slate impairing.
And to the queen a letter writo.
Which he nuat curiously indites.
Conjuring her by all the ritea
Of love, she would be pleased
To meet bim Iwr true servant, where
Tbey might without suspect or fear
TbBiiselvcs to one another clear.
And have their poor hearty eased.
NYMPHIDIA.
" At midnight ibe appointed hour.
And for the queea a fining bow^,"
Quoth he, ■■ is that Mr «mrslip fiow
On Hlpcut-hiU that growetli :
In all your train there's not a tty,
Tbmt ever went In ^ther Vltj,
The tallest there that groweth,"
When by Tom Thum a Ikiry page
He sent it, and doth him engage.
By promise of a migbty wag^
It secretly to can; :
Which done, the.quecn her maids doth call.
And bids them to be leady all.
She would go see her summer hall,
She cOTild no longer Urrj.
Her chariot ready Mrait Is niade.
Each thing therein is fitting laid.
That she by nothing might be stay'd,
For naught must her be letting :
Four nimble gnats the hones were,
Thvjr harnesses of gosaamere,
Fly Cranion, her charioteer.
Upon the coach-box getting.
Her efaatiot of a mail's fine tfadl.
Which for tbe colours did excell;
Tbe fair queen Mab beccaning well.
So lively was the limning :
The seat die soft wool of the be^
The cover (gallantly to see]
The wing of a py'd butterflee,
I trow, 'twas simple trimming,
He wheels compos'd of crickets boikea.
And daintily maje for tbe nonce.
For fear of nttling on the stones.
With thistle-down thej shod it :
For all her maidras much did fear.
If Oberon had cbanc'd to bear,
Tbat Mah bis queen should have been there,
He would not have abode it.
She mounta her chariot with a trice.
Nor would she slay for no advice,
Until her maids, that were so nice.
To wait on her were fitted.
But ran benelf away alone ;
Which when tbey heard, there was not one
But hasted after to be gone.
As she had been diswitlcd.
Hop, and Mop, and Drap so clear,
Pip, and Trip, and Skip, that were
To Mab Ihcir sovereign dear,
Her special maids of honour ;
Hb, and Tib, and Knck, and Pin,
Tick, and Quick, and Jill, and Jin,
Tit, and Nit, and W^, and Win,
Tbe train that wait upon her.
Upon a grashopper they got.
And what with arable and with trot.
For hedge nor ditch tbey spared not.
But after her tbey hie them,
A cobweb over them they throw,
To shield the wind if it should blow,
Themselves ihcy wisely could bestow.
Lest any should espy them,
Qq3
But let w leaTa queen Jibli a trhOti
TiaiMgb many ■' gate, o'er many ■ itile.
That now had goMen by thii wile.
Her deer Pigwiggen kudng ;
And tell bow Oberan doth fan,
Wbo grew as mad aa any hare,
Wben he had sought each place with care.
And found ioi queen wai munng.
By gii«ty Pluto be dodi swear,
He rant his dolhe^ and tore his hair.
And as he runneth here and there.
An acron-cup he gettetb ;
Which ^Nm he taketh by the stalk.
About his bead he lets it walk,
Nw doth he any creature baulk.
But lays on all he meeletb.
The 'Hucan poet doth advance
The frantic Paladine of France,
And those more aucieut do inhance
A Iddes in his fury.
And otbera Ajax Tclainon :
But to this time there hath becA none
So bedlam as our Oberon,
Of which I dare assure ye.
And fint encount'ring with a wasp.
He iu his aims the fly doth clasp.
As tho' his breath he forth would grasp,
Him for Pigwiggcn taking ;
« Where is my wife, thou rogue?" (quoth he)
•■ Pigwiggen, she is come to thee ;
Restore her, or thou dy'nl by me."
Whereat the poor waip quaking,
Criea, " Oberon, great fairy king,
Content thee, I am no such thing ;
I am a wasp, behold my sting '."
At which the fairy started.
When soon away the wixp doth go.
Poor wretch was iicTer flighted so,
He thtWgilt his wings were much loo (low,
O'eijay'd they to were parted.
He next upon a glow-worm tight,
(You must suppose it now was night)
Which, for her hinder part was bright.
He took to be a devil ;
And furiously dsth her assail
For carrying fler in her tail ;
He thnsh'd her rough coat with his Sail,
Tbe mad king forM no enl.
" Oh !" (quoth die glow-worm) " bohl thy hand,
Tbon puissant king of Fairy-land,
Thy mighty strokes who may withstand ?
Hold, or of life despair I."
Together then herself doth roll.
And tumbling down into a bole,
She seem'd as black ta any coal.
Which veM away tli^ biry.
From thence be nn into a hire,
AmongM the b««> he letteth diiie.
And down the^ combs begins to rite.
All likely to have spoiled :
Which with their wax hik face besmear'd.
And with their honey daub'd his beard ;
It would hav^ made a man affeai'd,
^- To aee how h« wat nudlc^i
A new adTcntun! bim betidca -.
He met an ant, which he bestridef,
And post thereon away be ridei.
Which with his haile doth stuudile.
And came full over on her snout,
Her heels so threw the dirt about.
For she by no means could gel oul.
But over him dotb tumble.
And being in this piteous case,
And all Deslutried bead and face.
On runs fae in this wildgoose chase.
At here'and there be rambles.
Half blind, against a mole-hill hit.
And fbr a mountain taking it.
For all he waa out of his wit.
Yet to the top be scramble!.
And being gotten to the top.
Yet there hirqiself he could not stop.
But down on th' other nde doth chop.
And to the foot came rumbling ;
So that the gnibs therein that bred.
Hearing such turmoil over bead.
Thought surely tbey had all been dead,
So fearful was the jumbling.
And falling down into a lake,
Which him up to the neck doth tak^
His fury it doth somewhat slake,
He calletb for a ferry :
Where you may some ncovery note.
What was his dub he made his boat,
And in his oaken cup doth float,
Hen talk of the adventures strange
Of Don Quishot, and of th«r change
Through which he armed oft did noge.
Of Saocha PaDcba'i travel :
But should a man tfll every thing
Done by this frantic fairy king.
And them in lofty number* sing.
It well his wits might gravd.
Scarce set on sbon, but therewithal
He meeteth Puck, which most men cdl
Hobgoblin, and on him doth Gdl
With words from phrensy spoken :
" Hob, hob," quoth Hob, " God save thy graces
Wbo drest thee in this piteous case?
He thus that spaU'd my sov'reign's face,
I would his neck ware brakoL"
This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt.
Still walking like a tagged colt.
And od out of a bush doth Urit,
Of purpose to deceive usj
And leading us, makes us lo stmy
Long winter nights out of the way.
And when we stick in mire and i^y.
He doth with laughter leave us.
" Deer Puck," quoth be, " my'wifie b gone |
As ere thou lov'st king Oberon,
Let every thing but this alone.
With vengeance and pursue heri
Bring her to me, alive or dead ;
Or that vile thief Pigwiggen's bead |
That villain hath deil'd my bed,
He to tbl* fblly dnw bv,"
NYMPHIDI^.
OiKXh Puck, « My 11^0, 111 nmm tin.
But I will thorough thick uid thin.
Until at leagEh t bring ber in.
My desrest laid, ne'er doubt it."
Tborongh brake, thorough brier,
Thoiough muck, thorough mier.
Thorough water, thorough fier.
And thui gae« Pii^ about it
This thing Hynn
trbmri.
Tlwt on this mad kiii|: had ■ guard,
Not doubting of a great reward.
For first thi* bus'nen broaching ;
And through the air away doth go
Swift as an atraw from the bow,
To Itt ber wnrtign Mab to know
What peri^ WW qiproactaing.
Hm queen, bound with lore's paw'rful'st diann,
Sate with Figwiggen arm in arm i
Har meiry maida, that thought no barm.
About the room were slipping :
A bumble-bee their minstrel, play'd
Upon his hautbois, ev'ry m^d
Fit for tlua rerel was array'd,
'^le hornpipe nc^y trippUig.
s Nymphtdia, and doth cry,
tafety fly,
onigh,
I ponea lo forewarn you :
The king hath «ent Hobgoblin out,
To seek you all the fields about,
And of your safety you may doubt,
If he but once discern you,"
When like an uproar in a town.
Before them CTery thing went down ;
Some tore a ruff, and some a gown,
'Gainst one another justling;
They flew about like chaffi' th' wind ;
For hatte some left thdr masks behind.
Some could not stay their gloTcs to find ;
There never was such bustling.
Fort^ ran they by a secret way.
Into a bmke that near Ihem lay.
Yet much they doubted there to May,
Lot Hob ihould bap to find them :
He had a sharp and pioreing sight.
All one to him the tUy and night.
And therefore woe rMoli'd by fii^
To leave this place behind tlwm.
At lengtli'one chaac'd to find a nn^
Id Ih' end of which a hole wai cu^
Wtdch lay upcm a baiel root,
There scatter'd by a aquiirel,
Which out the kernel gotten had :
When quoth this fay, ■• Dear queen, be glad.
Let OberoD be ne'er so mad,
I'll set you safe from peiiL"
" Come all into this nut," quoth shci
" Come closely in, bo rui'd by me,
Each one may here a cbuser be.
For room ye need not wrcsll%
Nor need ye be together heapt."
So one by one therein tbey crept,
And lying down, they soundly slept.
As safe as in r (astl^
Nymphidia, that this wWe doth watch,
Ipercdt'd if Puck the queen shouU catch,
'That he would be her OTer-njalch,
i Of which she 'well bethought her;
I Found it must be unne pow'rful charni,
, The queen against him that must arm,
: Or surely be would do her harm.
For throughly he bad aought her.
And list'ning if she augbt could heai^
That ber might.hinder, or might fear ;
But finding still the coasi was cltsr.
Nor creature hail descry'd ber :
Each drcumstance and liaving scann'd.
She came thereby to understand,
Puck would be with them out of hand.
When to 'her charms she fay'd her*
And first her fem-secd doth bestow.
The kernel of the misletow ;
And here and there as Puck should gOr
With terror to aifHght him.
She nigbt-shadc straws to work him ill,
Therewitii her vervain and her dill.
That faind'reth witches of their will.
Of purpose to despigbt him.
Then sprinkles she the juice of rue,
That growelh underneath the yew,
With nine drops of the midnight dew.
From lunary di;stilliag ;
The molewarp's brain miit tbeivwithalt,
And with the same the pismire's gall :
For she in nothing short would Adl,
The fairy was so willing.
Then thrice undei a brier doth creep, .
Which at both ends was rooted deep,
And over it three times she leapt.
Her magic much availing ;
Then on Proserpina doth call.
And so upon her spell doth fall,
Which here to you repeat I shall,
Not in one tittle failing.
■■ By the croaking of the frog ;
By the howling of the dog ;
By the crying of the hog
Against the storm arising :
By the etening curfeu Jicll ;
By tl
nell;
" By the mandrakes dicadfui groans }
By the Lubricana'asd moans;
By the noise of d^ meos bones
By the hissing of the snake.
The ruslliug of tlie flre-diake,
I charge thee this place forsake,
Nor of queen Mab be prattling.
" By the whirlwind's hollow sound,
By the thunder's dreadful stound.
Yells of spirits under ground,
I charge thee not to fear us i
By the scritcb-owl's dismal note.
By the blacl^ night-raven's throo^
I charge thee. Hob, to tear thy coat
Vilh tboips, if tlioD come near us
•tit- ■
For ihe (lodi cndf miikd biin ;
But once the drck got witUo,
Tlie dmnoa to ^oA do itriigfat begin.
And bv was cau^it ai in « gin ;
For ■■ ht ihus WH buij,
A pun be in Mi bead-piece feeU,
Alpumt ■ ■tubbnl tree he reels,
And up went poor Hobgoblin's heels :
AIas J Ills brain was disijr.
At length upon fais feet be gets.
Hobgoblin fumes, Hobgobhn fret^
And as again he forward aet^
And (hmi^ the bushes scramblo^
A itump dotli trip him in his pace,
Dawn comes poor H<^ upon his face.
And lamcntabljF tore his case
Amongat the briers and bran^le*.
** Plane upon queen Mabr" quoth be,
*■ And all ber mjiids, when'er tbej be;
1 think the deri] guided me.
To seek her, so provtAed. "
When stumbling at a piax of wooc^
He fell into a ditch of mud.
Where to the »ery chin he stood.
In danger to be choked.
Now Hone than e'er be was before.
Poor Fuck doth yell, poor Puck doth roar.
That wak'd queen Mab, who doubled sore
Some treason had been wrought bet i
Until Nymphidia told the queen
What she had done, what she had seen.
Who dwn had wcfl-near crack'd her spleea
With rerj extreme laughter.
With OberoB yet madding ;
And with E^gwiggen now distraught.
Who much waa troubled in his tliought,
That he so long the queen hul sought.
And through the fields was gadding.
And as be runs, he still doth cij,
■■ King Ohcron, I thee defy.
And (Ure thee here in arms to try.
For mj d(«r lady's honour :
For that she is a queen right goo^
In whose defence I'll shed my blom^
And that thou in this jealous niood
Haat laid tliis slander on her."
And quickly arms him for the field,
A little cockle-shell his >liield,
Which he could »ery brsvcly wield,
Yet could it not be pierced :
His qiear a bent both stiff and strong.
And well near of Iwo inches long :
■" « pile was of a hame-fly's tongue,
tiu-a sbaiynCTs naught reversed.
It was a Tcry dangcioB thing ;
Fur if be chanc'd to buJt the kin^
It would be loog in hnling.
Hia hebnct mn a btetle's lud.
Host bonible and fidi of dread.
That able waa to Mrilu oe dad.
Yet it did well ^'■^**"** him ;
And for a plume, a horse's bair,
nidcli being toned l^ the air.
Had face to strike hu foe widi Um,
And turn bis weapon fnim him.
Himself he on an earwig tt.
Yet scarce be on bis back could get.
So oft and high he did currci.
En be hinuelf could settle :
He made him turn, and stop, and bound.
To gallop, and id trot tbe round.
He ararce could stand on any ground.
He waaaofiill of mettle.
When sooo be met
One that > laliant knight had been.
And to gnat Obtron of kin :
Quoth he, " Thou manly Esir;,
TeU Oberoo 1 conw prepar'd.
Then Ind him stand upon bis guard ;
Thii band bis baseness shall reward,
Ijet him be ne'er ao wary.
" S^ to him thus. Tint t de^
His slanders and bis infamy.
And aa a mortal enemy
Do publickly proclaim him :
Withal, that if I had mine own,
He should not wear the fairy crown.
But with a Tengeance should come down ;
Nor we a king ibould name him."
This Tomalin could not abide.
To bear his sovereign rilily'd ;
But to the Faiiy court him hy'd.
Full furiously he poated.
With ev'ry thing Kgwiggen said;
How title to the crown he laid.
And In what arms be waa anay'd.
And how himself he hmwtitd
'Twiit head and fbot, Tmra point to point.
He told the aiming of each joint.
In every piece bow neat and quaint;
For Tomalin could do it :
How fair he sat, how sure he rid ;
Aa of the courser be bestrid,
How manag'd, and huw well he did.
The king, nliich listra'd to it.
Quoth he, " Go, Tomalin, with speed,
PrtnidE me aims, proride my stradf
And every thing that I shall need.
By tbee I will be guided :
To strait account call thou thy wit,
See there be wanting not a wbit.
In ev'i^ tlu'ng see thou me fit.
Just OS my foe's provided. "
NYMPHIDU.
Tbnix
Betwiit th(Me laen so mightj :
"VUdi gntllj she began to rue,
Percanng that all Fury knew,
The fint occauon tma her gnw.
Of thcK attain so weighty.
Whoefbre MIended with b«r nuid^
Through fogs, hhI mists, and damps she w
Tu Prourpine Ifae queen of ihades,
To trut, that it would pinae ber
The cause into her lumds to take,
*" ' It lore and iriendship** aakx.
A while there let we Mab aione^
And come we to king Obetixi,
Who ann'd lo meet Us foe is gone,
For proud Pigwiggen crying :
Who Kiiigbt the fauy king as &st,
And had so well his joumiet cast.
That be arriied at the last,
Hi* puissant foe eipjing.
Stout Tomalia came with the king,
Toca Tbum doth on Kgwiggen bring.
That perfect were in ev'ry thing
To single fights belonging i
And ttiereibre they themselTei engage^
To aee them eiercise their rage,
Wilfa bir and coawly equipage.
Not one the other wronging.
So like in arms these cbampioni were,
Ab they had been a very pair.
So that a man would almost swear
That either had been dtber :
Tliar furious steeds began to neigh.
That they were heard a mighty way ;
Tlieir stBTCs upon their rests they lay ;
Yet ere they flew together,
Thdr teconda minister on oath,
'Which was indifferent to them both.
That oo their knightly faith and troth,
No DUgick them supplied ;
And sought them that Ihiey had no chaims.
Wherewith to work each other's haims.
But came with simple open arms.
To hare their causes tried.
Together furiously they ran.
That to the ground came hone and man ;
The blood out cf thai helmets span.
So sharp were their encounters :
And tho' they to the earth were thrown,
Yet quickly they regain'd their own j
Snch nimblenrsa was never shown,
When In a second course again.
They Ibrward came with might and main.
Vet which had better of the twain.
The seconds could not judge yet :
Thdr shields were into pieces cleft.
Their helmets from their heads were reft,
And to defend them nothing left.
These cham^ons would not budge yet.
Away from them ibeli Maies they Qaeir,
TbOT cruel swtods they quickly drew.
And fVesbly they the fight renew.
They every strcAe redoubled :
Which niade Proserpina take heed.
And make to them the greater speed,
For fear lest they too much should bleed.
Which wond'rously her troubled.
When to th' infernal fityx she goat.
She takes the fogs from thence that ros^
And in a bag doth them enclose.
When well she bad them blended^
She hies her then lo I.etbe spring,
A bottle and thereof doth bring.
Wherewith she meant to work the thing
Which only she intended.
Now Proserpine with Mab is gone
Unto the place where Oberon
And proud Pigwiggen, one to one.
Both to be slain were likely :
And there themselves they closely hide.
Because they wduld not be espy'd ;
For Proserpine meant to decide
The matter very quickly.
And suddenly unties the poke.
Which out of it sent such a smoke.
As ready was them all to choke.
So grievous was the pother :
So that the kuigbts each other lost.
And stood as still as any post,
Tom Tbum nor Tomalin could boait
Tbemaeties of any other.
But when the mist 'gan somewhat cease,
Proserpina commandeth peace.
And that a while they should release
Bach other of their peril ;
" Which here," quoth rile, " I do proclaim
To all, in dreadful Pluto's name.
That as ye will eschew his blame.
You let me hear the quaireL
" But here youndves you must engage
Somewhat to cool your spleenish rag^
Your grievous thirst and to asswage.
That first you drink this liquor ;
Which shall your understandings dear.
As plainly shall to you appear,
Thina Unngs from me that you shall hear.
Conceiving much the quicker,"
This 'Lethe water, you must know.
The memory destroyetb so.
That of our weal, or of our woe.
It all remembrance blotted.
Of it nor can you ever think i
For they no sooner took this drink.
But nought into their biuns coutd sink.
Of what hod them besotted.
King Oberon forgotten had,
Ittat he for jealousy ran mad ;
But of his queen was wond'rous glad.
And ask'd how they came thither.
Pigwiggen likewise doth forget,
TIu( he queen Mah had ever met.
Or that they were so hard beset^
When they were found together.
Kor eitlier of 'em hoA bad thought,
lltM e'er tbey li*d each oilier souglit,
Mucb lew that thcj a combat fougbt,
But EUCh ■ dinin were loUbiDg.
Tom Thum had got it littte sup,
And Tomalin acarce kiss'd the cup.
Yet had their brains so Eure lockt up,
Tbot thej remember'd nothing.
(^leen Mab and- ber light maidi the wliSle
Amongst themselTcs do cloedy smile,
To nee tlie king caught with this wile.
With one another jewing ;
And to the Fairy. court they went.
With raicUe joy and merriment.
Which thing. was done with good intent;
And thus I left them feaatiag.
• POLY-OLBIOK.
71w iBtMillir HUH her wUv (Ilq4>n
And iha Fivicb blaodi Ant lurrarl i
Bon up wUli MeptuBG, and In ^ry
TraniCendi pcniif Cenwal't promoalsITI
Tlltn cnnm Usunt-lDchaaL anil danlM
Hk Cdrnlib and DeHnkae rnNnda
And whUit the Der'nihlre nJrmFAi rdata
Thair Ions, ih^ tfOrtuDHt and state.
Den uadertakelb to rerln
Of Albion^ glortoBi die the noaim whJW I write.
The tundry viTilnB Killi, theptouuna inflDlle,
(Wtise but klUi not the cold, b« aht aipalli th* twal,
Nat night doch hinder dar, "">' daf th* nifhl doth wronj^
ThA •ktninwr Hrtt ffU ihOT^ thC WiDttV BOC tUO Unfl)
_ InraketoaldiBTlIuntliawhitaf
[onliuof th<
-lie wurid dU ■■
And in thli vaOd'rinf
hHp to conduct me out i
DiracC my coune to nf ht, v with thy band to thow
Which way jhy knm nhf, which way thy riren Ibr
Wlie ffeniiu, by Orr hal
"— "~ tklr mounti'-'
Wlie geniiu, by thi
How thy tklr mouu
FtamUme clear pi
. Bdbani?, that ta your harramHDdkHH
Suna tb' aDdenc heroei deeds (the aionumtnts of klugi
Ana In your dmdfkil verve IngnvM the propbeclUa
The acad woiUI deMcno and lenci^ticin ;
s Tb*luaiei(.f>le In the BritUi ecaan,
* Tbe Ha upon Uia narth of Sootlaad.
•Theold^ttahpoMa
I r, ai thoto DniUt a ua(h^ vUch k<|it tba Btltkh ittss.
And dwelt In dartioBw tnnik then EOunelltni vltli •nftH
(But tbrir oftalan ftfTd; bj ««ae M awry,
Ai liBM dear tnilh bath ibewTd to Ibsbr roncTiM
When thoH MI Bub by death out bodies du fo^k^
niey hHtBBtlr anlB do '^'- ■—■'- ">—
I DDUId have wiint your
Upon the CeMe wutea', the saa-nyaaitia hwdly nmf:
X O aver.happy hies 1 year btadi « Idih thai bear.
By nature (tnngly fcu'd, vtaleh nem nead to' ftar
On NeptuDd mCrj lealns when ElUus nlasltt wan.
And erery Nilow baaHIS. Htboafb to qaencli the Mta t
Fair Jersey Ant of Um* bars eeatlwM bi tbe deep,
Pecullaclr that boasts thy doubla-hattMi shes;
Inftrloc nor to thee^thou Guemeey, branly cnrwnM
The hard'ned emeril hatb, wbkh tkointostddaK smdT
Thou Ugaa ber lieloT'd, and Serk, that doth attend
Her plesnireeisiT hoar; ss Jetbew, than at neet.
With ptaesiaBis.diUow deer, and caotaa that dea&d:
TTie hilUnnk seanun )oys ; or whilsoe'eryoa be.
To Ushsnt sDd tbe SaOM, wkenss ttassa ams a<'«on
Gsn answers ftom tbdr aans, and took wbat sta^H t!
Ye happy Uandi eetsilthln the BtWih ssss,
With -'•-"• — .■j-niTiit rtinnii. rh' maiiiiiniM ilniisairikr
UpoBtbe
WbnaBi
Hon lafkunto heclonc-wisht bay.'*
at md or Cornwalri nirrawhie beak,
• ftoathe IsDd the tlltlnt waTes datb I
Whence ellnMn> to tbe cuik, heiselrsbe dn&y st
The bourns, the bnwiu, the bedn, tbe rUa the >ti
<^-ctly to dertre ; rcoaislna hi her way
RudeMffituiiecuHinf IB, a^mcienmioouiiaae:
And on th* other dde, Hayle-s faster UDUtb dstb mat
A dlBsooeae » tkoaof, tbe eocner cHHiaa laj
Where to tb' taHfUalrlons Muse the Mount doth thus N
•■ BeAne thou hutbet iiass, and kBTs this letthia she
Wnsa (own unto the saints tbMUnd hen of yai* .
(Tbclr fastina, works and pray'rs, remainiBe to «ur shsBi
Wen nai-d, sad JusUy eBU-d by ihrlr peculiar nsmas,
The buiUers honour sill j tbk due anflat thaa bai^
Asdaltrntodni|iataaiup«SBCbh^(n*ei
Whose Ghsrity and seal, buteM of ■■ '-^— -* — • ■
■^ ily in thamsflrts they were
■ — • ^,thedytb-
.Uic&Ss
If credulous too , ,
'- "i«lt deroat Intents yat be Ibdr ilni rorilTen."
I Itan his rugged ton tbe toan down tdEkbaa lUI 1
in bis paWioo stlrr^, again began to 1«U |
Stringe things, that In Ms days time's e«
I'batlorty miles w* sss, nmetiniia im ...
And Ibsl a Direst then, whidi now with bim li dood,
WhersDf he Bnt wis callV the Hear-roek In the w?-
~ a soil bad U -
^idmierly«L
Sith to dsstroy herself that Mai taii ibe leM,
To whidi tb-laiattate sUn bee intialU out Mh draw.
That thrusts his grip^ hind Into her golden nuw ;
And tor hli pert dotfi alsb, that It were In his niw^
To let the Dcam In, het wbollj ts dtrour.
Which Ksyls doth oreihear, and BDch doth blaase bis
tn^irto
ni(tohi,
F(T Hayle (a ItttH nynqiil, ben
And haitoig qolcli leoouna lot
With NB|itune*8 pages oA dim
One nersr touchy) wKh eaie, t
In eaeellent islala) doth tbua igBln iBtnM';
" Muse, liaTe tbe wayWaid Mount to bis dlst(_~.. a „_>,
Who Mthbw can produce but what doth tsstc of night,
III Shaw the* thtaigi of ouis nest woaby thy deUgbi.
Bdiokl our disDwods here, as in the qusni tbey stswL
By natun neatly cut, as by a sUIIU hsnd.
Which fhr itie Iwantlag tnwar; pcoducMh thein iDoKif^
That Tirtn* which tbt oould not UberaUy Impart,
She striwth to sueud by her own pnner art.
Besides tbe seuhollB brrs, that spiwMh lU an ■borSb
s Asrnsl] liisuluHBtbeTeTTiiolDt af CgnwmL
s A hill lybu out as sn clbaw oHind Into the Ht.
>° ApUccjinostsunnindntby Ihcsea.
irbmD MIkiBi mmam to CD
I hK will oo thu oqiHtOU Mill I
. far bi« brtoka^ ■ chMOMM ^ ■ mt,
-- , , c out Imo cha dnnini wuth.
That irUh bLi UmU'nliw dlM In nnriM Niptu*^ nith
DciMa bin HHl liU pnA' ; nor BUM how IiIb h* fnMft
N»t RoHUnd(utaliM«iiLUw^flili»ll«Midf*)Iiinti
G mt Neptune when h* ndla, uid niipitb at tb* Mcki
[SH nut Into Uw« •■■•) Intbrdnc Ihifluali hie iliac*!
ThoH enu of IB that thnM Intn the tliiBj annd.
By their meaBd'red iii>ii> IndentiiH of thu ludi
Wtacw tauM hi c«iTtoi«ua Itltar bit aloenk biul-4,
Hm Vil» ■ Dt^ lean, bw mUmduh ihM ^n*
WboK enlruee it ftoB m> loLitTteUelr wound.
That In her quiet lHjahuDllnilihliaiH|rriilL
Yi4 not the allHt aiMt be or tb* i^M diHiT^I
Her bceiren to Ihle BfBnh •boo Driflhbaiirliu nr
u <--'-•>— ^■gUBAebrtetoilMhBnlSl:
beta HlB ihe bcMr oath BnlUd :
I !• ofhei eouna end cuHdw vtadlap bout.
I that ^r, where Hoyle pBun Ibrtb her piUe ;
And let ui (lubler nriapha) ufKn the mH-dar ilde
Be ftollc with the beet Tlun Ebj, belbr* lu ell,
Bt ihlne own nuoed tnwi nude (hnooi Id Iby Bill,
Ai Ijim uaiwit lu hen e nmt iWkioui brook.
With mU OUT nttrnrni^ih that 10 the Boonned look,
Wbkb ifmat ftOB the hlOa upon the Ubd* eee,
Betwixt Murblih-reir^ beaki, reeoR U tbie oar •herei
LotM ttreut, let m eiuK, end think ounelTee ns law
VThlch Camel Dver-hwd : but whet doth ahereApaet
Theii taunli, h« prapir muree that looieij dotb n^lect r
Ai nuittc, e<rr •)»« bei Brlliih ArtbuT-i hlosd,
Vj Mordred'tMHinkenuehendwuailngUd with htf flood.
Fbe u Ihn rirer hBt might Iwait that cauueree^ bteath.
Ho ladlir she hnwaai Mi toe unUinel) deeth ;
Who arter twelr* praud dehii aaaiiiR the Seiotl ftnglit.
Yet hick unto her ^ki b» f— '—'- »—" .
fc»A.
iln*! Hwckui OH
re he Bad hte Ml
~ Enn in the aaail'it Ihce, »lml«uif i
And natm* [Inlhe loa^i- ' - -
Or iome rdlftoue wort, la I
Hut fill renuooae ■«> hat
But t^n upon my weite nnmltled
Hut It of Aithur here Karce meni<
Fmud runs (woope along irith (UI
DribeiuliH
Then Ivfner. tl
rir wratal iTlb : and or the Comlih Uad,
aod im Bit Bueh bablad
Eh tb* iui(i£ideep,
ThU boooun Tmtr mieb, that iho whoH itoiteaivirriBfll
nHMlnail Bvirlni hilli, Bmuwell)' aad lili tHtulF^
Ulfb Bowler, Attn their Ion laiparUallf amittMi
And li bf Cuew'i'D Hue the rlrri noet lenewB'd. "
.AKCiila ihould her naoe to the Dotonlaa 0Buit<
WblcblaUHiHiittaeilicooludothaBuitUlDit'branL ..
A wntiiT i-ti*""."^- wntc the deKriplofrofCiiniwiL
or which, «nl Car MMi onra'd wttb eeter. Mt> Mid naf
Then LU OMpe on aku, aod taktai Tbrnibel, Ihtowa
HeneirBiaoBaii the mdu : and eo Incareniid ceea,
That or the hlMtdHgbt(ftaw other BoodDdebanVL
TobeSlowundenCBthiheenlyeaahebanl,
Ai thoae that riew her tract, eeemeitnaedir to aWahlr
SoToQnuralDethlni aad FhB, that dal^ b* ilgEt
The cbibnliH or (hat bay, wlActi bean her niUer nana,
Uiun the Britbh ooait " what ihip jn net cnae,
That net <iC PtTBOalh haan, where tbo« btaT* oarlea lie,
Which to Innaln qiidl, when lb' EoilUi Uat to draw,
Han cbtckM Iberla'i pc^ aad hakTher oA In awei
OftrtmilUiiasou^iacairiih tadla'i rarV derloeL
And loot uijoU, and neai), rteb illki, and dalBit ipioK,
But TUner takei the |l&^ and all attend bet h«7
Alhhhfulboundlabotbi and two thai ta « sear
For HkelhMK of hU, iBd qnintllT Iher hold,
Beftirc the Bogaan (KB*; wlioee«i(e were oT old
Koown by one leneial name, Bp« tbie paiat that dwell.
All other oT thC lite In wreidiH that onoB:
Wllb CDlhi^he ther yok'd, to pnm the aiBi at iMigth,
Uke bulk i2t haad lo^^ wHh^eei didiw M»iw£,
Or by the flrdlea eiaipt, the; incllec with the hlo.
The Ibtward, hackwanl, lUit, tb* laar, thatuiD. the tilpu.
When Mii^ into th^ ihlni^ each other that lotada
WItMn a ipaekai lint, by the beholden Bade,
According ID the lav. Or when the ImH toihmw.
And driie II to the foal, hi efuidraiii Aatb they go I
And Id aroid the tiDope (heir Aweei that bra-lay,
BywhLhlbetaikornr^lMbnlyueexpiM* ^'
But Miue, BBi I demand. Why than otaU the re«,
(Ai mMty AMon'a M-M) mM acttia an aod •troni r
FiDiB Coiin >• caaia it ant, or ftoia the u* M long ?
Or Uw> thli fbtahud Uca lUlh'at oBt tato Ma riiht.
Which neadi Ma TlgKom laBH on erery Itew IMil 7
yntx thSlrtne ef hli bnaaa, ihle plaea that doth Inaire,
WhoM presDant womb presar'd bj hli all.pB»-t{ul Are,
Being pun^hot and bk^M, iniocti that riultful Mid,
Which itianglir doih baget, aod doth aa Knnglj toeed i
The weli-dlnwl Heann ta« pnning to [he Earth
A huiband Artheiing ftult, a nddwirdiclping birth.
ButwbilB Ih' induitrloui Muiethui labounto rriatd
hI whence eahn Turner thpa, ck
Ock ccodng la perertyei, and thu doth her panwade ; rmade
- Mow Hivtone •bteUnwIfht nyvpb, thy beauty ihould be
The oMect or bar icon, wMidi (b' thoB canM not ha
Upon die aautheni ikie ao ahaoluta aa die)
Will awe thee hi thy miuae. Whereltre, Mr iood. ncoU,
And when thou mayW akne be aoT'retgn of the eoU,
TherontRlw thy powX thy bnTeiln and dlqiliy :
Turn TowrMaa, let M Inch to the Babiliilan m.
Where Thetlii'liaiidaaldi itl1l,>B that lacouneAil deep.
With thoK rough godi or lea antlnual renb keep :
Then meylt Ihoulln aduilr'd, the mMreia or the W '•
Wiae Ock ihe doth (toy, mtunilng, and dMh take
TheTawt which ftom her Itaunt toriM on with amoroui galea,'
And eaa'b ambling dawn through the Dconlao daJei,
Brtnga with her Xoul and Bray, her banka that nmly bathet
Whicli M her dalntr bnart. In nany a UlTer iwatha.
She btan unto that bay Hhart Banlapla briwldt
How her bekired Taw dear Towrtdge there ,«rnU.
T%e confluence or theee bnoki dirulgV la
The Yaliii,the^
ThalAeHwa
Much grlei-d
,-, -,- DmmDorfM,
■M blBfl; UkawiH bnughi la bed i
'' power to publiah her deeeit,
jntBHOTi which uodentood by Dnt
,r,wiHiu4Micother flood! that only lakA her nanie.
And ai her ald'W, hi right the hair of all her fkuej
To Bbow bar nuUer iplrit 11 greatly doth hehoia Burvl
'■DearBiother,ftoBiyeurlina!tthlifkar'' Igaoth ike) ■■ to*
D(4 their ulant Rireai tbaia'! hot the pmndeat flood,
Tliat lUli betwixt th* Mount aad Eaioafe, Iball taaka good
I ehallenae ani one (a anawee aia that dare i
fiiiti^nc
(Which BOW the earkHH world del
1' Ihe praiae of Plymouth,
>• Tem or art hi itAatliag.
!• Ourafitgra^t.BH*lih«ttrt»>bai<«ttlHral«.
60t
WhoH Ui] llgbt ftstn OrcU, bh ItMDiwit a
In hupj AlUoD hvTc vbUM itroD^ 1 RTkH^
Dwillartiimi, It U~ '■— -^ •■■' "■ '-• — - ■
Quoth ih^ tlut u t
■Uh tlij Hirinf
" Whan Ima-rcnsinKd Tnr In ipmt tn hoaat fln.
And 4BBd Prluu'i potu did wkh ha- Admn u^re,
£D«d [t4kliifl tfavDC* Anntui, hi! jrotuu nti.
And hli men nr'nnd lini, Ott fan Anehtia^ wob
FriBBilM^ariluflit'riiitGnwlMtoiitftaBHiDiili'iboni
And thmuh tilt nntMoe Ha, br itititttli nT loillnc an,
Buiiht Idr M lut ; wb« klncl^nu IcM
GiretiiLit»ur ftr Uf il^ with wncUlil tenptati not I
Who ia Ihc I^tla aonrt, lATiniK nuu nd lUii
Hit (Uhen aalj diU^ ud klnadoB-i obIt hMr/
Upon Uk Trdu lord ber Ukluf itnHulir plu'd,
'.Dd luigulihM Id tb* Brvtb^ hM (fii brew eDdniiM:
utTuniiu fttthttOne) tbviiroudRi" ^
Srighl CrtlHiM'i n t)
And driixr, in till itaftd . _,__
Nnt Sf l^iB Mm BicMli, biBetlliu Brate •gtf d :
Who In bli DsUwn wmb wSfirt tM ha d)d mulB,
Th* oikIh s*t< out, Uut naU-turB Bnit* ibguld bt
HI4 |uT«Bti ont; demh : vbleb Hom they iir'd to iM*
For La hli p^nnil birth faitAotbflr did dflfiBrti
And oe bli flOnntta far, la huntlu «r • hut
Me wMb a huklcH itakft hti hqita^Tthar d«w :
For vldota, sot <tf bli tbnoa Uidr kli« tbc LulBH thmr.
« Who nad-rlM bi tb* mtld, to On« m lut dslb ■«.
Whcra wUM he iTcd DBlcBBn, ud (A wHb wwt bBM,
Hi of the rue of lyoT a remoul but Id and,
Thaeb; the OndiBi held; vhl^{lwlD« nili In mlid
Their tfdknu ten jmn mr, aad Omoiu beroH ilaln)
I n iUnrr irttta them NUl IboH Tn4u» did detilB I
Which Prnbiu Ibilbs brouih^ (end did with hiU( puroHv
Td wTeik AiAIDh' daetb, etllDT whom Puii dnj
Therelqr PindreitH iMft tB eed ud lerTlle aire ; [lair,
Who wiHa Owi knew Touiw Bnite, aDd Hut •— ~ •*••— •'—-
Itier huBddr him deiire, tbet be a mean vai
From tboie UBperioui Gredu bit countrrmen to Me.
■• He, iBdlna out a ran and ipiJihtlT yoBtb, (a It
xn. I ... .,,1, ,n- la, eaunn, power, and wit.
letbnubthBlbjhbdithtware
HI the (heeki, ret heW the IMUH di
tSelr nock upon the mother^ (Gi^
a the Ore^- "- "-"■ -■-■ —
WtOWil. . .
id of Ike Tndaa rouih eeu
da'd aartliqiukei with their I
Id lath-riM inunt ud oM 1
Up to the mm '
WbaretaBi^l ^^
WCbin nboae Htewdli'th^wlTHudSiU
JDU the llddt Ib^dnw, Ibt IlhetT to atand.
To levy iu the power he prceenUj could make
So to lli^ atmiitiu af war the Trnjaiia them I
" But whlbt t£* OfBcian auldii (not kwwiBi how orwi
Tlw Tancriau were bitnncih'd, or what ttarir IbroBt were]
In Ami ^Hcder^ Boofia Tit atiwlfd, at Mcuie,
TIiIj looiencai to theli Hiidi thaKotana did alhire,
who ISnMdi tliem aH^'d : where ataunditeia ftinr lapll
-Ilu>Or«iBnalneohU,thatKaredTODeeaeap'dt ■
Yea, nnod PaodrMua' lisht hhoaalf could hardb ftaa.
Who. when h* la* hla lUn Italia rhiitnlid ts b^
And bj hiiycaamt baa hla paaaed enei Itound,
Aa br e later war to cun a fbrmer wound.
Doth reiijftifccMa|vweT,tomokeaieGDfid fight 1
Wlteu the*, wboaa Satta wlta had erer-malcht bla ml|hl.
Loth what thn nt to Isaa, u poUtici; ciat
Hii anaia* to la&an, In nttlng lo Ihem hat
ABUgonua el Mend, and Anaelel Ida peer
(Sut^'d la tb« liH Btht) br fllti who hired w««
tUo tikc Ofaeian camp tta'hiiiUni nlitit la gn.
And Mgn the* were ■tol'B ftit^ 10 iMt alBaa to ahow
How IhcT ^^ ban the nxdl of bH the Tintaa pride i
And Ddaiof tham haUi( the oadulaua Oredam cuidi
Into th* ambuahment naai, that acerelljr wa> laid :
6) to tite Trolaiia banda tlH Oreclaoa warebMiafMi
nndraaua leu auTpriiM i hla crown who to redeem
[Which acaroalr voith tbdr "rooa the Tndan t>o* aataei
llgelr alaaarr lone atlitalnU did wDllDal)' innaae 1
And (fbr alBBtinalaafueofamitraadieacc)
Bright lUNfcnThla^ild, ftv wi& Id Bnitiu (*>a.
And (unlibl tbMa a leet, with all Udnti tb^ isald cat
To Kt tliem sut to aaa. Wbo laBnchlng. at the Ian,
T)w OB Lenedi H^l, an talej and, en thai pan-d.
Unto a wtaife buUt to (real Dfana therB,
TheiHlileBrutvawaBli wiae TtItIbI' to inquln.
~ ^-^ , ..—pa mifBa raar
that ritbllT Tr^an were,
*—--'•- and (hnato etaiof .
ould dean? tba 14* of AHoB. blihiT MmI ;
flantalaldiita^l tbMr nnmbafa now daoay^ ;
Bt nbnlibl^ the Teat, bla bcpaa eboBid tbmc be atald t
Whei* fton the itock or iW, llHae pidlaanl Unp dwuU rii^
Whoaa tnuqiual* ftoa the wait, the wmM •hMUnat waee.
luaaaawerU; ant with Iwpa, b> aaa A*t pu( a|^i^
iMt under lall, the houn do anlaftBin
Vnita alfMi of nndrr ikorei, wbieta tber ftm ftr deaoy :
And TiewlBf wHh ddWit tt* Aaartan BOBBtabii Mfh.
One walkbw on the da^ unto bta Mand would aa;
(AiIhaT«bwdaomal3l)'&>|oallf IdalaT.> ^ Ckiet
Kn^hlaral
wCenikcy.B
OUUaa -nnvt lki~-_-. — ,
Upca the Iaew3 atlU, ai^ ^lUna IV Oe deM
"— HaurttanUmakej wbereBulirnflD,lber iM
eranaht (jet nacrT'di of tb'ancienl Dardan kind,
brare Anianar tamitit ftcai out the Oreekiib qoHa
lodf renowBed 1^07 1 cf Ihee and oT tbj toila,
« countrj had not beard F) which to tbair («iail tfam
at Coriuau bad, the itnaiitet of mortal men :
whom (with 1^1 beaitalDiaBa-i wUI ther ibow.
Who eH^ b^ won aloH with them to lo,
Th*T all lotetber put Into the wU'CT plain ;
OR Umaa Wllh ^ntea, oft wlUi nnHten of the mabi
DUtreiaedlD thirirwiTi whom hau A»b4^ to tbar.
TbcaeptUan drat thar paai which Jove'i paat rh did nttr,
(PbU >» in atOT paR pomhIbi araiT loui}
In Aqultain at laK the IUob raea arriie ;
Whom BtriHlT In reeulaa when aa tboie tacnanta atriir*.
The; (anchmina thsB at drat but to nftaata theli Oee^
"- — •■—aaaTafBBNeonHWTtbeBtocnei)
r warilka youth, advaooiBf to tlH aborK
i which BcneirM udi dangar at Uie dear,
mahrtui Ht to niae bla pewftd fimei
an beat of mbylad *oi »°d born,
■■tall where Cd^mh raa
._ • thkik-aet ■niadrau of the Aiea,
And withlii arued « laid on auch deadly blow^
"^ - ~ beapa orliMem IruBki aacta paiaaae (tint up ^itilai.
IraflUni baTlB* kiat Ibe besour ol the Uil,
InhlaralB-dpbwYai not io to ^ra Ihembnaih :
-■' "--bmUitbefteadbTCOBqueBIBlndaatta,
, _ .bam beftt*. hopM now to do no faaa,
(The Uke Ineounge Ml) Hand Ar the Ilka aaseaat.
Iban atani and dcadlj war put on hU horrid abua g
And WOUDdt appear\l ao wide, a> If tha (rare did aaiie
TDaw»llawba!batoncei which itnFr* aa both ahU Ml,
When they wUh (la^Bbter eiem'd to be anctaded aO :
Where Turon (of the faat) Bnta^ aktec^ TaUaal —
,^_.. . ...J nachlalyirt
B* multKudaa sf man yet orerrnat at ft
Hla nobler UBCIa lbai*» to bla nnuortal ,
llie cl9 Turon built, and well endow'd the lamB.
" For AlUoB HlUni iben, th'anind «uicklir ban,
(01 DanriDthbwaridnenhaUaDloynilweie,
with ihoBU haard up loHaiTan, when tbey behi
And In thii aery place irtere Totnet
Firat eat tbdr godi of Tny, kimlH t
Iben (braalBi thia idb loM pnrnia'a uem naaon^
Amoaeat the ranad ^B tbcM manauauiianta aougtat,
WboTof their dndfUl kind] fapoall the 'ActaH, baougtat
Oreal Oamnaco^ an oak that by the neta coold tear :
So ^ehty warajthat Him) the man who Uted ttaara 1
But, Ar the uie of aimi ha did not BBdaruand
{Eieepl aoDK rock or treb that comlne neat to band
He iaa<d oat ef the enith to aecuta h% nee)
He cJiallaBie Biakaa Ibr itraBcth, and BBbRtta there bit gifb
Which Corin takelb ui, to anawer by and by,
Upoa thU eon of earthli b utmoat power to £7.
*■ All douhtrul lo which part tha TicUiT would rv
^00 that lofty place at PBiUBsuth all'd Itaa Hoa^
Tbaaa mighty wreatlen '• met 1 with many u IreAd hot
Who thraaten'd, >a tha one hold of the other look :
BuL grapplad, aiawiiu die ihhiea to their apatfcling eyea.
And, whlM at length of aim one hum the Ubcr HuL
Thait luety dnewi iwell like eablea, aa they itrtTe :
Their flwt lucta tnnipllBg make, « tho' thar tm'A tn dilie
A thunder out of auth, wUch ftiwRM wtOi Ibc weMl :
Tbua, either'i ntmoal IhToe uiaV IB the greataat ba^ihi,
Whilit caie ivn hla hip the oilier aeeka to Uft,
■--•■•'•■'— — (liyalumldotbfnMiblacnn^ihlft,
bt uuubM btaalh a hdtow Dolae doUi mak*
"nieD Corin up doth lake
I and Ttddii« oTbli hiM
HI: aawbevanusititb thnw
en tb«Mdd the land]
Tbey leapt out otOa place, and laA Iba band land
" DcacrifUHioflhewreMJlag batwiit Onbma ai
IP! ■o'lMilaUnrll^
riv wqwa, the coHualBf fini^ an CDrlnvoi bn
nil hon «r lud bMow?, iDd mufd it *lth hi
OfCorl^Cainwitcd'iLtBbbinBiictilttaM."
ClMC'Diit ddhwlai Unu tk« awBiia BniU't I
InammM with bR npnt, tha ateuiNB* riTiiW- '
So hl(lil} her to nlK UiU TlivTwEoa bulk
Bt Iw b4>nd ayBiph dwr Ltnn) vkleh tf
And KiUt iritb h«Hird«t«iiidiMd Uftn
NoteontdllMtoi
Tbvir ture»u> fnw B cnit, « Ibnod Ibem U b
To hA *iHitbB hU, u baa do wbcn Uin oat ;
And br tbdr In^kiai prtdi bow bnd itae itH ba*
Wh«D an tb* HBatfT HUB ultta bksd of SuoM *
ThM rinr, u I Bid, wfaleta h^ M«mln\l loH
The delUfB of the Dub cuolji to bno wok
ItuUctlTBHlBM: Hd itadTlu bo« to do
Tbe DcA tboB blfh iMpHti taAuInc hH Bnm,
iBTHrth iDcidh Ei, who ftoB ta«K£M ■»!«
Her Httia BniM hi" — ■ "-— •
nlolMtlUI: BRnhHrioKlyeilpL
ho' mtiiiu Hde btbI l^nu RBtl* iLipa
vkdnM b«ln bar aornalfii to Bdit i
Bb iirtBa OrE^claar Wtrer iiid tba CUU,
To wis *n UJa aiBs, that L«er* ■ uedltB (OTt i
And raiting hit old Teat, UKta Ui fbnBoa itore
The ludlod to nrjeb, tb* tenanta wond'roua puor :
V/bo baftog laM bla tbein, be than oanauinB hki own.
That witb But *ain afmtf* upon the prince la tbrswn :
So tbaaci the laaaar bmika unto the trcatar |aj j
TlbefTeetcr. tb«Bsilaa|ieiidaUnponBbeica:
Aa, Otni (tlW barname doth oT Ibe gttera takik
AboandlBf In bar buki) and At, thali utmoet nuke
To aid alout Db^ tbit rfwM Bnite'i MoiT to rariTc.
For whan tbe SaioB drat the Biltau RbiIi did driie,
Sooe IB Into tbo bUb thenuelna o'er Sertm abut :
Upon taka potait of land, tar rvAiav, otfaan put.
TDtbubim>«neeo(inUealiin&UBitn Fbrwhere
OacM BiBle dial dbenbarqu'd bla wuid'ilnf Tiuluia, than
EDa oaniOB (aSn itog apulat the Inner land,
WbCD tbn Uw Suion power no lootn could withatand)
FoandrtAfOlBtbtirllChl) wb*r* Anand Otrej dnt
Oay* thcK poor uula toortu, eppawt w]lb crlenHU IhlnL
Here 111 umjroke awhile, and turn mj ateedi to Beat :
The land (tona iBt* and wide i mi leaB baslu to iweat
POLT-OLBION:
The Hub IVob Uanbwood way coidh
AleiK the aboi* Ihinq^ Cbvir'i land
Wbei*, a«r JoU'd. ber baM to oBol,
— - --—a ber In tbe plauant Pool :
Tbanob o«r had atnln doth KowY,
Ita Mab to nami Md brine dowH SUnr ;
Ttfa with NtB-FsBt, u aSe ihip
er acUre dlgbl '
la waftad to Ae We or vniht,
1>| tee the rout tbe iaibgoda keep,
Thair iwigiarin* In the Bnliait dmn.
Haupahlre-warri
ningberftnatf
■Mitca trpa^ tmh, my ttuac, whlM ret Ibe ttmi
Inrtts.ui auTji on to hiicen our repair.
Tbou po«*rtUl god or flamfl (In rene dlvlnelT greet
-nu4 blgh and «Uo thing! I >ngbtlT aay not tall,'
Nor UgGt and Mia tora BT Una mar Tilnlr awell i
Sut aa BT aublect latvea, K> high or knr to itnln,
'-'totbeTaningaaith ao aiilo my irar-' '-
"-1i«, ui Dj wvk thou Bar'at i
•fbMt, Natnet, ui my
Thai B Umu drat ftnnd'it ArLan
8al,tottilne(Fwnadrthat^dlr
Mm hods do the beat, la l^tatli
jGihauhulbeTtaiilD, - —•-'■-
Art, anddldat ber ruka i
Tbeai tUng* an In B7 KH I BMnral^ Bar ihow [
HOW, aa the BountaTn high i then, b the nllar low ;
Han^ftultAilH Ibe Bead; lbere,u tbehiMhbebuci
Then, aa tbe iloaaiT wood, I mar be tough, ibougb nre.
Tbn' Ibe Dacaettan B^i, IbSlle in open Tiew/
From Mudimad'a (ndtAil illemyiniiiinoailoBakc
[Ai Fbobuj tMUBg up out or tb* eutem fake,
Reftrali'd wlHieaH and >leep_ la to tola labour prcatt
Em ae tbe Wnoilng Muae, here bolted wItb thia leat.}
Wheraai the little LGn ulsnf doth biIt creep,
And Gar, that cDmlag down unto the traublaa deep.
Bring) on the iKlghb-rIng Beit, wfacK bat-nlngm^In-d but
From an the BriOdi tolli, Ax hemp moit hatUr nnk
Doth bear away the beet j toBaat-pin, wbidi halb galn-d
That piaiie mm enry puce, and wotOiIIt obtaln-d
Our cordage ftoB ber iBie ', and eiUa lAoald be Bade,
Of any IB that Und HUM n Aw nurlna tradk
NotaanrM taBtbe ihoT^ aloA when CHieall lift)
Her ridged anake-Bkt landi, in wredu and ■aould'riiH driftt^
Which by tbe touth-wlnd lattM, arc hcaTM so Unle btlU -.
Whaaa nalliea wiUi hla dowa when Ibaulng Nmnn* AUl
Uj90oathiiwandiwanatlhenak*daauiyHra>Hitde
Within the ouiy pnoU, mdtnlibU ereiy tide:
Which ninnlngon, the lib of Portland n^ntetll oM i
Upon wbnie motited itln, wllb aan-weed flrlngV about.
The buuM ceni fanedL tbM, drawn out of Se bnut?
A brittle Aalk becoBaa, miB greeolib turnM to Uaek :
Wbldl lb- anclaala Air tbe lore that they to Wa bare
Otialr goddea meat BdorM) ban laeref An h« halt:
or whlSi tb* Niladt and the blue Herelda> Bak*
Tb«Btaudrls«fiiclbeltBecka; wban vontna In lb* lak*.
Th^ to their aeoM bow's the laa-godi cnteitaln.
Where Portland froB bar Up doth Dver.pcertfar — '-
Her ragtad (tont (npaPd (on *ieiy part) with i
ThouriiTndlgcntafwDad,yitmughtwith wool
Hcial Bunoua lOr her folk euslline with tb* ■Uru
Of any Dtbet here tbla land iDh^UBg i
Tliat therewith they In war oOknilr^ Bight wb..^,
irret theuHofthotlnTentloB bad But liniod.
Where IVeo tbe neighboring hlUa her paoage Wey doth pat!
urk^„ b — _ — , — , — * -I— - walchlieBldjlay,hata
'oollraocki
adhweaU bewail.
, atteaiwauil,
Ai they IhaitatrM that tbouabt tba largeat ahHlB to nr)ad 1
But man'! derontaig hand, with an the earth not IM,
Huh hew -d her tlnbs down: which wounded, when IIML
!lTUvegia*ta^a*ittMd*,th*WBlpnenae*B'dtatdl
Ilw toB Itaat to the land would thortly coo* tbBiby,
WbeRH
OrwddMiaui
Tbeibn«aBB
*ioft£]
n aea tbe bannlaB deer aaaalL
. of paw'r to ibleU llMB than IM wind.
tuMhlbelYooab "toolatLalaal weflUI
' awBd, conflnuH tfarough lay aoU,
w of UBreoorerM ipoll (
^rthla,berowB.
',DJ qidMng In hi
ould," iguath iha, " (If wjliliei belpAil were)
that lUB* of Whlte-hart bidat bets known,
k-moor idU. which lightly wu thine mnk
change Airctold the ruin of thy atate :
IMn* Fivoahad pail.
Appruaeblnc near tbe Riol, at Watefaam en her war,
Aa aai'ly ahe doth Ikn iBIe the peaotAil bay.
Upon ber nobler Ude, and to the aoutbwanf Bear.
Fair Puibeck aha behoUi, which nowhere hath ber peer :
So plaaanily In-U'd on D^cbty Ntntune'a uiarge,
A ibreat-nyBpb, and one orcliaiteDlaaa'a chajge,
Imploy'dLuwoodiandlawnaheTdeertoAedandklll;
And often ha halh ■oo'd. which neotr would be wm :
Bat Fuibeet, a prohat a fauntiea and a nun.
The wide and wealthy aea, nor all hlinow't re^ecta ^
Hie ugly orka*. that fa Utelt b^tlie Ocean woo.
WbUat FrooB wu troubled thua, where Bought ibe hath
The Pldd^ that tbla whlla boUrT'd her nimble thet.
ADd harlng Id b« train two llula ilender illla
Bealdea hn proper firing, wherewllh her lunka ihe DUi.
To whom alnoe dnt the world thli lain name bet lenl.
Who anclrnll; wa> known to be Initlled Treul '.
I ByactofpattlamfBllntheSlatsrHen. VIII.
) T)\e beauty of Ihe many (want upon the CbeaUt, noted
^ S^nyBtdiL
WhIM
OftpnluiiL J , —,,
Tbiu PMdla hB iHpiik^ to jpw Ihl Una awiT :
" Whoi Pad',"*iuth(Bb°in>T«m(,i1iHlf la-bcmiUw,
0«l AlUon IDtiliDiFBpfcKcuiiHtiuitorwui
■i-hE ddst, Bninkic; cmll'd i tha ucmd, Fuwt Mght;
Th( jouniat iiHl UiB Uut, HKl l«Kr Ihui Ihe oUin.
Baint HellMl'l name doth bHT, Cht dtlling of hir mottier.
And Air Ul< pHullr Pool wu ob> at IlKCii' tnin,
Omt Albion lUiu bte-thought the iiniiT (sil4(o wouUt
BoCii on tlie dun aiHl bnto ••>■ Hlui nrain •!» cevU]
I' th' taaom or Ui> Pool hki liiUe ehlMKD p&D-d I
Flnt Biunkw;, Futttt aaxt, and HUle UallHi lart i
Then with bit miglicif mu doth clip the Fool abont,
Tb kHp U» uiTT queen (Bern AnphiifiM out :
BBllie11l<>od;rDanc.- ,
And, Imt,Hw Norman took potaitanafttwfUea!
Tliiiie Bfv onoe isplrU tba Fata to biMa alioat,
TlwBiaUhUiwnAiW; tbc KnMfl llneaic out
Tbn, tboae pnxllaiaua abna to poadar aba taasan,
Wbldi altnward anln the BritDBi wnok Ibra-ran |
Hew hen the svl al DMO In taibUc Omu Baa Kcn,
Ai Ihoiitb the pewlad lowna hid vajHit deaerta been.
And wbiM thilaaiblj toad out gf Ma kola doth eiwl.
And makea hb (Uliome atool anild the |«ine*^ hall,
4lia errnal Anntaln tomU una a son mon^
And bloody laeuaa bnlM (Uke uleera) from the nomd t
The lena, nalnM IbdT courae, wtth double tUn ntun,
And uAwmaMa b« nteht Ae boUInt t*^ to butn.
Thua thlnUn*, DrdTSlair bntln her tsa-rta the mabi ;
WildiLUda^l^adetJiollti than Dalaa ben her tnia
— "- — •— natfadrwfiTtribBtjtTUit!
WIkb, IUu aone cbUdMi wentli, tfaalcaMlr *
With Ucka Hid fUdj tana aeeaga to InWaai.
Baniil her BdiAl banka than flintaid ahe dedl acn'r,
UntUabehHUrnMbdavAlenlnhernee:
Which caiuilT cooalfa down Aob bar dear mMm oiaii »,
OrCnnlnurathdlacall^; who frntlT J«)ra to ■•
A Tiiecboniorhcr.ftn'atMif^ihaaldcaibin'dh^
Of Ihat nniiwned flood a Dmnulu hMI* gneU
' WhUat Cnnboutn, ll>r ker ehUd aa Riitunatalji Jinc'i,
With aohoea (ranr nr Molaudi her Alan'a ataia,
A HidilaB nolw Iton Hoftii in in" to eongiitulat*
With Cnuduani, (01 her braa* Bo happily baaunrU :
When, la her sdfhb^Bt ehaae, the oOHtaoua Ibrcrt ibaw
So liM-eoncelT^^ that fnm whtjdnc btir«<\
The StItuh In tK^ionta thdr BhtbAd BWMlBf WU I
And Wn^ thai in aindaa and iloOMr dlBblaa dwell,
Ann wbootuc to the hlQa to d^ tbdr ruder bandi.
A< licit bad done beAn ao C^tod'a IKidlT laundl
(Whleb l(iU upon Uie Foot) enrlab'd with (^Vu Talua,
WhtEfa CHIT dar bevaU that deed ■> IWior dcoa^
WherAj ahe (nov aopraud) bacaMt dtatft— tod :
PTDVIdlna tan to keep thoae beaiCi h*s plaa&d the^
Whoae lawlw irUI ftna hoBCe iKRn haSdHTM nan ;
That where the haanirwaawaiinU wltb*lniar'iAaitia(Kr%
The melnchcdjr ham la Am4 In bcahea and brfeta t
Ilia aaed ranptok ttuuk, when phFWnen emt their aeod,
Aitf chnichea OTcrvlielB'd «lth MMlea, fn avl weed,
Bt conq'ilM WIDIaiB dnt cut air ftwcraiT Dado,
1^ on tUa laeant ptneo, and unrreauentad ibore,
New tonce mil DhAt land, UaMthoie here belbre.
Bat itH, aa br a kini aad eoMutfar mad* ao iraH,
By wbHi ih* waa aOowU and^lmllcd bar aat,
Into her ann aritpcaiie noit InialtaillT bnka;
And her leaa Adlow.Bniph> New.CSreai Umabaqake;
"ThouBuekbolt><bDWWiHi ao M th; aMet Ben » i
Chule », kneel theu at lar nana aa thia itda af Iha Aba :
Where, Ar ibric ioddeia.aia the Dirada » ihall adaca,
WUh WahhaiB and thabre, that ou the eaa-wom ah«a
See Mthe aauUiem Uia A* lUaa at Hit W niB 1
.ajvi^u} au wHh ttM,
wonhip diH^
the ipriRbtlr Taal arUni v la ChMi
ID iicnxn, hat lUy. gr«H waknaia ihoukl IsipaTe,
That aha, to her am wroog, and tfray other'i ktmL
Would neadi be tellliw Ihlnia eiceadlnt aB balicr:
for ihe had (lT>n K out, South-hanplon ^nukl not lea
Hrr (Ubow BerliK^ went in her paw*! to chooac-.
Andflwarpm Ar^"-*""-' * — ""-- ^—
WhaeallKMDL ,
And awore.ih'Ingkataw tine aht_._ ...
But what H would obanu^ ik* wsuM re
For. ftiBithat woodioa pond >', wt —
Blacaa bj the wa*,l^ wht^ ah
WIndiHtcr, thaf ata-i ■■
oipBnd^wbtaetibedatlTeaherbea^
(pldXl
iMH
She tUnu In BU to* laia not any nten aa an^
And ftir ■ dendisd ih* would related be.
•■ SwaM alatorudn»,"igBBth iSat, •• MhM TOO what n)a dOj
Thhik thla ; Ibr each or ua, the Kiraata ban an two :
Whogir you nak a tUa* whercor the* hold can laka,
Belittle, orbelBHch, Siey double iAtt It aukt"
WhonlliimblahelMhnili a hanriioaie proper Bood.
In ooaruay wdl aktiIU, and ana Uut knew her (ood :
And nsthlu of that idad i^anr war aOow. '
BoiMeatiiOluiihalh nattha BrMA Ouaelnband,
About thi^B laiai daoe that now (ha cannot itand.-
Themoiathey her perauade, the more the datbpvalat:
Let Ifaen lar wbat [hey will, the will do what ahe W
Om itUai beneir thab ehlcOand iwam ahe wll OBBBBd )
mich when the rtrera heard, they ftither ipaach tabar.
And>be(tonlcaBal>indribMoi^aBeB-ducan) '
To tint th' alchl*r«n«B(a inai «r Baria thua betan :
•■ Badeuhted knight,- quoth ah& " O iMM nnowaad ma
Who, when thou wst but youaa, thy molbar dum naavre
Seat wlctadly aadugad by (hMBdawM lore
lbedut«, at that tina the Ahaaln a^petn'B acB)
nat iba thy alie to death dtdaya% kfa«M " —
bch dtrautBHie wkaaof aha lan^ dd male I
Tlien hi har aonc punuV bla aMtbei^ deadly bate ;
And bow {hy Sabv'a hand) whan tha tinaoaSl kla d^
Where kiB( upoB tha downa a itiqhad^lUt h* lad r
TIU, by Ihe ffiat rccounak he cane at kaialh In knv
-~ — tbewatoutcortd hiadlr bcjftho abaw
marrlaaa-ftaat to Wr dcataaoptoB *aw
1 to thaEM who kH har huibaad alew :
w GouutiT thcnaboW oooU biadlr hotdtbe abaw
!■ BOthaA ma^la|a.ftartln Wr fcuthampton *aw.
And In hia band hia hoak) ui
Aa harju In hia heart a reao
Whoe praaalM at lb« rI* thcnuttttiide^Dau
Uteponar to that plana, hli (Btranee that Itebad*
That the poor amtity iknB
Tin bndna and mliW'd hli
Where ™urf"raii Mnnlure iit embraced by h
WboLcuUty IB hlDudl) had ha not Berli ipy
>> The IbreiU of Hampthln, with their lUl
I* Hyinpbi that lire and die with Hki.
" A Ml near UMa Alri^brd, ytckUni ac
dance cfwtUr
ne ihln potiherd broke.
POLY-OLBION.
K""-
lEv hcT will : «no thlptjdnf hln 4wjit
A*.thc7 badaot t
, , .....(» U» minliint Uiiog,
wbenwllliil to gaOt) Mi kknO
"--" ^flyoua; thg iplMJwir of Tboi
in tbow^ of |n» uhI iHi)aly :
Thrkbui Hut often lu'dwtth gnu dtUgtatu
Upu Uul Eii^rfi auL ButUinHhtliclon
OX) Berti alfiil bo ~ "■" ■"'" "-"
ut UwiHh tkc km t» bon
111 duanler tm Uqhi Bor*
who, Iknta ttw liou Ihit flnl
beh^cL, Mt her nabouu ptnc'd
WulliBt ibmR 1 ilHI JiMu, u hn fiwt,
S'i VMienton of hg brg—t.
the Odd! bow u hd nut (o ipect,
'-~ - I, who, In deqtlbUtal HBt,
I RcdsHHT^ Ilka
Hwre Mcli iliHhMT mika,
I thriiUMnbomiii Ihiy dmr,
idHhow^ailnr
1 M ip wbotB flakli or (ntn
DwU'wau ^^ Hulh.'B'diirk and mad-niii dML
Ai uu, tola wboia BgiRh th* diqiante Hmob" 1fai«)
And cuUlni olTlili bMd, ■ tnphy f ' " »—- .
Tbir Indlaiw wi
,On Ihit hnaa dnoni, lUli Uis CDuntqF to dcMn>T ;
WhoKidna itiiKk llkai luce, trhoaa Tcnoa tli itttmj
AiiloUliiMW>lplV<H: bliHdaillkaihMdisrbnHi
Hli Kodf, wh« he mnM, Uka mu irawMih mu>,
Er'n biuk-d IM HUd (ulb. WUdi biUIr barlDC •«(,
— '\ M ttia mndrr ■"■>• ">■( teifhi tbento beloiii,
bt 7>t Ik* A^iel liat csune bow h* CUM bui to ihow
WbkW,..
InEuST'
UnUfiii
[land hare d^fl. haw he b)r dint
ill Ilia, which iDttiag at
ef oabBrina tnluth up I
itoDutblek.U
ordi* Fleodi.
that oft pnrtolB her Ind^
helil^nt riaco,
nthefnat'MiD Brtulb'i^nica!
ill her n)riii|ihi her lOTeraign bt'mh Ibui,
Twlit Panwl(h-ti' (utbat point u
'sa
nint gnat Britain Ibr hn niolher.
wn not l4BUt*i^ Mlfean boia^
mth^ and Munt to court hai oAl
Tlib itreanii do Airnlth evert nevdi
lb their flne Kit fVj towct lUnil
itwlxl tha (Drr jAdd aai tba Ann, *
■ea, which we the Solent tnm i
eTuI lldta, u In her MrelgMa Ih^ mee
LI and roan oaeb olhai rw)al]> gnat ;
Ihtj charga, ud iidlt make ratrtu,
. Ri of Hum and Calibeot* baal,
laBptsnnin; which bjr h*rihonui|i>li'd,
U PORmouth by bet ilnorih] doth TilUy theli prtfi;
Both nadL.lkat with our hot may boUlji hold Oialr iOm,
or PhawiAh'i MU-hath bonte mote braw -■-'- --^ - -
Where tlMK tough U
With boUt-roui A«l
Whkh laicelr whan
The pearly ilch Peru'. .
HaT* boni Ihait (Ulkiimad
To tlu Ml latutai'd buk,
Whetathey ' ■
ilpa Ihu thaji
oie"'"''
iiHorFlile:
To tlu Ml
Whetathi _,__ .
The danger quIteTorntwherelnuiey wereoTlat^
Who^fK me^ »' « >»•**' HX' >>^ »alaT; ,
TnaiiiwirdGait t£rireyca,aodptay ftahaj^
And EilandiUiat ,
•W-'«
otoutdafd)
IttS
CalI'd PomeT.whencTttatbiTrf:
By h*r, two Bttle lalai, her ^— ■-
With Ibwe within the Pnol, >« «.».
The jnitat HiUag bMil ; and lUren
Vet Tkotney Tety well, bul wnnwhat
WhoHhaantliaAicawliMaidinilBad., ... ,
And by the TrltoBil'tidd Id mighty Kcpnne^ court,
Old PntauiS haUi been known to IcaTa hii Dnn; hen
And In thclt dght to ipunge I
Tha laa godi, which about thi
Han cAen lor Oielr lakn abi
That Thctift many a time to Keptune bath complains],
Hgw for Lhoie wanton nympha her ladlei wete dlidaln'd ;
That aoon the nolae thereaT [hrough all the ocean rung.
\. When Foitiey, weighing weQ th* 111 to bet mlghTgiow
In diat Ihehr o^ghty atin BiAii be hei nnrthtoir.
She unoglr ureightnelh InBwentniDceloberlsy;
TkaL or their haunt ditwi'd, and Ihut out to the ica,
(Each nnall eoncdnd wrong hdpa on dIatmpaiV ragd
ko eouuel eould ba hardtlitir cbdet to aiiwage i
When erety one luvacli tiM next that li In plica
Sub* osmlBg flm the cait, aome An the (ettiag WD,
Tbt l^nld nuunlalni iHU together Mulnly run )
Ware woundath wave Ig^ : ■«! UUaw.UUow gona I
And tapay-IUTT ao fly tumbling ■» the ihora^
FniD hiBc* th* Ssknt m, ai HBia men thought, might itai
Amonnt thoat thing! which wccati wondencf our land.
When mwlng up fhal itieann, ao negligent cf lUne.
AiEllllhUTnTdaiabe7«ta> '- ■■
By Bert and WaHh— — ^ ■*■
lj»<jj^»p»
DRAYTON.
Did AidHi" wbathou ■Hct'it, « doil ftir Stisin
T»ll lh*Bi, lb»t 11 UwT "Mt^ w •"T "W *> "M :
WUh them, w» ofoar mltft any be Bich mhert h«l
POLY-OLBION:
ichritadhif twrji
te bnati nil upoi
To Anloa to Ar^ut'i fnn,
ShIIt IwnKivi'il of Orhi mc.
Then with ddlghi di« bnnlr Mnp
The prinnly Ptrrtt from her iprlnci J
Piiqwing for the learned pin
(The neit In wmg) In Ihe Setem tet.
Up with the iocund Urk (loo luni we (ite oui reel)
WhUK *•* ine bluihlDg a^wn out Df the cheerful e«t
It inhering Ibrth Die iAj to light the Uuk alone ;
"Whiiie moit delightful touch, end iweetoen of ha »nc
Bhill Rme the liutr twaliu out of Ibe cauniry towu.
To le~l the lodu lUla tn danna to the dowu.
Tb« njimplu. In Mweod'i ihadH and Bnden'i wood! thit be,
Tbeli oaken wtwUu, O lluie, ihill oAkr up ta tbt«. [nnk.
And who thoa ihuW tbj eouiM tswYdi where the adl l>
The Saneceetlan nulili,faT iweOInc BibitB'i bank.
Shall Miew the war niai BDWen (irtMre Ihou lit ceolng onj
BTDuriil from Binbi naiadi br and Anion.'
Fnn StnuB ttan we Mt, nooT^ ftam wboK* It NMd
Bt A«n to ccride, h«T doarat-kind Sood i
Whoc her Impetliiiu Ane' her Annei ee^ i
ADd'proudljoTer-toathoneSoui ''
What [daaiiua hath thb Ul^ otm
In urt Dboa, but poor onto tbe rten.,
The eti£kTCIiUt«ni> IWdi, DOC Kehsanb !
With EvKtef * fat iton ina iwlftueii of her nam
df eioala wed, nor Ht a ilahtn houn^
->■ — ■~>-'rentandCile£n*lafh(B2
Mot ani wl
Norteithi
Wheceu lU.
Aa Guteriej ' POMat I
A nd oh hi! uateh at ■
be matehai ;w1t tir-^
ifaU Ihe BMttem prEda}
« upon tholr e^Dowan.'
oil » mind a hone Jeth bread,
.Ai doth the land that Uh betwlti the Tranl and Tweed I
Vo hunter. aiL bat fliidi Ihe bceedHif of the weit>
llietiDly kind of houndiltaTBuath and noatrll belt s
That coU doth leUoai fttt. no- ■■— '-^ •■-" ■
Una, lurd and louih, of re .
> tlwt hound which Laocaihin dolh breed j
irth«niklBd,iDUahtai>dbaIoripe ~
irer chaie, or on the Rtlled tr^n.
?^"th?'el
■ SallibuTT ehunh.
huiT church.
In BoeUpghimhLre,
> natknheitnittof IcoDMid.
.■> Tba bat Una of SgoKlih ■>•(•.
" A flPaoui Yorkihlre horee-raca;
* TbewaMar«ho>nA|nMnaijUieb*
nowDed eten wbare)
Hath wocthDv obtain^ that Stoaendge there ihoqU Maud :
She, lint oFiiyDii and that, flntwenderof the land"'.
She Wanidl£e alK wlui, br wha_ aba li embraed.
That Id hli aaed aroa duth glnl her ampler walat :
Who Iftir a mMiti mound dth hw ha &d nn^a
Betwixt the MetcUni rule, and the Weit-8aiiina retf*,
— thereAire of bia phna bimMlf he pnudir hate)
vcn oft been heard wltk atanendfe to coBBparaf
Whom br a palttT ditdi, ^MU StoDCBdce plcaa^ !■ upUaid,
~ oMmiiilaUn(bMit,Uiutlolh*ltnpliTUU-
Dull htap, that thua the haad abon tha reat doat rear,
lieli ret not know'rt who nrat did place thee then I
nitor baielT tuni-d, to HatHn^ itlirdoit Ij,
with Ma auieti daa Ibjr makers tnitb bair :
r with Hma; now arawn ao mean and poor,
r tbme bta iBlrita wHb tboae that went bettn i
arteant*iflh]ibtind*r^pniietolaa(^
Than paaed creatnaai ibauld thy prcMnt wanli diaclne.
Ill dldthoae mighty nwi U triuC Aec with their Ron,
Thai haat ftinot Ih^ namei^ho reafd thee lOr thetr iknr:
He Intemipted la br that Impeiloiii Plain 1 1 ,
To hoar two cmuti doodt ta emitt her, that aj^T
Themiiliw irhlrh ibauld be aeea moat (rariooi lu
Pint, WlllT boani hoielf more wonhi than the
And better fkr derttVI : u hlTlnc to her mother
Talr Selwoodi', and to tatta* up DItb h in her t»l
Which, whta the andaui loU would nrem bv onui
ABBlleerecfaDndereazth, aaflyiBcallreaat :
And how clear Nader wait! attendance In her coun
AndUwrdbreclaimi of ri^t the Plain ihnild hold
iunt», end duth upon her taka
■hfedeful Sa remake ^3,
And what (In her behoof] mLiht any want n^tly.
She TiunU the aoodlr aeit of flnaoua SaTibuTy ;
Betwixt her eryital aimi the* nHp that kncd placeL
Report, ai lately rali'd, nnjo theae rhen came,
That Bath'i deal Ann (wut Inpertow thim^ harOiBc)
Tbdi dalUauoa Aould derUc i and that by her dladals,
SOBW Mber aDaner bIMikt, beMnglnc to the Plain,
A qnaMka ■wm'd to make, whereai the ihlra amt fanh
Two Atom, which ihouklbe the Oood of areatal worth c
Thl> ftreara, which to the louth Uio Cdtld lea" doth gel.
Or that wblcb ft«a the uath lalutelta Somenel
Thli when theae tlnn heard, that avaa but lately itnee
Whkh belt did lore tha Plain, or had the maia^beu Ion,
TfaeyRralihltbemidTeacoaifaliie: fbr Winy wlaely wetab^
That ihouM her Atoo Icae the day fbc want of aid.
The Ibe (£« being lea) would quickly her deiniur. *
Aa two Gontentioua Uiw, Uiat on each UtUe iai,
Deflancea (end Aath, ptedalMiInt onea war.
Until (oaM other tario, that on ihtlr IttaMK Bca,
Be baiarded again bj ethir cnemlai,
I>0 then betwtit themaelni la coBnealdoB fUl,
To countercbcd that iwonL alfa Ulc to oenner bH :
So blU It with tbtaa Ooada. thai deadly hattila hear.
And wbllit on idthcr part atnmg preparatlaii wer^
It greatlr war lupnoav atnnge itnlh would there bar* beau
Had not thegooSTPIafai (phKM equBlly betweoi)
FDtawun'd llim te daitit, and oV Ibiit pvrpiiae bnke ;
When hi behalf of pUn Oiua gkniauily ihe uake :
" Aw»yi',Tel]a»*roiia woodii however ye ba placM
Ob mouHtabu, or In dalai, ot happily be fiacX
With dooib, or mat^y MUX, Ath paatuie, DT with iwth
Kiatureiaadttotlll,thatbytha|reatlybiith Zmani.
large-barU bam delh fllL yea thou^ Ihe fki3t&llH
F^i Inrsipectof plalni, what pfeamrvoMibefouDd
IndaikBDdelaepyihadMP when mleta and nMca r^ —
Hang In the alaamy thlckt, and make umledhit tag
By dnanlng Iran thaboughi, the o^r-^rown treea 1
mih catcipUtan kella, atSldiiihT eohwebt han»
-lHadeadlyacmcb-awlr"- '--■ ■'
TlwlaA
InellDbll
The early iawi^ig i
a«*cb.awl dta, b glooniy (Dratt bid:
■Mh-bmw'd ^dn, ai Uberally dalh IM
hai bow>, and on hertrenMM «iV
aa the ■noolh-bniw'd '
■ninMng up liFwl^ Hearen, her bl|b.pHcbt hjHDa taik«
POLY-OLBION.
Jnon Ihc aoHj nlilM t Kt U hli mouMit'i bttehl,
)Mh ■cucdr pbnw Ihc bnk* «Hli kli IujHuUiic d^
" Thr (cnfle tbritmi* hire mrrtj tbeir intlB ilMtp:
Vmoncn Ihc tmtby woodi luiurtoui HtTii ten
I'd ibHc fann ii«ti o( IMd, sbo iriib dcitn b van.
To Kc bit ■RTbound couniL hh taofM (In illei) nin,
lit dccp.niiHtli'il hMdd to hunt. Iita long-wlng^ hiak ts ■;,
l«Drt> UDio Uw pUliu. And not > fbufhtni aS^ '
Khtn klncdonu rtgbU hnc liln upon the ipeu iDd liildd,
lut ^Iflm uvc bc*n thfl pUcc ; and ftU thoH trophbec Idfbj
U, StneDdfc, thil to tea Ihc Blltlib |Kt[ie«luB
ii Oiet iU*e Show' Aiud, here «er thill icfuln.
:t nt upon tb* ^n of Uwan tlo Ihc bmc
3r me u>il ID nir kind) wbcTCH Uw wvrii CBM
To AbnhMB Id hk lo^ md Uwfe atth him dM fted :
roam hki dear wUb Utw nanliliH the teed,
St whom ill mtiaDi thoald to UM} hoDoui'd be,
In which lb* Sod at God Uhj to the aeih thoutd itc
BuiniRiU, Iorourpli«ncUi*r«HiBDi>lll«HBeanccc,
Id vtalch all duDned dni moi« nbantnaj (hall imc.
AdheI whathiieliMr na; *|o Ihcn ib^ riM,
fa iHuelBi of the (ODd of thdr put^tlUtri,
rhat or TOur gnateil (kmc* they leuee tliiU Icne ■ OM
Bj which the bwnilelt deer MUX liter tbcttcrM be]
thrir liuHTT Add |*ld* but only to viilntalii.
And faiTOurlaDccucHihiilltiiiBTCilllapdD.''
Tliui endlDc i thouch laiM bUU thcmielKe thu do q^ly
To pkuc Uie inly pliln. Kill tlandlna in her tyt.
Did wwcb upliiiid ha ipeKh (h Hanidonu, whae bead
Did AmhiTifai dsth iwi, and B^den mm hit tied,
SurwlH gf the Vtet, whoM HUw de aUura
Both O^fiary and Saint Ann lanftboriwlD ineon
KountHutlatJall: aod ha (hoc* billi ttiat ttiBd alooC
Tlui* bntbert Baibwy and Badbuiy, ahoie nooF
Adda much unto fact pndic) yet 1b noat U«fa BladalD
rha ftWMti take har woidi, aod drew thc.pratlnf naiD
Qmn old, btain to doat : and BtTOBata to Diucb
li g^led irith bv tuDia (whom Ihtf to oeulj toueb)
TbU (be In t^umi l«u ddet her to her bcci
ADd Aldhum witb the ntt, though bclD( bul a chaie.
When It waa Md lo her, act ma neh a throat.
That all tha eountn tus. aha calli har barren lad*,
BaK ipieaii, aad it'ei'd >Uch, and widi'd the could be mad*
But worthy or bar hat^ (which PUM gf all her gtleoca]
TiM huatt bicgai'i baw^ a faaAourer 0/ thlena.
Than Pfluham, and wKb her old BlaekBwre (dm behind)
Do wlita that ftoB tha ieai umw lultiT fMitheni iriDd
The fiiul tnAothia dumt aod poiMB'd iln would iwaen
And poor tbein en the FUn, to lot ber and her fhecp.
But wbUH the tportlrt Uuie ddiihti hn with theie thlnm
She ttTwifdy takcD It with thoac dcUcloin iptlnii
or Kenn« ridna her^ aod oT tha nciiler ttream
Of Ilia, lettiD* firth upon ber way to Tame, Ct^fT"'!)
By Crccklada; wfaoia (reat name yet 'aunb (hat laamed
Where lo Oraat Britain lint the laaMl Hutet tong 1
Which Bnt were ieatad here, at Itb' bounteoot hold,
Ai telling that ber Itmt ihauld through the wcwld ba ipread g
And tenqned by tbh «sad, to Oxlhtd afUc eaaia^
There likewlH to d^l^thei MdcgrooBi, kiTcly Tame :
WhoK bmuty ■hmtEey aaw n much they dU adare.
That Grtefclade they ItalMvk, and would go hack I
nen Bndoo gantly bclngt Itath Atob ffira be
WUch anittawaid mallDi toon Id hv
BenH'HtheientleCalDa: wbeniaL__ .
FInt BUckDHMT cnwna hec bank, at Fnabam *Hh her piU*
Scti ont her nunainlng iholea, tin (tunriag to tha wait)
Her, SonxiM reealrca. with all the heuoUaa bleat
Thai Nainn can produea hi that Batbofdao ■prtng,
lyom tha iulph'17 uhHt ber nadVina] bne doth bitog ;
.i-u-.k A-"-' -^ut by ctrfonr, taita, and tmcH,
sB^
ti coottnuallT It wrought)
which BUdud bUhsbiwight,
' the hatha thouU be begun ;
, aBilDa,^lbalM(*ltbigSuD
OlTlni that ucural pow^, whMi, by the *lg*inu awaat,
Dotfabnd the llnlT ipilngi Ibair pBduiaMe heat
In patting arnnh the tduwbae nutter deth not need i
Which In that ulaamua earth loaep'nHT dMh breed :
So MOai* hath pBnyM, that doriPC Blllwr lelgD
n* tatbi tb« rutin power fhr erer thai] lelahi ;
Where Ud* thai city bum, which to hat graalar ftme,
PrtterTll« or that ^B^ paRlcipataa bat name I
Hw tut^ge whareitf (at tfioH pait worida dM pleaM]
SotM ta MbcrnM gara, (Bd aoaia to HiRulat 1
noad FbobBi' lOTKI ipring. In whoie dlunal courte,
Wbai oo Ibit polDt oTearth ha bendi hli grcaleil lon^
Br hit toftroog appnadi, papnjtea hca lo deatr^
a6i^ with tbeUodly nga of knel Impalkni Bh ;
itch boUlPt Id ber wom^ prtdeela (la to a tdrth)
Eh pMtler at the lakea fteu the groai humoroua eai
, ... and ilhaa, and tier EOBplnlon ch
■-^\ andloekt wl— — — ^- ■ —
WithhH~aiti3HH^~broiABi and h^o^ilh doth bring,
Hucb honour^ by that plan, HlntrTa>t ' — ' —
JK, niDfrra^
Chut* u kindly a
kind £iloeice) the Ball
And ttilTlng Id thu kind &i
At When ■one wealthy laid
_ ,. _, hyhiitarel
Eran to thit dty ioth I thepnapaetafwhIchpUce
To h« tUc building addi an admlnble gnce 1
Wen Oubloa'd u Sit beat, and trith a dbuMe wall.
At bfave at any town ; but yet eicatllng all
Foe cateneDt, lint to health It re^uUle and meet I
Her piled ihorea. to keep her ddkala and tweet :
Herelii, the halh her ttdei | that whan the It oppreit
With heat u dnuriit, lUU pout their Boodi upon her Imait
To Metidlp then the Uiue upon the loulb IndlDat^
Which It the odIt ttore BDd ceAr of her ninet 1
Eltewben tha Bcldi and oiaedt their aundry traflka auili
The ftntta yield bat wood, the CKbardt Mee hei ftult.
At InaeBiericbBUD^houaebljBeTcralchaTgeiUe,
n»Te ttaada hit waidroba, bore rcmallia hia trcainry :
Hit huge praeWoa ther&af Bah, ef Ibwl, and naa^
Hk oellui flic hit wlB«a,lla laidert fhr bit neat t
..-.._... . t — '^-'--^Jeaturej hrreualB
-^. .'hat aur auBca,
, „ jIUDge a BnuUer want tunnUe^
Yet Oehy^ dnadml hole atilThdd beta^ditgrad
nih th-woiideit»af thli Wa that the ibaukl oM bephnedi
nut that whldi rau bet meat, waa, that the Peikiib cann
And th-WycbeaX ftjc thall latti mcb italB on then ahonld take;
Or ChnbU« ihOBld nelhr bar aad daath-bodlng lake*' ;
And StMUDdee In the worid ahould get inch high rapeet,
Whidi hBltSng art but Idly did erect 1
~ ' that, amon; the latt, the Trinlno^ ~
BtMngt
Criba, grabiert, ataUea, hama, the oti
Sd thh tidi couMtT IWh IMir what :
iretOi
WHhth'
OurbeeiU>i that aeldom drink) atbouti
Which Ocby Inly mit, that they to ftme
And greatly grlerM ber IHenda fbr bee to -u,-i' -»«■» i
That acre wai acarcaly rocli or tiTer, mirth or mac.
That held do« Odiy*i wtoist (Itoi allheld Ochydcai)
Tn great and high diidtlD: aod FnoD, fbr ber diigTace^
Sbte* tcaredy crer wathVI the ceaMeck troa her Bee )
But (tnclanOKily grown) to Ann gela a path,
Tbnugh ridlDww SaeU to teak Ibr cure UDto the Bath :
Aad OaUtr, (be Diere trier hi! teen he could not wreak,
Oaih>d Ibrth to (brceAil itreama, that be waa like lo break
The grcaler banki of Ai, at ftea htt pietha"> care
HewandarMlowaidiiheiatit fcr mtilnfai who dab taTi
At bla drod mather^ wrong ; but who to woe begun
For Ocby, aa tha Ida oT andent AnaliB F
Who harfHg In haneirM inwud eaui* urgiier,
KeglecMh yet her own, to cm bar Mend rriier ■
Hw other aa again flirhcr doth ae
ABdlnlbetalAbebairihedreMU
■•O three tImec&aeBiial*, when It ,
Be with thyetWoKmiarM fiir glory and d^lgGt,
WbllM OiattcBbuiy ttood t eullcd to thU (Mde,
udgment rightly wclghM)
M,i« pnteut to aatW, at that Ibundatkn hiy'd )
On wbom (br thia tad waate ihould luitica lay the crime t
It then a poH la Me, « detb It yWd u time r
Or waa th^ arror mob, thai tbou CDUtd-it DM protect
Tboae boUdingt whiefa tby band did wHb thdr leil crectr
To wbm dldit thai ooauill thU raconiBeBI to keep,
Tlial tuBhcalh irttb the dead IhBr ineDiort [a ilerp t
Wban not great Artboi't lonb, not holy Joaaph't grara",
FioB aacrlleg* bad power Ibeii aaered bonet to u>e ;
ai ThadalleideaarBritloL
w AcatilofuaortbenuiiTwandenarihiilBBil.
■■ ThcDevn-tane, ■' The lait welkin Cheahire
s Bnierton'apaTid. * A rlf er by Wettchertei.
» Out piket, tjpt and lOM'd up, U
UnndalioDouitat
TlidTtodtbcer
itMiwHlchtwdiK
OmihoiiilbaFitHliHtowVlirh
Hs ifaaulil be nucfa bdor'd atamf ■ dalnly tu_ ,
WhaKlfH>UliiBTeldllke,]utDfUKinHkitli aoot,
Bui bii >BteU(in «u cm b«t«ui Avaloo : re
Though many b idump thigh VI moor, and ftilUfluiWN
MM 3«!|niirt» diDwa thii Owd, ^a botoai ill unbi
Ha loicru oUalD, K imoToui Audrj jecki :
And GedDH 10(11; Hak (VRt Una Ann bit lAoki
Annthn plHcki klm buck, whtn be would lUn imV i
But, h»hic oHiflit u iMiath, whoa long he did pun
Ii B entnnc'd with tDTe,1ia ioMt puta 10 ttow,
Thu tlfrlnc quite bli inipe, to bar b* doth tf^.
And cut! hli BTitid Mlfhita an aBpl* uaeTi
But nM- bli giMer gnwib irtMB lucdi bo mud ilepu
And ftircM b iHntate km (tho- wHb ■ b«fy taiuq
At he bli ta«k doth turn, aod U d<v*KlBS ouU
The bUfniiu lunbT Bivnt niTlniBi him about ;
But loathlnehof (ubtMC, away In haile b« IIU«^
And In Ibe Benn m wrouiH- "- -'"' ' —
Bu^ dallrlDg In tbia plaee ao
So many Hibdry thb^ h« bi
Occwdon olli tha Huh her pi
OB, wby doal Ibbu dn
agnttoldl?
plnhBt toprqianr
_ , , ha wind the mt and OMD air]
Now Id tba IbonT hcatba, than Iti the ehaiapalna ioth
Now BMamrea out Ihli oUb, and then mTen tboK B
The batAil panuM IbDB-d, and mart with qnidMl mound,
Tha lundnr aoita oTuU, AranritT ornMDd :
Whan ptouffanm elawite the aanb I? nWih, wced.ai>d Uih,
And (In tba (hilow landa tbaiT icaaanaand tbvT Ullb I
Whan beat fbr bnadli« hana, whan cattia flnM In keen
Which gMd Ka bearlnieotn, which pa»— -'— '— -■■
The la« and hmKj lutb, Oie Bit aad i
Id hnnpiT lutb, Uie Bit
la be aliniFt hot, and w<
tbaiia^^nildi
Lthsiintf wbanllMTWUI^ieBiaathtnlauch'dirilhwanl;
m leL and then the; aowj faan{nne.and then thejr plant
li mhiblre It a place beiipleai^ with thu need,
nicb tpend awar the time eontiauall; In (pen i
Sonientt heneif to pmdl doth aftiljr,
finn all to fain, and thrlilng houtewlftn.
It nketh moocT Picid dali^u hi tedn bowe™,
e nuf nriandi lone, and oA attii'd with Omen
nnkandiwilkiwflebei a awerd at toR at waoL
llh her compleilcn ttnbf , a bell) plump and ruIL
rhut wbUttOw aetlT* Huta ilnlna out thaw nilDui tb
•ar Funl makaa awoacb, with all Iboi* plenteoiu qa
•I nvllhil buiki thai bkat i by wbaaa noBafcfaal iwiy
e amltlei bareeirafalut that uigbly dn,
henln bei ulia™« power ibe thauld be (bn^d to lir:
i,ll«alhaDtuidttlmethanwaaapi<1|iboc|>,
PaiTH " ttood notaatiyon tb
^tendi ittelfat len^ unto a Bood|j itnam i
So, almM IbiD' the worid bit hne Bew (Mm Ibit mlm ,
That luiUy I nay chaise tboae aDclent bacdt of wnag.
So idly la DettMt hit ^ory In their •'^f!
Beyond the blind man't'^mlaM to han Inhanc'd oui cker.
Taw'rdt the SabrfnIan aefura Pairat aatllBS on,
■- "■- liantaout Tune,
(orteouly anxy'd.
. .,=, rr-i" ' andbytKBl
In cuhnloa urvi-eoati nr wby. Impartial
t Yet «n£nt alwan to the BrttoDi' etaaad
FoitHde that yecthouM bill by
How much tba nnaent age and al
Unto tha Una o^Bnila, OaaiPamti
.IbDenhould owe
■ ''r-'
tflnt, oiling to her aid
which taeB ai tbo' they itayU
The am upon the il(hl, M Acta hai ■ouce.di
Luge HoohelBey as lela, and naU iTel leKb
Her baidly.nnderV name : that on her Mt ■■-
PnmNencbtndehbooitlww ■
H«r rt'ei-i proMr^ gncayi
To get her ttiengtb to i
POLY-OLBION.
Ormlghty Netitune fetre they a
Each one hAakn ber to her lati
The Bil torn, 'ith the hup and <
The Englltta, bolti with Hill and
.oflbatfOreatbomr
8h* brjus wand-riac
It ooom doth Athdney hi-lik,
tiata, bnaltth* dotb (nttiie
,. . oe thro* all tba wnld 10 grtaL
« Camelol, what plaee wat eier jet BjoowB'd f
aare, at at tanieoB oft, he kei^ the ttHe nuad,
•t hmout Ax the nona at Peniecoit to Wng , [iprung
' FryltlUl moora nwm ■-
■ iTri^fram wbkta tiM
aiattenborT.
hebaDkioTthaBry.
mk ilngt)ieirSaioDi'it«T.
of Wala Ihcit wcapiina take,
lie &igliib part In awe.
?ave and ihoTe, and hold and dimir ;
Tma while hi Sabrin't court itroDg lUtieDi tttahgdy gnw,
Ctaln-d Lundy, which wai laid lo CanSri^o lidoni^
Bat her Inveterate tfbe, borne out hj England'i Bijght,
AiScTBn iwla no doodeofnat, nor poorly mean.
But that lb* natural wrist {bar Ibrca whkii doth malalaial
Fromlhliacthatithelikeai to horn thU ractiiai On
(Befun about thIi Itle) not oiie wat like to be.
•Alt LundT It a nynph to hOc tort incHn'd i
And, iH on ^eaann Bt, doth wliolh gin bn mind
To tee. upon ber tliona her fowl and conlea led,
... ._,. ^1,,^ „„,,,„.. .... .-
if pelf, at nuBT
mw^ gill, wlib
bnrll^'dtboa
OfaUthekila
Thai hatha tta
irymiidiandSclllf'thoiHh tbaaea^
and the atecp at lltewin f tef)
Utah amdiiyat Mket the Lundy bM,
•MuseH gtaee praftrn beta* Iba na.
la< to ber riebt Ihtl mwld ha
D to lote LoSgrlaMookt (0( m
H One of'the (hiliftil plaan of thii land.
* luter^fted the noble Me.
I From England oi Waltk
< Certain liilla Ills lying wIthiD Sn«ni.
POLY-OLBION.
To QUI an%lil iriD to, tluugta NfpluM ihouU lUHidl I
BulnrtlHiHika'HiUwiiHM put full afiplHii,
And «]¥ wullJig ilniigUi to wtw; their wifrT un^
Fw iliLJl thrii chdltniB niikit which ttaj oik pnM,
A nd in tbe teanud mrU (or kimlHlaa Um bcM,
Andtaih'btRilGnilrtl mott pteulig under ill)!)
Sum Hiuir, righl^ DUcb'd irlth hrntnl; P^etj,
In whlrh [lHi|> i3l eiued : uut Id thli Llnd ilon*
n^^>l»nfiikSebrlii ■*« (« ihTie wcodniu wIh)
Ttait >lie would nM be ftwnd I' Incline to either Me,
Te Dlfhtr Neptpnt Hiei to hare hli ttrm conient
Doe tAal thtr nl^t uiikc ; when he liKunlinenl
Uli TtiKat teodeth out the chalJeue lo procLtlra.
NoBooerUiU diTuLg'dIn hii to dnndTuI nune,
"""""""*"" -'■-■It wjUHDt fhiniFTflirT nvighb'ring «l^LDf ,
wu heBrdlhrnughul hie court ID nog:
nl through
u Uik ther MiiowdT betook.
TbernirLthritlTorytboDUi ud nM the nuUcit beek
Ln rorth Iheli uiDrout bnuta unto the public rlew.
^•melllnf the whila with toUu UMt were u Mu* |
Eicb HHicir, Hell aunh, eieb mead. |«etiuiiu tieh uny
To WI their rlicn Itelh ualnn Ihlt gnienl itj. [ihore,
'Monpt fmttU, hilli, anil flaotU, wh ne'er turh li«iv« *nd
aDceAlblon<wWd«duiM*niiutlh«niifJ(in,
Whn u Ihc Bi|lbh put, th^ courage to dedue,
Theb to th' upolnled puce ImmedUlelir nepue
A troop orittteXT nn^hi iWDud ATon with her bringi,
(Aj ihe that hilh the charge ofwlw Uloerra'i qirliigi')
From HeDdlp tripping down, about the linni Di)n&
And Ax*, no let* emploj'd about tiiLa grot detlgn.
I a luffj rout : WDon Dry-, wiu au J
t* [hl^ pleaiM to in the gallant i
tViih pearl.
*e estranged
Clear Towriilge, whom thij fenr'd
At drew down many a njmph tiom t
That Hint their goodly iriiiti iritb nuidry mU of on
THe Britlib, that Oil whU* lum atcnl a tIcw id ta<r
What to her maim power, the publSek ftie couM make,
But •lightlT weigh Ihrir MreDgth : fix, br bei natural kind,
Ai itlirthe Briton bean ■ brire and nobU ndnd ;
So, truMBg to their ikUl, and gondwia or tbeUr cau^.
For needj ulal caD, anj far iDdlftrent lawL
At langtb, by both aCow^t, II to thli laue grew :
Td make ■ Akelr choice ofurae noil eipRI crew,
WboK number comlnf n»r untn the otber'i dowi.
The Engllkh aliauUI not uige tber were o'er.botne 1^ pow*r.
Yet budly usofi Fowk they dare their bin« to lar.
For that aba hath conDcree with Eng land ereiy ttay :
Nof Rob j Ibr that too lauch the allent dotli re^ioct ;
AhI fbllowlng them, Itaigoei her ancient dialect
The VeaedollBO lloodt>,Uiat ancient Brtlont were.
The mountaint kept Ibem btdt, nnd itaul thmi in the rear:
Hut Brecknock, loo* timo known a country of nucfa worth.
Unto thii eoafliet bilnn her goodly (Ountalni Ibrth :
For aliDoat not abrooaoTHoTiHiy'tnnrOwent,
But ftnm her fruitful womb dotb nteh thdi high dewqit.
For Brocan wu a iirinc* once fortunate and great,
I Who dying, lent b\t nam* to that hli nobler leati
With twice twdn daughtert '• bled, 1^ una and only wUb:
...,._ .__..._,_.. ■-.tare, and laoctityorHle,
lyri^-WkBnadhn ftan tlwikleii
OUT trhn^Ui« Mum oTinlfhtly Uik thall Idl,
Hat to «err nrmph attanSig b*^ be^ :
. . Cray and Camlat flnl fOr page* doth retain |
Wrth whom the next In ptm come* in the tripi4ni Brian,
With liktr i and iritta hSTatm Hoduy Bo. a^ cUar.
Of Brecknock ben bdoi'd, the loier^n of the ihlrt :
And Oronj, at an inch, wilU on her uilttreH' h«lL
Bui enl-ring (at the Um; the Monumethian Beldi,
Soull Fldiu, with tnedaugh, lucieaie hsr BDodlT »lenia,
Short Kol«>jr. and the brook that ehiin'neth Abeigmy.
Unto that hapoT town whiA bean fan only name ".
Blight piithrn, with hei fHend, blr Olwi, kindly meet her i
Which Ibr her preaent haate, ban •caroel> time to greet her
But aaniert on tier way, iha needtly wUl be gone:
So much rfw kngi to we tht aodant CatrleoL
Whan Atou conelh In, than which amonnt ibem all,
A fluerli not IbUBd belwlit her bead and fllL
Then Biwllh, and with her tUdt* Srowy ; wiiicb fotelaf
Her prognai, and (br U^ ken entrance to the an.
When Munoc^ all tbli while, that (fat ber own behoof)
Frtam thit their groat recoune bad itrangdy itood tlooT,
Hade piWHl by KonnwulA'i name appoiu ted her by fate,
of all the rat btrein obaerved ipecial aUta.
For once the bardi Ibretold ihe ahould produce a king ",
Which erolutlDg pmlH to h« gtaat nam* ihouU bilng,
'"'■'-'■ — "-^"Sipl^iS^i^^f^ thtTF^T^"^!^
li allowM her leltur* i and by n*r
goDdly Wye, whomiiroogly dio doit itlr
Eatetolend: which e^cSie bad deny'd,
.^Ift* oft to nuland ihe ally-d ;
ul b^ng by Uunoo nude bft Walea, aw*y Ihe goca.
Vhlch wheaaiThroggyeaeLhetaelfihtbeadimglhnan
uo tbowat-iy thioiw, with many another rllL
cpaMnfUli* MMcb, tbdr number up to aiL
hal BMuy, when ihe ■■« Hue* fHont OTmptaaaTGwenl,
D Ihli anwbilad match were all to holly bent.
Which'
Sh« thn
They win Ih* i
Entnala the T*r akm^ aa .
With whom char Conno «
Thra^awy, and with bar Ewenni kolda I
And OfnM that would fet be tfier* *■ eoon at tbey.
By Aron (uUad In ! iriien nimbler Nsitb anon
[To an th* nelgbbcntlni nymphi Ibi bo rare beaulirt known ;
Ua '"—»-""■. Halia nrae^ dear Hepen, and TtiuraLh!
Froo BrecknoA tath doth breA ; than Diilat awl dHlaugh
HotllkilAdly will make >^ H thoiuh ftoD art thej ta
Andai Lotgria tpont not any thing of worth,
botany way mtfrt tot her goodly tltenlbrtlii
At Honai bgr natun cut (torn the Comubitn itmnd i
The HOad Tirgln'a i
AgiiilHtlnhclloutdi
AndOoldcUrVofh
To tpangle thdr attt
uioarl toaukc themwondroi
on In ulcnteoui aort allowa, .
9. and £ck their anonua broi
" Engliw Co
1" Sllnl vJiS
FirUi, ityled of Mctnnoat^
i, ilgnliilng to TctuTy
612 DRAYTON.
And IhU^i >>b<I I>« [wh«w Vfn wAe hlglilT fitll'd,
Ai oos Id bcannlT thlni* d«f mtl) nercto'd :
- n orhli%nlL tqi ATlnaUon h«l
ialilisurtnt folk of ftxtuM nod a
Kontold Uie orirtlBurtnt folk of ftxtuM imd at tad]
In their InMidcd couih itlh nrwli thay urill pnecol,
iM^Eute unto thtftDi^lgokM hour,
'.^iSrSwio
ijEt'un~wiUi bsHtr iicu^n])(U>(u1|r btgln.
WbncAae the Znftkih put, wllb Aill dnout lnlent.
In at «)id godlT loft in 01»tmbnry ""^
Then eirriiu at thtlr lonilB lO ereri one ■ u*r.
And bunblr U ». Oeom tbeir aTunlrr^ pitrao pnr,
Tonwpn' Uicii ded(n new In thki nifbty itj.
TVb Briunu, like derail, their inaienfDTi dlnct
To DiviiL Ihil he wooU their indent richt iirMert
'MonfrtHitlHlirt Mlrhini, tkat Irak the dsacbmenvii'
Tlie nUn Ewiu •■ Um. InnurM « deep ind rmtnd.
At ther belDw ttait lee Ike noutalH liM •■> lil(ti,
Wlht think th* (tiutUnf herdi wm (luinc In the a$'.
wQdi In U ludi ■ •E^ of HUiide doBmcv,
Ai Nature it the Rnl (ppointed it Av pnr'r i
Where, in ui iced EdI, with BBM Hid l>T (»*"•
In which DM 10 thli dijr the Ma hUh mr itaone.
Ilutl ' ""-"'-fc — i->i^ -■■' — ■-'
menorT rfwhin, In the reroMiif twi
le Wdchmoi bbUi day Ihit aunS hub A
"-n^ orthit Inl* nan, u kumUr they do cnve,
. In IheIr lut Mtaet the* nlilit bit Ainh'ruicc hiTe.
iiu eltfaH, weli prepuM th* otlMK^ power beTore,
reni«nEl|rbln| plicVI won their equi ifaote ;
_ IjrVlngpUaVltipontheireBiuli
The Brltou, to wEoM M ibe foiet doth b*
Glue ilfiul ta tlw (be fee lUeBce to their lona.
lb diMCh TartDUi itnlD and InmlBg of Oieli
Bui the mgertilMiiy.
iiiertdii
■t Mttoni' rifhl.
._ oTblKwrnd (Ibetn-d Bnlabour)
himea and tb* l«tth or Rone, hie BOMe ipeai ;
h7rtdwinhiimlihleM,andwhuaepn«rcDuk
baadric how adon'd wWi ilonaa oTwondV)!!! prl>
Hl> wan tlie; took to tuk) Ibe Ind then Drer.liM
'With thoae naud nermnn powYi : wban, calllni to bli aid
Bli kloniin Howel, bnHWfat (Mn BrUtany thel^
Their annlM they unlW, both tweaitai to .UMtM
Tb« SauHi, here UuE uiwlit Ihiougb HwqueM all to ml n.
^dliltlm hora rida to At lay icaltat'd Iltb Uw dad.
And when the oonfUtT'd fOetthat fl«B the ecolln ded,
BMoak them to the wood^ ho nefat Mt then Uxre,
Untn the Bittiih earth lia AceM dien to Airnraar.
And ai bla actiooa roH^ ao nlH they itiil IholT mn
...r, — ... rolhitday.
When at the glorioiB lato Ma Biltiih hMi* 1» 1
Two dayi usethor how Ac battle atronrir ilaad :
Ptsdraaon^** wotthy eon, who waded there In Uood,
Three Inmitawd Bal«u ilew with Mi own Tidiant hud.
And [after caliM, Iha Pict and IrMi to irilhitand]
Howha,lRlOtcagr*naa, A'banlaoici.raii,
P<inidi«af th* Pletbeyabd niMM Caledon :
There •tnif«iy dnt than UB whom iMuUr ha lubdu'd
How auumorc apla la Ireland he pmau'd.
Bo gft ai he prsun'd the enrtoiH Pietlaald:
And haiini dain the kinc. Iha country waRe ha Wd.
To Oolli^and how a^ain Ihli conqa^er siakalb fbith
With bli » pmni'rout pow'n Into the fUthcR tkoitb :
Wher^ kdandlntlie woo, and Orkney alter fot
To Korwmy aaHhii next wNh -hii dear na|*aw LK,
twaBwor Li
ThealsmTeiy
u Atthw.oaagftbrvliiaaonbleL >< KHig Aitkuc.
The horrid Uowi thay teot, the world-unaaing wound!,
"-" "le trfbnoe, tIrVl, lank under Arthur^ awcad.
Ant they bowhe flrrt ord*ln>d the lirded boani,
i>h»a toboie tnarilal deadt ikr Am'd that table nmk
Which, true
The lawi^ wh
Tlw Fenlecoili pr., . — —
— -. . lka,l^«hi,th«SH,aIidato __.
Her aeidsniTi Ihoi, ai Okeiriie thnpraftr:
or Canlkit Uiey dns, and than of Wlaehau«r.
The haita that undcr.«iauad the Fbi^ did hlia make,
And Aere how k* *dnM the lady oT the Ukb
Then told they, how hlnHlffient Arthur did MtTaDce,
To Buet (with hU alHaa) that pulaiaBt fbn» in Fin^KC,
By Luciua IMAerM 1 Ihaae amiea thai while-en
AflHibUd all the worB. by bin itruek dead with tta ;
Th ' npnrt o< bla (Mt acta that orer Europe ran,
Ib that hbM fluBow laid h* with the npenw wim :
Ai how (raat BT«bDB<> eair he ilev in bla repair,
WfaoraTiahM Howell'i Bcice, youBfl Hetaoa the iUrj
And fbt a trophy brouht the glann coat awaj,
HadeortbabeaidiCfUnn. llwn btneiy Wanted the]
The KTerai twoire slldi'd ddda ha with the Baaona Iboi
The certain day and idace lo meDorr they krought {
Thm ^ lUie Mordred'i band how 1b« heehancM to lUI
Thebourarhlide«aie,Uip)aE*otbDiUL
When out Iha Ei«1Mi erfi, to iMermpi thoir nnsi
But they, which knew IB lUa mare isatlH niul bdSTK,
Not out at an Aic that, nor any whit dlnnayM,
But lo Ihrir wriUunM harp* dtdr tngen risHly laid :
Twill arerr one ot'whidi they ptac'd Ifadr counliV* en
And with conraaeoui apirita Ihui baldly aani aloud i
How UetHB Inlilt ikiir, and m^ic*! woBd'row mii^t,
FmB IrelaiHl bilher bniught the Stonendfe In a niRbl :
ame ID the anrii : aome, that itlll enAn'd tk
But whUat It wai In haniL by kiTlag or as f ir
(Rk all bia wohd-ivui lUfa} w« eotcDV by hi
nw, walkliw with bit ray, her to the lock b<
In wM^ IwoltbafiwehiiBlfroiBandei wrou„... ,
AnJio4np In thereat hb ma^ to have ahown,
Wboia conning rtrongly croaa'd, amai'd whIlB he did ila*!^
She captlia hha cociTey'd unto the Faliy land.
Than, hnw the lab-ring aplriu, to rodit by rettcra baud,
With bellowT nuBbllni groani, and hanunera' IfamidMii
A fearnil houM din ttHrin Ihr eailb do keep, Cw^
At at thair work bow Mil] ^Xegitered ipirlu lefiBe,
Tonnented in Ike dra, and tired at the mine.
When DOW the BrIlUfa rMe acana dniahcd tfarir aoo^
Bui 111- EngUih, that rel^M lo ba deUy-d to long.
All quickly at ilia hint, aa wKh one free oxiBml,
Strwrk up at once, and tung each to the iiuliunent ;
(OTaundiy loili that were, aa Iha nuaician likea)
On wMeh Itaa practiiM band with po^etM dnrilng tttim,
Wherrty their height oTikUl lalght Bnlieit ba nqweat.
The trembling hilc Hne louiA, ama itralD the dol bnl.
In leti which there were aeen, the anulcwoodroua choice:
Baeaa likawlae then aAet the gaaba wilb the niic^
To 4ww that England enild Tarlety aflbtd.
Son* that delight to touch (he uetDer wiry ebocd.
The cythronC the nm^n, and the thcDrtio Miike :
Tlw g/aitm asd tfaeVlt the wand'ring fiddlen llk&
So w«ta Ibara aoBia again. In thii Ihclr learned alrifr.
Loud inatruiaenta thai loiM ; the cstnet and the 10^
llie hoboy, Hgtnl deep, recorder, and the dule ;
SoiBaUdw thah^ipipeup,that piayathecount^nuBd;
The labor and the pipe Bnie lake delighl to aound.
r they iimg the loBi ■ '
Who aouht by an aud li
And ieiilngitthelatl upon the BilWmbei^
SurpfiiVI the ipw^laaa lil^ which aHU Ibr theba ttef liiddi
Aa In that coratry'a pralie how io thoae Umea or ol^
Tuiiea, ODiaar'i loi, hon unbuilt Babel" ton«bt
Hi! people to that pjase, wHh moat high knowkb* ftngh^
And under wholeaaua lun c«ab)lah-3 ttaeir abaA ;
Whoa bla Tudctkl ilDcc kiTC tioDonrV a> ■ god ;
Wbaae dmr creaUni made them abaduta lo all,
RetalBlng UU tbia tlma thalr purt original.
And aa tiay boaat themaelaoi the nauoB moat unndEt,
Tlwl, laiwnage aa at flnt, their aadant OBlaaia bt,
Tita paople or Ibe world neat hardy, wlae^ and ttmig i
So giSlawly they dKrw, that all ihe real among
POLY-OLBION.
Ftor hxAiiMi iBwir, vhom duicB Mm fray*',
AUurV the BillaH ben <« isll Ibeu to UwiT *U :
Fmn wboni th«i> ifte Rft Lotfria H tbdi own,
Bnitc'i aOiirlBg tlKB too nik to ktep II Mm ireinL
Ttitotolili tlKDTavhtii|>lii.li]nin]>lMitmBaii(wU,
Kut neatlT cooH utieuL the En*lliluB« Id suit
Of Uul iDdgtioiulltol b* butBdWUlUm bmufhl
Upon thiioiutuiUiild tb«iwbldiail*D>v(iwraii(fat
; >(alii<n DOi^tiHinDiuunUDrtaRiacc: .
Upon tliaii iimnt VI " '" '-'
!t^eli KM Id oiuT: -ibUiti Mnatiii U^^"
lilfu] fUa, whi '- • — •"-- —
_. aaulw"nie^Mor>l
Tant thdiKMlD Oiiul: yhleti on Una
"^ M'd thai ftuitru] blji& vhon mlr Atm tMir UUIA
laniU-dUi
■Who tbaKa aniU-d Um OuiIi, ud dM Uictr moui nin^jr)
Thit, Hat Kiwbiii Dua'd, «• Ihca odlM •• Nsnnuuly.
Tlutb* IhiiiiuuiLUwIiMEInaiiiqiinlBaofllWfivt)
BdiH dnwB ftomtlKtr Uubinc UBU Mt ■nplK lut,
RoWdi hen, nriin'd wbu ItacT beftm bad won I
nm. > — •MooddldtotbecooqueT'dniD:
L op bHtbcT fnnnii
(Th* went wvlu itf i^vo) Id loiitclHcentt Elirr so :
How ^rii«l (tbe ilR of Edwvd Cba UM klui
l>r th'&filiih-Suni Unl b7 neWr mutrlnc
With Siadj Rlcbvd^ Mi, Itv Nhiuii IQi^u, bred
AlliinmluthdiWoadi. UkF broDki tliU ftna oua bad
B«ir jTroil wHi [u Umiflh to lundrj ma to haMa)
So chancad Itintbia Iba DaamMi of Ihtir btood.
For when u BiulaAd'a rlrtl In quadon after itood.
Fraud Huold, fiwdwln-i bdr, Iha aceptre hiTlBi won
Fnxa Ediu Elfadliii jouiis, tba oullaw'd EdwanTa aoD |
The TalUnl BmlardlhlthlaMlilMlour mada,
'—•'- '-'-tima Norman powaratr'---' — ' — ^' — '-
— —iTlBt, Ibe]r pnnedtapi
r iRa-ktoia to IMcb Itmi tb
Which auUawM Edward lea^
llila Muaarll «M« orScola, aod ^iBT Elhalliit I
That HuaaritbroufbtlbiHi Hand) whinh nadou ju«m
J D Utarj BewKMEl bed (as ftte il pleaa-d la hanj [pK
Wbo blm adaughtcf bnHifhtj wblcfaHcaren Ad atrufelj
And Ihr Aw ipeda] lore be Go the mother bare,
Her Maud a^lp he nan^il, Co th' AJmala nnperDrwcd:
WhDKdowagrr whiliUhellT'd (her puiHant Cvaat deadj
Rbe ih* caft at ILnJou next lo huiband doth prefH.
The lecHid HeniT Iben by hloi begot of her,
Into the Haion hoe the Keplra thui ifaith bilng.
Then pTvaenllT a^n pr^iare CheniaeJvaa to alng
Tbr luodty fatAia flrldi tbe EnflUhmeu bad fniahL
A laiRernibleGttookth
._ jaUake.lilaJor ami md. care,
l^t DO a heln eTcigilO^aa bit rugged head
MDuDCbdcDir doOi tbe Itte fiw bla behned Tkwe:
Which 4u[(^I aU Ike TcatM tbair •utaplaa draw.
Aa Hatlenl In Ibe rlgbl ofaMltnt Walai will Maa
Td Ihcaa Ibre* BCuatalBi, drat of the Breklonlu h
■nn HonuiHthiaB bUli. Oka iDiOleiM asd iloiit.
On lotiT 1lp.toea thea began to took about i
llimt SkeridTaur at lait (a mDubtabl IDUCb la mSMb
I n bunting tbu bad let bla alxjlute dellghl)
tWu^t uphlaccamtiT book^; nor carta fbr AUuri
ButliWuTlv ennig'd would needt to owfi armi ;
Which auicklr pul FcnraTl" In HKh Buuigeoui I
That HblUt Ak tot ten bii haltlai) tcalp dolh iw<
Ihe Blorendi leoketh Ug upon bit bared cnnm ;
J -"— — ' iiao.tRittili toBima,
nauieit of bit bald bead.
POLY-OLBION.
In Oih toog, Senrn ^t» the dnen
What of her LuDdy ibDuld becoou
And wtailu the Dlnbte CauWtan lUa
Dance by-day-giea amoofftt the blllar
lilt Muae them to Cainaiden brtnga ;
Where tferiln'i wmdiDui blrtb ibe diwt.
FIOD thence to Penbnok the dotb nake.
To tee how MiUbnl atata doth lake i
Hw icattirM ialanda ihoe dotb tall :
And, Tltllli« Mint Davld-a coU,
Doth (port her aQ the aborat alcauv
Pniiariiig tbe anwlDg aoag.
Kuw Sabnne, aa a quern, mliaculouily Ur,
Jt BbHilutrif plac'd In her imperial chair
OCctjatal Ttehir wntnghc, thai ghvioiulr did tlilAe,
And ai her godJlke teir, to ekirloiii waa her throne,
In wbiehblmieirtn (It giMfNepluM hid been known i
Wbereon ttierewerelngrae'd tboaenrmpliathegod had wo
ABdcrcrraeveralabapc wherein forknchetu'd;
What Bu!cu £e had nil>d, what eeuutrlflibe bad wen.
No flab In thit wide wailb but with eaceedlni ectt
Waa there In antique work luiit eurtouili floboaa'd.
She.lBa««tcbetweed,wUh many a cnrbHit wave,
princelir (in imat AuBhltrlte lare :
"" tolbe^ee, wl& nnl ffing 'd br"—
I'D wbam the iisraalda hold bar gti
BefHe alt other Aood) bow Ikr hcth
Whe wai b« Nereua taught, the no
That leaned ber the (kill ot hidden ,„, .
KThetIa' apeelat car* : M China > ent bad dene
that proul bane of Tret, her >ad-rcaemb1lng aon.
Pur her wlie eeBanre BOW, whIM er-nUU1nng flood
Incloaad Snern In j btAm tbl( nlgblr toat.
She tlttbic well mapar'd, with cnunt'oanee grare and ttont.
Like toBM imtlarned Judge, to end a wdiblf »uh;,
Well rumldiU with the fOrce of arguraentt mud law*,
nd ereiT ipccUl proof that ]u(tlT u»r he hroughC;
Wboaeaklitt w< , ^ . „
Td grace ber foodiT itepa. And where abemeaDI logo, [w
llie path waa (trrw'd with jwil : whld though ther «
a again te dt npon the torere^ place
tpnini out of Brute, tb' Inpniartop ihtll get,
abdin tbe aUHl ergteat Hntagaict,
■ tllD tbe trunk doth wither
When to ib> tarembiT thut ibe aerlouil* began ; —
" My near and lored nynpha, Md bap ye both betide
WcU Britoni hare ye mug ; yHiuigUtn, well leply'ii i
\M1M] Id tucGcedluf timet thaltnemoriae your alDrtea
To either country^ pialae, aa both yeur endlou clixlea.
And trm your liifBlu eaia, alth Tain It were to h«M
WbatalUpusbiilDg Heareh win plainly ihtll be toM,
Bfitb'gladlybo yeuplaaiM: ibitlmt yiepowerarereai,
Tlial wha Ibe Ionian line In itrtnpb SiaU liatiy ftU
(Fate UnUthig the linia) lh> ancient BrKon race
Shall e<r .-'- — -
Which
The (ten anaii Hmngiy wnn, at h
By Tudor, witii Mr wlnda Arom lilSamitaiD'dri ven, ~
To whom tbe goodly bay bC Hilfiini thall be firm ;
At cby wi(* puBbtbi, Walet, ftwetstd bit wMi'd anim,
And hew UemdUn-t line In bin tbsuld duiiUy Ifarire.
For (tan bta lnue (ent W Alhuiybefeae,
Wben hltMlemed blood Mi tlnue did letttae,
HeflrttmlohliMelf Inftginecetrlopgaln'd
The Wewaid't Dobleriumie; and afterward attaln'd
The Myal Soottlab wreath, ushoMlM It In itale.
Tliia (Con, to TudorV' icin^ (whl£ thing alLpowu (hi (Me
Sd hapBlly produo'd out of that proaneroMlMd,
Wboae mrlagaa conlola-d Ibe whHa »ie and tbe redj
Suppnerina eroT plaiit, thall Baaid iMfto wUe,
A ( hi bla anu iluD (tip the iale on erery aMe,
By wham three tner-d reahna la oia tball llnniy itand,
Ai BrltalD'IOundlng Brute ftnt mnAanhird the laud :
And Coniwal, for that thou no longer thalt CDntend,
' rhlioo brought up AchlUea. too to Tbctla.
61*
AcVDDwMg* thcu thy brood of Bi
Then Uke A* flurnL dooia ]
iiitd promiK them aboie
That L>ind)F like •llji'd
enloUnba
- u je i-nudB nnnuliL Au hu
Delight in laity hOlt, mi In >
Thil on PlSnu born, ind na
m pranounced lattjy, t)i
■a Wila nd Bi^nd
I'd, then up the as
"tSSS"
oTtbepluw,
Anmlin't fnint, ud In C*rtiMi>i brlni,
lat oftoi hon been known la bithe imr nriti) Hmbi,
ndud ae throufh then bnoki, ind with ■ Sufned clu^
rHt me In mr coun^ to tiiko ■ pattket ilaw
■U tbe nnd'ting uteuu. In whoK cntmndng DTW,
nelfher
illthi
le Britiab bubci, untuighi the ear lo pb
1 Bugr gin in mT delldout lari,
■nnaToilu of Neptune^ iildy bmai,
otmj Tint, emu'd oayliidiins uwu
I Trltont' trumpi do tben to bottle oIL
RiT^ IIUi to combat with the whale.-'
orernne the Olamonnlixn Oowt,
^-.OVT Ipi'B'd to Check the occan^i ptrt
Eiujrcthenel^ tut be^nv grown too grot,
extended ■nm unbouncUlin' ancient Kat
ikig laetly aea, ralgni unto the nuln
, ,. .,^, lately dw retain.
«in""'
Btande ipecialli pitpir'd, of enery thing lunply'd.
When Quendra with tueta grace dellbmlely dolb glide,
Ai Tory doth entice : who lelteth ovt preparM
ACallpolnli like a princB, attended wlMi a luaid :
TheUvsly-iU|»in|
In 'fovj** wandUi
ndny, with Of
lattangaddoc
Ingbukill
CMaugh,
Verwin-t nuhy lln^
irith Peecorer to meet
Dd doth K> kindly greet,
dl* would prevail.
on the wat'ry tralh
Gwelbrkk nw,
lourithlng, .
And (hroufh abpiinee'i grace hli Ibllower
All tnuCng low to Ma, hhn buaibly they aUerre,
And h^py ti that man taii nod that may deiem
To Tovy eo Ihtf itocp, to them upon the way
Which thui dUplayi the ^rinc within theit tIcw that lay.
" N™r l>eneTolr, thaioat of the Dentoti— "■'—
There b • plaamt nilng, that eoactanl do
Hani by thete wlodiiH (luWM wherfai we nlmUy dlde ;
FlnlpToadlydH InniK upon tbe eooquei'd land.
Andthough a hundred nympht In fUrDemetlab^
Wtaoia IMurea might aUnre the HS4[odi more than ibe.
Hit ftncy takei her fbrm, and her he only Lkea :
< Wbaa'erknaw half tbe •hattt wherewith UInd Cuptd Uriki
Vhleh gnat and comtanl Allh, ihow-d by the god of eea,
lillt clear and toreiy nymph eo kindly dolh rqiay,
A> luff^rtn* Aw hii eak* what lore to lover owee,
With hhn ina wdly tbbt, with him the proudly flowi.
To bim faer aeetM rowa perpetually doth hen^
Obcerrlng every taw and Guitom cu the deep.*'
How Ton toward her Ibll (Lanaaddoc o»T-gane]
Her Dulat towaid drivca : and Cothy coming on
Tbo train to (rrar.take. the nearert way doth cait
Kre ihc Caetmarden gel : where Qwal), making haUa,
Blight To.» enlertalM at that mort Iteonu town
Which her great prophet' bred, who Walw doth n renoi
And taking her aliatp, and tuning well the ttiliigi.
To prlneelr Toiy thin ihc of the tmtihet ilngj i
"Of Merlin and hi« ikill what regtnn doth not hearP
The world ihall iUII be full or Meillll ryrn where
A thouiandHngerlngyeart hli pTophec-eibatc run.
And entcely ihall haie end tUf lime itwdf be done :
'Ol'Smii^Wafi? ""*
Who of a Briliih nTmBh wai gotten, whiW riw |*rrM
With a Kduclng (f«Ttt, which woa the gudly maid f
[At all DemetialhrTfujth, there wai not foond her peer]
Qreat loTdi her liking fought, but ItUi In vain they arae'dt
That iplrltdo her unknown) ihli Tlrglnonhl^d i
Who, l^itnlng for her lake that he wai mne ben Orr,
And richly couU odow (a haty badielor]
On her that prophet got, wUeh tkvra Ma Botber'i wcnb
Of tningi to come fbretcid wiHl the general deonL"
But. of hl> Aigned birth in apnrting Idly thai,
Ruipect m9 not. that I thb drewnad Ineubui
By etnnge epinloq ahotild llcentknilyHibilft i
wkleh boldly ditea afflrm, that ivlrila theUKlTea Bi|i|>iy
With bodleik to comndi wiHi ftiil monallty.
And hero allow them plaee, beneath thla lower tphere
Being EhDK immoTtab kcig befi»e the heaven, that tbO,
"'hoae depTtvatlDU thence, determined their hdl -
nd lo^ng through their pride that place la Iheu airignM,
-edretlnHl that wai to Dian'j refeoeTate kind,
_ .ley. fi» Ih' Inveterate hate to hla election. Mill
Denfit not him to tempt to every damned III ;
- nd tatedncc the cplrit, oft pnn^ the fMlei blood,
ivelgling it with taattaoTcountemlted good,
. .nd teadi It all the alelghta tbe HHil that Doy eodte
To yield up all her power unto the appclltt.
0 thoeemlout wHi If wa ouraelvei audy,
ILcearch Ehegtoonynhadeaofde^pnlHophy,
& mipe n ttrongly may omo
lente more eaally oH It led
Sifiifiiiw
ff hat fot^
TheHcUcoi
!ild ■Kra'heT'enin^rru Invade:
leM. abode with them to make,
iw, her kindly In ijotli lalie :
«, their walry tncli tliat tread,
rti the Hnie her lUU dotfa'keeii.
Id the Iberian deep,
) doth welcome her repoirj
I pleaHnt grovea delight :
int their wantoli appetite)
nodi, the DetabbDuring hllU beknr,
(who with hb ivory bow
the eenient Python ilew)
■I, tbe neartleae deer pureue ;
And hunUngntt with hli
Thnae beami then lay-d aaioc no u-a in Heaven a wra
Another foTeit.nymnh It Narbcr, itanding near,
Whme grovea once bravd^ gne? the lair Fenbrokiao g
Amongvt hit wpU grown wooda, the theg-balr^ aatyrt i
rnie tylvant* chief retcit) the (horet then ilttlng high,
i..,^, iraanyfathamalie:
irt and lord it In the flood.
KllargeJlmt
only left.
And waileving fOjAce apoi
Where once tbe portlike oa.
or an the tbreet'i khid theee
But time, ae guilty tlnce to i
TnhtltrrMtheBngUahnameBOVHjwnaBDa mnuDD
With Ihc Induitrloui Dutch rince Mdoumlng togetl
When wrathful Keaven.Ihe clnude an UblaUy be
The Mki (then wanting rooiBib to lay their bolafm
Upon the Belgian maiah tbdr |iainier<d r* •■- -
That peopled ritiet tank hito the mighty
The nimhigi were enlbn:<d to take then
In IhBn to their van.
leBcM^nt
Ir tonguet <Ud nalurtliy latct.
fith nafinni mm the north then allngelhcr fraught,
' TbdndoayofElenriDgalietepIaolnl, Seethcfbiiithn
POLY.OLBION.
Which onliT
YauginbiF.
DBothaR tnuua. Uwtt ipncfa thit did pnret,
laUct BK'tf their UUbip'd chUKter.
m ttiucc the DiUch-iiudc Enflliti have,
W Uul Bin (u thoub •odh dowr it ui«)
ter or ■ niB ftna Dribc rifht adc pu'd,
n> Ihn hidL U» BulOi^lSl)* bdng buM :
1 aiiy dona knf tmt i
Ihij ulu on Iheu la knew ;
She bMi DuB^iddj due Ilwtal* pnudnt n»d.
And chuiWh hH u Hod 1»T tlaUiuc* ilinad
Alau the caaM of Fnnca, to pnm If any b*
Her MUihrdUmtdwautcta: io itooluU )• iht.
And CMhr sn^BC d«re tnm Wnartuu her iln
(A hdl tiut IhriHU hti bcHl inb> tta' etbertil Otel
Her lUerTt put doth uiw, lud due iTWKh H nucb :
And Perclh the pinid, wbani newlf it doth louch,
■.M k.-^ui.iarherout) end tbnt they ill ibould In
I* b«m,*tAHiEe of HlWnd Hnke ;
bCevcrr
Wllfa hli eiH»unt-AD| wi
But tittlnc mildly daWD U
Dotibund:
Uunknlti
By Nature irith pniud etilft eBTlronad ibnit.
To cnm the indlT road : where bulMi the fUcon Hout,
Which ft in* ceatU all i wheM Sect and active wlnp.
It leeae tbrt (Auire Dialle wha B0« ihe Ihought on k)i«> :
^ .._i. — .._i..-u md falhuit Bight
th delight.
ur uiwemevn out poie. where Worwrny'* Jomlj 10 wide
The ftkoo which (OMtinHa Ihe Bridih clUU do breed :
'Wblck Drey upgo the Mce in Ihe Verglvlu waMe,
That frsD tiM Brttlih thone by Neptune ue emtiTu'd ;
Vnikh Itu hia Airtau tld« alien wUdlieM the; da rare.
And break Ihe Ua twain bulk oCmany a brtafroui vrire ;
Expoa'd to VqMiuie'a power. BoGreabolmii fiirdoithiti
Bealin, SUKkhDlm, wllh taint Brid*. and Oalbolim, nearei
(Which with therieln;hntaui entice the godi odea.
That with the luaty lain do re<rel erery dayf
At craecent-Uke the laiHl her breadth here bward beiid«
From KUIta^, which abe forth to eld HbterU Mnda i
Sine*, holy Dartd'a (eat ; which at eapadal grace
Doth lend that BsUtt name, to Ihta luinobler plaee.
Of all the holy man whoee Ikme is freeh remabu.
To whom Ibe BrltoDi built an nabj aiuiuptuoua tkapm,
Th<> laint taeAn the nat their pausn atfn thn hold ;
Whoa* Urth, their ancianthardt to CambrU longlbreU)
And leatad herv a aaa, hla biah^ik of yore,
Upon the Arthaat point of thli unhulinu ihoIOi
a5eemlhyhl— -*-"-■"- — -■ '
Tbal, ndd of aU ddiabtri
No ^eHon Bight ^ure,
WlHta Ratuey wllh thoae rocki,
Ilim the bnhatt point al Darid'i
'ii nutred tope, the Biihop and
^mark.)
Ckrkai
POLY-OLBION.
MeitiproudFlinimmonahcpliee;
Where Sncm, Wi, and R.doU rie
With Sefem ihe along doth go.
Her metamorphoaia to ahow :
And makei the wand'Hog Wy decl
metamorphoaia
iiutthoaei
ADdtlewIn
g-ahor.
luiDiairiheii
,■».
Which ollbj caatcn on
Then ulada^or nyinpba of their like wat*ry kind
(Unto whoaa only care great Nntune hath aaalgn'd
The guidaace of thoaa fnnha wfacreln ha ukn drU^l)
Aadather: and whlMahe your dwelliBgihallrvcite,
Be ptaeent in her work : let her your rracea rlew,
(Whote only Ion •uq^d'uh
The TUanoU, that onee igalu
ith Tour beaoUea caught
srthePbXvrlaniaiae,
But aha {ao pure a •tiws) tnunortad wHh bar pride.
The oHkr Idly aeona ) though with ha Satlaring ttaadt
The a^van her eutica with all that may perauade
A w*tar.4iyinpb i yaa, tfaoqfh great Thetla nVahe wen :
But Dolbliis ■difat pmall, nor an the nlaamria there
Her mind could ever move one lalinitra atay to lAkfr
mid Hathen then, tbc next, doth Tlry orertaka 1
Which iBBtantly anln by Ditloc la auptdyU
Then, Keach and Kerry help : Iwlit which on either itdi
To Cardigan Ihe coniaa, the aorerrign of tiwablnL
Now, Tliy, let u( leJI thy tundrrglorlea hita.
[Which hither (torn the laa coiDea yearly by hla kind,
Whara Tlnr Minigdown doth make a calaran',
Forc'd by the rlalnc rocfca that there har eoune oppoa^
Al thoutfi within Ihell bounda the; meant her to Ineloee ;
Here, when the hdniring BA doth at the Ibol arrli^
And Indi that b* hia atrngth but Talnly ht dMh atrln,
Hiitalltahatlnhlalaethi and bending like a bow,
Thafa to the compaia drawn, akdtbluaelrdeth throw:
Than ipringlni at hia halghl, aa doth a little wand.
That bended end (e end, and Blrtad flum th« hand,
FarnffltaalfdoChcaati iodiift the aabnM Taut.
Stl'll'yRlJng,wKi(»«,<i>>ti)l>l™^^^l'^
Above theativamAd tj^ortbeauTTOundedhfap.
«16 DRAVTOSJ.
Mora tiaait Ttuf ime, than fOr At •itaBon'i leqi,
For betfln Tlty »*■■ iQ ti« fining bulk* IhM tBed^
Where NMun, In
le ihiiiw gfUili nrm.pwMi'd bMM.
Ai tar'i hln for ■ bcUlfe, a helm, or ft* > i^
When kind dM him cnnuiulid tbs UEhllect to tImj,
That bit ttronscMllebidLtDrtngielied twin ukd diT :
WhLcb.KtiUAd the deep, but ret Dot fixed thec«.
He atht CDiSl reiHn^ U he i>le>i>M to eten
Tb thtt Ade « to Ibit ; the wnAmuihip u nrt,
HU ituffwhenniltli to lulU, IItM belnc to prcfiu^
A (tirulnc he idh, to (rorei or budin nigh.
And riihlib Ueth euU down hl> nnber : which laid bf.
He mm him on hit bufe. hli bed} laid ibroid.
When, rith whu be lulh nt, the other do him toidt
Till luUi, in the weight, hli bulhen he bare ftuDd.
nien, wiih hit ml^tf t^ hii ciiit1*|s harlng inuid
Ai cutcn do wllh nipei, in hia ihuf u*th ha pia-d
Rome •tronaa iUek i ffom which ttw leiaer bnnchei rtiipt,
HetikHlflnthemldjti « both the eodL the KM
Hud hohiliv with thdi (pu^ unto the iAoiit n*,
Oo1ngbKk*ini,law-rdi th^houe their h^Jearrii
From whom, thoee Out here Ijofii- '-"—'-"-'■•*'•" ■"-*
Then biiUded be hie flnt Ite ttroni .
Hli puHget contclT'd wiA luch uuuiual iMihn
Ai irraen ftam tbti beut to tetliy had team?:
WhoK kind, tD her itajV, li to Ihia iile mikmn
Thus V.9J tneata thit heait peculiarly her own.
But lie» why tpend 1 time tlie*e tndet to areed
Now, wilh thT flmner talk, my Hum, again nioci
To ihnw the stiier llaodi IVam the CeretUck* ihn
With Bidder lint begin, that bemlrthmU herfhrc
The Arron to auiit, Arth haldipg aa her courte
Fair litwid to her aid ; who hindlr coming In,
'i'heo KenT ) Clatur i
Iheir iD^^earrlage led,
le langbt the naefiilakd.
8alkL ai Iher before had aHii
« M tiUplBgiT to tread :
next, audKliner making head
: her like clear Lerant bringa hj liarp
... Igh ptalie m hmgor, Huae,ddtT:
What onoa (he Dnil£ told, how gnat Uwh floodi ahould bi
Thai here (mot i^htr hlllj dnin thei '
niDg harp thy fiituie ho
Dltxitr^na; thallnexe
idthc«iil,tfacgraHI>ln
■ndUie^
«
■oeepfieati high orgiea faeM i n
ill Ptkccbc't face ecilpi'd, and th
king her to da
eodkauted aw
m they audfttifldlkU'iiinaameeodkaiitedi
•Ceu OokllDg tiriH itill plt'd hei wilh the i
all the Cambtao billa, which hlghM their .
That I
l>o homaoe to thoie floodi ttiat
hlghMth
nufa'tbotlM
otbeopnd*
thgiMagride,
Yet greatlr It be pleai\i PirnliUDini will gnoa
Him with a chaeiAil look : and, fhwning lb hb bl
Hli loT* to Sanm ibowa ai though Ua own iha w
Thui comToRiiic Uic load : " O mr-during he
Of Sataine', Loarlna'a child (who oTtM IMbai
llerenr-Urlngnamek-"-- --- — - ■—
BruWi Bnt4t^oU(B M
ButMumb- ■ —
Blirough bli
ow, that which moR or aU hari^gbtT bait did rai
Hai (hlhai, Comml'I dukt, ■not Coilaeui dead,
Wa. by iha hutmi king uqfurttr buildwL
When ihe, who to that tima itul wilh ■ NOCMhed to
Had wemM to bwr th« bnock of Locrlne^ IbnaEr ti
OiowD big with tha levaDga whk
Ami aided to the Uitb witb anry Utile hemd
i Alone ibe beiiwMl^ibe «twll cflow and de
L.iJlher'co
Tbe flaca and Jfolsua ween, tbea ntd or all rammac.
.1 gnat in power ai apirlt, wMlM be «(lacta ba ftna^
_[bn imhliinlr mnli'd, and Am btr irelkil heart
All tdty clean exlAl (whom Mlhing csbM eaDTOt]
The aon or mMitr Bm to tvcarail or M> Sft I
kBOnnt the Briton heia the flnt inMHa« iCrtfe,
annSwy waretiul aJand upon thia promlaU ifaon.
rhen erowiiing M^an klnK wboB Ibe to lactlMbara,
And thaw wMeh eerr^ Wa aw In Ma otiiBwM trcngM (
Not H with blood niBc-^ tanmedlataly **aM«M
Tlia tnoihat and tha ctalla : irtuiMbaiDtT whHilwKw,
Upon Ihdrtemtv knew btn^aeRy. Woelhrtbce.
«d«r knew bn^aeicy. Vet
that thou ihoSilW thy Mrer Si
a aheSould tin behold the pr« to hemem
rhom klHdy Lecrin*^ death HiSeV not to ■«
nio (itulha bofd-rlBt cun thee with thy BO
Your curia to curiM watai, which nlal^ 11
Ye mm with limM anni •mla
na allcB-waniMnc W>a (her iniwaifto
Ai wantonly ihe etralna In harlaaclTlnBa a
"" (aiUwi
M^riL
iring abore,"
wy : wnicn w tnem uivr EowDn CiHwi «■
(Tgondly Wye; which Itbonnta again:
drawl along: and In her wat^ train
: halh recoune, and Comran ; whktallMli
"E~°
er mlunaa. What, at lait, the goodlr Wfc b
■e now wai in that paH ^^ilcL or all the rm
fhlch (ai her *ery worte) In bniith Ihn eaM to we
I icDitti (Mm north to Muth, her midit li onry way
ram ScTem'i boid'rln« banki nnto the tUba lea,
"'" iheDdttattcrmlhe heart The anient Brttn
er calk U mind, and what thoae BitUih w«n
— ■^-neUlheoiaMioralltbe ■
^(nilalAlbtl'
WhiUt Brltahi war beneU; Ih
To wboae old naUon^ (■-'-
lib Commmh, and Wersry that doth wH
er tor them good DUBcr to HnrUe.
D^ H Bga&i, ftmn the BadnBttan (Ulb
. WiM to umleTga ^uraca.
ij ihuamonA-d, ibt Ibr the Biliu m
rfl can lift you up', to that inmottal pr
' teaerref by whom Bnt Oaul waa tai
_i; and Sir W, what nation ererwn)
IM convieit TDu acMcrM f And, a> ym ««• mi
I ya (boiira u« leat) ' ' ^"" ''""'
HIT bardi which iuii|
With lifted haodata Mike On their Inland Uaai)
Oat hud but coming In, iholT murd'roaa iwcrtr h^h i
In her amil dreadAdnfce aa tfaundtlnE Hb«b bad i
• 8Ut, BrItonil' when haipake, hli wi
"Soto'' ■* '— ^ ■'—■■ — -*'
POLY-OLBION,
Pnurtty iluU pnlit fljr iraur
TtiU In jaa ndila Mnn, the :
Ddila Mnn, the Isiu dcaonti li
iMns, Sh In L^UMM
I tbiiH thinn wboBB Emndi von nrj tiue
_ .^ atudhucfngtlMTinttoaDtnt
Ite iUT*ninl eurioui «»), nn •cOn on>*nint i
And Attcr tiMHUJil, the tnita the* ibfluU In oueeluiB culL
TUn eoMf ipuliif tlut, the liuih iboold f n •ltd ilL
And iiuelip 1 npooH, Cl»t which tfala froirjinl Una
Diitli KUdiUH her wlUi to be h«r bdaow crlBM.
HKt [nwui'd : for, (till vhcra irit bMh (buad
M dcarlT me. It Doede that actions fnond :
Inf moat eMarlT me. It DDed«
cb the nipfotu Bight (Itc ni:
ailrd.wj
w tudfiMl* *n B ftiict.
That whleh dtersil ■(Dlwhkh ftntad la ta lean
A( UWT It qiiUa ntect, nd for asH triaiiu thlm
(Which Hue hath liiui'd to Uuth) Iha« alTanr vUl Bhu.
Tboe men Utac all the world) Uke eui ptecMau he,
TlwnAire (tn nr oncelt) noat rigtatlf «l .
That to the Kooan tnut (oB hia rqwt that ttaT)
Out lnilhftaatdmtsl«uii,uitnc>iut«(«ia
Aa wewaratbanef hla^ euept *lwen of Ua power
Wfio our wlaa Drutda here unBerclAiIlT alew i
Uta whoa, inat Nelura-a diftk* sa
Hot iritb bhA dauntla* qpMW •««
When Bnt ther heard then pacaoh tl
ADd aran In BsDC^ dintta, and f n eonlairnt oTftu^
OnuVd hand) with hinb dvtta : wUeh cart or ■-— -
ThefBlev, whothnu^ the
'Should
WbatVKleatiT
»(miu|ilr\lj
hate and prMo
then thoufbt we
raelut their obtactlen)aac
That Tet Iboag ahoaU befOuiidaoiaiMnI tatherlia;
The BouaD, a«t the Plct, Iha Suon, then the Danfc
A U baAuIn the lale, eA like 1 taorrM rata
■t her I beaUta the aaci«i«kiw wnek
nj > noUe book, a loiiloiia hinda ahoitid nek
• See the Kailh long. ' > ilenr; the Second,
"fisa.'s
I thhKB, hr arer <Na 1M> bit: -
ftU^^thna wuMMsg Vfjt did riot.
* aDurcc, aadMI how ahe doth attain
ixnm ner amfmHW Oalaa ; with all th> (oodlr Mtin,
Ha parti worthy note, neit,^>^Yn dolh taka
MDifndbu, Ml iBUeh Ion to Serem then to abow.
Upon tala aonlbem ild* lenb Uknrtoa (in a row)
Biigtat niia, that Mbb an her BtoHl ud IHIdw flood 1
N»t,DuiHniDi BJiebothenlibullTeD^'d,
T^rrinaa, Camo, Hawea, wKh Baeao, and the Kue,
Tfaua aa ab* awBona akne, with all thai •oodh' ti^D,
Upon b*r other tuk brMewtswn I a aalB
Cornea Dulaa Wwhcaeimeao Baaj berera be,
Tlie ocoABCDce to their qoeen, aa ooher eune ihe Biakea ;
Ttma at MoMnDerr neat rieu Keanet la ahe tikta ;
Where little niddli« Mb Into her bneiler bask I
Forkt Vumwair, hrtBJI^TiirandHMot! givirlii( raok.
Which Bnt their rai
POLY-OLBIOH.
The Hum tron Cambria cornea a|i
To view lb* Ibmi of blr Doao,
nca walled with e meirr nh,
I I,3uatar, and th* idilniVib )
ti with the nnapba, rhamenliia I
h- wcMini of the IJig and V/) ;
eiug tbp Kerc'brdUn pdde
thruata the l^lr^lwl^■ biek Inl
Aa when we haply M* a ttckl|r waauB bu
Into a ■! of thai lAleh we the mother eall,
When Am the frlcred woab aha IMa the pain arii^
Breaka into aTleToUi riffaa, wtU> bitenalud erlai,
Beraaiadof B«raena«t and atniggHng atlll with Ihote
That 'bdoat her rialnfl pdn thdr utnoat atrenfth oppoae,
Starta, UaKa, tumUia, itrlkea, nrm, touiea, worBL and wmwh
Cardm with AtrioHlbnbi her holdara to the walla j
On* wefl might
1 whenea tUi luddeD itnnflh J
«mw ■un>ua1l,lhetwcatofSeTcniUeJ
end baahT tap Dian hoUelh up to hlih,
■f* but aaeiL ahe b ao tall and 1ai|&
I* span the wlndlna Btarge,
I the lalTn that dkrwimne
not Tiered with Himmer'i aun,
le nynpha to eiueitJUa,
rsahtto'i wafrjinlni
I npcaaiDg ihc (ou oi hiirc.
61S
And fma \Kr Bl
Vata tbttr taM onniililnt i
Sd rrullAil in ho- vosili, un h
Ttut Laden which Im wu do
Tboufh near to Dan all^, d
H' baokt tlinD tiUna ■• ■ pn>T,
from ftir auocour whan they crj*6,
— imgt (her utjm "aaapai 1o hMc),
through th
mnin^UI
M thebHhn hli
ar aarefalpiBaod ;
aoman^ were the rapca done on the wafn brood*
That Sabrlne to her lira (gmit Neptune} fbrcM Bo na,
nil anoad oAi he lent her nUMer ilicam to keep,
To dHve them back to Deu that Inubled att Ibe dei^
WhilU Haheni (kii» of hUU) blr Serem oretlsoiu
(Attended on In Uatc wllh trlbutirt bmok^
And haw the Itaclle deldi oT Herelbrd do lie,
BehoUi hla Boodlr vite, how tcrvanb tbe pJeaaint ru«,
Aboundlni Hi Dew, the rale at Euiham lin,
or whom he'i dalli leen, and leelng doth commaixl ;
On Iipt[)Ci tet aloft, thii iiroucll)' ultnvth he :
'DUtd I, ai thou do'itt amMUauilT u^n
■utt nj forkrd top Into th' echeriaL flra.
lur.uldu thou taketheiwecti that on ntrbcedobi
ADore thou WDuldtt not agek what 1 enlojr beneath :
BnlilM, the tundry loila I tmf wa; luner,
Hike me, irbeltn dm, thy egiul nerf waj,
, rude, and toM of all delight j
M tald, »■ ■ '-
Biwhic
Hatlna their rtdnn toi
[F»m whenco all wil proceed^ thai
UouDchdenny, Blorcnch hllL with breeoon, ana in<
But thhika, In our defence, they far niuch moie caul
Yet, ftlllng to Biy lot, thli Moutly I maintain
'OalnU forena, ralllet, Bclda, groiaa. cIvhi. pailutc
And all their latter kind (to much that do tiHy
Ucon their hedinn, flockt, and IhelT fertiUly),
The mountahile&B kins: and he II It alone
Abure the other aolla that Nature doth enthrono
rtni, toth« laid, Hka wuia or
uwithlhetky
lelfu Ihay And,
_ onily mound Ihi
, (ai betWIxtJ her name dldllnt begin :
at note brook, iribe her banka do l]^
ut haib her plenteoua aprlng IVotn mountain or tti
■I ttom ui riolh glide.
liuTlo youTawet iudi iriiniW* we aeem,
Indcorn'doRwithclouda: It la your Ibigy ilean
■he powerhil Sun aOaitt, ifiat In the codI^ day
Lnd, what'! the gnre^ u much Ihatlhlnkt her to be grac^
r not abora the rett upon the mountain i^acM,
^DT in the e»T '•)• ir ahe be Kt below,
Vhal la ihe but obKUTaf and bet more dampy ihade
Lnd covert, but a d« Ibrbaaataof laTenmade?
Ie«d^ we aro the martu, which, laoking from on high,
■he traveller b^oldti and with a elieeri\jl rye
>Dth theretfy ahape hi* rourae, and Iteahly doth isurfue
lie way, wblch long bate* lay ledloua In hia Tlew,
" What (Mhi, flood, or Held, that ilandeth not In awa
>r Slna. or (hUl eee the riibt thai nHHintaln hw t
■■""iren.
thaifblind
"So T^tutubythemae Endymlon'
Tut hill, on whcae high ton he waa Ui
Fale Phobe^ wand-r^ i
Not Tenwe only lo<
Nor Heliaia their]
BSttitah'Si^iwa
Upon tbair geUen I
oTlheHlmaTeo]
■kUfUl
loy-dhe
'Ugtatlngin their grove:'
.TmrhmdeOclouibTlir
byJov.
FornountainatUaaiimcA Wbblnreelv had be toU ;
Along the hrtlle fldda, whaa Iblvnn mMw beboU
The Her^btdlan ■ood^ Cu diitant Ihni^ lh(y be 1
For great men, aa we flnd.agreal wayorreauaea.
Fint, Frome with ftirtMd dear, by Bromyard that deth glide ;
And taking Loden In, Ibiir nixtf tttim* do guide.
To meat (heir loverelgn Lug Ana the Badinlan ptain
At Preitaln eeadna In ; whae he doth (MntalB
Tho Wadel, aa alaag ha uBdac DaiftM goee :
Hei ftill nd iDitySte lo whan the «cert ibDin,
At to allui* ftIr Lug, abode irllh her la inakK
Lug lUHa {hiw bat, than Ard In doth iak&
At Lamrtn, rbr LcT wool whoH (taple doth aecL
And aenna lo arer-mateh Iha aiUan PhiydBB eA
HhI Ihla oBT Cokboa been uaisa* aselanta kuowB.
When honour waa benair, and la bar glory dun.
Ha then that did CDimaaiKI tb* iBftntiT of OTecaa,
Had wiy loour iile^tenturV Avtl^ Bi
!ka iDdaitTtiiMilT IDhavw
iia TldDg wdm i3att; wiien aa tbe prlnerir Wye,
Hha (too hia mui« la wake, amil* hhn by and by.
Whaie mecU^ Id beboU, with bow welLorder'd gran
Each other MIst^Ba, bow Undlv Ibay embiace;
For Joy, BB gnat a dMnl the boiderlng dly •cut.
That whh Ihe aound tbamf, which thorougb Haywood wi
The WDod-nympha tU awake that in tba ftaeat won ;
To know the audden eauab and praaentty they ran
With loefca un^nbVL Ibr bane Qie krrety Wye to aee
niir Mood that gtaW her anal) ihli day ihould mwriod bi
To that more lovely Lug 1 a rliir nfmuch tiiv.
That in bar wandering bankiahouldloaehligliiriaua nana
F« Hetcferd, allhoDgh her Wye ahe hold u dear,
Yet Lug (whoa* longar courae tlotb grace the goodly ablTT,
And with bli planiaoua atnaaa io BaDT brooka doth baing)
or all ben that ba north la ahaolntdy Uu.
But Harcriy, grIevM that he (the nanat of the reat.
And or Iha uounlaln Und,] not bidden waa a gueat
Unto thia nupdal ftait, » iaidly It doth take,
A> (meaning ftic tbe aarae bla ataOon lo tbnaka)
BnuU andmad irith grief; hlmaairin twodid rivei
The OHa and btdgea near belbn him up doth drtve.
And dnndng badlaBg down, Ihm dayi together lao :
Whkh.tellawlng u he went, the racka did lo appal.
So violeBtl* halnloh^ valley tuh.
But Wye Okou bar dear Lug whom nothlngcu reatnln.
awhen well near having im^
ia going ruth, two daler teooka at laat
sU her Itndly HBda, la guida her od bar way i
ianur,thatgetalnawlltaarraB: wUebdol^r
To grace the goodly Wyo, at ahe doth pas by Dean.
Beyond whoae equal ^ting unto the wevt doth lia
The goodly Ootden Vale, whoae haaeloua lecnU do fly
Mora nra than HyUa'tawcctai and twlxl her bord-ting bUK
Which aocaatlmc to altabi, that mighty ton <
One or hIa labouta made, and with Ibe drag!
That never cka'd bli oyta, the (dUbi fluit b
A) IT I' tiakh thli placb ftom atheta, nalun
Banka orown^i — h^ — '— ■ *-— "
FleMahaKbl,
J^thepb
To ahaw tbe Wddtk within dath an
So brave a nyutrii >be la, <b every thing ao rare,
Ai to lit down by her, ahe thinki IborA sona^ianld dan
And rnrth ahe lenda dte Doita, upOB the Wye Id wait.
Whom Munno by the way mote klndhr doth entreat
{For EOie, bar BHM lovj, and (Ncoo^ only eaka)
With her to go along, liUWyo ahe ovettakt
ieBritl*h)afbe
POLY.OLBION.
M ft«a RittbtM or tbc ihli^
AikfLmsban thtmfii but imilt : when thcr Buch inn 1h
Itn* thniK tn wHh thg bmki hiclOHd tn bB buA.
Tan iMtIt MiiAtr Murn wltb nur b M nak,
Ai Uiouih ihe nuU coBlaid wUb Uutatt, «7dolh mn
OTplic* (bf Iwrdacn} BRMdener to hn* :
niTeluiidiw to btiulif £■ «Ui*i>(odIUa gniw.
So itnBtljr fi •urpiti'd vlth btuiUa In bar (Mc
Bt ho qbui lilt coBld hold, but Tuabl* kho muit ibow
dn llklu; ud handTdolli Ints adnfne Utdw.
Not fa tarn him uda «hHi Hihoni doth pemln
Tn hllli, wbkh Oiou(h tbrir baubK high An do not ban
^** ^"It *» *"" ' ' Pfot MalTon, ud lObM
I look!, ukd oqDal iMbo doth flue
10 n^ nd Bdita^anrhr dnthllvo
■H Wmd, dworJlnt »rf w^ ' —
I no* iwtotthw not to i
WbMi, thougk In thdr Bcah tna mull nutta doth
Y« both of good oceoant an mckmt in tlia ihlns
AsdhlgUi fncllorTaanilDhtiiiroiidiiaBlnabf.
When «iB the goodly Wrra. that *antad w ia bl(b
Hv MnlAt and aoail^ woodt Bnto tbc Itamaee aoU,
(And li^lni on K^ br hn dsar doth He
TI» nlKn wtanin h« riaMt fcnaw b«,)
or ErMethoaV «d b^iu bar to bctblnk.
And of hi! ciuri nl^ua doth wtah tbaraUmigbt drink
ThM thiu bam ifin devoUV : than of h« own dcnlie 1
That iba. In wfcoM bar torn, &ir Baudlf, took ildig^t,
A pd from bar foodlv aat aoaaelv<d to anat a pTtdo,
In Sttrd on bar eait, Wna « tbe Ka^ddt,
So naked lift af iHiodt, of plaanirc^ and forkm.
nynwhal) TOO could pa
ddiJthrnddiHitir
tnd forhlm
he gnwing (rain i
Dnadi, that are
Upon tlili nunftnm aae .
Td one ef Crna' nTinphi !
The eon oTPenna (hen. m.
That TlllaInT to wreak th<
Wh<K wUb ■ dnadntl rnx
And having Aw him nfi
And'tbnmi bar down Ma
Who, when nor Ma nor h
" llite dU Tou Ike one tnw rbutar«£^ftni?tfaey
(Whoa I nay luntr Mil thali countiT^ ikwIlT IOb)
*Oalnat thani von oove no power^ Iheir n»U unpunlih'd gneL
How many grWrad huU In furan thae tfialL atirre.
For that wUch the; hare ra^ their beaMIr luM lo httc I
" We, (onHrine Ihit Ihe Hats of (Oaoui Hlllain were,
Tbat whera their Wtj tofii their nelghhouilng couDtriea
Their trunk! (11^ wad ftilki) now Iwe and «k«d itud.
And whenliie rnOr herdi of hIeh.iialD'd harti did gaa*
IIponthei>aB«rbT,llieti*fiio*Ai(h oDlrgme
The gaO'ibbaek canlao iaot, and hnnnu iwine do qioU
Once to tbe arlvan poveia onr eomeoated bIL'*
Tbiiotbtt^ ihe with ■riar: andiiamihewauU hneipoke,
Whan theSakiplu Aoodi barorbarpofpeiahroke,
And lUeneedM enjoin I a Bafnina iw to lend
To aanm, which (wai tboitght) £d nl^tf tbhv Intend.
POLT-OLBION.
And how br them the Brtlooi OH i
Cbeen the SaleiiUn mmntaini blA.
That on the we« oFSenn lit ;
Ttwlr*uMii'°*' ''h«?m°»fcrt """^
Wlran down to Brug Ihe Hnae altauli :
When, laaTlng bar, ihia loiit riie ndi.
. -. ibe bad logo,
a cuw nitrenlh (pnuing bj) ;
H dU Cimbrh clalmM her due,
— ■-. -.»» wiic, «< ' ocnrened Britoni flewi
Rr England now uurp'd, who fpait the wonted meen.
Her nire and umeign banka) had taken iundn •him.
Which aha her manfiea made : whorebr IhoH hUli of iWg
lliaH laBdi In all
rsa
ith, athwart the Cambrian wi
Tbat all wlthoot that i
To nin Itta noRb to i
Could EDgland aol lufllce.
Which In the hurt BfWalM wM 101
Now Afilj fbr her bound proud EagUna an pveier.
^at Berem, when ifae leia the wrong thw oMr'd bei.
Though br Injurioui time deprired rflhat place
WhLcb andenth ibe held : ret <otb that her dligraee
Should on the KitODi 11^ the hllb and linn near
lu her dear eh^renV right (tbeir anccMon oT^re,
Now Ihruit betwlK henetf. and the Ver^ian jhor^
Who dnre the^anti hence that of the earth ■«» bred.
en Soiern, lowtlng low, thut gravely them benalie ! -
it giTe thill ble hl> name, and to hii children three, '
^ »S.-_ _.
Iieaudenl Billooi ret a Kntred klog^eyM
Lnd long befbre, bona amw agalnit the bartannu Hi
Icre landing wUh litteot the iSe to orecnni ;
iihI IbUowIng then In fli^l.tblir gtnani Hunhnri .
n that gnat arm oriea,^h1i great nil
;m.w ^ _.
kn by Bmnk*! powerful {land
ac kUigi, to by Rudhuditvai,
Xiinab to rei^i
lining hunia
Ti'd, endu'd with noMer
. ...at (by the liberal art!)
amrnrd. In thli Ue, •eem'd Athena to tranifet;
Bladuif, of her Ungi tbat great phUoaophcr ;
found odf bolbng hatha ; and hb knowledge hlgb
athi, here practiaed to fly.
^re, and thoie who latt did tug
_.. , lar, theioniof IJortwlug"
(By whole unnatural ilrlfe the land « hmg «u loH'il)
1 cannot May to tell, nor ihill my Britain boau j
Her lint Imperial crown of goW lt*t erer wen,
Andthatraoatglorloui type gTeovetvlahty regained !
HuhnuUui : who Ihli landin inch iMale malmain-d
Ai bii grli^ beblia Bnite from AlMon'i hein It won.
" Thij giiodf falU, great » he, Uiwe fbut ptntd
That each way croaTtUi Irie, and baundi did them alli
Like privilege be lent the temple and tbe though :
So Mudioua wai thli pilnca In fall aioit (brward leal
" Bellbiuii be begot, who Dacia proud lubdu'di
Aihn'd of dTU Arid i U bOM lun loTlni •)] :
And witb nich g«tlr IwHli, la OtnoMny mil fliul
Ai be had nlberM up, tba Alpiiie mnunulru pcH'il,
And bmn^rin tks tuki of Ikul Aim cbu'd
Andt)inniihs(WdIbRi«,dlipl*T'<ll>'*Bcltl>)i entigs^s;
Tbne, bduKUt ■><• HanL utait b*t burr fotd,
TIk HBiun ftv ilini he In Bcr Rami uld.
Al kut, bj nomrnpeU'd, Hi proud oriauucmi.
Hit fatt— tlwn tir Omca did bututlT uddnH i
And mwchlnf with tab ram niBBbHlhiHflilflii!^
Mftde Hiecdart flntitoopi Aen Ttinialr, ud Unni
Hli u4diea then HwlefaM with aU Fnala'i iinU;
And when to One» he ioti Ui* laat and deadllat M^
Iiv that nHHt dnwUUl Os&I. OB that UOR lUaad dar,
O'erttarew tbdr uttuAt proweaa at lad Thenuopjls %
Anddarinf of hergodttadventuT'd tohave ta*n
TboKHRed tb)ngi enibrin'd In wlac Apollo*! bne: ImirA
To whoaa ■bm thmiderinf HfrnTenpttmounc'd lirr TcuAdl'at
AflAlnit tbe Ddphiab power he ihalc'd bit InniLawoid.
T Al of the BriUah blood, the nallTe Cambrl hen
(So or mi CambiU call'd) tbna vaUant Cvrnbri wen
(When Britain wltb her brood u pe^Jed had her (Bi,
The bU csuU not nifllee. U dallT pew ao fn-'
or nenmark who themidna did andently po
Vel Ini weto iH*
Hul wiA IhlK Al
And Ukn loiiii! hoi
Came that unwici
Flnl lilie a iSofii (ell upon lllrricum.
And with hit Roman poweti Fapitiiu onrthnw (
Then, b; iireat Delua'bfoughtv^nttthDKlcflofia, tlew
Their Alien which Id Fnna AunUw Scaunia led ;
Andaftrrward aniD, at bnTdj TaDqoWied
The nuuliCupIa and Maul luiillu on th« [dahi.
When Rhodanui wat red with Hood oT Latlu ilaUL
•■ In graitiKM DHt niceeeda BeUnna' wonhj ion,
Ounuttiu : who toon left what hia gnat Athei won.
To OuTntelhHs hit heir : whoM quoena belaid her kind.
To wiae Mulmntiut' Uwa, hei Uaillu flnt Sid ftuie ;
" 8a Brtlain rofib with then, tSal Tafiant heataid brouthl
Morindut, Danlua' aon. which with that nonattt » (outht
HlBBd^eettthatdlToarM) loabowhlraaeirualn
ThelT naitrr, who b* Ibem iriected vai to nUn.
" So Britain likewbt boana hei EUdun tiieTuil.
Who with hit people wat of luch eqiedal tnitt,
That ( Aichlfallo Ul'n Into th^r ceitenl hue,
And tiT their nnrerful hand depnr'd of kln^j alate).
But lona hehod not rdfn'd, en hanniT II dkanc^
1 a b uulliw of ■ halt, that In the 1
The lata dajietod Unfl, hlioatir wi
Fron all naort of men, ]uit QMnn du men i
Who noch unlike hliueIC at EUdunu' ftet,
MIm pnMntlna wltb lean, M) tender braet 10 MTDok,
That Ee (the nSllih ink who lalel]' BB btan look
At lb' earoeit peopled pny'n] him calUng to the court.
Then Anhieallo't wmw lo U>d> did rtpoR,
HaUdni (In hU rifbt] bit lanotaUe caa^
With j» eftdual ipeegb Inplvlnc their bwi €""•
Tbat hlu the* rdnthroaM ^ in peaee who epeuc hit dayiL
■■ Then EUdun aa^, ctovn'd wnh apotuulTe pnlM,
Ai he a brother nlaM, by bntlian wai <^oi%i.
And put hiiD lb* towT: where ndnnblTlndat'di
OutliTliiK iret their haM^ and the Biurpan daad.
Thrice had the Rritlih cnwn aet on taknnreBd bead.
" When man than thirtj kli«a In fliir aumwlcn ea^
Unto that nlfhlT Lud, hi whoM itenMl name
Oivl London MDI «bA Hn (b« him rabulUed) while
To dba abe remalBt the aoHieliB ofthli Me:
" And when coBmandlng RoBe to Caaar fan the eharie,
Hei napin [but too fiart) (till nirthar to anlarRe
wnh all beirond the AJpa : Iha alda he Ruind to |uaa
Fran tbeee parti Into Oaul, ihowV hen Mm* nation waa
Vnduuiied that mieln'd irith Bowe't ao diwdftii name,
Whenftn thMmTlchleM man, whae hlgb amldtliin' wnu^t
Bnond hei etnplre'i boundi, hy iblnlng wlFclr iouaht
(Hereprawnneoii theibnraa) thli Uajid to deacrv,
^"- ' ■ ■ poataaa'd.howfkihlon'dahedldlra:
n her flnt conqueror Bmte here put bit powera to nat j
A gnat aaiiaial of iboat aortbem naticna. I
Mutla.
' A eenilD •aootB, nAeii iatulBi from the Ma, detound I
cnorihcBiltlili people. I
Only aon* HUlo hoalB, IMh OMd that dU Iwr fced
uB-t. ^.- _^— ■ ■■■ ri-iiiiiiii II III ih Md
But aa anaihar wcrilL wKh all abundanea blMl,
And eatliAU with wbat aha In henelf pomM I
Thnwah ha oeaaaln wiaHh (M length} (111 wantea Bown,
SooM king! (wMi oihan' landa that woold enlail* tiidi on]
By InBembw anna au open paaiagE made
FsrUn that gapV lbrd(lbe RobbM U iimda.
Vet wltfa grlibAafd war when he bar alMiw did gnet.
And terrlElait did^mat with Ua amariat Ocet.
Tlwae BrHUi U»dt be (Ouid hb fime th- ' — ■ "
!A
Which boldljr duntatwaut ta fo(He CD thy ihon :
7%ou auoh hard entraaoa ticK (o Caiai didn atknr,
To whom (Ibyaiirneqil) the weatera wtild did tew.
AndaMnthanCaaargat, three iimiwnneauld not wl
m the CDOaaeaua aona ofAor CmSaIn
Sunk undar Plindui' awonL aant faltbB to diacam
The Ibmer KeaMB rtfht, be aima ualL wHh M
Nor with that oonaulJgtaM, VHpaa&aiald prerail
In tbiny aneni Bghi^ kw make thea Hoop tlielt laU
Voa, bad Bok hit trnn aoa, joiH l^tua, UM their hoB
Hli Ibrwaid lUbn fMdiM out oftha Kidahlmn,
And fuU Urn wondroo) w«U when he waa ttreiwly eha
HIa lUbar (by hia hand ae ntlaati* ealanw
HadaentBKevtaiBBamei aoe bad he aier ndlt
The temple that wlaa HB of Mthnil Oairid bidt,
Submted tboM high wallt, and lay'd that sHy waala.
Which God, In huaian B^, abon all other pacMT^
In that thehS* of Wlabt ibi
Our Belgw II and aididu-d (a r—r— ■
That lateit came to ue, our l^?of J
Whn ClaiadiUL wbattnt time her
•ohfectien bfougfat.
- Her i;aladac (with lauae^ ao BitliAl amy inier 1
rhin whoa, a branr Mrit waa neVr brewbl Ibnh hv bw:
^or whlM hen In the wait Oe Bdtona gathoM ho^
Ihia gcBtni of lb* na^ hIa auui aiunt >■ led
Vplnat Oatarlu aant by Caaai to tUa (dace
Vlth Bome'ahlBh Sictuaa (then the hlgh^hi ItarluiH^giKC],
lloncanddeJtfBlwarwlthwhcaakedldmBlBlahi, *^
lotU that hour wbmin fala nllant BiiioM tlala,
le irlemiily bAald {o^lnmit with Soaaaa Boaw)
df wen aearlhekal ihali wnth did nu devour.
I (Ibr rataan, adt fear) be lad (aa tnMlag ma<
larday^dht nio, ^MtUa had liO^ V^
He u bD ftaa, by bar, moat fhlaeiy wat betny 'il'
Who, aa a ull of WW, f adenOc tthuBBb atBt
Ta gnat Oriorhii dut, whNi thiMgh proud Beae h* w^
That had hendfnnvarU (aa dte had an been eyaa)
Our Caradao to riiw i whOL la hIa counttri gobe.
Came wllb hli body nak-d. hli hair down to Ba waiat,
WlthaundirabaiHofbeaila. And whan thli Britaa aa*
HIa wllb and children bound a> tlaeee, II eonU net awB
Ml.iBu.ll»eaiUaU; but with a nttled gne^
wllh bar pride, he laokM her bl the ftn I
■aaach 10 gnn aa wdl a pilnc* bnae^
1 hit radeam'd.laaur etemal ftmb
D«M,tbelBil^ " "
I Koortgnatlyi
" Tbota of Yoriubln and the
0 Angkaej, Um chief ^ace of
iMtofHtWOLaadSi
aoftkeDndte
POLY-OLBION.
Tbmi mtrliiK, hcbeliektwiutnriioli him inle sltb dtsd :
The mmk Brilbh fRw, thd ^- -
Vnih flreJinDdi imn iliDiit, 1)
in Ik* Miit the BfllDM om-nn :
"W"''"*
Tbe olWT loQi k^ (t H*Min, DTCnhrowi^
Which by pnawliHu il|ni wm mtnv timn wft-aboK
. To LoDdoh u Akfi h7*d.
or nnf^ It km at kU to tr;,
«Huc ihow'd, HH] wkh A vMcc u hlxb
■r rifbt hud htrlun, mnd tn her left ha ihleU,
Ilk the bMtlii Monl ^njund <■ Ih* (leM),
W>da in thu dooMAil wn : tUl balT, whee the •»
Tke (bctoDt of tke da* uM tk« Heoia draw.
The DuMn if ouUlTe bee frtendi Hko kl^l; «d diediio.
And laatly. tat vnai Rime ■ trlimiih M remiln),
BT potHW endiher dmn, wito IhU end pniiaiM,
Ai liTleklj to umd irkat Soetonlqa ^sr-d.
" Him ■cercelr Rcme ncall'd, lacA |1o^ ke*ljig won,
Wko hartnieKtlcdMoa, thuninU'Bli hirinen,
Apnolirtad br the pomn ■ooueDtlv to m«
Tb* MutarBrHan ilDk. Hid iffr In deine
Beneolb kta bul mnl Ow OnhnlH" tohu
InbmHtidi the weit, Ihoi* p«Bi» lot of III
Whkh MmtTiM klB vKbMoea, mwin-i Ax mutitl wort
When *U the Mwu thet lij betwtait HIT IVeDt iBd Tweed
SiriBc'd not (br Ike mr) hk nMeftd fltw u '— '
UeUMiaKoe BrHsmiHDd, wko ((- -^-
iti^'ktel^f — " ~ "' "
Tkem UiWi ol _
TbeBooaD yoke I
"BfblRi
Msm ftHnd, wko (la nbele their n>l(*B,
ad eni our iDolk not karhu Han J
sapw '• isfl: vkkh IVMihh h^l behoU
j.^i — heooiBpeUy
9 ampMOn rrinM ilnco In! that waibcsu ;
Mr flnt, Hia laat DDolCiu.
B ^ee ito» to Rame^ iBpcrlon* iriA,
Id land with tbobintlnTnir,
KlbnaUiWhi.wboloi
■I ih* Im (!»>■■ dont Imt* tejrlDoci of our own
ck ai, irlihiii omadm, our •«■(■(* lAwidd elect],
rlraaut, born eun, here Ant ike did pntael i
n h^ our Flmln' Hata who Inn'd (B UriicM laai
lai Loidw^ tkM aood kiBt 1 to nhou we dm^ on
a hawdDiai we fiaH, Chrtil cmeliy'd id know.
i1 ilhllahi. to ks fflm, re— ■-">*" •^■•■"— ""y
Bttoteaaefa Idnev
After (that w<
Within I— ■■
Si?^.._„ ___.
Intanioa hia ", who ent tke HB of Ood intan-u.
■■ So AltoBi' ma iha boti, thangk Italf her crownM,
or an the Oirtmin wnU, that envieie moit miawn'd,
CooWentlM' wnrth; wife i who econibil waAOj kM,
Hanair in ponna want to eMk that lacnd CKKo,
WhcreoaoiuSafiourdy'd: whlotaltoiiiid,aaltwM«mgbl,
From Salem" unta Home ttfnmBhuilljr ilie brought
" Ai when the jwlmer chareh tier councUi piwM to ciU,
Great BrflainV Wahe|a thar* wn* not Ika liaat of all j
As^m th* Arlan aaet at Ailta kaTlnt room,
At Vudlca acaint and at ArhniilDiiL
And KomaofhariraatdianaaiawwearTkeRatlaat;
The VandalL OotGi, and Hau, that with a powofUl bead
All Italr ana ^ance kad wen-vfw orenpreod.
liabald.wLtkln|we
~ '" WhM wai^iii '^iSr M>K o«r •<■
•With the iMQinltai Wet, mil wMtiM
And twlit thelVoward lire, Weentloiii'
>• Bt Salnl A
'•JoMtAoTd
sn
itber'i reliiii : wher
In uoiVand dnVt U
Our cauH •ninit Ike PIcI
■■ When aS, whkh wi
PeneKM Ihe weaHkj lile W wallow in hs nore.
And tubtlT had Anind out how we Inbebled wore ;
Tber. under ftlie preteace of emit) and cheer,
The BittUh tweri loTlte, the ncrman hialthi to Tk
At Stooehenie i where Ihef tham unaiarTUUllT ate
" Then, Ihaee of lintel vaat hhud, of Annaile
Eitiam^ (Tln-d to lae their klnamen udlurtat,
-"-" — rcUete, er elw with u to d|r i
Ursa the CUiMaa part that all Ihr Bnitaa were.
With bar Ufh tntha InBan-d, laokV btcit oae abonl
TofludtkelTaaTanlapilBiai and bade then (tt Um out.
And In lk«lr ftdnam wait opon tkdr loraraisa kod.
In BTltau andait tUit utnTriir Ikat had ftood.
When flntthe A^ooa Taaii^ that on the Cambrian aide
Dolh Shmpibln aa a meer ftom Harafttd dliMe,
Ai wonkint of tke reM I ao waftkllT dotk erata
Ttial oT tboae laaMT bm^ tke hadi^ ihe might hare i
The Ont of which li Clun, that to her alrtma euoe;
Wblcb oTa forert" horn ikat bran her piaw name,
UdIo the Ooldan Vale and anrienUj allr^l,
ornerr thing or both ninckBtlj •ii|if4)'d,
"nt longer that the gmwi, Ihe more renown doth win ;
Andfiir^iH'greateTMate, namBradScMbringethln,
When dstclT making forth, the ttiong and luit* Team
A Mndlf Itoreit nraiph |iumM Hookliy) doth enibrace,
BeTaeinKatbrmr^Tbearii twin wbnm and Btbifwoad>«±aaaL
Her bank! with many > wreath are cnrtsulr ba&kL
And In their lalkr ikadaa ther long dme her protect.
Thm takca ihe Oneir hi, and Ibrtb ftom them dotb fllw :
When (a her Airther aid, next Bow and Warraa briof^
Clear Qnenin; b^ the war, wblcb nradbrookupdotlilake:
Bt wboae united pawm, their T«am tker mightier mate i
Wbkb In her UT&Tcciuna to Ludlow CBB« at laH,
llien ipeadlBC bat, aa tkongh aeal poet unto the tea.
Bar nallie Shrnhira laaTBi, and Uda thoee tawm adeu.
Her only aorereign queen, proud 3eaei '
When at bar gitu ou^ ihiaa mount
mte Cleaa, llkaloriwi twbu, and atln
Tranueieraed, bakoB Alt England Ic
And OB tbdr eelthH Ude how — ■—
nien SUpwMODablll, tboui
^folDgdoWD,
, aj ddigkCai thoa art lor^ of me,
jou bop^ai a Brliuai tbooghi lo be,
' c]ea¥e, at to our ancient Mend,
Ana an our utmoit itreogtk to CaMihrU let ui leod.
For tbough that larloui Ho* ln)uttDuil; haTo wrung
Fron ua thsaa pnyer namm did^Snt ta ui balg —
n ,uiiiuE oouatiT itlQ itout mounttlu let H auiKL"
Kere arajr nalghbaarlu kill hiM up a wlllhig hand,
Li fredj lo applaud whalStlpMtatoB (iccRed ;
iDd Hockitow when ake heard the mmulalH thua pneted
With aehoaa ftora k«r wooda, ber Inward ]oii aapnaa'd.
7^ hoi that hlU ibckit^TwUcb UkeiriHroT'd EerbeM,
SkouU In the rtghtof Walah Ml ntfgkbouring nnuntalDi 111
So M adrane* thiit plaoa wBiA mtft tham bDlb prrftri
That aha horn opaa akoBta could acam kenelfrHTaln.
Whanaooalhoaaal
B lovlre that lo ber the* ahaolalel! owe.
at Camlet contlh bi, a HoolgoneAan maM,
I Kuice In Serero'i banki that aaMj having laid,
la, bar graal mlitnai next at Shrrwiburir doth Dieel,
•ec with what a fncc ihe that ftli town doth gRM i
■■ *nit inclenl bonndi <t Wakh ' CIuu Sntat
Into whit HBdntrHi her woDder'd Klf iha Uitdwi,
or [t oft UUna luK, oft'turna, U to cinbnini '
AS Ibouih ihe onlT wen ntuHnrd of Ibal bIk*.
With much (do It Imith, ytt WdiUna it idteuf'
Hbt jDnrnVT tow*rdi Ine m doth latMtulf pwwt.
■un. — 1. .1 — .■.. .1. 1,, p[o,p,reu,]y doth nacp.
ik«h In, to her enttclni dee^
R ere ta Bnuv-i MIy AihtB,
n[ld MorTdolh Unilfhn Infill
POLY-OLBION.
ne MuK here H
lie Tiren Ibr thcio ihowlna there
Proud BiwwdMi (tatloiHly pmnedi
With CuBbital nult* istnce*- duMh.
The Miuo then Idnngh Cunurroa owlm,
And Hon [na* Aiw1(K)1 '"i^
Hh rlll>u (he logelhef ulbt'
Then buk Ibr Flbt iiDd DenWgh hlk.
Or in the CimbTUn ihlni thetr heidi that faev (o high.
And Arth'it <urvc7 tbeir Mill with en imUIIwi eye.
The iHuat th*t uinld to klu the wuid'iliw deudi,
EqieciAl audience cnw, oAnded with the throng'
That the of all tlia rtil Deflected wai n long :
AliedgliuilinhRKtr) when. ihTaufh the Saioiu- nu..
The (odUke race of Brule to Se>«ii% lel''
Aeon.
uiwg war eiK evsr whnr did frier
H bciidc thj fonuoe or by might)
le r«b[n'd her ancient right,
ie lawt whidi Moatly did rMain,
prabM ftor her peculiar Ihlnga i
Aiid holda herKlf la great In her lupHltDoua waiti^
M othin by their town, snd IVullhil Ullage gncU
And therefbre, to rvcoont her riven, from their Una*,
AbrMgIng aU deliya, Herrlnla thuitM«ina: — [mou
" IviDUgh Dovy, which doth hrherneighhaufiDgtloodm
fWhoaecDuraa (or ben alone HoQIgomery doth aeeeuDtl,
Bath Angri> tbr her awn, and KarTol ihc dotb elar.
With TowlD, Owedal then, and Dulaa. all at dear,
Tfaiwlributaiy ati '■- ' 1— ■-" -■•■..i .
LIngorrUi
eit, or which betunny lei-ward driti
That (mm their nuUier earth, the rough Mei
Their mixed plenteoui vringi, ants the laaiei
or thoee twa ncUe anna intu the land thai be
Which through Oiriiwthli'IieaoftniouieTe
Ai Dory dc4h ^Tlde Ihe Canllganian gisund
The peulT Conway-i head, aa that aThoIr De
Jtanawned Tirni both, thrir rUng hare in m
Into the ipuclaoa lake, wliare Dec unmiit dUh Bow.
TVowATln lahei hli atzeam bare fNnn a nBli*e Un :
Which, out or nmbla-niere when Dr hluadTdMh win.
Along with him bli lord Aill cMnttaooaly dMh glide :
Ba Rudoek riietta hen, and Cletot that do gidde
Him in hii rugged [ttth, and inakD hli gre^nen way,
The le<^ hlDi, tbi* While UteoCifelr that aiMd,
Sent ftHth well ecbiHng Ukouufwhich enay way ao ihlill.
With the ratohente Hund the qaoiouaair duTtll),
That Ihey were tuli hevit through Ihe Vergifian Bain
To Nf^une^ inward oaurl: aulbeatiog ihere, coourain
That aifhty god cfaeafaitake: vhn.Aill otdmd.
Thrice Oirivliia Ihrta.lbrii'd mace ahoul hia gtitalj hekl.
_ pinid ahy.kluing tofs
Upon a uadeM aign tf dlence to the throng,
CaiHTtlng ■huaJnBcalH of their MerThA nng : ~
" Ttnica bmoDi fixaa kiBg,<a whan Hme ne'er ahal
O Edgar] ^n eompellad'it aur Ludwal beiaca la pay
Tliree hundrad wolni ■ year fix tribble uolo Ihee :
And (or Ihal tribute paid, aa fanoiii mij*!! thou b^
O canquerM Btttlih king, by whom waa fint deatnnM
nie multiuda of wolrea, that !«« thia land a«wy6|
Securely here may ill upan th* aged roeka;
Or wandering (torn their walkL and atnoUiit ben andth
Amoapnthe IcaturM i^A, Ihe lanb neSEncref Aari
But Ann the thraalnlni rtcim la Hire Itielf iiuy creev
iW BOW the cUBdMng gnat all day whkih hating fed,
la not al all Si%nN^ IHoTk^ UIbb,
Which Bniing In the (^ aaeiB* and ailk ihe knawL
" When hm tbaac lofty hllli which aniciaua 1I«t» do
Yet of aa Hiual height, aa thick by Dalurc let, [thml.
We talk how *• ai* atn^ or what wa ncialy »«1,
Or how OUT Boeka da fu« and haw eur Ewda do IM,
WiuB elH Ihe hanging rack^ and ttfllM daik and dccps
_. . i^g^i^-^ would na ftm meeting kaiti
The water anapht (not (U) LlB^legcd that ireont.
With browi bc*iiH«Mwith ooi^ th^ihickt wlli dew btipnsi,
InhaUUng Iha lakm in aedgy bM-n below,
Tlieir inward graunded griaf that oidy aaurht lo ihov
Aaalot the nunntaln kiniL which much od iheu did take.
Ahore Ihilr wafry bnod, tbuanroadly Ihembopokei —
" Tell ui, ye haughty hlta, why Tainly Ibw yw throat
Eitsaning u( 10 mean, ompar'd ta jiou H giwi t
■n> nuke you know younslvei, you thla mnat auteDUnd
Hiat oor gteil Makar laid the wtfliec dT the land
Ai larel ai the lake uBiii the gmnl awd.
When one aU » long the IroShlad wat^ataod :
Whiefa, honM with the Uani don angry hearen that IdEW ,
Vv on hug* maiay haapa iba iMMn'd nrel threw :
From heiica we would ye know, yoor Izat bagioning caaiei
Which rinco, in tract of time, yuuiaaltea did mountaina lumt
ao that the eatth,^ you. {to diMh her mirthrui cbna)
Kay dwin lae {IMa baaroi) tbgae plaguai that pauied woe
Upon tbtRKmer world I aa twera by acara to ahaw
That dill ihe m«t nmaln diaflgiBM with the Uow :
And by th' Iniietiaua afim* that deaaail dduge laft,
Vatun heneir hath dnoa of purity baoo teft i
And by the leada scnnpt, the lih or iHttal uaa
Waiahat-BML WUbthtaaplaguaayemouniAlnaeratbtfiB.
" But, aaadng yau to ahaiiM i what mnunlain la there found
In all your moniHoiia Uod fiaak ye the laland round)
Aa aa tliU nacioui Lin, the place of ogi rtasrt f
That whiB Oaa in hii oouia* Ads in harl^ would lie,
CUBmlatlon with ber atote, hb atraam ahe doth dear,
Kr hit eof^plaianprorHl, a he through ber doth ^j»
Ker wealth again riau ^ iht Ukewlag doth dUrkie:
Thoaewhll^Eili that Ink " '
H>^ haat. Ml alwaya U aba an^
t jToat iaka which aaima la ear*
JolBi' bliiti, like Ttotia wulc
, wdUtheiutbcaarhaihaBk."
But, wbiM tka nyulM nut ihaat woBdan a( tbetr lakt
Their hrthei cauae oTasaech the i^ghly InowdDu' ta>ka i
LM, If their WM^ kind ihcoU HiArM be too kng,
T^-^i— — ^ ,k^ 11^ ^**i^, ir"-^' '■- '^- ' »-i--
And with iti
ortbetrlakn,
UaLlFKSt* " """" "" """"
Thtllceaie* th , ,_,
Far aolekly be had iauat that BrallHi'd palul or laud.
Into the Iriih tea which pnta hia poworia baud,
> Mjravbi oTOMini
In or an Wilt% Id CacnaiiTOB-
PQLY-OLBION.
PultwUli llie(r«itrT pniM, ■mi iBWlHitlT PIOWL
Am nn* woiiU ksT* kfarif m Aitn be Junri:
Bhoit Dannt, aaftt uimd Itae uuxM pcint of all
ThuiUa'iilcarCellnemti, ud BudxiT in bsfklli
. And nnt lo Iw, Uc Snw, tb> Gii, the far, Uib H>7,
Hub FiTcn t>g il IwB, •hMihl lU At worii (iinM|r :
Ttwt ffood^r CanwAf flnce upon Ihv MhR tide.
Born mi upoo hn bmik^ Mtcb ftvm tm laoper Un,
Bani ftm Ihiir notllcn wil, IDOB wllk Ibcii mMnu In.
Ai LnMcr, tatf Ally- and nriBhbour Lc|wj ; then
GiH Puriord, Cutd nut, with OlUn, Ihit uMi
ObrrmMTCaawwi-teonni: and thoUEh tbflinee be iboit,
YM tbn tbfir lonhlm dud eoilch with their remt.
And Siuwdon, Bote Aid [bli, hli piopR mere did mU
(wil) Deta like, wherein ■ wudrini ide dath doel]
Wb nnnnilorr fiimn upm hli hlibn iraund i
Thai IKkO, In which (tuMeii the Doe-el^ flih ue found,
A> Df her wonder proud, did with the Boodi pattata,
A^aiiut hlft Mgn^ kind j bath paitEa to aweaie,
Hb puipoaath to eliu their nallf e prtocH pnuse.
For Snowdooi, a hin, imperial In hli Hat,
h Am hii mifhlT rool. unto hl> hiad u trtu.
That were hliWalH dlitreM, or oT bli he& had need,
HiereilOr* t« do eometbing were worthy of hii name,
both tabdiDf to hla ittcBcth, and tD the Brltoaa Ihme,
Br Ihli on»on Ihlnlii both nrtlei to pcrwade : —
•• Wbllithtrelhii|CBetaIlalath«andcntBr»onicnr<d,
But thbce onr Itartoui fbe, theee powerflil Saxon ■wanm^
MiM mercileat In NVU, at weQ appTot*d in armil
ere call>l to «ii lid. lAffiia ui berdV
Thoaepoor andKattR*dfeworBni(e*ft nl£hllDeafeMt,
into thl( d*T, TCl mnieT* ' '
n or thl( place:
niliarlr bath tout. ^"™!!
eh pr^cea at were ourL alace •em'd we have bwi ',
le Severn and aur aca, lona pant ""~ '^''
II with the tern orWa^ tbe 1
, .« wii dealroj'd
With MCUence and wv, which thli (real iileannoii'di
CwlwaDadei that draitt to the Amiotic ihore :
To whiclu dread Ccnan, lord of Denbigh, long belbre^
Hii countrriDen from hence aiupldouilT coaveT'd :
WboH nolAi fHta in war, and nerer-lhilint <dd.
Got Mailnuu [at lenfth) the lictDrT 1° ^laul,
Upon the ttoman powera Where, after Oratlan't ftll,
1WCb_peotileitill Aon huEicej which of our colonr
Wia Liltfc Britain cali'd. Where that diOrenedliing,
CadwaUader. hiii»ir awhile reeamlbrUni,
With hope or AliD'i aid (which Ibtie dldhim detain),
Foie«amad waa in dreana, chat of tite Biltoni rd(n
A lenpilevnal end IhearuTTpow'n decreed,
A reehiia lift in Rooic iiyUnini him to lead.
The kinc ledfidng alL hn aim leuni Edwal left
With Abn : who, much grtei'd Ibe prince ibouU be bereft
Of BrlulBl anelmt (igbl, ilnM hli onconquerU deel ;
Aikd aa Uie aenerala then, (br nich an annv meet,
Hia nephew l>or choi^ and Hlner Ibr hli pheer i
Two moal undaunted ipiilti. Theae nliant Btitaiu were
TliaAntwbo Wert-Ha>won. But by the llng'Tlng war,
'When Iher Ibow Saiou ftiund t' bare luccour MID from Ear,
Ther toot tbem to tbeb Memli on Serem'i eettinc (boie:
V/hw flnditjf Edwal dnd. they ptupci'd lo reatore
Hia aoB *aunx Rodociek, whom tbd Saun uow*n pumi'd :
But he, whs at hU home hen •cem'd Is be •ubdu'd.
With Aldr«l [that on Walea bla etionc Inwlon brought)
Oarthnialao, and FaDceyd (tbDH binoua battlea] Rxiglit,
Tlut North nd South wJei line, on the WeU-Snlau won.
-■ Scarce tMt Tkloiioua laik hli bloodjU (word bad done,
But at Houot Caruo> met tbo HenluH, and with woundi
Hade Ethelbald to Ibef hia tiapas DD our bouDdii
Fterail'd aialnit the Flct, beltoie onr ftnw that dew i
Anri lnanlliuitlihtllidiUncDalaiiBnilew.
nan*! eouran leei. nor lev nnnii'd In oiuht
Bodorick^ heir, who with the Enallih niught
vdlan field i ii Huthlaod*! red with gore :
Wbo, to tramrer the war Item thU fall natire ihont.
If nrch'd tfa rough the Mercian towni with hii rBTaniaful blade:
Add on the En^lih there aucb mlghlji haioc made,
That OSi (when be mw bia couDlrit* go to wrackl
"From bick'Hng with hit IMk, to keep ui Brllont hick.
Cut up that Bight; mound " trf elgntl milet in length
Atbwait from tea ta tea. Which of the Mertlam itztaith
A wVBMa tho* It itand, and 0&^ naar di
At tb«l Bwit dreadAil day at <^>alftinl cai
Where nnder elther'i award m manr Ihou
■• Nor Kettle^ condict then leu taattial
Where Tiilml Hlrrln DIM the Merdani, i
Hia medal Britiib Hoed on Buithied'i leci
Ai Bodoclek hia treat tan, bii flUher loll
Bare not the Sauna Kenu, nil Brltent ta <
AI OwTlhen, but again to Burlhred ba
Twice driTlUf out th* Dane when he t
iMSight
ring iTgbt,
bluing of our tongue In nx
...often^lmetthejdo) that
mw Wehh ai ther w t*m) Iota ^Ig^
rctcnge whom they had mi
ok
__. _. .SIRmL , .
AifkiM WoiliteiwaUi: on thence did he retire.
Till FowM lay weUniai ipint tai wu letengcTuI giei
At Hercfccdlald watte: and from Ihatr pleidisaa tcili,
Brouehl back with him lo Wain hli pritcaan and Ui ipidl
With tboM tonnch that dai*d^e hm then Sat deccaei
Hwe* ueUmt than thoHwhlcfa our poiH^nlhm
Ordaln'd to gonn Wain t which MlS wUh ui remain.
" And wbvi all-peweHlil Ate had brought to pan again,
Ttiit at the Sbiodi ant did Iknm the Brlunt win ^
Upco them to (at iaat] the Konnaot coming In.
'Hnk ftoa Ihoie lynnti bare, wbai tnacbVoiuiy tlMT got,
ITo the perfldlovt French ahkb th- angri heavena aUul)
Ne'er could that ecnquenr't tword (whKh mughlj did dec]
Hli right in England here, (nd pnstninl her pride)
Th' unwieldy Korman voli* : nor baKly could we fear
Hia conqueif, cntring Wilet ; but [witli iloul caunge) Ofli
Del^'d him to hit Ace, with all bli Englkh sow'n.
*' And wiben in hit rerengc. proud Ru^u hither came,
With Towi ui to luhvert i with ■laughter and with ihame,
■' On, when to EuUnd't power, Albania hen had lij'd.
By Henry Beaudark brought (for all hia de*1iih wit.
TheftrU._. _
TnKaudthoi
Ei«llab thut, which tIUI> cur n«
'Oiryneth ^te irflninfa
pcen' eon, that Ihei* be put Jo duiht :
BrHrlUb power th- imptnal enalan look
1 haad wliiob valiant Owen thook.'
looaa, not ihruit hiraieir between
ThUi lo preterro the Ung, the adde iidfect dj'd.
Who like the gt^ka race, fron wUch hit gnndiiret
WhUn hen hfibniUientii'd In aad doueiae ilrife.
nulh, In bet pwioU of
Ifit did with Ei^denh
Long en Colunhui UtU, or it Vsauolua knew i
AnTput the now mbM Wglih on Indian panlMd &«,
Unto the endlan fc^ae of Brute*! renownad laea.
En the Iheilan powen had toncbt bar kmg-aongfat bay.
Or any «r bad board the lound of Florida.
' And irith that Creggml name let th-EngUih oidligiuni)
When then an to be laen, yet. In that ancient place
From wbenec that name they IHch, thdrconituar'dgiaiidiin*
To hli unbridled wlU our necki we ne«er bow-d :
Nor tn hit mighty u ) whoaa boat we did enftaE*
" Until elkr^iBg Heaien would bare d> to reain :
When that bnvc pifnoe lb( laM of idl the BiitUhlloe.
LeweUhi, OiUHhl tDB, nnhukib watilatn.
At fata bad iparU our bO till Edward l.onpbanlt'1 relga.
We wobM pernll no prince, untaM ■ nattic, here
HibA, that Bat icudCBt kint pncdtlof, nSmlj tlioufht
D Btu^ miriHIli, and ID CHnunwB bnuclu
[ii qUHu bclH nnt with child, n'n rcadr down to Ue,
hen u> hi! iHirpoi-d end doth ill bU powen tvftj.
" Ttinutli trtrj pun tt Wdn he to itM nnUH mit.
" Wbm thw uDta hit olD ha fltlgrUicBi hid mm,
AthwnpMttdlwuraBanHnbToaghtlbitta ■■n.
And to thli IKU dHln, ill han'Blnc h h« mold.
He (bla tntcwicd COOIK thit cMIr BUuiu* coold)
Thiu qualntlT tnlna u) on ; alBO* he pci«I>>d u proi
Hero oidj ta be nil's bj grincei of oar own.
Our natinlneei thntin ne RTcatL^ dbl iiii|iTi>T« f
And puWdr pntHti, Ihit ftr the UKl«H lore
He erer buc la Wilu, Ihejr ill ihwild glilnly Ke,
.1 OM (be wu HHU'd) Hack idtt khM i
IliipMiatllfblniuahL Paor**(th>ti
Ih tuMlltr hM«n) In plila iin]iBeU*,
om bound ounelvH b* oith hit cboln ii(
Vben u tbit oiRt Mnc, hl> Httle c>-'" -■
«ini tilwiinl, bon In WnltL ud .
Thou long u psverftil welt u BD^md rrirj nj.
And It iba onnBUeh dKnU Mik Ow* to IbEu^
Ten bti thou ut the nun* or lO dw Brittab n»
And he tbM ni br HoiTen inilDled to unite
Fnu whDBi deicendi Ihit klni now illtlog on her Ihnme."
Hill ipeech, 1» Snowdon n»det to luekj wu to pleua
Botb piraea, UM thnn both with luch content t* mppeur ;
Tint *• belbce they urove for KTtrtiRil; ind plicc,
Tbev oul* DAW CDDteDd, which mott uould other gnce.
Inu the Irleh lea then ill ttaoH rah tbU nn.
In Snowdon*! pnlK to WMt IsoHdUtely begin ;
Leweouy, Ljun Mit, fbea Ovellf uni II out.
And KerriofhereiHipecr.ioonliAllEiIlibout:
So did their tliter nnnphi, thit Into Men itnin <
■nw lood tbiit dotli diTMe Hon from Ih* Cinibfliin mln.
It OurwH r**tlr inle'd lod Selnt It loudli •nag.
So, ol^rtgr annwdon-i ^Mctl w» through CHInorToii rang
Wben with hlipuLuiDt trodf* ibroonqueit ortheume,
On brVliee mide of bostf^ the Romin powen her foiuhti
Or Kdwird to her rub hli ?—■-■■ ■- ■ ^' -
Although the Btock ofriw to hei .
Yet {tma ber noper worth] « ibe beAwe ill other
Wu cill'd (la lUiHT tInMi) ber oomtiT Ciiiibifo't nether,
Penunded wm ttMRhj ba- pnlai to jmnut.
Or bi octlact, to loiowbit tohenelrwiidue,
A kiin to Keptune lent fall botetYoui nwe to elilie i
Whfch niddSBlT bKiliB'd. tbiu of hmdf Mw ipOe :—
" Whd one of dl th* ItlM to Cuibili dotb heio^
[To Biltiln, 1 nlfht tj, mat j« not do ber wrana)
Dotb eqiul M In wlL n guod fbr gmii and gnilnr
At ihoiild m* Willi (wher* tOB BmK'iattpniadatb renuhi
Tbu ml^tj itonofmen, ret more of beH& dob Ivced,
B; fhnilne or by wu- towtnilneJ be tn noed.
Aid BifliBd'i mVibowin* ihlr« (beir meemtt
Mr only lelf h^ wmti oouU platoouly nipplv.
*• WbU IdBd k there ttHmd on the IiU aa_.
In wMcb tbM MoidoiD leOM tobidellgMed Dort,
(AidMd yon ill ilong On rtugb VajhriiB ihtt*,
TbU howi not at B* heck, u tb^lDK Ad owo
Tba dutr iab|«M rfnuU unto tbeir Brenign ihow ;
Bo that &• EBhonlin lUn, 1 khivlini loiwlline knon
Vrhkh wiidy bub ban nilV br pHneei iJ ber own.
In aiTiUbuKOJonielntb* AlbiBlinaeii
The AitaBiii,aadliyth«mth*Batler'd&AU«ii
IMalo*«initB*niBai ud put 00 BinhAd chier.
When of mj food enita they 1^ the iei.nyBptai heir
** SonHttna wUbin By ihideh Id but in ancient
WhoH ofliD-tirhiad IcH gmt nmbu' at« witbatBii
Hw tarlea Biltlib n3a£ under u ifBd oik,
TiUna 1 nUk-whlti bml, untnhiid wUh the yoke.
And lilth IB u of i^U, flvn thit J(n»Mcnd fan*
The mideto cut down 1 UkMI with ■ badid knee
On tta' nnfaewM iKir Ud, put to tha baBow'd Srci!
And whlMlBtb* ihitp imOtt ttoAHnf a**l> inTl
indii|t£^^eelnth<
Ida upon the weit of Scoilind.
Oulnt. Itaitb iloig wHh her Lewenny thudMh dnw;
And Belt to thcB igain, the lU and booit F»w j
Which with By petnct"! court I Moiedire pleaiM to gna,
Ai IhoH that to Ibe wiM diractly run their race.
Itoooth Alio In be fcll. that Lyiwnlodinh lake;
HithJuMn, that uniln doth towMi Hoylronlid inak<-.
The (fudni to behold thit Ucub them on bar ihont,
WbleS Owcier to her Mtt B to InereiK her rloit
Thai Dulai to the north that itnlneth, ai to •«
Thableihatbreedeth ' ' '-' " *-
ThatihabiHcBtune^
Htnctf iwhlK bedkei'ta bathe her inihir S.>onl i° ■"
And qnltting In her couiM tbe «aodly Monlin grmin^
A«an (he Penmenmaur, uid her clear tyn doth thf
On dwwir, tow'rd. the em, to Biniaad bKk to no :
Where llndiog DenWah ftdr. and Hint not out oT.lg*
CiiH y« aftab fta Wileh a»d Ibr Bnite^ nwicnt rig
i^farufcherblulifahi
POLY.OLBION.
Tliewrioui Huw hendrappllH
To Merlln'i ancient prophccia
AtlMnai&nrii: where heibowVI
How htE the Briloni nilc brttovU
To Conway neat the tunu her lair.
Thru of glint WinlMd doth tell,
MikeiDe^m
: which, il
itgdiherWibaad
LI thai taklnn btnatb, oi
H^'uld NCR on'Oie IwHite de«)~
Conway lint, whteblletb unt ai ba
irwiyTetlUrinTlrw,
FT thrmer eoune doth eerfoudy purvue.
»•■' craggy helghl to try her nil; wingi,
hiring baib<d (k the dillciau rfirlngi
milt trmwior '-—■'■'■■--"—■■ '-
l^ipaMthelc
She Boiti with
Abar*£aall»
Supply^ 117 Biny ■ men (thnvgli nuy mtriH :
Into her boaoB ponrM) her nisaleauriy ihe flih.
~ goodly tlrer I Mir unlo (hy Hered nrina
ropbidc H«Un lit, when to the BrltMi king
he cbanfs long to come, auiplclonaly he tnld.
^ioial {erwy way abotit)
, . , that town, wberemt
HU IMI-B, which Coowiy or thy nam
cill'd, to ntfiter thy Aoob
For Ibon, dear Conway, beard'it wIk Meilln drat relate
"Hie [IMInlea dcena, at Britain^ Ainin lUej
"^Ich tnilr he Itantatd pamid VoMlfir ihoutd loae ;
I, wbenhlBfnni bliieat IheSiuuiihooMdepoM:
le n«« that ihould here ftm Amwrtc* arrir^
Mmng wall-flower to iw, Iboie eothly ipirHi Ih^ ifai
H gnat fbuDdaUcB itlll, in diagom' horrid ahin^
lit dfUBlDg wlnrd tuld i maktng tha noobtata |pq>*
1th bb BoM poweiliil ebirna, to rlsw ihoae ear«« dee; ;
id Itan the top of BtHh*. ID hiib ind woodroBi Mecp,
hen Dhua Bnta aund, ahow^ where tbe laueiita JbatM,
iiwUte Out tore thiRd;fh]Uwl "■ •-• "
ir gnnnil domo, through al
K prophetic uwa ye all beo
a Morcd mald^ell^didS
iwhoilltldMikavw,
itbeworldid^^:
• litUa Biltris la FtiKw.
leiUhjf pride
inr l> k'niK
>lqu-d.
Hcrku
AftitOMiliHt tutta the hllli orpfHid CacfDarvou ML
nil lanc the Miue hid uid, but CIuTd iloUi quirkli all
Hit ethI ncoune, lo none ind iiuird hir wbile ihc (llile
AIaii(ae||0iid1r»l< (which with hi '•'■ '-•-
Much boiuUllt'i her bwiki ; ki ualun
Tliat Dyiltvq ('Lujd bf iHT botli At 1
With hfih^mbsuel'd hllli thjit neb
ButoaliantliciiDnh: iikI talhaiiii
Who. vhi^'iliic in her cu with nuoy ■ wanton tile,
Ai one thil In IiinueU'inurh •uH'ltth f« lin ukb
1 be Oretoa', and ill Ihoee Eubhin* bntinc'd
In Ni^une'i (Ml uiBi. lo Nef-nine •etnint chute,
Yrt |tr«ti(ut« IliemselTci lo Bnm* { vhOArfllectt
Tytt CaledonliH downs, nw URht at All mfifcti
Sum* «i*Uie En>|]i<h unh, ind ronietn Albanj ;
But, FOunloK Dyarm Cluid, l»*T beuH) doth p«ftr.
SufIi lUlllancc u alone the nonh.>iiid1iath irith her,
Oninirii' not enjoT'd, Avn Tliuce when h* her took.
But throiwh the extrfuD ]ov« he to Uiii Tale doth beer,
Giowi Inloui at the Inicth, uhI mlghUlT iloth leu.
(imt NcHune, whom he leei to usug hii IhhtUI &« :
And, tartof Int the god ihould u obtain her (no.'.
From the H^tenlrion cold. In the bree™ ftwif nn >lr,
Where the bleak north-wbid kn« UIII dmnlnnrln^ there.
From Shelliinrt ilniitllDi wide, hii huii on 'I'liuljr fcU ;
And bean hli boliteituu waiei into the Dain»ei noulh
orthe VerglTlu •«■: > here meeting, rn>m the louth,
OnM N»rtunea luriiet tklef, with MiHr roliuiHoui ihock^
bch other ihouldei up nialnit [he gtleriy ™.k. ;
Ai •trona men when llie]rniret,cai>teiul[n*ft)r the|iUh:
But, comlni near the couM where Clurd her dwdliiuhath.
And the delMouxalelhuimlMly doth bripEaki
•■ Deu-riurd.lh'ilHnKiBntiwHtilfaatlVDntbjInnnaaw,
When wilhuij KtlTC win]!! ItilDlha air I throw, ^^
WiililnwhoKTdietleaTei,wieDlm;ieirenwrih „
The; HiRaW with KcnUi HuHftom my n»Uve kind)
With )i>r, m; DyAen Cluyd. I tee thee bnTdj' ifined
Sur*eylnfiererTI>«t,franii((iDtuptolhj head)
Thy full and jouthfUJ breaili, whfeh In their moadowT pride
POLY-OLBION.
That natunni
Andrtibiionthcllmi
When rynthla ftom th
cy Trim, meander.like that glide
c the an
nt Ihan th
."'-■"S
(Were „...^
Thp yelkiw riiiened dK«r, ihat'bendeth wllh the <-..
Whilrt In thii un hia nilt he anuHuuily prefer^
MoylTennll near at hand, the nortb-wind umheird :
*-< Toiedal the heart, that he a mountain treat,
li hmftlnieinhlibrHit hadftHkire^kindlfhen,
--" rd had with her beauty cai«hl,
uoThtiwUidiitrauiht,
itnlleyaontoHvli
e eaaai a balAil wiaket her mouU,
ll-d hii (luyd heneir lo iho* :
niiD, ,nNn ner naave njnl, a* proudly the doth flow.
Her handmaUlii Hanlan' hath, and Herpin^, hertohilni
To Ruthin. Wh«e fklr ieU AiK kindly •iJtinr,
To lead her thencs In Bate. Lewenny'lendtheraourc*:
'Hiat when Hoyliennil leea hli river*! gnil reoouTH,
Pram hl( Intrenched top la pleaa'd with her •uppUea,
Claweddockr eoowth in, and Urad' llkewbe blea
I'nto the ifueen-llke aiiyd. aa ibe lo DenWith drawa :
And on the other tide, l(nia whence Ihe mominf daw%
Down tnm the FHmlan hiili comet Wheeler, her to bcur
Fair UwT haein* *on' ber ililer Alfd'i power.
They onlettaln Ibdr Cluyd nev mlKhly Neptun
Who llkewlte It iwlaiD^ by Senlon, lart thai fUl
And ftom the *lt|iln'i v " ^ ■ ■ " "'-
NoylTaonll with her ■)_
Now with ac«l>e Joy to ttronriy '• ■"'J^'^l^ ^
(ATHi look tyom eailtowett) what country It there crown'd
Aa thou Tennla'anr tbat. wllh anleaorjch
(Tut Ihumuih with the auyil, wboie iiiacea me bewitch)
• laleanpen the tlonheari and Weil of ScoUahd.
a In thetlilh book of Orld'i MeunwrpA.
■ The tldei out of the North and South Scu, nwatlni Id !
r Klrercu niuning Into nuyd out rf DenMih and Fllnlihli
■ Put of the rale cill\l Teg.&i(le, L e. Fill Iceland.
1 Brttlth nlica Trom ae
mlchty Kegituni flowi, then tttangely cMh thy wt
j.,~ when again he ilnki, ai itraniely ihedolh twell :
Yet to the mcred Riunt o/^Mnin Ul gfvn idace j
Of all the Cambrian irnlnft of luch e^wcliil graL-e,
That olt the Derian' nymuhi, ai alui th«i« thai keep
Anioiurf the coial-ttDvea !ii the Verftltian deep.
Hare leA their *aliy boweii, their aocrel lalr retire.
Tn ■» her whom repoit to greally ihuuld admire
Ai her delluhlhil eyet lu thnr full bc^utln Here.''
ATligin whltctheli>'d)cbiuuwiniftic;i wlmcliote
Unto thia very day ibe pearly gratvlaiaina:
At ml the while aud red were mixed hi ber cheek.
And, that one pun or her niahl be tlie olher like,
HerhalrwaaiuTbUlauoni whoie iweetneu i:ath deda
In nnKneia of youlb the natmal •woeu ihe liaie ;
And of her holy 11 e the innoocnca to thow,
n hateeer llring iBiai into Ibia well you tbrow,
^e jtranily Uvrt it up, not MfTilof it to ilnk.
uetldet,inowhole«jnepielB bathing, or In drink,
DMb (lie ditnitd cun, aa IbeMo tlw did leave
Her Tiitoe with bar panic, Ihat llun thenld not beruve.
Scam oriiib tcdloMtab Htnlrciull nude an end.
Rut Ihat the bifber Yile», nhiiw beliw doth iHivitd
Into Ibe pleoiiHl Biit,hlalDRier head advaiu-'d.
I1ilt rrfton, aa a uin tl.at )is| had hem lulcciir'd
<WhiUI ihut hlmK-lrio ptaw, the nighty muutit^in trib
Such billcei I of hit Chiyd, and of bi> woiidtouii welli]
Stood thinking what to Jb: leat Ur T(«mia, plac d
So admirably wcIL mUhl bold bei>elf dHwracd
I» bli 10 barren ilte. being m ■ '
tntol
Ci fOrhe would not be coiiibunded quite by Clnyd,
hIa proper praUe, dlicVeetly doth produce
a vadey, for 1 vale, of her peculiar kbtd ;
In goodneta, breadth, and k-ninh. Ihnugb Dyincn far be
Thai dguceofllic Croat, of which it takm Ibe name, '
Itnguil wllb the bcit, which lUecicol ithri
And by thepowerof lhitnHKturfnlch.»ri..r
Rmect bayoiid Ihe real ui
^biTitehiiraTSiulngbroaki: where frcin that tniiriDui U
TbroHgh which ht coniH unmlit, dbt Alwio '< fallglh In ;
And xolng on along, tllll galhrring up hit force.
CeU Senow i< to bit aid, to huien on hli coui^
With ChriatianeOi '• neit, conwi KerlDg " In anain
Out ofllic leaden ulnet, Ihen wilh ber tullied bet
en now th* llernet Dec dub lulanlly begin
Dpler teiru ihow that (down Ihe Hrdai.i dale)
« al»i» 'ho roodhcr Vale,
Till like two kning Itiendi Iht^ under Wiciam nicK
Then Alcn " maka apraoach (to Dee moat Inlj dear)
TaklagT«iddag"ln; whocameuiobe tlicrc,
For baiu^ twice under cailh her ciytul head doth rvi
When iniuuily anln Dee-i hollneii biauo.
By hit rontnctrd flont and itenieT waioi ta
That he had thingi to ipeak. mighl prMil lb
A brook that waa luppiu-d much buiincta to
And noted wai bt both 10 be an ominoui So.
That changing of bla Ibtdi, the tbtare ill or i
OfrttheTDouulrytoUi orelther^mriw--
Therickneti.oelhebi -
greet.
That mighty Herclan lorf l.._
And wai by all thoie kinn alx
For which, the liallowad Dee i
nKd^he
ill barge beilow'd,
UlbjOU,
The long-tiaduecd Brule dUeimln'd lo awake.
And In Die Btllona' tight Ihui lioldly la Ihem ipake;
Andlhou.thequecnafiiln. CrcalBrltaiu; wbyioyo
~ raiidiiteS g^Uke nam* Iwllb ■ neglcctAiTear
That be, whom lime id long ai;d ttnnig^y hath embrsc'd,
•OfD«.
I' The Ana In tbc eatt of Denbigh, blllng into Dee.
atia(il>lbeT«l«Mi|utter Tbtntuuvmiitbj,
1> bj th« (Eunl foe thn «uw«tM In uid bj ;
That Branu, u yoa wr, bj ka wha hither cunr.
From vbom nm would lupfUK thit lito flnt toDk um nmwi
M«tl¥ anitfoui It i nor ewM the Ronuu bsu
(UoM •tiHUmu of tie Inilh, «n* ««i'rt lime ttmai UUil wen
OTuiT auDh u hei u;, they who ihhI do itilTe,
From that greet ttock nrTro* thetrllBenie todsriie,
In m Oie Uiie diMWit of Julu, Mnr (Miad
Thit BnlW, on irhoiBwe mlfhtouf am btglDntni fiouni
"Tn Hill mirtloc, ttnit I mthruO* reptf j
And u ■ mend to truth, do coiulanllii dniT
Thetr wSllnp to precede our niMlEnl IMoA tbjaat :
But lh« our noble imiAt, which u ditlneli miig,
Thtt remnuit of old Tio)', of which the Biltaina ipruDI,
Before tho» Rommni were, h proof we cuiproduce }
And lenming long with ul ere twu Kith them in uie.
And th«bul tdly t»lk, upbreldlng ui with lit*
Kpt heud of Hll hit Ume'our idTonuir ttjt :
Wlien pnguntlT we pfore, ete Ihit hlMorlanl dijii,
A (hmiund llng'Tlnt Jtm, oui pnnbeli cleitl; Kng
The BritilD-Anndlng Bnte, nmt ftmient them wnimg
From TmHwien wlio (spprined is «llb ui.
That whM he nelie wuMd to be oncukM
Sd true hll wllSng* wae) and wch Immxtiil men
A> lhl> now.wuilng world ehuB hudl* hear ac^ii
111 our own genuine tongiw, that nattm were of Wilee,
OurOrfrajhadhl.Bmlt Kor wmthwe Wlet^ee
Mo't (Uiulois, like thoK dnbed by the Oreeki :
But from the ant of time, bf Judfca UIU wn> heard,
piicreetii OTBT «ar u comcaog where ther errM
" And that wliereoh our ftw hit gnalHt hdd <Mh tale,
Anlnil the handled cMiae and moat dotb teom to make,
la, thai we rhow no book onr Brutut la approve ;
But that oar Idle bardt, aa their food rage did more.
Sans what their tanclea pliu>d. Thui do 1 aniwer Ihae \
lliat th' ancient BrlUA prleUi, the ftaileia DnildH,
That mhiMer'd the lawi, and worn u trulf wlae.
Thai theydetwmlnM itetea, auen^ tacrldee.
For which the brearti of men thej deem-d to be more lit.
Which soeitlonlaai thouM teem n™a]iidsment to proceed.
For, when of aaea nail we took In booki to rewi,
We retcfclealr dtocharge our neuory of Ihoao,
So when Inimteut time, lueh monument! doth loae
(Aa what ao (teal a work, by thne that li oalwiacktP]
Wc uttarly Orego that memoraUe act ;
They IcaTo It their next «
So atrongly which {met^'^
You utterly Bibnrt anilquHy llTit^,
F« IhouA time well may prora that ollen aha doth ly,
FoMeritybj her yet many Ehlngi hath known.
That et^min leiii'd to write, coold no way hare been ilii
For. If the apirit of Ood did not our [alth aainre.
The fciiptucn he tnm heaien, like hear™, dlvindy pur
Of Hoaea- miflbty worka, 1 tcTcmitly may tay
(1 ipeak with godly Ceari tradition put away.
In power of human wit it eaa'ly doth not ty
To pcore befiwe the itood tlw geneahxy.
Nor uiy thing there la that kindlier dillh agree
With our detcent frem Troy (if thlnn cnnpBr'd may be)
Thau peonllngof Ihlt[da«, nartaUMaeagn, when
Eiiled by the Greeb, tb
DRAYTON.
Thotethlnsi
SiSlE'
to their coontiy reft)
t pen wouM alt the wocU penuade,
lan powar arming here Itom Fiance,
I gr«t%ll could wield lllclr amud car ;
ited ttake*, ai be the Ihtda ahnild puti
Brholdt the dim thruH up
li
"^^^^ ■»?■ unUl the monttiwi hUl
|t^^£*£wi (SiJ'a'Soud i and farther bring
• ---nirlng ^lito : to, oftheagetpatii
"IS.
loiD 11 dnw> hll ilghi
log baA doth hail.
M* ■Bicta to to wondtrV VI
^ MB tether ordMhbeai,
le«cn eron hour." When now the mgbgpteaai
S^wllh one coDiBit, the Saun ttate to ibow,
angry with the Mnae auch labour to biMsw ■
vi^ hut England tUU neglected thua IDbb
POLY-OLBION.
Hw Huae, her native earth to tac^
Return! to Kigland orer Deei
VWU ttout Cheablra, and tboie iliow
^ftlo^
SSS.-
be Uuae traai Cambria conin, with pmiona aiunm
.nd harlng put hertelf upon the FnglliJ] KTOund,
f our great Engllth blooda aa careful hcr« or yore,
.( Cambria of her Brule'i Dow l!, or mild be then j
Dt which, our prorcib call! her, Cheahile, chief nfme
.ndofour countin, place of palatine doth hold,
,ni! thereto hath her high regalltlei enroUM :
Mldea, In man* flchli •Tnce coniuering William came
r#r people the hath pror^, to her eternal luar,
lII, children of her own, the leader and the led,
lie mlghtleat men of hone. In her full bo«mi hnd :
Andndtfaeroftliem inch aa c^ pnnrtout need
Spur* to each laih attempt : but aocb aa aotiodly fred,
dad In warm EngUah clath ; and maiDi'd rhouM tliey
Hale llT^Uvood of Ihelr'own, their .
'own, their agea to auatal
the landlord^ charge ■
heir yeomanry and ttUl endeaTour'd ID uphold
irrl^tlywhilil her acUhnre England wai of idd.
O I thou thrice hanv ihLra, cobflned ao to be
Twiitlwonflimoua JhMd(,M Hanayia, and Dee!
Thy Dee upon the wtal Don Walea doth theadlTMei
Thy Heraey on the north, from the Laneaatriaa ai^
og wHh Cheahire Mill d«h aoL
illui Peak, and MorelaBd (Juch do
nore mouniaiiuiut and irlld}tte hlgh-CTOim-d BhulIlH
And Ho4copbe thvmounda, with thoeepnudMllawbau
The loiely ilaUr bmiki, the tllnty Dane md Doni
h' imaginary irork of loiic huge ^ant^ bead:
^hiclTRaucb *>*r wera, tiadlllHi t*lto not wba
Butbackartila,mymiiaei to Weant M ua fik
fhirh firllh hlminlf nmiprM) each Biltlah Oaod dalk a
[U (buDtaln and hia fljl, both Cheater^ lightly bofn ;
For tlon and Mita Dtnlta, m
. - Ml UH, not hid tut Ua hi nln,
iiT tbnilnr daa boUBM nuin
IkiwBooiJi: wlMahMHlirulrinuMtm
Huh nr tlw Huodi sft evK'd Wwra to ba mickt,
For ctTdc !■ UiSriiMd 1 wd TlwtU oft hath MO,
WliKbi thdr wuMOBipoiti Iwr Ncrldca lu<*b«l
So rick, Uut Oliuciu' iHr h^bftUHl in Uwlt OIK :
Ami ABphiUiW oft Ibli irtwil riTir M
K lir, thu on twlit him
lUbuou in their p- - -
ilipnlH,BiuWMi
^T
TfeaHiH ,.
Who ftim tiii nUTd wring, •■ horn hi
Sufflclncly ■upnti'd, riiooa Bwtb hi) U
At "iHXl^h* IT >- -"—•■- •-
Wlildilohliiounin'i cul ~h^~ euHiUjr do lu
Till luTlnc gM (a WHta, ho uUng Ihan > tHli
OflMtmaMuirDnnk.t'.bTtlwiMRd uweh,
ForV hM« In W> csuru, h^ motkHi quhikcn'
.- .. quh:kfliM Duch
Cnil^ Ann ChaL Mack OBil
Sht mdt up alocki otf tna, that on th* tub do flat )
Bt vhldi tfic wocid hoT flnt dtd te ■ OMiacc Dota
^ budmatd Hi»t]i DHt. to WwRT holdi ba not :
Wboi Ponr, iriUi th* htip or PliikiDcn, «■*«■ ifu*
Td inn in attk tboH Unuoi hit wnd itcpo thU tnad.
Into Iht mlAhtv Tute of Mmnrj b'aa to leod.
Whoe, when Uw ti-m hum, altb ill thdi tUMIr tnln.
Proud Hai«Tla>i>(iatlncatrlii|orth>iniiin,
Ai b> muld nuka a ttiow for anpenr In ttind,
Ai^wrHtlhathrea.lbrlilla»> Amu out «TlmNc|iCune1 hand
To Chtrtilra blghlr bound for that hli watrr iton,
Fnm htnot he RtlMh Oojt down ttaa bar Paaklib qnlns.
And Bollen, that aloni dulb Biublei BirUn brine
From MixdeUI niUXQ> wHdi, of wboie ■hia'dSTUaiu aba
Hath tB lb* iDcka been woo-d, Ihali puimnula be:
Who in tht darkfone bdea and wma kept her kog,
And that proud fttfeal macLo a part* to her wnnS'
Yet could not an Inlreat the prettT brook bj (tax j
Which to her iUeain, iwcct Bollen, ciMpa away.
To irhom, anon tbair road iha plouantl; reporu
Tbe manv Blrtfaftil)au, and wanton woodlah norta
InMufleldthejhaKhBdi a of that Auat'i Ate t
Until tbeji COB* at lenftb, wbeta Harae; tat more Itila
Aaaundni broader bank^himieir ao proudlir bean.
Tliat at nu ftotn approachi eatended V/jrwmS {tan,
HibI (what batwIilliK Hoodi of Henei, and tbe iW]
Outof the Ibamkii Mirgc till Hllbre Ulti bii head,
To iet the Ibn-land lee how ilcblT ha had ipad.
Which HnejF eheen ao much, [hat with a imlUng brow
About hia foodly Mck, aud Iw^d tbali mUiiu breaMi :
On which whilit lull^ with eaae, hli pkaKd eSeell he raala,
ThiT Walada, iltlinf near opoa Ik* aged rodH,
ArebudedwUb their coaabh to braki hi) tardant Iccki^
WhiM In their crjFatal cyca ha doth Ric Cupida look :
But IMameie fcoa them hla Ihnn aulekli toiA,
Who ahowa benllf all diMt In BKM deUcloua floweri g
And aMtini like a queciL aeca horn bai ihad* bowan
Tbe wanUU woodjiympbi mttt with her llibUbotcd fluua,
l\i)*^ the ninlnnila about the (oodlirlawna,
And aw bolt' and baath, aa tbnoufh tHlh> and AD* ;
And oft at barlT-break, and prlion-baia, to ten
Th* paiiMti. dacelli, the ilelihU. the anumui toja
Tbe nMla aea-nnmiha bad, their WtkiI'i Ion to win.
n.H -nraniar now Main to warn tb>« doth baela
ae trlrlaft^Jihl^^
(Being an« that aan ,
Vniat monumenli our kinaa iraeted kwc ag, .
Td which, the flood blmad^io wbollr did aniT,
Aa thou^ uoB hla lUU, the nat dieuld all rdr)
And tntldraHirta ihow, thalnl the BrltonaluU,
OLBION. iS27
And Ibr the apoiUng plot here pnip>roualy had wnoght.
Into th' aflloted land which atrong Invadoa brought.
And to^atproudattempt, what yet bi( power night want,
ne ULdi^Hied HeaTtaa, Brutal oSprlng to nipplant,
(Keeda'muutheylUl.wba'" ' '*" "*"
And that which laitlj omi ^_
■~-iepniuder8axoBpow«n (which Hherallir tli
— „-inA thMntadlng Plet, of purpoae hired In)
From tiioia which paid tbem iva^. iba iiluid hkhi did wbi
ner OTervraad, being mailert of the field ;
Alan j within ituir that bad (o great a foe i
■d Iherelbn Ihousbt it At then wiuly to beMow i
hlch orer Saramhere thn in the raountUnt ihut.
Id Boma upon that point of Cornwall Ibrtb they put
I (breed were they thai* thiir itatbnii to defeod,
. .m Jot* or Han alons t but brought their blood ai high.
From Woden, by which name tW (tyled Uercuiy,
Ner were the race of Bmta, whteh nibd here befbre,
Hat* Mahma to the goda they bmught unto thii ihore.
Than Hen^-i noble belni tl>tir idoli that to ralte.
" re put A^rGnman nana upon our weekly daya
Tbeia noWa SaMoa woe a nation hard and unDg,
On aundry landt and leaa In warlbre nuiiled long ;
AdUction througblr knew : and'in proud tbdune'i ipltp,
Ereo in the Jawi of death had dar-d htrr ubn»t mlg^t :
- l,and Hona,th*lrbtaTecbleQ,
, and wKh till itrona n^kA
halfiltke Brltonabold,
a h^ly bad auotlu,
ca'dnot hi their deA.
eiHH?gU
In S^" -i-i
: on Uank thali Ung-iing foRunc dnie,
40 their troapi HiiBeient harbour gave.
OrSiiooy'i deacant, their AilneH to oppoae,
With iwelling HunliR-i lide their tnpiTe did ee
And of the n>< nut lean renowned of ihelT Una.
■■— "EtbelhettorKent.lh'drrt-'-'— — ' "--"
igllabki
Wiae AuguMlne the uonk, (torn holy Oiegory lent
That mlghly One to Paul, In London did erect.
And pcliUeiea citc, thii temple to protect
" Hli eqwU then in Hal, came bcombert again.
From that flnt ditWned kini, the aecond In that i
The gluttony then uiVl aareraly to luppraia.
And make men flt to uayer (much hindetNl by i
■niatabrtinenn " -^-i----- — ' — ■-
W^lch by th* i
IHrectlybithaSi
a Bean Aw fOrty day* be. — ,
of Lent i> known to amy nun.
[lit here, b1 fbrce of amu had done,
Dan lirom the Brltona won
b^ni Kent; which lying ftom then
h, did pnpBtly obtain
ii'nama; and not tbe lait thereby
-algna which made the Heptaichy :
loTn^hlJi'
iVa ill the bead-mil beta of out ndlgloua
iViia Elbdwald : akne who Chilitbn no
Itl^ul'i; hltgr
..^-p'd the eating word.
Itie lebii of Eicblnwin (who rali'd
!(K^ "^ wltb auch nUl'and^
Ltnei* (0 jthla king to Indtata)
,_ . . tehofWeilBilnrterloieari
The pvimtr EanWi klngi ao truly leahMa were.
" TlieB Sdiba • of Ml eaed, t hat did than all dirpaai.
Who fltter Ibr ■ ihtlne than lOr a aca|«er waa,
[Aboire th* wwer of fltah, hla amslite to rtarro
That hla daired ChriM he RrtcOr m^ obaene)
Kreo hi hla height of lift, in health, in body atrong,
PBiuaded irilh hiiqiwBB, a lady fair and young.
To icaaiat* tbenealTCa, and in a lole eMata,
After rcUglona aoit themaelTta lo dedicate.
« Whoie Miihaw Uffii nnt, Iniam'il with
(EulehlBg that proud (Uia hij grandiirc Hitl
I high pnlie
And after llT^ In Rome a itriet rcltelow life.
" Nor tbeie our prince* bete, of tfiat puie Samon itraln.
Which took unto tbosieiTea each one ib^ leveral lelgn.
For their u rxUrdeeda dewred jnelet fime,
Than th- Anglea their alllea, that BlUier with then came ;
Who ibartnZout theuKlna a kingdom bi the Eait,
With th' Eaitem Angle!' name tbSr circuit did invert.
By U«i in diat pan an happilybeBU" L^^ .
cooling, to the Kt, «tli, uid !>1)
• SeMl«.» monk b> Faul'a.
DRAYTON.
Bj cnid taculKBlih hi
forWisnilni'
Wb«n, itter II Ml out, thai Oflk had not long
Held that b> cniH film, whkdi P«d* jot Dt wronf,
Adofitlni fin fa.i heir rouni Bdnond, bwigbl hlmln,
Etn U whii Unu Ik* Danti thl( iaknd Hwcht U Will :
Who cbTltfDcd uon bccuae, uul ■• rdUlnui grown
□Id aylila la UK «Uc« hli pndecHHjn' luilt,
Whicb u muck ChARuii Mood n cni(Uy Ead ipUL
For, Iikm bj llM Due*, wbo dtd ill tartum Ery,
FInt batlDK him wllh hdi. bnl no ndnnUn gn),
Hblndy nin oTihifti then cniaUi Ih— ■>.« .
The GODfltant nartTrM king, a i^nl '
«)u.tlJcrDWB|j
" Aaof ihoae AuelaahcrLaDiVoinlh^]
WhoH handt hew^ out Uittr vajr td the ^
(Prom Kenridt, or that daln fmn GcnJIck *M <«*»■■»
A partjienhlp Id Ehme gvaat iDa talfht prvlami
with anT kiBf ilnce lint the Saxm eane lo abon.
UI nil thfw chrtifnad hen, who hlfhHer did (don
ThEGodhod, than that usnr or more that did ^y
,.,. .... ^.._ churoh In true aiueeritj f
Heglorloaalr rebuilt, entlehlng it wllh plate,
UnUlnlng aodly fawi for goremlng thii land.
nlngaodlyla
An arniT into Walia who ftw iniaaiun led.
At Chnter and in Aiht their ftireca vanquished ;
And Edwin look thriuk-i ■ prince h Jiiat and mild
Aitb'DtherfolthkHWKo: nor could Unw enr twlnf
And more t' adtaoc* the fUth, hit dtmcat power that lent i
Who ts-ordalned Vork ■ blahop'i eovcnioait ;
And eo much hir'd the poor, that in the wayt of trade,
Where founlalu tlUy were, be Iron dliha made.
A^ the poor ^lorlm't tbirdl, there retting, to tmcaae.
** Aa HerLia, 'mangH the real, lought not the lent
The ming ChrlatUn fiillh, nor meilti humbler pralie.
{The Btilona wbo euulrtl wen aai 'hit Id luae.
Far plMT and leaL behind the othere beati
Though lieath^M pRHla long and proudfi did inCeet
l-he aitinhud naltfibouriiig Ung*, and rorc-d them all
Till OiwT made to Ood a BoK rellgloui row.
Of hia ahiindanl grace wouhl he be |ileai'd to grant.
That be thia Pa^nlm prince In battle migbl lupiJaot,
A nduK he wouM ghe hit daughter an* dellgdl.
Sweet Aided then In ;«ith, and ai the naming, bright :
And having biajrequac, he gate ai heohuln'd^
In hit own ^iloren'* Uood, whom their dear DUMher hid
Condna-d in Chrlat'i belief bf that mcM revare^id Chad :
Uintalhle it were to eiplMe hit guilt,
Here mUT a gniUi hoUH to hoTr uis built :
' In SuBblk. • Olta, biolhcr to Hmglat.
Yet, br tile wIk reproof of giMilj liithopt, tnH^t
I hit youth wat caught,
t rulej the church from taxee itropglr
ul oinlBU Wal^
nU potent^ hia penuad*
Wha*ap«l*,t£enn»it
Who fOUowIng Ihdi adrlni, urn wiui a wariiae nana
!!» Combfa oTercame j and thence, with pnwermu iilb,
O-er Setem IK hit powen iBIa the heart (» Wain ;
And with the Neniiuu there, a bloody battle wag%] :
Went on aniiiH rett. Which, tadly when thej law
How thote nad aped before, with niou tuljjecliye awe
Reduc'd the teven-fold rule to hit peculiar throne,
lEitl rplog other itjrlei) and giTc it Enghmd'i name
•^A',?"^*^ '*™ ■'™' "" hit noWer ftttert axar.
" Whm icareely E^iert here an wtlrc rule began.
But Inatantly the Uant '> the ii'aBd onr.raii ;
A ps^e. that their own cbs« StMui paid agjln.
Thll "ird'npoo their neck^a'h^inT^rTenUld, '
Than Ihay had upon Ihow whom hltely they bi^rayU
And for each othn'i tt^Ut, though oft Ihey here did loO,
Appople iToa their Brit bent nitunll; to Ipoll,
0?a'^r th' *-*''^'*" "*'' in'u™^" JimighBr wTOOgK
Wblch did th* Saion r^^'pioui'deeihrac^-
Th^ Id tb(« drowty timet ibould I In puUlc brinr
Each great pooillar act oferery godly LlD^
I'hoie goodly fanei of thdn, whluh^lmllgloui we
nt rai^, Bnt, noit hapidly de
And much It did afflict hi) ilcfcly pcojjehete.
He of Almighty Ood oWa<n'd bJ eamcat pny'r,
Thli tumour by skhig might cured be akme:
Which he an hdr.Ioom idl unto the EngUih tbcoM
OfforeUi, hillt and toedt, when now • migblT thnog
For audience cryM aloud ; beanne they tatela/ heard.
Tliat lome hl^ Cambrian hlllt the W^kln proudly d^
With woTd4 that rery much had ■tlTT'd hlf nncor
Where, tho^ clear Serera
The GnglUh and the Welih. jrt couu im maae we
Here Weerer, ai 1 flood aliicting goadlT peace.
Hit Uao of ipeech retigni | and to the Mute relOi
I'he bcKlng of the ciute, to itleklp all theie atin.
" Egherf,
POLY-OLBIOK.
POLY-OLBION. 629
[Wlileli nnnrllna up and dmn Id thslr nila DuiUli oun.
Here puE tfecmHlm t^ iteinh npoD thepcM'nd ihana)
In BunT 1 dDubtflil Him much Imitt la Eniluid wan.
So dU ^< king of Kent, eoungeoua AtlKblu.,
Which hen inlntt tha Dm got neb iletorlona dan,
" So we th^WllUhln ran m imrthilr bht pnlae,
Thu buckM vtth thoH Dana, br Ccorl and Ostck bnHiriit.
■* And EthMnd, wim than nlns nndiT Aeldi UmI fiwcSt,
ne Hum, that pan c^^D*riiln plica
Whva mlfhlr Wnkln /tarn h!> beliht
In tba jnnd '•"■■-'— oountahia- iplig,
Ann thaw mat Sauma nillni hen,
Wndi tbc Biait IhiMui Vinton *en
ABd « aha in her enine imcecdi,
RaUllBt miiij f lorioui diwU
or Got or Wacwlek'i Rghl, doth atnln
mui Caletand, that mowned Uane,
And or the fltmoiH baMci trr'd
Twiit Kama and BdnioDd InmiMe,
Td the atadfecdUn flddadoth love,
VMtithaiiirlworTiTmandUon;
VMtithaHirlDnorTiTmand Do-n
Of MorImihL Sak, and NaadwoDd img> i
An end vhldi to thia canto brlnn.
4!,'.S
: anv pettj hlU upon the EnglUh •!<
ild<<are, not (wlta a crouch) UTril ,
Whan Wrekln, a> a hlU bti picper worth that knew.
And UBdentood (ram whence theh Inaolencr grew.
For aU that thej appcuM •» letriWe In rfght.
Yet would not once ftirrgo a Jat that wai hia ilghL
And when ther ituM on him, to them the like he gave.
That, when ainqe other hllla which Bngliih dwdlen were,
Thrhutr Wrekln aaw hlmaelf d well to lieu
Aplnit thf Cambrian pti^ reipectleai of their powcti
Hu emlnnil dligrace eipecllng ererr hour,
Thoae daltcrm that bethre (wrifa many chnrnil 1»k)
Had gracM hit goodiT alte, him otterly foruok.
And muned them In tlouiu, like mouinen vell-d In blai±.
That thoae ddlcloui nTmpha, fkjr Tntn and Radon clrar
Erw.i brooki or him be1oT<d, and two that held him deaii
le, hailnincaubutihiBLlheT having none but he.
Which to Sid! mutual Joy might elUier-a object be)
Wilblq Iheir lecret brcofta contrived aaDdry fbart,
And aa tbflT mtv'd their ttreami, for him aomlxMtiidrtearL
Whom, In their (romine down, when plain!)' he tocemi.
Far them hit nobler h Art In hi> itninE boKKn reuui :
Bui, cunitantly resoli'd. that (dearer iriher were]
" Therefore," quoth be, " btaie flood, tho' Krth by C^mbite '
Yet u Ikir England'! (Hond, or mine thou woutd'H be thougli t
(OSevetni) let Ihineear mi lull lieftnee partake"
Whtcb taiif, in the behalf of th'Enjcliah Ihiuheipake;
" Wiae Weeiei (I nippoie) lalBctentlr hath laid
Of thoH our piinaea bei^ which haled, watdiM and pny-d,
Whoie deep JMMIon went (br cthet-a Tenl'mui deedi :
ShaU fliHl, enl haie duie, the Briton (to c>inli'-il,
Match-d with « rallant men, nod ufai clean a mig^
i<io«B with (ha Ug^bon^d Dane, exchinginitbrce far n>rce,
IVo hundred Teara*dl«ahi>d with etther*) equal gore:
Now Ihli aMt, now that, oft did the ^iriiih reign.
And oltenUmea igilB depreaied bj the Dane]
The Sanona then, I aajr^hemulvei ai bnvelT ihowA
__^ m the Weill .
{ThrDugh which he Aought at once the Saxou to luhduc]
Hli kingly courage audi : but from b la ihort retire,
Hii reinlbioKl tnnpi (new tbrgM with iprightlT fire)
Befbre them dra*e the Dane, and made the Briton ran
(Whom he bj liberal wage here to hia aid had won)
tipon their recreant ba^ which both !□ flight were liain,
1'iil their hugs muttbetad hcipa manur'd each ndgbb'ria)
Whenliwuilng je regainM, leJ bj that valiant Intd :
When BairU je outTbtaVd, and HaUen, iword u iword ,
The DMt redoubted aplrlu that Denua^ here addreii'd.
" And Alured, nut much IntaloT to the reit i
Who havhigln hli diyi aomanv danWrt patt.
In aeren brave fbtwhten flelda their tampion Ilobba ebai'd.
And liew him In the end, at AUniton, that dai,
Whoae like the Suo ne-er law in l^i dbmal war '
Where Ihoie, that from the BeM aore wounded aadtjr fled.
Were welknear oyerwhelm'd with nountaliii of (he dwL
^ And when proud Bollo^, next, their rbmieriiawenrepalTU
^em, when the wont of all 1( >nli the Engllih fafd)
And Denmark n> her drew the itrengthi of NonraiSy,'
IJia pnnce In many a flght their tercea lUil delV'd.
The goodlr river Lee he wiaely did divide,
By which the Dunn had then (hell rulUftauih( navlea lew'd i
The«TeB(neHofwhiiHitreambeit«ed Haitttvd rew'd.
Thia AllVed, whoie ftiteright had poEllcly tbund
Betwllt them and (he Thamn advantage of the ground,
A puiaaant hand thereto taborlouily dtdput.
Their ttalpi thut let on ihoee^ofnS«lethel™dciire)
Thoae Dinlih holka became the Rud of EngU^ Are.
■• Grut Alt^sd lelt (hit III^ : when Elfllda up-grew.
That Ikr teyond the pitch of other wamen flew :
Her°hiiTlVeniWa»m'd'ibeneT«mon*au1d'know-
But dlAbring from her Ki (la, AiU of manly lire)
Thli moit courugaiut queen, by eotwueat to aiolte,
7^e puliunt Diniih powen victoriouily punu\l,
A Dd tMolotely here (h tough their thick Muadroni heWM
Her way in(o the nnth. Where Derby havingwon.
And thinga beyond betlef upon the enemy done,
She aar'dlKKleged York ; and Inthe Danei'deiptght,
When noit thn wan uphoM with aU the eitlrni nilgh(.
More (owni ami d(lei built out of her wealth and power.
Than ail (heir hoatile damei could any way devour.
And, when (be Daniih here the country mott deitn>y-d.
Vet all OUT powera on them not wholly were envloy^ i
To Otch In tbrelgn ip^li, to help our loai at home,
'alie, our Enoliih Athditan. '
-*-•-■- -"■■ tvlctoriouimigbl
h him be^^,
_ I"ml? fl"'i™ '''"*
The Caledonbn hilla and CalthneB point betwlit,
■" ^in(Uie their king (a pHaonet) hither bnHight 1
Severn^ bankalhe warilke Brltoni loughl :
-. .... their pvincea forc'd from that (heir itrong retreat.
In England to a.ppeai at hia Imperial icat
Which ai a little wand the Dane would lightly wield :
id (to cntbrce that (trenglh] of aueh a dauntleiiipliit,
-lattothe^iellth oil they olTred Mm flnpildcj
The ending of the war by conbat (n decide :
Uuch ecandal which pmeur'd unto the Enpliih naran
When, Boraeout of their lore, and mne ipurM on w;(h ihame,
By envy eome provek^, lome md of eouiire, fain
Would undertake (he cauie to combat with (be Dane
But Atheliun the while, in Kttled Judgment rbund,
ahouM the defendant lUI^ how wide and deep a wound
" Thua, whilit with lundry doubt* hli thoughli perplexed
It plcas'd aii-powerrijl Heaven, That Warwick'! fknxaii Guy
(■rtc knigHI through .H the world renown'dftirchiH|lry)
Hli Iionaii™bloatm5cvo'iilif hTvi-iehiin^
ThDaoaxmi.l^ whoae Krong proof he many a Chrlktlan freed
\na bore the perfect marks nfmany a worthy deed)
Blmielf, apilmer poor, in homely ruwet chJ
Andnidy iiihiihandhlihcnnll'iitaffhehad]
> See the next aong of Hollo -^
Si 3
630
Tow'rdi WlncliMter ilone (»} ndlj bwk hti vny,
Where AtheUtin, that time the king or Eiuliiiii lay ;
And where the Daniih cioip thea MroDglir iu ibide,
Hnr to a pK^y moid, whtch men thtn call the HMa
" The day that Ouy arrivVl (whin litetil night dul brlns
Sleep both on Meni jdd toe) that uott religl«iB Itinf
( Who«e itrone and eonstant heart atl nLevoua cam nipprcaa^]
Hl> clue dCTDllon done, betook bimtSt la mt.
Rent to him from that Ood whom he InToWby pnyTj
Whereu he ihould not (i^ to ftnd a r»dlr knigtit
Yet by h1> comelT ihape, andliinlia eiceeding tttooM,
He etilT mlfbt film fninr the other folk amoog g
And hade him not to Rar, but chun him for the pun.
■■ No loonsf brake the day. but up tom Athtiiian i
With othcn or hit utt, »erc alUini on the pxind :
£l« mndy to depart each ono upon h^ way :
When lecreUi the king rercaled to the knight
Hl> comfbrtaUe dieami that blely-pawil r^( :
With mild and urincvly vorda bciinklng him : quoth he,
■ F« better you ate knoirn to Heaven (It lecnul tluin me
RiH^h you In my balhi, and mollify your cam
With cemfoftibic winei and nu^u what you will aik :
" The palmer (fiay with afc) >Uh countenance lowting low,
H]i head enu to the earth taefore the king dM boo.
Him BlUy annetlDg thu ; • Dread kud, It Ita me tU
(A wnAehednunI t'oimc«bl|h Hmkb'i otemal irUI:
Tlian thb poor habit ihoira, a pligrlin aa 1 aeca ;
TheWfcnljh---'"- " -" — --" ' •
DRAYTON.
efnr* hln {tttta tht ooBp) an enlin flm OUplay'd
nlditapu'il <>'(''■*••! Uho •umftUDUily arraylll
'en twenty raUant yoinhk that to the warlike aound
I Danlih faraaen dnUBL wMi many ■ lofty bound,
me with their eouatn-i march, ■• they to Han ihD
!.„. t 1 .. .u. aji,^ bo«i ehamiiom "■ ■■
itiiirt)Hiwariil,aBdi
Hare cdT'red up my amu, to Heav'n and maoeiny tc
Ne'er more to bear a ihieid, nor my dediniiif age
(Except lomc ladmei'a tent, or homely heRnltage)
ome convenient i^acc proclnimlng it be kept :
HT, by 1h* Almighty*! power, fbr England I'll juipear/
rhe king, mudK ploiiM In mind, aaaumea hii wonl«
1 to the I^Bldi power hli chi^ent herald tent.
HI. both through camp and court, th la combat qulck1|> wen
ich ■uddenly^nilg'tL whibt eViy llafnlng or,
tilnclngaiter iHTwifdoiroua wai tohair,
n for the EnglJA aide dunt undertake tlw day.
Dth Dane and biglMirii
imbcrUI people throng :
^h'^^tStdT"
_& h
hA idTy udx-dwiih rage.
I » labouring to aaauage,
diih gibbet ibowi,
InH^thU
' might i
m the ground.
ne having dlmbM mme ioai, the con
roni thence upoo the earth de^ccti hii
imedaiwerthimamon^ which lull
ne ataoda with flxed eyea, !■ though J-. -,. , — --.
nother ladly eomn, ai though hi> hiipn were paiL
nil hark'neth with hit hiend, aa though with film la break
a* lome intended act. Whilatthey li^elhet meak.
. ...iiu doi^tflif (lay.
ie gathered people ae*m
I Thua, whOKlu cr
Holding a comely pace : which at hh
In every centuring tongue, aa every I
^ ■■ Then ColcbroDdlOr the bwKica
IFoie'd idth theweapon-ii
brcuiiaa or of mall, v wl
Which emu'd him u- '
" When our itoul numcv aooo
The cord rraa Ui atnigbl loin <
I* Guy)
ft^..''j*J.'
i oTbU hood be
Marilal
rmeunauipecteaaheatli whKDioottuunaaiieen)
Which till that InaUnt Ume the people bal not •cow
' Arma, let me crave your aid, to aM laj country i^we :
And never ahull my heart your beh) a^ln requue.
But only to my Ood to UA you'up b poy'r.'
^Vhercal, bctwiat them two. -might eaa'ly have ben a
Which none but they could Krtka.Dia ooh but tbey'i
And » gr«at wonder bred In theee the Sgkt IhU hw,
Aa Terl$ Uiey thought, that nature untuthen
Hadpuipoacljreaerv'd theutmoatpowaoTmen,
Where ito^ltb Mill auwctM toia^m courage
" LooChnr twn llooa Seree, both hungry, both put
One iweet and aeir.aime prey, at one anMher fly,
Attd with their armed pawl ingnrpM dreadnillv,
The thunder of their rage, and hout*»&artruggliiig, ma
^e neighbouring Areata round aAIghtedly to quake :
Their aad encounter «Kh. The Dlglity ColetnHKl atnick
A cruel blow at Guy : which though he inely biDk<
Yet (With the wcapoo-a welghti bla ancient hilt it •pHl,
And [thereby teaaened mudi) Ibe chmpion li|^tl| bit
The blood dnpi (0111} doim, aairthe wound had aaoat
Of their miuh Inwaid woe Uiat it with grief abould acs.
till,.
IglCng, mako
" 'n* Dance, ■ deadly blow
oeni auch an echoing about, tli« icm uie uvuaw mu.
The Eogllah, at the nolaa, wax^ all ao wan with ftar,
Aa thougb ther lo(t Ifaa blood Ibdr aged champion abed t
Vet were not thiae ao palt, hut th< other were e< red :
Aa though the blood that relL upon tlieir chodu bad atdd.
" Here Ouy, bli better i^rtta lecalllng to hia aid.
Cane Awfa upon bit Ibe i when mighty CoMnmd makca
Another dotperatg ttmke : which Ouy la Warwkk takea
Undauntedly aloa : and rMlowed with a blow
Upon hit ahorterribtj that the nceailve dow
Stream'dupuntohiahilta; the wound BO gap'd withal.
At though It meant to lay, ' Behold your cbamplon*t nil
Sthiaproud palmer'* hand.' Sucb cbqia again and crieo
e loyhil Engllth gave, ai cleft tha vevy tklei.
Which coming on along ftom theae that were without.
When thoee witUn the town tecelvV thli cheerful about,
lUtv antwerV them with like ; aa Ihoie their Joy that knca
"llien whh Buch eager blowa each other they punue.
At every oObr made inould tfaTenten immlncM oeatta j
Until, iSnjugh heat and loU both hardly drr-'— ■—■-
Together tMe to lUlb their thieafnlng luika do whe^
And with thrir gqaihlng teeth thdt angry foam do tdte,
Whiltl Mill they ahould'riAg aedt, each other where to ainlte :
ThuaitoodthotelreflJknlghtii till "vln.iwit. .ilinMh
The palmer, of the two the firat rr'
Upon tha left am lent gnat Cold
That whilat hit weapon^ point IGI
And ilowly he It nb^ the vi"-
Aa wanting handa to Ud hit countrymen a^lea. rmade;
*• llie ^gUdi part, which thou^t an end he would bar*
And lennlng at they much would In bit pndie have tak^
He bid ihem yet IWxar, whIUt be punu'd ha [tut.
That to thlt patted king neit in tucecttlon cane ;
Hiat great and pulttant knight (In whete victerloui daya
llioie knigbl-like dteda were dcDC, no leat iletcnlng pi^ie]
Brave Edmond, Edward'i ton. that SlaBbrd having la'en.
With M auccnirui ipecd won Derby rrom (he Dane.
ice cblittlMd wilb bla bUnd.
POLY-OLBION.
Brirhkli,
oat Hunibvr louth neorvriu ttit aU vwoi
>r ■ VB Ihu itaould dlKuA hi! rdin.
_.} he mbM n^iTdla* of tti A huM.
Iriitt CTAT wn BUft^ficcna ia lUtb
a wUM tt llT>d U Bon thu Uagtj durge,
BMt tribotUT Us|f> then revVI bim IB kb bane !
Hli ihgm ftvm pnta mA tin Una thu iiiiiiigiy kept :
A KcniuBe, wboH pfoud lalli the Britiib ocean moL
*■ But liter hti deccHt, when hli more boiieAa HD,
B7 crud •tiiidiiiBe'i hMeto death wh lutli don^
To Kt hki ligfatrul onwn upoD a wmuAil head
ffieBb* thi btal cone, dcoiUaiu EOiMita,
Hidi dtuolMeiiai, iletb, and tbT •UHitndUl^
Th/nuulpiw^dBc an, the Bullih ftn'd to bear
A hearter nke than lint tboKbeathai ilaTiriei wm 1
Sul^ected, bsiiih^ and aoU, hi Uut nnt wnlchcd |il[^t.
At eren tbar thraldom Hria'd Ihdr neUhboun to aUHflit.
'irplamca the QitUihbelifat abate;
r-it ebb, and mlnablHt itat^
" And vboi la their reTenae. the meii ImaOata Duu
UHtaipf'd them on oar ibini, liDds tbeb plnwuit Swan* 1
Andnolairitbluitciiad In, their hii(* HimMdj (ocn
CameclmfriiuUhotheOfeduoutDftbe ttoodea horee ;
And the yorloidaB towDL the nearU unto the eac^
With ucrilcse ami rape du terribleat InlOat i
Thoae Dance ret trim the duia we with nich Tloleoce dnie.
Thu (torn our n>Dnti their ihlH ctnld tbn but bardlr lare.
With BI nip^iei for noil tbn landed bar isen.
And all the •oMtbem ihona from Keat to Contwal ipread,
WithihnediauderdtroivtbT Alaff hither M,
InueoBdiiutlicir fiwane, which Grr'd to them for aid ^
Tbdr multitudei h much lad Ethalred diauaf 'd.
Ai IVom bii countiT fbre-d the wretched Udb to Ajf.
An EndUh ret then waa, when Enilaiid •een'd to It
Under SiebcaTieat iote that enr kliudeu bore,
Whlln (iweUiag IB eiceen)hla laTlah oupa he plit'O.
And whea eowaioaut Knuto, tb| late nuilhei'd Bwauui* lOO,
He found u rare 1 lelrM thu here againtt blm roK.
A> though ordalB-d bj Ueann bit ffiatnei to oppoK:
Who irlUi him foot to fool, and foee to flic* dant Mand.
Whea Kaute, wbich hen ahna aObcted the command,
Tbe crown upon hli hold at bit itooUiJiamMon eet :
And EdnwaJ, hath to loae whU Knute dcalrM to get.
'iS
Kkiudn li the prlK for tihidi thct both an preM:
od with their aaiiaJ powen both meeunc Id the wca^
le green Donetlan Belda a deep TetnlUiba djr'd ;
a Qelda a deep Tend
AbuDduHT^Wrbfiod th
But Edmand, OB whote rik u_ »j _ »— ■ .^~.
(And with Ukc fortune thought the renuianl to Hippciit
That SanuD than bniarH. which wu Id great dlatieu)
With hli Ttetarlaui tni(i|B to SaHabury ntiiei :
Whcae Bight though Nmewhu nulm'd, biamiBdyet unK
Hl> litelT cowguertDg Aie eonianoutly punuM : [di
And flDdlngout a waT, aant tohlt Meoda witb^eed,
Who hill iu|i|4y VI wufa aid : and bting hdp'd u ncnl,
Tmpti Ednnod itiU to Bght, iBll hopfag for a dajr.
Tb^luiingtotheaeld,lnaeo
Two tkjt the angiT hotta UUI parted wen bj night:
Wben twice the rarbig ina. and twioe Iho letting, aiw
Them with UnircqualwDUDdathair wearied breath Indiaa
" Gru Londea to a urprtie^en (neat) Camitua nakea :
And thltheiwaidHfoat King Edmuud Irno^de tahfl.
Whllil KaoU ait down hb ileaa before the eiMen gata.
King OhBODd thnuA the wbS part In trlnnphtl uate.
Bat thlacouiageooaUDg, tbatnimed, iahlapdde,
A town ahoulTb* badag^ wharelB ht dkl abUe,
Into tb* <l tidi again the nllant Edmood gora.
t^aoulua, «e( tbU hinei la win irtwt he ^ loie,
Prontea him atUl to fliht ; and foSinl back »h(i« ther
mght Md-nB«th flnl at laige, Ihaii enalgBa to AwiUj,
ToaeUWT f*w u^ i thu BrenUbrd, iritta tbe hkni
Yet E(tniaad,aa betbn, went Tlctor etill awajr,
" When MonlhUiiaUiut Knutb wh«n Bothlngeould dlama
When (a> ill fortune «*&% the Dane with (mIi nnpUei
Wu latel; coo* a-huid, to whom bisTe Inauide mihaa ;
I which ihe had fomai'd kog
la munhetM Dnpa amoi«
Id beamau'd (dokei, ealli, andbWhtnilaln,
M diT, when all went to the Daner
laagenwrndei and with hlaaword and ihl^i
n there to ut, aa made her in the fidd
Bt her una
^Bu^ba
barlBg loat the day, to t
. . ._« a aeccod power in nia jIli, w«hi« ^.w^n
When lata-anoKBTagV Knuto, whibt fonun* ret dotb
Who oR Item Iroailda lad, now fDUowd him u AM.
•• Whim thua In dTil ami canSnuallr thai iiO,
• ■td whu Ih' one itrine to make, the other aaeki to I
IthtbreatningiwordaeUII drawn; aadwithobiiaiiDu
iacanfUaioa
^boldlTtp
n did ordain
t^^bi
Our lira for nothing cite, but ootr to
Your munhen, aack, and nwil r Ifbr thka wsilefol war
Tbe land unpeo^edlf. ume nation ihall Item for,
Br ruin gfniu both, Info the lile be biouglit,
Ohtalning thu for which you twain to lo^ hiTe fought.
Unlqt then through rour thixu oT empery you mean
Both naeoot In thetelirolli ihUI be extlngulth-d dean.
Select jaa dnunploot fit, by tbera to prore your neht.
Or tiT it man to man louitelTU in iliigle fight'
" When u thoae wulike U i..j -ui ~
And whlM tbei tken
d, InUed with ber dood,
. umttbanOamcdj whtlittheUnp,
Whoee cage out of the hat* d elther>i empin tpriagt,
BoUi armed cap^a-pte, upon their haired boiaa
Together gerorirlbw; ilut In thdi liolent conree
(like thunder when it ipeaki moat horriblj and hnd,
-n.-..^ hoofoitrooklheeaith:ai^^!lthlhef(w(ultbock.
Their ■:
' Coungcoui klAMt, dit
lli
Hli ttjle, or thet were Ilk* to lurTeil with excom.
Aod tune had bnHight about, thu now they all b^n
To lirten to a long-told pemhecy, which ran
he might lire proapemidjr to
ge i»le ; tthiiJi law did fim 1
rnnn Ame^ in uioae dajn dctlTeriog propheckea
And alaD trom thtir flight Itrange augurlei ihe Jrei
Supremeat In her place : whote dtcuLt wu extent
From AToatothebinktoCSereinandUTrsit:
Whoe empmaJlke the iBt« with nUun't bountiei
And ierr*d by manr a nvmph ; but two, oif all the n
That StaAbRlihin callt hen, then both of hlih mco
The cU'it of which itt:aiik; though Needwmdhei
In eiEvlieiKeoftoll, by being rlchrrplDC'd
'Twill Trantandbatt^lngDoTe; and equally emb
By their abounding hankt, partleipiln their itue ^
For Anencat of ber turrtuipaadng; and doth bear
Oft gmtch u her eilate ; her fleuriahing to tee,
or all their atalelT Ren dlirobed when they bK
But (aa the woTldgoe* now) O wofUl Cank tbe whU
When a> thoae follow
light hS'e?;^'S''di
A^litagithugtaa^
UpDiL her thaggy heatha, the paiaenger amaa'd
To tee their i^ghty herdi, with hiuutwlm'd headi to thi
The woodt c^o'eniruwii oakt ; u tbough thej meant to 1
An by Tile gain deiour'd : ao ahi
She now, unlike henelT, a ncaUhi
For body, honk, and halr,at CiJ .
Ai acareely tbli great Itle can eqtial ; then of her.
Why ■hould'it lEov ait tbit while the prophecy ieitt?
Whobearing many ipnagi, which pretty rlnngrvw.
She could not be content, until the fill ly knew
Whifh chIM it vw of hm fbom under nich t Kitij)
Whm nuni ■ river, now that tUrioinlv doth «owf^
Hid «3Tcel7 Inm'il to luHp) ind therefimMhe ddth *11
■viie Arden, ftoni the denih arhprnbonitaiit tklU,
Tn Ml h« irhich or thne her rilli It wu iho mnoL
JowtitfyiierwILIpHicwiiiiniiniwen; "Titnt.'-
For, u 1 iktiflil Ker, the mpil tOrat win.
Which fiirti dnUi fcp^i bj wJilih ihethiudiSn'd,
There ihould be Hani in licr, of tUhct thlrtr kind ;
-iiKt thiny nhben great, In p(ua M mt rank,
^hrMlldln lurreodingtliiiebebaildcdDn her bank j
And tbirty leveraE BlTunii from manjuundrr wfly,
Thit MoTcUnii gTuIljUk'd: jrei io thai t«uder Uire,
Whkch 4he had ever born unto her duling IXxre,
Ebe Rxdd hivewlih'd It hie; bcciuue the dilntjr gnu
Silt, nitdect he miM be ; at Sow, whieli nnm her inring
At ^flbii meetcth Penk, vhlch ihe along doth bAug
DllAYTON.
it alone doth birt
1 b.^wed pure,
.happj &
U'ergone with love of IlanR, a dnppcr Morelanil lad.
Who near Iheii eryitiil iprinii u fn thw watts tbej pUy-d,
Which [nulunljr wu tum'd lo much ftom be1n( eoV,
vniD cloulr itirie mway JHTceiilng her Intent)
With hJi dear iDrd the Oave, in niii^K of iidncelf Trent,
With nuny other floodi lai, Chumet, in hit tn(n
Thai draveth Dunimare on, wllb Vendon, (heii deal Tain,
That comn alone to □o'e) of which. Ham* one mild be.
j\nd for hlnnrilf he bin or Manyfiild would rVee
Ht eloaety undor Hrth Eoonji bla head a whilt
But, whenth>i)««ftinKnienoBeyaf hli.
.And her behind Uania tBiHdiatdT doih mlH.
Uiuiactedlnberf
linyMd that
ilruniliiH
II though
ret U ihe loth to do poor little Smntal wrong,
rhat Itoin her Wilfrune'a apring near Hainpuii pika, to pour
rhe aeallh ihe there tecclvea, Intii bn Mcndli Stsur.
Innhill UialilHs Hniin h.inmiu Ihi Miiu<UiU>I».
itheMiw
t tnig ahai) greet wi
hoM ihadj ico'ei.
And like a hermit waJht to chiuo,
Ti>a ^mptei vrrn where that grow i
Come* AnAr*i glHT nnl to tnow ^
an the mldlanda now th' lndiutria» Huw doth ri
■I •hire which we th* hran ' of Enriand WHI nu)
the htrrwlf eiiendi ;the nidil which li dermdl
™r|in Saint Michael'i moont, and Barwlck-hord'iin
— WarwiA J that djIoadH long adTanc'd her b
rlltivitiaiiieailt renowned every where i
which ID brave lidrili but bml.
Inhere be Tirluenerema'nlngln Ihyeanli,
Or any ensd or thbc Umu t>ri#il Into my Mtth,
Of nil thy later brood th'unmnthlnt though I be'
Mute, am aC Arrian leH', whoae nmittia yet are OnDi
ThatmlghtyArdcn held enai in her height or^doi
Her oneliand touching Trent, the other, Sevem'i ride.
Ilic very lound of tim, the waod.Dynni>u doth awake
When thut or her own telV Ihe ancient foreU make i
- Mf muiT goodly iltet when Ant I came to ahow,
r when Ihe wortd foiind ouTtheflw™ otaj toll,
e gripple wretch tiegan-immedlalely to tpoll
'■Vhm Britain ant'hn'i
Her i>eopie wexing ttUl, aim wax
11117 "" dlilodgM the hart, and 1
He in tho broom and braket had
d hwg ttme nad
lit nljhty iiile,
-he •nndiTkl
And irith her tyinn joyi the Hate along dolb go.
When Phobui lint hit head nut of the winter^ wan.
No tooiier doth Ihe Eanh her floweri boiom brave,
At inch time HI the year br^ngt on the jilcatant tpring,
Rut hunti-np to the mom the A^alh'red tTlvani ting :
And In the liiwn gror^ at on the rlting knole.
Ul4fl the higheit ifiray of every mounllng iiote,
Ttioiequiritlert are pereh'd with tnanvatpFckledbrcaaC
Then Ikoni hn bumlib'il gate the goodly glitl'ilng eait
(rildi omy lofty top, which lite the hunourout night
Boap.ingled had wllh pearl, to plrme the nnnliigl aight :
On ivhicb the mirthful iguire^ wllh their cUv Di>en thruti,
Ij^c'tooir'
Untothi
lallcomint'
...— ihriliibaTpa; at purinely 1.,
nillvi tun i Bi chidliw, thai to loi..
ling rofth, Ibal ihauliTlhe Iblcketa UuUI s
ar at hand, that hath a golden bill ;
L hud marfcV of fuipote, t*lct u< aoo
lliey Hv, alone to hear that chanoer of the nlghi,
Ai man lo Kt In partt at Brit had leamM or her.
1 na ynnw-paie : wnicn intmgo ana nun ue uooming me,
Vt t tciice bath any Mid a finer pine than ihb
And oT Ihe. e chanting lbwk^ thegoldilnch Dot behind.
That hath 10 many tortt detcendlng ftom hn kind.
'rhe tjdy flir her notn at delicate at Ihey,
The ItughinB hcese, than the oninteitbftlna liy.
The Hftei with Ihe thrill {1000 hid among thelwc^
lliut ting away the tnon, until the nountlna tun,
Thmgh thick eihaled fiigi hit gaMeB h«d hath tim.
And thnAgh the twitted topt ofour clote eotetl creepB
To klH the gentle ihad^ thb while that tweetly tieepa
And near to theie oar thlek^ Ihe wild and ftighcmlf^tdl^
Kot hearing other nolle but thlaoT chattering birdi,
Feal Mrly on the lawni 1 both wirtiofteiHin'd deer :
■lore walk the ttatelii reil, the Awkled hilow there :
The boeki and liuly ataat among the ritcalt ttrew-d.
name; u Healj in ArdBV
IwhltUcth.
OT»U
OfwWd
Orbydt-..-,
TonlraldAidarhH
prLncdj' chue tlth none did at report,
on tcwcn, t' npnu thai wondroiu iport
POLY-OLBION. 6S3
WDIch nnr ickl b«c MUl TiekMb to bU Are.
Hit! nuu nuit Li ■!(«■ i Uof In bli dc^rc^
Bjr no proud IfhoraBt lord U tuieJjr ovcr-aw'd.
In nijiny k hugt-Atoirn imtd, and nuny a ihadjr grorct
Wbich nft tiMt bom Ihjr bow (sreat huntrni, ui'd to roro)
And ft^vlna thy fleet game, choite mlgMj fbrctti' queen,
Vfiib tby dUbevel^nypiphaaCtli'dln yovtnfulgrecu,
BnTe huntreu : but no beut tbdl prove th* qiuiriei hoe 4
8»e thMe the ben of chiK, the till lud liuty red,
The tUg Ibr goodly ib^ and natelinw of bsHl,
Tbe t^Knidng hunter tulXa the Chick unbarbed arounda
Whero haibourU la the hart ; Uicri- often tnm hia feed
The buntaman In hIa ilot", « breaking eiitti. perc^vca,
3r encerlnvi/ the thbckbjpreulnaor tlieneavta.
""- %,a son. IDkdk Now" -hen tfie ban d«b hoi
«llowJne hounili to vent hU lecret Icit,
'leth out, and through the brahet dMh drive,
^ki, ai f^rAjIlf iLe makc^
riniof the
ne oiien bellowjn
LilbDughupbf tliE
Eadi Ibninrsi
Bntbrtnglhci
he Rireat rlngi,"and every neigh
ti hit counn In hli fliKht.
taet BtiU fbllowina he pcrcplTa,
Che charnp^ii Blea : which when tb'auenbly and.
Hechatina? with hbhotn. which chmlbe
Whlla iflll the litity uaalili bigh -pilm'il
Hi. bodT ihovlng — --T-"* "-' •■ —
Eiprculn- '*
And makei amonnt the herda, and flocka urihag wool'd abeep.
Then rrlghClng ^am the guard of Ihoee who had tbeir tec|i
BulwbFnuiOhlsihlRahliialkty Uitldenlei,
T-a^niLm wlUi'h'ligin^w'wuIi h'l ho^ In hand.
Until t^e noble i^r Chrough to'll bereavM i.ritrcn«b,
The vilbgei alti " •■■ — -'-■
To any thing he
niragni. not gldng way
He lunu uponlili fh^lhat khui have him encka'd.
And ai tbtir cruel ftnta on hli banh ikln they lay, '
vntb hit ihaTv-polnM heut he dealelh deiully wounda
To ftn-eflta that belongt ; but vet (bla ii not all
With loliCude what aortM, that here'a pot wond'
V/hemt the hermit hub a iwrnt ntlnd lillc,
Andrmm thelDathaomealraortmoky-dClcatoi ..
Suppoie twixt noofi and night, thoaun bla half-way wtd
(The fbadowA to be larg^ by hia deaccndlng broughlr
who witb a fbrvent cje louka through the Cwyring glad
„ ._... _... ..„fi^„
Cnhaliiwl
^pd 00 tb<
llipened rayt com
Who h) the itnngth of yHitb, a man at anni hath been ;
Han't heaitlinOM aoloathi, that flying human kinrt
The black and dsrliinme niKhu, the brighL and ghidiopia dayt
^(^ UlUo Tllbgc lirfd. hi. °Krt and hom'ly Urt t
Kth at hi. dying : bit Cean are bcM to be
iR had tfavicahodci by wayt thai lie through
Wandi like aii Itchy moll ; dm o^pin be wrt^ht
What foola, abuaed king., and humocout ladlea rali^
Hi. free and noble tbaught, ne'er envlea at the gna
1-hal Dften-tlset It ^vrn unta a bawd moiC baae,
TheHtdih purblind world: buCabwIutely flee.
Hi. happy cinie be ipemlt (he work! of Ood to tee.
In thme K uindrj heibt which there In plenty grow:
WhoM aundrr ttrange eAfectt he only teeki to know.
And in a Utile maund, being aade of «len inull,
Which icrvelh him Co do ruD many a thing withall.
He vDry choicely aorta hIa rimplea got abroad.
Herr flixdi be on an oak rbeum-pvrging polypode i
And In tone Ofian place ihaC Co the aun doth Ue,
He fkmdtny geo, and eye-bright Ibr the eje {
The healing tutian then, and plantane fot a tore j
And hard by them aAain he holy verrun flnda.
Valerian then he cropa, and pujpoaely doth atamp,
T' api^i unto the pbice thaft haled witb the cranp ;
Ai centaury, to ctMe the trtdcnau of a wound :
The belly hurt ^ Urth, tn nuvwon lo make KHu^
Hit chickweed cnrci the beat that In tbe fkce doth riat:
For pb tile, eone igala b( Imntdly appllea.
For eunfortinc tlw lelMa and Ilw, geti for Juke
Pale hore-houod, wtalofabclioldBiifnMiiCetiiedaluift
So laxilVBge it good, iiid hartVtongne for the ttope.
With agrhiun^wi that b«lb w* caU St. John.
T„ ki_ ..... i-.'L . a... ., .i._t..^,,.gur« he giva.
athatbalii
Campana here he cropL approved wondrou. good :
Ai comn^ unto him thaft bruiied, tpllCing Ucod ;
And f^om the Gillbtg^ill, by five-leaf doch reslorie.
And melancholy curci by aovcralgn heUcbort
oriheie moat helphil herba yel tell we but a Bsw,
To thoH unnumb'red lortt of tlmplei here that grew.
Which JuiUy to Kt dawn, even Dodoa" ihort dotb fall i
Nor ikllful Oerard 10, yet, diall ever And them aO.
HnArd«?of'bDrilliuvd'rlnretidoa'^!n>ie;
By AlcnCer how AIn to Atro eaily flowi i
And nlldlT being mixC, Co Avon hold Chrlr way :
And liknriae toWid the north, how nvely.tiip^ng Rht^
T" attend the luiMerTame. li mnn ber fountain wot :
SollnleCalcandHlrthgDonwnhhlmloTrenL
Hit Tauworlh at the lait, he In hi. WIT dolh win :
Which trffleA twixt her lia "
Ai Chough InCn hit a
YetArdenni'
The fiietl, ao nii^ fUi*n ftom what ibe wat b^>iV~
That to her formw btlghl Me SMdd ber Ml reflore (
Thoughoft in her behalf', the ganhia of the land
That could not once have drcam'd other now rtately wall
And thither wIkIj brought that goodly rlrgln-band,
Th'derenthouund maUi, chaate Unula'i command.
Wham then Che Briton kinga gave her full power to fnvaa,
AC whoae departure tbence, etch 1^ her Juil bequetc.
Some necial virtue gave, ordaining It to rert
With one of thidr own hi, that there her birth ihouM bi
Till fuioeia ofthe time which Ikte dkl chnccly lave
Until the Saiona' reign, when Coventrj at length,
From her imail, mean regard, rcroier'd itaU and iliengll
By Leoftle her Imd yt
'■-'- *— ■ ~~D begg'd. 1
r than thi« plm the mjttert ntflHb,
m bud begun, in Ancor lulljr axil ;
BriOih taiuiu, the BrlEoni could not AoiL
to ber tbof miaic of Aosniru i^gn'd 1
pKaeodi abice. UAr timm to codk bid kwv
iTULrvc ttm,4bowa,
Uielr IpeU
I thoK Tlrjlii Ibeie
DRAYTON.
or Benc'i butAiI tmitb, men Hcm u tbougb (o bin,
Rtinctliig la wh(t thm (ht multipUn ber (r^n :
AndCbllLnich woDdnui tbingiof AjrUmrr wtUldl,
A( though iriHinduia MKwe ber bunh«n'd womb id i
Hr roan nDongit the rot, h VniilaJioiM it itcne
Btit wmatM DO mcoini fatth i hvr bmt Pcgukui atted
S1» wondn sT the vat) exalted to ttae ilik* :
J Hed-boneeTrou ill conceDiDcd odIt Uf4
n* <uih ia not In me, but Id Ibe (rnicbeil ttne ;
On ithom, upon «od auie, I well nuv lav the otmi
Which Ml ^^i(«i(e thlngL B me It doth DCflen.
Bui when tb> iDdmttioiu Hue Aidl pnichBi me n
Did Blicaf^ tint pliW : »hol]r
A reduK long tiow llT'd, In that fblr abbey pUc'd,
Whicb Alured cnrlcbt, and Fowbwortb highly grac'd
A prtnceH being bo^^ and abbw, with itatw miMa,
All noUe Uke henelf, In bidding of Itarfr bcadi
WMeh iberc (hwld alter live : in whoKdearaeirahouldend
Ai beta (hutdaee oruitbl lUi Ccneouy that And.
Bui whilat about thla tale amootb Ancor triglog atajt,
UnlB the luMler 'nmc ai hXh to come her wan,
Hm flood li)lr<»l*lwrtbui,*'DeicbTook,irbTdoit tbgu wrODg
Our mutual love io much, and tcdSouily proluig
[111 raanlagfrhouT, fbr which I atlll prepare ? .
If biudsrliiDka, mr)oT ard oulv care.
icuorallmrfl
I wlU pntect th7 atate ; then do not wi
Wbat pleaiun hath (be Knld, that ben
Hence. »luK,dlrert Iby cor — ■- "
icdknuA^cd ,
.'M tomB thy yeailv oMU ibow ;
ar PbUUa- nan* and c«iDtii> to advan
"lyaeat: and aaillDg Into F
"thy"fiid^°^
DU majrlt not Rnd?"
tuDce, wuie.aiTenmycouiMH,ijitnHnore, Iwltiaccroea"
Where ttioie two nUgbty wava ", Che Watlliur and the Foaa,
Our centre lean la cut (Tw Ant dotb bi^dfaei way,
Fnm Donr, u the brthM «(flultful Anglgeey :
Tlie Kcdnd aoulh and wirA, Dura Htchad^ utmoat mount,
'ni Cathneta, which the Sutfa'at of Scotland we account.]
jUid then proceed to abcnr, how Avob from her aprlng,
By Newnbami fi»ni» li hiat I and ba* ihe, blaolOdiliig,
Bi Dunaaare drlvei along. Whom Sow doth Hnt aiUil,
Which laketh ailibuni In, with Cune, a great while mlaa'di
Though CoventiTi>IVomaieaceberiHimeatarBtdblraiei^
Now Bortahlng with ftucb and proud niraiiudee ;
Her valla In good rep^ ber porta ao bnvcly built.
Her halla In good ea^, her croaa lo richly (lit,
Ai •corsUu aU the towni tbiit Hand withtnlier view :
Yet muat ihe not be giiev>d, that Cune ahouU claim her due:
Taw*rdi Warwlcii with thli train ai Avon trlpi alonir.
To Guy-cUffbeingcinne, her nympha •'■■••'■ '-
" To thee, renowned '■-'-" — ■'
And at thy ballowM
Who,tbvi- --~""
LeAVWa „ „ .
At tut, from tala proud ateed| duke Utton threw^ to ground :
And with th- Inrahied priie of Blaacb the beauleoui erown'd
[The Almaln enperoi'a belt) bigb acta didit then alchleve :
Ai Lovalo thou again didit valiantly reflere.
Thou in the Siddan'a blood tby worthy awerd ImbruMit ^
And then In aingle gghl, great Araerant nibhi*d'(t
Twaa thr Uamllaulund, which taupHv deatmy'd
That dngon, which bd long NerthusbeilBnd anney'd f
And alew that crwd boar, which WW* our wood-landi laid,
Wboae tuaka tuinU up our tUdu, and d«a hi aeadowa made :
Whoae ibeulder-blade renudna at Coventry tlD nmr ;
And, at our hunble lute, did quell thai monitroua cow
The puacngen that ua'd fnta Dunnnon to aflVight.
or all our Bi^llah (yet] O moat renowned knight.
The Danei renuv'd Ibeir c^mp l>om Wincherier^ ileg'd walL
Thyatalue Guy-cUff iLcepi, the giiet'a eye to pleuei
Warwick, thy mighty arma, [thou Eogiiili Herculeaf
Wblch, aa ber andenl right, ber caiUe lUU aliall hold."
By Warwick, ■-"-— •■""
AodaaabeiBi .
Kttelreth little Hell the next _.
Then taketh In the Btonr, the bnuk, ofaU the raat
Which that moat goodly vale or Re£bone toveth beat ;
A valley that enjon a very great ealale.
Yet not ao bmoualield al emalltr, by her lkt« :
Now, fbr nvsrt had been too parnaTln her praiac.
Her juit-canoelved grief, iUr RedJione thua hewi^a i
■■ KuO every vale be beenl to boait ber wealth ? aad I,
Tbt needy countriea near Ibat with my eon anppty
Aa bravely aa the beat, ahall only 1 endure
The dull and beaaUy world my giialca tn obaeuie i
Near wavlea Ardent aide, aitb my reOiV abode
Stood quite out of the way tmm every common road ?
Oreat Euiham'a fertile glebe, what tongue hath not exIoU
Aa though to ber alooe beiotigM the garb oTgcdd ■* ;
" See to the ivL aoog
'* OOwreijie, CuDB-lre ; that i», the town upon Cunt
ce along to Sciatfiird on dotb atrain.
Of countriea
(The Eden of you all deacnediy that am)
1 dull aa much be prala-d ror delicacy then,
For, Itam the lofty Edn>: that at ny aide doth ly,
UpoD my ^adoui eattli who eaati a curiooa eye,
Aa many p»d]y aeata ahall In my eempam ae^
Aa In the greaceit v^e ; hwn where ny bead I couri
At Couw^-i country^ tool", till with my hccla 1 ti
The Kill eaith with her uore i mv idenleoua hoeom atnw
With an abundant aweMa: nrr trim and lualy Sank
Her bravery then diaplayi, wlui mcadowi hugely rank.
The d^nty ckiver growa (ofgn
Tbat mak« each udder atrut a
*■ Al an UBietbitM hibq at tL
■■A witb in
Id^iht
^^.
Not out nThia own apirit, but by that power divine.
Which thrmigb a tparUIng eve perapuuouely doth ihin^
FeelahiabatdtanjierytdS.diatheUpaailiiiiliaeaka,
And thlDga beroma hia hei^t, traneported aorangelj MpaaM :
So Ih«e that dwell In ne, and Uva 1» ftuul toll.
When they In nydelbnce are reaaonuigwinyioU,
Aa ranted with my wealth and beai"l~- 1*«™«I erow.
And tn well-attlng tfrna, end no
OrpJBcea which they lay da Biminey'
Of baeaet l> they dare boaat, and give
AaefthatflirtOeBatbyHatHpUnUi
" FH ahowlng Afmy bounda. If men nay ifghlly gneai
By my oauUnuM fcrm whldi beet doth nc eiinaa.
On eltiier of my aldee, and by the litlag ground^
Which hi one CUblon hold, aa my noat certain mnainda.
In tenglh neu- thirty nilea I am dlacemVl to he."
Thui Red-hone onda her tale; and t Iheirwilh agn*
Toflniahheremyaong: the Uuie lome eaae doth uk.
POLY-OLBION.
At length, alt^MttaoaeL
Aa to tlie varying earth the Uuae doth h(
Foot abeep-hook and plain goad, ah
~- - - '^--Un'd itream, ihetnal
lowly (InaDabeaoft.,
— -atrmlghtcon
, tbelaodwi
POLY-OLBION.
HIa Land Fcck'nlum^ (kO, md aodi Iw riat* bmuu I
To plwc Ml laonnt m, whoM Bk« the nrid had DODi
Fur, ftoa liH nn n(ah,taB (tlMB n •«« hUn
jH^ to Out tmUiniph m ncUl MUiw MUI :
TIM Igutt ntwd of Him wba Mtar MBU to blu^
ihrnOtatsBha.
-' t Aoad (lit would pnlkc,
, th* AULlHgtU cw,
M cvEttkCd bull, vben ventlu ha doui low,
ur u III' UD1II9P7 wui ablell M thafr cUtlg itnT,
At nlskkata aa th«lHrtb whilU tbn tolMlia' pl*Ti
HcKTo-HonilaiBU*) aaratiuilbtiup
I^ bcu tbv hamlwi imln pl» ta bb mdnfl ibflvp :
Nor iHvU hl« IM'nLiiif vHT (ane») to tht unbUil itKaBt
nut In the antring c*[ib uiIiui the MonM doth mail
Tbt mmt mub^tnpl but, v% of ill il^S,
BmudUoilr drom'd In lacrDW di) ud nliht.
Not Uekr hit iillr and ndghlioDT dotb mpcct ;
And ifaamriUi balng clianU Unu mnntta in eAct i
" That lickar' tshU briiht umi-d ikntlir but to liae.
And that la knatli and bnadlb he alt atendcd lia,
Nnr doth Ilka oifaR' hlDi to awldeii ihaipnea mount.
That of Ifaelr klnclT Und thn acara can nim aecounti
Tho> br hli mUM aoU act IB a« bidi a iilue.
That NalTini'a ml|lil/ idr ha Kcneth to outtocc"
Whllu Cleni and UckT, Uiiu, do both MivH* Ibdr ptide.
At Salwarpe lUpa along bt Foeh'nhaiB'j abao* aidt.
Thai brcat him alKcti Id wand-riiw to the Widi* :
But be, bimidf br HlU then ntAs to eniicb,
Hli Feck'Dhaui quite (Mjiatt ; ftva all aOketiou tnt.
Hon ptcdlgallT ftra har wooda to thoae Unat tm
Which boll the ■nun to aaM. Whkb ClaiK k awch admlna.
at BiaanUTllaTB
Te bleat mj iDDgkng cytt :
gront and pleaaaM iinlai).
Thou ttlU mj atjcet wan, thou m
The time ibaU aulekly come, thy f
When to the mMhful meile the I
The paLDful lahourer'a hapd ihall j
The bnnch and body ipenl, jet ™
__. , . ..._ _Ji What Ihunulo lend Ihojfcrth
but It Inriln UhV, and on iti^tbei aide
Doth Miakc thoae hulldil mcwti, which with their pabited pilda
Imbroidet hia proud bank t wbllM In laaciTlout grna
He nrUUr Hldetb out, and auddenly rethn
la aundry worka and trall^ now ihalloiv, and then deep,
BaarcblDg the ■pacioua ihorca, aa thouah It meant to twen
lHolr iwtKa wMi U away, with which they an npbU.
And men, liat buUdinc tainx, themaalTaa did wlaelj Hat
6lllllalbebotint«oua*ale: whnae burden'd patture bean
Tb« anal abundant iwathe, whoie gMie luch goodly «an^
At to the wdibly iheal wllh Kythr or ili^le cut.
When a> liirEacdeu-d hand Ih? Inbourot CODM to put,
Mnka blm in nia own iweat, which K hut hardly wltldi :
And Ol the com ttieWd landi, then In the Hubble Add.,
btid) of mat, by them Uw Oodj of ihaep,
lour wo to mdature Buoh iBcUob
VTiiai^TriTrtliilrtiiiriTitarki anil full itiift lianw llii j ilmj.
Into Ibe aoller day aa ea^ tbey do ilidi,
Fhick up their haarr Aol, wUhllghlei i^ta, to think
That autumn ihall i^vduee, to recomp«ae their tod,
A rich and goedlr crop from that rnipleaiant tolL
And ftom that lOTlour Am wUeh itcki ua to dopraw.
Though much igaUiit Ida wlU thli good we daaihr hen.
We atlll are hl^y pcaliV. and boneur'd by hit heUht,
For. who iriU ua nnn, tiiab ciMr and tudgini al«Ct
■* ua thence at (Gil: which At the aoiickl^''
■*.T- amid the (TOMor^ wn£, and
Quoth ibe, " take my advice, abam
And by that way I_gD. ^>tiOH thy
Whllit Idlybu
^. ,™™„.„— . ^^^^^
Their rodubut bui« be, and they iiiiich rBi£ly idimbL
Hand meat hi enrr'a alchE, the Criieat prey An thsA
And wban tbe lowly 3m a» clad m ■uunior'i green,
''^t grilled winteTi mow upon their headi li aooo,
in the hUk I know, let H^n thy pattern be :
lo though Ida lite ho audi H aiiiuii to equal ibce,
d datmua of nought that Aidv him can yield,
■ or th'jpedal grace ofmany a goodly fleldj
From cither of your lopal ttat wbo behoMeth K
To paiadiie mar think a eacond he had fbund^
lenitrj^d
Wbenlnb
■ nound''
fiudkam doth COCK
la's'''
eapait heiaelrdid blghly ptlie,
ofitmigth ihe uourUbM goally li:
That het puW petty ti, wUcb
From Wortter^li^ and there
Wh Icb DUurany that bU in »
But the laborloui Viue, whk
Here wlUelb thnu^ thetladaa, whei
Until that [Wer geta her Olo'dei't wl
Where iba her utiawa dlTldoL that wiw mm un uugni
She mMit behold tba town, o/whicb ibt^ wsDd^oai pcnud ;
Tlien talna ihe In tbe Fmutfaen Cam, and dou the Stroud,
Ai Ihenea upon her oouraa the wudouly doth Mnln.
ftimirtng then bendf a acn-god by htt tnln,
Bhe^eptune-ilkc doth Ooat npon &t btKky minb ;
Wliere, leat ibe iheuld becomo loo cumbenoma and hanb.
Pair MIcUewood (a Dymph, long bonour'd for a chaae,
Conlendlng lo ban noad the h&h*it In Sanm-i gracb
Ofanr of Ihe Dryadi Ibera batd^ig on bcrihote)
With her cool amoroua ihadea, and all htriyInD Item,
• A hill eaTlrmtd on Of cty tide vtth the tale of £udiaD.
To plauB llw (oadlt ■ool hiiHati bar ntmotl pawen.
BuMnlnc the pnud nrnph Bliht Uke her wQfldj bowen.
' Bui ScTCrn (gn hif ni) k luge hiI hcadjtmnc (I*«,
Thai *bc the HDd-nymph nfm, and Avon <la(h puiwej
A river with no Ibh Ifau nadir K1ng*t.«MHl cnnMf
A fomt wd • Isod b; ^B-a time rHHm'd ;
And cuh with otbH^ inrld* and bHiitT much tiewlteta>d )
Biddei, with BriMol'i «ita both mndWHlj nilch-d.
Which Booa to Sererafcntth' report df thai tUr rood'
(Go burdoied •Ull with bu-ki, u It would oierloul
On« McptuDs with the wel(hl) whoH lhiM» br doth rtnf
When u that mllhtr amd, uort bnTely louiiahlnr,
UkeTbetlt' g»iST aelf ma)eM]ca])r glldeii
Upon liH* Bpacloui bn«at touliig the tuTgemI tMea,
But, nobta Huk, pTooeed lounedtatelT to tell
How Eiuhun-a Ititila vile at dni In liUna Ml
^VIthCDtawoU,thatareatkliigofahephenu; whoaepnmdilt«
When that Mi Tule Stu hw, ao DDurUh'd her deUght,
orjuat and equal hdfhtTwa bantaarij^ig, wfaleh
Betwixt then thttmbw ent an elbow of UKh height,
AiihTov^thalinnraoni vhich akadmnsd rrom the ll^t,
Shooli Ibrth a Uttir gam, that la the aununer'! da;
iDTltca theflockaf lor thade that to the avert atray.
Such lundTT ihapea of a
That ibe may iShvio ,
T whom Satuai*iida]nglTet place! Oio'lUiiDuattw her docka.
Yet haidh> delb aha tjtiie our CMtwoM'a wealth} loeka.
Though Leniiter hin exceed fbr fincnw of her ore.
Yet quite he nita her dovD tor hia abundant More.
A natch id « aa h^ CDnlauuif to her mind,
Few Tils {aa I aupgaaej Uke Euhmn h^ip'd to And ;
Nor anr other woM, like Cotawnld ever ipnl,
So (Ur and rich i vale by fortuning to wed.
He hath thcgondly wDiri, and ihe the wealthy grain ;
Thnu^ whieh they wlaelj Hem their houabotd to maintain-
To thiw ddlghli of hli, ihe' dally pradt brlnga :
Ai ta hIa lane etpenee, ^e nniltlplei her heapa :
Hot cm hit Bookt devour ih' nhmidaDce that aha reapi j
And Dov, that eney thing' mar in tha proper nlice
If c^ apUy be ontrlvyl, the iheep our web doth breed
[The alm^ot tbmiafa it annil ihill oar deacrtptlon need,
And iheiKerd.llke. the Muaa thai ofthat kind doth ipeak :
rUi the belli, aa the
i ifi«"rirt iioH'oniS'^''
.. . . rn'd; theb^^ratheriobran
htagay biUrlck alia at hU k
B Doacfiyi they da wear.
But Cdtawdtdl be thia «ike ta th' only pnlie of the^
Tlial thou of aUthe laat the cboeeB ■^[■hwld'it be.
With whcwedSriaii
Her greatncaa la begun : » tl
Wb« be hia kaw daOBt ah
uabnokLlnwl
run : lo that ou:
S.'SR.
> highly bore.
,^ ji^ geci pre-enlneibce to guide
Queen Iila on her wiy, ere the recrive her train,
Clear Coin, and liiHy Leech, le down • — '•-■
irauffhtheOxtbrdlanMda-, when (aa the UK of all
naedooda, that Into Tauea aul af our Cotiwotd <U1,
'isini'^
ipitafi^alldae^
(wn*^!
.___ af kin to IhM
•voen oui ni BlocUcyl banka i , „-
That elean thraugfaout hla «^ piwd ('(rtaw
The like : ai though from (kr, nii kng and
Thar* anpttad all thMr v*jiia, wherewith U
Which In the grwteat draugtit ao btlmnil aUll do B
Sent thnugh the rifted rcdu with aueh an open Ih
AathaiwhthedeTaaeeMBtnvllnhumori tbeyah
So crrnoilna and eald, aa haid-neth itick ta atone.
POLY-OLBION.
Heu hn Hn (Tame; r«th, hnve a
Upon thsJoyfUl wedding day :
WliD, deckt up, tnw'rdilili bride li
The ninpha ire In ihetaridil bow*
The long-expected day of marriage to be near.
That lili, Cottwold'i heir, long wwU waa laitiy won.
And Inatuilvahould wed with Tame', aid Chlltera-i Km
And now that wood-man^ wift, the noUter of the flood
The rich and goodly nle of Aykhury, that Maod
Soraucdi upcai her Tame, waa butled l.i herbowera,
Pnoartng nr her aon ai nuny autea of dowera,
A> CotiwoU fbr the brMe, hla Iiii, lately nude j
Who Ibr the lovely T^ne, her brldegraam, only ttahL
Whilit em* crfital Sood It to thit bailnwi preit.
Tlie ame of their greet ipod and many thui requeil -,
•• 0 1 wMther go ye (ooda r what anddaln wind ja(h bin
What huilneai In handTihat imin yoo tbua away r
Filr WIndniih, let "wjijor 1 1,P^r^^-J^*"^^T'"
ThUf^"-'-""—"-'^'
From prodlaei expcnae ei
lupual mBt we all prepared be?
I Idle dut our eira dalh but olftnd :_
old Chlltem (for I
Far, Aytabun'a a vala that walknreth In h« wealtb,
AnJ (by her wholtome air notlnually In health)
li huty, firm, and EM, and faolda her youthful atmutb.
Bealdai nar fhilinil taith, her mighty breadth and lenglh.
Doth t:hlltem fltli match : which meunUilnoaaly high.
And bebKrerr long, id llkewli* ihe doth ly
From Ihe BedJMlan fleUa, where flrat abe deth bn;iib
To Ikihlen lik* a vale, ta Ih' place where Tame dotn win,
Hli Ida' viihed bed ; her toll throufhoulaoiun,
Pot goodnenaT her glebe, and for her paitUTebUTV,
That la her gnln and grata, H> the her ihcep dotk tiaev^
Id all Kirlih pomp ai
s[1,thalkShto(K
vale af AyUbuty, i
ho long had ity*.
3 be old.
WaiU Ma uniuda Ik* nit to boU ■ lUddT nic I
And ■]»! bfa nirhHU wife. (Iiui vladr dMb aibUe :
QuMb Be, " Van Blfht tllem wbit netdeUi, w ih* >
But whcRU IHI will Mrn, whit iMiu Ibia (Oe COM 1
TticH &t will IukLoui msct do but our -*^-r'*' dIoj.
A[vucl often ihnwi lu womiiWi oredH.
Tne mnilHl comdr meu. In lU thW likH th> win
And whit will CoUwoU tbiak whiabe ihiU heu of II
Nor ewa haw ChllMIj cfaldeL B thu her 'bmE lw\ii
AloH which tow-idi hi> Inn Av ouiT diiUi camr :
rifto the fOmtflTfi till Ikrewel, u>d doth keq
ffljcmirMillrBcllrdinrn Inio the Oenann deeu
ropubliEh that BTvIt dAT In mlghtr Vpotune'a I
ni... ... .k .. .j,„„ ,^E, iJeep il fBlir.
POLY-OLBION. 637
Hr IuR* tlilna domM, M lUr ( prwiwel Uka
A> that imperioiu wold' ; wlUeh h«r gitax qatta doUi nuke
So wond'TDUiljr ftdulr'd, and her » fir eitend.
But to the murtue heDce, IndiutriDui Uuie, deiceruL
The NilidaiBifthenTiiiiitaiatiOBielToieiiDT'd,
And on the winding tenka lU bullT esiptoi'd,
Upon thli Jorhil diT, «iBe ddnt j chapteU twine ;
lire tiAhDw Ti
Ith Wlndruthi; and wl
Tltrac preparalioat Bn^ when Charwi
:h Ant ihe diet retain,
hetCKi^wlthallbl
III ante betwl
pll^har dowY
" Ye daufhten^^he htlla, ant diram ftnm emr liia.
For be ye thiu unird, In A^U^ WB wu' '
A beauty (yet) like har'i : where hm ynu btct ie«i
Sd aheoluto a nyspb In all thlnp, fbr a queen 7
OI*e iDttanUr In Aaiie the dn; be wond'roui Air,
That nilthcd
jrfj art, thu "linowlid»B «m can teU,
■— — ^ '^^ulJ^e eaoel :
Or the ^ncf^ groom, ■
The ihirr that London locd. tbi^oAl* him prefer.
And five njll many a fin to hold bin near Is her.
The Scbeld', the ■oodVHeue Mhe rich and Tiny Rhine*,
Shall uma to meet the Thamet In Nepluoe'i wafn plain.
And lU the Betglan atraima and nlihboiirlnii lloodi of Oaol,
or bin ihall ttand In aws, hla tributailgi auT'
Ai of fair Ilia Ihui the larn«j vlniM (pake,
A atarlil and eoddon bruit IbH pnthaliinlon brake |
That Wbile-bone, I
ir, tbeicfiire they will that be
tHllhcideIhall»
To ioit wblchloi
Itli&eRntappe
nlbey neatly nii^ :
AndneutoUiali
l^aartlhwOH.
Tbt yallow klpi-oip, wnufhi
And now and tna anmng, of
Thocrow.aower.audthereJiy th_ __. _.
The daily, arai aU thoae Hindty nceu to thick,
AiNaniredoth bcneVj to Imitate her rluhl :
tyLy:
[SoorhlKslouialfd, although a.
WUb tbe other of hla kind, the ipeLAKu hdu mc imjc^
Then th' odorlfttoui ^nk, that acndt fOrtb inch a gala
Of (wcMncHj TCI In aeenti ai railoua aa In aorli.
The pwpla violet then, tbe piay thare aaptioiti :
The nury-fold ahora t* adorn thw arched bar i
The double dalty, tbrlll, the buKon-balchehir,
Sweet-wUlliB, ■opa.ln.wlne, tbe camplDn : and to thai*
finnw la?iDder Ibey put, with naeiury and bail ;
uaijoraB, wini her Ilka, IHCCI h^l rare fog
Wblcb natuic here prota^A, to flt tbChiv^ >>•
Anuicat thew atrvwlng kinL, eoiae othor wAd 1
*-— — -"-' '.and -■ ..k......
TIhh all thlnfi
Th* Derenaonie* done that marrlan .
Hk bride and b^degToain aet, and a
And avrry othrr plac'd, aa fltteri Iboiraauta:
Amongn thlaooDluena great, wlaeCbirwel h
Tbe lit'K 10 cheer the fiMiU: whotbrauRhlj
it amXm ftm btoSre, tbe ftultfld'HelUoii
I with tundrjr cataa,
raalhoatht
With tabor and the'ptpe,'onholydindc ,
Upon the May-BOlagmn, tattaBi|J*«it their ihoea;
And havlnelnhlaQualliedeepandHleBinriDHK,
Wblcb loaDd him aU tbe way, unto tbe leaned aprfngi »,
Whart he, hla aCTereign Out* Ooat bap^y doth meet.
And blm, thelhrlce-thretraalda, Apoth^ ofti^ng, greet
With aU their (acml gltli ; Ibui, expert hdnfgrewn
In nualc t and bealdu, a enrtoua maker known i
For atleoce having calt^, Ihui to lb' aaaemUy anng :
' Cotawdd ■ Cmwni of doweia.
■ Margarita U both a pearl and a dalay.
" A hill betwlit NorihampUnihlrT and Warwick.
'I PamDUfrtngaofbelltlnUifafdahirecalladittieCiOHrlnc
" StBd bit, T»bl>bn I
ABd ftmili, thit IdBoUi ,
Oft meetipf let ui i
with dtUgtiIAil gr
oulio ftHuit he bnvstr acuclihlDg,
iDv'tT fleUi UcnUauIji do tlnin,
ch curled (nret ud cucUn; everj plun ;
to bil fUI,1lU dieilT gnTcL loiw-n,
■!■ tirtiUI front thn court! UiecUqibliwIaw'n
^- ^_,j ..- ...J 1... niouiiuiirii»lh « n»ni
Ptf iffflDgi IODIC flon
UtMjudKwIul
kb lOBictiudlj Oooi/ Ml burthen doUi uulwdr '
■ennkiwdUnifBniD tberkT-fet£h*dfDrdgnftaii^l
Of uif put or Buth, m be
Eunpe nod Aii* keep on Tuiiii- eit
Such DdoauT hA*e ire floodt, the vdt
K>7, kifwdonu tbutveprareuffch
Ihetii Mr* het mine or cirHil Iba
■S^S^wH^
;at tteb Os ,
_,,-, ., ._i our fiimc et home return we to proceed.
Jn Britila here we find, our Serem, and eui Tweed,
The trlpuUlod Ue dp nnenllr divide,
-^ c^^ST-j gcotluid,^ilci,u each doth keep beriide.
' laikd In two ■> equUrt ■* though
ed out, to our aieat Bivte to uww
"- -ulbeldiiDilheii^iihuc.
Wb«Or theinte oTIoodeat targe'l UK to ibow,
I proudlj could report bow Ficiolut deth tbiow
Up(nlniDfF«rfectMldi iDdafgreMOufeiteU,
WbEch wtaeu Aill In£*'i iboweri TnAiRetblilm to iwell.
A> Ihejr •una'd i
Briulaherew
_e trlpuUtod i>
:^) EngUnd^Scoi
OOb wllh UiduierliK im
Mow wealthT tmi Bnt, 1
realthT Tenu Bnt, br tunMInc i
ideiiid dMbfU Heon oTold Dh
rch Inta tboie hkU^ ftoni whish nicb wniUh bebnaght.
d theie If I pleerd, I M raur pnlH could brtn^
red Tempe,1iaw (^XHit the hooCplou^'d ipring)
rerr thini tbat growi nr u, mui ton
-''--'— iBBi, w» wipoty Uken'd
fmna, etemallT ere crowD^
ui In bs owntewdr uoDitah )
wi bj u, doth thrlre end OouT
w> wMy Uken'd ne ;
imbj ■ Hcrcd poweri wbkh loodfiea dolb iwnU,
Jo mike tboet tIiIudui loo, iCitthnn HncUte."^
Sthii, Ibe wedding endL uid bnke up ill the thai
Tuneit go^ born, end bred, immedietely dMb 4c
To WlDdHT-wmd mmiin, (ibat wtth ■ wDnd'rinK ere,
Hie f6rti« ultM behold hit iwAil saiper^r)
That with ble WHltfa he fesBU to ntd) Me wM'iHd £*
TtUbeppUf Mnln'dhligrendtfreCbllttfn'ignnmdL
Who witb bb beecben wrcalbe tbli king of ilwi croi
Ameogit hU baHa wad hllli, H OB bl( wiy b* BidCM,
Her lord the ititdy Tiinee, which that great flood agi
Wltb niaav liim otioj doth kindl; entertain.
Hken Ijiddon next comei la, oontnbuting her Mote i
Ai itUl we ■(, the nucta NU erer to the more.
Set out with all thia pomp, wtan thii iBpcilal Mm
HlnuetrotabHahM aMauliUt Ml wattr tmiba,
Hli nuehUoT'd Hcnlev leavea, and proodlv dotn pun
nil wood-BTDph WlniliOT'i Beat, bar lorelj ilte Is vii
Wltcae noal ddlghUiil Dkw wban ow* the Titer lece.
Which ihawi haraelf atUt^l In tall and Matdr trew,
Tlui looUag MU It her, hki nr wii fieutte I
And wuMng hi a^ out, to wIldlT ie^ to gi^
Ai hadkniTe hluelr Into ha In wouM tbnw.
"'- -"*■ "■- '"- dcaire the rbrert doth embrKC,
>e* atitia hci I^mea ai mnsb to
II, B at ai ibe doth rtrad.
icnuTanchni
No wMNLn^mpta .
Vat can mch qui
Then, hand In
a Tlewv, nor took ao rich OHara. "
■nd, her TaniH the fMaat loftlx brtngi
1 D uiH HwrauHb place of the great budlfh Ungr,
The Oarter'i rojal nat,fraDi bhi whoAd adnne*
^utpriiKetr order flnt,inu drat that ODoquerM Franca;
» Hut *h)ch»aa called OalUaCUaMna, and la Lomban
BoBHlla, and Ihewefttfm pari of lEalv.
X wnUagupoCdMrbnw^lalottaeqaufT.
1 day, obKTTe tb
POLT-OLBION.
rhdr ilta, and bow Ihri bound
rhen Pur&ralB iraunti her rich
And Lea bewrajt her wntchtd
The Mme. led on wtlh much dd
Dellren Londoni happf ilte ;
rtume benotlaa had enilc'd faL
id princelf IiU piit :
-jot.andwaxlntlkit,
111 wealth on hliiUUT,
for Blent, a preltr brook, aUurea him oa again,
Onai LsDden to white, wboi* bisb-rearM turn
To gaie npcin the good, ai be dots fnti along.
San aa the Tamea la tifX, to moat tramfreiit
Feed, with mcaalre Iot. her aBonw boaem n
Tliat Ver of kng eneem-d a tenoH wwtaat IKU.
[Upon whoa* tgal bank old Verlanebealar ttood.
Mm the Rouanni- ■ '
Enlarging I
Where the .
Th It Ver> (ai 1 have laid) Coln>i Olbntiin bnok
On VerMiB'i tubiU wtflt u ma^ be ^ithjMk._
OUWatTh,
Wberaallei
xa
iTbcdMhleok.
_ bit rich ihrtaiawaiiet,
fall way Ihttood dolb arcr.M.
"and^Ritthitffipli
nh WalUng, "l Gentle Sood, na, lo In truth t
■ItboflhbtbsvipcikWi the nn iooth to
Hkoadllaatter'dBiueh; the cauae I pny thee tl
TbatlinetbBttbaubartUT'a, hath taught Ibeenr
. . re the uglT teal and porpoite na*cf to pla'
akhmae and ant nawiatd It all tfae day i
•e HBVtnoat ftna we tee neglected Hw ag^n."
lilt rich and goodly rkne, whidi rula-d thou dvt tec"
b Ver, "theDHttrela that thou InipQctim'it me:
lia river running by Uxbrldge and ColabnalL
n.. luii. ^ iS^ by St AOan^
atbluthoai
mDMlourr
WlUi tlut be Mch-d ■ ilgta,
. _, Ei>n Ac th> ilii erMam. ^
Ihmt foodlT Itat. wbkh luln^ bov iMh lUnd,
AlUon< bitilL int n - - - -
BctHldl, - — -f , .
To holy AlUon< bitill, int mutrr of the liDd
Wha Id the (Utta of cltM rnui RoH to Bitti
And dyl"! I" f'l' Plu*! nelcnM hU (tadoui
id lODiu^cn he
endoH'd wllb manT Hindi; thlngi.
That vlth duke Kolien>iinit inliiM the puu powen,
And In tbeir oountti'i right it Cnay thoK DiU itood.
And Ihil It PotcMn bMh'd tbelt Ulbon In French bhud j
Their nilut nq^en next it AilDeaurt thit Ibugbt,
Wheicu rebellloue Fnneeuponlier kneei wubrougfat:
In Ibta rellfkiM hdUK,it loiiicartlialr leliuDk
When HMutcelilD'd her due, ben pUc^ their hallowM on
""-'-■■ ■■ iRlni linMk la hia » mlchl* *t—
M wSli, hith otlerl; Mic'd.
lihln|tboM<
Iw nihioMnNipi of
ii,tbiUlbliworHhwple™neriiaeidM»teHf
Where be tboee DsWe iptrlu fbc UKfent Ihinn Ibit ilood f
When IB n; ptiBW orjioatb I wu ■ felUhl Sood j
In UuM hrce ealden di|i. It ir» the utfrV uk
1>> ux the guiItT tlmce, and r^ i^on ibiue :
But tootben And the way prelkiucut IBoet to win ^
Who leTTlng pmt toeo'i tumi, become the bavdi to iln."
Wh«a WUSdi In bli wardi that took but null delltht,
Heailni the uiiT hiaok B CTuellT to bite i
Ai one that lUn would drtre theee ninclM than hli mind,
OiKXhhfc « 111 letl thee thlnn thai •uUlhTtentler kind.
fir iongli oTnneir, and ur three eMei •uccti,
vAtich war «■:" •>' <u run, where fcti her IWlow neeli,
a»Bcr lu, fall klDgl> W>TI, Hulmutiui dni hcnn,
Fmta Ma again to h*, Uiat thraufh the lalaod ran.
Which that In mind to kec|i sorterlty nifht hare,
Appointing dm our courie, thle prtitlege he gai^
Thai no BUD might unit, or diMara' good! ralgbl iriM
In anr oTni ftiut hli laUititjr ■*;>.
ABdlbouib the FoM In iMigtta exeeed me manr a mU^
Tbat hold) flnn ibor* to rhDre tbe length or air the tele,
Fton iriia* rich Coniwal poinli to the Iberian ieu.
Till eeUer Cathncii lelb the leattand Oioadca,
I meHulngUitlhtbraBdth.tbatlinolhBUhli^eti
Yet, Ibi that I an grae'd wHb goodi; Londm'i UaW,
And Tamil and Serem both place Id micoutie 1 cni«^
And In muefa gnutei trade, am • worthier br than Fun.
ButOunbuoTckanoal thicugh ttme'i dliailraui lot.
Our oUiac iQlaw iBeeli Ir utterlr torn* :
Ai Icnlng, that lel o« fton VuDoulh In the eut,
Bt the loenl then bdog ginsrallT poiKiC,
Waio(thatpKVl*dri(tenu'd IciOng In her n«.
Upon the aulum > here that did nj iwine enbraoa :
■-■alhednndngButh and bearing then Dutiifhl,
in the BleDi aai unit on the Iile of Wight.
' ~' Aueld, ftotta that nught from Cambrta-i ftrther
li'Walee nowihooci tOrtli 8alDt Diild'i promon.
Wboa in gnat Brltiln-i ilite fboT paoplt of ber own
Wse bi tfie leTRil aimei of their ibodei well known
(Ae, Id ttail boiD whlcfajDta into the «> » Air,
Vntneln our Derooiblr* now, lod brthiwl Camwal are.
The old DaanonU dwell: h hard again at band.
The Duiotrigci lat on Die Donellin and :
And where rEom aei to >ea the Btigm fbrth were let.
Even rrorn Soathanlptim^a ihoro, tbrough Wilt and Somem
I'he Attrehala Id Bark unto the bank of Tamei,
BMwIit lb* CdUc ileef e and the Sabrtnlu itnami]
The DaxoDi [here Kt down out klngd«a : which Inatall'd,
And being welt, Ihey IE their 'vcitan kingdom caUM.
9o ailwatri when by Tamei tbe Trlnobaou irere let.
To Trlnotant Ihdr (own, Aw that tbelr name In tiU,
That London now we tmL Ih* Saxoni dM pMHU,
And their eait kingdom cillV, la Buex > doth ejipma i
"'-- "eateit part therwA and: RIU their Dame doth bear I
b Hidi&tieklhiri^andpvtflf HaitAsdwere;
Fnm Coin upon the weal, upon the eaat lo lUour*,
Where might* '^mfi hlmaelf doth Into Neptune domt.
At to OUT hnbed rlie, wbei* (bith Ihoie (bre-landi leu,
"'takh bear their ehalkr browi Into the OeruD mlo,
le AnglH, which iroie out of the SaiBn race,
luTEd with deU^ta and Atoeeioftlialiilaee,
here the leenlSTVl did Ml tbelT kincdom down.
°«-a3
AlKI,onhlimld.«l
SlttTMl'l^fT^
Tb«e ancient ttalngi to hear, which weU old Watllug knea
With theee entklng wordt, her ftlrtr Ibrwird drew.
" Sight noM» itreet," quoth he, " ihmi heat Ur'd long, gi
Kucb Iraffle had la paaee, much nivalled In war ;
And Id tb7 largK ooune lurTefet ai lundry groumb
( Wbere I poor flood am lock'd within theu narrower boun
And bka mf niln-d edf theee rulni only lee.
And there lenaln K* ooe to pity them or me)
On with thy Amner ipceeh : IjpnrtheOManewbitUT.
Wot, WalllM, ai thou art i military way,
Tbr dory ofcld itneH llkv ma lo wood'tow welL
Tb^ of itie andot blk I Ihin would hen thae tell "
With tbeeepemulTewoidhaMMhVaT tbe Willing wi
' er dusty Ihce, when Ihua the i^ ~~ ''
of the omqueror la the UOIt li
I Mot ftr ilsu DumtoUe.
Ely do inlile, I
hoHNortridai
..;b (ftrtbealEal
Th' CiM. Angles' kb
'■harHTBUMefitnneda)
laeastnftblsdTetdedlit
ihow, that of tbe utaail i
m'd, wfao rlgcrouily eipi
nd those rough w>
From where the goodly limes tl
Until the imUing dowm ulute the Crllic deep.
" Where the iJobunl dwnlt, their oelgbbouilngCaleaclanl,
ftrthsil though It laughtyet there li
Throu^ Wales Ih
lafaigfai;
111 Sngllah pli
f^om a
BeyondOi* bank
tbrea iiiediJiwtsdirtdediauiy w
nicea, now w£cli North. Wales people be
ahlrc which ofold divided wB if Dee:
t Slures call'd, by ui the South- Walai ui
le Snem, much the EngUab OSk took,
Ike Britoni up within • little nook.
mce, by Ueney'a barika, th* rml a Ungdo
' term'd Ncrthumberland (
bowilL
Which rirer end the Frith tl
DiFta beareth tbrougta tb* tp
With Mersey and cli«TSie
To Englaod-wini within the
And did the mater p
Who there aiBnigit the recks sod mountains lived leng*
When they Lolgrla Ml. «Ubi«VI through poweefUl wrong. .
Bcmitla ovtf lu» into Albania lay.
To where the Frkh >> UBt out bito tbe Oerman eaa."
This said, tbe aged atrert HMTd aail^ on alone 1
And Ver upon hb coursb BOW haalad to bs gou
T- Boeoowiiy hli <>iln : which as sfae gently rildes,
Dsch kindly liimoBbnca: whmsoon this hap betldes)
As IMn come on along, and chane'd u eaat her on
Upon that neighbourlBg bin where Harrow stands so hirii, .
She Feryvaleii p^o^T^ peank'd nu with wrentbi cf wheal.
And wlQi exuliTng teems thui ^nrlBg In bar aaai 1
** Why dieaU not Ibecoy, andormybeauUesntoe,
Since this my goodly grain Is hdd oTgiealeel pejse T
No aianefaet can 10 weU the county palala plaaaa,
Ai that mwlo of tbe meal fetchM inm my hrtUe leaie,
theXLioiw.
u) Seajlepthi!near the ahorn.
11 Tike Cyntelee' land.
" A river nuuUng by Edanbonaigh lolD th» aa.
i> Pcrynle, oi Fute-tale^ yleUeUi lbs SoMl DWil of
d bnnnigr nt, no n»n tliui aich ud urc
th iny Hll InlliifiUud bring, Itut 1
Hi incmiK ret annat multlptj t
iTt Abode ncKt goodly LoDdoa ii,
ultrtal uaR, tbu me doth never mln.
V bwr thtngt, Ibe; cadjioC put nway,
ehullnlunddbd iatRrupt herUle,
nil-n ind Rlgh.gile u debUe ;
I^an ellber flic hU height lo bur ivar the pnlw,
B«idH that he mIsiw rich l^vTite lurieM.
But Huapucul phidi, hlmvirin tlinnla to hiTe lUI
And thnetee bv deKrt to be the nc^at hill i
In leuntd phintaV iw, in?ikll°i°lnirgeri (
Siocc'^thiit^w'atll™ muel'a'er M^u%ii wu km>
llien Hlgb-ntobouti hli mi, wblch men da mort Iti
Hli long^onOnued Itrnt, hii high and gred deiunt j
AppoLnced Rif ■ nte oT Loudab to (uve beeiv.
W'hen «irt the niWiti Brute that clt. did bejtn.
And that he li the hiO, neit Endllrid vhlch bath plu
Antiqidtt (IbrthUltc
And mmU het daatlnii
Dare loudljr lie fbr Coin, tnat loniei
But, by the later Hiiiee, uupacted bi
Hhe plinka and Dehon ihinn, b« i
Which were, indeed, of '- -
Unoi her (tbn a laiie)
When Borne her Itorcca n
AndatotdVer-kinkeiKi
indeed, nfboata, (br pjeaaure there la ro
That «hU or Coin bi
Whoa Ained I) but b
(When he the miel D
Which Hartfiird then
And OD roj ipadoui t^
Bt *»anfBgeorni
tear
Jlj belriT.
"&
id KhBa^a/atl her tnin, Lee niott enllrelT lo?-d)
oy fUr genua fpeech) [« pjilience doch perauade:
ough Ton be not eo great to othen oi before,
1 a}M lb( that dUUke fourKlrthe iHin.
Vmir aae b not alone, nor b (at aU; ao Mnnge i
Blih ererj tiling on Earth lubjcetiltielrto change
Where nven wmetlmt- ran. it Ann and certain grouDd i
.^j „t — kj — —?re hllb, now atanding lake* are lOun
r Tou urge, rour beautr to dnpalL
irbank with quantltr orioll,
fana ) that, in Iheii wonted pride,
pduoiea opoD tour pleaaant ^de^
And Tunea aa ai me nni, aa tan cnB nua jaa dear."
-To Dush>beloTed Lee, flib aeare^ Stut had spnkfc
But goodlj London^ eight IbtlT Aii£er puipsia bieke :
When lUaaa hh eUher iBBka adenyl with biilUlDgi Ur,
Tha riti io Hliite doth bid the Uiue prapaia;
vniDae turreta, Imm, and iplne, when wbU; the beboldL
Ha wDBdar at the alia thua atnwiT ibe unftddi:
" At th) great bnllder'i wit, wbo? be but wonder maff
' o more than Dortal maik tliat did tbb town bwln 1
Whoie knoniedga (band Ihv pM, m fli to i« it in.
What godror heaven^ power, vaahartxHir'd in thTbrtaiC,
And where fklr H^mea hb cntrae into A crearenl eaiti
CThiiL forced!^ hl> tldei, ai itm b; her he haitta,
BecauK too Ac In length hli town ahould not cilcnd.'
Two bill! their even hiokt do aomewhit leeni to melcli,
Thoie two eilremet wlnda ftHn hutting it to let;
oraD thU goodly lil«, where brealhee uon cbeerlbl lit,
AndeTeiTwa;thBetathcwaniiuitHiioc«h awHUr;
Aa in the nttcit place by man that could he thought,
To which by land, or tea, provitiou might be ImiugliL
And lucb a road for ehipa icarce alt the wt>rld rooinHDils
Ai It the goodlt Tanei, near wtaere Brute't dly MalL
Not any haven Ilea to whlrh ii more reuil,
ComnsdillFi to bring, h abo to trantpoit ;
Out kingdom that enrlehM rthroufh whidi we OoviUi'd kag]
En idle mtrj up In lueh abundance qnung,
Now ncarring an thla iale s wboee dlnmbortHo dnwi
The puUlc wealth to dry, and only I. the cauie
Our gold foei out lo (kit, Ibr fbirilih foreign Ihlnga,
Which uiHtait KCntry imi Into ouTcountr]' brinng
Who their Intatlate pride lerk chJedv to D^ntain
Before that Indian weed ■* to itrongly waa emliracM.
Wherein tavii mighty >uma we prodi^ily vaite ;
That ueictiaiita. long tr^u-d up In geiiiV deceiinil Khod,
And lubtly having leam'd to loolhe (he humoroui fbol,
Dliparigliiii out tin, our ieither, com, and vool ;
Butwhiiatheari^"Mute''(huaoTthe"iiicn''claiiiis,
Slth every thing therein coniiiteth In eatremo j
L«t the, enfen'd with wrongi. hoc limlti ihouid trtmcenl,
HereofthUproentionBihebitellimakeian end.
POLY-OLBION :
To Medway, Thameea nitorgoo;
But (tarim Mole, aa (brth he Aowa.
Her mother, Efomeadale, holda tier In :
Shedin through earth, the Tuner IowIb.
Oreat T^mea, aa klngoTrlvlra, ainga
The calalogne of th' Engliih kinga.
Thenoeliii^t the Mute, to th-aouthward at)
» Hnhtay undei
Inderal ood, a nymph cf wnic
od ittlving to preAr thrii a
m their cue, and nt
The'woiiil'i hun wealth to •ee^yet with aAill Into^
Who to hb dane andiir* hia duty icane had doiM^
And whllit they ladlywnt at parting of thelTaan.
See what the TVuia befel, when twai lameeted le«t
Aa itin hb goodly train yd every hour Incma'd,
And (hm the SunUn ihorct dear Way came down to Beat
Hl( greatneaa, whom the Tamea an graciouily doth gicet.
V*r ia nnt (hi, Fh# hiwib. #n(UvtJ| him tO Itay.
e iportlng on the aho>L
U (he ion and lenlle Hoie.
might afpcar,
oTIknitkaracfviatag.
m might maXe him gndot
)~ T.^ t„m tMr mqloli.
POLY-I
(Ken iiHllr tkar lud bopyl, hli Disc had k btn ipent,
Itiitlie en thli hHl woo tho (sodir Mr oT Kcnl)
AndiNdlnf iDlaquire, had newt rMum'd agiln
IBriuch jkithvrnBplor'dtOO Hinnaein hit train)
Hsu Ihii thtiT aalj heir. Oh kdi'i inpfrial Sood,
Had lolur'd Ihiu Id Iii>i^ DeglMlAll (tfhU (and.
Nor bUsM them. In their look! much •nrHnr though tt\tj
Who fearing in he mlihl Ihua msaii1;br bataw'd.
Fnm hia liiucb.Iii>ed Mnta how loth he was to'ra
The nother oTtha Hole, oM Honalhta', likewitabcan
Th-aOtaUOD nThn •Aild. aa in H ther do Ihdn;
But Mole napeeta har wanb u Tain and Idle dminna,
QiapirM with that high hn to tie bdoi'd of Thanta :
And headlona hot- ' ■-■ —-
But HooKaibile n
lliat or her daiuh
OLBION.
WhUat In hk pntm right teil<lDiu Rotot ■:ep^
FnnD whom hi! aceptre, theti, whllM Hohcrt aLrove
ITic other (oThia power that amply waapoaictt)
With him in hattirjoln'd : and In thai dreadful dai
(Where Fortune ihow'd hEnelfaJI human power lo
hllla, lo ieep the atnggler IQj
I KaT (ha nesl no mora Is d«I
*)
wath the eailfa tor threamilaa nee doth SMp:
DUt oT light, quite fnm her motber'a hoep,
tended courie the wanloa ninnph doth tud i
now undentDsd what paioi the Utilt d
The Dfim-iiuicfning apaika of hla more andenl lore.
Up tow'rds the place, where Ant hii much-loT'd If Die wi
HeereriliKedoth EowbcronddeUghlTuI Sbene.'
"2r
AlUiougb wl
I a Holel Morad
ioplomii
•un.K delli
ud- 41 Wanoiwonn ooin appca
oT their great aoverel^ Tt
But only of thii nymph,
Bui DOW £li mighty Add
Tht fair and gwdlr Thami , .
With kingly houaea cTown'd. Dfrnoie than eanhli pride,
Upon hl> eflhei hanki, u he along doth glide)
-jr. ■■---^-■ilhhlifcn.wure.pu.me.
ieDUit.uid RlchaoBd hedslh Tiew,
r henelr^ bore.
in tlp-toc 10 hehold
^:!
UdellgVda
Expreulng both the weakth and braTerr of the li
(So many eumptooua bowen, withhi eo little n*
iriio all-Mioldlne Sub Kacce leei In aD hit race
Anl OB br London le^ which V- • '
^VboK wUdowi aeera lo noct th
There aeca hli cnwdcd whaift, ind pecple-pnried ihocaL
Hia boaom nrw-aiMd with ihoali cf laboorlng oan :
Br*hlch he dearly putt i9 other liTon down.
at aa tbe reit before, ao
A catalogue of tiioae, the toeptre here thai >way>d
Tha princely Tanin redtei, and thai hla aonghc laid :
And brougtit tbe Norman nua upon the Engliah Dame
Oo with a tediout war, and almoal wdlau toltt,
ThrouahDut hia tmitled nin, hare held hla haid-got
DeceaAng at the IBM, through hit oneetlled itato,
iwito \n the holy war All penon then betUw'd)
1 laia. ' A vary woodyraie Jo Sune;
4 Thaneiahlia and flowi beyond HicbmoDd.
til
" Bui Kmry'i whole intent waa by luil Hear'-n <lcDy'<
For, aa el llahi and lifr hg that aid £i^ betefl |
So bia,'to whom the land he purpoaV to have left.
Twill Henry'i d
'""■ichafleilol .
Scetdim earl of Blolt, the Coni)ueri
Who with their teteral pow« aKlved hci4 Cnm FIucit.
By fcraa of heatUe anu Iheir titlea to adnnce.
Bui Stephen, what by coin, and what In h»cign Krenith,
Through worlde of danger galn'd the gtaHoua gote at length.
" But, left without an heir, the empreit' laaua DHt,
No tiUe elia on (hot ; upon ao tklr meteat,
Tbe aeooDd Henry aoon i^ou the thnme wai aet,
[Which HauU U Jefter bare] the firtt Plan taginet.
Who held unng wan In Waka, that hia iub)enU>n ipuni-d ;
Which often tiraei he heal, and, beaten oft, reti<ni-d :
With hit Mem cfaiUren Tu'd: who Iwhilit lie Krore t' ac
'■ Then lUctaard got the rule, hii meal renowned ion,
With thosa Bnt earthly goda had tbia btiie prince been tiora.
So dreadful waa, aa though (Tom Joye and Nmune'i hand.
The tbuBdVina thR&foA-d Ore, and trident he had ren.
And h km to nile Ibeir charge they only then had left.
■* Him JtAauklntuccoedai whoba^ng put away
Young Arthur (Rlehaid'aHW) tbe aoeptn luA to away.
Who, of tho comraoaiweilth flrat havoc having made,
Hii aacrilegfoaa habda upm the ehurdief lali^
In cruelly and rape ooolluDing out bia reign ;
Tbe baionan wen Ibrc'd deftnilTC anoa to ralac.
Their daugblera to redeen, that he by fbroe would aelH.
Which the grat diil war hi Bigland We begun.
And fbr hia iake auch lute hla aon young Henry won.
That to depgee their Eaince, th^renaigenil people though I ■
And ftou the Una of Fnnea young Lawla to haye brought
TuUkoon him OUT rule: but, Henry got the Ibnne,
With mmd> eipenaeorbloed aa long wo not appoaTd,
Byatrnwand tedioui guata bald up on eltlwr aide,
Betwixt the prince and peen, vilh equal power and wida
Me knew Ihe wocat of war, smtcbV with Ehe barsiu Knvg :
Yet ilcior UT-d, and niga^ both happily and km^
" Thli long-Ur-d nrlnce eiplT^ : the oat luccaeded i he,
or ua, that Ar a god nd^t well related be.
Our Lmgihank^ ScotUnd'a acourge : who lo the OitAdl
le ttaam lake a prtuoe t, ipruug at theXngltah b
frcm aea to aea, be generallr eontrol'd,
)e tba ether parte orEBgUiia both In hold.
wla who nlaM lo princely jilacaai
hnn cnoH Dv( iBoi iiic Wit, but ooly fCK their facea.
n paradlea and knaree, aa be rtftoa'd hia Iruct,
VhnaoDlh'dbioiia hii wan appanotly uujuat j
^or thai pnpoiteroui tin wherein he did oflend,
And Ikil'nina on thu rtehl be by hk mother had,
Againit tbe Seligue law, which utterly Ibrliade
Their women tolnheritj tn propagate hii oauie.
At Crmr with hla iword flrM cancelled Iboae lawa :
There like a fbiloua alarm, through tTDuMed Fnnce ha n
And by Ihe hopeHil hand of bnra Black Edward waa
Proud PiricUeri^where king John he "allantly aubdu'd,
> BeetheUatnoteoftboMhaoog.
e
tnunplvd in t
;e
• ilack. Edward, mm or men,
mrjuHing euhrt df ■«
: who hla vain youth a^f'H
DRAYTON.
And niiftliis of tba «U
Wuint,thitlatbalh
In Bsnrath-i ftui leU. ._
Then iQ thit profpflnnupcaciof hlBfu
or all U»t ATCr nd'd, WH DoU pndM m luu
'ouTLtba^Kbrbw
•thibliBldnbiml
Wha f\tc'd tbeir Ulu in cwt, and mad* thim snat In Matt
K'hicb aiu iDd rlnuoiu men, bewnd all Otgim, mlibt
whamhebUDdlTnTe: wl» blindly ipHit ^£, [h£)
And eft OKiHi'd liUlaod, thair rlH to maintain.
Ha halrd hli allio, and the dsR-rlni itan'd ;
Hia DlnlDiia and hCi allL (he godi ha oalT HnU :
And flnaUy. depo«*d, u ha waa arer fhend
To ribaldi, ao icsln br TiPalDi had hU and.
" H«ir* the no of GauDL aii]AUDtlDf Ridui^ lb«n
AiOHided to tint throne : when uicontentad mcDi
DaiiRHU tnt or chance, which to Ihat heigbt talm bnw^t,
Decaind or thair endi, into bit acttsni Hugbt :
Andaa th«viat hbAiuKaaaa*^ tApluek Idiiiilonii
Fu whom he haidlr bdd bli ilL^hkeTed crown <
That tnaaooa to auppina which oft he <Ud dinleie,
And railing pnbUo anal ag^nn hla powerftil fiKa,
Hit iban diaqidet iaji Kuce nu^ a pcaceAd rdfn.
The crown, bjr ricbt ud wrenf, the un ra^actath not
N« fkrther hopea ftv that e'sfaaTath to puiaue i
Hut doth hit dahn to Tnnc* eaiuaaeoatl* nnew >
Uinn het waallhr thorea uniHla hit warHke (l»i(hli
^dnwl&nn-bili
Who br prtnca Aithiit^ death (b
jlkt twerd, refleotiu tuch a Ugb^
.— puttadoi^lty PruH into to neat a fngbt,
Tbu her pale genlui aunk ; which traobUn* ■eam'il M atan^
'When flnt taa tot Ui fbot on ha- nfaeUaua land.
That all hli inndilre'i deada did a¥er, and thereto
Thoae higta achtaveraenta add the fbimec coold not do :
At Aglncoott't Bsud dght. that qnlla put Poletian dom i
ur alTthat time who U(^ tl» king or moat rHtown.
or bin.
Until™
EatUadlitKht'
_^.t*ht,BoftiaDdiDeel
But flns Ibr a cowl, tbao te- .
^Sss,.,.
odnui godlT man, but not to jood a king.
whomyM bewnuiDlTT'dfbrtiuie^ehabtaaoofti
m with the utmoat never their mandi ODokt then aflbrd,
foikitU pot thdr iWit upon the dint or tiroid}
III he lait and woo, in that I«u Uuodf war,
I tbnt tm bctlou ttrra, of York and LtDCHtac
If hU «w iiribtc^ to rMd Un to their power.
(Theli oDce-poMaad talfn iBIl
Piitflintard with their Mendil
Wbote Uood (Od Batnaf a ttneti and TewkAuiT^ dMtlB,
Till no Dan Ml to lUi. THe Utl* than at rtat.
The oU ranrattrlan Bna being utterly lupprcat,
tlimiair the WBDien khu to anmout pleaiurea gave :
Vet tuloui of hb ri«hC«tcended to hji gnTF.
"tnttanaBlnftnilell: who had he llv'd u rtl|B,
Blward the Uth had ba«L Baljullj teeagatai.
At be a klDf and prince betee bad caw^ to die
She hthvin the Towtr, ih« (Dii at Ten^itaorr)
ware bla ehlUrco tooew, bdni laft to be proteetad
S- RIcbBdiwhonorOg^DorhaiiiaalawtianeBled.
la Tlpgr, Oria nuM *IW darourar crua kind
(Whom hia andilllooa en* h^ iDBek ao paid]! hHa4
Frnai their dear mochcr^ lap than iiialni f» a peer,
(HlmteUta iliht the Mit, eobU tht> b* made vnj)
HotI wnngndlf uaurp'd, and them In nriago kept t
Whan cniellT at lattlie anotfaand al Uht ilapt.
Ai Ut unoatuial hand* w*i* IB their blood lubnwid i
So (ndit) In hlnaein with nurder he pnrtu'd
Sucfl, on hb belDoui acta at lookM not Ur and right 1
Yea, luch at ware ant hla (arpnailT, lad bad ■njn*
lUe'Dunl to MeQ anddiliSi' hlnJffttwt had betioth%
Tfaer bnugbl another in, to thruit that Inant down ;
En battle who at but rtawn'd both Ute and crown.
" A lenmh HeniT. "'"t^'"*!*''^ "** •n^'^
What tine the YcskWt tougbrt hla lUb le haie beraft,
or the LanetatHm hnuta Ihe only bdng IcA
(DerlT-d n«n John of Oaunt) when Rlehnuod Ad beget,
tlpoa a dauahtar ham to John oTgonanat
EfiiabeUiof York tUa noHe prlnDa alM,
_ To make Ma tmt ««■« tkanbl «n dOwr ^dc
^ abtm b* BMBHoa'd i a Uiomtnd lining jear,
Whkh iritfa remun lane the voiU had (o^t to tat
And through hit twflil ^ght. Air taopDral endi did tai
TO other Hiet Bit wbat ftank damion gate ;
And here the banal pow'r, flnt utterly oenj'd,
DehnderoftbaMth thai wateuinl^ and dfU
" ma aon the empln had, o« E&ard lUth that ma(
InttaBdT u h* vtangt hbUbcIj who dM hde.
I peoteatant hcint bred i and in hit lattal reign,
[V rtdgion then lacelT-d, harcttaaUT did milMalB;
!ut nelie nogfat to nan, Bron hla aad people ifA,
111 icqitre be again onto hla iMen len.
" orwhlcbtbeeldettertwOiqitasaHirruountatbc
r-fc.__.i_-j »_-_-_ -.-.^ frbo etnTlng to r^alr.
Whote marWrM aahei oft the wond'ilng ttnrti heatrtw'd.
ShemalchV handrwItfaSpalD, and brought king FhUip bitb
Which with an equal haiil, Ihe teeptre twaiV tmethat.
Butitaulntihedr'd; anduwkrdsrean'rrics,
1>i her wlae titter gan the kingdon up agalik
" CUaabetli, the naKt, Bill BiiHag teeptre bent i
Th!i1£ii kept In'anl'BBd dM her prnweUH?
ABIcted FnnDeto eld, ber own at 10 deAad :
niK Ih* nealBgi' aute defence :
Into the dthar Ind, and to
VlrahiiB dikb we call other, a Tlnln qnam :
I B Portugal 'giiiiat Spain, her Bq^ antbpi tpnad ;
Took Cafis when (Mb her aid the taraTnEsia fled.
"— ' — 'ahlng In itata : tha^ all our Uut a*>ou
nil-SaDwdl: bat two' that refinU to long."
IdoilT he tlat'd : and with hit klaglT isi«i
CO eiOT ^de the cUt kndlT rung.
- -iddr tiim>d, a inaoa toloft about 1
Hng toon, did KronglT thrutt him oat.
plbM HiiH,datl>S«^ bim« wing adraneev
Tba harder Smrcran baaUi, and
nn.r-1. _,,,. -n OTat InCTltt tbOUgM OMUT
Ildnt or Uili ln<rinB^d lile,
Iber't' hnd, when at the tu
authetn wlna, that aoft and ^ . .
uw« MMvi H.V lui^ tap at toon btcln Id flow i
The earth at aoan putt on her gaudv tummw'a i
^le woodi aa toon in green, and ordiardt great
To aaa-ward, (ram the leet when Ont •«• "
EihaM to the r—- "- '—■' "
Which with.
Vet'ontte
Great ADdredtwdd^ • e
"^Ser.di
whnahefiT!
igthdcmaV
Saint Xecoard't, of the icat br a
And Whoid, that with the lU»' .
Tbete foieati, aa Itai, ihedtughtenof the
"^ ---"-" -breaBthtaioog their g
hng their grief caKea
raehttgaws
(That In their heaay'
Fortaering tbslr decaj
tlBdathaax'tttnka:
When aa tbo anrll'i wugni, ana nammer't oreaomi if i.
Ereo rent the hollow woodt, and thook the quaacbr aiawd.
So (IMI lb* tiemMlna nropfaa, opiireM Ihta^gh glHidr (HI,
Ran nuddlBg la tbedowu, with EeeadltheHiA bile.
Hie tflfana that about Hie ndgbbourlng woodi "* ' — "
Both lolba Uftr Mth and InAe motar fti,
Foraook their uietnf hoWn, and wand'ral kr
Eipeird their aulet ania, and pUee <tf their A
Whan labnrlng carti they aaw to baU Ibeir di
" Could we," tav ther, ** fuppoee, that Bin wcoM uaA
Whkh »*<,(<;^.W]^»^»ltUiai to pcalA t
Thaaaii
■lUbut
'wine let ^^
Iiatm1iid|
IS^
HeD.IIL&Ed.IlL
The HID In AriM
A fatat, niDlgliiljie motl pot tt Kent, and SaticT-
'on'i<Mk,tl
Sf-5!S!iSlS.M
POLY-OLBION.
WbOMlnhU;
it bam prifftte fAlD Ul ,
wepgorWoAil nudatanilnlutlTiDtd."
.dkutlirU tUT wllhfriM'! BdnantlHTKniUlun q
Bultbat llwcinlaiuda>ot,lafDp*aliiil|«l«bRA>i
Aijoflaf Id Uhh wuHl Klddi utuntb«mhul>lTH,
Slt£ ts u inu dlitmliie limn ihould ba driicn.
LUm Mb 9iu laof tinw hid loallwr'ijUle cBTi'd,
ABd Mt ■ BiUin^ cU. unto till ftiniiar tld> i
The man he li dcnnit, ud bnb'd with ftmime'i mlijit.
The lunc Mb ifi he dolh giTe to hie daolte :
Sa did lie eaThHH downi i but Uut igihi tbe Ooodi
rntli lOuBtiliu tbut d«ilT* (Tgn Uh uinltM inndi,
ADd w much tnee thy Oamtit, u thnufh tbeir dila
Theit (loilei to eaarwi unle the Cettle deni) [d
ItTenhanllrtKA, mueh ■mnaaring it their mMc
Clnr LenM, thu doth keep the SouthiD^^itmliiD (Id*
^Tiding H well nao fton lb* Sunluliiuli
Tbu MieT doth turrei, and SoltBt'i tmohM andj]
To Chleherier tbdr wcoDBi ImpUlHithr doth tell ;
And AiuB twhieh doU nitDeSie benAemii Amndd)
iSht aiirt.
(At nnej, where ihe pciun tur uA ud genlla ftood]
And AiMn, once dlrtilD^ with utiTe awluh bkod ;
(WhoK 1^ what ret tFUt wet with mj lllUe laln,
Dothhludig upoflnidiidorihoMtlienHdljAlB,
Wh« HiMbiBituiliouT(iieimtothe>Iormu|Wwen,
That badln( uulBaiu bm*, It through the Ibren runi :
Whldi'echolDg It intn the mlthtr weald aloiu,
Onat etlr wultke to grow j but ttil the Huie fid durm
Ileir fuiiet, and heneUIOi mihta Hiinfi tUd arm.
POLY-OLBION.
And whan In tvaadlh iba her dl^enci.
Oar IknuHi caMalaa ihe nheane^
With many oTthelmHaBt deedK
Ttaa with Keofi pnkH the Hun prOHedi
And telli wbea AlblDn o^ lea nda,
How hf hli daiufiler.blea btatov-d I
And how kHb Goodwill Ibanu and ftett i
Nor can uie agta nu nave gob
For, Uvtaia In the «ODd% her Ki
HIa baidie *itti and ^ii. and I
That ftOM Ih* ^Fniia> k - - ^ -
nS (Kb hliB, wbon lb
AiBtFTJUehabeUallt
And WBUU not «Ma nmdiBfk, ta ksk UM ■ plain I
Tin chanehif In Ua enuna Is tI*w a goodly alM,
Which AlitanlmhliTnuthHpoBaicn.njm(lieot,
For Oner^ lore he plnaa ; wbs bring trtMrawH,
«- AulceAwSl doUi ns :
JIt ooidl be known i
Ae, wtaM^hanp-d lUa feod toiaa,
•un a Hlyiaieuiht to be,
In dtadatn.
?!*rf!!?s.^""*— '
Of Bethel^ hiwrnu
ne blBMirha ilotb apply.
She thukrth with heneir how ibe * way mkhl and
To put Ihe hDnrir lile quite out tf Itothen mbidi
AnearlnEtslheaooiLBUiatbfaKlyHkaaqDeeft,
Clad all ftom head to Rwt. In nudy lunuDcr'* grecw
Het manile Tichly ■raafht, with lundry dowenamf wfedi |
Her hwlilfttl iod^iIh bouml, with wreBtna ofqulveflnf i«dA :
Which looacly flowing down, upon her luity thighi,
H»I iCrongly leem to teeipt the rltert amoroui int
And on her Miu a ttaA, with many a •welling ^it
Emboai'd with well-nmail hnrae, lane iheep, and hilt red neat*
Some wallowing In the graii, there lie a while to batten -,
Some ml away to klUi Hme thIUier hroiighl to flUten ;
With tHIub amonvl, oft fowtiMed here and ihei*i
And (that the iarae more llle In landmqio ibonU appear)
With latea and lewr Ibrdi, to mHltate the hat
rin lummer when the ly doth prick the gaddlH neat, ,
Forc't ftom the bnkea, where Ula Iherbroaa'd the nlnt budi)
SuipKtlng lat In time her Hial the might now,
Th'aliureiDnili orthe menh thejealoui late doth more,
" With Rumoey though A>r dower litand in no degree ;
In thlL to be hcloi-d yet llker Ar than ibe :
Tlwa^ I ha bnnnt, m m there doth no faroor lack,
TheiouliaidddeflHu'd: and ihe, eatramriy black.
And tbouoh her rich attire B curloui be and rare,
FroB her then yet ptneeeda uuwholeaome putrid all :
Where my eom^xion more auiti wtth the hiabst ground
lUp« Ihe lufti Weald, where itreBglb doth ifill aboundi
Tha wood godi I refUi'd, tliat au^ to me ftir grace.
Me In thy wuty arm, dice niff-iing to embrace ;
Where, to neat Neptune ihe may one day be B prey ;
The *fa-godi in her lap tie walloiring evary daj.
iTdly hold b
Tec put unto the proc
With tbli pemiaili
OU ABdreKraddiMl^i^'dotfa tiikehn~ti«latoii
The changeaodhe world, that ilnct her youth hcML
When yeTupon her aoU, acarca human SxK had trod .
A Dlaoi when only then the Sylrai
Vthm, Ikarlcai oTtht hun^ Iba ha
And erery where wi"^""" ■ — " *"""
■dm punulng pny) about tha worU dU man
VmnhH ilw Tud* etraau dlddliv ua ftom Ftai
ie lUGloua Bouth of nolher Ml (by chance)
"■ nBB-d,wheg,(wlth I — "-"■
— "■ '"•IngH.
Inlothi.,.._
TbatLymenj
Thoee, wbi^ rt^ h^u'
" — ^"Ted lo^i^kieti
i-d tha ' ■ ■
peopled town to Iked,
__( and IwyblH to prepare,
> fted the coulcec^ odiHL and iharp the furrowing eh
«Dd more Induibtoui Ml, and only hating ihith,
A booatwA ihe became, BOit lUIN Id lAkhia clotii.
That now thadrapn- .— >~j
And of the Kohtlih -
WhoKiUrlitnliB
Aiibem
Her only I
ngly to hnprore. ihe HadwiT fbrth did bring,
X who Ctli known) rcecivei faer lUrer iprlng.
U the lordly nanica, ai ebe along Octh etriTn,
If. clear Beule, and La hnr up her Umber train
Wbeitw the royal li
That whet* A* tnid 1
What lotbebigllita:
- princely paramour.
lerelgnfwC^berprM
doande.
[though I
AI D^Uted onrrlaK vn<
She Darant thither wanu : wno cam ner after (.ny.
WhMi haiten to the court wllb aU the need they may.
And but that Hedway then of Thamu otttalnM nich grac^
Eioept her country oymphi, that none ihould be In [dace.
More rlren ftm each part, had Initantly been tbare.
Than at their marriage, AriL by %ienKT* numb'red were.
llili Uedway itlllliad nunt thole nariea in her rati.
Our armla that had oR to conqueat borne (bmd j
Whom (he not gobig nit, or coming In hath leen:'
Or by lome puabag dtlp. bath newi In her been brought.
What bcare eipMU they did; ai where, (Ud bow, they RnigbL
igaeiongn. > The Weald of KnA
> MaUWone. L e. Hedway-t town.
• In Ihe Fairy l^uccn. ^
644
Ofth'Ed|U.bNaniun
Hi«e wlB their Aunii
TheUut)
ingdnndatlibcnkj I- __
St Robgrl (CUR-hOK Clll'd} tn* Conqiuxoi'
Who with fTft Oddfrty uiil that holj hen
TTie «pulch™ to ' '"" ■ '-"
WtlhiptefldsuTofSi
ttOtOfny
The gnienl c^our pciii
Who Engllih bnns hoi
ThgHLiejialheana]
The ludliii of Ihe diT
';Si.wA«E.l«k,
vhich, nulrhlmfOTtfieirm'Bbl,
n, in thM faolTnir,
m rrom TUhan*i bed.
rti the Nomu WiUlwn jot,
re, hBUnvet'iDdiidetlicScot,
wu It jLM of Aubfni^e I
upoD the field were iWiL
I our StnHif.baw, Arit that «
AndTurnhim, hettantlsok tti'limmfroui Cnitiu iini.
Strang Tuchel choK to wldd the EngUih lUndncd there ;
Pole, Oournej^ NerLI, OTBr» Lyl«i Fcrrei, lf«tinier:
And noic. fOrwuntorpeiuiibaMdeediniKtiHKigbltollibt,
II BTle>ci mi mlou uul, t an not do them right
** TltB noble PeiDbToke thon, v^^ "' ■- — -"-'
LikE bli tmie gnnd-dn, nude
WhcnTleWng. ' - '- '
Lenellln prlDca of '^^liaiiikutle o
Nine thounnd TiBut Wefah ind el
Earl RlchinL hit b
ThenitunorthUnEwd^Mng
Who. u hb ndtul dn, the lil
That lord chteTJuMlce m
Thue mo bn>e Burnncei. John, i
Which through l^" k-i—ii-j i«—
WhoMdeedaiu:
ABongMwhMB c™'^— ' ■ "■
"Theo Eidwtt,
Who, rightli of the n» at gieit Plinluenet,
Out En^Uh mnoln ehitip'd, to pdn thatliiUow-d (r
With LoDf-iword tlie bn
The pM^ni thmugh [liet_j,
Thit the ihrilljiiiiBdinf bl«i, and tetrotoPoiii
idlxm.ihr
I dwn) the klr
H»th often conquer'd, Bhew our
A> Qiabrd,Dotlbtic«ilheLiitoat
- M In die «H ■Ith WatKL 01
Out Boudiunhlbitimt cul 01
iimB, that (ttu ciul or Wirvlck, pUce^l ha<
the'CambiUnhlllttbeWdMiiiieiicouldnoCHii
Whom he, thelt (enenl plaaue, irapenuudr punu'd,
And In tho BillUi ■^_IV^_^>^_l'^JV_f™3 1!?^*'-
Ik oTnirton then nt
>ch lUU OUT annlH oft did pilde ;
tinit. that had hii knowle^c trrid,
ault^ which cau'd the htal Bight
SiS
UPliton : bj whoi
1 liAlmth (ai Ifai
S^'thV'FnKh'"
rhkh twice ncDTCT'd
Id he, at! him bcTore that cicarir did outthlne,
'hTTsn, the puliunt carl of Sutrer, which led nrtb
hen Tweed hath lunk down Oat, wltlilD her lianki.''bi 1%
..J EngUib oft did btioa '
Udae were like to fUL
re(hefUilouiScot,thU«
•- "aiict, luloTthMr, rnnoi
at renowmd iplrlti that F(
IT Gdnrard fim hf> Utie dldUhnw^'
ta laitl; braiifht
„ _.„ did adfinee,
«.~,™..->-^ ,__luhlaTi^t In Fiance,
Sat nwiC dnerrlng <ul of Deibr wapreftr,
tiry't third valiant Hn, tho nil of Laneiiter,
That onl; Man or man ) who (at a genenl Kouige,
SentbrJuK-iud^og HesTen, oumgwuu Fianc* U> purge)
At CagHt liagu'd the newtr of Flemlnii thai iba nii'd,
^AfalDMtheEn(llahlbn>: whkb at a budMil aeu'd.
He linl iniii die pren at Caganl condiet flew ;
Great Derby beaten down 1 I'aniaielhemenefwar,
When he Ibr England cry'd, ' SL George, and Lancaatcr ;'
And aa mine author lella lln hii higli callage proud)
Befbn hit goiliB fartli. unto hii miitma Tn'il,
He would begin the war: and, to make good Iheiamn
Then aeCtlng foot tn France, there Qnt with hoalUe flame
Forc'd Hortain, bom hei iDwen, the belghbourlna tovnt te
lliat audifenli thejr caught a lever with Uie ftiibL
Thin caalle {near the lawn or CamtRav) oun he midp :
And when the Kianiih pnweiacameBilulai to Invade,
Both of thrit ^di and ipcdli, Ihem utlcrlv bereft,
Tbii Engllth lion, there, the E^nlardi never left.
Till ntu all air or France, be made their Lewlt Bj.
And Ibme betidf, to him, an ampij did applj,
tlul when Che mm unjuil Callduu had rbre-thouKht,
Into tital town [then otin) the Frenchmen to have brought.
Tbek[ngofEn||liikd-iuir,aiidhl)T«»wiHdiiior
Blr theaa jarfldbui French to aee what would fan done)
itder hla tuydon mareh'd, at piiTale toMlen there.
" 9o had we lUll of ouci, IB n-ana that Ibooui wa* ;
Warwick, or England then hlgh-evoMahle that wat,
Ai other of that ran, here well I cannot pan i
ThAi tv«T* uiri mnjmk* hnvni of BnudiamFa, which m lOH
i i as hardgr, gnat, and atmng,
ona hapfi'd to then ,
lal haiarded in Fiance u uanj daoniout ftnft :
iHoa Uade In all the *#tt betwixt the Frtucfa aiMl tu,
man, at If by Man u{
.. ^._a. -.._._ -j;jp„„
at after of that I ^ _. ,
my man himaeU'adTent'nnt happ'd to ihev,
IdBcauchamp'racBhbaterm'dlrnonetoboMHbe. r
at If by Uan upui BellsnagM.
..It him, tCoBtCobham couet, thai with
Hk Engliihmeo halh led ; by whoae auiiiicli
We often have bean known the FretKhmen li
And HarcouT^ though by blttb an alien i yd
Bt En^and after beW bei dear adounl loa :
Which oft upoi our |iart wai hniely novM I
Who with the haid'it attenMa fame eanwalV
ToParla-ward-lhat ■
^llhiB her mIgbtT
"d aataa the burgeaica he took ;
lilt the ParitiaiH, Uience that ladly tiaad to lock,
aaw their blthAl (Heiida ao wofiiflitnted.
KorcflildlUetc wait ndplOT our only men of might:
But at the qneen by Ihcac did i^ly tbingt acb&TC ;
So thoae, to Britain tent the counts to nSere,
Aiani yelofDurB,(wDknlch[taBmuch thudar^
Stout Dangorn, and vith him ttrone Hartwel boauiiu ah
Tike dreadftd Charlet de Bloyi, tb
iraM^'n
s'ssa
That wlti the^nce or Walet at
Such wooden that In an ' '
Tbe flnt that durg'd th
The man that aaoen'd to take a pilaegei (Ihnn^ bia n^de)
Butby ^ndown-rightdeathaiethleudeddK
And ■fter the reinat, that famcaa battle don^
Whcieln rich ifaekiui France waa ttr tbe Sngliih was
FlTe hundred marta In Ae, Iliat nobtart iwince btatmrid
For fata to brave attemptt, tbioagh hit high euangw aligwU
> air Walter Ifaney.
• LitU* Britain InFTince,
POLY.OLBIdN.
Which tohli fouTHqulmbefrHlf giT«', who th«n
Vy*d vAiourvlch thefr iDrd^ kikI Indvf^leofrbu', Hivll;
OR retch'd chit day ttam deolh. where wdundi (ij-M wtde u
Aod cr1«L and putlng gntta, wttatu the nenchnun ftU*
£>En nude Uic tldon gcicie, w horrible Ibey wntL
Tbrduvh bt
And after, I
nvjird fpeed : hiit, takta br
an or that u doubtful flflil
brlhrlnni or that u doubtful flgfal,
u'd by hLf Mehdt In PoLetlert' (borrul »l|
I iim LiKe a Jlon rang^ ahouc the cnein;r*i hoit :
And vheT« he night luppoie the danger to be inottk
Like llghlidng eiiFnd (Fiers, to hi> French ft«- dionaj,
Jomtifjhli ,.
*<^lktm Chandoa : whoae great deedjfbuod fiini<
Thai Ihe wu iaatlj ferr'd, him tw h«r ease la wod
.J'S
AlllhoKtielbTehlm
And bj the high einlinlili
Had ia u oier.aH^hu I
SjiJi. Thi
'lili credit dnl that von
In battle twlat hiaie Blayi and noble Mounlfiiii, tlT'''
W&re vlllanl Chariei m iSln, and IhTucin &^b(b nn
He tooc Krtmg T^rryen in, and An>i>u oft did tame.
Oavachce he regaln'd, and ut Kochmador got
Where crer lay^d he UcgB that he inveUifnot t
Rei»wn''(l air Ritar^nowlei™" infill gloilea ahafd,
HU cbiTilrTand ofl in prewnt peitia dirM j
To abow, Ibat all their jlore they Idlybad not (pent.
He VennaiHMH o'er-mi wllh iliill and courage blgh :
Notoriduily he pligu'd revolting Plcardy :
That up to Pam walla did all berore hln win.
And dar^ her at her gatea (the king that lime within]
A man that all hl> deed! did dedlrale ID bnw,
"Then thoieitout Fercica, John, and niomaa, men of name
The valiant Goumey, n«t, deaerredfy wegrare.
And Howel, Ibat with hUn aaumea ai high a place.
Strong Trivet, all wheaa enda at great ailvenuim (hot ;
'Hial coniiuer-d ua Hounl Fin, and caitle Catidlat,
Ai Ikmoua In the French, ai In the Belgia war;
Who look the laid Bilnewe ; and wllb the great NaracTe,
In Fapalonn, attaln'd an everlaating praia^^
" Courageout CarllL nnC, than whom (hoae glorloua dayt
Froduc'd not anr a^iit that through more danger! iwam.
" That prlncMy Thomaa, next, the eaH or Buckingham,
To Brltanr through France that our itotit Engliih brought,
Which under bl( command with juch blgli rorlune fouglit
Aj put the wDrid In (ear Homa ftom bei dnden roee.
And ofthla earth again meant oul; te dlnne.
" Thrice vallani Hackwood Ihen, ouUiFiinlng all the real.
rward, the heat oT Choac neat b
t-eaiHni ail Ibouaand borae, let hla Giave gardon By-
~D, paialng thmigh eatt France, and ent'nng Loubardy,
Bvih'grei
Wrooghl, that with rich rav
To alfher, In her ware with
Ml da' .
By which he, inthoae wara, aeem^voiKlera to have wrought.
" Our Hanrr KotniuT ntit, fbr high achievement meet,
whn »irh ihe thund'ting nobe of hli iwin counen' r^t,
earth, that day, that he In HoliHlon'i itrlf*
, .Jialday.thathelnHoIni
Took Dooglaii with Ihtearb of Angiu. and 01 _ ...
And whllat tbflae hardy Seota, upon [ha Om earth bled,
Wllh hla rercngeAil award iwltchM alter them that fled.
- Then CalTeriy, which ki^t ua CaUa with luih (kill,
Who, whan Ih' rebMloui Preach, thelr^Eerty to gain,
Fnm m our andenl tW>I uiJuHlV did dalaln
• The honDoiaUc bounty or the lad Andley.
wiwn
t let hla (Dldierv Ireeij ihare :
„ . - - --- Mark-^ which looaely we bad loiL
" Auonnt choe lainoui metL of ut deaervlng moat.
In theae of aieafu rapoit, we ghwlouily ptelta.
For that hl( naval fight, John duke of Exeter :
'rhe pulHanl deet t/jean {which France to her did call;
""■ " -'- - -ik, and (lew her admiral.
Our CiiObrd, that brave, young, and moat courageoui iqulrei
who thoroughly provok'd, and In a great deilre
Unlo the Engllih name a high report to win,
SlewBochmfl hand to baud at canle Joeelln,
To hhn, above them aD, out mwet tbnt did advance i
John duke of Bedfbnl, alyl'd the atc.brand to lad Fiance ;
WhutoremarethelheftTiinileged Harflew, lent,
AIHghted Ibem like dath i anS aiit lea he went.
The whllat thoae mighty ahliia nul oT thrir Kunien poui-J
Their traitoroui clutfced gore upon hli wiiokled Ikce
He t«tk iCrong Ivcrr In : and like hla kingly race.
There down before Vemoyle the EnglUh lUndatd (tuck :
And having on hit helm hli conquei^ng brother'a luck.
Which bruUKht Ihe Scoltidi power unto the Dauphin^ aid)
Till wearied with her woundt, ahe gaiping lay lOr biea^
1 Then, 11 Kpownflit Heaven OUT part did there abet,
do. Balladry aroae ; IVnm whom, ai from a murce
From whom not all their Ibrta could hold our treacheioua
tbea.
Pontmeiance he regaln'd, which uura before did hwa
Ai (ometlme at Che tiege of^igh.rair'd lUon,
A nilTn hla loading. Jkow'd luch valour and aucb might,
Ai I hough hla hand had held a mnxe than urthly power j
Took Stuart In the fleld, and general Vantadoor,
1'hc French and Scoicl^ fom that day, which bravely led ;
Where ftw at all eicap'd, and yet Ihe HHinded Bed.
Mount AgulkMi, and Mouni, great SallAurt inrpria'd :
What Unu (I think hi HeU] fliat Initrumeut " JevK'd,
The Htm appear'd In Fiance, at a picKllgloui unh
To plague the wretched world, leal fnm Ihe envloui Earth ;
Whole very roaring aeem'd the mlghly round u ahake,
Th la Aunoua general then got Qworland to our uae,
And Mallconw made ouiX with Loupland,and LaSulie,
St Bemanl-i F^ 81. Kalea, St. Suian, Hayon, Lyle,
The Heimltaga, Hounlaeun^ Bangency, and YuiTlle.
" Then he (In all her dupn that dreadful war had aeen.
And chat wllh danger Die B ennvenanc had been,
A( rOr her chreaCa at last he wem*d not once to care.
The earl orSudblk, Pmle, Che manhal Chatgreal day
(Our Eattlo every where that Hector.like inppiy'd,
Aud marcbMo'er mnrderU piiei or Frenchmen ai they djVl)
Inverted Aul>emerle,rlch Coney making oun.
And ac the Biihap>t Fard o'erthrew the Dauphin-i powera.
llirough whoic lang Hoe In war, hit credit to incrai'd.
That he tupply^l the room orSalLAiuIy deceaa'd.
" In thU our warlike nwk, the two atout AiKmi then,
Rir Rlchardand ilr John, u ttulv valiant men,
Hiat aget yet to come ihall hardly over-tor '— "
Umftevll, fwhy, Fi ^ "— ^
An men of gnat caau
** Courageoui Rami
At Partt, and St. Jam
Who [aa though in hit Uood he cmqueat did inherit.
Or in the very name there were tome lecret aplrlcj
Being choaen for theie wart in our great regent'i place
ThecaaCUetao^Lo^. of Malet,andariJind.
"Then he, above them an, himieirihat lought lor^c,
Upon tome mountain top, like a plramldea :
Kit lb tiv and dreadful iword made Franc* to oft tobl»ed,.
next, to hiOinilly that inv-d
646
Tfaa iww (owD la Enwr, «nd CrtiplD tn vtOnna :
Cnll^ irtlh aabit Uukne^ iHidfe ; ud it AuHEdii^ aid,
BtCort wbon lianaM mill the foe «h ttroaalr Uid,
Much'il In, u or Uh iltfa at iJI he hid iia(EiH)WB ;
Much'il In. u or Uh iltfa at iJI he hid iM known
And hufi^T reliev'd the htrdJy-tiilten BiiaD :
Wbo It nu very hint camt with uutddaiu OM.
WbcRU Ibe tRltoroiu Fnnch he mkientil)' beat.
Ant luTlna oier-ipiaiul all ncudy with war,
Froud Burning to the Add be IucIt lenL to dair,
Which vllh hi! EnglUtaMeadiioDRhliraitli had broka:
Then OuTun be inlD, tb«a Ad Saint Denla nH :
" ma puillel, ttitb him, the tihant Scalea we ptalae i
Which oft put aiMnl to aword, and AxK Is boc did Ht:
A ad that !&■ Int alone Chejpriand ^(bt ml M
DRAYTON.
Bad ABM 10 b* Ihalr noiUM, ih^ bn* *f '* to m)
Wbo hiTlnf UoMlT aackV Mb HiiMb awlDmanai
"Bit caatlia ofD* Bojrci, o( Frtncca, tAok lu ibofe.
Of COluuburg*, of K«r, of Doriui, and D»ean(
In Beotland, and asala the maichti cut to wot,
■"-■ -—1 iDTarira war moat loittdT intot.
Idler or that Blue, the «ul aflluin; Ibo^
una bero At both fix the ipcar and pot
loddan'i douHflil flj^t, thai tbcwaid ScoMlih Ua(
Moiloiu troop who BoiH Mth hin did brlof)
lU InJUmd eeouri'd, la Brltanjr and wan
ilehOt
Ueap-dlii
EqualitT la bme, which ■
Both •( lUint nn<i> ilHni
Bafoi
Ci
And ibiblutelr made bath Kiln and Anjou oun.
>■ To WUIoughbr the next, the plice br turn doth bll i
Whoae couia^Ukdr waalobaarlt tUn then aU :
St VaBKT^ tao^ aala that (Stba hlofB dmL :
In BurfODdj that fecVl th* ti ' " ■■ '- '-
In Fiuce who Iban emplof 'd wUh ow n*at ad ,
In hi! HooaKtta toad blew Sdleia un In are.
Took Bottlaaham and Bruce, with BBnterlw and Itandtt,
- Onr PaachT, noc our Cam. nor TboDHU ahall be bid,
TbalatthefleMorap ' ~
«iita' ilaim and battsi'd Oujnn got
•on'a waUL whi^ wbeucreat Warwld lay
ildien HDl > fbciglnc Ibrpnrl
rieuch o'cilhrew adth bale thcii niunbT
'made beth Kaln and Anjou oun.
rhbr the next, the plice br turn doth I
Ukdr waa 10 baarlt ftoa then aU :
« oft «a whom the* atood to loot,
■id nice that off too hlofsihotK:
lat ftocVl tlw ncieaat French to 6j,
diek down dlaordering MenBandt :
tear laid waite (wboie ftranstba Bar o
■ ujvpviHuouaFVeBdIout orihacountTTdnva, l
WUhthaabaBotbectraDVorBohlcipltiti there itni
t with the RBeBHat mcBf ^ Into the warilhe throaft
■nt of lAon we pGn that itaul air PhUlp Hab,
■uBiu In the fl^t atalnat the ooual Saint Paul,
t CrDtoy w leblB'd ; and la the oonAlct 'twill
The BE^ttab and tbeFrench, that with the Scot wcie bI
On nmd Charlea Cleenunt woo thai admliaUe dar.
■■ sttnog Fuiolph with thia man oonpare weJufUj mi
Bj SaUdwrr who oft being leilouilr emidoy'd
in manr a brate attenapt, the genenl Ibe annoT'd 4
With eicellenl aucceai in Main and An)ou fau«ht :
Itfoat reicdiiteh' took proud Renate duko of Barre,
" The TBllaiil Urajlioi then, air Bkbard and air Johi
BjaOT BiiUahapliiteTethanUyorer-Eonei
The lUM ther (ol IB niaoe. irith ceadj wounda tbit bv
In OajcoBi and Oujme. wbo oft and MouUi (buhL
" Then, Tallaol Matthew Gou|h ; ftw whom the BiClU
U ucb bound to noble Walea In aU oui batUea there.
t>r ila^oB or beilFg'd chat nrvu bU'd our (brce.
Oft haaudlng hla blood la many a deaneratti gouem.
He bcU the Eaiiard Balnu wUh hla lelecled baud.
And at hli caatia aalc aiupcia'd him hand lo baD^
And iplte of all h!l power away him {Kiamer bara.
" Our hardy Sunlet then with him we will coi^ian,
BealegM within Saint Jamea dc Beneon, laaulng out,
Crring * Sallibury, SaiDt Gcvrn,' with luch a homd ih
That cleft the waudMiucloudt! and with hli laliautc
Upon tl>e eniied Freoch hke buncry llonaBew,
And Arthur earl at Euro awl Bklinuint look In tOtt :
Thea (bllowlna them (In beat) the anoy pill to ighti
Tlw Britoa, FlOKh, and Scot, reodvM 1 goMta) MO,
Ah ayii«. one Ml ilill uddd aoetber'a back )
When our ili hundnd (low lO ramttwiaaBJa mon^
That God waa wholly (umVI unto the Eullah lidfc
And to anlat lb* Fnmoh the Deril had denyU
" Tlien hat* our Kirrll clalmi hia noB amonnl ttw I
Who Juilly If comeu'd night match our Ten biat
He Id our wan In France with oui great Talbat oft.
With mtkHijhbr and Scalea, now Sown, and then aloA
Endiu'd the lundry (umi uTaftwi nrylng tkte;
Al ChawoDt leli'd the earl bdbre Ma dly gal^
Bght hundred ftlthleaa French who took or pot to awoa
Aad, by hIa Tahtui, twice lo AHola ua rcatarU
" In thla our larrtn then freal Arundri dMb ttmit,
Hbt aaarahal Bouiack wbo In Bearon overthrew i
And, In de^la of Franc* and all bar powar. did wla
Tlie caatlea Daile, KeOay, Silnt Lawranea, BoodiBi
Took SUb. and count Lore al SellerlB iiibduM,
WbcKwIai her owners Mood, hai IwUdioci ho 1^HB>
Kerolted Idrreti tack'd, and uaaAilly auninaa'd
Thoaa rcbela that io oft old MozBiaBdj buMl,
■■ A> FoynlDin, aucb hlib pndaa In OnaMartand IbM cM,
On the SaYoran ilde, IhaTwCh cor SoiUah abot
GIruck warlike Alik, and SInuK when Flaadera itaook irith
** Th' lord WUloughby may wall be
Intkrior D0( a wUt to any oToar beat,
Bif in bSpanil, Bod Iredaod, wbo did hear t
olr acbooli or war Ihia later ttane that ware.^
Much glory to the day, and him h^ kaiBhtboDd woo.
" Our ncUart NoRb oei^ whuae bme abaU nerer die
WhIIU Balgla ihall be known i 01 there^ a Biltany ;
•■ Oieat EiHk oTour Hen lb* iMt thai eie w* kaew;
•^1 old worlds heroea-llna wbo Iktf 'at did noewi
! aeldia'a only hqib wbo alouUy aarV In FraoBai
1 OB the lowat d Calaa at cmidb did adnno*
' bgllili eujna than, aod Eoad* Ibaria ruk*.
an aa our wufike leM rode on tlie niIglB| lake,
ocelra that cilT'i (coU, which aH her battcTM ^M
le Of, t> affHihud Sniio U> aee her wrelciied au*.
Neat ChulaL lord llaiotloy. aenl to bdandto m*>a
ine UnwKd Irlih lad bj tbeir ualual Tyiow,
And tile proud Span lib Ibree waa* luitli' orerthrowB.
That (till Klnfide ihall keep and blthftd read ■
Wh>E hw Ihv Cn>1i,li nmHU «a >»mt«.1 ,lu*«
■rihljdid iMgh
he lona-renownM U^ Gray, whoa* qiliit w* oA Ad try i
, man Ihal with dread Man ilood in Hcwnt moat high.
"~ in ouriniEca ra(— "■- "-'-■- — " '^™*
Mae ecBilie«a, with
anj 10 Ih* BrttM* baiinfht
' wan be rtekoD'd vllb tS* rem
fhir P-TTlr-rraTi Hnrian nirrl air namilal Bi^iMll. IkM
Btaat LaBdxtt, aucti a> well damn a Hiring pent
XMia martlalUH aad knlfbta. oTBcWe «toil aad wU.
•■ The rallaBI Ceell Ian, r«r nat ■■vl'Tmeat tL
lemdlyiBWarthalal'ito/auiiaalni*:
Id** hoaoui (Ttry bow, end ftm* aUI gaiila* «■*.■
Vbtn now tbe KenUah Bynplia le inleinM bHMBK
MUog Madway know ihe taniad had tsetaaa
in thK warlike troop, and all 190D them biU,
. fbrlhdr nabl«I K«t ah* Bought or HttlcBab.
Vhtn aa the pllam Mui« itnIgM taini^ bar ^aat.
i coBdng to tbe land aa Medway goelb oat,
iHng the dear aoi^ " O ftmou Kmir qaaUi ^be,
Vhat ODUntrr hath thla lale that can cainarc wllh Ika,
..^1 L^.- _zA.i- 'jijaalfatBiir' --'*-^^^ — - --' ■ -
,rfBU.Ihyao
At What with a
a, thy bay, thy ^ ay
With shantcB, which w* aay, llM >^iBaa Is Ailh taikft
Wharfwlth PoBwna ornma U* IdOBBiwil laalAil apaMi
From whoa* den ruddy clieok, iwott^a^yr Uaa*a BiiA,
With tbdrdaUdiHMlBueiibiBlnuMiEwt thai b*^
Whoae (Olden midnit Hen tb> fboerida U Bock I
Not there the damioa waBia, no* dainty aiaiCBak,
Nor pWn, lAleh w* hnldd' kHBdJtaiia lb* kl^^
'Hie apphumuige j Iben tbe laTOBiy WBeBB :
tha pear-main, which 10 Pmiee leiw a* lo oa waa kaowB,
WTitcb carefbl fcolnat 90* bn* dMtna^ ow OML
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ThBTHMt; •hWbttw^arWttfKnUwiinilaaiBM^
t;pM>tbcpl|>plaMaek,tlK|4|i|itaMHHti ° '*'^'
A( OB UM nMl^ wblcfe the t«tl> daa »HM
(Both br tE( dm MM diB* Wai iiHtaml* dHHiMM)
Tho kn* bon of thai, hia ^o3 hMh nuch uHdc^
^c (VHMnft Bir whoH uka Ih* Bloiigfab^ oft ■wka mi :
The wl Wiw, comid, tbm the win ^Bon pDu-ntR,
And laDdiT ath«r (raita, ef lOMi, i«t laTan] luie,
Tlut h«n their HndrT BUNi In MMb} eoODhrti* plu'd ;
Ubio lAOH detf iDema the piricw ^nda hkt Sfe,
WUta plmw, vMU^ Hw, hb nlM.ind hki knitet
Oft ccmnth, eft doth b«n tlii <■» nd noWDed root,
Ai UBItr ttiCT iiyllte, or u ihH thiAi uli !
ADd ibab MiMted bIhIi di
■rOMreoD'
r th(T eoDnnteDIlT luTfnw >
And kllb the iUbt lulL the mni, i^ltbMilH ut,
WUch IMOT tlm» ■OBer tbejRift and le^B^ant 1
WhenlnUe dilnHM fralOln ktfiitU be doth Ht I
Or icrivetb offtbe boh, the tnae that aA mhux "
BM vUk Itaoa Mdlni Ihtan whr Wt de 1 to
Wbo aaj nr the nnanund not to Ttoons r
^■ssts
Fa buS^ttijifam when Madwn i&im k
But OfoiM laeiH BW« or all Ibo H«din>r to I
&Dd AneC itaiiAiu flwth Co tbr Rutuplan ih
Bt ulfMr AMoB plac-d IIU hh leturn aula
'nm fiani ; wb«l* afttf ha bj Heccals wai
^ , than |»«t N»ptu»r«
n» ftos Aleia- «.
r»nl. with hi
Ml«relt|"»nil wUKlU
''"i*
Md>) le tful, with hin ti hHiTd fliht,
. ^whldibdbnaecoaipruh'dbThidDight;
HU dauoMen than bat rnini (nn Whom wu all him»i
Which bom, Tbetti' DTmph, unto the
With whan thoH Ills he li
nat lo ami gnndiin'i
BntTnet.th'eU'K or three, when ATUoo vu to (a,
Wblcta IotHI bet IbUiei beM, and loth to loere him KS
There at the alait miebt ; which wii iK«ei>M b* cnanc* :
Tbia hiTtiw Ue would elH hare fbUoar'd hkm to Franca :
To maha the elunDel wide that then he fbreed waa,
Thui Tenet hthw •tar'd, and aurelt leltled there,'
Who DoUilBf leia than want uid IdleneH ohM bear,
IMb onlj ifVe beneir to fillan o( Ibe cnnind.
WHh nnlrT Biti of nidn wWk thiu Ae doth abound,
aw lUk In terra with ««ir, which comiDf down bj Wft,
And lowardi lb* foodl* ble, hia Ibet doth niBiMj plT.
To CanterbarT then iaUD^} tie leoort^
Hli Onnona enintiT tbuo be ilnioWlT nportl :
" O BoUe Kent,* qnalh he, " Ihia pnd&t dolb thee hdUi&
The hardM u ba eoDtnd'd, tanatlenteat oT wroni.
Who, when the Norman Rial with pride and hoRor •wsj'd.
Threw'n off the Hrrlle rake upon the QwlUi laid 1
And with a hlfh nolTa, moMtnrelT dltTnataie
That Hhert* ■ahna nkVM bT thee befbte.
Mot Hrrtne ftHclEn lawf ihMild Oij free cuMoma Nnd,
Tba oolr >bow£i IhTKlf of th- aneleDt Baion khid.
Of an Ih* Entfidi ahlrea be Ihou lomamV the ftee,
And Itoiemail ewr pUs'd, when tber oball reck'nid b*.
And let thb town, which chief of ihi rich eonBt* la.
Of all the Britbh tea be aun netrnAU"
Which burtnc Bid, the Stour to 'nnel bbn dsth tale,>
Her In Uj lorlu aiBi emtndni bj and bj,
I nto the mouth of Tbamct one am that ftirth doth lar.
The other thniidng nut lalo the Celtic aea.
Koc caret he of a atraw ftir Tanal. nor her Stsuri
ami baalinf la hli mind a nuital bate to Prance
Hue* mitaTr AlUonl Ul lij wuc-a uncertain efaancK
Who, alDoa ha wlabNI nreme not all thia while la had,
Twlit KIT nler and rue li Ul'n eitiemelf mad ;
Ttut wbm & nlllni Ule doth aUr him wifli her «<ra%
Bualfbt Aumhic at the mouth, ImpattenUr he n*at.
And itilTea to awaOow up tba Iba ■■marka In hit dcei^
That wain the wand-riiv (falpa cut of hit Itwi to keiti
The •olfesm of the tea da all Iheli ikUl an>1}.
If paadblT, to cun bit (rterow malailT :
Aa Aaashltrita'a Djmphi theli rtry nnneat proTe,
Fnm Onenwlch to Oiia* aaada, tome aeDn7-(ni> do taring
lliat h»rudl* •Mtft H a wondnui tomdin thln|.
Fim Sbaper, nuHat ton^ to cool hit bolOnf tdood I
tmt, fait lILiaton'd mouth that wlielT andoitaed,
Rob Dotel-* nelihbonlinc <:■«•<• of •""Pf" "■"■■^
Ha duD aod ricBr tait^ and ttir up app^tt
Mow, BhapM, Acn the ftHod the could no ftithar wad>
After her iSAtT tire, belaket her to bit tiade,
Vntfa ■heen.hDcikhlherhand, hRnadlirflocfcttoheed,
And (heilaheth the kind of Ihoaa cheleeKentltii breed.
Of TlUaaet the boldi at buabaikdlir a port,
Aa aojBilllih Itle that neighbooretb MitiWiw^ OOBIt
fiat Onant^ aa mart at the her ftther that did lor*
(And, IbCD the Inner land, no (hnbei eould leuiH}
In (Hcb cenUnual eriefftH Albion doth abide.
That alinoM uodei Bond ihe weepeth ereiy tMB
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aw palBtt dtrtetle to the eail,
Andabawa bow all thote Then attain
Our BrtUih tnre oea-vonnn i
HdrsuflUk to with them the takaa.
Bit! branlT up mr Mi
ADdcRattbaflac^TI
Stem np Ua tkMUlaliaBiM. upon that aide
Wheie CtuMT', AHont oSu in-Med rl
Which, thoufh her lower actle dsth tnake
Of hlB at deailr larM aa Shepe* b Bi Qiwie,
..^•.. ^ — . ,_(Be when ha would drpart.
in-Meil rlchlT Ua^
A^ tinoa ofwvldlT^^ l£^S!^hduth7(S^ '
But oniT (Iret har aalt to lend tod milk bar Btami,
But AiMa, taa bar to low, dlTVt tbx high.aet tong
To LoBdan.wafAy and bilas ftoB Lea wMh tbee along
llw *Mala, and the OoodL and moit euetiT ahow.
Mow thete In Olds itaBd, haw thcaa lUie^y flow :
For In that^ny «U>doth pl^MU* rtw won.
Where Alalr tBuiar boweit, anl'uhneti an madt?' '
Cut out ofboln thlofct, Ibr eoolaaB or the dude.
Fooli aiae at pdoted courta, to tfa> countn let me ao.
1>i eUmh Ih* aaajr MIL then walfc Ihe *allej low :
Me anlri iBihnmail laaa, to me ata like the waoda ;.
Mo bed Ue to tte fiut, no Bfoor Hke the loedt :
A elft^a but ( link, ^j (nuiet laodr grant.
The IfutBhara ftaa laavL la itJUre or lira In caret.
But WaHham ftweal*, liSO In pmaparcut ettite,
Aa atahdiat to thb day (to ttmitel* ftntunata)
AhoH her waMibonr Bnapbi, and boldi hei head ahift i
A tBf bnood^Bi riL to tltrt BBd wnnl'roui toft,
^on her tetttna aide, brinedlTLeBdoa "
I^oB the oortblir Lea, her touth hrTbi
l^oB bar iltlBt inal, aba ehtiiead to eq
A defalk hueal iiiiiipli of her aoirietv-
Falt Ha1Rdd>, wliMl Is betfit aU other did
Ami or the Drrada baU la nrj' bl|h accom
«— , . ;.i — ,1,,^ 1^ ^ oTtha wmy.
OD Wattbam wlaaly thua r^roeeth In and t^.
Dear titter, rett content, nor our decAnlng me,
•I lUw It In Ihb world, that weiwB Mr l> iiew(
Til vlitut to Bin plBoe to thete uondlT timet.
When at the £at^ ID piocaedt ftoB othen- eilBW :
'Oalntt InHtk*, and Ml, what wlH bik apedd theh- ftnef
Fte WlJ boadlone Mil, when It halb had S* coune :
And whan Ood ^TB Din up, (0 WBTi abborr'd and TOe,
Of undentandlaa be da^tM tbm quite. Ihe while
Tbtt loin •OB' "■<■• oonftiundad la their iln.
At diqla Itawit la Km^ «> In Ihe tdwler^ (In.
And Itor thnie pnttj Urdt, that wont In ui to tint,
Uter dun at hat IbAaar ta waicon* In the qxlng,
**" — I wuHliia wbei* ID parch, the* tit inm the cnnad,
■me thBB la tbeit Bolat, who Intlkl waa£ omfbuod.
KottfMd and Duiuaow.
D«r iliuc HillUd, Uwn boU up Ihj dreofi^ bi
Whb tftr/ A^Ae |ood| ttitt In the Utc b Amud :
And thoufb WB go to wnch In thli lo ceovnl wu
Tbti hose to u> muhu, *c tM but be tbe ImL"
When HilOeld taklni hcul, vtane UU itic wl
Scndi lllEle Rodlni Ibnli. Ii« bat beloied laod i
WMch ftom her cliriiul IbnL u to nkiw ber b
To nun; > Tillage iHldi her Aai ud D<^e name
" 'h on, Ibnufh WalthBiB hi
r;a'.';
Which qiiickl; nn iuetruinuith til
On Benge^* batftil lid*, ud M bir going out.
With Wilnot, FodlMiM lUi, unr nfrcd mud iliaut
Too Met As greater Hitelo Ubt her up IhH lUnd,
HiTuU tkr tniD the aea, ret flled to the hmd i
A» natiir* la that tort tAem purncHlf bad pWd,
Some Ha-nvopba and beiidea, her part (there were} that took,
Ab Adgtr that their Crouch ihould not be eaU*d a brook >
And Hoe her to cooirtiin to Heptune of her wrong.
But whUK thcat grieroui nin thiu bapp'sod Ihem among,
Chglea CbiJiBet conn aloiw, ■ nniph Boat oxallT cl«r.
Which well onrtbrauab the nddMdolheattbeweaUhfiliIre,
Br DunnowtfUnadownlftChelmftniholdaheichaie,
^ which tha glntuie namtt which h rib* doth embrace
Clear Cia eomei titnlna In, ud doth with Cbdmn dne:
Wllh whoHiunilj (though nun unQ ibe greucr growi.
Bhe ftir old llilitai mtlui, wbere In hei Mring bj.
She to remembrooce calle that Ronan cohbt-
And an tbOH ontiKW dgm ber Ml that did^Ango,
Bitma'd ih«lr fctiloiwtbrow,
Whn'cbebiKV icon arrirealD hn
nt wia call'd i?;aiaibul that, t^ tli
■Ksur;;
irtei hlghc,then BlaikwalerlDHyl'd,
U» hare Iho Britlih floodi among,
neat' at hand, and th] Ule orOuKf runi
ne thui idi; do rou ipend r
at jou e«teeia of wDrth,
a.njmplafm,larltj oTtbelrar
n- wuir' ui Hiwn lilet In couftow do lime.
To Thetti- darilngi, wbkb (beuU greUcn how
And what the brmec did, tha latter addi tberei
But Colne, which ttuMj lend! fkir ColchMti
(Onalllh- EueilaBahon.thelownortroataBi Ai
ftrcelrlng how ther UIU In couruhip dM contend
Quoth (he, " WhereAiTe thr
That our big.belUed rb, « <
Think nu our onien here, unworthr of
Fate Walaeet>, which do lUII the daintii
Ai neellent at IhotI, which aie eataeuei
The Crile thelti >, or thote on the Looii
Or cheeie, wbldi our At aoil to erery qiH
Whnie tacli the huogrr down, and plHii
[r ^ou eateem not thrtt ai thlnp above the ground.
Look under, where the umi Mandenl timet are (bund ;
The Eomaa emp'ton' cotnt, ott digt'd out of the dut.
And warlike w^poni, now eoniuin'il trlth cauliFring nut ;
The huge and DwtiTbanBi', of mighty taata) men.
To lellihe woctd'i Aill itcnuth, whU crHiniet Ut^ then i
When In h» bdghl «r youlh, the luily ItultAil taith
Bcougbtfbrth her big-hab'd^Rul.eTonglantt In thdi birth.-
Hiut ipoke the, when from tea thef tuddedly do hear
A lUniw and hoRid noiK, which ttruck the land wUb (tar ;
For with thdr crooked trunqit, hit Trilent Neptune leBt,
To wwn tbo wisloa nynmbt, that Ihay ineootlDent
Should rti^gbt iqadrto SUur. In Orwell-i pkawnt loodi
-_ ,. .... , — j";™"*^'"" " —
r^.' """ . -..
" " " "DDg, thatthould precHelr thow,
her life, thrir akUl could not out
ThatOrwdl
P™Eyto"
ThatMedwa
jBCIIyofApulla
Mow, adahiti aood, IhBt d^ dotb fiiUe
Suflblk (ma thia tUta, upo> tier other dde i
Br Clara Ant coming In, to Sudbundctbtbow,
Tiie erm coune ibake^ j when nr tbe doth not flow,
- - - Wightjmnh, rKdhwteur to harMBfii
ning In (nnTlpeiricb, IMiikt thai ihe,
tor it with aiour. and laHlT tk(7»e^
the ean tbey RiM w — • — " •- ■— '-
idwdnHh^^^
lit own, and Gothland to r^-^ '' —
LiM wjim uie BrltcHu' ETigD cante aAvr to oeciaH^
to the Cambrian hlUt their Ate did Ibem ecaila^
taioD iwarlng all. In AlOnl'i poweiftil idgn.
EngHihOcterpulagerttnioaiaaln, ^^
' huge Notwcgtin hllli and newi did hither Mh,
Me urp* are hardlv wnni^t In twelve dax*' trarcUinj
Hving Korwar thn a itaitnaid, (taiwanl krfl.
with Dur EngUlh aalb that mlg hlr ocean awcpt,
re thote iteni peopJe won, whom doik of gaio detb i
ilkt lallh graniUng hooLt, to hunt the drciadnil whtl
great DuiDa'l down ftomhrr Ant ningUw plica,
loU hei iwelling bbis in chuilith Nacbinettee.
rhen WchJitan aRer him ditcoreripg Inntjic Ahod
rt W«pl"«^* mighty mouth li pourVI Into the toud
towing up hU itream, flm taught the EiwUih cai^
■ Ih' matheuiatict lanM (iltbough b ftlar profcatU)
^D ice Ihote northern clinea, trlth givat dealiv iiiaiin
Ilnueir he thjiher •blnpM, and tkiffb) in the gUw,
[nfanTofwhcielUU.ifth ■•mni
11 hurried la awaj ■ilh luch tempei
Into thatiwillowlniEgulph, which i
The TFcyesith itidrinto th'Inlbmi
Four luch immeaiur'd p»jt, pblloti
I'Ui'niurptitiDfthD world undDUl
From which tliey have auppot*d- nature the vinda do
And rnm them to proceed the Rowing at tbe iea>
And thai late calmer timet (foUve-beBiing peao^
<I>Te Idaure to givat mlnda, Ar leriooa to dtterv ;
That btaie advent-rout kDlghL our Ht Hugh wUgagMn
Rhipe'd An the nntthem teat, ^uongat thcae eaiiaaaltd fiM,
Faa^ion^ bv laatbig ftnl^llLe mounttlnL and Ueidii.
[In all her AunillM ibapw aaw hoaiuv, whote gmliBiBi
Adventur-don thou puts where wiots ttiU deth ki^
When moat the toy cold had chain-d un all tbe de<<>)
In bleak Anina'iroad hit death near Idpland taOk,
Where Kegor ftoni her Kite, on thoto grtmacH dKli Itik.
11 T.,^ othen AiJlow then, otamal tame that won,
ibark-d,Il>e'flntaiTlr]n8 1beve,
hoT pomp, the Ruaaltn atate,
caiuIlnR then ; the other with like tUr,
'aat reahnt turvej-d, then Into Badna ptit'tl,
bulwark wilLi, then to tbe liquid waar,
. _i roUcth down twiit hli ba dalant ihim,
the Caaplan main, with atnug uatlred oan,
ad to view rich PenU-i we^ and prtde,
le rant thenar, the Kigtlth riDcebaw IrM
Fitch our Bini nexLdawrTVlv plaeed it,
ailing to tee the Syrian Trtpolk
If which (in thit whote BtJde tpbtl «m abo«)
ofDantii^y^
lenoc to OnUH nt, OoLCmnbayi, Choi,
Jl ZeUid^iii, Umce to Echuiar, linUa
'I Oincu' iiii(hl; Bmni, and hl> Ttrge tmaki did
icoIa went on, ru Bm^U, P*fi^[ "^
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Deuiinkiing' u •« Iht biwd-HiUI'd Babrkn,
And oar dnr SiiiouV'a •HTbtM'd Bethloo dkd briioU
And JocdiD.id'whiHa WITH mucii lain Snipture toM.
" ThcnMiebui.iihoCtlinugb Ion In Inni ndnntui
Madtn'i wgiUhT idn. Elw lint dlKonmL
Who buiug Mali ■ nuld. to wbsn be mi lOyd,
Yet bet ileh pucBU Mili bar Durriagr rIMa denr'd,
Ihit with her Ibnh to Ma, wheie niani ■ danfat aua'd.
Upon an Lile Mthoar, Uleiifth bF tempen cut 1
Which Ten til bad bnok'd the taitb ud boU'roui lei
And ling-rins Ha taei health, iritUii tbe quM bn.
The narinen nml rklac, iA >lth the •hlpawir.
« Anenl csuld not baie,
A bomd^ Altar buljt iMHsn ba „
When with hit Mk but few, not paaaliu two or tbree«
1* Hiere mafcinf Ihon a boat, but rudely of me tre^
Fuc Ibffth eglln to lea, vbere aftvr BiaDT a ftaw»
Kow tvallovM with the *■*«. and then raevM up ag«
" Tbea WndtaaB
Afreat Morocco i
" Lock, 'nneraoi
iHl of her Irorr ho
Wi
ToBi
And hIUu to Biull another time he took
OUnda'i cbMM (owd, lod haibour Famunbukb
And with their [ceeldui iroody aufar and cotton naughl,
IE by bliinfe return Into hie countrr brouaht
"'nm Foifatihel, vboK flime lew all die ocean o'er.
Who to (lie noRlk-weit muiihl huge China*! wnlihT ibcn,
When Dearer to the north, that wand'rinf mman aat.
With mlahlTliliaarice, and nnunlalna bun and lonr.
Where aa II nmei and goo, tba traat etarnal Uaht
Hakei half the yen iViU d>r, and half continual night.
Aj be a aauod wttt, lanlliar laUh tbe nain.
" The noble Fenlon neit, and Jackman •» infer.
Both Ti^aan, that were with bmoua Focbiihei.
" A nd l&ilei, thr« limB tORh tbatlbrtbe noflb-weat mada;
Sllll (trlrinf In that courae, (' enrich the EoglUli trade I
And ■■ be weO deaerr'd to hla eternal Uma,
Then h* a mithtr aaa, IminoitaUi'd bh namCL
■• With noble Gilbert neit, oobm Hoard who took in hazid.
To clear the couiae Kaicc known Into the New-tDUDd land,
" Then iMieiflitfrdllnc Drake, Itaa natal pal
Who ■tnr* In hla bw csnae to craniate the HI
Of vhoB the SBuilaid ua-d ■ pnnhecr to tell,
That ftoa the Brittab Idea ahoulS rlia a dtani
That with bb HI
It more than man (v whaQ thb deml-Bed at aea,
■Tina behind hla back, the ircat America,
HI the lur^nc main hli •dlJtrelch'd »»Aiing. gt
ee degree* of north *l]r !■!
_— , . ,-, — ,- ,-,- world unknown.
Which in hU CDunlrr-i tight he nam-d Kew AlWoo ;
And in the weitem Ind, iplle dTUw powar otSpOn,
He Saint lago lock, Domingo, Carthageno;
And leaving ofbiji^vweia, a iBBTk In eTerrbaj,
Saint AugiuOnecumli-d, in Tena Flortda.
And them with CTCrr thing, dirordlacoreiT ftaughti
That Amadii, (whoK name doth leainrir fiiglUh loond)
With Barlow, who the dnt Vlrglnhi Iheionglilr feuBd.
At OrHfiTlle, whom h* get to nndntake that tea.
Three lundrr Unca IVom beioe,wliolobcb'dViriiai&
(In hla 10 tare ■ choice, K wMI apavrV bia wll:
That with 10 bean a nitH. hla lun eo wdl ddbIiI BL)
U Sreenrile, tbr freataaaa As erer b« mownU
And boma t^ Ntnune illll, atoot tbit ni%htT roiuid i
Whoac nata[ conlict won tfa; nation lo much feme.
And in th' llieilaoi bred (bat of the Etigiiah name [He.
Who In Virginia left, with th' BngUih colonj, '
>■ The woDdnful adrmturt of M"*'"'
(h (ttempla ai tboi
like to a pulMaot king, whoae rvalma extend ao Ibr,
That many ■ potent p^nce hij ttibiilailn an.
So arc hit biancbea leaa, and In the rlcb Oulana,
A flood u proud aj be, the broa^bdmm'd OrcJlaDa ;
And on the ipatioiu dm MuiDa'a mighty aeat.
The land (bj nature'! power) with woHderi uoet retiMa
"So L^gh.Capa Breton (aw, and Raraea'a ialia again {
Ulion that new-nuD-d Spabi, and Guiney aouaMbEi nln,
A» one whoae mighty nund email thinn cnuld not iiilBcf^
The ICQ or thlft hraTc tire, who with hu furrowing te^
^^^ourageoui Ca'ndlib then, a aecond Neptune here,
Whnt niDe Hll'd ertry mouth, and took up grnr ear.
ould in hi
nslit'd lalli with hippy win
Amongil Ibe bmoui rank of our teueairhlng men,
Ii freuon aent to aea, with Summen Kirtli to end,
Adventuree In thepaitaupon the We4t«rn-]nd;
Potts Sanlo who lurpriiM, and Cochai, with the fert
Jimaiea went not free,'but aa the ml Iher wrcck'd.'
" Then Sherky, lilnce whoae name tueh high renown hub
Thai TOyue undertook, ailber betbre bad done ; TwDBl
He Salal Ikgo law Domingo, bargirlt*.
B^ Terra^^imaufl'd to Ihl^iilanda of Jimalca,
f/pm.
iShS'B
'ich all to Loring-land along.
Elan nymphi unUud tbSt lored Stour
_ ildemlfaoaewlthSUHiriircihr
Tneir te^ncelT (IrweQ pnlH, aa moeh a> th' o£er her :
For though cinr fiillon be rich SuflUk"! ftnm her iprlng.
Which stDur upon her way lo Harwich down doth tirtng.
la Meptur
For that b
in LoTini-land to kei^
POLY-OLBION.
That llH to KorMk, and than tKlngi
The bright Nortolcean nymphL to gmt
To Lflrlni.land, to NentDne*! Raft j
To Ou» Ow Urn then down iho takea.
Where ihe a fllfhl at ilrer maka i
And ttieace to Hanh-land ahe deteenda.
With whow ftoe pnlie thU Hng the end*.
Faov SaMIt n« ■ laDUd, UimBgh tlw Horfetaui dHV*
Ttut nn Itidr, Uk Ilk* hid not ba«i tacnd b*lbn :
For t» tbK dotb oTms Uia powoAil MdHR wMd,
HU Triloiu IMd* rndilB, ■ nmlull to be beM
I> bonour of hlBidt; In L«4iw.1hhI, when lu
The ntatt ■t»eted ajmihM ippDlBiail bud bi be.
'ntou hubMi Uul iliout hli •emt mlka do dwell.
Vhlcb tMd bk nlftaty bwdi of vhiln and a>h« rSL
Ai iif Ihri [iTin thiier. iirnmil lb aibiiii mil
lint plir Id emr Aird, mil iport on ererr tniiik,
Wert nuDBun'd to be there, on piln of Neptune^ hue :
For he would hiTt bli ftnt obienrU with god-like ibits.
Or. throueb all the coi
— I u ftll t>»ti ■ bi
Bj Bimtrt, IbtD ■>■■>■ bf
tern dilret dotb ecguUr dlrlde,
lend! on, her laHm Into Oie mK,
iloofbr BdddH, who laHHrt
- - wMebhtrllBibecuiiiaAsannn
ButleaTehet, HoMai
hr from WiliiDgham,
— -1 WMUoOlj to pljjr.
It YmoDutb oD her w
id Buldto ds beu
ThrmibaeNoiftdeaimaAdai , _
To Norwich amtt a lotttb, towudi Yimxiutb c
Where Wnunm aum tSe HiUb, nd Buldn ds „_
Up wiib ber, bT whoH weilth ebe mucb U hoooar'd Out*.
ToentiTtiiDhef Yaf.lbitlBhnMuedotbitaDd,
With tonu of biahw ueount the SniRh of ill tb< bod ;
Tliat hoiDHlAble puce to the iDduatrioui Duteb,
Whose tkOl In luhlng itan, ukd woriuAuihlp li ndt,
S^OT refuge hiOler come] u Iher ooi ilddaern^
; lUmiT (m tbat Ut*, wbllrt oft the Entfidi Mttrei
On root! utd pobe tlut hed, on beef end mutton nai^
SofninllTthejnn.iHt^utWBtaaweiire.
But ffom BIT ftinDeithaiH.i]Dce thus 1 hiTed]Kmi*d
FU borrow Don of UnVtOntu BIT nnaphi be dTcai*d;
And ilDca tfa*M food! hH out ■> ItlV In bit wiy,
A Uttto while to tbeu 1 wUI emwt BIT liT-
Tbe eolswor^ eolUflower, uid enUiBfe io Ihdr leMaB,
Se rounce&Ut Arent benna, md eulv rhienlmr peuon :
e onion, oIlIoB, le^TwIilch hoiuewtm h^lTnue i
Their kinnun guuc then, tbe poor nan't BUurUUe:
The niouTT pnnnip ami, end CBrot irlmilwt Ibodi
Tbe iklireC (wbleh •ome nj; iB Hlbd* itln jhe bloed 1
Tbe turnip, tutlng weD to cIowbi bi winter weather :
Tbui IB our lene wa put, roott, heibi and IhJti toMthtr.
The (rent molit pumi^ then, that on tbe ground doth II&
AjHirctoftbli kind, the noetnuilbBiellon b* i
Wblcb dibtR palata now, beciuH iher would not want,
HaTe klndlTl«Tnt to let, h jearly to tnn^lant :
The mdUh HDHwhat hot, T«t urine doth pratoke i
The Eucumbar aa ccM, the heiiiBE aitlchotei
TbecltTODi, whbdi our •rdlDoteaalr'^otbalnrdi
The ramplon rare u tbat, tbe bardly fotten fourd.
But in UiEH tililil tblngi, HUM, wander oat loo loBf,
Wblcb In her w^Ddiiig coune, ttom Norwleh to tb* vafai.
Bjr man; i lUteli lau laMiTloudT dotb Mntn,
To Yumouth tilt ihe come bar only chrlafBeiHowB,
Wbcae nthing thro' Che realm doth ner w much renown.
Where tb«e chat with their ncti iCUl haunt the hnindliM
lake.
Htf nich a tunntuoui faait of ultcd herriDn make.
A> tfaer hid ToA'i the lea of aU bii Ibnn^UDre.
Asd put thai TCTT hour. It could pinduoe do more.
Bui hlndlT the i(ilB aalulad li Cf Thrin, ^^
A fbir Korftilcean nrmph, whlcb padfiet her UL
Now are tbe Trlteailiaaid to Lorini.land la ulL
Which NaptuBe'i irtat ooninandi, b^Me them brarelT bear,
Couaandhif all the nnBBba «fbl^ account that were,
Whidi in M HoUand hirk amona the ounehT nUiba:
Or play tbnn on the mil. BDong tha&wT wSSwr'
* . .» ths _usv hroDd wUcA faauBt tile Oainian deu
Next Roco> wonoroui nrin, led all the rett tbe war.
Tbiin ibe which maks the calnu, (he mIM Crmodtea*.
WUh lOd-Uka Daidai, and Oalats* Ur,
With daintj neti of peart, catt o'er tbelr tnaUed bntr ■
AnalU>> wbleh the laa dotb hH, and Hiaoa-d kaap,
And Bathew', moM lupnaie end (onralfa Id the deep,
Wngi Craoa', to the waTca wbteb that frcen colour ffm
nan Amii>, wtakb in Aw Bd uIKt rapogn UTBi
tdanHthat
hawdSwatH
A< Pholoi>, m'ct that >^ ttae^wn of t^^^ r
Which bnHtgtal to bear tben ooL If anr need iboDld UL
~-.^,... .___ inti«wbo*oi*a,aiidih.wbal.,
WIOi tbeee, ai Ntptun* ^OM, to LorlK-lam I&at enac
^naa* muba trtek-d nti la ^an, the as-pida b> d^tfM,
Ofeoral ^aaeb Un^ tbe Uaek, the tad, tbe>hlte,
WUh oaaT aun^riltdh, tba anaUiB large and Ur I
The cockle email and round, tba priwInQe BMn,
n* gjMor wbatrin oft the paarlV ftund lofn^
The Dmaael, wMeh ratataia that datoih iBlataeed t
I n ohalna and braedaM made, wkh llnka i« mndrr twWa,
Some worn aboat tta^ waiala, tbelr neck^ eimiuii tbt «tWi
;^eat atara If aaliv thma, and Jot tb^dM DM adm ;
—■- ^"r-"--T— iin hill iitiiiiiaiij li
SeatedT the Mnida IbM anlTed fhmi tbo leHL
But ttom the ftoAv itrcaim the tdfbtar Naldao,
Ta LoTiBRjand gmk* haats with an the need the* mn,
I^^ te tihair HbHMiT^iba Aould tar their combe a^.
GUCD tjio ruBBlsa atnaaw In owecta^ aUD that kaaiML
And apmeao wBiA ndea, wbea IbOT auraoDd aSdcaa
E^lDboIlewtaMika^l^watarBuSdathUda: ^^
WltfcOpU that dafbMT Oem baitoaid with tte tUa,
Semala am B)r ilibta dalh keep the water etaar :
^tbe their Mli£W anda, that BnkMh to appar,
Tb«i Drrmoibr tb* oaloUiat riiadaw •n*T bnk.
nilladki^ tiM bonataa Ibr ^ihB* (Mah BDd rank,
Wtdcfa the dawKiUaa amke IhM aoateaa irtSaL
Wbea ther era oaUM to daDee Id MapnuM^ mM^ball.
Tbcn Una, which mlntalna the htrdi' banBoolooa laja.
Which diw IB itnia- hankt ah—iail tbe demlii — —
With lUioaa, whkh An thB^f^umeSm^SoM,
■oldi^ which peaMrrae the an~ •!«»•
ABihen, of the flowcia, that hi
And arilBK of tbe rcada, that I
|OBM of thma laiFilT nrmpba ■
FlBedapletai - - -
Wthwabr^
Wboae larger
To tboie that ' . , .
That utgrelgn plasm
or caMaUa lude tb« ,
Which neatlvtraron were, andaomeu
OriadT-amnikimoMwhltebdo rob aaeb natghboarlBS aiiad,
Wherewlih their laoaarlBeka moat eurloul* iber bnUT^
Kow tbua tncMhar eoaie, tker fttaadlT do dwU,
fc» offl^^Tl^id:^ ofMltBi iraTe^^^^lao.
M to kiiBt offthtir ipaaeh, hm roHl wlUH ^ilna soB^
*~ ' '"FT' lliiai iiitnillliihiiiiiilii Bill
ner cadBa, aa kbIb te oAon- tuna K Mh,
TlieluilT gaBaidabiad. aoBie olbniliHa, and biaaka.
TUa done, upon the tamk tsfolher bt^ itt,
Fmcoedlnc In Oie oaut, Ibi whUl IheT Ihua w«« not.
Id Bdghty NaptaBe^pcalie, tbaaoMB-bacD tMhAiw:
" Let earth and air,- BT they," with tbe h£b pcalBH rbw,
OfaBtambTlilaOia,tbeiioatf;BowBed.aB, '^ ^
Praa intteKida hut Jate, tb* ^ad^ that wco,
~' oflba^ wire aod atroaa, dear Dnapba, let ua rrhtr.
liBlalBa oTnat waraa, kaow ha that dta in atate,
IthhiatildaDtTBlmAeDBlnrmlNraBi,
To be tbe odr lire ot BriahiT PDlntKna
On MrTHaauntcUPborou-fanddiUd,
Who In a Ih^Bd diipa that fod of aaa bafunu
ThnothoamadjialnealT aana, and loi^ nnoiba m wc,
W«r« to innt Neptune bom, of which we aparioc be:
" -me by hb Boodfr queen, BOBa in bla hnuin't bed :
irraaor grtan bagK, oo alciB lledBaa>i bead,
nut Blnlaa, the hit own as BilfhtT Meptnoe takm,
■aoftbaCjclnaitiaig, JoTe^lhuadeT.lioltatbataBaKaa '
peat MqMM, NeHua got (If Ku tor artidiBn aett)
lio waa old Neatoi^ iEb, tbe graiU and wiMt Oraek.
Froan Neptune god of aau bla pedigree derle'd,
"AgiiMrhlaadalr^iAard-dnHnilclalonf:
InaehBa, thcdilef of Arglrea jpart and atrcng
Clalm-d klndiad aftbh kisg, :
tlaafua too, who pentad andenl Oreect
of DiMilT kiDga andidlKea I conld aane,
ir godlliii^n ifruiw ) let thla hAcc. Us fU
Aj thoae agabi to Mm do ererr day ap
CoBtlBuallT that kean the MrtherD be
Whc, like B BdghtT Uk dolb cBit hi
■^ -■der than the laDdTquUe round I
ill this* ana to him that iBajci
That boHi the poke at .■-..'..i
POLY-OLBION.
!!•«■
iwUilBpvUlHat,
la and ■rut.''
Tliua CDdid tlin Ihilr Mac. wd off th- mmiiiIiIt tmk*.
When ooIeUt toWiit the wcUthi Mwahv nT dolt Ul
IVhemU Uw •■dlioc »U, u ban on* buk dolh bciiic
'nib WuiHic|r> wBi btlm, ud Ou**.lh»Jiit>|*bo*iB •fl'S
flcrwci^ ■-nm^^mkuaimicr *''-*^'*'^^~'
With
H-lbs^mMr MiM Ul
When ttw clwlCct nedni, &« ilofT tbU dlirMa,
'With her n*»-iuKed uwo, •• sondniB (l*d (but tMi
For rreaiMne* of UU, b nueh dtaot'd diould ba i
When iIdhUim oalMBt Oaodi, B III ftir bswUia IMt
And iton of fbwl coOee iklU'd ffelcooen tbmw to li.
Now «(■ Ualit at Braoki ibiU BV dweiMloB b*.
What •ut4«I cu b> fouiid, that Uw not Ikl^ >« BU;
Of iliBpte ibcBtwnli uw, ■■) Uua aiacllj ilnfi.
And thea of Eounlr loraa, and the aSUn of U«.
TtiMi In a biuUn'd iRaiD, tb* warilka iiiMi auTiUdd,'
A nd ioataalli aoln of UU dlipM* of laid (
What cao thb iSc iindluc thai llH &0B BIT TVoR,
IndiuMaui Hiiah pneacd tbao lo idt bavunc «oft.
Wb(B BaUu ftii the bnok, Uw Memr dgth ■■»,
One rlTei, plaaE, or mtn, wbara Mok afflnfl doth lie,
WtoDGa fcned OVH Ind. bj ^UUl (UDonail tiad^
A ait caureiiiaot afihl, BiaT laiUj <M ani*.
He wbWlelh off Ilia Iiawka, wbeat Blubla (inlOM MnVt,
Do work theumlTH br Uniia, into a atatelj bdtbti
And ir that anar cbcet, the OH or both do ID,
SmMlna be ttieiB the lun, aoraeiiiiin doth watd ibow i
The trembUiw tbwl that b«i tbailftiB* haafc-balk rliii.
And Bnd tt It too latb Id tniM tbenio iMc iriu,
Ut Oat upoa Iba Oooi, whllK the Uab-moiiatadSavkL
Tlien bdu iDcdt akna. In their alhanal walka,
Aloft B iHiTelT ittr, tUr bd) w tUok that thaka.
Which wban tb* lUcoaai aac^thal acaiw one ptaM tktr BAa
Th« gaUantM bMi, aald ha. that erat >■■ OB wli«^
And iwean then li a U(bt, mr* mrthi if a Uw
Then ^clM (D tb* dood, to toma the Awk toilB,
The flnc* aada^er bawki. dan thrllUnf Ihaa the lUMi
Hak* auDdrr oaneelcai ^9r Ihev the Ibwi oa rcaelk
Whieb then toBT* tb*i( lilts «> *'V« U*^ •'Mth,
But >ben the wbiidnc belli the ilkat a& do clBTa,
And that lb«lr(Hal£M Bead, thaBTalnli do dactfra;
And the ihaip cruel hawka, thtf al their baib da irlai^
TbemielrB Air itj ftar tht; iBMantlf ineaw. <
The hawka M tu ao^ liilothelTlbfBeriiliefc
ADd nnclM G*re anT there, in that tfaair ali; reeei
Stlli a> tbeSwAd a»l aUampI to -Baiia Bwar,
With BiaB7 a itai^Di brara, than in afain Omf if.
But when the MmMrt lak* Iheli taawkbu potaa Id hao^
And crvida* Bf the beaob, do nit tt onr Iiudj^^
Well near Se heisbl or nan, wmatlBWI, aboT* the inand 1
iw thoM hnhait AetMt whMM B0I* ItifK Son,
miKtbein main, and aoHbegMMwhanaiwifc
lattCB (irtleh nMB aay) thli land baa nol &e ilka,
„_,jnntlwte*(«lii butkenibeiaildethiaike.
For that AfvAla phiA>d bar eadlr b]r the ear i
And lold bar In &at part of KMUk, If there «B*
Ou|htworthTofTai|itel.itwianotlnh*rwav,
man tbr tba pwiMc Ont% her wlBt Hw doth diivlty.
POLT.OLBION.
TBOonaaaai
ABd iRowi Toa RlB(.|aU^
AndtadsOnArUiaaUi
And IhUt, Ht'i iniBabi itaf.
An end which to tbia caiita biUfa.
Sr thli oar Uttit rait, Ihna barlni fo
AodlUrlTlnourwaT, upon New.Ba-
TbatgrcaliBdancleBtd]lcb> which ui eipBctid lODc
Implied br the Mwe. at ba antral lou :
■^Hia*. what withl* thiuirilh thee ItKlfcvi triiM.
Wb« thou In thine own eoiuB art Id thTKlf unlud t
Doat thou contTBt vltb dMilb. and to cMldDn glia
ThT iHriar, alMr Hum, yet ibaiDenittT dar'it UVe F
OTIB*, hadV tbon MmiiM, what Ubourina nun hath dMUk
nouloDibcAinthlidaf.inlgbtlt-*'- — •*-
- -'.^<rltbtb*fodi,aadlB&Tte
With that *ir rinr thu, ibi nul* .Mb
'■Dbdabimeiwi.dtardooflndnaHi —
Tbara'i Bareol* asT Bil that ritteth br tbi *
WhaaatiufBiaUWii,-^
DOBdoBann
great Brll^B ha
'S^Si
So meBT HOdly H*l^ oc thai an tn
BiKh nriSaai I. b that all Harriii
Her iiwtDtB bat nHan rl^ b* Ihar coBur'dwub ^D
M«bardlT doth die tjtha th' aboiihnt tbwiaod lib.
Which ndura git** l» u*, at I sjiairaa wWi,
Ai AnvbUnta ol^ ealb me bar aweet and hir.
And eenda the northern winda tB curl BIT haaldid hair.
And makB th* WHhn itand, to waleb and wn>d Bw rtlB,
Left that rooth «ad of M^ ID m* riiould weak Ml wm.
OU WiiUteta to BT ane^ mr diGuU itti within,
A nd near BIT hiBih* 1 ban th* neitfdwDbood of I^nn.
Both towBi of HMneth and ttata, uj fiJii lUli iball hdI
14o Boarih hath Hhoeeofiea, none mora of anUnent."
niuiMBIdUaiid esdi her ipaach, a>DD* that thoroHahlT fai
What wBi bar pnMi nralM, aid what mi Ount diw.
Wllb that the BBhn Hue, te her poetle taaa,
Ta WaUnibaB woaU na^hare rnw a pl^Mage,
idnanothward, the other la thaeuL '
•I^ the bwb twdn la walar.
hat Ubouriiv dud hath d<
- temple ^ac'd,
, ^Jet WBki defkaVI i
be thlM ibeatNlfai hare iBtfer'd t^lby theft.
Tvls^ auw, to ana mlfht'it hare 1«L
-lenti who naiM; and not ban MlOhr^ thui
ukA, t> iboB both the* and ua
An^ flnt, whoftoa thli baith aHt^
and laraeit dlleb, u cbeift their Ueidan ftu i
dnih, and hriadth, b UivlielT Aolh exceed
ad wretched thouv^tstbareoutant^deciecd,
-nw by tfw dnlTa bOp, I Bcadi muit railed he,
WheMtn* tb* De*U'i!£tdi Iher baretr naBednai
Whtn ^« kng befDee, I bare SalM atDODd^ aam.
Ihe Hbe^ bemaath-d to hliBort bcihI ahrinb
Theralbr* ay fkBow dykea, ye ancieot IHandi at talat.
That out of earth wen nb'4 by ntn wbaa nlnda »*n (rat.
It li DO maml, tbaoch otAnou do nu treat
Flnt, Floi^lch usTbtbIC that ait of ircataat (treiiatta.
That do-tt aatend thy coun* Adl Bren kin* alia In lenith i
ADd thou the FlTwill* caU-d, yet net tedMi to mt^
With Bnndtld, that anin ii ahgrtfit of the thie%
Can yiHiaupDaeyoanaTaatall tobennected.
When you may an my tiBth>i bdyV, and H B^eetsd I
Theieibn dear BbUl lit* lUU in ptwvanw nut*.
And let tbr Htfl-deeB^ Ooefca, ITem mora to artnlnf late,
(By anfbl ihepberda k«t] reMce thn with their mlK.
And let tiie meiiT hut, wllb b*i daUcioDi layi.
aire t»m«M to t&y pUu, and let me onit U^
rnoitth cf the woild eonlennM; yet anclouiln t
Tha bbU, then ancient Oyka H^eetad in ib«
lad aged eutl^ imt out a !»]
iC-™
Of BaMiam-i pleBiaiyni. tkat tg the oma w knowi^
A^hntwabeeoB*! IbrBUhacHBdnot,
And B the thaiAil um* «f a*nM«t bad gat :
Who knc hadbMM ■Md.wlHtoB^ d^ldoui Qnpt,
Bod hia aratneB ndali
nwOOBEiiilfakeepal:
it«at^iobntanki,ande>ar]rllttleipac^ "'
He law brl^t Fkobui oH upcn her oyrlal bio*.
And thnoih th' ohalM Ibfs "Hh iui|*T kukad lad,
Td lane bli lored nymph, whan be went down to beiL
Wbenftm thli hilt wUE tore, belni AnUr orerfgne i
And ma day ai b* fimnd the Wtly Bna|li alin*,
Tliui wool beri " Sweetlnamin^ IT uuu ulna own will
I'ra many a pretty aaufl, 1 ken in iton Ibr thee.
A neat aftmsd-bc'd oiAa, andao^i unAIW too.
Nay, nymph iBka had of me, when Ibcfhi to woo:
inuDnU^ ditch.
And b*tt«r yet Ibin thli, * bulehlD (Kt jetn old,
A cDrt'd-pote ail it li» »nd oft could hjive b«i] uld :
AadreCbaidciiUaii^ I've goodly beu-wbelpa tvi;
- " ■ "" -"^ a^^fcfr. 111 buy Oi« nmny ■ iSSi
DRAYTON.
Except po
ThuiuM, benounThuInud. niHlitroked op hU hall,
Ai one thut for b« Ia«e be thnighl bid ofitiEd (Ur :
Which la Ibc Mum, Grnt did pracDIly npott,
Whemrlth th>y mny i yor thiill nike them irondniin veit
When RiiuiUl* la hnulf, ■ nut delkloUB dale,
Who hulniboid too l«ii the bubirsui mounlAu'i tile,
THui Ihlnketh lu beneir,*^ Shall I be •llenc'd, when
nude hllli iDd dUcbei, An'd by dlicontenled men.
Are aided by tbe Uuk, their mlndi at large Id ipok,
Judf e DKBiily of uy itite.^wlieii ihe w l°n<R atiUd,
" Wbattboiubbetwiat twoahlrea*, Ibe by fbrtnue tbrown,
'niat ndther or than boUi can challenge me her own ;
YouT ftgurai are butbaae, when they are eet by me ;
For nature In your thapee,DotoTlou<ly did erTj
BuiiklUUl wia In ma, ceat pure orbicular.
Ndt can I bt eomw'd » like to any thing,
By him that would expreat my dupe, aa to a rin* :
Fee nature bent to nort, and varloua In her Cnde,
For In my very midft, there ha ewelling ground,
AtHMit which CcTV' nymptaa danralnany a wanton round
The IHiiiiiig ftlry there, aa on the light air bune.
Oft run at barley-break upon Ihe ein of com 1
And cateblH dnna of dew In their laatlTioua chaaei,
Docasttheliauidpeart InoneanoUicr'ifacH.
What they In largeneia tart, that bear thenuelTEa lo high.
In ny mot pcrftet (arm, aM delicacy, I,
For gTcatnna of my cnln, ud flncncH of my iraii ;
I'hlalile uiice hadi a Tile, that Rln«dale doth nitpaaL"
When more ahe would have aaid, but tuddenly there apruns,
A conBdenl report, tbit tbreuEh the country rung.
Thai Cam her dilntieil flood.^ong linca cntltlailCranl,
WhmefounUlnAihwellcrawn'd, with many an u—'-'-*'
In willing on flir Ouae, ddcrminVI by Ihe way.
To enlert^n her Mendi the Huaei with a by.
Wberefiire lo ihow hereclfere ihe to (Ui^iridn i
Hoat worthy lethal town lo which ihe gl<«& i
Takea in her Kcend head, (torn Linton coming in
By Shelford havhig ilid, which atrali^tway the di
Bright Fhojua^ hti coune^ doth Karcely overlc
Thui fUmliblni her banka : aiaweelly ihedM*- ■
Towarda Cambridge, with Tkb meada laid fbrth
And with the Muso oil, did by tbe way conve
^1 her IjehorefL that lometliliig ahe i
hat concem-d, who ■hiiper'3 in fa
laitberaide)
lo Apollo^a prleati, w
-Jd iha that had been kn|
(Though illenl, in heraelf, yel) leiad al tha wrong
" -> Apolh>;i pi1eeti,_wlth lieavcnly Are InAia^
c a boul, eren In deinlte of he
wling low, her due obedience
" My InTcctlTe," ^ua quoth iheT" I oily ^i
than half dii
, Juatiiy hi
HJ noUe hwt, here in a J
rnUly tsrcL thai '
,^.iinS;.n thiiir;
_aa ll^l upon thfo worldly peir,
"nic chlmneT-iweep, ot he that in Ihe dead of nigbt.
Doth aiupty loathaoneiraulta,niay purchaieall your Tight;
vnien not Ihe greueet king, ahouM he hli lieaaure rain,
Tlie Huaet- lacred glfti, can poaiibly ebUin i
Except that gin Itom Heann, be brealb'd into hii Urtb.
How tianallHy be thoae heapa of rolling mud,
Wfaldi etdy to obtain, ye make your cblefSt good i
Ferhapa to your fond aona, your ill>got gooda yoi' >— '^
Vou lOredVliorlcd are. but they your Iwpeade
Hath walk'd In
blldgedilrF.
I'lobegaalllygml!
Merttbtdihlie, put lu Cam-
pent got In Pi
all, l?nn him
Andalubbeilngly'iatchupainne alight ar '
" — " -' too, Ihal ilrlvc to be Ini
yS'J.'.
« by the Mna
utefttadtbrai
calf-d.
aemdcnfd;
In* thlngi in lerae (tor poetir ui
Itty aSr, Uutbreaka out i^th.
Wbal p^ recka the pialae upon lucb ulica beap'd,
Or en*ia that IhMr linet, in cahineta an kepi t
Though Knie ftnlaillc (Sol pronwre Iheit ragged rhyran.
And do ttanacribe them o'er, a hundred leveial tlmea,
When Ihey lewd beggary tnih. nay very glbb'ilah are.
~' me ttioae linea (.whcae touch th* ikllhii at to pleaHl
wh^do
■lent the perAct man to rev
einreia Ihlnga newreat to Ih
.,.,pqlnt,norneedaheadd th(
" Had C^rpbeui, whcae aweet harp lao mmlcal
itlced tree*, and rocka, la Mhwjoln along ^
t, ^at nought I
jy hb eniielDg
Had he esiopM'd hia Anea, like mmy •
Which to be uadentosd, do take II in
May (Edlpua may Ml, lo know what tl
IfOrphana had aO|4ay'd, not lobe un
Who might han
then, my moat beloved town.
In woNnypoltet^pe, ^ ba Ihy ei
Whcae one hjuid heUt a CIV, the other I
Let Clirha aeek to her, nor
-■ -- - - -,eb«,an
■auaUl,
«yau leait ofall,
TIm^ UUl lo py
Mr CanftirMn i
From Aganlpn^ fiaint, a»d heot-nkiughVHl
Heunt RnduaTlhou mat art the Huaea'
InTTieaialyi and thou, O Pimpla, thai id anmv
They ehoae tor their own hill, Oien thou Panaaiui
Upon wheaa by-clin In, Ihe laared company
About Apollo rit 1 and thou, O flood, with theae
Pure Hefteoo, befovM oftha PierldH.
iin.i.-,^ 1^.1. iw, — 'Bhadei,bebrowhl
With Tempe,lel thy walki, ai
And as your iktloua gIRa upon
Thli aald, the lorely Oranl gl
-nelgbbouting gmuDda, when ai th<
Cantabrigian
joenng « oeneu, UHngDi
er lilenoe >Ih had iBSbTM
thought aunly all
IKyrattequm,
The hone, or other bail, o'erwelghM wllb biiewaaaw
Llea waOowhig In my ftna,h)doTerh«dlngnia;
And In the ntac* where grnwi nnk (Adder for my neat.
The turf whteh beara the hay, ii wond'roui needllil peal :
My run and battnlng earth needi not the pleughnaii^ gula
H^e Hlh which ran in nw, are like (he branched Trim
From the auTTOunding'raerea, n> win Ihe mnuiuPd land,
To thoae choice walara, I moat Ally may ccnpare.
WhereiFlth nice women uae to Man^iheiT baaudei ran
Halh there a man been bom In WM^ thai nerer knew
Of WaletM tha Lame, (ff (h* other o^i-d the New P
The FM Ibdike nearM my mliM, and of aoethci aon,
WboncT Oih'd, or fowl'd, Ihal eannetmake report
Al Ranuey-mcre, and Vji, with the
POLY-
Whlch tbougti KB* pcttT Ua do duUenge them to iK
Thsir own, ttt miul thoM lila Utewbe (ckDDwInlgi- th
id. thu I vin failn tbem Id,
Ith tUIui^ Hud dnp^ to mika BW Bnt compicteL "
FbiB brAe d» oir hn- fpHch, when u ibt HiiK ■ w
' VM fan with iha kite,
tat, iBd •'<■('■ '■ah coangt talc,
POLT-OLBION.
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The tirinUh tfiui droppM down on mine imp&erHd bmut.
And ImtuitlT thnetb to 4lHpl]' unr Iropr^
Onn^l«lmr'd™ ^n.'rey°i«etn™ior<)^mie,' '
llMl 1 IholDd ever cun the dlmniH nT Ihi- iig»e.'
* And,' quoth Ihr ttahei ^ingi *.thB wood-gnd me ■
Aa one diy br iQf bri™* lurprU'd with krve, be «Uiod,
flhould cure chF Htnful itch, ind U»1iiMme]epntj."*
But Uut ih« ii jlttItM ml goodlr HumlnffdOD ^
Proud Paitholm*>,tiutb«ciuiiaunTlili'd with the'ilghl,
That the her Itmber anu ludikxul; doth Ihraw
AboutthDiiM'iwdM, wliDbelngen"
Til* eutb Ibal lurned nood lo jU
Thrnub
Ai haMliic on h« onine, by I!
" >w bnnly ib( bmeirbKwti
-"irihehili- ■ "
BncUey
illnadon inln,
berbw^doUitie
Tbu, Ihii m*. hen end tbtn^ back, fbnnni. In, ud oi
Aodlike ■ winloD (Irl, OR doubHna In ber Biti7
In kbyrintbJIke tunu, end tiriidui Intrlale,
Thmiah thoe* rteb Helde dotli niD. UU lullr, hi bw prldl.
The •hin'i haepttkui Mwn, ibe In Itn mcie divide,
Where ibe her ipaelaui bmM In gtoitsu brewtth Ae;Un>
And tbttIiv her dear fbtm o tbosund mudrr wtjt,
Streiiu (hrDUfb tfacTerdeotneidii but fkiihe huh not ■oo
When Ird, t dear njupta, ttom ShaObrd lanylDi on,
Coniea delUi dandng In Uinuch man* a dalntT lUde.
Crown'd with ■ goo^T bridge, BirtrM at Bloklentad*,
In whoK clear Mb the tun dellfbu ta^u^lo Tin :
To mix henetr wUfa Owe, aa on ihe Ihua dDtb uaka.
And liniiwiT al laat bath faupt to orertake ;
Sha In bar ebtntal arma faar (orotln Oun doth cUiia,
Which flood In her aU*. aa taMI; (lefrlng.
Shooli (Kward to St Neofa, kno tboae n^ier jroundi,
Towaida HunOuUii, and iMtM the In 'd Badlbr^aD bound
Scan* la aha entfad ret ufon thia aaoood (hire.
At UailwHton Dear ^d, th' one aalt, Ibe aUiR (weel I
At b*r flrtt aBUanea, thut hei gnntuna RBlIr pect :
" Onoe ware we two lUr nyiiAh^ who fbitimataty pra*M,
The planaree of the wosda,Bii<lhlthrull]rbcloT'd
or two inch irlnn aade, br bap that fMiod ui hare ;
For thta thdr nlTan UndnoM Ughly bonour-d were,
Wben aw whole eouBtrr'i boa waa fbreMTiand wa
LlTid looaely In [he wellda, which DOW tbut peopled ba
Oft whl^erlng our dear lorca, our thouihtt cA did wa rent
Amonpt the iccret ihadet, oft In the groree did play,
Ott nnnlngly we met, yet coyly thei
StUl lai«iil>h'd in de^re, yM Ui'd w.
thlhtiaHiiS
l^^'^^^Tu^*^
S'hat rracE Ihll (odlT moid) at tbnuah (he qnlni
er hiU abundanee down, wboae nrloiu dyo id
Thai to th* aailnc eya that itandetfa far, they ihr
Like thoae made by lb* uin In Uw eelBllal bow.
Appamlly waa pco*'d by that which did OIliUF,
In ber prophetic aelf, thoH trouble! to Ibraec;
She ihould lh« alory haTC oar clii) flihU to ilng,
When iwelling in her tvnlu, from her abundant q>rlnf ,
Her BOber tjleflce ihe now Tculutdy bFeaka,
In lanauua fitting war. and thui lo purpote taalt :
" With that nwU lUal deld, I will iiM heraliegin.
Where Norman William, diM the (^UEnii, did irln
ThF day at Haulngi', where the rallant MaroM tliln,
Rei|*n'd bli crown, whoee soli the colour doth retain.
Of th' Enf Urii bloDd there ihRl, u ifa' earth ilIU kept the icu :
Amont« oui borne. IbwAt i^a, hath nodcKrlptlon here.
" In Koraiandy nor that, that une daj fWly year,
"nu baMard WlUlam brougfat a eom|Usrt on IhJa lile.
" But Lincoln liuSi ntnr w* aa our flret will Uy,
Where Maud tha emfini* ilood ta try tba deubllU day,
"- - Shore had wditBaarlhrceyoanrelgT
nf AUn, that bnye duke or Bitlain, whom hefrac'd
hth'eariisrKoiMk and NorthaiD^aBy and with Ibeee,
He Hrilant In that wlac, and WatrcD^d lU^iaM;
The other no whil leia, that thla great day might atadi
I^e earl of Aubemerle, and nllant Ipret led.
ThaeDipTaia*_paweraigtin,but In twoequadroni werVi
The*awaid Cbeiter had, and Oloucealer lb* rear j
Then were there rallant Welab, and deaperato neo oToora,
Thatwhenaupp4l#<ahoukl wanLmiahl reinforce thrirpowen.
TbebaHleiJ>Jn,aawben twoadreneasaaradaah-d
Anlnat each others wavea, that all tlkajdalna war* waah^
Earl BaUwIn, and ntimar, thoaa TBliant knlihlB, war* aven
To charge the ampnea^ boci^ aa tbouab diaad Hara had been
Therein two eundiy thapi* 1 tbadayttaatbaauies
Twinkled aa whtn you aae tha aun-beama In a glaa
That nimbly bring alln\^ fli
ando^lEao-^'- —
;^t^3?eE^
^GlTLme
la, that!
h,lheen
aoldlacBBBitoia^erj
By th' eitl of La'tut, bant to oBTi IntaatlD* attl£
For young king Hiikry*a cnua*^, crowned In kla fUnca^ tile i
Wblch to hia Soily ilie rnnoh caia and eOROW btad.
In whoa* dadiBo* then thai aarl bla antigna iiirend,
Bw:k'd In Hugh KnCi power, the earl ot NoiRilk then.
By brjn^iw Id hla aid the reliant Notftilk Bwn.
'Oaluat BoJiun, England'a gnu high eonaliUa, that iwar'd
The royal Riceea, toln'd Willi Luc; Ibt hia aid
Uliii tatllei In m
>, OId'mw, ud jUwML
u incB BL Edmmiill btiBB Urtai
it: tcMh wIhIt ordailv
to DHfl upoB the ibuiCt t
IBUiCTnoaHL
Id FanhuB, (tat KhMU
TlH bcBowiBi ilniiiu bast up ■ Uniadir tor ue shuaa,
ThECniiB|ieur«dtk(ii^aHeail(iul«ul0|^
XJkp wifug ttuus hr fltfl to cHfa«r boft trntaxi
ThB brirtUna ptkc* do duke, to tbmt tMr «a^ ^vi
AU dDadedla i nlit Uwr bwdlr could thsK tlmr.
So ibwIoWd wllta tha ilufta ftfnn dUwr iMc thM ibw.
The vlngi amu wheeUnglii, at Johilii( arvboie hioBL
Tbe tither put on* MB to tiiinbfe ftm Atir hoiMi,
Whlcbaapi)rpuitaroin,iu*pwUKli^wUbilt«aiiadpUa
Left die b^ nuudoa leoac, thtj nlefat dlmok thelf fllH.
TbtbllUiiwi Dana to Morn, tbatwith lb* <«ul tbmAi,
The imind liT mvitM with ml*, ud (bndi of tUttiM iKkt :
The ptalu lika to a Hub. ■"'^'d •«>> "'■a* to bdnU
WlwnlwinodunalodiacnDa bspi li« to be kM i
BKndiwoiUaU«lw*rdldoi — —
Upoa n bwl ■ cwue, O Gout^e iirberia>\l I
Who, had tbjr yiuni bwi, ■■ thou thiadTwu ikiUV
In bran and maitlal AaaU, tbou amiurt bad OOV
Tfata Idi witb thT blfh deA, due Id that bkndv BaM I
But Bigot and tlitt km, InfinM at Inatb to Tield
Them to Hw other pan, wheB on that lUal pbbi,
Of Ih' En^lib aud the Dutch, tn thouaadmi) laT iUb.
" Ai ft* the atMDd light at UmbId, betwixt tbcaa
Who aided with tbe Freneb, Iqr aadiing M dejne
HeDTT,tfaeKmof JofaDtthenrouuend toadrMM*
llie dsupblD Levii, •on to PbUIn king of Fmiea,
Wbkh [JBcotai caatht tbaii ua? ttniflr did bSileiB 1
Aad WUUara UanhaL earl of FeBbraka, ftr blilEML
Slw led the lUthnillor^ altboiiafa io manj IhtnT^
Id the caWHct daliwot tuten piMiKien mre)
Tel but Ar a idriiIi^ bo Md arft">ad MM,
■Moult our aet battlai ber^ na; BO WBir dA a right
•■ Ae Md at Lena tben, br on third HtuT IWuhL
Who Edttaid blatn*e ho unto that csBdlet bnuAti
With Wobard, then the Uof of AliaaiB, abd bli eon
y«ing HvUT. *>*■> null lonU aa to hia part be wom
With biBi theh aoraralgB llw, tbeto braa that dtint mi|i|
And tbe rebelUoua laagiia of the proud bannaaB.
Bt SiiDOB Uoantlbrd, wl of Le-iMt, tbelrcbfef hea^
ADd th' tail of Glo^Mt, Clan, actdnet Uu Itair M|
».. .^, — ._ . — . — ^ ,.-. -ounj-a^ u^ tg „^
Tbe afien to sonlK who tnnbled all the lai^
millit n« tlili ifmiftil iTtj tluli iimt ilial| waBi
Ficu EdwanL tbe *oanf priBeit '■"■BCM txn eeM
To UouBtftH^ Tauant io^ kn Hearr, Bbl tnt Ovf,
ADdcaUliiaiultobliBaba^«nthha,'nT ^
Tg th- earl of La-rtcrl t«Mi, aad pubttdat ptKUB
DadaDoa to Ua ftea, and to the MoairtRKdl nnoa.
And ear to hia pnud aoDa, ear boUlj tbua ftamt b» i
That If tber be ttie aau^ Ibat thar would MOB to b^
Now Ut then In thafcd be ta tbalT baa&jDlb kwnnt,
Wbere, aa I Hake no doiAt, thelTTalDur iball ba rfwwB ;
Which If tber dara to do, aind itUl uphold their prWe.
" Td ^inB ihar tbiH replj% 'Tell that braranun of bo*
-— '- ^' -Ti th-heal ofaB tbaO tnf^
A> bla, nil arsM *• ftntui and ba iball dad ow Mead
BoU at ■ dear a rata aiili : aad If wt lUl.
Tell Mb wen bold io taV bla oiawn iball B wtthaL*
*■ The king UUD tbna Oghti ble IMsn doth dMda,
or vUeh Ma prioaalr eoaTlba tanid had •• gaUa :
IHa •aoand to tha Ung or AlBab, and Ma HB,
YooBB Hour, ha betook. In (ha third IMea
Of kd^t^ and Ben of arBa, la pem be anaan,
■■ lata Ibut ataBal flghti, Aa datvoata haniBa thaira
1> tb> Ont tboaa TBBant TonttL the una af latter, cin^
OTITIC of the which, kedHBirT bad the DBBie :
Tbe earl of Okrtder htoorirt the (CEOod tattle oo.
And with Urn the kada Hoiniiebtwr, •■d FitaJohn I
Hm tbtad wtatealB alena tha LoBdooiai ware plac^
TbeitoatkrdSHrBTaledj the gnataat, and ■■■- >-'
Bian LataaWr bbiMdi; intb ceumaa undert
Ttaa Jay upon the bit attytadh JMt'M,
U thoufb It with the TOir, I
■rlacaE&ydaii h faM, a>
■t aMghtadhXiih took,
fiack, Sdr Int enonier ga
W0«<Jo*a bad keen:
UEooiBlobaawmieeo,
iw. If Ji' wort of death tbargoi
a ieoiM nvrtag to and Ha,
lewd, toMher thoT expMi
Eaflvh : he woundsL doth retln
prlaea (la *ahH> l^iba dif.
It Aedi exari, ee ba, at (bar,
eiwud caned Edward tha FbiL
To then itaM hk baa^ hi) gUitlIng bladabe thNBL
Thar waft bin Mtb tbdt twoid), atlcng wkb aaod Aawt:
Mow Haur, aiBHn tbi^ and than tha ToHBgaM buy.
Kept bj hb brotbae^te^, Ihw MoutI* dath reply,
"iTnl tliiiiiihlliiliiil iiiiiiii liil iliiiha aY*B.
But 1 win bmk Myawonl ivoB hti phoned hetan.'
With whom two ot
To bdng hIa Rireea up te cbaige the LoadoBan,
T- whoB oval bate be bua^ and Mnlng with Aatr SaiK
or bean-araiad fbM, wlib bl> light Botthern hetar.
He putUDg them to Bigbt, four mllM In chaie IheB ikv:
But ere he could rctom, the cooqueat wtwUy drew
Tb tbe •unit banu-dde: hl> Mbcr Bed tbe fldd.
Into the abbey thert ecaatralned tbtnce te yield.
Tlie lonta PItcwam dalB, and WUton, that wai tb«
Chief Jiutlcc^ (aa HBe Hy] wltfa them Ore ibouHiid mm :
And Bohun.ilut gnat airl oT Her'Aird. oreithmwo.
With BardiMe, BoBcrT, Palataul, and Faitla known.
By thtlr coat annouii they, hr baroDt, priunm ta>n i
nioogb HcniT won the nown, grtat Leruei yet did rdca.
" Mow Rir the eoDWct Dext, at Cbtatarfeld that cbiocU
><MnK Ri^eit, that proud carl of Derby, who adnno^
HIa cnaUm lalBat tbe kiog, (cgalmy to hit oathl
part, Wiethe lom DeuelL bM
ry prince of Alnialn, with bla j
Surprla'd by Henry
By eoB^ng at lo idaui
And taking thai uBarB>d; tine* BHtdy a delbaL
•^•ifh mirrrll nrlrril BihV irnrlllnnt hfin iriiirf
" Hie (Ual battle then el hrdle EuahaB itruS.
Tbeugh wltb the ditMme handL Dot with the aeltniBa ba
F« both ttaa king and prlnec at I«w<a ptl««iB» takoi.
Bit ftatuDe wen not yet lo utterly foraaUA ;
that the pchic* waa got hon Xe^iter, and doth galhii
u — 1. ,_• — J .. »ieB Ha Ibtbef 1
tbaHouBtlM^it
Dl^rae>d,ea
^OD DDwaoMkvd^ wddTute BTLafa wonlba day,
VntU Ae Hng iboukl ytdd tta-^*ohanei to aJmln,
ELig Ilnry and hii ioa, prfaica fidwaed, ewora ^BiB,
Ther would repeal tboee iBwo Uut w«a at OaftKd utf^
Or tbro' lUa bteedy war la ibiii daalmcttaB wndfi
Bulitaioa the klBf re^dnV In puliwit Le-Mer'i powai,
Til* ntBiMM of bla Men*, wbcai death did Kot derov.
At Lewai' battle late, and dura Ui part paitak^
Tbe prince eulita wnln, on amy up lo laate.
Whom K«ar HaoLari tf No^lk, dotk awlat,
EnahradTUgh HBnhal then, end that peat BarUalM,
OldHmry Ailmn. aarl of Her^lbtd, In JUa war,
OiBT, BoBit, and BolntJabb, Uilo, Pwi!ir,lailBiij *
With muiy a kBigbt ft* power th« eoBal ereiT »ayi '
And wniivn ValMOi. eaH of FeBbtBJeTwbo b^ Ad
Fnm Lews' dtM to Fnu than adth frab HoaK ipdl.
young Hiunpfaiy BohDB atm doth wHh great Lx't^ n
Wbo Ibi U> country'! cidh hecosa hi* Ufaer'i ftc
FltaJotan, Ony, %eDow, Miang^ Btmn, So^bnt Twief,
Wake, LjmTVlpiiDt, Vaui, Clare, MarBtan, tliillw
ratalSht,
lUltta'aaatrarrtBlelB^toaetlhvbleadyeai
•• BhiU Aouti^ and daadiT (flM aaolt way tha ^ diA
And not a ward WB bwd AoB eilber nd^ biB • UB:'
TbeBtlbir^lniltbeaaa.thahnMbaT'^Matf'-' — "-
With glaaia^ ewoidi^ bU^ aod (Ikaa, wan
Tbe (U> hmnleaa aaa aaoae nrMted
Whilil la hti BMle^i gore Ih- umetvKd
wdnuwLb)
'eatLa^iKi
I wcHDBa broke, d« 01
Ia>b7iri(hl*a)ne.dc,
Great Loiter tbaia antPd, wkh Hafrr, hl> bnaw 10*
When raanr a high eipMi they In that day had daMB
Bean* WH &Mn uhle bona, of wUeh ihaa* tlBMaeaa
■f,OBttatLar ,
, BM,thZtfaenl«biap>l«Bpi«t
Jid Beam^aBpa wn, BaatL aadlfdatflBi
8vni«,awiaBlM.JoiMaeek,up*nfbacadafall,
irdMUib
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WbH H tht MnUon hdn gf iha Moul buon dead,
Wlw, fin UidT aoBntrj-i cMU^ tbdc blood It Suilum ilwd.
Hot d>la to cndun Uw SpfBMn* luMlU nid^
Tlw blbcr ud th* Km, wtaoK couuek AcDdM |qU«
Th- Incaniidnate klnc, anhrring b1] hk cnca
Oa tboB who (ot ill gUto, nv) tmi^ wid kU ill pUcca,
for vm-rmumt wuni I
WbidiiirtuloDhr.i
ADdftnai '
"Upon!
«T had put to dcatta btAhrt.
iHWth lo opn am tlwT I"^
MT up tk«ir povcn du — '—
ja^jIMUEiteaJ.
■^SST?4i
atCliflbid,tliatai
Vu Tbonailof the blood) the eail aTLaocaMer,
'nnth BiBtT Bofaun, tail ofBonftad, hU nn,
WHh «h«B (gfnoaC coDmaul and maitlalUU] th
IiTI*! IlarcTi utarllle. Tali, Baaeh, Bndbuisa,
With BMa*HaT,aiid Bard
Tochat, and lubot fUnt, do he t
Mwidulia, and HiwbnT, wUb ■»
With UiaaavgMalaD Hi^, and HnnwiiuMU^:"
'--■'- D^^, u Audley, Etaaahit^^ Wlthit,
oa, knlfhM, •aqniioi, ombodlad alllowthv,
upoB Tnat whg haTlsa fMlMir'd taoul,
^ allhkapDiRrlGakii«ln-—
approadi lupoo hki manb) <
, _ tlilipiivM'thtbtldMhiurf
Whkh ha, ^ (tmiia anaiill. aaaaya ftani than i
Whan ai a SMdy liht doth loUantly begin,
When be, to beat ttaam oir, Hia^. them flnt br
tber uabut hU pi
:h hvj w atiwu an
naiaSMdrllhl
_nbe,tobauttaein.., ,.,
Id tber, to maketbat noiLwbk
And Oton wtth the lll^ Uke ba
In,
>eAnd them wtth the llE^ like bailMona ,.
'roD cnaa^MVL Mid thekoB, the ll|jit-*lD|'d un>n Bt :
inl Mended with tb* lood, the banwa bold Aelt Mrcogth,
'atcliK the kin* br boat!, aBd^aoafvoDdiit luiHth,
- .»~^ IS land Ui ftwce upon the — -■"
ni, that tbe Dore hia •toatai
_a .1. 1- >^^ BtraMB, wt
ladbetdacth
Mi.tbSnf
(Tnihla ■ llttla t)i
u^lhatnHibkd flood,
inia iBor aJM^iS uT, tM^nJ^ valbeuell'd.
While at Ibe &ld(e the Bcbt aUU atna^lT do£ lUda^
Tlw kinc had leunM to know, Ihat b^ a ikiirul (uldi,
HebyalMil MtlhtBlfhtpaaa hit power or hone,
Which qiileUf beniriiinu, which draie the banoa' fOnn
From the delHidedMdi^ f aflVont tb' apnoacbing ttm,
EDilialtelUnc tbenadna, whan la the ahock Ibn 10.
(On botb iUm to awU^ HQ th' water and the ihore
OronecDmplulon were, diitaln'd with equal tore.
Oft fisG'd to ahang* their dghti, bdng drtren tna thd
That whan, fij their Biuch Iota, loo weak thoatdret the
And addom '■apat a dar, bnl be doth cbane their nai t
TUI oBne to BurroiighJai£l|L wban tber too toon win ttaj>l
Bt Aodnw Heftier, —6 (/CwltaK 'Ith fWh aid
Balrii lately tUtker com^ Uai EdwBd-t part to like.
The Earona iaa(* tbota' adta^AU good tbdr gieud to make 1
But with ki* maichaiA^ UMlr weariad hreMh Ihej dnw.
After the dcep-nfM Bgtat tbe tun iet e« B<-
Boiia Bobnn there wai ilaln, andlADoailer i
OtWaaaiotyittaimWi; ttaeb
' For Iheae rebdhona, lUn,
In Rlchaid Bounfeami^ reign
AetbWtte Inl br Strew.
Br enfilnf London, tb
TIw lnt(?wblBh the ]
, dMt MM, tiN
BrlititK'lcd AOBl,&alT_,
inaieirtfaecoMeaa'klng,lnhop
The lanirT ftoB tboi* par& hr the
B|r tCatbca?abUop (tbaal oTNni
Bt toeb iiiiiiilj alalia tiylllitl In
By TTioiaafc that itout dnke of Oto'eter. itronglT oe .
At that M Badnt brktab where tbe kHt a«Kd pev.
With Ibur bran aailt t, hit fi liiala. iiiniiiiiMai'il TliJirrt Ti
TImb duke or Inland all'd. b* Kldiaid eocnmad.
Aiui ^nlpat tboee .hMb malnain'd, wbooirlher uoet ^m
Nor ordered il^!w^in\MMi oreipaK
" I cfcm* the battle next (f aiu*wi*arT to ebant.
Betwlit Biurjr Uw Fourth, the tea of Jriin ef Ohd^
And the itout PaeeleL HeuT Hotqm and bb ana
Tba (Ml of Worfter, who tbe rlgbtftil dladon
Hill Henrr
"■ ■-ing ,__
pTodaiuied
m Owen Olenilour
And HoTtlioeT tfom
wan. Hid Ihui £^ plot (he; laid.
Its Wala, along at Seveni went,
I, that hiy berond the Trent ;
JUS the Kutfa tabahUaharoi
aflng ItLatd, doth for the war prepar^
leahue makeo (where gathering poiF«a they
With him bit pcctleii ton. the prlncelr Henif, camb
With th' earl of Staflbrd, and ofgentlemen orname.
Blunt. Shnltj, ClUlna, nun thai lerT poweiAi] were.
With CtAignt, Calierlr, Ifaaai, and Uaithna,
OauieU,iind Wendaler, all In IneDdi and tenanu ttrmg,
RiKrtlDg 10 th* kiDf itlll at ha pHoU aloBg -,
Which In the open Bdd beftn the ranged Bghla,
He, with hit warUke ion, there duhbU^ maSden kalgkta.
"^Tb' aail Douglat for ttaii daj doth with the Pucia Maud,
Td wbom tbaj Btrwiek aav^ and in Kotthunbarland
Borne telgnlDAaa and haBL If the* the battle tot.
Who biouibt with h^uadd nmmanr as angry Scot,
AI Holndn battle late that bdv orartbiowD,
Xqw on the king and prlndehoii'd to regain tbeir own t
With almcal alTttae power of Ckeahlra got together.
Bi TenaUca (there gnat) and Vernon muitelM thither.
The nwud dfibt fmf, gnat StaObid loak to guide ;
The vawaid at the lor^ upon the otbas tide.
Condtled nioatarScoti,wblehJi>jnliu, made inch jpoU,
Ai at the flnt coatndn'd the Enclbrto recoil.
And alutl hnke their luki.wlilch wh« king HetUTftiBB^
BriuEliig hit battle m to rdubrce tbe gmiDd,
The Ferclca brtng up thdra, agidn to make It god
Tliui whllit tha Sthei boat la oppaaltian itooT
Brave Douglatt ■ with bli apura nit furlDtia co
Hit UiDcc aet la bli reat, when deaperatelj be brake
In, where hit ere beheld th' ImpeAal niAn pgbt.
Where Koo It waj hit ehauee, upen tb« king to light.
Which In hLi hilt career he (Mb hta nnraeT threw i
Hie n«t ilr Walter Blunt, b* with thne otbat tlew.
But after when bewwliiekliiihlnudf remounted: '
• Thii hand of mioe,' quoth hl^ ' Ibut ting) thla dtf hi
■t DougUaa' TaSanid
with bit high deeda In
nd through well dtnge
titUI the peo^ cried, • APenj Eipliucel'
Ke king, wliteb^taw then thne, or nerei to adranca
It ba^e Id tha flild, whidi neat turn hlu waa won.
Who bzaririj ccnlog on. In hope to give them chaie.
It cfaaoc'd be with a fbin wat wounded in the ffece i
Wbom, when out <if ttaeflaht, hit ftlenda would bear away,
■ Thne nerer ahaU report, prlnnHeuT left the'fl'eld.
When Hairr Ptercr atald,^la tnlfrout tword to i^ietd.'
Now rage nod aqual wmnili, alike inlamt thdt Uoodt,
Met hi aome nanow arm, thouM-rlv at ther would ■bUTo
The kliuhittniit>rout foil, baftirehhndown doth bew.
And with hit htnd^ that day, near forty partent alcw i
When mngueit wholly tuna to h>a TietoAoua aide,
Kla powar aumuidhu all, Hke ta a fuiiout tide I
TBat Mean Holnvdiad upon the cold earth UaL
Stout Weedier taken wu, and dou^t; Douglaat Blea.
FlTetbouandftom both parti left dead upon Ihegmond,
'HougiC whom the klBg^&t IMcnd.gic^ataShiJ'a cina wM
And aD the kidghti there dsbb'd the mmilng but baliin,
Tht nantDg^ um behtld lh*n iwdter'd In uialrBn
Of which eul tacT bad the greateet managing.
With the loid BanUk thei^ igidBil the oowiiT>a powat,
Faat claniiBg la bit fHoMI. (ran W hit uuwat hour :
In Flauden, Frane^ and Walia, who baring been abnad
1 MigauBtInc It tha nuia,
mldUyinlrltaallrootaddlit remain.
By Mi loo much defhul^ whom be Imnited alatn
At Shnwibun bafoi*, to who« If b* Bad broKght
sup^H, lihaf bloady dlri^ whan thqi aobrantjr (fiuibQ
They lurely It had won ; for iriilcfa to make ■™«w^,
Being fUinltbed with men, aaooait hit ftnign ftlandi^
Bt Scotland anlai'd hen, aod wlOi ■ *lo1enthiiod
Van thoae caatlu lala-d within Nonhunditrland,
mt earldoBw which the king, (who much bit Duth did &K
Had taken to hlnwir, and put^D people out)
Tomid mkihlr* mning on, when (won npdd bit i
Which, Uw' it mn, IndHiLa long ind uonal light.
aere thit cuurutoui nr[» All hopa there mlnf pigft,
AraonaM bit nuiitherM trorn (enn) roughl it to the lul :
Yet An U wu uhleT'd br multitndei of men.
Which Mth Ralph flsIub)rniK,theiih'r)a'ofynlulunth«B,
No wdl bnportbonM flfht, wcwdeicTlpclonqait,
Amonnt our flunoue fleUi i nor wlU we here tdmll
ThitwtlulnketarilCidee, ud hli rMILoiu crew.
In Kent iDd SuiHH nliM, « Se'no^ fliht Ihu ilew
The SUflbrdi wltli Iheli bdwm, that thither bin pumi'd.
Who twice upon Blie£.heuti, buk-d with t£e comaaii
Encuap'd a^lrift tbc klna ; then goodly London took,
Tikere T'HUiminff lome Ti{:h, uid up the nruont broke,
HU aeuiui >>«>i|7 "lU, "" l>w that did pirfer.
And forcM the kin^ to flight, hii penon to *ecure,
Tbe Htue Mdniiti nut h^re, t nnte » ItoHire.
'* Bui brlnn that bUtle on or that >onj[ dreadnil wu.
Of thoKtwohouKenun'diif York and LuKutei,
Rkchaid then duke of VoriC and HeniT eall-d the Staitb,
FAT tliat Ul gotten crown, which him nil nandiire* lert,
ThU likewiie with bl> IIA, he fma king ftlchard nft.
When undertiaad the duke doth but ptoowte hii cUiiiv
DRAYTON.
He cau'd a mgtil or •bifti to he dticharged flnt.
The enemx who ttKotfit that be hid done bit wool
Andawudli bud Bbl In a d_L
Vi Fendnvke, gnat — r -. — .-^-,,^
With DeraHhri*, DoneL WUL and Bene NDTthumberlai
Vllh flidiejr, Berni, and Ron, three banm with the reet,
When lUcEiaiddukeof Yotk, IhetinrehlnjinomtbewctC;
'Dwardi whom, whilit with hiapawerklnglteinTftinnrdML
JnluckllTae'lfaaiip^.lhnU Saint AlbaD-anet;
Vhere tailing iw Che ItieeC, the bulUlngi them endoM,
Vhere .Aront doth iniwcr front, and atrength doth ■tmgth'
Whilit iike two mlghljwailft, til erench to other itand,
ilW 'oa benpi the mangled bodiH II* :
ro with the unwleldj thnul,
.... •Up;'?"*-
tncheeiM;
. ikhaUigMthegoal) thekiDgstnUIMiiiken,
ita a oottaHgol, a woflupriaoner taiifli.
" The baaie of Blore-hcath, tlie place doth next auppliF,
will Bichard Vrrll, that gnat aari or&aidniir,
. ha with the duke of Yoik, h>l at 8^nt AIbu^ IiI^
And Amea lord AutlierititTM t^ IhntreveiwefU] queen,
To rtop hlD OB hie wai, Ibt the tnTetenle iiileeD
She ban hho, ft> thai itiii he with Iba Yotklata held.
To pa^wfth the king] tfae'quemttritiae^ liT
In atafilliidahlie. and thought ts atop htan on bU wajr.
That tallanl Tncbel itln^ In Chcdiln poweiflil then,
T' iBVoot Un In Um OeUL who* Chiabli* gnrtlmta
Divided wne. th' one pari nado Tallant Tuehei Mnaif ,
The other with the en) me aa he oaaia along,
Encanplnghoth their powen, dhridtd b)r a btook,
Whencv the prudent eait, thu ititng advantag* tooll :
Then mal^ig 41 Iwlth ipHd] be Beaut ta march iwir.
Attempt to arada the brook, he wbeeliiw [aooDl about.
Set ficRcly on that Bart, iriilch then were paivd ovor;
Their Menda then fnthe rear, not able Id reemer
The other ttnng bank, to lend the raward aid.
The earl, who ibund the riut take right that he had laid.
On thaag that tbrward preia'd, u Iboie that did recidl,
Aa hungry In remge, there made a nicnoui rpoll :
There Dutton Dnuon kllla ; a Done doth kill a Done 1
A Binth ■ Booth 1 and Leigh by Leigh liDvertbrown;
A VenaUea-agilmta Venableedoth atand;
Anontbeck IMiteUi'wIth a TToulheek hand to liaud 1
llKn HoBneui doth nuke a UolineuK to die.
Aod Egenon. the Hrength of Eierton doth trji.
Of which the greoteatput were naturally thine own.
Th* Bovt kirdAudleT ilain, with nan/ a captain then ;
To Saiirinc; it aoiti the palm awajr to bear.
" Then hir Notthan^iioD nnt, thy battle
Which of th-imperiMwr- ■—•-<—' — >-- ■
mSam
rdcarlcfHaRh, Kn lolhedu
nth Warwick, In that war, who ael then ill at work,
knd FUooohridge with Um, not much unlike the other 1
Vho to the Yorfclata- cJm.TmdeTermm been uw.
Ai wllUoglr to glre full flekLroom to hii Ibrce,
Doth PHI (he tTrer Nen, Dear where it down doth run
Fmnhlallnt RiuntalD'i heed, linear la Hanlngion,
Doth there encamp bli power ; the aail of Mirch who
ToprofebydlntivawDn, whoihouldcMaih thadav,
Fnm TowccaEcr tradn-d on hie powen In good irraT.
nia nwanl Warwick lad, ((riien no attnipt conk] Ai
Themkldl* March htauetf, and Fikonbrldge the nar.
Three houn asent had got, the dreadful Bgbl begon
By Warwick, who a ilnit ftom rboount Beaumont to<
DeAatlnr hlin at liet, Icr which he quidil; bnikc
In, on th^ imperial ban, which with • fbrioua chargK,
He (Orc'd upon the deld, Itaelfmore to enbirge.
Now ^igllilti bowf, and billa, ant battlkuea walk.
Death up and down the HeM In ^ullr eort dMh atalk,
March In the dow«f of youth, uEe Han himaelf doth I
DM fin hin what he wo^ that whereeoe'er he got*,
Down like ■ Ibrivua Mono, batore hba all he tbrawi :
So ahrcwbury again of TUbot'i nilaM etaaln,
(TbatlWilicauiieafFmael aa atontly doth oabittf 1
The lart* of the khig ; n prlncetr Sennet,
WfaoB th- others kdchtly dMd^ mre MgerlT doti) 1
BeuaupwiatheDuahi; by ■«■«( appeal]
At Iml kbig Hmit^ boit being m three pam eBchaV
And alda atUI eoailng tn upon the Ynklile' aide,
Th* Hunmer being then afbcl^ or all bar pr^
Uw huibaadnan, then hard upon hli barvot vai :
Bat yet the eocki of hay, nor ewathi of new-dtom grai
nothing Gu
tupoulh*
rtntbeetreamcrfiiaix
lie king, InfiinM again la
rakeSeU battle neU, we I
J — <^i . um to thai-.™
Fought In mil
AndRlchanli
WhoaSaileMi
The mouth of .
aorae fcw eeleetied Welah, I
Where thoae two grcMlbom dukaL
I poweia, with which petooe Edward otne :
at ra*l, themen of BoWeat none,
ircntJnm dukaLwhkh atili hli right peefer
— W..W. u..vw.«at. and princely Eateter,
The earl of Wlllahin itUI, that on bla part Ruck cloae :
Wnh thoae two nUanI peera, laid CUM, and laid Boil
Who Dade their iHi^iftem York to WakeMd, oA their
liom at hie (rery) 1U4 Into Uw geld tbey daiM,
BOH Inag eipacUd pawen not fnlly tk*w |w^iar>d.
Iiererore that pulnant loinl, by ipcedy ama^^nw
I tenantaand luch frienda, aa be that time cosld get.
POLY-OLBION.
m h* Mfbt ftoB tb* •gwUi b« •MOsJ
Ai In fate Bwnu Mlde, dMkialDt Ml
Sd oftoi luU IS hIb, h* HTer Uiouabl
" The EctnK wbkh ■HDinnk'dtll'tDaHad dak* taflfht,
ni> mlD biniilUn twit^ £ Budil-i Mt^ iMit,
Id whkh be, ud Ibi dute'i, wen HeB In lUthclr prid* 1
And uyotk'ip«nnih<Hild|iaH,lw bud on either iM*
Tm vliici In (BbOih laid, ir£lch U the pin (Hiio'd
Hli rwrffird <tifiBM ^■ii'inBfc irbirh, ■■ ■ th^nj iflnn'rij
JufteaugbtHbefaeefluti or urce hit amy ccoui
Tnai the dasnidlH iw^ aod thil bli nttlliu diBiu
EtelM bla nu ta&tw* i nw WUublr* with fili Ann
Which wen «rU(fat.uB'd Aot,aul RoH with kli ll^l boi^
Cme In upni tbdr bnekb u Aon ■ BouaUJn thnwi.
In Biinhir to Ibe dBhe% bj b*lu ftw IB HMi
EnBHiHut drwolT«,wbcndeyh]rdiu»h»ecaii*ht
A besM out ifthe bard, whldi lung Umetber bare Hu^t
Vpm bkm all at ence cuuianuoilT do (et.
IDb fa* Ib« deiriin MBK, «UB b)r the Suit da (M 1
Sooe eUiiblac taU> can, do neter leave Iheli bold.
Tin UUni on tba rdudI Ibey ban taha ai tber would.
With mnr of bh Elad, Alcb^wkn ha lu-d u wend,
Tbiu on their ftiei they OH, i^down the Y'oikUti All i
Rod ■lavibler Id her anna encontpaMelh them all.
The Dm oTaD (he flfhti in ttala unnatural wu.
In which bUadyortuneiBiird HI mllil Lancaatei.
" Here RIcbanLdukeorYork. down twiten.hmth'd bit leat.
And SalUniT nkxii with conquoi itUl tbal pua'd,
(A ehlU leuce cwelia yean old) tty Olflbrd tl
Who whilit be thouEhl wlib Dan fall iwe to
Bv him wu aniwcr^ thua, ' Tfav Atbet Eatli I
And to hli blood (Touna - ' "'■ '
And •tabb'd hint to tbeGi
The YorkUtl Id the field on hma togethn tlaln.
The gnat aod andent nana of tb' Enyllih HoiUiner,
Hi* next aball beie ban plan, bctwlat tbat Edaatd 1
EDtHled tail of Uireh, (mcnaefUl])' that eoucht
To wnklili hther^ btood, alWakeBekl lately (bad.
But then he duke oTYoiMiii bthcr beiii* dead)
And Jaqier Todoc eu< arPeaibrake, in Ihli wai,
That itood Co ondetfirDp the home of Lanoaiter,
Hair bnCher to the Elni, that iDove ■" hold hia rrnsn
mih W11ldilre,<>lxaelildi prowcv:
Tlie YofkWi- nellins piiSi In tlut i
Hie duke^ woe Maiden nun
And Bieeling on the TJaIn, trr
(For wlielv tber iiurvey'd the l^thlon of tl
liwy Into one main flih»tbel[ either Aire
Whan to the duke al Vork (hlj i^rlti ai t
iieTlke.^ftcT it fell «i^
Kkfli thpj- IV^'
tree and dtidljflg
or We:ib and liiih an;
'aa to be taken then i who thie Founc
naauDetaaenineai i
OnKatherinethehrii^t
When iMnly 11 ibouU icoia, the tenliu oT the place,
The Trry none of Hareb ahouM gnllr tkran tlieie,
A title to thtaniincedcrii'd rroin UmtiniR' :
To whm Ihtt IrophT lear'd Ducb hunourM had tba vAL
The VnkliCi her* enrkhV with the Lancaibrlan (poll.
re Owen Tudor'i lot
Eriniith^ M)^t oiiain, Ae MUi kloTHcDir^ brid^
.. u» L», UDtlraely dead, tblaOwen bad aOyd.
Butheapriionerlhen. hloonand Onnondfled,
At HmiAid waa nade the ibortei ^ tbe bead I
When thli moat waiUke duke, In bonour of that ilan.
Which of hb food aoBCH to rifhtlT did diTlna,
And tba«kAil lo hlAh heafan, wbiu ofbia emae had can
Three aun lOc bla dcVln jtlltin bb cnalni bare.
- Tbi Mcond batlla now, St. AOam-^ ""^^
Ta'en prtKnai al that toon, wbnlbere Aoae Mctlona ftiuiht.
Whom now the part oT Ywk had IhithaT with lh«B broutlil,
B> Tlionai HowBid dnka at NoiMk. and the head
or that proud dction then, itout Wuwlck itlU that nrwrt.
Tho'itlllwitbrieahtupplleiftciDherinainbaltlefMi '
Whan tbey their courife hw ao little them to stead,
QelDded by the kwi ckivxtance of their aid.
By paacBfee loo itrAL and clo« anbudnnenu Hai'd :
Their euccoun that fcrealaw'd, to dWht lhe**el>ea betake.
Whan after tbcca aaain, web >peed the nonbem make,
Bdnc Mhnr-d wMTlbe ftiree oi tb^r main battle litnu.
Ilul thli dlaordaiM rout, Ibea hitathlcai men anoiw,
ney enters Warwitrk-e h^ irtilch nth iodi bcnoi Mniek
llie aouth^ that CKb man bcnn about to lod
A way how to tacaiie, that when great Noifiilk ervM,
'Now at jou hTour Voik and hit Jut caUH, abid&'
And Warwldi In Ihc ft«l eren oObM tohare itood.
Vet neither <^ them both, thould they hare neDI ttaeir Uuod,
CouM make a nun to lUy, or lootTupon a fiie :
Wbete FoitBBe, It abould acatn, to Waiwlek meant to ibow,
Tliat ihe thia tide of hli couM turn a bene'er ihe wouW.
" Thui when tbey aaw tbe day wai to » lltUe told j
The klnc^ which (fia their «ndi) tbey to the AM badbnught.
Behind Ihen there they leave, but aa a thing of Bought,
Wilchieit'dthemtanoute: who whoBliltqueeoand ton
Then Anind in Korthlk'i tent, the battle beiog done.
With oiany a Joymi iht, each other tbey eBibrace7
And whliit Uiml Fortune lookM with lo weQ pleai'd a Ace :
T^ieu- iwotdi with Ihe wann Mood of Vorkini to embru'd,
ftiei but lateli ged, eoutageouily punu'd.
- Dwfonaweth lhatblacktcene,bameupiowoDdnHithlgh,
Thal^but a poor dumb ihow befbre a tratredy,
_ _ , jlon. Id the ijEDOd PaluttundaT nicnt on thee,
AflVlfhl the future liDce, when the; the Mute ibaU bear
DeUverilaotoIheni and i« the aibet then
Ariae out oTtheeeRh.'ai they would'lit^^iin."'
To tell the maD-IOLC deedi, that bloody day were wrought
In Ibal mott lUal (leW, (with variou. Itotunet fought)
Twill ^ward duke of York, then late piocliimed king.
BnnietUii
King Edward froDi
TheniKer crowned
Fraa Pomfret (wbt _ _
O'er AieiatrenybfMi
Lord Fltawalticr, who itill tlie Yorkittt' power auMa,
Bioui^ Wenlock. Dinhaoi, kolghti ipprovni manialiitt,
Hit true at powerfljl Itlend, die great KoTthumbcrland,
Dukea of the roval line, hit talthful Keni that were.
And unia leai tban Ibote, Ihe eirl of Deionihire,
Tl- lord Daerea, and iordWrilt,both wIk and warlike wighl..
With him of great coBuaand, ticvtl and TVolop, knightt.
'■ "-►■ f- "~ on fist, and oi their wiiT^et tenb,
Etouth, kisgHeoiy Itooi the uoith.
Dg doth prepaxatlHi make.
Be lay) the ^nage flrit lo take
. -^vw^ KK..«<nj «,uu|i 01 hit wpll-f heteb fHcndt,
J nuke that patiage good, when InitanUy began
lie din end om'noui ilgnt, the ilaughter that [inc.raD,
or valiant Clitnnd there, liimecirBiliiaTely quit,
lorn the Laneaitrian power, with tali light troop or liotir
Andeerlylntbemondcballngoftheirfivre,
The lord TItiwaltcrilew, and thai bnve hetlard too
Orsatitbury, themKlvn who Into danger nin ;
For bring in Ibelrhedi.tuipecllng nought al all;
niouat their mlv^veniVI trcopa, unannnl luthing out,
y CDniTd'i loWact mxn ancompeaied about,
nin* BdtRBbli ilain : which Whenaieal Warwick bean,
.1 he had IHt hit heart trcniperaed through bit ran,
B EdwanL mad with lage. Immediately be goei,
.nd withdittracledeyea, in nsoetitem manner ^owt
be tiiughterofthoiekfdti * Thit day akaie,' quotli lie,
'hen toon bdbrt the hott! hii^itteiing iwoni hr drrir,
nd with reienlleM handi hK inlghlly rournr ilew,
rhen iland to dk,' quoth he, ■ who raei-nrtli not to n v j
hit day iliall Ed»B»l wId, dt here thali Warwick die '
" Which wordt by Warwick inoke, lodendy •con'il liiillne
-benuchdlitempcT*dbreatloriliBtcovnigceiit king.
That tlralghl he made proplalm^, that every lklDliu?hrait
Fnm blimoivcd hint had Ihsnceto druail :
And lha« that >ould abide the baurd of the flghl,
lanb aiHt tttlct due to their dnrrvni liglit ;
undred thouiand men in t>Dth theamiirihi(H«l,~
t nalke EnglUfa were : O worthy of your bkiod
b« trembUng Uf^u!ivilT>
nnicn luannii; ■■«■>, but tunliu oTjiluIcy^
li nnlibed iinr, « dotfa u wmimi gHdc,
Thii wlth^ nice K touch th' borimn'i dther ride:
&itliroufta tlwiiiKiteiirdiutifmiiiiiiin.uidMlinnnili'^
And bnMi sf heiw Mid »«, thM tac^^ntbn MH>il,
Thn (plmdour ofSwIt umi dutti by raltctlni nin t
Till beau of dylni nn, mill thoae almdr dHiL
Much hludtrVf Ihoa would ehug«, and letted tben tlul lad.
Beyond all wonted b«ind^ tlidr n« n Ur extendi,
I'hsL MUen nlfht bc(<H, befln* thjlr tarj nHb.
Ten hoMn tfaU Aghl cndiirM, wtkLlst itlll wKh nuiderli
Eipwiiiigtr -'- ■- ■■-
New bnila m» Ixgun, new «rtiU IhM newly woud
Till the lAncHtdan pirt, by tbrii much iK'idng (
Tlielt loiu^ipnncd heoci were uttei)< ftiHorn,
Whcu luUy to the foe their Rcreanl buln they tu...
Thy chumel then, O Cock ", n> llU-dup Mth the d
^t ttmuHh upon i brtdy,^
Hoxam Atmcl:,
Hwp^roiu liKk
King Henry ttma Mr Votk. upon
I'D Scotlud fled, the queen uii'd ,. ..
TIh Tit DpoD the euth tsntber bmitnnti B*.
" MUK. turn thee now to Idl the flOd nt fm
UponlheYorUra'pi
oruiTynb«(iare,wl
Moat lu^. lE^*''^'
yor Edwu^ (BttMrM bad out'oT Northumberland
A wrtof Tiuanlinen,oiariitluimoUDfbiiTie,
Whkh were a(aln lupply-d Willi a moat pulmnl ftne.
Sent thither (Von the louth, and by king Edward bnu
In penoo down to York, loaidtflhU In oufht
IIU nneral ilwukl have need, (br that be riurvt not tn
.m.-T.— 1 —hi^h ^.M*^ Ki« t-j h-^g uniuit :
., „,- — r doth hold,
^s.-" '
z'T^zsi.
irtTihrearlorximc
Hulllni. or that time
AFerd^U. ,—
n reconclrd to Edwanl,
stiU with kini Henry itn'd, to him .
To whom tn thli imolt, ther many i._
Sir William Taytuyi, (cill-d oTinort) lhT<
WUh Huiwe^brd. and " ' "' -
Huiai, and findem, knlihli, bcarfng mlghiy awaj."
" Ai Ibrward with hli fiirce, bme HniDtamtc waa I
It happ'd upon bla way at Hegly-RMor he met
WWi HangRihrd, and RoiK, and tir Ralph I'ercle, vl
In ricn of fPOd aucceii (u certainly 11 were)
Tber and their uloUKt fhroo wore qulcklT put lo ai|h( :
Yet Ferde aa he waa a PKiH oouraaeoiia knight,
MeVr budiVl till hli hut breUh, bol In the Held wai di
l>roudDrEiafln - - ■ .....
^^i
Jrelli, > large imte, wl
nb again,
poMlnganaila king Elemy'i Bower deacryVI,
mVlthipeedy raarchtbla rauant general hy'd,
Bo to Odi part It etti'd, and W thai aide tt fvwa.
At lait, tin^bether twere Ibat aad and honM alfbt.
At Sailon that yet dM ttieii MnllBC vMt* atMifal,
With dooH of Mcond loaa, and alanfbter, «r the ahl
That Uountacmt ractli'd •, king Henr*>i poarcr iWiij 'i1
And glTtng up the day, dlabeneuralily fled.
Whom with (a Tlotoii need the VaUaaTbaoMd,
llkat had tiet H*BT vurt-d, wd iHd ■ ooonn nrift,
Beddea a ikllAil gidde, ttarougli noA and MDa laoliWl,
He lure bad ban •niiifla'd, H tbey hb boKhBtn IMk,
WUb whom they found hlibda I with naat dtaaama tai
To lan IbenaalTa br flighl, ne*tr mm did anr alitT^
And Tet to many men aAt tak^ wen aHre
" Nvw Bnbury we oomg Oy battle to Ttiot,
And ahow th> eadem eatu at In what WBuJinna ant
~ ' Wanrtek waa wroughl In ta the laniaalilan naat,
.. .1 la that wanton king ■> Tex -d hb mlihty heut :
Whllit in the (ouit ornmoe. that wanlar hobaadHfM,
' \a potent here at bouo, at povcrftilelieabnad}
marriage to entreat wkh Bona bright and afaaen^
_ rtba Stfoyin Wood, and drter t« the bbmb.
Which white thU nbhto aatl nagotlatad thoc,
ne widow lady Or» the Ung eapouaed ben.
By which the mUe earl In Fiun who waa diwneU,
[la BuliDd bU rnmgt deth but loo HWtly hMic)
T* endte the northern n« ^th aeertflr begin,
Snth whom he poweiftd waa] to rlae, that comlni la.
e might put iDlila hud, {which only he dedrV^
Which rliriHbelbre y»k, wet* Ikelt tshan BrV
The citjr, but r^nla'd, and Holdocn tli^ that k«
Bdog taken, (br the cauio made aberter by the head.
ey dealat, but to thdi opbdi
1 •anorJoha the lard FftaTl
With Heqiy NeTlL aon t
By whoae afUei and Men
Which wbsi fch^'Sliwai
iXl,
they erery day grew atraag,
di London maroi along,
aw lb* world began teilda
hbnaetfhefBl^tel
bGi thoiinnd rallaiil WeMi, who moal*niig sni « a^n.
By Rlcbaid HertieR'a aid, bi> broths doth then brine.
And Ibr their greater atrengtb (appalnttd by the Uds)
Tb ' Iml SUVbrd [of h la bouw) nFRnrlek nmd tb«.
The Harchea could make on: Ihne hiring Seren eraaa^
And up to CoUwoM come, they beard the mnbem biat.
Being at HofthuMten then. Itaeir ttnt'rdi Warwii^wn^t
Their paiuge, chuf'd Uicir rear with aear two tkon
That the Luicutrlan part luipcctlng all their ftncc
Had toiluw-d them again Iheir armj bllng abnit,
Both vilb luch ipc^ and ikiil, tharerr the Wehh gnt nal
By harlMcbargy too he, tome or Ibdr iranrd InM,
Wheel
tc they an met, indimnrrt (M Ih
Young vSo, wh™ouldbraTe t^e"ef1>erta In the
Luadlng • truKi dT ynith, (upM that Mai ptalnj
Wai taken by the W(4ih, and mlaeraUy ilLn.
or whoae untlm^ death, hli IHenda the next day
A torrlhll terfBgt when Staflbid there ftmook^
Them Bght that would j« him i Ibrtha
Dliplae^ him of hii inn. In Banbilty, wl
tni paramour had lodg'd i when lince I
He backward ihapeahb courae, and !»•
T'aMdelbo-bninlDratl: wllhiwtctlaa
la, aul 't^atoujw
Hli uptalu hudly ict hia batUea, nor enlan-d
Thrii iouadrani at tbt fleld, but ihli gnat fle^i chaigV ;
Long wai Uili doutaKUl liaht on Htber ifdc mabitaln'd.
That Tiling whllit thla Mb, thli loalDi whliat thai gain-d :
Ttaagtound which this part got, and there ai conqueron ilooc
The Mhec quickly gain, and llrmly make It good,
" A UBk li'ulel near to Towton, running into WbarTe
u A [ittS rivet near Hcxaui.
nnrthetn lida, am
--,ii«CH hoU out, or nnuH vam am aaaaw ■.
iemmen*3L Gewelbr l^ncaiter'dnen:
Toke fiw the king,- Oie Imty WeWi r^;
my 1 galkuit yaum doth daapcnbily aaaay,
Wbne Rlchuirilerberttain InU the nonhen irtia.
And with hla pel»«i uakea hli wa> wtlh nacb an^M,
That bieaklng tbm* the lanka, he tMr main hMIk ■«■«,
And quit It (o laaln, that many iMod a^aM,
That from lb« hlihar Bound b«Md hlu wad* lb* etwwd,
Ai often ye bcbdd In tMnpcati rough and pnnd,
O-enaken wUh a (torn, aoae iheaar MtW cmi,
Bvd labouring Ibc UwVnd, OB the bM-wcakfaw «,
Seemi now aa iwallowM uj^then gnUiw light ami IM*
O-th'topofannehi^ waioi then think Oat yon It ■■•
Ouite lunk bm -
The main, and
POLY.OLBI0N.
Wha with Are ki
idlWdcSbBUl
Di«l«lw la flu MdjiBt 1
Tha W^ who Umi^ tte Mri In pnea
BaAm Itie lUrthmi bat, tbil qutekl* *i> 10
nntbouuad nlUU Wibh m In tbialu*
WliMi but u bgu bXbn lud theucht Uia d» thrti
llwlr lawln (tai tba flMitJ tlwM|luboni H^Wti i
At Buburr BON wte HiBiir N»il iidiL
" Now atuntaif In dot omuM, tba Miiae dalli on
Of (hbia omi Buial OiU. vhinil U» flibt baM,
BctwHibmn ToBlbnil Wd^ Am Lto^nAUa lb
ia m nikiut Am nnad Arth to iM,
wKb blB la mML aBdlslBtlT tab UhIc ehucc
. . _^ w.. ^_^ _^ lltewfcB do adTaOM
Anbut Iba VarkliM' RMW,
Wbo vUb a pukiut Am B
ToMBwKbblBlf
Aod Edmrd iriib .
HU lanai, ta rM mu oEvni* okniw ne :
Wba te b* danthbn^ In opn uw to •tan,
Hh fuba tba lad Wdli, who h* upin-d inlilit nnr
HIi HflHIMOu aan, irttb bk m^^-Bute tBi;tbei,
Sir Thw Dnmefc, tboubt tm mBb to rnla tba oUxr,
He itn^^ Ad ladlt, iriikta M tKOHV tba qilaaa
or Oil eooiWBH T<»>1>> 0>M ba ID wnik M !•««
Upon iba cnwl Una, dolli amr m* aulta
IDia to in cqui Idd, ibat CMM what tb^ Blfbt nnKa
na bMtIa t an tUj piiln K ahuwU Ihrir UBitei net :
nwy ni^ tbdr Hrenl Ofbto, iriddi soea Id ontcT laL
The loudhJniril^ druiii^ vbldi •■■aed ts hiTC IkB^
Tba tmabUni all at flnt, hob after wata BMbBard.
Fm ODtcItai, ibiiabi, and ilKiiiti, vhUM mam dotb nolH M
No acoDti ioihA tba car, but luch w dntta do loDnd i
In IblntUwAKrarani^ whlM taij Uum dotb autde :
Ai •laiigbMrmai bf itiiiia tB aalM m Utha lEla.
Tba aouaian aucft weie. In alt la war balofla.
And nan^H a3i •kill, Iba MiTcfaman Maulaid itnac,
Wbieb to Iko batUa Mick. Md ir tbar BUka ninat,
Yat oalkc do «!■, tba A* Ib« back do bnt
And Walk <Dr V&wkk CTT. and Itar tba rlfhUbl mm J
Tba otbB call a ¥«k to baat tba nbala down :
Tba iiont Ibat mr eaald do, db tUber ildi iha thoin.
Or br tba Ibna of bUb, « In tba iliaiialb ofboni
But itUl br (Mb u^H, tba YotkMi^Hnw InsRaaa :
._^u.^£ _. Mitromaoomboniewllbpm^
aio tbalMM-no) thnof,
^ - - '— fia tmoca aBoiw,
..jlawaariadbnMbeiTlr'd:
tamD U Mh tbu bit flrrt baprt iWilrSI,
s tba aaiib bafta* tbam liF)B« dalB,
io boss kit to nsalT tbdr ndnV itata aniD,
Cmtt afribalr countrH ooali, to baMa tbabtnad am*.
(Of than) wUdi LoMMaMOaU k sU-d (mn) to tub daj.
" ftnca naedilT i muit itlek upon mr ttnnar taxi,
TDa Woodr battle ftmdt at Bainrt Mlavctb nail,
Tvlii BiWud, wbabaAm ba lattlad *» to lal^,
Br WarwU kawia annk-d ) but baca aniTV again.
1 BoinndT bnnant In d
■UtHntaBKBrwar.e?"
Wboaa bntbar Gaane ■• ama Is, 1
Wboa oatiita iRooSt at kulh I
Hk bntbar RktaaRrduka ofDha'
•ssi^xS'
Mat ta^^oim h^ arma, bntll bk nretd bul tMI
That proud klu Itani hk icat, Ibat (0 bad Um dh
And Bunuk HountacutK hl> iKotbar, Ibat braia
OfKarll-i BsUaiUefc, who tolBrd bad to than
The duka of awnel and eieler, and take
The mH of OxIMd taj Ibaamki fiinnid aiabi^
That to tbkH^ daj'kallad Olmti^n^^'
withOanDcehkncMm'^^
I lord HaMlaa bad Ota nldlnf ■
r wbco the klDf Boit UfblT Sd :
ikiaflt Warwick^ part, at mangi
" On pukiaflt Warwick^ pan, _,
Hk bn&«raad hk (Hand t£e eail of OiAml lad
TheiMitwiw) and tba MLwhlctanctt that da^iaWititid,
TbadiAaor&kari andbtbtaBiairdafBlda
Tbe mhMIt IrM (vblch wai the amj^ obIt pride)
or anAan itaal annr-d. the b«t Uiat he oooU IM,
IMrMit^ br bk Mend Iha duk* of BoBwntt
"Otubbalbiniitttoa'dl O dnsir £a«a>.Jar ■
■ — "-■- ■ ijnipjiaar) the ma doth otaioidar.
'* Oeoria duka tf ClanBcai
mV quit* wUb daAnaai, which to catt
both tUtIV that tbar eA Olhv hmM
..u ■— odnin^ewhere lolrtu I
BB, wUeb nUantO^^^nu^t,
nwr had Ubc Edwodt bean, wblcb D with tunajnia dmt,
Bi~. — '-■bekibMattkaB.wbototbtltftleBadktnaL
1 winia if, briaa •EaUei'd btta and tbaie.
Cautralned werala iy, briaa •EaUei'd bt
Bat when Ab dlntU ib* at lut bnn to
IHjgEdwpd tbanbabclda that bighttf .
mi Biatn, to tba bait ptooSudBa puUieir
Kk hatalU biwcii oTftltk. hkpcRur*, and thama.
And what Mtfit auk* bin tUag taWarwIdihiari that name
t» York, lAlcti fa the Md ba ^ n oft adrancM,
And to that (latloiH bd(ta^ and ma«>H* had entaaDeV,
IVn orManliiM bkpow-r.br Aoie wUeta oft bad fled,
nalr iwUt pumbw ftie, brbla aot bn*a)f lad.
I^ tba enenrt baek, Ibdr awcada balb-d In tba eon
WtfaoMfroB wbBB iker lan, UkebcBttaMiam bAte^
Wtakh Waraiekt nabler name UluJoiu)«daft>L
Sna at tba keftU hOit than iofnSr ttdt ta ddB
■■Whtra dual Bkbud cbanTd the aarli mabi battle wbcn
Ilwd Soaatnel theniB, wltb bk apprand man,
Suod tlouUr la the thoek, and iBBa ant nub a Oefat
Of duAi^ aa wen B«tT ttav t- edgm tba wdaa>d Ufbt,
Wbkb aifcM than to IhD or, on whoa itUHt anm,
ttwoachath the IMr plate.
timngtb: «h« Warwick byudbr
nHhiiM bklMtfac^b. diadTuit^j!!?^^^^!™^
Bean hInltrM, ba bad Hnck {ha bran i^E^aiS'i bott
But flndlni Ilia dahat, hk mtirpriie K kat.
He hk iwA ooutan HndL to will hit nliaot brother.
And Oiflitd, in eonmaBd being equal to tht other.
To chane whh tba ikbt wliw, who Inrel* up do bear i
But HaMlnii that btlSn lai^t Ibllbtt wiib £k nar.
And wKh lOof Edward JaUl-^^thc boat too 11101111; amU
Wh« ercrj put wllb •pell, with n^e, witb flur ctaaim-d.
Are pndlaal of Mood, tht tkutfiter tteiB. IB •#»
Of^h^'u
WbW--— ■
Whet
With hii left*!
. .libaftk doUi lUd^
Tlial thoae, which to and ftev twiil that *b7 Lcndm
That Wanrlok wini the itar An- OBtalB newt do bring
Thoae Mlowlni then a(Bla, Hid ceitalDlT tba Moa,
Vua great Warwick ItaSMThk aimr had'tha wc%'
And to begin to hint, alighting Am hit bona.
tlenatb
naiaiciwtfa)
!UbHBi,whlataaeaio*lp|
nil tbe cbudi, which dd tl
bill nam rtaia Ibtm, tU
ralUngatUI with an uaunalBicnth)
IdkdStb ckiae, and abut Urn up In nUl :
— -^ *-it Id tkk outiaaeoui daht.
aaclM the dreaded bar,
a atrirea nfanr bdp there were)
1 TaUantbrntbtr, <6li
Thadakagftanciaetandib'aultf Oxford fled. '
And EieltT b«as Wt Ibr one aBHgM lb* daadT
At length recoTarlag BA, br Right Bcas'd away 1
YoA B«>aT taftlr aat tin thk doMtlow day.
" Ibui ArtuB* to bk end tbk nlfjitr Wuwlek Miiga,
Tbk psitaant aetlei>u|i, and pluekar-down of klnia.
He who thoaa bMtk* won, wlilch ao BDeh blood Ud coat.
At Banet> Alal OthL both lUb and tOitune loaL
" Now Tewfciburr II nata, Ihjr atacir to nkta.
Thy aad and dreadful dgtal, and that Boat dlrrtil Ma
Of tbe LaucaMrian Una, wbleh haMnU on that d»
FbuHh of that Mai moMb. (hat ttU r«M«betM Mar :
Twiat Eduumd that tta>a doke of SoBertel Who gad
From BaiDafa bloodr Oeld, (agdn there ntherln/bead)
And marquii Dorm botuid liHilaad lo alSblmtkaia,
With Thomai Courtner HTlofpoweTftitDexoablra;
With whom Una HantT-i Ml, rouig Edward than wM aaei
To claim hk dni3)(leaa rtglit, with that uodauolad qum
Hk motbar, who ItaB Fiance with tunoun cane on land,
TbMt «ar wben Warwick Ml at Bamel, which Dow naad^
Tbtir Attuna jpct lo irr upon a aecond flataL
And Edward who enpiorb the ulnoatcfbk Bight,
Tba poor Laucattriau part (which he doth caali IM.
Br Warwiek-a Btfitr All, alnadr AIntI* lecl)
Br battle to nbnrt, and to aattrp the Una i
And Ac thajartawt act, bk arBi delta ^Aq
To thoee at Aanat flSto lldiirr that nef:
Aa ItlchaidlaIedUthe»,ba bare thanwBid led,
lie main tlw kio* bhnaelA and Clnnea look to guide:
The Tearward aa M» by HatOati waa mpphW.
" I'taa amy of the qoeen lolo Dire* batllea cmIl
lb* flitt of which tba duka of SoBCfaet, and (M
Uu 3 ^
To bin] hb bfoOMt Jokn da b^jfUf dbpOH:
The Knmd, ■htch Uw iiiHa Ita Ml Don Hiltar di
TDe buoni orat John ud Wododii r-' -— --^
To CaotOwj ■" " - . —
Fiihlliillii Ihi ■■■ninf Tw> mil Innaidii
TvUit HMD} Tndot MffI ef Bklmd D^ Wt
Of Um luoMilKi Bd^ who bj Uw TnklM nfl
Of Bboti U hoBw, r •—■-•— — —
In Brttnj liad Ui^d
Pint Oimth iniit
HIB. Willi thfir MI
In Brttnj liadU^ i bnt laU M UlUbnl n^
IMaf pniMnuilj uilT'd, tkaifbicuGC two IboiMiDdMRiab
llide out bit mr Unouik Wilea, vbtn m Iw ouie aiiiDK,
~— '■-'—"— illolifloil,tb— " .^^•.—.
Tb« nmd, BW tbefrnmuUl B UtU* tkM
Ai ht 1 opUlD «Uh both poluis and (ood,
TheMimtumidf nrtUutrtehUTundflitavu,
Doth Hm u (nm the Idd hli (Ixtei to wHbdiH.
Hl> (uddHu itniv* ntin, vVMid BoiMIMt ttaid H,
(ABUiiifD*ual>lTipMt,lii hoooDimnlBnclHi
in aaiea TM te BonrndmUunXH IhnvW)
8un«ldg mm the flcU far iiMf ha lud ■■!
acnlght j^ictli klB tha cluH I wlm Bidurd tanbif hod,
Bt bb encMnlH IM tha diip«atii duk* u huw.
•Twu ddne to tnlD Mn out, vha
" -' 7"»™I»T."
n aw douunil flght, bn
a<itarilgbt,thU*fall«
TtuloutoTilgbt,
Soon dun'd thai <m tb* ride, dlaoid-iiiu quHc tfwit lukl^
Whilit Ihb nort wuUkc kinc had wan tbc dinUBg builu
Upon ebs aqual caitb, and comliw bnTolT In
tTpon Uh) advaiae niwn, Ihm UEgwln Aith baaln
A fl«n» and dcKUr Mit. Uiat the Lanuitrtaa M»,
Til* dm and ftaTUHU iboek not able to aMde
The ulmort of thdr ilrength, wenfancd lobeitm.
To boU what they had p* j that ai>menel belDW
Who Am theHcand fane had ulll njpeetcd abt
But thutntedttaeiecir, eren at a man dUnT'd,
Scans iblRa to un hinueir, hb baUIo DTerthn»n ;
But faring at a man that Aanllo had been grown,
Wlih Wealock happ^ to meet (pnpadng for hli fllghlj
Upbn [ding him Willi tenna of bawaWM and ifvitt.
That cow'idli he had Ml'd to iaccour him witb nan :
Wlillil VTenUick with 11kg mida naullath his anli^
ThE duke <to hli item rafe, ai ylehans up Ibe rrlDa)
With hia bw pondnua ai iailiM oatlhe banml bnln.
" Tb e paitT of the iHUOi in ererr place an kllTd,
The dllchi* with the daid.confbHdl; are flll'd,
"""""'"" ■'-*-'--'-»-■- — ■ '-endrownM,
eoty-iparttliainoad,
narquli Donet dnd, vid l>r
' hli Cut Tltal bnatta, at In that Moidy tfj,
Ddiei, Haiodtn, Wbltlln^am, and leuknoc, who had Ibcl
ThelT •enral bnn cmnaandL all fillant men Ibat ware,
FouiKt dead upon the earth. Mow all It Edwann own.
When quIckiT he praclahni, la bim Ibal forth could Ining
Voung Edwacd. a large fee, and at he Hat a klni.
Hliprraontobetaft. Sit Blchan) Crofta who tboujihl
Hit pfitoncT Id dtacUwe, bvlbra tha king Ihpn broufEbt
Tliat fair and gtwdl^ youth : whom when proud York demand
Whf thui he had preaum'd tn help of Ualfroui banla
Ilia kingdom to dialurb, and Imi4oud; dMay^d
Hiteuign! thiHautprlnoaaanotajiitdlmiaT'd
With confldoKe leoUea, To claim hla ancient ijght.
Him fKan hli granuLret left : br Ijtannr and roigbtt
Bi hhn hla Iba uiorp'd : with irtioaa to bidd leplT,
WhIItt Blwaid IhrJuighij *esL iloUi aeem to Ihnut hin bri
»• aacond bmtba Ocsna, and Blcbaid near Out atoed,
WilhmeiltaeniflilabMau"-' ' — •-•-•—-
^4filTei;^ui^ Uai^ietbdncflad
wsKTipi
.,., aa: quaen ntaipr ^
To a rtlliiout call, ((o Tewkaburj too near)
Ubcvni^ to tbt king, with tad asd baaTT che«,
A nrlaancc watconreT^ to Ididon.wsAil queen.
The laat tfall her bopet, that burttd now bad aaan.
" Butofthatoiit»geli(~ >--"—■-■■ —
if that outngelen, bj that
a>NeFil,um-dlardAkonL.._„^
tbtdlloui rout In Kent and £ttn nte<d,
idon hare liaili«M, and Southwatk haaliH
But by the aly-l power wai iMtly j™
Which licing no u-t Held, nor jrrt we
" T^, bmwonh, hero the Mute
■rdCT'd flght,
IK lulty bhii (or thee.
wm pawcia, at offbringat hla tfet
.andlliHi ilr BIca ap Tbonwu Uho,
With bit bmTeband of Welib, mait choice and cipe« wta,
Coniealaitljtshbaidi at ShrewilHuj aiili'd,
" itnet IB falBI befiin. H happU; realTM]
L for England makaa, and b^ to Ncwp«t tovi^
eit eninlng night aetting hli anay down,
battlUbatidl far LancaKer that Mood,
(To Henry nen allyM In Mandthip u In bkiod)
Fnm th'carlof Shrewibury hian^ihew (underage)
CaBH with two thguHod men. In warlike equipage,
Which much hiiBawei lactMiV i when eadly aatlin« 0^
From Ulcbdeld b the way kadi ftiRh to Atbanton,
Bra<« Bourcber and hia Mend iloiil Hungerfafd. wboae bsgw
On Henry long had lain, rtaaliug from Rlchanlrt bmupi-
( WhereWltfi tiiej had been mli^l to Henty dn aptieu,
Whieh with a hbh naolTe, moat Mnngt^y ■eem'd to clwer
Hy cA ansaUed bentt, but yat the ntaa which moat
OaT«aallioHencyrtael<;andfteih tUk to hit hut,
Ibe uout lord Stanley wai, who fbr he had igV'd
The mother of the earl, iTliiin ao neu ally'd;
The king who faarM hli truth, (which he to faiTe csmpcllW
Tb* yaun( lord SInnge bii eon In boilaae ttrongli held,
Whiah'faro'd hhB tt> fall oK till he Bt place could dn).
Hit ton.ln.taw ta nvt i yet he with hlrTcombin-d
Sir WllUam Stanley, known to be a ratlant knight,
T-aituiehimnrhli^d. Thuigrowlngtow'rdthlthelgbt,
1^ air John SaTice led, betldct two man of name :
STi Brian SanAiRl, and ilr Simon DIgby, who
Lcaihig the tyrant king, Ihenuclvet apreoly ibow
Fut friend) to Htsry't part, which tlill hit pnwrr inmu'd ;
Both armiaa wdl prepat'd. towardi Boairorth ttrongly pacB'd,
AndonaipadouimoDr, lyingiouthward fmn the (own,
IndlOkrant to then both, aey let Ihdr armla down.
Their iDldlart to reftath, preparing far (he flght ;
Where to the guilty king, that Uack farcTUDnlog night,
A|«tit the dreadnil gbom of Henty and hiiion.
Mom etualty to death; andothltwUbandttieiid,
Lord Hattlngi, with isle haada prT!F«r*d at they wouM reod
HlniTdece.mcali at which oft he narath In hii tlecfL
" No aooner "wib the dawn out of Ibe eatt to pccis
But drama aod tnunpMi chide the asMlen to theit aimt.
And all the netghbouiing Heidi are nrcr*d with the iwhimo
Of tbnw that came to Itaht. at Ihoae that cams to i«>
[Contending for a crown) whcae that great day tbouM be,
** FlrM, Richmond rang'd bit flgbti, on Oxford and beatawa
The leading, with a bandofttrong and tinewy bowa
OutofthcaiBTptck'd; tha fnat of all the detd.
Htengdia,]
ir pcnon grac'd
icaimyptck'd]
n Talbot next,
Tb* adreraa teen'd la Ihreai, with an unequal powo-.
The utmcM point BirlvUofUkliciipected hour.
He to lord Stanley tendi, to bring away hii aldj
And IhruBli him by an oath, It hmger he delay'd
Hii cIdeM Hn youog Strange imnedlalely ihnuU die.
To whom ilout Sta^ <hut doth carrieatli reply :
' Tell thou the king 1-Ucnma, whan I at Ume iWI teej
" The angry anstei ineet, whan the thin air wai-taM,
WHh luch ta-Khdag ahouit, tb«a elibat loUltn tent.
That flying o'er the fleld, the tdidi down bmdiUDc droBU
Ai tome cH bvlkHng loiW that bath been undea-tm^
u near ; » Ihtough the mlaly OBOkb
Ihii wbiiehli tuixoun had deforrU,
IwtcclTa Ibc ba^ wa> brgun.
POLY-OLBION
nt tmn Ibm IbDuuut rullr Hiaw,
1 hi or, Uu Mawl ttaRUn V bof ,
ei hoM which hlBiirith lemr Mnu£
ForMnHin
Stood <rith hii
power oflHHH, nor'on» wm Ken to'ult ;
When Kichi
afthiith-enoia
lonacr wooltl dtftr]
The two uuin
tHKIanUxM.uid
Soma Ubour'd
to their UdLHiiie
iboiuM to their d«Ih.
(Thorolbrth
wllhiqMletUe, '
IIwomVlBM'Ter*
iSS^wSSs-'
WhaKMinda
"^otuMUff'inwl
HUuD BrandoD, ilew.
ThcpUeorbb
• ■rm-pitKot/ '
Wh^ .t > K«Hid rtiocli, down .
John ChtUET went.
UBtllbrBichinonil^gii^ ciTl
With l£uT 1 CIWl wSuDd/wM II
Upon thii mul HeM John duke o
inlh»eiulwup:»:'d.
TE.Itoath>rd
FoTTin fell, uid II
^117, thji.;^ long
Of Skh«d'<
AUDMlibee^roun
Inth'efleMuuoo."
UIh here were iliirn.
l^en thU on IMh
ih wu eolour-d nd.
lelritnu
eflilluck,
[Upon Uiw Henrj"! put, w
Unto bb tauitH chaa, wbea Men IHipn to ken
HU nitT, *1M *I but to lit him down wu brought)
I come illHt todnt, tirtil thil einniih HnnT raigbt
With wboa to thiitaTC flekl the duke of Bedfbrd cune,
WKh OxfiiRl hli gnol McikI, whooe pnlie did him IsOiiue
To ell ■eUcreiBedti nlvt, thu fitttuut* had bno
In ererr doobinil Bglit, ilnee Henrt'i coming !□,
ARd hli bnie nn lord Qcove, Kit him tbil Drml; uuid
(John met et Lincoln call^] who thli item wer begun,
Suixinilni ■ lewd bov, ■ falie InpoKor, who
il* ^InoocF *-" — '*-* ■— ^— »-j ™i.-.» t^ J*
dlifa^^i
To George the muRherM dii
Lert wme Ihi- "■ -• ^~
KingHoirrl
TijBoiguiidy
WIAIothu
Vnwreftn fi>r Unn^'i nOia the (peeSly contrli'd.
And Lord '*, thnt bnie lord, belbre him lein to land
Upon the aame pretence, to Itamlib them i bund
Of Alnuln, Bid to Ihem tR tbrir itoot euKeln nn
the nllul Martin Swmit, the bud IfaoughC nrce M bar
Hit match fOr muUil feaif, ud lent Ihcm with a <kwt
For Inland, where ilie had appohiled them to neel,
With Smondi that lewd clerk, and Laml)«t,whom Iher U
... .. ,
And at^thr rockj pile of Fowdri
In LaufraAhlTC ; thdr power Inc
HngLby iSo nn
in Jainlni with the lord FittgenW i
hDrmwrighM,
oj loldleTf icm tncn m rtom UTOu^nvm ", lor tupftj,
A knlgbt tbml long had heen oT th«r confederacy j
Who naklDK thence, direct Ihelr marchei to the wuth.
From CoTealTT °* came, iLUI gathering uphlj hoi^
Hade greiler on hli war, and doth the coonlr)' coari.
Which way ho UDdentood hit enemlei muit pau :
When atter aomt ftw div> (aa II thell Aotune wee)
At Stoko, a Yillaga near to Newark upor Trent,
Each In the others iliht pHch'd down IhdT warlike lenl.
InU one batda uon, the Almalna had dlnoiM
Their army In a place upon two paiu encEoiM
With dalli, and Anocd d;kH (at tbey were expert men).
And tnme Ibe c^en dcUi king Heniy'i hott again.
In three BOr aevernl flghti came Hjually dlilded i
Thear«ofwhlch,anddlf.t,wa»gl»enlob»pildoJ
By Shrewibury, which mort ofioldleTi choice cooiWed:
" The lord Frandi Li
wan tibfrt uigii inv^ i
goal iwuHiai will that deipcnte llghl mauKain,
nno valiant Ds-la-Pole, moat Ilka bli princely atrala,
DM all that eourafe CDuhL or nuMaei nifht bafll ;
And Loiell that brave leid, behind bin nl a whit
I For martial dfcda that day : Uoul BiMghlon thai had (tood
With Yi«k (arcn) from Ibe flnt, then URly pre hit bhud
Td that wdl-foDghtm fleld 1 the boor tnma^cflTlih thcr^
WhEMcmantleiitoodfiir mail, whoaeakini for cotfplett weco,
, Qlve not an Inch of ground, but ill In ptecea hewn.
Where Brrt thay lought, they felli with them waa oretthRmn
The leader GeraU^ bo^, amMnlili men that ftiught.
And took aoch laR aa they, whom be had hither brought
Thil of that debt be MU, iWg waa not one that Bed,
Bui where he Bnt waa plK'd, there Ihund ^Ive or dead.
By par^iwnt then tf TeD,'Dr Ibiii'Dr Cornwall'" caH-d,
Encloaurea to eaat dowp, wMdi in>«r-iinKh Inthiall'd
TheaubLcctL OT proud Kefa, who with the aame preteoc
In Noiftlk lala'diach adn, ai bsl wllh great eipense
nf Win^ «anflr Hxn*»M ■ nr ItiH Twin In T d^E
liili ijland ever had ; hut ihe ao left alone,
nui Ihoa her diady bowei ihe jUhIit benake :
" O flood in happy pilghl, which to tbii Uma tenaln'il,
AaatillalnnfffnEteL, tnKH^unB^HUrt tlUHllftfn'tf:
wnenpeererj'UTing tningaareoniy tney eau-o,
Inchla their world of wsfte, the iDTereIgn empire iway*^
O who wooM e>r have ttaeughl, that lima could baTadixay'd
Tboa* Ires whoae bodlei aeem'd by Ibric ao maiay wdght
To prca Ihe BlM enrlh, and witb their wonffroua hel^t
To dlmb Into the cloudi^ thtf r arma lo Ar to abcot,
Ai they in neaiurlng were cTaarca, and their toDI,
With loogand mIgbvIiBumi to nappl* with the land,
Ai natnrc would hare lald, that they ihatl erer atand ;
So that chit place where now thii Hunllngdon la lel.
From that lint took the nanke." By Ihia the Muae anirea
AiBly'altlodmatge.hjhaTlngPMlSt Irei,
And here >he shuUcth up bet two and twentieth long,
A. ^kl^ 3nm S^a'^hUe St do^'i^ bl^ ""'
And after thii ihott pauie, tho' tcai'nlog of her hi^ht,
Cjmnm In ■nother koT. ret not without debflht
POLY-OLBION.
(WhBwc Cbumll, Lcmc, hinI Nm da Bow)
• 'Hh MitftM vblch of Bi^ud ilnn,
And Men dDWD In tbt^^^ tirlDti I
Tbm vtaanu WeUud lulai ba wit.
Showt Bo^lubuB bar xldi uta^ :
A eouiM M Kstmiinb tlHa iki uko,
Wbu* ihe N«Mtauai>MuUn RnikH.
Th* NAttaUBIltDflUTl CBEtb, Hid 1-. , -_
'- ---—-■ Ay, H Ul0«* br nvlUTflt wbkch
y lit, wllb Dcnint '-•'- — '■
Ai^^n bB vrii vltblo, ber biwttb wtd iengthuiniDihatit :
Ml fllurlf dotb nnn&*'
, jcb pHplaM, Ibe ftvcM lena'd to be,
a-nrapli, bhi to thii amdlx miidijijniiih-i Mt,
(At Uir'nli bK lovBclHi OoiL itaa •DlUj' down doth lude]
Tco, h«r dritfilHoc Unwi br ItaraKa doth bad t
And •|»rtlii|h«r>netHlfbi nuar ■ ditaitjr nMd,
Balutf* bei t {lae mieh mcM mnKHi the irlTUk tnln :
Oiie<>honllwquniiorihidH,Uieb[libtIHiiMaft
Haib courts far hn k^ wllb Ua* inaoUt ind uft.
On bvr Mr boidin lenn^ and Icuderlv «BbrHi'd«
Aori caU'd hic. bee dear bcact, moat lov'd, and onlj chaala:
Yet Smsj after Th, bar uionnHnaiiUiUi Ibnw,
Tin In the banka ^ OUM ttaa beaA bandf b«rtDw.
Where In tboae llitUe BeUa, Iha Huk doch hmf le meet
Unm Ihat ekle whbch elli the met of WalUna-Rravt,
Wtb Kelidao a bill I, vhtcb tbouih it bs but unall,
Comiar'd with thoir penud liind, which weour mauntaluceli
Vcthalb three famaui floodi, tbaloutiif hlndoOow,
fair Nvtbaaulin hi
Hertomigli iSa,
the leainaidi entetl
la br hit Uaa eoHI'd inis the Cdde
-men Lean ■ leai^ tbe bit, toiiddle
WIAsb Kosd fiin Itadf; lata prsod Se
Ai nn th- IbeiGm aea V henidf inat 8e
So Leame tbe down iba bath, to that '
But IWIdim wuUpniid, Aa ha
n their tnde to aca, and waallhiBincaortlo.
Fnm any otbM tract the pnlta dotb dearlrwln. [munJs
" Fnn Ue'aahlra b; inoa* thane, whfch Severn aft am-
: eoD (hi lower ilth and n^tU* aboiinda
Ih tundiT aorta oTftidte, ae wdtcnnrn gnu and nntn.
It flameiect Buy uj, her batfidiif Bioan da aconi
r Eaflaiid^ richeit caith (or buidcn thould tbem etaia ;
And an tbe leUUame tnc^ id Serecn'i etnam acaln.
The (ate of Euataam layi barlnuthM Urisl; fiwth,
WbereMinthe'temeeaithdipreaeedlleeandlaw. '
~'- " ic Itch Mil Kialf U Wanrickehlra do (how.
The iilt^ rich iBbod PBitiL lefi take iritb IB alo
IVi eel him rlihlb out, la our welLardcr'd aaua j
Whote FRvpeeti to tbe Mnae their nndiT — ~
fi^niritbiiialani,
.._ , their nndiT Kllet' than ■
Wheca ihi^ rrooi place to ntaca, at (Tee ae air iball i«>
Their aupeHlcIa h (Xactfr la oeacir,
nrnj' Wiltiblre, pDliidng boa the plain of SalMnn
SbDOU «>tb herwUin lenatb, BDd [^abroad a Ddn
°> larit, ai thou^ IhelaadiorT'dmilKlj tocaotala
be lowlj taica, renolc IhM A 1% humbler er«<
" la Beckihlra, and ItaB thoKC Into tbe ocimt net
bat toort renowned rata of WhiteJiota^ and bj hei,
s BiuklDriiMni again doth AlleAurr mCtr,
Vhb ani £i»llih earth, akoz inion whute p
-■baHaountiiw cmnurr -^^^^^^^^ " "^
ThcehalkTChillWDe,
Thnni^ Bedftrdibln
IntatCil Amy earth U
jdf laoo wlbMr pali^
n, which maheth her a n
" So on Into the eiat, upan th* Inluid tnmad,
Fnm where that cryital Colne Boal propcfti doth bswid,
Xoaafa Cbllteme, Itoa tbe bO, wherein rk£ Loodeti tltk
At belBf hlr aol dat it BaMnllT baBta
EtKilan nRh, wblcfa BkawlBe In our aaoc,
lance w DM tiael IhcT Uiu w« hen loMber lak^
Altbo' the aevaal ahireL br wndry aolli, da aaaka
It dlflbnot la defieei i Ak Hiddleteit ofanda
Her aoO eompoHd had) i ao an th- Bwxbn lan^
AdidnliH to the aam^ Aat A bj lilt' ildc,
Wilch London OTRlaoka : but «i ehe waxcth wide,
SoEiaeiia her tldee, bar deeHivwn nanbaa diswns
And to encloaurea cuEa her drier upland ammdiL
Whlcb laldj voodr were, whlln men theac wooda did iwi
WhancathotelUrcountitetlle, iinirn thi jlrMtnl i^i.
Satwixttheinauthoriliaioei.aiiilirbenOuienniahljdai
er rude unwleld)> wa*tt,a8alnt Iha^jMaehy iiiiliii)
Ik and NoiroJL »
JWOMaehyi
mad eien war with wondeiftil daOfb
IH btholdlug eye, that eten where ar
The aurAee of thia pan, detemdnalh tD thaw.
Which we now Eulaiii nana^ and Ihroiwh her In
But betni plain and pone, snfbaMth not tfial beMi
At bkxi>.nke ta aoai, bit leH-aliv to th* aliM.
Sul a> tba HBdrr aotli, hia 1^ ID aU-rliv oft.
The
1 wlihath thai tbeie Ooodt, Ui tuoei la mlatabi,
- ail with bakcTon otlma, mar whoUjr have poiaeal,
thaughthemuifh wl--*- ■'-■-' .i- i-.j . .
Aon thewDfth'eatt
ssv.
Tbm on chewDfth'
Td Devooihlia, wbereUiD land bei
And with the Inland air her bcauUei noB
Along the Caltk tea, eill-d ofttntlBei flu
AKbo' upou the naat the dattua a^au I
"tilwllotothe'
Ki [Ijing In het_.7eji
M haraeir aiona OD Nertsne-i an
nith De-nihli^noui the atin,Iha
What bmdAlpliaa In nlai,aBdaAan
Id plK'd betwin tbr FthA and the E
uong upcn that eattn aaa,
_Bhm«fr, InitalcalleiirlhdDlajt
hu-nina hot, ber dab. and Ibwl, ma; hav*
k-enlnence, ai ihe tLat teemeth id aut-btave
Dfhrr ioutlieni thlreti whote head the waihta ibd,
atow'fdi the Dtval then, of Eulaail ftom haatat,
liHxilHhlre we caD, ao lerelfidBBd lank,
Narthamptsn, Rutbod, then, and Hunthicdan.iihlcblhnc
Do ihow In Ibtii ftlll aoIlL ad of OM p4n to be.
Of Kotllncbam a part, aa Le-tlar Ibem la lent.
Fin Bavei'l batf nl^ nb, alou Ihe hanka oTTICbL
So DD the aUwr aid*, lata tbe tea agiili.
When Senni iDW-rda Iha ata ftaaa Bhjrewibwv doth unlB,
Twbtt whkfa and Aeon-i bankt, (whse Attim' when ^3t
Hv huahy euriad Ihnt, ibe bnvaV did i^cdd.
In Hale and glon AooiQ UHv of IhrtB aental Abe^
Hie greateit pornou 11^ ubon wboae earth aniBara
That labhli fcml't (bst, of Woi^rtanhlK ■ part,
or Warwlekahire the llk^ whieb aoBMtlai* wat ike bevi
Of Arden, thai bearv nfniph, vet woody hen and rhiii
Oft IntambV wHh beatha, whoee iMid and (iwicl bear
A turf mn bank and bard, whtn StaObid 3alb paMiriie
IniBalHywUklboa^aiBalaieitRmlomake
Iban efona ealfMine itulT, and nlaUne, aa they lie.
Whiehllkewiae,lnlhlali]ict,wthent(«e(bertk
" Fnn tkcae ndted parta id th- naitb,ioan hkh iwiiyial
ExUndedy* behold, Ihe HonrbndanddieFaikr ^^
Fnn tUhar-i •nnti idle, In dtbar-t mlffaly mete,
A itefnef lowrina ayt that every way da cait
On their beboMlna hOk and i ■ " ' —
Wl|u* tallt, IB oTone ih v^ I
Fee Moreland, which -•'•■ •■-
HawblerllTeryiU
And bad nluca, th>
Har euperAclea maki
1^ aiMiIng dean Ihfoiibnnl.
heath UDit nalnially dolb bear.
POLY-
Tlw hl(h Salepiu bllh lift up aHi iMvitIk I
WMdi HHUtrT ■ It k tbc Mt^ »lir« W WalM,
' -' " ^litoilHaHaallkc.
ill HU • UUIa let in Mrlk^
ok»l«) with lAMUhlndNIi U(
w: thk Ibniier to tlM •Tc,
I bkek luth with cnreliiili'd,
— , - , I iBiUftnBUj iKtiAit,
»diu trtm, noM tttow fxt doUi bcvd :
_■ BobB aiHlIlH AT t« Md,
a — Uh betfli, ud ■d, JMr DfpBr pant ilnuDd i
At HknrlH in Ac kp, omd tM l«mr inaad,
vntt BBiH^ OdU, H^ldta, ih* iiinM BOM siu ud m^,
VRmh turf; ud i^ipa cut p— ^li fkd lood OBBctL
A BOrliicaL tiMB ■ ibln, wUeli ntbic HHutb : an
It bsldiMlT iMN nilM* dMb ihow.
Hen »iMj •tettl* gmuidi, than •ODdmiu ftuWkil St)
Hm ehinpilD, iBd there wood. It kD ^iiDdiuice field
Th- WMt-ridai, and tlia Ndth, be mowitalMnu ud )
Bat taVrtilbTbenu aw Om BMt mora kw doth U>
Tkle bla hath not that entk sranj klBd ebevben.
But on thli pan « that, epItiialHd here.
Tbt louta VInlvkaa cajrd, Ihal met irhleh doth conti
Cold CuailieitaDd, iihkh jet wild WMmordand o»l
For noifaoae, at vbsn pc^M lice nigged Fmiinea Fil
la Oll'd vitli ii&(htT woi^ Hid mauiilaliii,<>bicli doa
Her wild npeiiiMui KHU, ai MatniB laen did take
In bwtbi, and hlch-eleair^ MIIl wboH threat'idnf fr
Eaeh Mh«t vUb Seb looka, ai tboufh thej mdd out.
tE^L""
nibmlghiji
Ifotiieithk
letHiDdaiiHithanhit]
Tbo-mwhlada-' ■ -
Tbe doanUh biucMThi cadi eoantoip Iodi ud,'
Which tbsea DBlelM'd tines vMb blladdantloD
B«(bn the kaned matt our AimtalM did ftcquent.
Td ihoK iht Hun cu ihlft ber bdM, and ihe BOH
or Palatlaa thai nuf, can whMIe to Uie plouBh i
ADd )M Iha nuloua tax Ml damn, wlUilhdr Alll
He ladu not, but ■« OD, and aa* di« vlut tker wia
" Kent fint bi our account, doOi ta ttieifaiiilT,"
QoiMh b^ •• lUa blaaan • Onl. ' Loilf UIH and UDerti.'
Samn with SHmrHT,*'I1iHi let na lead hone Idsl'
At Hanpahlra lo^ foe bei, hath had the tmo at ' lio|i.'
So Donetihin of Iobb, (her ' Donen' gi'd to oalL
ConnI and Daniufiln err ' W«-U irmtle (be a ha*
Then SOBMnet Mil, • 8et tbe handor on the bull'
And <Ho'Ktnhln Hidn ti Maaon-d,^ WeMi tl^ *«>1.'
Aa Bertdica hadi ftir ben, ' Lei-i tot, a^ ton the t»n.>
And WUtrtilTe wl ~ " '
Wbco Mlddl«i»x-bi^''<lpto Li5oR5 M gST^
Ai EWci haa or old been iMmed, ' CatTS and lUirC'
of hma hath had thli blUDB, '
Mrlidieall
DUB Bath hai
HtBttltdHi
And Uttla thoiuh Aerpald, jt han Iber had |«d cheer.
Quoth waillkc^tnrfcfaUR, < 111 tHBd At aturdr bear i'
Quoth Wontaihir* anin, ' AM I will HulR the pear.'
n>n StaOtedahlte bidt. • alu, and I winlHt Ihe <r«,
And BotUns wDI I aik, bat icodwUI, fbr m faira,'
• Baan-ballT ' LCManAlr* hir attribut* doth bear,
And*ElallaandbaK.plpaa*nait, belonrto UucoiDihirK
Of HaUJione,' BaASrddiIre hnr nnce tbaUuon nD,
And little RMIuiddllr* la teruwd^ KaMttam.'
ToDaibyla "■
,BION. 66S
aj wood upon the Bt*. roach hither me Dir ban,
od ubilil th« black bnvl walks we DHirtlr vlKeaip.-
id ChcaWre la weU knam to b* Ibt ■ Cbi^odDeii.^
Fair woBMO' doth belcni to I^Dcaahira andn.
be Itnda Ibat em OuhId Berwick forth dobeai,
arc fiw tbcli hlaaoB bad the ' SoaBe, nr, and ■pear.'"
Now Ncn, eittciiidT ■rinr'd iboae liufiaisut (bhin to bear,
r HelUoa her tire, thU thoa ddlTcrM WBO :
>r H hU ■id'u, Cbt WH to pnaid a|Ci known.
I«l Ibtngt M low and poor, and now 4
Shndd hapglljF Impair her dlfnHr and
herair^ tenicdlatelr ^a liute t
■■ uvi Goune to Pctcrhorouflh caili,
er wajr with Wetdon, where, tia hW,
. , _, TITiBCeU bom- ■ ««> MKriMU mbLI
Pnm Iboit peculiar Mdi, In
T- .1. .. ^. ibBatHi
llBon her northerp >Ue', wberalakiragiaaiiit
Hei long Inpnerlih'd banki laaie plmteoudir to WL
She doorlahca In itate, along the frulUU neldii
Where wbllit her waMra iht with wondniDi plouure Tlelds
To Wtillnitoniugh • comes whou founulni In aba ukn.
Which umckfolng her again, ImnetUalelyihemakca
■^ " inile, which recrtrci nonlraetedli llie tound
^ ir Mdl, br pnjer, the wlld^eete dron^
TboKa Ihiaigh the cbannln ilioUadTtonilTaolbrciTe
Tow-rdi flUrNortharnDtcB, which, whllM Nob waa Aran oalfd,
B u .-^ fc,j^ ,„,^ „ hi—"- —^"^■•
r*ilawstgr
rum Arondale, t' exp
o^^lertmugh theoc. .^.. _- _.„
, , .Ur fttreit brlnga,
• ifipg to the north, whooe fundrr glfli ihe rinn.
.4.^. ->j j-i_d-.». — k __—*__ — . — BlxarTar*(^
SC^'S
A iflnn, br whoae tcato we rerilr maj dc
A d^tT In dkce. In whoae deOgbtttil botnti
Tfaa laww andlUrlea make the loniM dr
In tht toll, whore tb
__ _ iTKU,
., , ,..iy pleaiuioi to await)
BeneMd, whcte care to thee doth luielr dfUTe,
!h beanagraataaolLitlttlwdalnlriWTe,
I aott, tt It tiw dalnir i ,
... kanddccp, tlhatthepnwdpolmfddo
onahe their chner WDodi, iDd main their quiet Mr
a beda of platted tog, ao ttaly then thej tlL
. Knatt and a dUM In «t«t tblu ao Bi
bli liland hardiT hath, ao near aDrM th
I nrim>h| lucb pralie bdonn to Ben
lUat Racklnaltiiin wBi heuil with tb
Wbliat'ftaDLinfhiun wBi hoinl with thiMrensii to ring.
The Muie bj making on low'rdi Weiiand'i omlnaui nrlUK
^'""- Kehnanh' thcrelt eaugb^lbrcoun^of llie bare,
h icanii that anr nbiee ineaU with her plafau coDpare ;
' ■ " ■ '^■» ~ * i~'^-
ei aa, and glna her
Igor dcfi upofl Ihe K
Ai Mott&gbamlBfoM (It co
ItVumeTelplngcute'i to glre the grejhoundi ricw,
1 are at iHigtti Id illji, when gunulng Out thej «k
reqxet oriliain the iwiftett wind wen ilnv,
I dog flrat Lunu Ihe han, wblch hnl the other coati '■,
'toflhredbj tbe flriL the Dtiwr^»d doth loakOi
urn for turn again with equal apeed ther plr,
ling (belt iwiftftet with ttrange agllllt ;
A barden-d rtdee or war. when Irthe hare do win.
Then, aa ibct frtioi a bcw, abe ftum the dogi dotb nin,
'~— itrlreloput her off, but when he caDUM nodi her,
firing him a coat about again doth fetch her,
bn thn cons twUnd, whfeh Mnna the haro to bear i
' Northampton, lOr Monhavonton, the town 1
a So called pT hia Bianr wdli or Ibancaln
" A place In tbe mntn portoT Nortbarr^om
T couralng with gre^houudi.
" When one gnrhound oititrlia the other ii
Uu 4
POLT-OLBIOIf.
toth-IilcoTElTbr
nt Kngliih Hiliiti n
nanM Airon, WHICH Uoag to Scri
Uul.nlline MuK, iHocml, wllh uu. ..cuuiimn
QVhic ,„ .„
■iTial iJie lUcHie ihiniu drown all HelUml, si
Her StiraftmJ, whWi to much ronutn
HcnawiiM (bt llbnxl uU, u hlihlr hon
AilhcTiD CambthJEe are, or Iteftin] ei
Wherrb. ibc in bcrtir. holiwai npp,
Tbii in her icuiUiid buiki, Uioiigh w«ntf-ring luig nckau
Y«in hcrKcrcCliKuticaUliHuchidkeH
Of our reUgloimalBU, whleh tSoueh thij long hud ilcpt,
li et ^rougB Ui* efarirtcB-d WDtM. Ai tltn hid hob luctraii
Both to Ihu UrlHA ant, Ibm tothc BgSUh nvDO
Foe tbrir ■bundul mih, ukj Hctlmoiif knon.
Such u were hither ont, oc lutunllT our gwn,
WhoM |>h>t; u mucB tho« mHoh timet re«e«t«L
tvherclbce iJie with bcnelT reaolnd, when ihiit ihe
To Peterboffouflh ^une, irtiere Doch the lonii'd to b&
■■" 'wlthcdtlEwofMBdhanidaLthMtDwir'
, the mmrtjroloic would ilni ;
0 HsrtjoiDugh ihehj'd,
••IngMl, to IJnc^qiliire ihe Icani,
Mllii, tb, vo(ui 6^ their l!v« that SrleUl >auiSr^
Were lUlo where ludillcld i;., (heH i;^^e^^ rlfUH
'''lfS;'*?'*L*'*"'"*»""'»'°I aud-flfW, ot burjlnfl Itmiwd.
** Than for the Chnuiui ulch, two oUiei hctc ttut ttaad,
ADd teKhing, bnteU aiul'd tfaeJr dooilM with their bknd -
aiinl JuUu., ud with bim St Anna, luvc their ream.
At Orim lua-nng dath hj Dkele^n-. doom ;
WhoH pOHCuUBg t^ Uammaomlj thit tiu'd,
■OiIbU thoH h*n ftu the Uth, thnr utmoi tAlawwM.
Uut Angule Ht b> death, o«'o( our holleM ■enT^ ^
*»LBidon o/thatiiae. the godlfimhop then
A Kcotid nutjrr t» naea LondoB-i anctenl is.
T««i|h It were aft«r1«w, good VoBdiK wbo t^nor-J
Proud Vonl^, hli king, lubwruUr tbit larvt
Amahec'i wanUB wlft, and wrongM hit dumUI bed :
Ai he a Dun^r di'J, ii talaud witn th* rot.
^' '?!''?..?*;''* rfthat we [though «l]r he confCu'd)
Ai^ ^^u^^"" "^^ ""^ "™ "^ "'Btax snc,
? K."^ "^Lft**??^' "" ■''ieof CorJ^', »o,
B; hU blH hrothec^ hudL to dHth who lielu dcOB
IB hale or ChrlKian bi^ whue leal IM tunc iSiiiiU taint.
*■"* " "-tJuMlrBiadeiHlU ^^
.. -. ,jd Ki' r'^;:;;^^— ^'^^ " ^"*-
Fu^iu.aBdbi
rhon fodJy HonuD thea (wbc ai Mdn. author _ltk)
I good king Idelut Aru V mbraca the Chcittlu (kitk.
'-"-""^ DaMtaB,a.therw=.
Which
tUietohUgioil
or her dear C01
Ami thenrbre
Whemc Le-iU
11$ Uccgnnj
Whm hoix WEllaudttiut wai wiidy heard UI uV -
"I Ung ofHlBtL and let my hhii ihali not be Ihiuglit
With nuraclua b) lliem, but TelgtKJirto be wrought,
'Hiat they which Ohl their Uvea » piliiaMi boll^
To tiin«7ia>c much lin]<euh'd Ihclr hoiineu thcrebyi
Though nwla (I iiy) iin ihcui. lucb poor Impattum Ski
Have K;in.lal'd Ihnn to win, mr rouUchcrlhln lliey.
Which liiliik they hn»e^ thii n great adnuitaga got
'llie wnrtrh^Jrt thbij, and thou ^w t»th SJS death ■
Anliquityl love, nor iy the worid'i JwiiitB '
Tlili ipDkc. to her lair aid hcrilater Sea ibcvlni
(By Pauland Peter lent) JiHtArlatolwtui, "'
RcnownM In lioljr writ, a labourer in tho word.
'nut talhcDTitocuiiruth'aiibnliri In hli aid
Saint Duviin, and will! him !tt. Pagan, both which w
Mil uhulan, likewlK left theii lacied rella hero -
All dciilieni of oun, C idrancc the Chrlnlui Kale,
III uhulan. 111
,Udciilien>of
IT inim uial bleited Alban led,
*o.nijityir«iird) who, Mrongly dlic^led
At holv Albai.-. tow.i, Ui«r fmival .hoSdiSd i
ao or that martyr nam'd (which Ver-Um wai of At).
> The fouoljla of WtUaiHL
And tiut uoK Uvelt lUth"^ uld?''^l^d^
MBt BHian with bia pbeera St K^n, who,
cSjSSdtaui^rS^???^'^*"— ""^
Tlul Olutcnbiuy gt
Jlll^ ^i".'.!!"^ ?"i ""' "™W gatneied la
j«e •caiter d Lhriilian flock, initiuSed that hial bc^
Ryholy JoKph here; tOGongregalehewui ^^^
Byh'i •'ceur.*''™*d" 'TTl'''''^ *?" ''""" "'■ ™^'' '■™')
I^iwilacrlind who preach^l^ whom Ihei^thau [laynuiii i
iU Loiulauline the Great, that godly limnir
Here fint Ihe Chiiitlan diurch that dtdtoDeKe m
Whw«n-4iieHed birtb (a. by the power SMrTc)
~". uc^i, -cH-uear wnen inc Britlih chureh bBOB.
[E™ BMh in (be rrigu of Romcl Valerian] ^"^
TopreafhuBtothe»*encl.wheniaoonhowa»ln.toll\|
«" "f»^; lWl«io «> may of her Oudnll vaunL
Who ant the nemiBg, taught^ whoae feaat i> lii-ldat OmimU.
n (brth (he brought to lilllc Britain .owd, ^^
'"i??' '9^ ™ "L" » aaaciaou, both abowM
aaauau,botl)
ii^^" .-■"—. ~i^ -ut we abbot (Die
i!k_ l^' "'1,"'1 '^. "*"""•■" of U»>e !
Where dying, Waglor thm thereof wai bfaban made.
teBl purMMly nwn bciioe that HO|>lc to poiiHlde
viif^.*!'!^^"" '*"''■ »»oas!h.„??;^iwuieT,
Atnoagn the Britlih daniei, and^iatUty dWhl^
The flndw ^th, c™. ,«en Helen, dc^tai,
Wh^ the- a™e ,«a cmro on ha, taoperial hnd.
Yet hi our BnlaiB bOTB, and bred up choWi ken
Emerita the oext, ktaiTLuclu.' ^itSr' ^
S?J.. II K? *!? *" """"yr brother dyM ;
Bright Urwh th« Ihiid, who undertook to ni^
S*^™ •S"™^ naida to htUe Brit^ SntT
» ^?" "S^J"™ "eroured aa tbey mail:
Wrth iSd'r^um'fe^'^n^''™'"' "'"*
At CuUen, where their ilTei nKMckull IStaS^L^
iF!'^*"'^ "'!'' ""•' ""l f"™ Cambria h»l aloue
Whir i™, I, "bl ™'''',i ■ " ^^ """ EngLind) g«te,
T- .dvuire Uie Chnwian faiSSfflUtuTuStfar^S^,,
POLY-(
^W Diirtit {flnn d(rt*V of tlM npl BrlHA UMd)
Who ■(■iDn raiwliu' akaiBd d--^" — ^' "-
Prlaca BnBhu^ nu, wlia nn tbv nil
Tha flnt ■ iDUMr lUlc, ■ contaur th
Ho CUoundi, BnAiuck'i piliic*, u ftm «ii« MflCjuna
A ulnt upoD Ih'atwst. tlw Mh«r ilDlh nuiK,
■• So bUhdfi csn ihc brlDg, nrVBch her i^nu ihaU be,
Of Bengor, utd uj foul St D™,'whkh hw^in
Much RT«ence, lud wllh tbeH Owdock mnd T^Jsd,
Both Uehopi of Lundaff, end ulute In Ibelr laecailon i
Tiro ottaerlDUDVi^ tfaeee, bntk In the mor pcofcolon,
S<lnl DoMc, whoH nvBtt old Culaea gret doth uin,
And EtotT, Id NoRhnla, nhD built ■ iBOBUUnr, '
In whlebbLiiu*iriiecunetlMikbiit,b>Uipnibe,
Andipent Inifaneendpnjer tbennnULtdf hiid»n
- Bui laTlng iheie dlvln-d, to Decuun wc «tn.
In Nonh-alH vho wu crown-d irtth ilorloin
JiwiniH), u thet mu ( Hinled pliaSMin-d
liedMiinaIn,
■iirwHfUs.
irhLch dcitb Knee
BluU liTe nw e«T fteih with jl ttut
SbIiiI Scud, iiid wll
With Bvuk, Tho «
Bj hliBie«pDweini
the lele of Bndieir blMt
T,to*olitudeth(t1lTM,
nlDue Kul d«|>ri>>d.
■b hmnlti here niiit IherT^
NMonlibUGjEhniceJiuliiereehoKDilihlTiliiin '
At tbli *eiD eonhlr pevn^ had not the power lo dnw
Your devoted louU, but ooce, to locdi to low.
At tlUHe depmiHl pathi, wherehi hue worUIlDfi go.
Whil miud dotn not admire the knowledge oTtEiae m
Bui, HiUiut Miue, return unto thj tuk agilD.
" Theie Iwlj mcD U boiDC, u here Iher were birtoi
Sd CAQtrU bad Aich Iocl it ikmout were ibroedl
ttophr, Mdi OuUelL>t ten, ol Nonhmlei, wbn hul ten
On pllirliiun It Bom^ nt Benerentuni there
'Itia polnnil uebcn nude : bt Um k pUce we hera,
St. HKUore, Itoa NoRhwika to UiOe BrItelD wnt,
Thel people to codtor, who rewiluldjr bent.
Of AAHoer In time the bMwp Ibtre became
Which her iiM title chunw^ and took hit proeer du
8a the ber rliRlDt buL ud lowU it were thelieel :
KeTDe, mScm Bre^iu^
>nililct|rt>amtohbe "
ehIM, (■ man K blghlr bkrt.
oToflT Ronali^neld their Wett pllgrlDURe,
'* But when the isutoDt here to etroDtf y did n
nd lunlr leated once, « owiwn to aSdoi
'hen nothing Id the world to Ihrir deilrc wat w
luthie Ann Home wu to thli itluid kv. .
Bine throofb large France, antring Ant In Kent,
ed to the f *ith king Ethelben, till then
.. tenM that h'dllT^, with III hit Kenllih men,
nDdoflhalrchielM town, DOW CanteituiT nli'd.
The Wihep dnt wat Diade, and on that teelnitall'd
Pour other, and with him llir knowledfe great In name.
That bi thta mlghtr woifc oTout cv '
Lawniia, Hdlua then, wK- -
Lh Jiucua,and Honor
ime age cnen CDBung bi d^nc^
1 hbn again In Caotrrbntr Me,
ui»j«ih;
great acal wat by hi* pnachiog tbown.
nla, at wonhj tore they were.
ir Chrl.
But tent into Ihit trie tcmw or thrir iDdly meu.
/ram Pnala led by ml, to lie thil Itlaod lought.
And near ooi eanern feiu a Bt place Andlng, taught
The fidth : which place ttam him alone the name dei
AmtorthatialnledmaniiDeeulledliSl Tm;
N> piMMbV ttw Cbriittn btth bw« n(M and tbbn Tea
.... abbot li^ thta lal^ BDd In thli nattOn daai,
Tliat )a ourCMtmrT two pRnindil lynodt edlU,
T>re«kfmh« (bank thai Ume with ^ereiiei enOinllM.
So Detramrh Uenrr aent t' Incnaie our hoij tUirt,
Who (kllbia In ftom thence up« our nottikern thora
Id th- U» of Cocbeti Ur-d, near to the nouth oTTtb*^
That cnf Ihrlce a week on homel; calei he rii.
" So Burgund* to ui three
Vnioctgft our other tainti, th
>f which wai Fell! flttt, wh
Anrertad to the Alth king t
By Henrr' th'emprett* ton holp hither, and to hare
Him wholly to be ourt, the He of Lincoln gaie.
" an Lombard; to ui, our teneread l-angfranck len
For when Into thii laod kbig WllUiin conqueror len
And CaDterlMr3r<t tee to bit wIh crharge aatlin^d,
** Nol Fiance to that* Ibc hen wai any wnllbchlD
Far Oiirabald the ui gave, (at Peter long beToie,
Who wHh St Aotten came to preach upon Ihit ihort
Bt Allied hither caHVI, who bba an ab&t made.
Who bj hit gadtj IIA and preaching did penuad*
The Baiooa to heUere the true and qDlck^dng word :
Sn after long agdn the Hkcwiaa did afflud
St. Onoond, wfum the ice of r
A bithop enoe of herV and Id _ _
When hither to that end thdr N.
Remlglui then, whote mind, thai
Sopocent were the powert of chuiehmen in thoae daja. tic^
With Rtephen earl or bkda hit brother, anerkl^
" At other tountrls here their hoi* men bnlow'd i
So BrilalD llkcwiae tent hei lalnlt to ihen abroad.
And hilo neighbouring France our nwit rrilgioui went,
St. Clare, thS oatlio wit of Rnchetler Id Kent,
At Volcatjna cane •ow'd the FreDch Inrtructlng their.
So earl; ere the truth amonint them did appear.
That mon than halfa god Ihe; Ihnught tKat reiemd maix
And after threeecore yean [their latcit gietiod dated)
Hit t»dT taken up, wat ■olemni)' tranilated
In hli return fton Rome, at h* through France did p»
At Langiet left 1iiilUb,who*ehollneii even jiet.
Upon bit reremd grave, in memoiT doth ait.
St. Aikwlatolbreurt, weEnriWiUr-" — '- -
Tha tutor that became to might; r-
Thalbolrma- — — "^ — •
tinlghl;M
ThTO''aii"lhe'ChSdan'iwi4 hath m
A>SlTaoncilt'dieu1ut°r?BDUi7ea .
Spreiehlng Ibere the truth, that haniil; he brou
e people of thcae partt fbom paganuDn, wberrin
o"l?"'
WTOUghl
..... dlapcncd here and there,
long, SL Hugh, who bom our own.
In our flrU Henri^ lule tai on
Whpv reveivne^ he wat long. SL Edmund an again.
Who banlthed ftom hnica tai our third Henryt tcign,
There led an homlt^ life ncai Ponldae, (where bSn
Bebiriout Lewit Ihen InteR'd with wondioui ml,
Ofwboie rlcb Ainoil France detenedl; ma; bsaal.
Uten Haln we add to thcte, an abbot here of ourt.
To Uttle Britain tent, empla;ing all hii powen
To bring them to the thlHi, which he to well eOtrted,
Tbal alnc* he at a taint hath ever been retpected.
** At tbaae of ourt In France, eo bad we thoae did ehow
In German;, ai well Ifae Higher, at the Low,
ThelT ditb : in FrIewlaDdTrtt SL Boollhce our bett.
Who DftheaeeorUenti, while Iheie be lal poaieat.
At Dcckum had hit deilb. In lUthlea FiUiani ilain.
So Wlgbert, niU of hith and bearenl^^rttdam, went
Unto &e t^-iame plicr, at with the lame intent :
' An ialet upoD the co*at of Scodand, Id the Oaimui ae
Wllb Waion^ ■ mu ■• jmat vUb Ood M be t
Ai UwT urccd lb nfe, H dM Ihdi cBdi ■ana.
Both tor ^Audtai (liilB, vbo rulU Id nfiu Un :
Bs Id the Kcnd toll o(«ir nlUoia nwi^
Id FilH thit vtMck'd thi UtEwa »(St. LuHu itad.
Who in UM MI or Moni did Boiiba Hceccdf
And WUUbad that of Bm, tbU Hcnd iBt HQflTM,
Sd boll thu Mm tbti^ IkcT baUj d^M i
llut U Uw Frim DDir, Mid la Iha Saxmii tkoi.
In Ocmui itxaid aw tforioiu lOBd ilWMd,
Who It ttadi llTH dnaii, tlidt bodls gittaind,
W « K old-aadl cntiilBX UmIi obllti thiIt £e|* I
Such ■ OB ibsa tuTS hid m mtaj pntia luipM,
Ttwt in IlKlr Ufa tbt Initta H oooiMbUt conAu^L
A> tti' otbet that Ihclr lUth bf atnji^iim opfoaU
S^BvlMn. udTolibhla Stivmiick, wblch tna hma.
7U ClBHiuid bald Ihalr way, aod In Uw tnab*! deftnea
niwnU tbdr idlflaiu Uxa, and u tbtf ■nitiagMbtr,
Fi^bMb of than u Wert In CleraUod Maud w«e,
«. SwihCTt biahqp wi " ..-^ --. ■- —
at. iM«u,wbvlteChriitliliblahofr<cbnDol(,
And In IbaMtthcriaDdi dM huBiU|r blm batoiit,
Fnu pbca to plan IB pau, the iacnu to nrtal,
Ofouidaat 8a>loui'i itoalb, and lul of aU (o hhI
Hladottrine with hli Wood. In Bclila » ibmad,
31 Wyuick In Me tort, hU blcwed Oioe be«li>w'd,
Whiae raUia WonnibauJll [ja) in FUadm huh MafTr'd.
*• Of theaa, til' TcbaUioiu dob (to trio tbvm HtaireD] that
St Hodpid, ■ n^ who in Ui jouth had been
A aolditr, and (b* ncoeta and Oarnun nn hHl Han,
A hanalt but baaaib bit ihihil iduI to laTe,
Ttt Hboin «Md Aimibta, Uul chM tallT onpanR, laT*
SoBa ■»•« not a* tnm liaf^ bla hennUaai to Kt,
WboH door «b« *Uh hii laan ba tau; a dai bad iRt,
H* Ibr Uh GhrMaa Mtb UHo tha lanic mi alaln 1
So dU th' awaldl tlMra BDU mnhllr attabi
Tbalr Baitin akxtgaa tjpaa, to Iidabd flat ancvf'd,
ButaflM On ttMlr aaal} aa naad roouliV ranay'd,
TbcT lo W^gbatta not, imd ai ibtjr bcoUien wb«
Bo tbw, >b« Cbiktlaa Adth lonlbcc nnacblna tbnrt^
Tb- old n«n Sawaia ilnr, OBt of thAr hatnddtcp
To Un UneiUlta, wboaa iliriBa* tian Culloi ilUI Both keep.
" go Adiar one of oun, b< Bitfland Kt apart
Fm OcmaBi, and atnt that pcaiOe lo coniat,
OfErflinlbiabiiv>>>dr,Ibnahi>b^bli*D£
SL LMuidBkairtM to our uR]Tob«e (ball land,
Wbo 1i»i« been at RiBa on pOntnicB to •«v
Tbs idea If tb« winia, aimpoMd Uiete to be,
HaturntPC br tba war of uannanj, at latt,
pnnctaiS tb* ChriUbm Ulb, ai b Ibnn^ CambiBT paii'd,
ThacuHi neooU alaie, whoic tdlci HuncouR hath ;
nSflSSeSiMni baJ, >hlcta nod the leiriuoeiMh
In OoBaar, >hlcfa aha noit nravntli nabrac'd
St John a w ofoun. on SalObtUfl ■« na plac-d :
St WUBbaU of EM the Uahcn u became.
And Bunliald EniUah bom, Ibaman oioal (rmt of name,
or WMAun bUMp wai, ■( Hobandwrg that lear'd
Tka lannntVr vhaidii ha rieblr mi iateiT'd.
« Bo Haeitricfat unto bw St WliUbord did call,
Aa tinSL Lc^ini tbareamotvt Ibanat Bivbrofiihtj
Th> one o'er IidTiluka tbe abalent Saicw taught 1
At Onr.Ia^ raati, the Mat dWapplj
Tbe Oualdai, and br then Intend at DnaDtfy.
at. WndbaM aaain, at^HjrdlnuB* «*>fd,^
Tba ibbact. In wMofa hla ndb time empkn'd
In tbelt caBmaloii then, Kbid bna Unwliha wKhHood.
at 0«toiT th•^ with ungnuK of ftemnl Nood.
And Hlo hlB whoa we ae^dec Edwaid iMa,
Both oDUrt and eountn left, which he auemaa ijit,
Which OstaaOT (Bcri»y. where be at Manlaid lad
A drtct iKiMtk U^ a aahOaliMaiid dc^_^
Aiwd]aaibcaebi(bR,aaDtoulS&>the«aat
Kbv Ina hnioi dona ■« iiaat and wondniui iMop,
Ai weUiaUn bt lumaMlha woclu ariuBdnr Ub(i.
Hare W walk men^ neglect] been tUl-n Into dicar i
minalmbTblmarle'-'-' ' ' ' — '■■
AiuSitdtbi
, where merklvlicdeceu
D to Lothar king or KenI
nidlglauilT had ■pent]
I ^pnach of hla decHnlDf agt^
Bow in boh pilgrlnage,
Ukkm WthElifb,
'TuicanTki Ibee,
Into tbi eountrr
Whoa mliaclM t
Tbe pataia of that pluac
At <!lrlIoaBl.flaioiaMln ,
OrinlT Tbcaaaa Ihcic laaat iwemitlr
■"■ ■ — " "■ 'Uv^wdf
nlhrrb
V tzavdhng lo Bon^ in hia n
h br ak^niBi, than to tiw* r '
rlillcd bar Rotae, but tmm J
l&i
I ylaldtnc up tbfir ^irili.
"no" m our countiT^ pnUo, ^ lo thr gnater ^tj,
Etcb to Ihk dajr Ibe AilBea reBgloah dan fca^
Of many a blewd lalnt whkh In thr lap doth deep:
Ai Efeulhaiitii, Mna ftom rMtlng the Unb,
Thou ni-ft to ^ It Aika In IbT Apulia IMM
Ts Ht^ta b(«T odL where be an henM dr'd,
Caaoolaedberi^nti ao faaM thou ■hiifr^
at Oeraid, one of oun, [ibors the nmnrgni
In aucb a cunptuotu ihrEoi
AI Sanelo Faifre lo, St Ful
Wblch rtom thai nrflren
«;gi««M)
Ardwln'i ahilne
la at CcinBO kqit.
Our Banard'a body jet at Aiidne wa may find,
UnUl tbia pcaaant tLmb bar patronlaing ulot. ,
- So countriaa nton nmobTwIlh oua we dhl Kvwlaa.
Aa Rlcbald Ibr the Ikme hit b<«iiMa had wan.
And ftc tht wcwlroua Ihiiw that thro' hit Dcaioi were das
From Ihia hit natln home tato Calabita cill'd.
And of St Andrew-) there tba bUhop wa> hwaD-d^
SI. WnHam with thSmul a paialMn^r^nd,
nat traidjtng rnu hence lo hoi* rtballiiii
Dtaltoua that noit bleat Jauaalem to aee,
Prior or tlut holy houte by tunagea related,
TO th'aepulchre or ChiitI, which Uwre WH dadbated g
lb iSneln ^a thenca TamoT-d in Uttla qKE.
And In kat time ordain*d aidtblahop or tiiBl place :
ivauiy goodoeat fllTd.
" Yet Ual;, oat
baplo^'d ant all o(
nw^andeiMtbr
SoOgMdaantlhn-
^loa pagana wild and mde, of Gothla, lo coBTeit,
Who haAw labour'd lonf, with danger oft IngliU
Waa hi hla nrecand ag« Kc bit daawiud ft*,
SOhUH Ung (« (Mhi, aet on TeuTteTi am
Sorwar, and lo Iboae great ncrth-eaat cmittrtci
So OoteUil giTe blmidtlHildlng a Cbikltan war
With Mnim, nothbw alia buthaalhailili ritei U
Aa SuelSla tobeiidftbiae menmat Terecend dre
at UIMd of «ir Hinta aa bmoHi there at any,
'Eiiliop
Airf KtMiF in thoae
The flrtt that Sweth
On FInlaDd lo taaka
Whan nothing ette ( ,
With EtklU thlthet lant, to teadi that baibacout
Who on Iha pybin ^i'**'* p»«*htog — •' —
dan of Oxito blalicp made,
•n king, which crar ^d petniada,
mar tn fivM them bjT llw twCtfd,
hear lb« powcrftal waad ;
T* etpraat the Saitoui't love to mM*MiiiiI taking pain,
Beniel ■antaBt' handa waa In the puUat abls,
on diatblOMd day ChiM dtad ftr rinftil man,
Upon that dai ftu ChrtU hU martrrl eiown he wan.
So Darid drawn ftoB hence hilo Ihiiae Ikitber porta.
By pnchlng, who to piac* tfaoaa pajnlBB' bardea'd hearty
Inotttantlj proclaim'd Cbriit Jeaii% with a or
Agiintt their heathen goda, and blind idolatiT-
Into tboaa colder dhoea to peivl* beailly nidiu
So othon that wan ouii oaur^ieoualy puru'd
Tbatdantiiigorthetiuthihiica] three moat ptvftHuid-
The rellib cl wbcM namea by nkdincH of aDuod.
Both In thelT Una and deatbi, * llkallBeBi might ifaow.
At Unaman we name, and fliunamaa that gih
WHh Wniaman their ntend, which manyiVTglidy He*,
In Gothland, wbUM tbef lau^ with Chriitlan paUfHC tboc
"Nar tboaa ftcu at lliat wcn^ ua Iboae that hilhs 01^
Tban thoae reeiding bore on many a goodlT ICC,
fCieat biduM Id aecduiiL BOW greater iihila that be)
Sod* web aacctad ottea ne ple^ and aenl.
How much lh0Y might of God in mortal man be found
VfAa then related talnti, aa wolthla than the mt
POLY-OLBIQN.
067
« orCiMeAuT hen irithtkM I wtilbaiK
TkM SM iRtabte&v'i im, on ^kh then loag iMdbc
Bd mMj mm dtTouL •■ nia'd llut^cbURbjwEl||h,
w ibeir baly Ucnnfaj:
Iht btalufa Briabtwild
HmbTtfieMi - "'
aua'Rtvln Id n Uka,
iii>[twiirt)illjdUBukg|
Ktir ncn u thn,
IH •» ptac'd, who iTait Inlli nlfhl und <>T
"TlKD(MaUwimtawksbWilrdlda<_...
That Hc, anbiliif of ■DEbiMvi'd punoto Imn,
Wkaa* ooontrr DnrMrt tat, tut bi FmI Fngliil dn
He bdu but ■ cklld, !■ hk dw bsHU Mt
TMmoS undiiBliM tcutli, nd j« nntaiittlM law I
But n be inw bi *■■>•■ In olTtt w mnina Mnnc ;
ADdu Ok dirWiM Mk dU belj bu hiia tuiiiGl,
Hb liknlH Ak Out ftldi In niDliT bittta bufhl.
Re I><]nnu u Uie nt iroM Uirauib ibut msi,
Tb thki mh-tnw U li»t HCCDdlaa by dtgiiM,
Tfwn by tau powr caoAivt*^ nl ■amslr cntUt wop,
7^ nuy woBdnxa thliw >iach Iw brfbn hud ddw.
TO •ban wftn ((• tbnWT) tb* D*tI1 auc iwu^
Tbn BH H ftiii^ war>M <■<» u an •'>^3/
sasTS;
■oOl dMd* wniinnwl vu the Good,
[Vhk Uith, Iko' OOBE of nydUood :
Ike Int. ■ mik-iMUt tnri d^M,
nib Trinnlni wm t(i fJinT"
ho* Ddi biAr* eipcaa<l i m
- -MOiSk.BalBni
In hthatam ,
Fo( hottHH aruia, multk'i i
Tlut vUlai OiRKWd nid^ tbat pHr MHt kon.
Wan wddaly *wl»iiilkk m OttSpia la hli Tin.
nti nu Willi tbaubUbn, Buat worthUy nIMd
Arcb •alnlMi la tbcli H aRMiMwpi coDHnud.
at. ThoBH Bodwl tboi whiib fl'B>'l' ■> BiKb ^•n'.
At ta bii chiMnV B«an ibcjr addad CuMabmy I
Ilwn to wboaa waiitiiiiiH ihrlna Um ixai ■iii'i'iwingatot,
Sa Blfhty atttkngt laBt. and audi IHdi filcrlmatci,
CoBctninc whan, tlH woildalaoethea hith ^ml nmcb bnatk,
A nd nanr quHdjMi made both or lita UJO >nd Math 1
irb«wantiHlyIaat,btlu(>ibliTlEhti Ifno.
Tbow iIbci wsimcfa to bkna, lEat hin bin nokoaM oo.
" Hub tbat ftoa VoA dOMH^ whoH Una baie aa muA
Sxpnl
.KRMsSS:
;■;&,.
M maafc and bomlila banted,
j|lof|nBa,lowboDinatOadlnitwtad
UU hktcSh niDdrr wan, M aa* upoB blm caaiL
And antUa •iDvinib JokB, wbo bkewta bara tba nao
or BnaiiaT, »kan ba Boat Iw^ly waa bom,
vnuae bSEaaB Ad Buoh bb nadn place adorn,
WbMTtfk bad by tfcoa* dnaMac tlBB- baqneata
Th« fluner to that Mat ,
Daoaaaa^ waa again at ■■»■ »»-.^.
Tbe olhB la that aaa a anilGbta tbay choat,'
And did fbc blianat Mafaauant Iba lalnta i
Aa vnmaBby&afliBteaaeorawooiHiDanir'
'Wboia attfhan niltag hen dU In bla Ud* Old
Arc1ilMHperthatan,aa)ont our ^Bti doth ._^
"-^""— ■'■oaotwoa«a»a,itjiyardil«B(aeooal.
inb-aaea of omiL BOW London ilbea doth take,
1^ or whan tUae Uinta werttalhdld vale.
idon tbo' at laaatb raawv'd to Lcatbifon,
•ij. whkta ihmha rtsbiT had bopin.
jnwald aBBDB, lh'EBl.En|11ita Ofiraaon.
i» lUbB^ kkatl* CBuit *bn (to ■ onriH lad,
Wboae wortanS kiM Ub w(B IBi haUDfaa, tbat dcKl,
Time bin airiiilnVlneaida, (tba Bo(b«r «( that an]
Wbkh wSb nnniMa larn and prtTiiaaa he
Had voBlnwlT *Ddnr^t(>(aodiMB B afbcted,
IHal batbMaUlBmit ftaa hla own power atoctad
At raicrtaeT nen W naBOi^ aad Buriibu (aamia laOf.
So Koter bath ■ nota tn tlM(B oo aalDtia throoc,
Wbo & hk wotda and wflcki ao tai^t tlw way to Haaven,
" Wtifi Winchratir afaln pwnaad.wa, irhlS ihaU tlon
or whou we yet hafe aung : aa Hcada there we hate,
Wbo tqp bia godly lu^n |sod InotniBOaaa ya^
,_ (mcUm tItM tt» «« Made* ■<■ (o Ha* a«a,
Kraaipla (J»iiiinu>d, 4M iomcMbi ftr txuL
Our Swlthun then tnauaa, I
" lBUl,Wi
VonliljAait,bla'dadnladj^" ""
I battiit base, ao iiliaiahiaiu aata thenbr,
■dnt'a^av'bealthatwMadty,
A* that day OUeUi oat, whan Birasiaa aaay wa
Babara ibOH Anner Am, be well Bicht aalBlad b*
** So FrHhitan br B Bint iaodandn^ we flod.
With BrittataB lut ■ wblt the boUaat naa bablod,
Canonli'd, orwhkh two, the Amaer Mr nmet
or Tinnaa la blm (wDd, Iba laiiar dU elaol
"^ alt BDon hia aaa, who HkewUe dylBC (bar*.
Etbdbald agalB ascacdlni dd aijiMii
Tban fbmiariy ma«aa'd,^n^Lh«i dolb agMei
Tka EtbatwaU,ofwha Ihia ataiaXed hath baM told,
Ibt In a tint of dantb bit dnmh'a plale be ioU,
lb iriloc tbe needy Booci Hie ehnnL> waaHh (tooth be)
Jbvb«afiAin^^At^,aolbnaaiiHC^_^ J\ '
Rr bla Hll(k>iu lift, ban
Aa twaa tuDfiot'd th^ 11
Had IB hli di^ia '"™l;'>^ ''l™*'! '
Wbleb^npnpbellc I
UdolDI|Hni
SulabiitiH
8L Richard.
binOl'darai
blm St. Ollbatt, which do ab
reat oCthIa our Bltrad band,
natbli^tAKtruthadaUnr^
1 tSmbert. of a lainl had Iba da
tly oUlla fams. dooa In Um lila .
K-^ ■-—
lUata
. rlrfit,
klaoTWIibl,
— —1. •!.> t—wu. ofwbal an
be proiM, no it It known to ma.
nbume waa a an, and bi har glcay thooe,
WbondlocaH that tImecoDlalnea Cornwall thaat
Had ■• the taat Ibdr Hanla, derind ftam tbeir ana :
The Int har Adahs bad, and Hanond, asd the laat
Had PWroi*, Ito a lalBt that with the ethat pwd 1
Tbat were It at Ibc ua bat to cuBhw BOW
Than IMnaa tlBXL than aan Ibr aalnu that did aDov,
Aod rtm our raadiua uree, that ethera aUabt aa wen
Boated be Die aabila, aa worttry erery deal 1
Thlaienillnyoratin, would cfear that world Iberaby,
AndihowltlobeT^Driiiitlailly,
That each man hoh ctli'd, waa not canoaia'd here.
But audi wbon HTea by death bad trial many a yen.
■ jwaatahlUhyOooBBotallirU)
Norwich then tranafinM
Humbert la dotb brla^'
The UUe of a ealnt Ua martyidon doth bIb.
" So HaraAnI halb bad on har MbaC^Ttnt,
Saint Leonin, a nan by ButyidiB Bad* fteat,
Wbiin Orffla nrlsn of W^ that town wUob did aahdaoi
(0,BHMaBhanpwMdaad]aniacf(UUlyalew. ,_^_~^^
Hath llkn^ i^her i^itannnra^doai utlra ab«n ■
Sidat 4|WfD aa bar tid'at, with Woolatan n the otber,
or whom aba may be proud tn lay aha ww the nolhar.
The shurch'a chanploDa both An hn that atauUy atood.
" UlchMd hath than BO whit laaa (UUH SOT IM noA
Tb« Oru or wboB U that BM rarend blahop Chad,
IB then raUatoua Onua Aic hoUnw that had
Tbe noBe ahma tbe beat tbat Iliad ta tboH dan
That atcilea bar* bnn atuft iritb bla abuodant pralaei
Wbo OB the an or Tnk bebw IbrBellT InataOC
Vet wbes back to that pian A. wniHl waa raolIU
The aoat to that good man be iriUlnfh Teai^>4,
And la Uw auiat cma of UtcblMdlib conOA
So Suuir alter hlav Ihtn Omn did aupply.
Than wtHta nobWKv y*( wi
wrbon UA, <« that oexl i«a dw taMtoa ntfl did ahov,
Wbld w« Buy boldly aay, be tlut *a dearly know,
H^ iBBoeaot the FourS the efaiinh'a auOraie.led,
nriall-dtlHHiily-liie,
DRAYTON.
AUtn, aad Fhiui botk, net Iii«>pUt nn (bonL
NoRhunbecIaDd, 1r Uk chb wHM thou didii ttmaii
With HMiiiti^ whiek tEOD thj Onrin, Uwt nod kkni.
At 1^ IlkMlH h«^, rhm Nilram tbu *KK
IMnc Mnt or thtt t>kM» irboB tlie Noithiuiibcn cboM
•nt Mibnte srF*nic,uid AnuKaU to hoM.
And Cuthbwt, of whine life mSi bIiicIh ir« loliL
A> •locT nfcelf on the tnith thereof mintiln.
Of th- iHd ScoUfe-Iiuh klDBi doceiHled ftnm the rtnln,
Ai )^dben*ftec Iheir, born DMuntlr our own. '
The next which In thu •» at Culhbm OM HKHvd,
Hiichiuch then buiUiifw<xxi,aiidU»tEh-dwllb btadjnei,
UilmlUtd upurttonc, end ninnd blr wlUi te«l,
WBo in St Cuthlwn'i gtm thtf burtwl, bdn* dnd,
AibliBd-people he il^lt departing wDi-d.
Ha HigInU iRer blm > nlnt li likcwUe hrli.
Who wlten hU proper tee, u ill the wnherD ihrnr.
Were br the l>>n»diiitr<>]r'(l,licDat diinuyd Che more,
but nuklDf ihlft to nt DM (rfthe cruel Diine,
Hu dcfvf cjuttIiw focih, pr^ieh'd wt — ' ''
" AmTAIwyn, iAhi the ehureh u r
u lee, which bi u Hagenrtald,
■■^ la thit good age reapected,
'•d, in th' aukmiM negleetad,
Thm Edllwald, which •ome Wmj Ethriwoidph do unw, '
Mote rlghBrrfcul U Kme aT^riSle luitiiyd.
The SnC which ml^ Oft mt, wMeh Bemuclerii) did pnfiir.
Much gnchig Unu who wia all oqIt confevDr^
Nor were tun MUwn tku nlM*d ulnu alonei
NoRhiuBberiiod, hut thou (boMeiJ hut many * coe,
KfUgiaat ■!*»«•, prieMi, ind belj hernlti thm,
Cananiied u wdfit thj great nutnd mm :
Two hinDui sMwct HrU are in the ninli of Iheie,
WhOM; ibbe]'! louch'd the nlli orthi two imctenl KM.
" Hit Royill, [In hit time the tuCcUgo that had
Of Culhben, that great Hint, whoae hopet then but ■ U,
EipreaM Id rlpa yean how gmllr he might merit)
ITie mm who bad ftou Ood a proidietjliig ifdrlt,
FontellliigmaDirtblnfi] and growing to lie old.
At Malnni Ihia good man hii tainting well did earn.
Saint Otwald hit again at bolj Lliidi&nie,
With tn, a godlr prieit, tuppoi'd to haw hit len
orCuthbnt,uilirfth him wat Herbert Ultciiite there
Hl> ftUow-pupll long, who (aa mhi* author ultfa)
Hn inat afini^ had oT CuChbert and hit lUth,
' ' place, he with thai hdrmin
And wcrlhUy
I. ImpuUiUi w^lcb 1
-Moflguauicinanii'iitnrt, who called list, Beaa.
Who Uv'd t7 aim, and ptayrr, tbr worEl retpcctlng nougbt.
Our EdUwaCl the prletl, In Fern, (now Hdj-lilo)
Vhlch itandeth rtom the drm to ten nine SngUah mile.
Bat In hli reverent cell, at, Oodrick, thou canat ahow,
Illi head aod beard ai wMie at iwan or drKen inow.
At Flnchall threeacore rcara, a hermlt-i Ul^ to leul |
Their loUtarT way la th» dU Alrick trwi.
Bequeath'd hinueirto hit moie'aulet bemAtage,
orVniguiie, to In th«, NorthwDbcTtand, wt tdl,
WhDte naeat raUgloua Ufh hath m*rlt«d to well,
(Wboae blood thou boail'it to he of Hi* moR rojal attain)
nil Alkwln, mailer to that mlghlr Chatlemalgn,
In rent hy iMtBd writ, who ornit holr utD,
He hiiB the tu^ect choae the hit moat laamed pen.
So OtwTw, ope oflh* dear eauDtrr, Ibou cant ihow,
IVi whom, at Ibr (be rett for bho, we lUwwIie owe
Moch honour la thr auth, thii godl* uan that gaie.
Wboae rdlqna thai gtaat^DUie of letdng kng did tare.
To dndn iui It nink: to Benedict br Ihea,
We bare amongit the nat, Ibr aalnla tbal rcckon'd be.
Of WyremoqtJi worthlpp^l lon^ her patron buriad ther^
li^a man exwedlBg i«n^
•u oltaert more, that timaa might UBdenOna
!hria(en-d name added Northumberland.
r>tng wrilar
Din onee, at Hampool, bail
, ftom Rydal we rec^ie.
allpoitcril;dIdl«T*
■r-J tallh, deUter'd by bta i
" Then WooteT will we bring, of 1
So ha^e^e'tEuDdUirei
m wc biiait,'a man mott highly bM
_^ ere, hlaholr
itkkike, flom hli ToutJia who Ue'da
"" ipoih. date b; tbe i —
And Meoth, bj Hi
A I Oulhtike. ttoa
Tbe mHTlumi
rerilrofChriit .. _
^over, adding uook. and nurtfi ,-- .
For that the barbaroua Danei he bnTel)r did withatand.
From nuHacking the church, when hei* the* pal on land,
Bt them wai done to death, which rather he £i choote,
Tfaan aea their heathen handt tlHae botj tblngi abuia.
" Two bOTi of tender age, thDaartdwaalntaBMM.
Of Nocwldi Wlllluu wu; of 1
Whom th' unbeUetlng Jewt i
In mockerr of our Cbriit at E
Thcae time* would am* one riutild their due honour hm.
Hit Ikvadan orbit lirb,)tar Jenit Chrlit that nie.
" So WIKibIre with the rett ber herwdt Ullrick hMh
lliat lundry agea tbiee, hli cell bave fought to And,
At Haitelburg, who had hit oUllt blm aitlgnM
Honhumbcrland, Ih; test with (Btnli did ui mnilT
OrtbT nlighmi kingt : of which high hierareht
Wai biwln. lor the fklth by beathenlih handa enthriD^
Whom Penda which to him the Welih Cadwillyn call'd.
Without all mere; Ilew : but he ahne not ihr'd
By that proud Mercian king, but F^eiida yet boaida^
POLY-OLBION.
Bn^tUllfir:
Uia BtmoiT IbHtlv, thn* niOMiw Sic tlu
Ai one whoM Bit imtn'i tlut mononF In i
So IlkniM la tbc roll orilicM NoKhuBiUli
WIUi thoK thiE HMitTn nn^ n>Rh thu
WhouOnnT.tbUlitutoUBgari -
Two UBfdoDi^ which vhUBUMB ...
In irotBeH, vcnwltMB bw Utir boundi conum'd i
Tbb Uii(lj mutyc H, ■ i^M WM rifUlr cnwnU
A> AlkiMBd gna of bn^ An •ucUti numrii'd.
Kim AbcdV chibun>d ■n, B BDrt nUfbiu prlii»,
Wlw^ wb« Uw bcubnlth hn*WnaB(uuaHld«o*iiici
(Tikeir in^alim tftcm dccUnliu u lb* wuw)
\ t DiAt put to dHth, wboDln ■ Kudlir Am,
rtltbutriahllrmichll)
« ftilLnwUi^FUiB TDur inlia oft miwt t
. , bcc kini, MonlmnUi neta inlD,
luttjidoa Uio nnt, tbo* boI the atit In ntn,
jon i\t bbt lUtilMti ilav, Ibr IhU Iw dU iAa
The hoMJiHiUh Siun lodi, nod booDd than ts (mbracB
' u nltb, whicb then begui to iprnd.
^^ ■- 1«di
OUl'd br iSiilaHoiuuBia bit coin
Whit ft» dcHcVd isuc iuili,(ira
You piow iiriDCH thn, 1iir~i"~-
Why •hould not ftill -!~"-
Sn ifUwlwalpb, h
'^^ luttTidoa tb
le biathHiUh 1.
IW UnlT oulck'nlng ifitb, '
I ftic our SiTieut cbrlo, u
V/Soi ChoK mut KSouthnMbii?^
King AUM, that btt CbilH he might dii
ContemDlna ojurtly ttite, nvhlch i
So CauiBbli If do M Uili h«l doi
Id that reli^aiu bauio, i cMiUt'
ingjom thai
Which
That in thli K<<iilhla raToiiie^
Our turtrroliWG to hcJp ; » hapinly ahe hjhl
Ritllr ana Ul&d, toM to Wupien, ftu dedia
The; had [■ nahraa the f>Uh, by theli maM eru
Were wltlimiL pity alain, lonf otv to manhood gn
Whaat tmdnr bodlH had thrir burying ritu al fl
"-" — ■- -■- --h*klngofMmUiihouldha«
na uain bj n
rhU he Ihe CI
guard, 1^ rear iHtvaiLuf old,
ilklth und«ifa(*dly would buM.
lb could jaanlin cupel.
Odh'* •sn,^iirhom EiBwa long dU
•anon oi nia life and ainctity, who Sei
MhR-i kiDfriy court, and altoi mecUy Ird
lermill li^n Wale^ when long he did remain
tIwS
Aodm.
our nuTtyr'd aalota, though only be co
UercU waa. a king who bigfaly blaai'U
rsf«
Cbrtar,
a llfr rellgioua^ he apent.
Aaoidval, ao whoat head auch prain all tlmea hare hcap^
Thai ftam a heathen prinee, a holy pUgrim lumM,
BeHotInc In bia bcart agalnit the truth C ban ipum'd.
To Bone 00 hli bare Ant bia patlanoa nenla^
And in tha ChiiiUaB fkith there hunhly wai baptia'd.
So ElbeJwoolpb, who lal on Cedwal'a ancient aeat,
For charitable <hHia, who almsat waa aa great
By AUMa, the lint, hli atepoather, waa alaln.
That bet Bon lored urn, yovsg Ethenvt, mMit nkn :
Tha other In a tlsta, anddaluia of Ihe Ane,
Both whldi, with wondroua coal, the Engliah did ioter.
At Wynbun Ihia flrtta;^ Ihe lait at Winchaam,
Where that Weat-iain ptiaix, good AUNd, burieii waa
Ihuae tlmea, or itouther
Tb^ n«r-B ai
UMlilaDdrwIt
Which Juitlybi
Ateagmd,wh
And Edmund, 1
!hkhS"°''l"'d'ld'lS.at
whoae moat holy kiofa.
I dear death him wmthlly ha
III end, ao wondrourljr reoo*
. t ivlM finflblb Hk OAn to bar glocy ahow
Win Ibe will ban ibe wodd of her pnat gMIn
' again, allui'd with tha reinrt
I eatlhly poiep, (ban In tb* Madan
■Id, bnlhec la aL Edmund, aung bd
aaoc wa tall, whoan paat ttmaa lUd in
— «grTba(— ' ■ ■ -■
Of three tfbath
na atMi wbD baylBg :
"-naeirdtatGbrlttaiedwaai^by wbue" __ _ _
leblUi |Tt« after ttroBEamongat bia KoiUtb-mfi
EU<riMtacaln,uidKlMhedhi>nh«tt,
™"iS^*^
rfgraat deaeent In Iba Soulh-ieiian ttnjn
The blUi tr
Aa EUelb^t again, and Efbehed &1> pheett,
Ts Klbald, king of Kan, who nalunToeiibewt rerc
For Chriittbaraeliff^nr death, aar '^-
nidi of oia naK-wbom, ere king Cedwal Iibgw
B true and lively Ibllh^ be lyrannouily ilev ;
loae Tiglia wen obam™ [long)* In Tbt wj^ W^ht"
nentber'dtaalhamocc.nirbTingoronenanie
dI ih' Eau Saxui line, Ung SM£a aa becauM
jhat uimptuoua ahrlned idng, LgJ Edward,, ftom^h?n
- To theae our aalnt^ l^ rem.-Sl^ln out aanr,
hue maldl and widow'd gueeni, do nortliiiy tHdona.
^Wjtn'd that became, and ^uj the Kl/jai'ne nyl^
la thoac tliot fhitii to ^wcc and (lennany''» gate,
Inr iwd-auiaa aainti at hooui, ai Hiidcrlia; with liec
rss
a-A.
At Qy hoODurM It, whe
2'?'!!?' «°^ ,*'^'T "'" "iiiw !"'■ ilighMlSghl,
RdHting on Ihoae limn aa cleat a natafliihl.
At manir ■ rir^n-breul iba flred with hn mt,
Tha rhlita of whoae ttrong IhUh, to agoa all]] renal
The alon oTthota timtnliir libenica the gave,
By whicii thoae eaitctn ihiica their priTlicgeal bare.
Of holy Audrle'i too^ a aiater here wa baw^
Balot Wlthburg, who heneirta contcmplattoa gare
A'^eAam in bar cell, where her due hnurt ihe liepi.
Thedaiufaterthatianaa^oruobleEthelwohl,
A mt Bail. Anglian ear], o( Rawy abbeat lang.
With Mllburg, Hlld^coni^l^ MuSld^dS^ighlaia du
TO Uenal^ who did then the Herclao tetptraSai.
At Wtolocfc, MllhDig dy'd, (a uoit reHiiaui m^)
Of which great abbey the the ant tbun^lion laid /
And Thanei (aa her taint) even to ihia age doih hery
HatHlldrBL HUwIdwulbaUkeatCantaibary.
■• Hat In thli utmnal Ide of Thanei nay we paaa
SaM Kadbwi abbeai than, who tha dear daughter waa
Td Ethdbenlier lord, and KenlV grat cbriatm'd king.
Who Id thia pheo aaat OU'tl we with Ibe fimm brisg,
TruHaladlHaomaurttoFlandenibulthUI,
Aa dDubtrul of Iba truth, herr daM not liutih
" King Edgii^
Immunltlaa moat large, and goadiy liTlngi Ud.
Which Modwon, long beTore, an holy IrTih maid,
Had Ibunded in that piaee with moat denut InteuL
At Eanawlne, Sadwaldl chUiL one of Ihe kinga of Kent,
AI Foikitono found a place (ginn hy her niher Uieni
IB which the (an hemiriaaballnanee and pravEr.
" orihc WtaUSaion rule, bom to three i^eiai klnnL
Four holy Tii^uimon the kuaeioivderbilngi:
Saint Etbeiglve, lh« child to AlOed, which we And
•nioae moredeyoulet limn at Shaftlbucy crahiln-d.
». Audrie-allharlin.
670
... >d til "iIiTiHiii If Tiilr ^liih
ibon, (Ml with ber St. QulnlnK wUoh in IMI
^T do Bt, boCk u tbcr Atoi wo*.
nMMrii iirTnitiiii iililili III intniir
libbudtBBU Mi hniriu to Oiilrfttbtr,
KtiUMUi In, nd Mtb amv dm niPd div waC^
WlHM natbn'i Bcnd mmb wtth oCliti hIdEi vu UBt,
AiaftocihalltaAovM: uiaUiM: Tlq^ t»>^
And Ukflwli* 9at > aynt ■noiigit tbc nit alhiin j
To th' (Mcc Edmrd bom, brUnit mburn vbo n iba
( Ai ■** rducd ntoti or tbitGiMt DBM Sit M
Or WUHio abtaw WM, (bcr >" of WIKoB Mrra;
Wu cmr mjr BiMMon Bcnlnil, sun iiail,
OrmuttBDiilaa^kBowiir Bat, Mw, on IB OBr KHiCi
Wltb oCka jidMtf r »>^ t>at flnt wllb tttae Out 4«W«
ADd KlnMnd, wHh then iheir itncn, KlnEnraad,
And Badbuci, Iwt, nM kiul, mi OaHunchHCa' ilT
U^rti^ thit Kt bcT vbok ddlfbt,
Am^a whkk If tlwt booM, ftir HtBU thw nekOB'd be,
DnitVI or nnl blood, u Ui' stbn BUad tbn,
Nl«* to tbu Bdcbtr Uaf, aw EBfUib AtbdMan,
At Gladenbiin ibriii'di udoiaujrnaluihe,
B^u Bdwud OntJaw'ichUd, ■ umB that B>4 (o M«
TbeCoMumr «tcr b«, HL ChiMu, (to lu knownj
WhoH Uk br bw eku HUH a?lail7 wu ftmrtiovB.
And oat iHi iHtilT bum, nor bnd, prodnoo wckaei
BaOM HUdu, andat. Um, tb« Ont o( BoUo MHW, :
At SOflubilt took bn tow ; MM ate» dga am
Wbeae nlk> nun ■ dH lh« worid fid tbnt Hhm.
Aid orom Hlnud mdib, tbe uoaMr to •nn'I'i
CM Eadbua wa allow, l—ttlao at AUcdxuji,
To BodwaEl thnaklDC of tha Eaat.An^a ben,
Ttxn PudwiH we fnduea, wboa thta ouiiuttT* Wa,
Ai Antin snta MHMb oAa'd, ud hlAa did csKTl*
-n.eli^St'BitfUilld.whMBTUSfciiitwanhaM
In liMoliiiliIni fd not Bt Fildaiwid acdTi^
Till ililiM iif iTi hniHi In Oifbrd,<fb(rUi>d
lliewaidtr; bk that itK* ooUUhw tka Uka to tad,
ADdwiiRbUTnadcalBiii tbeHtBTttigiiM*,
or KalabT WH wai, and AUiK ■■ w> na^
Utf dM« w itat »t, dU bu^^ WHwad
Ai AMBMn, wUch Ant raeriT'd ibrir BTini tntb.
TtaeaUioKHntllumbriin n|Fm;bi, all tAVi at ftiU efUtb,
That oountrr nm ua In, f Incnan 00- TliiiD^nd,
Fiir niwl. Oawald^ cblM, Ui« of Mataoiabalaad,
At StnwtaaK Hurt wnVriTd. Aa •Bonpt tbon nanT thac^
O BiM. wboi* idaar Ikma ttana nanr iliaU (Nitwtw,
At CoUloi^uu, Ar tHDca wltblD that eaaMiT ^>d i
llH ililiwi. wbo to knp tha nllad difku cha^
WhicbAa Omlmi'm Iba Duaa woaU nrlih, wUch poa-
ThUUai aMofltand^audtbanoralltbaiat,
Tbc ua and upnr 1^ ftom loiu JUt bcca caiT'd,
And (nn pollDlun as nur halWwd bono pmn>%
Wbkh w^ ttw Daoat pancii-d, tb*lr hopn B hi iWadid,
ULaoftoD, wboaataUb wttti o(b«i rMUx wdfb'd,
ball abow b« not oat.nHteb'd br aor BWlih auU ;
~~ "~ ~aa wba* tba Dana whli panacufloB atona'4
Sb« ban a MMr^ fut BOit ilDrttnlT roifbrBU
Two bety mafaii a^l^at Whi^ wan nnowB^
Bd«b dibBBB tfaai«< and coibnon an BOW Aj
BL EtbdMd, with bar at CohUI, ai a pair
OfrtibiBii Ibanin, tha oh oTwhlak to fira
Hw wUiUaan OaMO atpaa<d, that lAnd wUcta UB<9'
Bj wbkk Ibaii ania and min irai bbit HmndBliord
Whkb lUI ftoB •rihdr wIbb, noi tothe ab can (M
Tian Oa IMUddan ptecfc tuTtbar ba mny BL
" A« tbBa wttUn Uia&l* IB eloWa* wan ocknid :
Sa we on Tlnliu bad la fbr^in paita eipoa^ t
Ai Etdbort, AiB-i child, aodMhnd barn our own.
•ain we Hkewya thHhs Hn^
,..__. in bcfstKmatliBaa kbit << Kant)
A-prtoraBoflhatiibtMi BuipiDdcam ban
At Eaicni tb*ebaiBrula| an wtalA ranowned an
la France whidi B thli tab of then «T ft«*lT beuL
" Bo OamaiiT aoiM ■na'd, ftaa ibla ibair natln «ai
- - tb'ronlBiftlihllD*.
MaofHtrdullBb
■a with Iba raat [in DoncDhll*) ar
wttb b« want Lloba done.
•SI""""
Kb bad an tMna bov to aancUtr tbe trlOL
But wMowM vwtu at wdt that bilpf |«nT wiae,
FaiBUnKaeoaBd badi, the worid with than ftinco>.
To'MrM rattaed Un^ and ^a^ tt^ betook
To ahiHnaim and Mars, and aa jbnrdr UtU.
At wbtB tht Ala of UK Uh ElbdwaM iaprlK^,
nat o^ th' Eao- AnglB rAn-d, brMit Hcrlnrtd Ida iii
BalaUi« ha to load a nilct BonaMlclife, I
D«f«rlbw bMM* to Pianos rMdr^t tbo boh Td.
And llTal BHT a ^ eBcMHetM than at bdK
Urn KiMban in Ub ooT iilntad thnt iball MaBd,
TgiUtadttabrVwitLUnkortroilhuBbalaBd,
rmiiilaai III riiiiila.liHiiif Built iiliiilhimilibii
HiBtair note hatthinWE ware, j^brV that i«e tn aar
Foot tMu, and thli niHD, bit cbUAtn oaoanwMd
Of OodmaadHaiar all, ud afta Blola rdalad.
" AiHkawlKoflbla tax, with talolitbt>deOBaiMI«
Ofths Ncwthnintelaii Une to biTc we uaT mae;
Saint EuBed, wldoWd loft, br Onr« ieKidi« tbci^
At SIreubtH loc* bar rail. B Ethtttni tfca pbaan
To Edwlil, (iKhllT nam^) the hotr, wbChpoBiB-d
"—'—-— ■ ■ant, bandr^t ff" "^ — ■
AI LoBBdni fti hi Kant, wUch oomnrr laTa ba Ininil
So EdithBlba rBt after kteii SatkrickS SaOi,
Wbleb bad tbe aatf-BBie nilt, of initoD tfibsa waa^
When two Watt-BaiDB oueaBi Igr aafatta tbtti llkawlaii i
Which In the telCBBehooa, lahlt Edelh did lacoaad.
aalM Ea«lw<4 which ban put on bar baDoWd weod,
UniAlfadriwaitbf wift^afWBMaii aoaaaB
ndVlUMd, Edaar% quaen, (as ftB« IB bbnisiL )
nwa Eadburt, Ana'a wife taeelTad at tb« etbtr.
Who u a aaiat hmtf, tofuiawlM WM Ike Bather
To two Boat hota malifa, B we belbn hanibaird.
At Wnton {which we aar) their happT UB*«eitaw^
^H^ ihe of BatUaa whl a holt dud urfiftB'd,
Wbo In her hubaDdt tlBB h^ tettntd ia Che wot :
Th^lH^alond eUld, and A udrn'i lirter
VThkb ElT IB IboH dan dU to bet Bbbati
Nar la Bt OUtb w* loB bomir ovbU to t
Klnf.Sathicd'i wldaw*d quaask «ba (wbcn
m-XBaalaa UiB orUM baeaBa anomi 1
Wboaa ahUae tolitrtben ballL Ibt woiU
Two bolT Merdin aneau t[i^iDwV,Bia
Fer aaaOUr nnch Oka, sat laiKk BBBka h
Ui«Wiil^Mn« 1
To Maruald lelpdni there, a lab)
Wtiotatbn*TtnitabBhiti<heTfa._. .
pie reBnant af bar daja^ itfglqiWIf tbatkart^
Kint Etefi Dutber tok kto a aalot pntot^
Oueen Al«Ta, lAo (thai —j) at BbltiMiin wai iwltnM.
So Edwud Outlawl wilk, BL Aiatha, we btliv,
Bi BakBaoa btiol, that innt HnneailaB Una i
Who whan abe lav tbe wn^ to B1|U, bar aiar aao,
Bt cruel Hanid ftiat, then b¥ tba Coodneror done,
DiVllT-d bit ilihtflU crown, no bone It to nenwa,
A natal biWl toe*, and eava Ihe Mm world tmr.
~ hen not tb« iMIt, OHueb the be iel tbe IBM,
J oter-mu^V bv aoj Iliatlt liaat,
»*■> vmo, «Bd bon to Halaoln, Ub) of Bcai^
ceurcatdqnewU
CwhobelfbarM
Aa that the Miw
Wan laid upaa her Hlk, wbaa aba her ckmlB IMt
And chaM^aiTO bendf to b<r lorU bubBBd^ bad,
WboB ttewlae flu a taint thcB rareteiiJ a«a ctnae,
t upon tbelT nialie dmdd Bend,
ufallBi Watb, Ur WtMtBd lo MtBid
At BtamBird, which bar itraam dolb OBly otetlaka.
Of wboB barirfttnti Bood itemt WMdrow nuth toBabt
)bawM«kiiMtbcdarllnfand<hllitat
- -"" hCTbctond^l,
— , . Tcr^ heart mar h* -
that ilM.tba laa|^]«t ftnlUUI-ai i
ho bw^H thw est
A*h>bt**dTcfalMXai ^...
■™ — — "^-ilMtbalaal^iatftnllftill-aiibbaahoaMei^
i cnhtabaHiaa Mbk ho tai^E thw BsartB-d.
Lon got tbjiaftba lata, altho' Iba HaattEoaaW,
Wb^tboabi
Brlaa toth that Bfttlab rala, and be it na^ n nn
BittCatsnt with tbat Tal^to rkhnot rtkd eoBvaac :
Wbat ftmit araipb litoind, howbianMie^ihet^
But I^Md Aewt baneir u bnw a nTBTfa B -^ •
Wbati
OneraleoftBeclali
OCMiBui,lho<iMi
AndlaC thT Od^ baBtTlo hanooL
-~'^ '-- tba rl(Bad ftln did In thf ba
S^,
That berth
FOLY.OLBION.
And LjBM, M tbOH an ■ ftmt, Uts B frM,
Tlul •nrr nmt nnvii nuT prilH dw ipcirti In DIM;
And down la WeBnod'iBiunc, O Widi, iud gnt dear,
POLT-OLBION.
■ »_• UKkTlbit wUtOiai U dMh bi
. itaT^ tha wita Iud dotb w«T
t. In oneowll (Mttar
llini coue m hxi to Kallioi,
And brlntfng WTthin to ho- fait,
ObIIkIkt Iftit we l«t al ill,
Hcf Kitfl hoA blcnnRB la Atlfltdi
And irLth Ihe utc or AKbohm nwt'
How In npoa Ihi tHtk, riili lincokuhln, I tCnln,
At Dcatu.ftomirlHHMnfttticpknWauadlubndnl
HwnpbJlKr HoUmd^ ft^M ftaMtog ilm do Ml
X-ciwHolEmd froot^'uib, >liidi on Adr tal«B dda
Th- InbcnUna oeiu iM^MVon Itai Noitalctu tudL
To llMlr HiR noitbcn pgtail, when WditeM MM Ml
lis ■bouklB' oat Umh HH, nd UndHT bt'* k" "■;,
BacMirt* ID Ibal lUr lUC a cboUflikn ■&■ doUi lar.
From bit ud OrBB Hrth, wb««n tbi Uwc <lFl*M
Trod with uRadrlbot, now with nalnnr nit, [widi,
WhH* Nfiplune eraj dH dolb potftrtaUj IbthIo
Th> Tut ud qwachT Bil( with Boittef w>UowtB(w>«,
From wliMg IbdMuow Ainc, that wbo Wwiilfiiotny,
Bt iwift md Btddcn flliiM, ia •wallow'd bf tbe d«|i,
Whm ftom tha wndhrol lldii Uw ftiBaliii «■■««■ twy.
And tamUi all toHa, wktch wu but UMt tbiin,
Fna Ihii our ■Dulbain nut or HaOu^ caflad tha Low,
Wbate Cnmlandl TulH jat, (ttao' alBon bsiWi iliow
Her mMitr ftnuKlH'* powar, nt Ui BO* abriulu nal
Mm, bt ttw Blw*^ ^ib^bt^^m^^
Abon all olbac tncM Bar boot btnrirtD bt
The mlnnai, and (IndMdS to iH wttboatoampaie,
Wltb bar hilt piopar pnlw, tbu> HbUud datb icocaad :
* Ya AebanuUB foi, toulDorailaifaurilarT,
Uiai^liUiafD«Dr>*nMer]r
tad AcliaiPii,
snoTS lona nai iiuHn nana, h wou looac luai m,
CM which Hatraria t«llL Um wifn ThfaiiBeD,
Id hMv) alttao' thoubUtali iaamSt to boait.
Thai HiDDlbal bj thea <%ihraw th* Rooaa boat
I aeon th' JVyptlan ftn, wtaleb Alnandrta ihowa,
Pnud Maiaolla, ibould mj mlgbUnaaa cnpgaa i
Oi Scftbla, « irt»aa Dica tha lun doth baldly ablna,
SbauM bar Haotb tbUA to Duleb with thia af mine,
That oonf'd as wltb BOW csattauiUr dalh itiad.
I aUnklac Lama hata, and tha poor UbyaB aaad.
liaitca >, that wlaa ajaph to wboa fiaM Hanuiia (ara
Hw chaiia oTall hti abaro, ftidmrntagniaai to aara.
■a ftUI bpoB my ••
In auianwr filing aaitb IVoa which I aqiian d) paat*.
And Ibattr ftadtnn br W»- Jap.'tor hocia, and mat-
Mr Tariwu Oeett Ac bwl, O wbo la ba Call lall,
Tnc nadaa that In ma fOf lauJtltiidai aEoal 1
The duck and oullard tnt, tbt ftlconet'i onl; qwrt,
(Or litti-llghti tba cblaf, to that all otba wai
naf obIt fnoi-Anil lannj in mtj »•» abcnnd.
That jou woald thtaib Iha; aat upoik tha vatr inHuid.
Thdi niuaban balna eo inat, tha wnlen csrailii) qnlu,
rtaat cak-d, tha ^^oua air <• da>kaB>d wltb^lbali U^t 1
With wUeb bat MIt iDwl, (that watar ■■* Bol laak )
Uoca tlwi Iba dobehU doth, and nora (Mb kna the bai
The pnfin w* caaiimL wUdi eaaalaa to ibc dlib,
Nleajaitaut baldly hidaB, ir It baOaaS «r tab.
" But wbaiallia* abonM I atand UM nid> teja aa Uiaa
That ban ao foodlT (bwla, (b* wand'ilBa an to riaaaa.
Un Id BIT Tiatac poola, aa iriilu aa aHW aa biIe;
[In water blaak aa sin) awbH tha wild (wan, tba Uk(u
or HaUaodeia H temM, BO BlBJaid af tall bi«Kh,
[ Al potti aai of iwaUL wbo onl? alng In daalb)
Bui aft ai ntbe birda, Ij baald hk tunaa to toaL
Which like a aumnetHnaa, una hlHeng anted tbtoat.
And towMl (bli warn 1^, IbBUI tba aaahei birttD,
ine ilalki Iba ataNta aaw, ai tbO' ha nauvh'd Id war,
r hin that hath tba ban, wMcb (br iba flahjr oai)
Can iMeb wUb Ibair leng saefc^ ant of tha niab and nait,
Snlai, ItT, and i^ow (k«a, wkanau thai often feed ;
Aid under tbnnwln,(Bil watar narec lakat
Lie dabUim mgtat and day] the pBtM»alaMlnf anlia.
The bMcocf. and Ike then tha ndabai^ that ddlgbt
Tofdhait lUb to be m auaat oaall reedy bed.
In which thaae Hole towb In BUBHW^ tlna ware bnd.
Tbe buBBtna bittar alta, which thmub hit hollow bUL
A luddn brilowli« i«^ wblcb many tHaaa doth 11)
■Ae na^bowttv marA wWb notie^ at tha^b a buUdtd nal
Bat acBRely hBTa I yetitdtad balTiayaHn:
And wHh m; woBdnua ■aaka of wIM^aaaa caw* 1 th<%
Which kxA aa tboB(h alDDt tbar paaiMBll tbe Al
Which here In wtatar tlm«.wb«n an U onadaw^
AodwanttfaalldawanleiAbieeUi than abroad,
Tb' abuBdanca ttien la aaan, that anf AUI ItaiB do yield,
That ainioal lbiea|h tbe Ua, do pnW araiy Md.
Tbe baniadea wM tbeg^ wblcfa wbecaaoeW they baaed,'
On tnaa, er rattan •Mpi, yet to my kna ftia Ibad
CoDdouallT aay oeaBe, and chief abode do Bak^
And Teiy fuudlr bn^ my ptaMy loHaaatar
Who alaieat an Ibia kind do ctaaltaM a> ^ne on,
Whoae like, [ Are anr, ta ^ewhen hndly known.
Fcr nre, uoleae In att, no en* yet eaar aaw
" Now nicb aa lybf had, ncutbeaaliaiiit punua)
Tbe aafciaww, anklM lUll, and onitew, ben do hoif^
A a aaareblBB eaeiT ahoaL and WBtcblu erery daaiL
To and tbair Ocittna IW. with theb MlBiHAiBlBt riahL
Which luddanly tkay take, ta ataoflBC IWdM IbMrMiu.
Ilia ameaBni ihB eoBM, (by bladeaooba kkid)
ITIilihlljIinifii thafiii.lanBaillarali iliilh llail
Tbe Flaal bait itoi*« a( Oih, whan Iha* Ui wlBia at lUL
AitboafbbeibatblneelrbiaBihattalAaUitiil^
Haunder water faea, and to the abcalpamieL
Whieb iota cndn da nr, when Atekly ha doth ebaHa
Tbe Ito that bkea him beat, and Mh, Mag r»adt.
Itt oaany eft bera aeen, thoofh eddam Ben It IvtediL
Wblcb orar than the lA BO tooner do e»y.
But (belwlil him and IbBB by an aatliWayl
TunlBf tbeh balls apattboiuktba&daatbatbv aw,
Thoyai bla BlaMU* Ua. to atnAli gl-"—- — -
"Tbe tollK^erj
Another onrdykBa^nhliatUtidDa walk: '
Theia other w«h thalr liwdaa, tbe paati are a^naring at
That whOKwrat wonld a laadaklp iWitly hit,
Betaolding but my Ibaa, iliaUwMi Bcn abiuabe iter^
Than OaouT, 01 nance, (■ Toaan aan alttd :
And for that Mit of mTwUcb mas bWi Hifland call.
Where BoeMn leated la, by plerteoMi^^rth^^ ML
1 pennplaiy an, bne Hif^ra ttonld BM
Doth to DO oUwr tinci iha BkaabundBBaa iWd.
For that or all tbe itH aartnatag tU> U^
Out Irfih, Siulab, Fniiefa, bowato wo than awtyli^
The Oeiman U th* graaaW, and tt la only J,
That do upon the auie wl3i moat adnntH* U«
What Bah eaa any ahon, or Biltlah M^tmw Ikow,
AlHuidantlT thereon f tbe herring king of aaa,
Tlw raiter-hedlng cod, tbe iDickrd bnugtat by May,
71» dain^.fahkud (Wia, tb« dAi •• cr their tAud .
Tfaa wblSog knowD to kL ■ (enenl wIwIbbiih lUib i
na tunic(,tad>M, naj^ and buIW, ilitntT Wi i
Tha EaMoA. turiwt, bet, flih naiBlAiiW and KCDiW
TTie thomhaet, and Ilia aaaw, wwuuaUreaMiiiiigi ■
Tbr aeanr, vfaUi altlioBfh h& prlcUai TMom Iw,
y«t for tha ddh lieixar^ "tia bat accounted bad 4
COB oat to kam Ct« bis ta
ly a dalBtT Qt out of hit lia
riBtTbJt
YA of rkb NaptBDn ttoni wli
ThlDk not ihirf an batwiitttaa '
IniitHUItbaiiai - -
Tbo axorof to Call,
■tibwrldi'
■halUOth qwak, irllJi tbiH oT Kale and dn :
rougli la
oj«.rb.
It fcaUop eordia
le pFriwlDcTe, pi
iklBitbitd
TlieMiJnK'dli .,_
VDluptuaria oft take latber thu Air tbod,
AodUiat, the ttBia eAct which wnkith In lai DHoa,
The lougli lani Dyns- la, mBcB Uka tha loiMar Umb^:
Ilia OHlcr bet ai Ibc), the ran*Hl oftan tiimni'd
With orient pcail wJthlB, aa therdn Nature •faaii'd,
~ It (he Hnns Kent n^ had OD that thell beUmr'd I
e fcaUop cordial judg^ tha dalntj wilk and Unp,
.-r-j .k 1,1. .-j.i..^ri™^
nlj had thiH^t,
-_— „ _Uiab»,"OhD»Iha_
ua orher ftnj fna to hear rude Holland prate,
1 nit Kllh bar ftib and Ibitl ban kaepath awha aHi,
Fot iboe or which the bouta, the more iol(ht wnt^ be)
When thoH hor f^tbetM doeki aha taoda net out to ma,
V/berdn daar Wltbam tbev, and manT a Btila bmok,
(In which the tun Itidf mar wall be pnud to look)
HaTe made Ihdr flatb Dwre aweat t^ ») reBned (hod.
From that ao nmmiib tana of bar mnal fUliOMie nud,
When Iha leira cater home then to Iba Utdwn brlnit,
The cook doth eaat them out, ai mnal unaaHHn ihiiua.
Berido. whatli ahr elie, but afoul wooar maiad,
. ..>.^___„.,. -^aobirtji
la^eanatraui^
huioflcr h
„hBnb,
ha, eanatraui'd thorcrai to Aad,
_. . which mine call Tuah and read.
!}y Bt, that I0 the dung I Ihnniii
" eloiar Otov,
Dotb Ukelhepenojsnia,or thapnrai
Csmpared with hei beat: and ftir Iht n . .
uf which fthe fcetHj boaitL to Aimiab areTj d
DM not full Ncptuna^ i*Cla B Aunldi har w
ThoH in.the dllcbca bred, wlUiln ber muddr 1
Ar of ao earthy taate, aa that ihe laTcnoua CI
Will rather itarre, tfasmi bar atoiiudl than
■• Fnn SCamlbnl aa «lan| wj tract towuil
Of loil Uum lilnme? or where can then be 1
Which Flora In the t[fflng doth wlUi aneh wealth adoti^
TbH Borer neadi not much hei coaapaiqr 10 icciii,
' ThoutA abe • nle He tow, and thli a haath ^ high,
Yet doth ahe not alaie alluro tbt wondhing aye
1 With ptoBcctflemaaeh part, but that her nlnaaBtnnnd
L oiTHBllthatnMj content the well-biaath'dlioraeand hound:
i And Itom the Brltsni yet t* abow what then I wia,
' One of the Homan wayi near throufh my mldN did paai;
I Bt^dea 10 my muoh ptalae, there hath been In lui Buuld
Their nilntad paramanla fUund, and aiaa of perftct gold.
They nor the bmna- nfapi, Ibal In tbia Bael did dw^
AU other of thia Ida, Itar that tbnr wooU eicel
For ehunbaa vnTt when, ao rich and goodly naiM
In enry imie dorn that afUr.tina bate fbar-d
raltaptaoDlahtiwerka; yet one abon the leit.
In which II toay be Iboufhl, they atioTe to do Ibtii hra^
or pdeaaant Grantham K that Pynmia ID high,
Rcu^ (aa'lt mlijit he tbougbl) U orertop the ihy,
At m hli hotae he du. on that ncond height to naa."
When WythauIhatlhliwhllealitt'nlniear^adUld,
To hearken (tor heraalOwh«Kliti>enbi>3aal'
Much jdeat'd with tbli nut, tor "— -'■
From WytbaB ' which that nuni
" Ve — *f ambling ttrvnu, whi
»3aald,
iMwaathraa
ttemtry-d)
When
naad Ike NSladei f
" Fnn Wytham, mine own town, drat watoiU with b
Who aeea ao pleaunl jdalna, or u ofhlrn- aten,
Whne iwaloa In tbepberdi- gtai', and ateta In LbiTDlii ' rrecB
Wmiat ume the Mnga of belb. and aone the bag.plpei ply,
Ihnce nuny a metry nuud j and many a hyde^-
I enTj, any brook ahould la mjpltaiure ihar^
Vat (hr my dalnlT pUea, I am without compare,
" No land daada «u me brce lo D*er-|iniud a bright i
Uy depttaa &I1 by deacsita, too long nor yet loo Snd,
Uy bnda with HhUea, dear aa crlenl pearK an tttowU )
My nntle wlnilng banka, with euidiy flowen an dmOd,
nielil^er rtalng^mthihald dtatonec with m^ b>«aat"
Tliui to lief pnper hiii, the burthen aUU ihe ban 1
" Yet Air my ddnty piliea, I an wltboul amiimr
Bj thli to linccdn oome, upoa wboae Wty ao^
Whllat wMly Wytham looki with woaMbl ddlght
Enamour'd or the atate, and beauty oT the place,
Hut ber of all the leii (aocially doth gracK
Leadng her fticmer courK, In wklch ihe flrat act totlh.
Which aevaed to have been directly to the noTlh :
She nna her illTar ftnt Into the muddy ft^
Which Ilea Into the eaat, in her doap joumey, whan
Clear Bab ap^ly bRxdi, ftam L£&]r eoulng don,
IMIdoui W^an Icadi to holy Botulphi* town.
When proudlir ^t puta In anoDjit tbt mat naoit.
That thalr upcaranee make in NtMuneT^wittj court
Kow Llubly all thia while, that duly did attend,
TIU both ber tlTala Ihut had holy madi an end
Of Uieir ao tedlooi talk, when laitiy aba teplia -
FUrYlncoh/la i^ne own, which Ilea opoD ray toulh.
At llkewlie Id the nonb great Humbert •welling mouiii
Endrelea mo, ■iwlit which In leoEtii 1 bniely lie;
O who can BM tile beat, betoae then both deny t
^■e ocean baareth out, and eren where ao thk^
^ ilUagea and dcipa upon my tnaiB atld^
That H it Terr hard Ibr any to dedno.
Whether upland moat I b^ « moat am nmritlne.
What la there that comiilete can any country make,
liiat In large nnaun I, (fUi Undtey) not partake,
Aa baaltby^eatha, and wooda, blr d^ udpleaiani hllU,
Fat paalur^meUow glebe, and of SwUnd what can
Aa Raatlren doth boaat, her Wyttaioa lo faare I,
Uy Annim, (only Bine) whoae Ikme aa ar dolh dy.
F^i Barton ahe tahitea, which from her adte out-Iumra
Bough Humber, when ho itrlm 10 ahow bb iternert wi
" Nowlbrayboundti°toBptak, tow ItacU |1 think) <
(And taotch ttiio^ all thlt Me) to paiallel with mo :
Great Humber bolia ma north, [ia I We laid lieftn)
fVom whom (eren) all bIobk upm the eaautn ihoiE,
The Ocrman ocean Ilea ; and on my aouthem ikle.
Clear Wytham la her iminr, me ftiriyi
From Holland ) and Itom thence the Fe
Ihe dear IVanl doth tortunitely lay.
TWard me on the weat, though Arther 1 eilend.
And Id my larger bounria do Eiigdy conpreheod
Fun AihdoH^ (which thoae near &e tottila do cnHyle}
Which Idle, liofl, tod Trent, emhcKlng make an ilk
BymeiiDTenoatch'd; thetowjwbk
^ hi her togty Ana, ao mootlehly dcth toed,
'™" Tfeyiicdfl torblda the paHent them torrinl.
^ .,„._.., ».,.., wienlorergny, and gteo^
Tbt eom-land lorlng quail, the dalntieel of out bHa,
•n. — .1 _k. J. „,^_1 ^ b„ upon rtch men'j «•
' palau that alhu*.
The kno^'lhiir eidlcdna'CanuMa' ^dofoU,
n.u... -ing«< Uanaa, hit naaea that itlil dotb h
Hit atwtllcU
Rw hin (oa aone ban nU] tnat Di
llie dotterel, which wo think a itry
Wboae taking makea auch apart, aa I
An^^ti^
So nwiilnt TooTwith rare] lh» ttfibrnM dotPV
And ■ctliw nsT Ihliw, doth mm mark thi nit,
TUl h* beTD tbe uun, irhiiih men fyt him Dm met
POLY-OLBION.
'F(«3irift,aBttl«bRi»k nMdiMitili
Tbne fiwto, mtli oltn aolk "
Yit v* thn fbond raoM im
TheHuH»hMi*H™
Itbou^ 111031 frvgwnit bt^
I in hR peculiar pnlK,
ct, In UwH too loH-pitenM hjt
■ dbllqus counc, ud uitr
POLY-OLBIPN.
HcTKlf tlw Bnt of Tila, ud
Her ■■nil dead csBraud, UutalliluHild Mbut* at
TohnuouiflRUqiun; D« WhlWJHaK,tlMi«b MrdiT
or AbSurr wfaoH gns Hni* ■!>« out br td*,
Fat It H Jlk« ii. not U17 or our kind.
H> BcTir' •!
lAt'hib" , , ,
Mjr Hill, wd OuliU will nj. tiuf OK tbo UIuhII gja.
CoiiiM«r nnt af Kile, und uj Udolli awd ;
Tbta amuntamiriad.andniutlidlHeltHKll
WItk ererr gn» uid frilD, tlut Biiuln Ibitti cu brtBg
I dulloiM HUT Tile, 10 ihow me but thit Uilu
I euiHIibDit 10 her, (Ihet tnile Li odoe mmV
BoiMet I dare ChiH bout, thot I ■■ At m kDom,
AianrorihnSml]; the wuth tlieir nama doth ^AiiBd,
Thp fpecloaa north dotb mo, that Iben Lf acareelj Ibuod
A nuauh [<>T IDT etii, n !• BO Ml-d wtth mhw,
Wbkb but > Utile wanU ormUng me diTina :
Hot barren am a{ tnoAt, ter Ibat I lUII retain
Two Mat and dalDty rlUi, the UMe Soyta. and Deu^
1^., rw^ .he lorelr Oulda, tbeb bHuteoia parantvm
TUl both witbio one bmL Itw* OB UT BORh are melnt,
And when I md, thei lUL atVanik, Into Trent"
HoBoe mnd'riat aa tb* Mue* dellihtfliItT behiMa
The bewitr oflbt lun,aDd>aodlT fliU.Boek'd Oulda,
She im tha left bandbam old LdoMR, and tUt,
■'nikaaninlut
I iloher 1119, th
mvR, wnicn ccitalnbr ^e thought
oflTeiil would laftljr her hate brou
■later 8D^n>ftnoot,nd'wb^fiH*^j^ '
wait CO her alone lo the AibilDlan deep.
'^.Z. 1_"— .. '--■ -loie he^pride,"* '
lundatlan
uenullah'd mmy nan, that oTIbegi
or her ioBa burled wdlt, men hardly
Yet of Hraw pleeH faaiii, to tare the «n.cni kic.
-The atsnra, that Ihey remain like penlunble rocki ;
Where whllat the hnely Soan, wllfa many a dear embrace
li aalidag heneir with thia ddlfhlltal plue,
. Tlie Ain«>, which the nane of that tnre town dolh beat,
WIUi many a ncrfly wiwlh nowna hit dUberell'd bilr,
' And In her eanant ireen, her huly UverT ihowi
HBMir 10 tEla Mr lood, wbKd) nfUly u ahe Sowa,
Reclptn^ly likca her lenglh and breadth to aee,
At alao how the keeoa her fStUe nirUeua free i
Tha herdt or hUow (leer (he on tbe lawnt doth (ted,
Ai hatlnx In beraairiD Aimlih ever^ need.
But now Mnce fcntle Soare luch leliure aeema to lake,
The Huae In her b^airthlt itnoH defence doth make,
Aeolnat the neUhbour Itaoda, for that which Lax ber to.
And hecachaancl aD. beoiute the It » Mow.
Tht auie It that ihe Ilea iMHn ID low a Hat,
When nalUT* moat ef all beManded hee In ihaL
The lanaar U tnloT the nod ihe doth 1
for haftboie (wttb ■«£ mad thtt fbi
So UMayMlDtJ KMda, and paalDrea lb
TTley then WT"" -" "-
Wkowwnmi
Who'taSftoD
The ftBnItunt ana nana, wqicd au inoroiaenea n.
And vartoua ai the tulai, to rarlout the petftmiei,
Iatm j^lertei, when piece with piece doih teem to ttrl
OrpletuTaa deaw to life, landacapa^ and peitpectlTe,
iMvm goodly garden! aeea, when antioue itatuca itaut
In alMe and oonwr, ent by many a akiinil hand.
When cetry tiling lo gaae, her man and toon oiikca,
Tblnklni at om the teet « thovtaHl pandliea,
Oow aaAr on, ai though beAm ahc u« the laai.
She lon(M «lB lo ICC, what ihe had iltfhtly put :
80 Ihe enUe^ eoU the Soare along dMh leitd,
Ai woDd'ring m hetidf, at many a ipacloiu mead i
When Cbamwoad from the rocfca lahilea her irlahad tig
[or many a wood-god mifi) her darling and ddlght,
moae benly whlM that Soare Itpauilng to behold
dau Wnafng nmhig In, Am rialtham on the OuM,
Brinaa EyiL a pntty bnok, to bear her illver train,
Whlefa on by Melton make, and tripUnc o'er the plaio,
Hen IliXIIni hei lurpriiM with pconB Hountjorrel-a ri)
n^ qulekenlbg or bar courte, man euly doth Invite
Her to the goodly Trent, when aa the goet ahng
By Langbboniign, the Uiiib or that lUr meal tunc.
^ O Chatfinod, be thou eallHI the ebolceal of thy
ThallkelBMy '
MotmctlnalK
Canibowatyli
lite aatrta, and , ., ,
Rough MA, and final hclu, wan ladly aeen
When thy blgh-palBiad liana, the ipoct of bo«
By grippw bcrderert' bandi, wen ti^lthed thy gr
TSe Driadn that wen wont about Ihytai — ■--
To trip from wood to wood, and anid Imt
OnShanileyt" ~ __ .-..-i—
Agdnit the r
^CynthlB'tcoli.. _ , - . ,
ney wlib tba ookt that llr'^ now with the oaki ar^ iica«
Who MH deaoflie to U(b. a ftmik let him take
Thy tuiftn Id bimaalr, noc ihall he need id make
Another Anrn at all, when oft In thee It ftiund
nne iharp but nay hUlt, wtaloh tenrently an crown'd
With aged antlqne rodt, to wblcb Ihe gnat* and theep,
SI him that ataiida remote) do Klliy aaem to eroep,
gnaw the little Aniha, OB Ibdr ileep lUet that grow)
Upon whoM other pan, on aone dcecendlng bimr,
Huf* tlonea an haoflng aut,« IhoUfb the down would di
When under growing aak^ on theli old tboaUen prop
The othm' haty headi,wSldi ttill eMU to itcBan,
And In adlnUe nev, (ann •> a plan dMae,
For oontenpUtloB at) anirrfMed bo>wer,
WlH«iw>yT?aait ehi^and wond-red beuitm be i
67*
TUtdl tlioH put! kn lMrlo|i£r^^T dna
Fix shleli tbt otbar do m ttnaltj nod.
H* ChuBwead like the lu^ blk 1b lindr iku,
Whu tiaiitiA aa be Id in tantt ibown."
On oboniAid llHu tba Soan bid ibme hl|
She eullx lUd way Wo barnnnini l^nt,
Wbo barlai mndoM Iok at laDfth ba^n to lean
Her natlra BMiatrr'i bDandL and ilBdl> dalh nnin
llie kiHet Thine, ud K^ tba Km a dainty lUL
Neai Chanwood rldna dnt. whan lb* b«ri» to flO
H« banlu, wblcb ^£w csoiM a> InUi iBa da aboi
WUt baalb and dnor dUl aad oftan gteebj cnmnd,
■nil Cnul^ IMUa aniidiith oDBfiiri hn at Uil,
Mof that WHa*. allotted ta^li lb Lrr",
mt hardly ftwu la aay plaee but here i
Biaiij uon, tbki eouBtcy Ifaat flvquent.
Be ntun at faat, attood itw BilBcelT Tmi
lotugd iBHutvthe nenhVliBpertau Ic
Daiadn, whoae («inl and &II ate bMb to Itahyihin)
And of Ihoae tfality faedl, Ibn waU the Ticnt upon.
Doth KaBd wllhnit eoBpan the ney nanMi.
Thiu wind'rinc at her wlU, it moniinil'd ih* nnfoa,
Hei often ni^Bi ftmh M Tariouly and cbangca.
Flni En>ai&, aBdibanljBri, ■weeCgbetwoad lendi hatn}
llita lonUng wide, aa (Be that nesly vak'd had bean.
Saluted (torn lilt neitb, Kltta tftMlnffawa'i proud betghl,
ao itnntto la aiupdi'd, and lakan With the fifht.
That iba ften nMnlOf wild, bal baldly can relVaIn,
To view In how gnat nai^ H ahe aku doth atialB,
Tbat Imn eullod ecM bAoldath barin lelde,
Ai how the lanainnad maadi Bpod Ih* otbn dde.
All OoariiUBflii Cmn,aod rU •nbtoidalaBdiea'd,
In wUdI ah* MM hcIMtf abon her ndchlmn MM'd.
Ai wiuM with the daUfhla, that btc lEu pmveci brlnit.
In her peculiar aiJH, hi Ihiu the iWoi tfnfi i
" W^ihndd I an at all, IhH) what my sanM I take,
That thirty ds(h lowt, that ihiity rlTOi makOi
Hy gniunwa what itu, « thirty abbayr ftgat,
TluTon my ftukful baoka, timer ftnwrly did Hat :
Or Iblrty Undi st tab that In my unama dn llrt.
To me tbir BKaa of Trent did fnu that niuDbn t)"-
li untelVi of ui all that here in Brilaln be i
turn Iria, and old 11>ain< tala pedigree dcriTe :
And Ibr UK HooadilaoeinnidBeTem that doth ililre.
Fetch her deioa&t fenm Water, Ana that proud msuntali
••Prtnorfy majd, whoaa M
loeni^ndt narren earu me nnt v ugni oh mng,
I ihau^ the be but brawn, my dear omplcsloa'd udng
with tiie Bynphr aiata gnee, that when I Rnt dhfrlt^
■lada (B mfSlm. dane'd wanton hydaiiiL
Tfle.Nalida
Id bSwx I
And oftboBritlah
„ , ^bnai^ (with heatha th
:led my kli kunl wMi many a luaty round i
■^ theMhbuttkelhlidlbo,
Men bound tbem on the ncnh, or on the aoutfa of Tmt (
'Ibtlr bankr us bamo aandi, ir but niBnai<<l irlih mbw,
■il.ro««b my penptomia braait, the narp*N" •tl-e !
I Uinm my Ehryual ar^ along the OoweiT Tauten
Which lybwliaik and amooth aa any laKlra-alllei,
AndcrowB my wlnd^&ankl with many as anadem :
Mr tUTtr-aoaM ikulli about an itrea
Now Id theihaUow fccd^ now In t he I
80 that or ercry kind, the oeirapawn'
g^ . ... .. .1... .
,jewlyUk«}'ail , . ...
The pw^wttb (riSlng BMr**nlnN the [ttepnpar^
Ai natu* had thereon bmtow'd Ihla rumgar luanl,
Ulidatatmam to keep, {each cnrleuipalalt'aproon .
FroahtoTUenrmnKft*: next talm I name the rulfe,
HliTery near all*, and both fix ieale and Bb,
In taHe, and (JThli ball (b>d((d) hii next orkin I
The preuy »1imliT dan, nf many call'd the dace,
Wltbin m; UquM glaai, when nwbui looki bU Ace,
Oft nrUUy ■ he awlou, hla ttnr baDy dHw^
But with anch nhoUelel^L thai m y* on dlB^iH
ini ahw^M of yaiuAAllka Bshmlng be U i&o*,
Ai tbooab dm mrlsoa wma In Urn ahoec the nad.
And ofKA-waUe Ub, did note Urn to tbe beat 1
The roach, whaat onoaun UMd to •mr Boad doti fim :
lb* cMl (wfaoae naMar nam*) oMch na* a eheriu eaO,
Fbed to the tynot plke> {moat Mob In hla pevei)
Wbo to thri> raiawrwa ■«« hIrSoat dStbths deeiwi
n« Inaty aataUB then, ftsaa N«ptBB*^ watarr nnln^
When M bH awMn aerrea, atomlnf my Udelbil anam.
Than halna hi hfi klml. In nai hia iiImmiiii Irtia.
W* whan th* Other then all etbsrgBBiateaBk^
Whkh beading of Umaeirtn th* oduor a ifnf,
—— Mu
aWhath dwaa-d i
aeeto-BBapeEIia
^ jMhidak^wllhi
O^iuyaUjuarlah Up, IMhWdy M I^Bded,
HaoflHT atufgtoM aaiMa, tbrt nt— bythe lue _
•it^aaUB
Should haramj Be
Mot Aaoum^ allri
neUn|ii7,aiHlblaleaie^lu'i«T*fngaMS^ '
The SouadB SMolh and dat. In other riveia owbl
Fatbape hi grealar alM«L yet beUv are not tbauait ; ■
The dainty gudfoon. IcSivth* lalBMw, end Ibe btoakr,
Sace Ibcy bu tittle aiZlBttle Bead to apaak
or them, aor doth It « me math tf Aoae to reck,
Whlehann where are dHad lBan*y Utile beck i
Ftn an the nal ahDe, whoae mR! afl hIa baHai
Fte eup, the taMh, Bad bteime, n other Mora amaag.
To lakaa Bad ataadlagpooHSaE dMy do behag;
Hen anarlni In my tSida, (bad In mr wataca dear,
Aro Daddy fib In pouda toOat whidi the* am b*ra.~
^FMbi MotUnAam near wUch Uda rinclmt bagw.
Thia aai« ihalh* mean whU^ by Newark hariw naL
o„-._. ..—-—■ ., I^^p, Hill, Hill,,,, 111,1,
At Oalnabctoi^ foea on^ where th* LtaGoUaa bmwda.
Tet abarweod A Oiia whll^ aot aetlaAed tt ilww
Her love to prlDoal* Tnnt, aa downward ahe dolb daw.
Hb lM«i and her Man, the dora ton ItoiateM aerib
To Iddla to bac ^d. by whom ihe notaamvid.
Hit lora to that bcare rawm oTwalBL bar la mecL
Whan ita* low^li HuAw omiM, da iuuil* UmSdr tot,
Aad eUp hat tU abe grace gnadHumberwMi her IM.
\nien AierwDod Moewhafhaik tb* toWBOl Maaa doUi t>l i
For aha WH let IB kn - -■--■--
Amonoi the aaigbbouring ■janhL there waa MoaMr Infc
Bat tfoM wUch aoHM^IB iKZd <d Cbamnod aad%
Which ^«wood took u heart a^ very mnch ^aWri^
(Aa oaa that iMd both loBK od wonhllT malM^n U
The ittle of the mat^ (Ml branrt of hs UDd]
To ftU to to bebw nae wietehadly coDluM
WItUn a Airlenc^ maoe, to her large iklru oomp_M :
Wbiretec ahe aa a Dyinh that neUbs MarM Boreai'd
For ought » bar Hrigilii £aa*a. by oUMta- km or hatk,
WllhraatAuOotiBim'dBg^Bat the power or toe.
All edtpcalaa Nt aBarLdaMtmlneft te ttag
lHai hiir BoUb Uoodl Bha Icaw thn* Uko a kbig
Wlthla bercanpamuTd, aad afiea b* Ual 10 nw
Fbr ame rhA bonly att. (T da* hU ak In ehaagC^
ToShamndalUretlrV, hlaaalralaadbigGoiiM,
Vgicaepeali* the tomtthua doth ffiaaaBaytqar
£at
WbanlbaMdd
IB he bath aoDn^Uem, II
>w eton he hath eoma UMi
"ST
ha«eheU»)Kt
Aad oumlariT aaoepM, being aat to be aurprla'd.
IB IhU onr nacJouliK, I Mnk there b act one.
But be hathlieard aom* talk oTUm and ntM* Mm I
And to the (Bd If Urne. the talat diaO aeV be dgtiK
or acartock. OaDrgul6r«B, aad Math the mllara •BL
Of TucK th* iBiirj Mar, which many * aaemon mad*
OTambery they bad thcTciT pertot cralC
With broad arrow, DT but, or i*kh, or nFrtl« abaft.
* The bDiatTifc
No loidlj MibiH aw in luOr RgUDl 1
To hia bElkm £t *nL but tM bb pw muH >n :
IHe vid«<r In OMna Ke mdaiulr naa-i.
And KBtdM the wronp of main i Mrglli iTlnM :
H> (Run tb> tiiBtawll bid no murtM «db£ii wu,
Bui IQ hb mlRKH Agar, hb land M^riui,
Wu enr oiutwit knnrn, (rldch ■hBMMV Aa cu«,
Wh KTCRlfn of tbc woodi, ehler Udi of the nms :
Her doUM* Euct'd to Ihe knee, vh) dalntr bnlded tiilr,
Wilh bav liid qnlnr »™m, ibg ■uider^ hen ud Ibtn
Amonal the ftinn wlU ! Dlina nem toe*
Sueb liliaMiu, nor Mnh hmiti ■■ Hnlina ilev.'
Of iMrn BoUn Hani, «nd ar bk onrier Ben,
The «w bid aeunetr eeara, when M th* HUK MAin
Wndai Smth •', (tfitt at bind) on abennwdl Httlm Me
Thg NottlnglunlHi ail^ uid Dcrbun doth dirlde,
And mth— rd Itam her ^^agt hjipi SBWtUe Autb la dnd.
Which like her nMtn* Fak^ ii nnunnt IocUbM
To thnut Ibtlh r^ncd deoTW. wtth which ihc BitUrV Um
Ai boir nittire here could not bnirnrfriu,
Of tbli oltjiBerlm earth the Hndrr ihipia to ihev,
ThM ftotn BT aatnin here doth muh and roaiher anur.
Which of ■ lawlT dale, aHtaangh the none K Mat,
You bf the nehi might ihlnt, that It a nsuntaUi wen
FroB which H ukaa the mum of Scardale, which eipr
la the bard T^e or laeka, ef ChaterfltM pMCH^L
Bj her which biBMTled: when BMher from hniUt,
Ibber, and Crairin hath, ud Oimno, IHit auM
Ht Walter wamTrhif ; ~^-.- — ... --
e, which eipieN'd,
nomberiUt,
i TorUlIre H ihe wendl
^^UMa'oK^Ie'«ttlrViholDK^^ Iniifc!*""^
But to itfimwnlwl Mine the Peak apnean tbewhlU,
A wftherM heldan toBf, wllh Mebred watTUh trn.
With nmar ■ bkafc MatB dtana'd, #h1ch nitei u the ikla
She can, and oft to th' earth bow"!! down her aged head.
Ktf nHunc wrlnkim be^ belin •uUled nm with iMd,
Wbkh diihig hrihe wsrka, inf portni n'et the Bluta,
Which (ha out of thE oie contlnaaBy rehnai :
And lk«B anontrt the lead, ibc anthnonr dtew, '
And chrTatal Ihan tmiBrd, (b* Hn iBitrM ftnmri
And In (0 aidlclnea knew tbeiT oort eIRctDd poweii
The (pMtilhBt hunt the Bhua, ■hceoaM comnMiid and umt.
And Und ihwB ■• the Hat hi Saturn^ dro^ful naBK :
She ndll-iloaea ttauB the qoana, with dianenv incki could nl.
And dalalT wheutenH make, the dnOeard toob to whtC^
Whmftifc the Peake ai P™f<'^>r >*bD(1aii> toll,
ThlnUag the Ubc waa km, tIB the her tale hi9 laU,
Her mndin me hj me, nuf pMnlf dath unlMd !
" Ht dtcadflil daniMen born, Tair nothei^ d«*r dbllidil :
Great Natnn^chMM work, iAaSn ihe ihow^ her mUit:
Ye dark and hoUow earo, the portraKiDta <f Ren.
WTben fkm and Blitr dnapf eontlniiallji do dwdli
OT*B>loTel7]on,BTdBclln|i, In whoaeerei,
Hnnwir iiaiian her int, ftoB whow aUdlnf ill—
^;„
'nie not* w iloaaT are, ain« tharfbf and 0
(That hanlljr an; cjc tout itniinca nujr hi
The Bore ye IhBoui art, arnl what name m
That bert mar jr eknreia. that hnt doth re
For he Out wlA attempt thj bhwk and dart
CoUdewilhatoT^iadlVDMIhr Ibulrnird^tll,
-That Acheron KmK a man wmM Uilnk He were
ImmnllatelT to paat, and atald IhrChann there;
IliT door, dread care, ret Hat. tho' rerr roiuh II bo
With often whtdlnf ium> t then cone thou next to me,
Mt pvItT danchler Poole, bj lennd hjrcd child,
Which t^ that noble naBe waa hauilli IdiItI'iI,
Of that n»re fenenui itock, kutwifDor'din Ihb iHlrb
or iririeh amongR the rtat, one belna outlaw-d here.
Pot hk *«#MnH|« tbck IM* teh Bid nucenUi plaa>.
An babJom oTerilaiib, to ttalHcseedliK race :
Wboar enbann tbo* datainrt bdnr ■ nM&ataln iteen
Bealdta aa rer e atta^^ that wha wMaet-ii mmt mep
Into the BoiUh IheceoT, Tet belna once pM In,
A rad« and annle noTdotb iMtZttlT hrshi
lb ralae KadriM, and wheao doth hitliid
The leiuth thereofU ic^ tllU (oinc mnat laeeBd
On BlaEt* (ttFoeiT ilaiMi at M a *lndin> atalr,
Wblch afa kM dT haa« dait ^^et an,
or atranae and anndnr Anna, bath In the ranTcnd tnir,
Ai aatui* ahowM Ih thee, what ne'er waa leen belbrt.
For Bdn flini Biihli& a woDdeir 1 nftr
BeAco the other two, wMeh perM^nlai
DItU dswn Inn the tiound. ai If ni cntrancB were
'nirough aarth to had to HeB, I* weU Bifht tild|e tt here
Whoae depth la ao taBBana^ and wcndroualr fBocoawL
Aa that looc Ine which etma the deepeit lea to aaund,
Hec boitn Bteat wniuht, ai tho- tha vaat deannt,
TlmiiiH thia tsreaMalikiM dlreetlr polallna went
Out AntlpMea to mv and wttti het (tonsT erei.
To tfoat upon thaa* ilara, to ua that nerir riae ;
That down InlOtMa halelf that a atone )t throV,
An aciw-a lawh fmn thcDce, laome aet thai) » mar go.
And caaluCHk IhoatL artlh a atlll IW'nini W,
Maj here I aeu^ aa tho^ thai aliH then Ullnf wrre.
•^Vet fat ber ears, Md holB, Faake obIt dm eueli.
But that I eaa aaaln ptodtwc thoae wondtoia wella
Of Ruitton, m I have, that BaatdeBclooa ftmnt.
Which Ben the aeco^ «Mh bT BqAjJod do account.
Which In thapilBtr rdpia, when%M thh well began
ed then, which the an
l«intTMalU,whlehat
Ina^'^wCoae (kaa 1
la bribe en
iBtLatldo
SET'
, j< ain to Brerant,
And ample thatr elcaraiB% wMa ladlea eA tM^nan ;
Aa olfhb Heptuoa diM, aa daih ^a ebb ai^ daw.'
I r aoaee Wdah ibtna npDit, that ther the like an riuw,
I aniwcr Ihaac, that htr ahdl ao BO waadei eall,
Sa br ItBB aai aa, HK aBT of IhiB an.
Kr area and nnnialM thua dalliaill na, ftMCbanae,
A IHtleUQ'>Iha«,aiHala(]patBatcatnivs
Which ihoi^ II bo of llaht and dBoai dnilT lud,
UnallerM wRh the wlBd, Tol doth II dn^ ab^ I
And ranab« ItoB ttw U*>, aHhiMfh It aenr eeaet
Vm doth tha ftait thenm; no wbU M an Imnaafc
Nor ia II at tha to*, the lowat a the >w,
Aa nature had odaln-H, that ■■ tta own enaii,
Staoald Mr aaan* aoont war wlthlB Haatfaoad,
ToftadAefeUMhaai with IMa in doth bm end
The w«id*D of the hake, ftiT Bothln* Uiai I ban,
But it a WDBdei-a BOBM doUi rati lalOr erata :
\ fbreit ach hare 1, M which when au aaak
irme ther It liwQIe, The beat afthe ¥mkm
Vhoac hib da a«m lUmfciiL tha neka Air linht and Ited,
^whlchihettagpurau^aialhethieketaaai
Jke It In aH tkb UK «)r atabaa there la none,
Vheia naipra tnny be aid tn aha* }(« |tH« of itMi^
Ai ihe in HtOa thaa, bail earkiiiilgr oo^ll'd
Tlie modal of the Tatt AnMrt atniv wM
— - -■ KaibnMiaMihnBbt
Cooia trtoahw daan low'ia 'tvaat, aad aia Ike '■»
~ hThaaShaA^iaBdhen^Iftwhoraandlialt,
t tiaidly aa put do*n ht thaarfl dnnahliaj
Ich onhR aauBtala' aUe^ akd te ha bottaB)^ (raai
On whH dd%hlflil eawae, whlht UnknWld aten* tnia
And locAwi ber hb dHi Oafa oa hb IMaa pt.
Ha Nawatoll plalBlr aeiL Aa Hkdd* baa Ihe ait,
' aHer,addllkeHl2a,UIla«eD.hfi)fttawaT,
. Ana ihelt hdb tipa, wan pblaUr Matd lu ear :
■ah hlU, be «* a imMd of t5^B olaaaaBl aeli*,
ft>r thou alTr« the ae auehwaBJaftd daUiht,
I anr Bountatai nea, that ahMnN MM^aniaTeB,
'— ireiT a auim. wa to Ik- ~"'-"' -^ —
t thlattTaaaSiBh da th
(676
Althnulb'but TOT •!»>■>• J'
a.f';
Whcie Bknco-brook, dihough an
Prom hencu u the il(wt4. In trucUIng lu Treat, '
lUck govt Ihv active MiaUt tow'rdi Ijuictihir^ uiulIj),
And to tjie northern hilUahatuJadheTon aJongf
POLT-OLBION.
toibii^
Erwdl, ind nibble, then cuDlot ;
•Ou HiiK u«l to the mouo ma.
And to (mil Wire taeruiruiiiUis,
The HiHy Lun then dolli iht brinf.
The fide orHin ntilnulni bei^W,
On ™«gedi'SJ^™,«id hti felC*"
UfwbldiibliaiiuWuiuUi.
driui could the lalmulnii Muh ulute tbli III
But ftnlght Auch tboutt uoic fron every n>ou
Upon tiKir pebblr thoal*. vecmM \o eupma tbvi
TFut Men» (In tier coune which htrpOT ™>(l
So loud L ^ _..__
To FuracHe rldaed miot, whneai the rocky ^le
orFoudrft la 3t head, to guard the out-Uld lib
Of Wahic];, and ifaoan gam and ftijgy ftUiawote ;
The cloudii Ihn ftndle^ head, (which ai the people hf,
ProgDoatlcatei ta thvn a happy Hakyon ilayj
Reboundi oaBlaflJutooedge, and thereby fhlUngfiUa
Fair MerKj, maklnclnftaiDtheDerbeUiihUli.
But whim Iha a^n Huh thui nimbly goei abaM,
The ncAt Lancaatrfan nnnpht, for beauty that eacaL
Thai Ihr the hmnplpa iKuid lo bear away the beUi
In great contention Ml, (that mldity dlBkreBca jirrw)
Which ofthoia OoodadcHrT-d tolhavt the KnervliRi daaj
So that all hitu^ ijileep, and auarrak ta ptwrenl.
That likely wh id ilM ^out ibeir long dennt,
Befcn the ndfhbsurine ajrmphi thelirightlher naan toidnd.
And am ttatu (be bendr tha hHdj Eiwall Hid :
" Ye, lance," qiHIli tlililood,"lian long and bUndlTenM.
That RlbUa beftn* KM » flibely baTC pre»rrM,
A?^m1i'lllli£u^i!t^ nl^ol'^'Mdi^^li^''^
Of Vwkihin ialllD«ltr«aalh, ben boldly duee Inlruda
Upon Bit pinpa aiitb, and thiouih bar nnRhty (all,
!■ not agbamv henelf of Lancailure to eaQ i
Where*! of all the nyiaphi that cueAilly attend
Ny gtcaloeH with tier naoa, which doth me to preftr.
That all \t due to me, which doth belong to her.
For though (ImaiBlackitDpadgeeheTaBnie come trippint down
And from that long-rldi^ rock, her bther^ Mih nwiwn.
or Meraey Ihlnkifbm me, the plue alone to win,
1 out or eauBfiiBiiee quite do pat the nynmh, to note,
Ai nou TUT Ibuotaln I tow^rdi mightier Heraey doat,
Fim Bach, a dabin i^, tWan bBSuI^ her dear dame,
Orowi prood ; yM glad baiirif into my banka to get,
^"hai *''*'dSt'br»i''*'wF'?f 'k'lddr """*■
14 DaiwiB, dT Iha Bhilih Douro Quin, which it whit* watn.
i:jESi».
Bui iwlft teporl thereirlth Immediately doth run
*W«IH
ig In that earth (cont'rarjr lo the5\lnd)
ut that Fontui, and KeracUa Ukewiie -■-
Within lu anncT saitli, the Pafihlageoian gnu
A wonder ofthiaialethii well might have bes] I
" With thuf wberdiy KTuMl thn
That t an alien am, (not rigbtly of
My grcateM glory la, and Lancaibli
imelJSyUe,
1K~
wnivSi^
That Yotkitaiie, which all
And not a (iuntaln 1ia&. i
'w^bdetiin.
To Lancutef yet Imdi me Kibble, ftimi hn itote,'
Which addi to my renown, and make* her bninly mo
From Pcnigenl'i proud faoI,aahoiB my •ouiee Idku
lliat mountain my pnud tire, In hright of all hii paid
TatM pleawie in ny couiie, H In hb ant-bom flood
ow hill of that Otrmplao hiwid,
of the nottb the hlgh^ hlunLal be,
■-■loU, and are beheld oT me,
I taakt me proud, to gale on mr that
nee arrlT*d on the LancaitrlaB land.
Me eai-ly on my >» t , ..^ ,
Wherewith my hajiEi an Mart 1 whei
Clear Darwen on aloniue to the ■* <
Andlnmfipulg ^'
Short Taud. and
Doaeenwiahl'
_1S,"
iiDTtlL tnm LoofTJdga maklqf waT.
Ing In, Oom Wl^hi with hot aide,
Daitow Bull, two little euuntiy maldi,
I'ty laodi, and Enovy SMHiea Imi.
laid In mighty Neptuoe'i bed ;
At Nature diould have' eild, < LD,thu> 1 meant is do }
Ye maidt, the (icrnplpe then, no mincing ly that tread,
A( ye the egg^ye loie, and wple cherry.red ;
i!?>ll your mlrthAilungi, and metrymeeliugi lell,
llud RlMile (rery way, youi Erwell doth eaccL"
Here ended ahe again, when Heitoo^ mo« and mtn^
With HlUile'I eole reply u much leelTBl wen.
That all the dioret reeouDd the rlTOi^ good aucetw.
Wbece Pen£e>, Penlgent', and loglebaruwiUHi
Uka glaniL and the r«t do proudly overhiok :
Oi AtlaaJUia ai though they only undo
'ni underprop high Ueai'n, oithewidi
Who In their nibble^ praiae (be lure) n
To Bowland baTe In nate, am
A> any lylran nymplia their bl
WhoH echoea tent the lame a
That there mi not a nymph ti
Or of the woody biood. or or tl
And prrActly the nod
,r£s!S
,^
le hlahnl
r-elflitbto
Ibei Bibble a aow caul
on me bag-^pe p^.
wjxt Trent and Berwk
PdLY-OLBIflN.
I tprtmi) ^tped.
H« ehint, on WicndaLe'i Ihna, Ihe lUlnti Wrte u
With hn lulitini ntli, whEnWrn li «ic( replete :
8h« ia her ennkfd coune to teaward toiilj ilidc*.
WMreFrilln'i might; mm, uid Menon'i.cn her iMa
Their bofn breaMi ouulif , ■□d Shlptoi down doth crawl
To enteiujn thli Wm attained totter fkU i
Vint EnrelI,IUMIIelhen,andtaiIafalllhl>WTre, '
Tbu mlfhlT wagert wooHl hare irillloili been UiiL
(But that Ukk tnatlen wtn with m«b lUeereilon iteT'd)
Some brojli atnut theie bmoti had lure); been twun.
cor nywipht Chat deaiiy leeini toiAun
'hleh Iha tooR wandlliia Lob, with go
■ (he coaiB ambUnf on ftom Wertmn
rlilni from her head, UHwiit the nountaini nun'd
r manT ■ intIT iDiInti that hourlf gKling Urengih,
^>iD( in bar COUTH In I^ncaihlre at lenath,
mdaJe iTiowi beraetf, and JovlnaW doth pla^
—I hRdear daughter Dale, wlilchlier IVini cheek doth la;
And ott aabradnv ber. ahe oft afakn embrac««L
jind on her darUng taitu, with ereir little^.
When Lm Ibe moM tor-d ebiM of thb ddlcjimi Dale,
And Weounkng nn ih« war, preicnt their either^ spring.
Vat them abe Henbounie hath, and Koboume. which t
The •orendgn title lendi, and iminrncj, whi
1 ne HTFTMn utle lenda, and emmencj, where
To glH to thla ber town, what rightli doth Mlong,
Orihii oHMt rUBOBaihlie, «ir Lun oiut tVauiei her long,
Whothnn him fnBdeof earlh] Imvedtatel* becan.
HU ihe-Kir wome" >*»»irfiih-™.
'Whjihould^oH
t, and plearing mnt
Dvedlately b^if,
udlioi or tfali die
nlw, which K much knowtn
For largeneaf, b«n and hair, la thoae of I^ncaihln
So that rVom crerr part of England fkr and near.
Hen haunt her niarti tar itore, at fron her race to breeo.
And ror Che third, wherrin ihe doth all ihirea etcsed,
BetboHgiaalTacearhouade.lhedeneMiiiouth'c oraD
Whteh from th^ beOowIn* throat* upon a ucnt ko roar,
With their wide nwiung diuH, or rent tha ctouda In lunil
A> Ibaozh br Uidr loud cry the* meant to mock Ihc UiuM
Bcaldai,liat natlna han been anciently eMeem-d,
So b^ai, that the guard or our preceding lilnH,
or them did liHxtcaBriit; hut Vvtmonfatan th«e thlngi
Even abBoal ever ■iiiee the EngUib crown waa iH
Upon the lawlUI bead of our Flanl^enet,
And aJwayl with the gmt'it rennoca waa endgw'd :
And after when It bapt, France coqqu^ng Edward*i bkiod
DiTlded ID Itfair, herw Ibr the jprland .iDOd ;
Agalnat the houK of Vurk, which bore lor theiii the while
"■ And tor my Kirthere'. not the Tivy >, nor the Wye,
Vm asy or thoae nympha that id ibe aguthwatd lie.
^nttune lowting low, irWen cryital Lun doth ceate,
Ccinder coming In, conducti her t>y the hand.
Tllllaitll
ity Lun to Amphitr
Ipe up doth Mow,"*"
, wai neter seen cu^ rule
■-aai m a gaiuni rouno aoDiii inc neann inej go.
And at each pauK they kiia, wai neeer teen luch rule
In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yulc;
Then bey they cry fbr Lun, and hey tor IdncafhlrOj
The hlaih.landi thay aaain.
The mud^ibauUei
With the report Iher
They csaie not to rsound It i
Anil acted It each day befbre
r'Mcii'road'and'hluS!™'*
hair nng, in mat a call do keep.
j^nitacieu It eacn oay Deiore toe 1IK oi aiaii.
By ber that halb the Cairr, lang ^^ney, amt the Pyla,
To whom, umaDy though Ihe Hebrido do iW, '
Acknowledge, that to her they due auhtectlon owe :
Vi^th com and cattle itor^andwhBtlbr hen la good,
(Thai we nor Ireland need, nor BBm her nelghbouibonl
Met midit with nwuntalniaat, or which, from Sceahl'iih^
A dear and perhd eye, Ibe weather being bright,
(Be Nepiune'a riiagt uCer h lerdble and item)
The Scotch, the Iriih ahorei, and the Engliah may dlKin
And what an empire can, Ihe tame thli liland bnnga
Her pcdlgreee to ihow her tight aucceulTe klnga,
:ii,s£ttna
Aa for the ilore or oala, which her black glebe doth bear.
In eyetyoneiiriheeereienblincldncaihlie.
And cnca the day li oun,'bT»c LuMaihin doik wbL
Amaaedly they flfl], to AmphitHta'a bown-,
Hnrghm aapect iDiee, which aeemVl to them uiour.
At it maliin'd the rule which mighty Neptune hare,
Whoae FeUa to that grim god, moat atem and dreadful are,
With liilli whoae hanging browi, with rocki about are bound,
Whotc w^hty (lEelatand BxU In that Mack beach" ground.
Whf real Itaoie •oalter'd Irev, which natuially partake.
To the beholder aeam, I
Them tumM to peiftet fOwla',
SC
' the mere* p^id, whlcb under
wajt ripe, and taking wing, away In docki no tiy ;
Which wall our anclenli did among our wonirn plarr:
fieron har neighbouring Iracti, (which FnmeHe well may
That when theBuoniherelbrirnircraftntdidplanl, iraunt)
'd hlllh which their Si itock yet atorea.
•rd, doth Ulll to her belanal
rat point, from that rough NcptuIWi rug
wnoae crooAca oacii u annv wiin many a Tuggeci tcarr *
Agalnit hli twiifroui ihocita, which thla deTenilve lak
Of Walnay Hill ataall. (hat ahe ddh icoiii Ihe while.
Which to awiil her hath the Pyle or Pouldia let.
And liulney at her back, a priuy Inaulet,
»^l»~
Wbwe tlHw twa Dl(liiV n
Tbc IMMI lltaaMi num'd, Ui
So bounded villi b« nek% •«
Bt ha bow IhoH (ml ku HecUtcn
To Hnm lb«n ilM hull) bcr niKliT HDdi iiiilB,
At Uut of DuiUai lit, Uwo LctIb.WI; Kcp,
Of thmMtht Niladfa nunM, u Ouddai on iktVflt,
Tli*tCuBiMiUndnit>a(rihimU|l>iliii^4oUi IimcM
TlKw (ndi *Uli bci pfowl it)le. «lk<ai Xsrin (tofp tltB Idl),
Which Snit IvB lulittT Bwroa, q»n bo tUba Me
Cmiribuu In iBoanc, Uut out oTTeii niide,
Mic k»n hR HKlnil ume, «iid F«m fsndr di4h tall,
TUI conliw to tbo HUKli, nan oIiiKat it ha Ml,
On thrm ha *iielat^q\c ab* Ubenllf twtom.
Upon the caR IhHii Uioit, ettti Kw lia beiipf ihair^
Thjn KvtmUI conllEv In, whiA uc doth BUw lo t™<*i
Flutvllh b«r hoHiu tne, tb(B Urtb hiliBrnaL
H« DHK upon tbo« nndi ilMh llbenl^ bequult,
Wbsw tbo Huh ■ vhili ouy ilt hot «wn to bmith.
On which ibc itrongLj ha|<« to ^ ft noUs tUj-
POLY-OLBION-
TowMoU Vnk the nwt miowntf of liil
Hika the three Ridiiw' in Ihur itoiia
EiKbmaalJy to ^w their gluifs,
Uk Ooodi tbfli'fiun
bOoodf then Humber weieametlll
ikl itiowi how Ont ba dU b^in.
The MUe «d«rtH Went, WM bi >k* lo^ must
Orihein«ilBciii!*,<iiidliti^arHanilia'>coutt,
Dmt Dolo meet wiOi Dan, A bm ^^mech to 4in :
Now Bcak I <<'■ lood, who Ihinki than'! Bono ibouU duv
ax) to iompue witb btr, nu/dH bj bn dHmt,
dmtliH diiubUiliarB tf l^PB^aul,
Who ft(ia^5lbeniiiot,l>i£lM4n Sown doth end.
And leUini thence to Li^ IhM deUcUaU aoad
lUaCdAt cmnw In 19 W4*M<1, hr irfwe ft«.
At fton ■ Imtt loiid, nuh nntisUMi^ In ba csuHi
Bui OUoT H ihe cooM, ud ■ScrMin dotb WH,
And timTellhia ligna tarheidiiif-HaHlhi >,
Whkdi Monoi uw wu (■Q'^M of ■ fiitfnl hob.
{A Butn that wu made, fin cbartllr, thM then
Wat t7 W lonr (hihi) Wtw lUt^Hd to ■ tn* :
IHe peoBla that would iwdnt ihii^ I mie hi^
It HahfUUDDenaB'd, whkh In tho MMbam iob«h^
■•belTh^I; hulAeoc*HC*ld|iiaaBiMalg(iE,
It ehuKM mt Id bv SHIM (D EUbai > eartba nek
Whenaan BaUa flood, that hmart thlei; doth ^
BdHWm «T loo bftrabow Wikafeld Naod,
But of hia ■on BiaB. tha puiT of tba toWa,
Of WafcetMd, tienuy-ara^whoM tauaao »• >» Uun.
FoTIh^ aoTaltaiit 1^1, Uwtonrj' Aaanan'i ms.
Can ten 3«i of the nqa, qMtb ih^ be taUi'd m kna.
" wa»BainlB^aBdthaa««n>aenT^T>;
Ain to aUo( oallL and Udi ha ome ba waji.
ltewli^tohc(kSirMii«Bchdin,awaaUiUI: ^
.Un bolda on baceonnov^di UuUbaT, ttU Aa SB
[er lUI with idl the wiaUb tbit Don MB ha aftad,
... uThutwUbUnnaialitorU"
miailB, thifiwt^i In ha dr
(Whence aU hut nkaunu
On I,ui|nnlhdil& and
""itahMplnfonlarci
WHh (iRht ofliia lane ibln, oi which ibe wn to
(V/^OH fenat, hlUL 1^ Ooodi, tbn IHW fi» her aiTtn
Fnn laiwiaihlw, that tolA'd hHbaiuUBi Id fWUilT*)
Doth Ht boadC lo tlBcoflbM aboTc the »t
A klncdau that dptb Man a pneiBce at the leaat
To thenSat thlffUwiMdna no alniide tkliet lo ha j
Bnt that wbtieln the wiiid ha CHaRiaa noil Bar ■(,
And that <AWb doth tlib abin Mn tiw iwttnfri.
la frf 10 man J Oooda, and (raat, that riie Aom ner.
£icint MBe iUIt (Mr out of hsr Teoa Ibit Bow,
So DHT to olhv ■biMt, that tt la ^A 10 h«i«,
If that fheii iprinp be ban, or othw them <li ildiV
Aod IhoH an ko ttaund upni ber Httiw lUn.
Eln b* H noted well, HBuiAaMa to *U.
That thoH ton ha that Bow, In W lORMha OIL
Mor can maU pnlae tiomn •> beMtanua toooka aa tbaai^
For (Van all otho nrapha Ibeac be the llaiadM,
IB Anphltrlte'i bows, tlul princdi ^acca hold.
To wbon Iha otb «f w> dan nut to be ao boU,
Aa iwMt ooea to touch, and whoeaoaV Ihn cmbcl
The TMIona with Ih^r tmvpa [niialsa tbem BuMia ram.
Mow whllci tho Mua pieiwai theaa Bopda aW to leM,
The wM* Wat-iidlD* lint, dtalraa that aba nayplaail
The ri^t that ha Mnwa, whidi of iha Mwa lb* iriat.
When aiilh the coniw «fUon, thua ahe ba tracl bi(lna
** TtKni BtitM aU aof ■soda.whvabiniludehnmt Biaaaith,
And off-nat up lb* attaam to Biithti HoBhat^ BfMh,
Of jtw ', and cUBUna chn, IbatcniwnVI wUb mmaj a ■Bar,
can Ihr clcei ftuMdii tM Ihnaith away a iMaid <bat 11I17,
1 1 Bolbar, whenoa tbo aaiM of Rortiann Int heauu.
- ' ^ dpthleaahainmrDDn,
«, tovMi Dunoilar datS drln,
■n, tbe name that doth derln
lolbar, whnoa tb
athsclirU'Badi
Whoae hcaierr houilii addi new taonoun to ha bank :
When Sherwood aaai£ her In abiw Iddlc, that BUda IB
WMibarpndU*exoaaa,abelinelr Itbe- —
On MarahUnd, whoaa awobi woaBhwltb au
alt^iiw bnul, bar O^Uasa avona IH
with mora lavlanwaatau than oft the sia^aneada:
ae aoU, aa aoon npsit, U»t be her Mrienaa Bole,
I lb' water unda wtb or-*""*-"-''- ^^'^ '-^ -
Along br'
TfaiB Aln bolda on bacewwl
■— lUI with idl the waallb th-
ilbibeWat.rtdiiu,»Th
Neitnddetonv«Wki
IthadweOmaraailhe
Small Cock, a aidhn brook eaa
Whoae biAa taceW'dJhaldBi
On aad FatakSaDdai( ahiin, thi
Whoae channel 4^ wai ch<ri
That Whaift diicolo«-d wia with H& that Um «*a ah(«.
The bloodlM MU batwiu Ibe WIdIo B<att aad tba Red,
Ofw^nearfiRaaBtauhllaBulaadMaiidlatl: [bate,
" Bat wbllal the Boodh WhiSG dath IbiB taWMa IbBtaa
Fnm WanMM* kiaaatbr, omavn the olnHa Hrdi^
Thmufb NrdaiBdale alau, aa oaallj aba dalh aUda
Taw-nh KnaTe*urth^?iet way, a |aati> llttla iM. _„
CIIM Kdwck, itowi ha atieam, ba^datnaa'haaki to U,
To eoieiula ittt Wbatb wbnAat haat* kacat^ataaida.
re ^ out <f ta* do taw,
•bhwbaalow,
BuTtoTD^'iBMatB'iu IwUiwItb the Wa ogancai. '
All otha oTHie north In larfBieaa Aall euced,
Jlwt aia* lent b^tate U Inab dtaaecd.
That Inglobomr klH. Fc^e*. and ftnlnat,
aHHiU named ba iba^lRbW batwlat cuiTwHil and Tn
Hj hlPi. faian Wbctaaionthoi, Itaau WhaoMe. wd ibnu (
anoc iWaa^iidbw atUI fow ibIt Betlw an )
AU that lepoat cu Ri«k Mad |ual» la bt due.
I aa jwr nalunl daa ikate aonadf iritD JMU i
And h:! B* lei ■ hUl that taOa Hwtb diib alBBd,
'Hienaudeatorthawall, that dare bntBka band
0<etFenl|CBtlofecnt b4 AMdo (bat aaoad BoMit,
AlthoMb ofbin ae Macb, rude CuBbiiiau* a«coia»«.
Mot CSrlot, of wboaa hel^ NarthutahnlaBd dalb toaal
Ahwiia' lo aonejr I nac Ihoa* ftoB caaat to ooaat
that well near ran (a haa -
Bt tb- name oflfa- b^i
Aa aian ahall thoa^ « tbe
Aa b)r ikeir lot^loeka, B]
Telbua behold nThUh, a
TUcailowatDW'nUth
hMier to ni north, mj Klddewd
d Blalu^B.dala ahore upon Br a*
• Beheading, which we call HilUki law.
a Rot^ HDod\ burrtng-place
ill & near upon the rcracof Ihli ttact, but ab
tat liMt onlWt «*£nMIV gmuri
If«,tf««iTi*»ll 'WlJ
OLBION.
u, (Mr m *n, •kan lo i
M «M ■ mnb, «d In tbt woaMiilH M|j
IB iMil, H (p ■ turihcclaw,
jBt«lE,bir*ttiiniLiHlbalVaBak
And nfta bet )>e goes \ whtefa wtua ibe did nt^ru
BdtmhlinUkallWwlDil, tk« nlmU* nyinib dSh It,
Tber huR) dam tht n^ o« bUl ind £l* Uin drin )
TO uk> bs Iw (Mil itnla, I' ountrtp Mm ilu Jatti rtrfra,
A od u the niilir Hdi * b* pnijaa u aaai,
TtHi bum-d lin STvribK lAa ■jEigMi «d.p«t.
Hd* bj ttwBi ■ i^n^ •■ d
■utk*MnM>iril|3Ww>
li <?t^%ni II hmliBn^
K aul If ■ nek. it Al IB d
it^SfkaU^
uufu, (aa luiBii* i»n <Hra ■»« ■■■ mi* u mt.
In uf oUmc ptoa riflil nH ml^ mndan b^
For UMr iIibMc kibhl, tkH DHOtnlu do tnMCHid :
But wck u* IMHHit bn" ind Ikiii ilie Bake* in and.
Wkcn Tboc ■• tkiH hariu famd UM fnlu oftkl* tnct,
HerwdLdMmdpntH hWui ts Mt,
-nu itw In kntfrtkit «•• aBwa^ lalK
Ilk* oUui ts dKkr. am Ikat Aa wa lo both
MnlfkUr wllk WiibiUb« Umw U MM 1
t bA * 1I91 •• all the intf rr pnH*
,wbk:h ■! nn, wbn bn emBnd bud ma,
"nmnit iiiiwiT 111
.iinihoi-'-
And lib
Tb«a
beJal?l<^ftkJUiBf _—
" ■■ matiikn aoiidJ'DuMbik«L*'liiiuninUHH*nl
' - B>ofihiHtab>aMwanhl*rt|nmDd:
- — '-M^UHwUdWot-rtdlBCHUdi,
• th* irwlimi tbU inndii
Hk, wl dnwM mr tbrSl I
I DBl of Ibdr HqvllH Hi >ll,
i« la, nd irin ibT MknnnW)
M wMcbid mckiUaff mt,
1 ■ Bill !• poor, allfaoBfk KHH bava d^aid
Upon hk (Uan ii^TM <Wn DM aoa will Ind
A «»itMa» U> wB«T?tto Bd dUBiU MH,
Matknoo^vbrtBvrMkriUbtait butHbKfeta
DoCfa HOT «ao bh kMid kli k)um«ud «d,
niM* Ann nB HO IboB diTB, ilDof bcdbnlkit Hoad,
And mnUlBn M biB itBT^ Ilk* ipMiMi to kirn cimA,
And wttk Ib^ (Intdn* lta>L bli mr Ikat to tooab :
aodotbHbTtkaYon; wlinu Ifca ttooita Is m,
Tktf iptac and ban tbalrcouM, (onn) itTtB ^y» to Um* i
tllaodi but Ait mj anatir inc*,
I [ivaal,lBairlnt»IMi»aa
FioB tbiir Int wl^lB« AHDtL b«t^ii^ witk Ibo Toor
Fun Marril'i mlgktrfcot wblS flJ^Twtb tbo :
Naai BidHp't.dilo M knd/wbs Com, ■ dw 1I
Mest UBvEk Mo low, wbnai that IwiT Om*
r« kir IotV Conr^ lA*, (Mb l»lB(lir aBfeaaoa
Ynir M (kt rWdi aloib aBoiaK tbawka and ■»>»■,
In MiiMIAaB-t aBocaiB an, B> amaiMailJi iba roret.
At SlppiB BaMa wttb tkrti, wUob Bake* to bar analn,
Wkaai wbaaikckath i*aal>V kitotba nrnv^Wi tnln.
Blear to tb« lawn ■> ao ftB^ kr aatta then to be koufhl,
K ■oodBB br and MU.br kenoMi that an eOH|bi}
Finjight tnoa bir BP*j dw wHb a naniti nlv
Td BonubMdfa bUm on. to (a*M her d&r Tale
(A wondroaa bolr find (w^ BaBa eba anr baUi)
Foi whoi tka >*XBa tat laahV Uw CbtiiUw aUb,
PiaUnua oteU Vort, tka Mtku Ualiop Ihen,
In MnU-i ahuidMiit MteaB ehil^mM ten thouBnd nan,
T,«h!rSabebi)
With
And ki barniadtu tank* akM ■>> kaaga llil,
Ai ibe goB awoo^nl by, to »»alriale ^heiKe ilw 1
T.T^^
EoiSrarhaail
■ tprlno.
eninilied genliii I
irTUeeblatoMrt'
I? Yort^lrc, who after ker k
' Mhai floodi, gtli Ibc name
Cona Baniej, Anke, anil Hankh tkcli HaerelRi %
FYon ADplnrtkH ofla waMa, inS torn Now yurett 1
Whoaa fbuBUIne br tbe ftn*. and lalni, muiy ■ yea
Wth joatbAil (raoH nr< cniwn-d, )«^cuU not nty
But they ain ((r** th( Swa^ vbleb In bcr mndUna e
A nnaph naaM il*l(*t kalk. Mid IU*tae, al wkOH (a
taah tSsugb (OM nt) It b*^ ir«l fttnOtie aontben it
WUb ib*t aaloto tba 8nKV etben dkl btftn,
AI BkliBaDd and arMva, wliltb BOek da(k frM* Ike A
e79
[piMe.
Vkm fai*ic thaoM th* »ml«^£kininl«K«d er mine
tat tikee InM bei Inln, dBrWlBk^ a oanton alrl,
J^wgbb«aw*«e»Tliatii were TM-dwUhmMnf pearl.
icarasr-i
with BaiTil ikould amaie, and RBil
Ktet^AlaMso, byylMB ha hcooar
T>i aiMe tke nnd-riag WMe, ben wen upon ker way,
Whldi fey bv couoDbauia thkiha to WIT an the iway ;
When bavin b*t neahid, ami* keain CoAeck brlnn.
And WinovGBfcwia Mr, tn pretty ^T^HL
And Bedall bUaakBS, men BfaHt al Iba OihP
Who with thia* rW* amkhv bagiB* hatagir u »ue,
Wb«B that fieat lta(at.BnBpb SsauuaB Ml bet war,
8b« ana to fluid pnv^, wHh tallaB^ fr^i aad ny
To daek up OoN.'bA^^andf CYtriTibe ibow. ^'
So OM of Bj (tail mnh lb( FOiae doth Uhewla* In,
nat aaaMlat tkce Bl York, iBdeT tbe ctty^ M(w
HerghiBtawillitknrirdelkeauallydIra*,
Tb* (ait pan nMAw etUL a^IboB dait *Hk tbe we•^
By whoMtabneaa Y^ Aundanllr It UcM,
W
inair rhuibim Wd hi b^ lb* Kyedale aaBina Hyc,
Hw, Bycal, Hedhatk, Dow, Mib BnBen, mdOink £1
Clear Coatwy, wbkbha(t*l/n«B Blaekmom In doth C
AndplaylBc ai ah* ilbUt Ihroaah ahady Pickering,
J^KaweBlhoBagadathi and^Dannnl that dli^dci
Tbe betjMlag and B^ uBao b«t either eidn,
A»boughltanaiMMb,£a^BaatlBdlARnrbe,
From BydM^ ret bar AuSn tab deflT^
And IhH BT Btadmon beta b« eourM dMh arx MotrlTc
Lai ny dlBmriaoi thaB b* •eiloaaly imiuV,
And let Gnat BittdB iaa In My hia*a latUuJe,
How m tte klghSt dagtaa by MOI* I aai >r«(a ;
For Kw-r^ tfaaCrana kin^ iv«i b* weti are n^-d
Mew.ArM, Afpleiaitk. ^ awaM^.Dtyadeiran,
i?" '•*?^"^ •*• ™^ If w«h By Oaeda » ftll,
n* goodly eauDiB kaepa efctaraTB* itlTaB kind,
Thsa iUBT atMiBim Tlaw. UMk with die >I*M and wind.
Upon tbUitaBBaidi^ to RyadakdaA and deep, ^
;JSfW,;!5r*'?™ of yom aomaiay thai e^ did keep ;
Then Flckaela«,*bon Ibe Ihwoi beyond then all adore,
Bi wbeHB not b aw*t Una larg«.«ieHl Blacklnion',
Tbe Clnakuid Boitta AiB tbaMk a ilata that doUi Bulntiin,
LaanlBaberlii«y(ldatofliagBMil«erBaninain, ^
Wbictatfahe were Bat b«neiiaiiotdthti*LDme^
- 1ili*«Hiorbent«Blght*cnbCBldl<>be.
Not lea b«h FlekerlH I^lgb bar Bkert) Chan thii:
t^AteUn a abba ao Hkorka retkonv U 1
ninty Juill* eaVd. Ib2 IbeB acasinnad*^'
No^LSmIiv am, ftir aimliHmiaB mjown'd
n ua, «o we again ban eireral aeati, ohooe boBBJa
to rnoann fVon their ildai ao nwy Bllca of Iroalld^
^thayanEanaddikraai Ilk* la aone mlgbV kb*;
lay Vorbbln be CDai^u\L (tballk'M oTaDy tSlagJ
Vbo kalh king! tba I atteiAand In bte Hale iela?.'
Mat prineat, that In Ihan b* auVact, to ha>»Ve
bint luklact unto H, yet wa her nijedi be;
Ltthough ikeaa bo aimigh idtaeaUy 10 ibow,
.tiat I the rtber two tht hin*» qall* oot-go :
Yet lookyc ujricog lato By tenJHtUe,
And y«D ■hall tea tbotoAlIt, Aat wHk tholi watery pnin, ''
-r>-<'B0Blhah>ndTdttODleMMUilylnciea>e, '
HI yat kaaei LuBti the Bander, and Ike Orel,
ilwta railliet and tee, that I In m* oaltln i
My •eaihanafh, wbkb knkt at tbouMi <B Htaren It iteod
To tbote that he betov, Itan lb' Bay of Botrin Hond,
" — V>tk*(liUor1Wt|l*lniebulte*theBian, ^
I' Tbcbithoprtiof DudiaBi.
DRAYTON.
Liki WhitbT^ mV I tbtnk, IhNM noMcn >■»■ bol I,
m 1 .. — .1 .1. .1. irtld («aic Bi.
hcH niMit ruiUea be tlHncbt,
Br RrxUe, toirudi tiH dai.Iai^ Duwoit. wbo'i m
Fu- from b«r pcwlj tpripn* but under fnund ibe px
Amongn Ibe cnau-d cIcta tlut EhnHifh the ann
ADd dinblet bid Item d», iaui tbe eutb » den,
Thit aftHtla* tlMic liibt Uh HHB dotb aint
WhLcb fbr Ihelc bofrtd eeune, tbepeAAe Heftieaicjl
Which nuT ftvui^t 1 lee, be vWi raj wsnden Ht,
But-rldlBg ciU'd, bar piar cuuc ui |
rent A true nvrapht a noet *t"'*1*> m
u> bD>h lUr^d, dgtfi will the knl ilMIdd
,. » ,blehtli«lo- ■" ■"
In lirgeneH, fbr that
:s«
Ye( Av mV KlU I luww, flut "^nffoSl n
Hon IB the eul 1 rdgn, [ofiihieh u) hih
AndnTbRHidtldedobeeTup to tbeGenui
Whkb bnTMT 1 HtiTar : tbea (um — >»■ t
Upon mv plaemit breut, ihAt luae j
OfVock t£>t takea the UBt, Ihu ol
InechHU Ould
d^|hted*T<*,
wneopc Denoiof me WQ our 01 uie HH Id d*e,
imtn plnHce IMdi hl> llodu. ft* which he Kuce giTH I
To Couwold, and fbr whu beoomea ■ pKonl (raca,
Doth ID bajond him quite ; then Bole upen aj eouth,
Hnw fli ■lodf th* iban, ts mlfhlr Uuuha^ Bouth,
Rich Katdeneai I btn, e«elBn( S» bs fnln,
afyipU in good ertX*. but ihtm hr offchit be.
Up Humber that to HuU, ame iretr dey t^ buj,
Tomebebddenirei bed(le*,lheiieUbaiuliulewne,
Upon the Tern rnhvivt. to pert her end the Downt.
HTull down to Hunber butee, end tUei IMo her buk
Some le» but liielT iIUl with waten wuina luk.
She Bnerlei ulul«>, whoae bauliea u dcUiht
The Mr eumoui^dtood. u nTUhM with the rlgbt.
That ihe could ever lUt, thit |or«ow Ikae '> to Tlew,
But that the brooki ud boumi uIhnIt hs panve,
To Kinplao end ow w, whom Hull doth nrwlj nune.
Of Hnnbec-bacdllna HuU, who bath not beard the baa
And I« treat Hunhei^ adt I ehallanie him lOr nlM :
For whneu Fawlwy But, and WialReet do eouUne,
Bi ueetUic In Ihelr oourae, ao OBartMualr to Iwioe,
■Oalut whom SI th ' ether dd^ the loadb 'hent ceoca I
Fnu that eniaclal tdM^ ireat Hvmber hath hia retail,
Beioad which he^ ntiw awn : ■> I la* eoune malnlalii.
From Ulnaer'a pjle-llke point, ikna ibe eaiteni ibore,
..J , — .. _. u^^.-,,, aw^h^lnadyt* taedolh lei
iBlcnupth*
BJna'^liad'piiHd Ywhrand In hec w*nd'Tfa« me,
Bt (hat &lr rliT'i adb^ nceind had aiuh trac^
Bhe who Hinna'd the aame to be het only wnrJc,
^tU] to ranowD thoae dukea, who atron^j did pretend
A title to the crown, aa Uioae who did dcacend
in them that had the hfht, doth thia Dntlui uatb
cpilt.
^^.'whcJ
l^^^
of Maieb the daughtai, that hla dan.
« the third eon of fienttlM Edward eam
deriTcd alono. the riatat befbie an etbei.
Orthedeiapaedcrown.lhianiUlpha "
-LU^itKudanlrhefror'-
beidai«hlcrlT*d
r, whence the i%ht
WakeOetd ■flht.
. daflcT kln«,
(Haarr Oh ttith depoa-d] thua Ad the VoikiaUhrfBc
Thdi Ude IHhh a atialn, Mhn th* Una of OuBi,
Whoae laane Itaer bf anna did wocthll* aupclaBt.''
Bj Ihia the Oiwperoelfd great HuBbar to hMfe gttaa t
(Tai ntnaan ahe hath a apecial T* to faiu)
And he tbeic hiIt ktng until the bit detard,
" Let IVentheitrlHtepaT, which (natheiraann
xjhiilr trnital nraa^ to me bar thw that eoanta,
So hii prml name recelTea no pre^^ice IbaAr ;
Am klnf oT all the looda, that nortta oCTmt do flow ;
Than lit the idle wmM no mart luch CM baatow,
Nor or lb* uoddT tnia ao ant a woDdcr^ake,
Though with her beUowIni hll ahe Tiolentir make
The nelghbauiint peopleAMT j nei OaOfta lo much pra!
HIi bceom! BOTH muah heroSer'ahaH be apiike°™
or that Cbul taulr fcundj Ouianlaa Onolaiiue,
Whoae cataract a noba is hnnibla doth keifs
That It eien Neptune IMghlai what Soeil nimea to tbe d
Than Humber tbK la heuil mere honihl; lo rou ?
No leaner oT thb neech ha^ Hnmbai made an end.
But the aptdauding Aooda aenl Ibrth ao ahrlU a aitaut.
That ther were caa-lr heard all Holdemeaa ahaot.
Above the beach/ bneh, amaanit the **-*i**f rudat
When the Eaat-rldlBg hec cnllon to onichideh
OoaaoBi "HjilitenhaaalthatllieThanUnlaahlca*
Their auUeola, 1 can atHW th> Hka of Bine Sk Iheiia;
Mj Howdon ■■ bath aa large a elvcull, and aa ftv^
On Quae, and Humbert hanka, asd aa an ' ' ~"
Itf laOtude conpar'd a^lh tltoae tliat lae
Not BtchmaQd BOT hei like, that doth to I
Doth iiaco theu mare than thIa dolh mc,
And l&tbelrwondieuatbinga whereof ao
U|iDiimr eaatem aide, whiebjuta upon th
Anun^ the wtaltajdilp'd doenu thIa arc
Hie mullet, and tlw awke ray ibarlen there uo wpi,
or all Uiwat BtltalB brood, bbda of the alnagvt Mad,
niat building in the roeki, being taken with the hao^
And caal bnond the cliff that polnteth to the hind.
Fail InitahtTj to ground, aa though It ware a alcbc.
And 0r a league Of two bellvc they do return.
ila wendn aee ther may.
luadii ftlmbi.
EOLY-flLMON.
POLY-OLBION.
The Huh Uh bUhopilc Hun,
And In hn- lUl linii don the Tell,
TpwtBl
In Rughtea atUt laiiiM the Scot.
Then Uirouib NorthumbcTluid ilie got
-nt_ -__j^ — J — miinnjiu ^ni diipoie
ikKietdoch procHdp
Ted *■ ■ bontertng flood, (irho thourtil henelf dlilne)
Ctnlliilni tn her taimr thai cmntj PiliUne,
Aud Yofk the yranlert thin, doth lutantt; be
in, Nofthumlierlimd Ih
«, for that my tprlng doth rirt.
Hy TdHtale nunV of n^ n
[UH Iiiitb ■hav'd : 1117 AjneliiKiibD 1
Ich Une (u it ihonid eeaBj » iMuriT neclectL
HhtjmnnmaeltHjtti Itim do 1 Md iSlru,
ewne to NejitDne'i court, but u lbiArt(ht 1 nui,
I Skem, » dslntr nnniih, mhidng DjrlLnirton,
H> In to *)** BH lid, and Miu pnod anft »nk,
ehuKM to look uMe, iDd ipiMh nen Iter b«i£,
id i^H, vhVh lor their boiling h(
S
Mca rightiT 011% that vlth
ler.o^niph, my aknii. It pu
froph, my aknn. It put In Mich ■ fVlBht,
___, lueiultpeed, iheonbercounediith baett^
Andnahlr runt henelrinlo mr wlden'd irilit,
lapoinp I thai ■pproAch fTcat AmphEtrlte^ ittta."
But wblUt Telt DUdettook her itorr to rcUte,
Wer nxeUi nbnott wood, tlut the m long ihould ttuid,
Vpon thooe lOftT tcnnl. u thoalh both m and Land
WaHtrMtolteuhectalt: quolh Wer, " What wouU-rt tli.
ui bnulng broDk. hadit Ihoa to dear a oar
J - aavancv thee ail hare, hadtt thou lueh maant and tnig
Ho V irovU'tt thou then exult? Olhen lowhata tielglit
VVouldit thou put up thT pitcft ; hadit thou but auch a Lrli
Orrllleti u I hare, which nalDnllr combine.
Their i^lngi thoe to beget, u thoie of mine do me,
to tfadrconi^tlDtaDUHh thatttotoweOanee?
Ai IMIo|iconilnalniroiB Kenoo-LawheriTre,
A mounMlB inidi In Ihne, iniall WMkp d«h rcquin
WHh her to walk alnn*, whlcb Bnrdop with her bringi.
Thui Aom the Aill conBux of tfaeic three lereraJ ijalngt
Hit fmlnm li begot, ai oaturv mnnt to ihow
HjlUturciltenatliiiidatatej then ftirwird do t low
Through mr dellolout dale, vllh ererr pleaiure tIT^,
And Wyievlile lUII maj atand with fAdale fbr her Hlki
So aalUtewllh th' eicea of 1^ Uni ul™ i?i^^'
AI pattjr boutni and becki, I acom but once to call.
At Auckland, where with throe ne fhrward allll to drlrc.
Clear Oauntiengim henelf, when i begin logad.
And whlrllna in and out, aa 1 woe nxed nwT,
■ Hic bUhopric oT DoHiaiB,
I (dWBf* BT FCilnra aR, to BMT ■ aukr (tie.
To ir|F ant lOuntahi unr, at leaning to retire 1
Tlien euddenlT again I turn nT wal'Tr Hall,
With nanji a tum and trace, Ihw wtnd'ilng up and dowi
WhoK dril fiHindaSon leai and ^ttf b«fun,
Br then who thither Hnl SI. CuthMrfaludV braugbt,
SubrenloB orthoM thing! that food and hoir were,
With which belored timet, I tm m ptea«f heie,
Aa that Idiult ekae,andnnctiir hugltin
He Either off mm lU ai oui drracn 10 be.
Hence like a iDitj flood moat abaolutelr free.
None mixing then with me, a t do vU with nowv
Fcon^arUeiiDi^leTen) toUiepoinlo/Sunderlaiid. '
At far aa Waid«i1awa< can tH&ly milttj;
Here ended
h, when ai-Ui* geodli' Trn^
Len up Ue Tell, as i>D( I
I,Bd," quoth ihi^ " had I
: takeTTier ipi
I'd of the north, I
STa.
I out of 'WheeUWl vrung.
nir and full.brimm'
jnd la ^T-d
\i her haita, and l^pfMl that dooi IE
lUeam, the Trne atong to drlie.
1' Eaat and WW, tli3r boundia t
X _._ _
'n^lh til' other ftom the Hulh, her iliter, how ctear Rhead
With Pam ooma pnvWd.and CboioB, ma to lad.
Through Bldidala on mj war, ■■ lar ai li&baB, then
Dowell me homage doth, wlui blood of EnghibiHn,
'1 heir nrenfttit me thrit dear Tjw^ do vondriMij enrich,
Aaof thoiendghlTifalpii thatlnmrmoBlblbcaT,
For which badi Ihi and near, Uial bIbb do leu ii Ihm'if
Ulan India Rshetmlnei: ihoald 1 allarge decllre
Mwlotf- ■--'■'-'•■ ■ ■-■
that blood! Held; an on the EiHllih ground.
When Darid king of Seoti, and Henrr hi«Mcniion,
Entitled br tboie Uraei, the sail oC KuDtlngdon,
Had A>rag'd all Uw north, benod the rtrernii,
Ai EncUnd erer knewT^ oRhUihop ef Vocfc,
Stout Thuialan, and with him )oln'd Id that warlike wi
Balph (both for wit and anna} of ~
> A mountain on that part oC the ihlre.
Wltta ih' arl Of AuM— lit,
•—•-'"—■ —'" •wo, cA tr
ITork.ai
n.irtillil-.
of Ue LhIm two, cA tirTtafioad* MiH,
It Alknoaud Tark.ilicdMMftilbidaiiit,
0RAYTON.
TlutJuM
uKwLileuig^irikH*cap6lH ,
Which ■)<{ la yiiitrtitnnh^t, irith the Nonhuntiriu powsn,
Hlili3t«a»nhi«w,andhlnsT(iniertod. C<p<4
" So LoBsiliuki, SucHUnd-i Boane, hln to that muotn
PtoiDksl bf tha Soti, Uut bifUnd 3u innd*,
And DO the borden hen euch qnll kxI haT« nude,
ThU *U tbe Ind lij BUM bMwtait the Tweed ud Bb
Thii uaM nauatem Uu, lk>— •■— > ■>!--— i-i—
Bdbre pnnd Bentkk ettale j, .. ..
And tflqk It br iCnM lien flikoe
At EiiuiaiutT hng ne £|IWi ■«
But teil Bh in in doode, whn wi
Kuj Detlni ict, ■• b)> the b^Iih wen,
on the 8MtUi power, H afefllill^ :
Seren cull, dIm hnldnd hce«,wid oftiotjaldien mm
Nfu twoib thouKBd ihilB, 10 diu the SeoOlih fan
Bui dorWB tbe Un !■ itniBe {e«a) IB AlbuU>i iMt.
Br oui thktd Ed«»d-^F*vnrki, thet Doit renown^ kalfl
Ble puUesnt unv down,
^ ibiM wlWD that wnltke Iff
Hli tttl*. ud kad peat bta warlike powcn u F»no<i
Ad4 Dantd kl» of SocM bare (IMrM to Invade
To wlikb tba &g or Fruw did Out ftUe kad pemute,
A^lul hU (ITM flittli, frea Franse to diaw 1^ tendL
To keep bli own at hooMk or (o An bgtb kli han^
WithwulDbotbtbenaUii wai arar neb a kia.
To SntlaBd m bMWI, at tbatat NerU-MTO^
When UlacD Iboaianl Soolt VMr aiiib at eme hnook,
Whm etoal JokD Cofliiiid then klBt tlaMd latmnr tMk
When ^cltah Philip, that bnn AaaaoalaD ween,
Bwwncibc her BOO ftoB tngii is troop dU llde,
And when ow d«n bad Ihdr asdent takor ti^ :
nitu nftea anlBa fa, Iba* hnanne out too ahiK
A Bd sal te Ihla the Ifkl of HaB> I rBat,
When HebbitB that eloHt Scot, aad hWlvl aO lb«r hhe,
Which tot' oar BMKket (an^ and wUh lanaire On
Our f iOafia Ud wiM^ Jbrwbldl diAat of oon.
When dpofb^ Doui^ eana wKh lb* AbMlan powen.
Ai Hchadm ([» bnt ae^ lb* blow our HotHur nro
To Ihai boU dartat Bent, beftn Ub bow ha diwo
Hli amr, and wia ihoiofour b(»a EnaMi bvw*
PMmwUhaaoa Ike bMk^wbeae bream wen hmlwM
UOWi,
Ten tbouaand pot tanrotd, with inauf m lovd and kniahl,
Aod CDI-tiDf SeoUand IhnilTlT TWUale a'emii.
■* Or who a bianr IWd tlian tb' eail or Somr wan,
Wken their klog JuMAe Fonth hlBidr 10 Wa>dr boae,
Tct never nek a Rbiff In nicb a balUe taw,
Amoniit hii Ofhl^ IHwda, wber* whllrt be bnatb couV
Hebcardj (^u^ on bat, whan noddnbnl wh etrew^d
Where Ihoe* t»o Tikwt eerie otLewa and Arnlb
Wen with their eonalcB Ham, abbou, and ktokop Ibere,
Which bad put annir en, la hope awair lo banr
Tbe Tlctoty with thaa. beta* the Eii^ ML
- But now of olba ^^ It Hi tb*H»a ts WD,
Ai *b« the DoUe duke^Neefblk B^ a rod
To acotlud, and tbadn Ua hoeUle Bnbeitaw>d
On weB-near tblit* towaa, and elaAu then lo laag.
Till TlcCnal wasefwoakTth* wMSrwlne itratMb
Returning oret Twaad Ilk bootlat boBotoMne,
Which to the nrj bean Od Tm Ihe aaottidi kEu,
The Untune of the dake Kti^^ that did ■»£•,
Rmalnlnf that* •* laiif, and dcina tban eo Budi,
Thinkln* taipgll and waai* hi Haataiiil, at beiin
The BuIMibm bed Ana on Ibe Albanian ahorOL
And^fltariaajghb tan b^atba Bafj^ >ed
ElariMiBed
ee ItoB the Md aritb IbaiB, M (Mu HtMiaen broniM
H in tkat tekn dgtat wen b* thafaialUi cancbl,
1faenwaaieafo*ai>««orki^ba(iailitor^
Earte, baroni, kolilila, ooidtca, two hnodnd Iben and mer
Of nedhiarr Bwi nren hunrind Bade to field,
Thace leare^ bath been benid,fil'iuchBli]U(htiDaeU,
'UcotrlL
So IMk the mne to hearMlMttt ateldai^bia lib )
Ueh Mil bf th> El«nab ftna, anwi Ike SeeU WBC rile.
" nieie on the btfUi earth, AaEviWuMn dM K>la I
But when tkciT bnSi of ftitb did BBor UXM eeoMnlB
laTTonthTttreaahWheeebulk wa> tanitat wMi
Ei&Bbo^ Bkd Leith lata the air wercbiiwn
powder^ udldnuoua iBoke, and tnali IcrwM
Ai tav Albania wL
In oar rixtb Edward'a dan ^»n that two laaitlal Bi^
Whkk eonanei'd there belbrF, wen IbUbei eant aoki :
But Ibr Ui^^kli '*'^?}^_P™^ H'"^ CK-dT
The eari of Warwick nunla, at MiiMilbnrouali «eM.
Whan laanf a donghtr Scot tkat did dbd^n to ;Md,
Waa OB the aartbSkt (lead, when » fbr fln Bille.- ^Bce
la lenpth, and ftur In te^tfa, the BvUib la tke cbaee^
Vnth saRHH of Beoli, Mrew^ all their niunlnuind,
Tbe nuBbcT of the ikiln wen fcuttaaa tbauHidtaiBd.
And AfteeB huodrad nwra la'an prlaoaan hj our n— ■
■* So Ik' earl of SuiKa neat to Scotland nnt i^ln.
To poilBh tkem br war, which w tbebeeden hare,
Noton^ roHi'da^ ipiil-d, but Ibal aiAlantiwn
To iheac two puliiant eailL Mocthuiabeitand, wbo tea*
,^ »,,.. -m^Mertadbj the fbea
To BMlandoTCT Tweed." Wbta now the dsodt beicacht
The iSn* to hold bet tongue, when pnaentlj beaan
A ranour, wbkfi aeck wh^ Hunjl all the eowHrr nn^
Of tkle proud ilHr'i ipcaeh, the blSand 6eed> anww,
Aad tMCi, a (breet-nrBph, the Hme ae kndlj (bbk.
That Ulhii^ IWaleitnbkL and anil* Ibrooah BIdidalo i».
And eouaded Arilkr there, &an whan It antba^.
That than hlgb Alpine blUL ai la a nw lh*i r — '
Recelf^d the Mund*. whkiklkua wmt on (Kb
Tbehl^-ttar'd "' ' -------
td^bwll
Mffi*.i«_.
ibiw llwla, to Cberkit, wbo^ nie
rtHct Ikeno^ he ftoa Ma adj^^^ud
Ti£ Whltuouln laadf caiwht, ^UtoBeiwi* imt.
That bran aid warlike trwn, fceia wbwtcataaanihMt,
Tlie eoond Ihn out tk« leulh. iolo AlHila eaaie.
And Bunr a luin Bood, did wtlb her pnin ladHae,
ASHabtlnf Buufi the nHtb, wbe ftelfl her Inaoe awekev
Aad Id kar naUn etraaathbar peinnHr betook,
Aeahiat Iba Hiiae ibouid GODe to the AlbaDUn cobM.
But netewall aU Ihti whU^ ai tboi^ h* had beoB kiM.
NctBeattoB'dbl the Moa^ Began toltat and fUns,
I%at treiT petiT bnok thaa piwdlT ebonU uiianBa
To talk) aBdhawhoBORtllwRotaaMdldlBicnt,
And of their gnatneB jet the loagra-lie'd BinBgt,
Should tkia be onT-tnd i whcreAn bli wnng t« wreak.
In their eeond umeiiee Bnn, doth awd Fictewall vaak -.
- Hetbiike Aat OA'aJlteh IB CbMb (ksBkl Ml dan
To IhlBk bliBielf BIT laatcb, who wllb each oottaad can
Tbe RoBBBi dkt anct, and Aw BT eateuid let
llMlr lagloDi, (Rib mj nod the pnwIQit Pkt to let.
That eflen hinadi made, our earth ffsB Iken to wb,
Kt Adrian beatia back, eo h* to keati thou In,
T^ «ta ftm eait to wek, began Be ant a wall
Of elgbtj Blla In length, twill T]rtH asd Bd«Bl All :
N<r jet that'treneli ^S&h'lraeti the weHen WUIeUn
Of Wodea! Waudjta oaDU, ihoald paialld witk Be,
CoaDpadngourdceBent^whU ihaltapaar Iota
The Saion ha!l aot men eat fiiot upea tUa land.
Of wkoH poor pettji klBg), tkoK the HBaU iJboun wo..^
That on KewBiarkeUieath* Bad* up U tbough but bow,
Wba Itor the Dcrir* work the ralsr dan anw,
TndRloB MUb( iMBt, wbD tnOr It bavu.
When maBTa reverend book can ton jov of m* Ban,
And when fdlit deciT'd, ScTMUI nliw aa.
What Adrtaa buUt of turf^ be boHded new of itonei
And aOer bwit a Unu, the BiMooe me np^U.
To keep Bw aitl IB pl^t, noi eoB tbar tn* iiw^
>d n««nl«(Uu«l
■ IT mulHii inm'J
th^lDiHaAitti
Uponmj thkfeBHi tkn* BAHfaV H- -, .,
TwdiiilMt WH I In Ih^Ii^ nub ^KT 1 roMTd."
Old FleMnD vta mich oMe (Sna BBiakhia kb Ida.
Had tn Ml iRhM owiH WuIbV the wtn H,
Vei Ilia* m Mil oor Oood gn iHHd to etapiibud I
Porihe KmhuiiMu Bjrmplu bMl Bu* la uBdHKBd :
Tint 1>n BtDldiv lue o'ar Sntluid Id ba Ml,
(Vmicih trcmU that nain npoM had hndli ras«)
TTir raWikmlHirwtli'inhlililTli^illHdim'iT.
AKi muTuotkcrlaod, iriifcii oduU bdI ba •nw'd,
TlMt tliaf JMd towM imaA and ivnchaiatkB wad^
That In • kamad nat tbc na tbci muld landc.
And Uke (tout laiA itaod ftea fan tbb HCBatad llian^
OrmqM^ aln ttaHMdna )9 ta Um BailWi oan* :
Whlcb tbaaa Murthuaitrtan njpnifilu, with daub* and tcarou
^leh i^wtW ftm Iba *■« ftT DDIliliic •«« to loiA,
But wM bv AlBlka; gat, and wttta bumE can ihauld ^cr>
And thcnAic tbCT amuK to mmUni In tba dMn
To be dclImM ftna tba Biadau MM**' ni|*w
That the* would all nan a ndaan pUolBaH
Unto tlH HolT.lda, Iha ibrtaa otwIOdE plaea,
Tbar kw" owld ntr inaefc naU tboa^ttlt CSM :
F« mu J ■ bloMd idnt IB ftnn agca tkia*,
Sccludad OoB tba warid, to abrttanaa Bad pniai
HadriTM 1^ tbiiatm, wbfcifa latht Pan— Mto,
AndTNai Hw Ibon Boifti, did In Itidr ae«aln
SoBekU tblap ftc And, wUdi IkiH Umhc bolf BB,
That to deTothn llT'd, and wnttlnont UlM,
It HgliJria >M ciird; tir wtabA Oar m mpua,
At I ifaan till nB how, and wbat thMt nubir ar^
WHta tkoaa the tatbart on Iba Ont I will bolB,
A( Foot, a DaariBvbnak, bcl^ Blylb, whiS jaMlalb In
\«th hit, ibia WanbcA naxt to wadW to tbc mala,
Knr Kanelb aaiti with Fcvt, wUfttaaowrth l> bar tialB
Nnt tb« tba UMIa Lnig alena doib aa aloBA
W)wn Cockat aanietb down, and wntalH aaSh a Ihnna,
Ai lh« tbar lan to thraat lb« acaUi Ite wHb bR
Coma RIdkT, Rldlud acit. with Uiway, wUab nte
Th^i IbinMiw to ba ■ood, wbo Aw bn gmUr ftae.
Hath It hv ftU an iilc, aalTd CoAol sf her Ba»^
Ai that Bitt Hnona tlioaM lako Bolk* «f bar itata I
-nun Aba br AE«kk sona, and wUb aa ntoBd a^
Ai CoctM cuaa bitea, (or wbm at bat tUT&ll,
{ I n tawBT at to Aow, Ikat ito nnui'd IbMi aP)
■JTba fUnow Mt of Ibn^ and BtnC^dlr itand.
And at bar o^iBf totb, do kta^bar lArMal hand.
WIAK tbiaa nntTV BfoB thaht pUciliaai*, Bniaaad,
TBI hr tta Isvo «h* baan to bar daai Bl«H* TweaiL
Of BrutlWi laana the BBB^ br wbhA ibi bath hor Uitb 1
And tboi^b ibe ksp btt cowna i^iB tba Bitllib <utb,
Y<t BowbaM, aMibtBnq^, ftum aoBtteBd aaolng to.
Doth ddT laaBg to (Nt, ret tatea he nuch
Her liiUlnm to itew.aa ■•^— --
OfaUIhi>EnglMitn>».
iiKh*b|bt
POLY-OLBION.
^tt her alooc and Kendal then
I^ tuararrnr, aimi a lUl,
Wbsae dooti ud Ui the afUrdiow
HMb led tbea on tfaoi loBi, and tbmnib ■) nndiT folk.
Sleep MMintalja, ftnti toinh, diep ifrei^ Hat tbf loib
AoliHtthebaNlBlnHiruSfboivMinbUeBaBt "^
Or tboaa rnda vuIibt VH, wbow tmbia are odIt iltote,
Bon to tba datlnc worU. In tbla 1»M Inn Uae,
So (tiHv. aad K> dull, that OiphaiK, wbksb (taen in)
^IbaaMkdivilninofhtoBatanonalaT,
Drew ncfc^ and wad tiata, to wUtbat ba woold jliaii ;
Ha ndght ai wall Bare BOT-d the uolTBte ai thtH I
But lam thli frr itf HeU In IMr own MHh deOI'i^
It ^na that dale bar Daa^ when Kendal to
—ae Batch V In an the land.
K, thoo^ bavlQglo her Dabi,
Fornaklaanfout
TbnkaiBbfanbe
But aputTaBttle Imok, than \nBUer doth retain,
TowMa tb* Vvflrlan iBi, br k*r two Bli^itT Ih^
(WUdi the tone Raaan iaiapie, ber Catodiva alk)
Ibti ••(cr iItk amain ouliaauiuilr to mar.
■ttanowlTtoniar,
— ^-.„__ ....,lD4iaf thene%lilBUTlDf ahcve,
To whkb ihc b« lEa aeund aiaanntlir dith abow,
"ba laMoa Mir or Mr, ai then the wW dalb bl«w :
DC wbea tbn to the notb Ibe Mia* do aaaVail hi0,
hn maiatantlT atat Iba wealbae will b* timt -,
nd whan thai to the aoath, veto thar biidhr iav,
win be dOBb ornln lb • !-.—'—"
ornln ibe nat anmaiMnf da*.
To the HlbanlB fill( wben lacmAa Unr baita,
•"ihj iasdi, ftoa wheBoe hendrtb* caala,
her OBBK^ H e**>T rtaea wben aba
doth cauLbr bar aouUhoiioiirV ba.
^ bom thia Ml o( Can. aOU ka—iai tn our en
nie toam of IOi«.Ua4 Lun Mhai-HCddaliereall i
For oftba BrltUilaeda, aiarae one aBeBut lh«* an.
Such alato B to hcraeir, the daMnka aiatas,
- ■-■-■ ■■ owraaaaauntj^OMi
Yet tho- (he b* a Bood, uch tfarr Ibat datb ^B,
In thai tba Dtlltah erown do£ Id her itate pertain,
Tet Wca^wdanl alone not oidT beaala bar tdrlfa.
But he her fnaMt (OBd Iba Und WertBerian tutb
A her tSqutatlia, and Ban«w to atUBd
JH riie bei nana to iMMMtei do lend.
wbailiBdweh'
.HoniUl'hill
Her nuaL tw alia bei Ban* to I
WtthaUlhe Bced we **B, to Ca
raun looiliii to BkiM the uUoi ,,
br EdnTlSiitog out of HaaaBt-HoniUr hin.
ABd poliSttoa to the BoMb, aa Ibao a Uttla riO,
■niere ainiiilr lahM bet laanof ber (wett Huet Bwale,
B«n ID the ariCaaaae lire, but with I Oincer Bale,
Tm'tda HuBber hiaa her oiune, but Eden ai^ng on,
WbDBi tlHU tha wootUoTB^ gKEU : " What paaace aha
Mr BOit bUmdWt, to Baklaa to thr bar,
nat waadMnc art to wood tbtoofh ataBT a iioetad war.
Far under baaflBi hUb, Ibmtb BBBT ■ araaged itnit,
And ftw Ibc wafrr kind, upon thaa to Bwatt,
Onmad la th; eaoTH wHh BHV a riwii*d cfiff,
Aa bj adn Mnnttk tbae laeanl to atop tta* to tbf cmrae.
And aand tbaa aatlT ba4 to ManiU to lb* aaom.
O B* brlaht torelT firooh, wboaa aania de& bear Ibe aound
OffJedlUntBgdMUdafctflBparadlaedaioQiid,
WhmlB ba pCod^BTlM*) vbama br ato h*ML
O UtUebleiaed Bnok. baw doth bj boaaa avail
With kmlbtu to Ihee I Iba ^ toooMHace
-nila aald, tka IVM^^A^ bar nwid IVvit Oia while;
Oaar Edan IooUbi back, lepvia bar with a mile,
And (Ltnplj takatber lam, to m Into Ike main 1
Wben Betow,BbrlabtnrBnh,(ratoStonBan> down doth itial
To Eden, ai ahMclo AnMv aba Bakaa,
Whieb aaiatoa, to her train, neU TroulbeA to aba likaa.
And LmDuirihan tbeae a tomawhet tamr itn,
Wben OlenkwlB greet* ker vril, and happUr to dl^
Her man abuBi^ banka, (Mb Um, ^Mihtr Bear
On Cumberland'* coulnea, COBB Ejnaal ■•*( and clear.
And Loder datb atlare, with wboB Aa hapa to Baal,
Wbleb at bar nmd^ 1b, doth tbaa berl^teeaa greet ;
gnoth ak^ " Tbua tor B^erif I BT, ibat where I (w^
Up (ton HT tountato Ont, thwa la a tldtof-wall,
liat d^ ebba and dawi, (ai wrlten da repeet)
The old EBtoUia dan, ar to tke aelCnBa aoM,
ne VaacdaelaB* fcmit, or Ibe DamtUan • apitag,
Or that wbkih th* oldd>iah detb wWh bar woiidaa Mag,
Wbr abouU not Ledai thai, her mlitm Edea pleaie,
WUh thiL M other looda di^ghtod u> wUb Ihaae."
Wben Eden, though iha leemU to Bake anuaual baat^
Whcnmuj ■pl«i>uiliprlii(,aiidminr*l«(b<|ii»dlidw
Hirir clear beiuinLnia km, Add do thdlrnuiic* boiAinr
Ukki thoit lumnble vAlOt thiDUf h which ttier t«ilv flow ;
WhervM UK Buunuln nnnphi, and tbimt th*l doneoiwit
Bt mwrajhlni. imdj i night, do flTO neh other cOim,
At haod-wlnk, turin-bmk, ftt tick, or prlaon-buv,
Kse^
ritb^c^,"
txA, be cumt cksw bid ht,
plB hUk, tbcH du« ud mbt; dilH,
rh' mectof t4tefrplBi h ,
rom clbadt Kun crs doii^ with tba «.__„
eU Id tM^lghtT nod, BBt BdMol Uwn doth lli^
WheriAirflUHnien[n«eofcDBpcr Binalnvie,
I Coupec.luid wu anU, bill M« wlU blot to b«
From the old Brlmn broufht, Ar Cdti thtj a» to aU
The un or BUB r li im, wbicb t un ukV wttb^
Then &kdile, mine ■[If. nd Nllirdiilt w mm-d,
or QouU rbTBU you thtl flow, n Borowdalt udU nm*iL
With WiKUIe willod li^ with hlih en tttn ode,
Forlh'turiiceofsKi^' A Copland CddIiikI,' «*,
Till to TOUT ihooti Ihc^lUi witlT^on all nplr."
Which Cc^Uikil KUK hid tpoki, but quickly orcry kil^
Upon her tb» that •tuxU, Ibe ndiUioiirliif nDia all ;
HelViUoo mm kli mitfitrk iknapi Ibc moMKuhii thmr,
WboH buUdlaii,wilti,uid Mnita, wi
DM mlfhUly npmiaid old Coptand fii
When Dtrwent Jur ekiv fliubt from BnnnnUle UiAt br
Doth nuieUr nil henelrinlo an unite like,
ADd with natriti^ility meet, between (hem two do ib
An laliDd >, whloh tha niua from Darwtnt doth derlTc,
Wlltaln whgac Hctetbceatt nlu Kaliire dmh onttlTa
That mMily cainMBiDe, whMi not without Ha Tdna,
OTfold uif aUvat AiuiiOl buppUy obUiu
or rDynlty the Bane, the ricbial or thin ^1
ThuBrUatabrinnth Itonh, which »yal ahe doth call
or Bonxrdale her dan, orikM own n_«d Ue.
Aa dT her royal rainei, thla river proud the whlla,
Keepa on her coane to aea, and In her way doth win
GiTH Coka^iBMiVhtheaaiae, by MandlnK at her (^U
iDto bir Darwenl^ banka. wh« Darwenl Ibare withiil.
Of Neptune doth oMlo a haven of Mr nama
""■!o of the CunbrUn hUU. proud «ldow ■■— ■— ' -
S^'at, reapectiM whoo, the other be km
The high "it, reapectb^ whoo, ute other be tut low.
PercHiliif with Iha Aooiia, and ftireata, bow H nv'd,
And aU dHii anaral talai lubalanllally had haa--
And or the Dounhidn Und, aa oTall other he
' Ib^ialt tl DaiwDii
But JUrom my glorloua hrieht Into Ha depth t prr.
Orait hllb &r undarn, but » my p^H be ;
And when my helm oTeiouda upnn my head i tafta^
At Terir alafat thereof, Imniedlately I make
Hi' InfiaUtanta nhont tempeRueua Rormi to ftar,
And ftic Wr waalhar lo^, irtMn ■• my top la clear i
Omt Foutaaaa mlahty Felta I OB my aouth acner :
So Ukvwna on the north, Albania malui ma way.
Her oountHai ta behold^ when SaitM* Ihira the aky,
Silutei tna amy day, or at mr pride Inelia fitm.
Oft thrcat'Blnt me with dsudL aa 1 oft thrcat>n1nshliB:
80 likawlae to tka eait, that raw ormountalni tall.
Wbleta •• oar EngUrii AIpe but trt aptly an,
That Scotland here wllh ui, and Bniland & dl>M^
Ai Ihiwe, whence we then aame Hpan tho other eUr,
Do Italy, and FiwHKlbewwuHuitalBa bat* af aura,
l^at toot hr offllke deuda, ahapM with eatatldV Iswen^
Bl hftlag up Uieir heada, la atara and gaae al ma.
Clear Darwent dandn^ on, 1 look at tnn above,
Aa HDH nuoHUTM yooth, being deeply Mnx^ hi ion^
Hb mlMicaa doth bifiold, and avary beauty nalii t
Who H ahe to her AIL thiH^ mU and valUet doatik
Oft dfta har IliiAer ael? abonlier buika to vlaw.
How my brave hvidin top, doth atllt bar eaotia paiweL
O all ve topic aada, that do Inhabit here,
To whom the Ranava did thoae andant altan rear.
Oft flnnd lam thoae hlDa, nawunk Into Iha nl*.
Whlcb (hev for trophla left of thoir Ttdoeloua tpeil*.
Rive oftm pleated been, idll auard me dsT and nigbl.
And hold ma Skldow atlB, [he plan of your dHlnhl."
Tow'idi wim Ibe Ithbam Boodi, dear Edn enmnaia.
To Cumberland cnn'n hi, Asm ibo Waumrilan waatoi,
Wb*n M the readlcet wn to Carliala, m the euta,
^^ ^!2L^ woodJiT^Ma naati, the Btb Ii treat and wild,
CoBrnsred irith her pbete, and Inalewood la call'd.
Both In Ihirlr plaawit adloi, tpoMhanilly immll-^
What Sylnn la itaera )««n, and be Ibe ne'tr to my.
And lll£ IMana^ arir, n triily HvlucEHteT
For iddaa anv tract, doth am iMr Uiair way laa waitc.
With many a luRji leap, the ihamad aatyn (bow
Them pailtBt every day, both Item the merea briow,
And hlllt on avery eld*, that naatly bem than In s
The UuahIng morn to break hut baldly doth b^a,
But that the mplng RoalL awift deer, and baislto* abrep,
Whicb tbert Iheir ownentiuw, but no man bath u keip.
The dalgado ovenptead, by them like notley made i
Which In her vcrte aha hath : but that witenhy Iha •Moat^
It bar two didnty Soeda, which ftm two hUb do haw,
WhbA In baratf Ibe halb, wbnae banka do bound bcr ao
Upm the noTlb and aouth, aa Ikal the teemt to ba
Hucb^eaaad with their conne. and taket dell|bt to «■
Bna upon lb* loutta. In aalMi
- -■-- - thenofthhaw W,
(hnia bufc, yet llmlli
At Eden BOW airlvM, whom we have Mt too tone.
Which balof com'n at lenfth, the CBUbrian blUa aaaenc
ABiharOrLWfltlaeoaila,lbadDodafVauevevy where.
Prepare each In their eoarte, to entertain her Unn,
FTmn Skkbrw bet tall lite, Bnt Cauda aleiily brinft
(Not fer rMm Bkldow'i'ibot, whence d*lnly Cauda^cpa)
Alont tn overtake h^ aavci^gn Edvn aweepa,
ThatdalntyCBBibrlaBqueeni itbeD Olbhnddvwn datb aoid
Hr ilvania to tacelva queen Edn InhRcnirte.
Yet wnUng ferth bar way to fi«a bertelf withal,
Flnt Pnltroaia la her paac, then Oell ibe leta her inWe,
Which n^iaetb on bei
She eroiAed Carabae ea
[atbLetvttiirin,
POLY^LBION.
t nuntiDi tta hH pHOi,
whlcb nflhc Pica we uD.
'd, which Anitlulweikbegn,
Her out In Ciriidr^ ibhl, tha court oTnU ba iMt,
And t^umlKtliikd'i chi^town, la tbna ilH d«h diluc
" Wbu EinUi mon <l«ll|bt, bn>c dl;, to Ihj ku.
That blithe noitiicmnvniphi m« worlbily jtllov
Ur nil thgir Nidida klod the imlgfl. m< •« hr
'I'raneaidliic, [hat oft tiaui Ihn In Iheii
Haw otftndhj hit couth, and bewiQat t
The mutccT, with Imi not nuntiiw tta h
Thai mlxhlT Romaa (o" -"-i-i- -«•.- »■
Bui br tata near thou
Orthal fnat mmmr i
BetwlItthaldJiMa,. ,
Doth cut Be In hia counc ncai CadMe. and doth end
At BoulneiK, when myMir I on (he ocean ifiand
And Ibt nT cnuntn hrr^ (of which I am the chief
or (11 her wafiT kind) know thai the lent relief
To ihoHoU Brilona oDce, when (Run the Saiooi thay
ForauccourblthEraed.u ftrout oT their wajr,
Amongftt her mlHhtyvildiL, and mevrilalna freed from f^aTt
IVtilih io UlMl ItnulBe (oaCHi IbemadireidM KlmM name,
or KimbfLluid, the Hmecr Cumberland Itni came ,'
And In kar ilidM bet 4aln, tbb i^l wbear.liaal l> alat.
That ftiuntiun brhigBtk Jbvth, from wMcb (be ■outbem Tnet
[So Darnel, fbr that oT North another halb that ilyLe)
ll>l» to tiM fill I II Ha, that matt* Anth manf a mll^ -
r 9et (0 the t£nh wng.
REr1]ntbeclnninctakcl,lBdVait,and Alne doth lend.
To Halt u^hliloethrbut ftrtha to tranieend ^
To theie (Teat Ihlngi or ogle, which maiif countrlea call
Thilr woiHten, there li not a tract amonnt them all.
Can ibDW the Bk* to mine, ai the lew tialllifld, near
full ten Ant In height, but ret the K
equal dIAanee It, the drde that coi
dance It, the drde that conpaaci
. .otfaertlonet lie flat, which do cueJcta
Tbebonetarmcnlaoidtad, (at then tbe peeiile i« ;)
So near to Lader"! nnni, Oom Ihenee not ta imtj.
Be oiben nine Ittot hiib, a mile In lenilh that run.
The Ticcorica fOr whiu Ehoae trofifala were begun,
Fmm datk obU*)on thou, O nme, thouWrt hare protect
For miihiT wch their mlodii them thu. that Bat erected
And nearto thlt aialn, there li a piecr nf ffrcund.
A llltle rltlng buk, which of the table nund.
AUba altendlng floodi, rklr Eden da eDliHU,
7^ iBil them down to Ha, when Lenn oomei alotK
And hr hn double aprlne, behie ulghly them amcniL
Tbart OTtitaketh EA, ftcm Scotland that doth U^
Where llhlieanta end, u alto therewlOal ' '
My bifland do conduda, (br ohlsh I undertook
Thla itnnfe Heroulnn toll, to Uil> nj thirtieth book.
tiGooglc
SIR JOHN DA VIES.
I5TO— lGi6.
DiTiu ia one of tbn wortfaia at WQtBhln. He
wu bora in 1 jTO, M Qncksfrave, > bamlM in tbe
paiuh of Tetbury, nai wb tbe third ion of a eountiy
Itwjez. Hii motber wm of tbe Bennett brail;, in
tbe Hine coaa^. Id tb* Sftoenth jttx of big age
ha wu *dinitt«l comnKHier of Queen's CoU^e, Oi-
ford ; in tbe aghteantb he mnored to tbe Middle
Tonple, when he inciured ceomra for some earlj
irregularities, and vbence he waa expelled, after
he had been called to tbe bar, for quairelliDg with
Richard Martin, and beating bim in the Hall. He
wai, hawerer, restored in IGOl, b; favour of the
Lord KeetHV Ellennere ; and tocdc bia leat in
pariianwDt, the same year, ai member for Corfe
Caatle. Tbe dedication of his poem on the Immor-
talitf of tbe Sbul bean dale in tbe foUowing year.
Such a poem obtained immediately, in tboae days,
the notice which it deserved ; and when, ira the
death of Eliiabeth, tbe author accompanied Lord
Hunadon into Scotland, James inquired " if be wai
ATwcc Teiptum," embraced him, and promised him
his &Tcnir. The ranited reproach of promoting
unworthy fcrourites has clung to tbe mnaarj cf
Jantes tbe Flnrt ; but it ought to be r
also, that the moat able and iUustrious
age were diKinguiahed by his favour.
Id IflOS Oaviea was sent to Irdand i
general; made attomsy-genenl soon i
■nd being q^KHBted one of tbe judges of silir. st
a time when a guard of nx <r seven icon foot, md
fifty or u^ hoiie, wss necesssry for his protection
on the circuit, deaerred the praise of tbe gorerrunent
aa " a faithful and well deaenring aervant of Hii
Mqesty." He was knighted in 1 607. In IGIS he
published bis very able " XKacovery of the Ime
Cauaei why Ireland had never been entirely sub-
dued." Soon afWwaidi he was made king's sergeant;
elected for the county of Fermanagh ; and, alter a
between the Protestant and RomSA
cbosen qieaker of tbe fint Irsafa
Houae of Commons formed by a general npnacM-
alion. He published tbe fint Reports erf Cava wlis^
were ever made public in Ireland ; and tbe pn^acv
to this volume ii laid to be Ibe best that was evar
prefixed to a law book.
Sir J(4in Davies left Ireland in ISIG: sat in
parliament for NewOMtle-under-Line ; and w» to
bare been appointed Lord Chief Justice in IfiSfi,
when an i^plectic stroke put an end to his movtal
eiimeDceon tbe ni^ of tbe 7tb of December.
He had publiibed a collecteil editi«i of bis poenn
in l6Sa, Nshum Tate, by Loci Dorset's reoooi-
mendation, republished tbcm at the end of tbe cen-
tury, giving tbua better proof of bis judgsnoit in
poetry than can be found in bis own worts. They
were published also by Tbomaa Davies, the book-
seller, to whom our eariy poets owe raudi, and wen
first included in a general collection of our poets by
Dr. Andsnon.
He married Lady Eleanor Toiicbet, dan^Hcr of
George LcHil Audley, Earl of Csstlehaveii. Sir
Arcl^>s1d Douglss was her second buiband, and
she is ssid to have been an uncomfortable wife la
both ; tbi% however, was ber misfortune latbcv
than ber bult, the evidence of ber cradnesa btii^
public and notorious. Sir John Davies t»d by this
unhappy maniagc an idiot son, and ■ daag^iter who
mairied Ferdinoida Lord Hartingi, aftarwards Sail
of Huntingdon. It m^ be r^rctted that fa* JU
not leave representstives who would have tbougbt It
a duty and an honour to publish all thai cooM be
eolle^ed of his writings ; thus erecting tbe best aod
most enduring monument to bis memory.
Davenant has evidently formed his style upon
that of Sir John Davies.
THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.
To that clear majesty wldcb in the North
Doth, like another sun, in glory rise.
Which Btaodetb fii'd, yet spreads Iter henv'niy wwtb ;
'-oodslone to beans, and bjadstsr to all eyes.
like hcav'n in all, like earth to this alone,
That tbo' great stolea by ber support do stand.
Yet she benelf supported is of none.
But by Ihc finger of Ih' Almi^ity's hand.
To the divioest and tbe richest mind,
Botfa by Art's purchase, and by Nature's dow'r,
That ever was Ircin heaven to earth con&n'd.
To shew the utmost ofa creature's powV:
The iicrad tpring, whence light and honOiU
ISutiUiDg nrtue, ifaediling peace ud lore, .
In nery plm^ u CtdIIiu ■facdi bei beami :
I oBkr up tome sparkles of that Are,
Wbereb; we reAson, lire, and more, and be ;
TbeH ipa^ by nature eTermore aspire.
Which makes Ibem now to such a highnean flee.
Fair eon], since to the fairest body jan'd,
Tou ziTe such lively life, such quick'niiig powV j
And i"%TT"~ of such celestiBl kind.
As keeps it still in ygutk'i inmiorlal flower :
As wha« the sun is preeent all the year.
And nerer doth retiie hli golden ray.
Meeds mast the quiiw be ereriastiog there.
And ereiy laamm 1^ the month of May.
O ! many, many years wmj you remain
A fa^ipy angel to this b^py land ;
IjOQg. long may you on earth our empicaa rdgn,
£re you In hearen a glorious angel stand.
jStay limg (sweet spirit) ere thou to heaven depart,
Wbo mak'st each place a heavai wfaendn Itioa an.
Hn Muum's
DerMcd&djeet
And Serrant,
JOHN DAVIES.
IMMOHTAUTY OF THE SOUL.
aa by tasting of tfa^ fhiil foibid,
• they Bought knowledge they i.
doii'd U know, and ill they did;
Wht did my parents send nw to the idiools,
lliat I with knowledge might enrich my mind?
Since the desire to know flrst made men foola,
And did corrupt the root of all mankind ;
For when God's hand had written in the hearts
Of the flrst parenEi, all the rules of good.
So that their ikill infus'd, did pass all arts
Thkt ever were, befbte, or since the flood ;
And when their reason's eye was sharp and dear,
And (ai an eagle can b^uJd the lun]
Could luve approacb'd th' eternal light ai near.
As th' intdlectual angels could have done :
E'en then to Ibem the spirit of Ilea suggests,
That they were blind, because they saw not QI,
And breath'd into their Incorrupled breasts
A cuimu wish, which did coimpt their will.
For that same ill they strsi^t destr'd to know ;
Which ill, being naught but a defect of good.
In all God's woifa the Devil could not show,
While man their lord in his perfection stood.
So that themselves were first to do the ill,
Ere they thereof the knowledge could attain,
Uke hln that knew not poison's power to kill.
Until (by lasliog it) htnMelf was slain.
Where they Bought knowledge they dlden«v find,
III thn doii'd U know, and ill they did;
And to give passion eyes, made reason blind.
For then their minds did first in passion see
llMiae wretched shapes of misery and woe.
Of nakedness, of shame, of poverty,
Whi^ then thrown experience madethem know.
But then grew reason dark, that she no man
Could the Air fbtms of gaod and truth discern ;
Bats they became, that eagles were befon ;
And this they got by their deHre to leam.
But we, thdr wretched oaring, what do we ?
Do not we still taste of the fluit reri>ld ?
Whilst with food fruitlna curiosity.
In books profaue we seek for knowledge hid.
What is this knowledge? but the aky^tol'n Bre,
For which the thief i still cbain'd in ice doth sit?
And which the poor rude satyr > £d admire.
And needs would kiss, but burnt his lips with it.
What is it? but ^ cloud of empty nin.
Which when Jove's guest ^ embrnc'd, he monsters
got?
Or the fUse pails «, which eft being Gll'd with pain,
BcedVd the water, but retain'd it not?
And ye^ alas 1 when all our lamps are bum'd.
Our bodies wasted, and our aplrila spent;
When we have all the learned volumes tum'd
Which yield men's wits both help
What can we know? or what can we discern?
When airar choaks the windows of the mind ;
The divers Ibrms of things, how can we leam,
That have been ever ftom our Urth-day hlfaid 7 -
When reason's lamp, which (like the sun in sky]
tniroughout nun'slittk worid her bosms did spread, .
Is now become a spaiklc, which doth lie
Under the ashes, half eitine^ and dead :
How can we hope, that through eye and ear,
"nds dying sparkle, in this cloudy place.
Can reculect these beams of knowledge cl«art
Which were infus'd In the first minds by grace ? .
So might the heir, whase fetber bath In play
Wasted a thousand pounds of ancient rent,
By p^nliil earning of one groat a day,
Hope to restore the patrimony spent
Tlie wits that div'd most deep, and soar'd most high.
Seeking man's pow'n, have found bis weakness
such:
'■ Skill comes so almv, and lil^ so fast doth fly,
We leameo little uid forget so much.'*
I Promstlieui. > 3w Xiop't fsbls.
For this the niMrt of all mofsl mso [know,
. Said, be' knew nought, but that he nought did
And the great mocking-master mock'd not then,
When he ntid, Truth was buried deep beloir.
For how may we to other things attain,
When none of us his own soul understanda ?
For which the Devil mocks our curious brain,
■ When, Know thyself, his oracle comniandB.
For why ibould we the bu^ soul believe.
When boldly she conclude* of that and thi^
When of henelf she can no judgment give.
Nor how, nor whence, nor wliere, nor whM ahe ii ?
All things without, which round about we see.
We seek to know, and how therewith to do :
But that whereby we reiuon, live, and be.
Within outselves, we ittangeim are thereto.
We seek to know the mo^ng of each sphere.
And the strangecauseof th'ebbsand floods of IHle;
But of iliat clock nithia our breasts we hear.
The subtle inotious we forget the while.
We that acquaint ourselvea with ev'ry lone,
And past both ttvpics, and behold each pole,
When we come home, are to ounelves unknown.
And unacquainted still with our own soul.
We study speech,, but others we persuade ;
We leecb-craft leant, but others cure with it ;
We interpret laws, which other men have made,
But nkd not those which in our hearts are writ-
Is it because (he mind !s like the eye.
Through which it gathers knowledge by d^reea,
Whose rays reflect not, but spread outwa^y J
Not seeing itself when other things it sees 7
No, doubilesB ; for the roind can backward caat
Upon herself, her undentanding's light,
But she is so corrupt, and so defac'd, . .
As her oVn image doth beraelf affiight.
4k is the fiible of the lady &ir.
Which for her lust was tum'd into a cow.
When thiraty to ■ strtam she did repair.
And saw herself tranaform'd she wist not bow :
At first she (lanles, then she stands anui'd ;
. At lait with terror she from thence doth fly.
And loathes the wst'ry glan wherein she gaz'd, '
And shuns it stil], though she for thirst doth die:
£*en so man^s soul which did God^s image bear.
And was at first fair, good, and spotless pure,
Since irith het sins her beautieB blotted were, '
Doth of all sights her oirn light least endure :
For e'en at first reflection she espies
Such strange chimera^ and such monstos there,
Such (toys, such antics, and such vanities, . ,
As she retires, and shrinks for shame and feir.
And a« the man loves least at home to be^
That hath a sluttish house haunted with sprite*;
So she impatient her own &ults to see,
Turns from herself, and in strange tiungs delights.
For this few know themselves : for merchants brcAe
View their estate with discontent and pain.
And seas are troubled, when they do revoke
Their flowing waves into themselves again.
And while tlie ihce of outward things we find.
Pleating and &ir, agreeable and svreet.
These tilings transport, and carr; out the mind.
That with herself the mind can never meet.
Yet if Affliction once her ware begin,
And threat the feebler sense with sword and fire,
Tht mind contracts henelf, and sbrinketh in.
And to herself she gladly doth retire:
As spiders touch'd, seek thor wdi's inmost part;
As bees in storms back to their hives return ;
As blood In danger gathers to the heart;
As men seek towns, when foes the country barii.
If aught can teach us aught, aiSiction'a looks,
(Making us prj into ourselves to near)
Teach us to know ourselves beyond all'bDi^s,
Or all the learned schools thattaver were.
This mistros lately pluck'd me by the ear.
And many a golden lesson hath me taught ;
Hath made my tenses quick, and reason clear ;
Reform'd my will, and rectify'd my thought.
So do the winds and thunders cleanse the aii •.
^ wotkinc seat settle and purge the wine :
So lopp'd and pruned tree* do flourish fair -.
So doth the fire the drossy gold refine.
Neither Minerva, nor the learned Muse^
Nor rules of art, nor precepts of the wise,
.Could in my brain those beams of skill infuse.
As but the gUhce of this dame's angry eye*.
She witbia lists my ranging mind hath brought.
That now beyondmyself I will not go j
Myself am centre of my circling thought,
On\j myself I study, learn, and know.
1 know my body's of so frail a kind.
As force wiAout, fevers withja can kill :
I know the heavenly naluni of my mind,
' But tia corrupted both in wit and will ;
I know my soul hath power to kiKHv all dnngs^
Yet is die blind and ignorant in all ;
1 know I'm one of Nature's Htde kings.
Yet to the least and vilest tUngs am thralL
I know my Ufb's a pain, and but a span ;
I know my sense is mock'd in ev'ry thing :
And to conclude, I know myself a man,
1 Which it a proud, and yet a wretched thing.
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.
OF THE SODL OF HAN,
lUMOBTALITT THEREOF.
Fbi lighta of besT'n [which are the worM'i lUr efei)
■tiook down into the world, the world to accf
And JM the lighU wUeh in mjr tow'r do dnne,
Mine'eyes, which view all ohJKta nigh and fiv,
Xdok not into diia Ifttle world of mine,
Nor see my ikce, wherdn they fixed ■»>
filoee Nature lUIl m in Do medful thing,
Why wnt I nuam my inward aelfto wef
'Which oght the koowkjse of myMdr might brii^
Which to true wiMjom ii the firat degree.
That PowV, which gare me eyc« the world to i^«w.
To Tiew myeelf JnAu'd ui inward li^it,
Whereby my aoid, a* by a milTor true.
Of ber omi form may take a perfect light.
But aa the diarpot eye diacemeth nought,
Eic^t the nin-beniu in the air dOBhine;
ilo the best lonl, with her reflecting though^
Seta not heneif witboiit some light dinn^
O JU^ which msk'A the light, which niakea ^ dayl
Wiiich iet'rt the eye witlroul, and mind within,
'lifi^ten my ipiiit with one rletr heavenly i^,
Whidi now to view itrctf doth Srat b^in.
For ber true form how tan my ipark diicem,
Wluch, dim by natnre, art did never clear?
When the great wita, of whom dl akill we letm,
An ignorant bMh what iIm is, and where.
One thinks die soul is air; another Ore;
Another blood, dlfflis'd about the heart i
Another saith, tin elementB cotispire.
And to ber essence each doth give apart,
Uuiidans think onr souli are hsmomei ;
Pbyndana hold that they complexions be;
Xpicures make them swuini of atomiei,
WUcb do by chance into our bodies flee.
Some think one general tool fills every brtuo.
As the bright sun shedi light in every star)
And otfaen think the name of soul is Tain,
And that we only well-miit bodies sre.
In judgment of her tubstance thus they vary ;
And thus they vary in judgment of her seat ;
For some her chair up to (he brain do carry,
Sonle thrust it down Into the stomach's beat :
Some place it In the root of life, the heart ;
Some in the river, fountain of the veins ;
Some wj, abtft all hi at), and all in evVy past;
SonM say, aba's not contaio'd, but *U contun^
Thus these greet derks dx^ltttle wisdom ah^w
While with tlwir doctrines they at baiard play ;
ToasiDg thsr li^ opihiom to and fVo,
To mock ti>e lewd, tu leva'd in ttab a* tllKf^ '
Porifa criw'dUain could svo- yet ptopoond, /
Touching the soul, to vain and fbnd a thoii^ ;
But some among these maaters have been fouod, :
Which in their schools the wltaame tlung hkv«
Ood only wise, to punlib pride of wit,
Among men'i wits hath this confumon wrought
As the proud tow'r whoae pinnta the clouds did.hi^
By tongues' confudon waa to niin brought
But (thou) which didst roan's soul of oothing mdie.
And when to nothing it was fiillen again,
Thou that hast faahloo'd twice thia aoul of oura, -
So that she is by double title thine,
lliau only kno»*Bt her nature and her pow'rs,
Ho- siiitle ibnn thou only canst define.
But tiiou bright monung star, thou tiaing suDt
Which ID these later tmies bast brought to light
Hiose mysteries, that, since the world begu%
Lay hid in darknen and eternal night.
Hkou (like the sun] dost with an equal ray
Into the palace and the cottage shine,
And shew'st the soul, both to £e cleA and lay.
By the clear lamp of oracle divine.
This lamp, through id tbe regions of my bi^o,
Whtfe my aonl aits, doth spr^ sudi hesms dfgr*c^
As now, methinks, I do distinguish plain
Each subtle ilM of ber immtMal bee.
The aoul a substance, and ■ qiiiit is, . . ,
Which God himself doth in the body make.
Which makes the man, for every man &om this
The nature of a man and name doth take.
And though thia apuit be to th' body kiut,
BE la a substance, and a real thing.
Which hath ItKlf an actual worlung nughl,
■ from the senses' power doth qning,"
rs temp^'d rigb*
be IS a vina^ which doth no prc^ping need.
To nuke ba spread beraelf, or spring nprigfat; ';
be ia a star, whose beama do nut proceed
F|«m any sun, but from a native light*
For when she sorts things present with things piM,
And tbeid>y thinga to come doth oft foresee ; - '
When ahe doth doubt at first, and choo«: at last.
Thee* acta ber own ', without her body be.
' That the aoul hath s profKr opeiatlaB wUhool the body.
Sbcdotb withiD bolti wsi aad bcucr mike:
Wfaea ihe from iqaiij at
Vbco in tb* eflccti ihe ilodi (Iw a
Then the, witlKMtl ■ PegMtM, doth fly
Swifter than ligfatnii^i fiie Ami eiat to wcM ;
About the ctntre, end ibore the Ay,
She tnnb then, although the body mt.
h tfacn the body UdiI7
Wben without hai^ iIk ibitfa tfam caatlei bnild,
Sm without cycf, and wHboiil feet doth run j
Wbn ihe digeKa the world, yet ia not fillM :
By ber own pow*!! Iboe mincla are done.
Wbm abe deflnca, ■rgiua, diTides, compounda,
Coo«ideti Tirtae, rice, and getwnl thug* ;
And marryiii^ diTcn prindpla and gnnindi.
TbcM actknia b her eldaet, all aloiw,
(Rctir'd within beraelO ibe doth Fulfil ;
Ufa at ber body** organa ifae hath none,
Wben abe doth use the ptnrta of wit aad nil.
Yet hi the body'i priwm m abe liea,
A* tbrou^ the body'a windowa ihe must IcxiL,
Her divera powan of WDse to eierdw^
By gathering notea out of (he wwld'a great book.
Nor can benelf diicourae or Judge of auiAt,
But what the leiue cotlecta, aod borne 3odi bring;
And JM the pow'r* of her diicounang thonght.
From thete eollectiana ia a divene thing.
For though our eyes can nought but coloun see,
' Yet coloun give them not their pow'r of Kght :
So. though theie fruila of lenK her (^ect« be,
Yet sha diKCini them by her proper lighL
The workman on hia (tuff hia akill doth ahew,
And yet the ttuff givaa not the man hia AiW i
Kings dieir afiUn do by thdr lerTanta know,
But order them by their own royal will.
JBd, though thif cunning tntatreaa, and tbii queen.
Doth, Bi her inatrumenta the senaea uie.
To know all Ibinga that are felt, beard, or aeen j
_ Yet ibe hcraelf doth only judge and chooae.
E'an ai a prudent emperor, that reigni
By aoTereign title over lundry lands,
Boirowa, in mean aSkira, fail sutgecta' pana,
~ '*^aa by their eyea, and writetb by their hand* : .
Then, liLe Gad'a angd, he prDnoanceth iigbt.
And milk and haoey Grom hia Mocue doth flcnri
Ha^iy Be they tlui itill an in hia a^hl.
To reap the insdam which hia lip* doth bow.
Hight bo the aool, which ia a lady free,
Secauae the aenia reaiiy Bsranti be.
Attending nigh about her conil, (be bain :
By IbBD the fonna of outward thinga ibe leam^
For they return iMo the hntane.
Whatever ^Kh of them abroad diacem^
And to diacera betwixt the la
She ia not guided by the senses' ^ill,
Tb«i she the senses dwclu, wtud cSt do or.
And e'ai against their GJse tepona decrees ^
And oft she doth condemn what (liey prefer ;
For with a pow'r above the sense, she aeea.
niae the preooua joys easuan%
Which in her private contcmplatiiiDS be;
For then, the raviah'd sjnrit th' senses leaves.
Hath her own pow*!*, aud proper actioiiB tme.
Her harmoi^es are sweet, and full of skill.
When on the body's instrumenta riie plqra:
But the prapoitiona of the wit and will.
Those sweet accords are even th' angels' lays.
These tunes of reason are Amphion'a lyre.
Wherewith he did the Theban dty found :
Thne are the notes wherewith the heavcfdy cboir.
The praise of him which made the heaven doth
Then her self-being nature shines in this,
ITbat she performs her noblest works alone :
" The work, the touch-stone of the nature is ;
And by their operations things are knowD."
Jlought but a fine perfection of the as
Or of the forms which fancy doth enroll
A quick resulting, and a
IMMORTALITY "OF- THE SOUL.
^hat ia iMhen that dotb the wnie ucoia, '
Bolh of falie judgment, and food appedta?
Vlut makes □■ do what sense doth mmt icfuae,
much oft in torment of the WOK delight! ?
Sepse tbintH the pluietfl* Bpfaem not much BBundcr:
What tells us tben the diitance ii so far?
Sense thinks the lightning boni before the thunderi
.What tells us then thej both together are?
'What pow'r was that, wberel? Medea saw,
A^ weU ^piQv'd, and prais'd the better coona ;
When b^ rebellious sense did so witlidraw
Her feeble pov'rs, that she puim'd the irorae 7
Did seue penuode Ulfiaes not to hear
The mcTTuaid'a soogs which so his men did please,
That tbej were all pentuded, through the ear.
To quit the ship and leap into the seas ?
Could an; pow'r of sense the Boman move.
To bum his own right hand with courage stout ?
Could sense make Mariua sit unbound, and piore
'The cruel landiig of the knott; gout?
Doubtless, in man there is a nature found,
Beude the senses, and atwve them for; [drown'd,
■■ Though most men being in sensual pleasurei
It aeeroa their souls but in their senses arc."
If we had nought but sense, then only they [sound :
* Should hare sound minds, which lave thar senses
Qut wisdom grows, when senses do deca}r ;
' And folly mmt in quickest sense is found.
If wb had nought but sense, each living wight.
Which we eul brute, would be more shaip than we;
A'baving sense's apprehensive might
Id rf'more clear and eieellent degree.
But they do want that quick discoursing pow'r.
Which doth in us the erring sense comet;
Therefore die bee did sock the painted flow^.
And biids, of gr^es, the cunning shadow peck'd.
Sense outudes knows, the soul through all things sees:
Sense, circumstance; she dtnh the substance view :
Sense sees the bark, but she the life of trees;
.4ense heanlhe sounds, but she the cootitria true.
But why do I the soul and sense divide,
. When sense is but a powY, which she eitenda;
Which being in divers parts diveiufy'd,
Hie divers forms of objects apprefaends ?
This power qntads outward, but tberoot doth grow
_ In th" inward soul, which onlj doth perceive;
no more their objects know,
what hces they receive.
Hun glosses know what hces they
For if ire cbaoca to Si our tbongbli elsewhere.
Though our eyos open be, we cannot see :
And if one pow'r did not both see and bear,
■ Our ^ghts and souHds vrould always double be.
Then is the toul a nature, wWeh eooiJols
The pow'r of sense, within a greater pow'r [
Which doth employ and use the sense's ptuns.
But atB and rules within her private bow'r.
Ir she doth then the subtle sense eicel.
How gross are they that drown her in the blood ?
Or in the'body^ humours temper'd well ;
As if in them such high perfection stood ?
Aslfmostskillin
Which had the best, and best tun'd instrunient?
As if the pencil nest, and coliniis clear,
Had pow'r to make the paints excellent.?
Why dotb not beauty then reflne the wit.
And good compleidon rectify the will ?
Why doth not health bring wisdom MiH with it?
Why doth not sickness make men brutish still ?
Who can in inemory, or wit, or vrill.
Or air, or fire, or earth, or water find 7
What akbymist can dtaw, with all his Aill,
" * CSC out of the mind ?
If Ih' elements which have nor Mtt, nor sense.
Can breed in us so great a pow'r as this.
Why give they not themselves like exedlence,
Or other things wherein their mixture is ?
If she were but the body's quality,
Tbenshewouldbe withit sick, maim'd, and blind:
But we peireive where these privations be,
An healthy, perfect, and tbaip-sigbted mind.
If she the body's nature did partake,
Herstrength would with the body's strength decay:
But when the body's strongest dnewa slake,
llien is tlic soul most active, quick, and pj.
If she vrere but the body's accident.
And her sole being did in it subsist,
As'wfaile In snow, sbe might herself ibsetit,
And in the body's substance not be mits'd.
But it on her, not she on it depends ;
For she tbe body doth sustain and cherish ;
Such secret pow'n of life to it she lend^
That when they fail, then doth the body pcrUu
Since then the soul works by herself alone.
Springs not from sense, nor humours well sgye^g.
Her nature is peculiar, snd her own ;
She is a substance, and * perfect being.
Bin tbongb this sc
Sense IttDws her not, which doth but bodies know';
She is a'spirit, and heav'niy influence.
Which from th' fountain of God's spirit doth Hpf-
She b • ipictt, yat not Uk» di Of wind I
Nor Hke the •pint* iluul tin htait or bnia j
Nor like tboee spiriM which elcbymiMi do find,
Whptn tbaf in tehrj dung aeA. gold in Tiia.
For ifae all natures under hearen doth pus, [do lee,
Bcjng like tboee ipirite, which God's bright &ce
Or like ikiinself, whoae image oiice she iru,
nough now (ilaa ! ) ihe scarce his ahadow be.
F«r of all rorms, ahc boldi the fint degree.
Tint ve to gTOsa, material bodiea knil ;
Yet ihe herself is bodilera, and free ;
And though conGn'd, is almoat infinils.
Wen ihe a bod^ ', bov could she remain
Within this bod;, vhich is leu than she 7
Or how could she the world's great ahape contain.
And in our narrow bn
All bodiee are confin'd within some place.
But she all place within bertelf oonfloea :
All bodies hare have tbeii meaiuie and thdr space;
But who can draw tbe soul^s dimeiuive lines?
Mo bodj can at once two fonui admit,
Eieept the one the other do deface ;
But in tlw MHil ten ttiousand fonns do sit,
And none intrudes into ber neiglibour'a place.
All bodies are with other bodiei Gll'd,
Butsfae recnvei both besT'n and earth together i
Nor are their fornu b; lasb encounter spill'd,
For there thej stand, and oulher toucheth dther.
Not can her wide embraoemcnti filled be ;
For the; that moit and eiealest things embracS)
Enlarge thereby their mind's capacity,
As streams enlarg'd, enlarge the channsl'a space.
1, do such proportloa take.
Tlun «4kat vast bod; muit we make the mind,
Wherein are men, beaal^ trees, town^ seas, and
And yet each thing a proper place dc<h fiDd,[lands j
And each tluDg in tbe true pioportioo ataoda ?
Doubtleas, this could not be, but that she turna
Bodies to ipirits, by sublimsiicHi strange i
Aa fire coqverts to fin the things it bums ;
As we our meats into our nature change.
Vnm their gross matter abe abstracts the forms.
And dnwa a kind of quintessence fhrai tbingi ;
Which to her proper nature she transforms,
' To bear tbem light on her celestial wings.
TUs doth die, when, from things particular,
Sie doth abstract the uniTeraal kinds.
Which bodiless and immaterial are.
And can be only Ibdg'd within our minds.
And dius from ^ven accidents and acts,
Whidi do within her observation fall,
Bhe goddeaaea and powVs divine abstracts ;
As Nature, Fortune, and the Virtues all.
Again ; bow can she (evW bodie* know.
If in hetself a body's form she bear?
How can a mirror aundrj bees (bow.
If 'from all sbapca and fonns it be no* dear?
Nor could we by our eyes all colours lesia.
Except our eyes were of all colours void ;
Nor sundry tastes can anj tongue discern,
Nor can a man of passiOREi judge aright,
Eicept his mind be from all passions free :
Nor can a judge his office welt acquit.
If he poeseas'd of ^ther party be.
If, lastly, this quick pow'r a body were.
Were it as swift as in the wmd or fire,
(Whose atoms do the one down aide-ways bear.
And th' other make in pyramida aspire.)
Her nimble body yet in linte must more.
And not in instants thn>' all places slide :
But she is nigh and far, bennub, above.
In point of time, which thought canikot divide i -
She's sent as soon to China, as to Spain ;
An ell of Bilk, and heavVa wide spreading tent.
As then the soul a subatance hath alone.
Besides the body in which she's confin'd ;
So hath she not a body of ber own.
But is a spirit, and immaterial mind.
ESnoe body and soul have sncb diversities,
Weil might we muse, bow first their match bepn";
But that we learn, that he that spread the shies.
And fii'd the earth, first brtn'd the soul in maib
Tlus true Prometheua first made man of sajtfa.
And sbed in him a beam of heav'uly fire ;
Now in Hidi mothers' wombs, before their Uitfa,
Doth in all sous of men their souls inqdre.
And as Minerva is in fUtlca said,
From Jove, without a motberi to proceed ;
So our true Jove, without a mother's aid.
Doth daily milllona of Hinerras tneed.
Tbih neither trmn eternity before
Nor frmn tlie time, irtwn lime's fliaC point began,
Msde be all souls, which now be keeps in alote ; .
Nor in a secret cloister doth he keep
These vii^n spirits, 'till thidr maniaga^y ;
Nor locks tbem up in chambers, where thej sleeps
Till they awaka within theae beds of diq-.
Nor did be first a certain nimiber make,
Infuang part in ' "- and part in nwn ;
And, as tmwiUing further paina to take, . .
Would make no nHn than tboM he ftamed Ihik
IMHORTAUTY OF: THE SOUL.
Unto tha next bom bo^ m
And ■>, bj oAen daangiiig, and iupplfiDg,
Hen'i nul* to boiiW, rodbaMti* to mwi iii pMs.
(Thewtlioiigbt* arc fond; ibr dnca the bo^at ban
But u OodH bapdnnJd, Natdre, dotli creats
Bddias in tinie diatinct and order due ;
So God giveg Hiuls the like mcttniTe date,
Wbicfa fainudf makes, in bodiea Uinatd ntnr i
HThieh Idnuelf makea of no material thing ;
Fur uDto iBftels be no pow'r halfa gir'n
£itber to rorm tbe ahqw, or >tuff to tning
Fnxn air or in, or nibMance of the hea*'D.
Nor herein doth he Nature'* Kniee'uw ;
For tbo' ftom bodie* ahe can bodle* bring,
Y«t could abe naver aoiili trota aoub tnKluce, .
At fin from flr% oi light from light dolfa qiriog.
And in their haodi the lamp of God did bear
Some rer'ivnd fithen did thii ermr bold,
Uaring their ejea dimmed with reJigioiu fear.
For when (■aj' tbe;) by rule of fidth we fin^
That et'iy wul unlo her body knit,
Bringa from tha motber'i wmnb the «n of kind.
The root of all the ill she dotb commiti
How can we my that Ood the M>ul doth nuke.
But we mult make him author <rf' ber lin ?
Iben from man'i soul she doth begirndDg take.
Since in man'a aoul corruption £d bepn.
Pot it God make ber Gnt, be make* her ill,
(Which Godlbrbidour thou^taaboiddyirid unto j )
Or Diakai the body her fiur fbrm to q>iU,
Which, of iuel^ it had oat power to do.
Aiwl yet we aea In ber sucb pow'n dirine,
A* we could gladly think fh>m Ood ihe came
Fain would we make him author of tbe wins,
Jf for tb« dreg* we could gome other blame.
Tlliua these good men with holy leal were blind,
When on the other part the truth did sMnei
"Whereof we do cleej' demonstration* find,
bj light of nature, and by light ditin&
ITone are lo groas as to contend for tUa,
That aolils from bodie* may tnduced be;
Between ivbpae nature* no proportion is,
\Vben root and branch in nMure Mill agree.
But many lubtla wtts bare JnitHy*!^'
That soula from MHih spiritually may spring j
Which (if the luture of the soul be tiy'd)
Will e'en » nature pipre aa groaa a thing.
Foil all thing* made, are nthsr made of nought.
Or made of Btuff that ready made doth stand :
Of nought no creature ever formed aught.
For that is proper to th' Almighty's hand.
If then the aoul another *otd do make.
Because ber pow'r is kept within a bonnd,
She must some IVumer itu^ or matter take ;
But in the aoul there ia no matter found.
Then if ber heat'nly form do not agree
With any maltor which the world eon
Then ahe of nothing must <3«ated be ;
And to create, lo God alone pertain
Again, if loula do Other souls b^el,
'Til by thentseKas, or by tbe body's pow'r:
If by tbeoatelna, what doth their wnking le^
But tbey might souli engender er^ry hour ?
If by die body, how can wit and wiU
Join with tbe body only in this act.
Since when tbey do their other woika frilill,
They from the body do themselTc* abatract.
.^ain, if soul* of souls b^otten were,
' Into each other tbey sbuild change and moie :
And change and motion still corruption bear ;
How shall we then the soul imoKirtal prove 7
If, lastly, aoula do generadoa use.
Then ihauld they spread incorruptibls seed.
What then becomca of that which they do loie^
When th' act of generation do not speed?.
And tbo' the soul could cast spiritual seed,
Yet would aba not, because she nerer die* (
For mortal thing* desire their like to breed.
That (O they tnay thar kind immortaliae.
Ther^ore the angels, sons of God are nam'd.
And marry not, nor are in marriage gii'n i
Their apirila and Quia are of one substaiice fram'd, '
And have one father, e'en the Lord of heaTen ;
Who would at tin, that in each oUiar thing,
Tbe earth and water linng souls should breed.
But that man's soul, whom he would make their kinA
And wh«n he took the womui from man'* nd%
DoubtlesB himself inapir'd ber soul alone:
For 'tis not said, Iw did man's soul dinds.
But took flesh of his Biah, Ume of hi* boD«.
Iditly, God being made man tor man's own saki
And being like man in all, eicept in sn.
His body from the virgin's womb did take ;
But all Bgitt, Ood form'd his soul wltbia.
TbcD !i llw ■oul'ftam Ood; lo Fagaos uj,
Whidi Mw by nature's light her hesT'nlj kind.j
Kuning her kin to God, and God's bright nj,
A aljaat of beav'n, to eanh confiu'd.
But DOir I ted, they pluck me by the e*r.
Whom my young Mu«e n boldly lermed blind 1
And cnie more heav'nly light, that cloud, to deir ;
Which makes tbem tlunk God doth not make tlit
God doubttcM makn her, and doth make her good.
And grafts her in the body, there to ipnng ;
Which, though It be corrupted flesh and blood.
Yet is not Godtbeaulbororherill,
Though author of her being, and being tbera :
And if we dare to judge our Maker'i will,
He can condemn ut, and himself can clear.
Fint, Gbd from inSoite eterai^r.
Decreed what hath been, is, or shall be done;
And was retolr'd, that er'ry man should be.
And in his turn his race of life should run i
And so did purpose all the souls to make,
Hiat erer have been made, or ever shall ;
And that their being they should only take
Jn human bodies, or not be at all.
Was it than fit that such a weak event
(Weakness itself, the sin and fall of man)
His Founset's execution should prcTent,
Decreed and fii'd before the world began 7
Or that one penol law by Adam broke,
Should make God break his o*n eternal law;
The aOlled order of the world reroke.
And change all forms of things which he foresaw ?
Could E*e^ weak hand, eitended to the tree.
Id stinder rend that adamantine chain.
Whoso golden links effects and causes be; [main?
And wluch to God's own chair dMh fix'd re-
O could we see how cause from cause doth spring !
How mubially they link'd and (bided ate !
And hear how <rfi one disa^reeng string
The harmony doth rather make than mar!
And TiBw at once how death by dn ii brou^t ;
And how from death a better life doth rise !
Bow Ihie God's justice, and his mercy taught !
We lids decree would praise, as right and wise.
All la himself, as iq a glasa, he sees ;
For (torn him, by him, thro' him, all Ihinga be :
Uls dght is not diKoursive, by degrees ;
"*"' wing th' wbolc) each ilngk part doUi set-
DAVIES. -
HelotAs
m Adam, as ■ root, oc well,
Ue sees all men, as one man, though diey dwell
In sundry dties, and in HUidiy realm*. . ■
And aa the root and braoch arc but one tree.
And well and stream do but one river nuke ;
So, if the root and well corrupted be.
The stiaam and branch the same oomiptiaa take.
So, whin the root end fountain of mankind
Sid draw coiniplion, and Cod's cuna, by aa ;
This was a chaive, that all his hein did Und,
And all his oUpiing grew corrupt thenin.^
And aa when tfa' hand doth strike, the man oflcnda
(For part triMB whole, law seren not in this)
So Adam's lUi to the whole kind extends ;
For all their natuia are but part of his.
Therdbre this sin of kind, not penonal.
But real and hereditary was )
Hie guilt thereof, and punishment to all.
By coune of nature and of law doth pasa.
And all did pluck the trmt, and all did taste.
Of this we Snd some footsteps in our law.
Which doth her root from God and Nature take;
Ten thousand men she doth together draw.
And of them oil one coiporaiion make;
Tet these, and their successors, are but one ;
And if they gain or lose thdr liberties.
They harm or profit rot themselves alone.
But such as In succeeding times shall rise.
And so the ancestor, and all his hein.
Though Ibey in number pass the star* of beaT'iv
Are still but one; his forfeitures are theirs.
And unto them are his advancemsila pi'n :
Is it then just with us, to disinberit
Th' unborn nephews, f<H- the fitdter's fault;
And to advance again, for one man's merit,
A thousand hein that have de«Ted nou^t?
Aad is not God's decree as just as ours.
If he, tor Adam's sin, his sons deprive
Of all those native virtues, and those pow'r^
Which he to him and to his race did give?
For, iriiat is this contagfoul sin of kiitd.
But a privation of that grace within.
And of that great rich dowry of the mind.
Which aU had bad, but for the ftrst man's no
1, on light conditions, gain
n bUtoe Iba pm^
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.
So, though God nuke ihe loul good, rich, uul fikir.
Yet when bar fbrpl ia to the body luii^
"Which Dukea the man, wbich mu is Adam's heir,
Juttlj forthwith be Imke* his grace froni it :
Anci thtn the mul, l>elng first finm nMhing Inxnt^t,
When God'i grace TBils her, doth to nottiing (aU;
And this declining proneneu unto nought,
Tet tiot alone the first good qualitiei.
Which in die fint soul were, deprived an ;
But in tbcir place tlie contrary do riw,
' And te^ ipou of nn her beaut; mar.
Nor is it atrange that Adam'i ill desert'
Should be transferr'd unto his guilty race,
When Christ hii grace and justice doth impart
Tomcn tuyuit, and such aa bate no grace.
Lastly, the sodI were better lo to be
Bom slave to un, than not to be at all ;
Since <if she do beliere] one sets her free.
That makes her mount the bigfaer for her fall. '
Ym this the curious wits will not content ;
They yet will know (since God foresaw this ill)
Why tua high providence did not prevent
The decliostion of the Snt man's wilL
If by his word he bad the current stsy'd
' W Adam's vrill, which was by nature flee.
It bad been one, as if his word bad swd,
" I will benccbrtii, tiiat man do man shall be.
For what is man without a moving mind, .
Winch Iwth a judging wit, and choosing will?
Now, if God's pow'r" should ber election bind.
Her motions then would cease and stand all stilL
And why did Ood in man tliis son] infuse.
But that be should his Maker know and lore t
Now, if love be compell'd, and cannot choose.
How can' it grateAil or thank-worthy prove?
Love must &ee-hearted be, and vduntary ;
„ leinwill.
And of a wit that nothing could misdeem ;
Equal lo God, whose wisdom shiuetb still.
And Oevcr am, we might ourselves eataoA.
So that if mu would be unvariablA,
He must be God, or like a rock or tree ;
For e'en the perfect anceb were not stably
Sot bad a ikil own despenia than we.
ITten let us praise that pow'if, which makes us ba
Men as we are, and rest contented so ;
And, knowing that man's &II was curiosity,'
' Admire God's counsels, which we cannot know.
And let vt know that God the maker is
' Of all the souls, in all the men that he;
Yet their coiruption is no fault c^ his,
BuL.tbe fint nuui'athM broke God's first diicree.
This substance, and this spirit of God's i>wd making
Is in the body plac'd, anA planted here,
" That both of God, and of the world partaking.
Of all that is, man might the image bear,"
God first made angeb bodUoa, pure minds ;
Then other things, which mindless bodies be ;
Last, he made man, th'boriion 'twist both kindl.
In' whom we do the world's abridgment see.
Besides, this world below did need one wight,
'Which might thereof distinguish ev'ry part ; .
Make use thereof, and take therein delight ;
And irder things with industry and art i
Which also Ood might in his works admire.
And here beneath yield him both pray'r and praise;
As there, above, the Jhoty angels chiHr
Doth spread his glory forth with spiritual lays.
Lastly, the brute, unreasonable wights.
Did want a visible king, o'er tbem to reign !
And God hiluself thus to the world unites.
That so the world might endless bliss obtain.
Ber how shall we this union well express?
Naught ties the soul, her subtlety is such ;
She moves the body, which she dotji possess ;
Yet no part toucheth, but b; virtue's touch.
Then dwells she not therein, as in ■ tent j
Nbr a* a pilot in his ship doth sit ;
Nor aa the spider in his web is pent )
Nor iu tbe wax retains the pnnt ih it|
Nor as a vessel water doth contain t
Nor as as one liquor in another shed ;
Nor as the beat dodi in the flra remain ;
Nor aa a voice throughout the air is spread :
But at the foir and cheerful morning light
Doth here and there her silver besnia impart.
And in an instant doth herself unite
air, in all and ev'ry part t
SliU restii^ whole, whea blows the tir divide;
Abidiiig pure, when th' air is moat connpted;
Throughout the air, her beams dispersing wide ;
Add when the air is toss'd, not intatrvpted ; .
So doth the pierdng soul the body fill.
Being all in all, and alt in part diffus'd ;
Indivisible, incorruptible still ;
Not ibrc'd, encouQter'd, troubled, or coalus'd>
So from th' Eternal Li^t the soul doth spring,
Tlmugh in Ibe body she ber ppw'ra do show,
¥^y4
But ■■ the wtnld's nm doth eStct b^el
DifTient in diren pUces er'ij day ;
Hen autumn's temperature, there surameT^ heat;
Here flow'17 spring-lide, and tlien vinttf gray :
Here et'n, ther* mom; here noon, there day, there
nigbt, [some dead ;
Alelti ifSi, dries clay, malies Ao^n, some quick,
Male*) the Moor black, the European white,
' ' n tawny, and th' East Indian red :
So in.-ouT Utile world, Mm soul of oun
Being only one, and to one body ty'd.
Doth us^ on li^TeiB objects, diTers poiren {
And so are her efibcts diferufy'd.
UiB .qulck'nlng power in ev'iy liring pai^
Doth as a nurse, or as a motfaei Krve i
Ai>d doth employ her ccanomic art,
And busy care, her household to pivserref
Here die attracti, and fiien^ dothretun;
There she decocts, and doth the food prepare ;
ner* (he dittributel it u arVy Tein,
Hiere she eipds what she may Gdy spare.
This pAw'r to Martha may compared be,
Wb6 busy was, the household things to do ;
Or to« Dryas, living. in a tree:
Poc e'en to trees this pow'r is proper too.
And though the soul maj not this powV citend
Out of the body, but still use it there ',
She hatb a pow'r which shs abroad doth wnd,
Which Tiewa and searcheth all things eT'17 where.
This powV, In' pari* nude Itt, %t olljecia taiet ;
Tet not the thlng^ but forma of things recaivi
As when a seal in was Impreanon makes,
The^M themn, but not iMel^ It lea.-na.
And thotwh tUngs sCBilUe be nuihbaitessj
But oa^' five the tense's organs be ;
And in those Gts, all thingi their forms expt«sa,
Wbieti we can' touch, twte, feel, or hear, or see,
"nMse are the windows, thro' the which she Yiewi
The li^t of knowledge, which ia life's load-star;
I " And yet while she these spectacles doth use.
Oft- woridly tUngi seem greater than they are."
Fiaar, tfae two eyes, wluch have the acefng powV, -
Stand as one watchman, spy or centinet
Bdng plac'd aloft, within the bead's high tow'r :
And tbo' both see, yet both but one uiog telL.
lleae fnlrmTB take Into their little spaca
The forms of moon, and sua, and ev'ry star.
Of er'iy body, and of ev'ry place.
Which wilK the world's wide anns embraced are :
Yet their beat object, and their noblest tiae,
Heteafier in another world will be.
When Ood In them shall heavenly light '"ft—%
Illal face to (ace they inay their Maker leew
Hera are they guides, wtu^ do the bod; lead.
Which else would uumble in eternal nighi ;
Hera in this world they do mutJi kniowledgs rea^
And are the casements which admit moat light :
They are her furthest reaching InstrumeDl,
Yet they no beams unto their objecta lend;
But all the raya'are traa their i^ecu sent.
And in the eyes with pointed angles end.
If tb' objects be far off, the lays do meet
In a jharp point, and 10 tlungs seem but anall ;
If they be near, their layi do ^iread and fleet.
And make broad pomts, that things seem gnat
withal.
Laally, nine things to slabt required are [
Tlie pow^ to see, the light, the nsible thing.
Being not too small, too thin, too nigh, too far.
Clear qtace and time, the fiwm dirtinct to bnng.
Now let us htai bow she die e
Their office ia^ the tKiubled
Which in tfaelr fbaies fiinns a 1
WharaoT boaelf doth true
TheM wicket* of ibe soul an plac'd on higlv
Because all sound* do lightly mount aloA ;
And that thiy may OM pierce too n^sotly.
They aradelay'd with turns and w' "
Fat should the relce directly stilke fka br^l^
It would astonish and confuse it much ;
Therefore these plaits and folds the sound
. That it the organ may mure gently toud
A> streams, which arith th«r winding banks do ptsfi
Slopp'd by thdr creeks, run softly thra' the pUn {
So in th' ear's labyrinth the voice ^ith sti^.
And doth with «aqr motioD toudi the bwn.
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.
Tbit t» the domrt, jet the dtlntlsM mom :
For e'en the eHVUfiuch M hiyt no ■kill,
Fercciire ■ ducord. Kid conceive oBence ;
* Aodl, knowing not whaf* good, jet find the ill.
And tbougli thii taae flrat gaotle mudc found.
Her proper object ii the apeerh of men ;
But that apcech cbitfly which God's henildB touad.
When their tongues utter what his spirit did pen.
lur eyes li**e nds, our e*» still ope we see,
Qwcklyto bear bow er'ry tale Ii pror'd :
lur eyn uill more, our eui unmoved be ; [mor'd.
That though we hear quick, we be not quiddj
Thu* by the organs of the eye and ear.
The aoul with Icnowledge doth lierself endue i
*• Thus ibe her pdson may with pleasure bear.
Having such prospects, all the world to view."
-These mnduit-pipea of knowledge feed the mind,
But tb' other three attend the body still ;
For by their services the soul doth find
What things are to the body good or ilL
Thi body's UiW wilhineati and ur Is fed;
Therefore tlie uul doth use the lasting pow'r
In vein«, which through the tongue and palate spraad,
'Distinguish ev'ry relish, iweet and sour,
Tbia ii the body's nurse ; hot lince man's wit
Found th' an of eook'n to delight Us lenst^
Uore bodies are consum'd and kill'd with it.
Than with the iword, ftnune, or pestilence.
To Judge all air^ whetd>y we breathe and liveb
lUa sense ia also mistress of an ail.
Which to soft people sweet perf unies doth sell ;
TlKNigh this dear ait doth little good impart,
" Snce they sniell best, that do of notiiuig smelL"
And yet good scents do purify the brain.
Awake Ibe fancy, and the witi refine ;
Hence old Devotion incense did ordain,
To make men's ^irits qit fbr tfaou^rts divine.
I^i^T, the fueling pow'r, which is life's root,
Through' ev'ry living part itself doth shed
By sinews, which extend from head to foot.
And, like a net, alt o'er the Ixidy spread.
Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit
In mid^ of her web, which spreadeth wlde|
If anght do touch the utmost thnad of il^
Bbm fcsls.it inMuttlj on ev'tj aide.
ti, the flnC P«M ^isnUth* w
I quicken all things, ho^ coll
Which quicken all things, hot, cold, nuHit, and dry ;
By touch, baiti, soft, rouf^ smooth, we do discern ;
By touch, Bwe«t pleasure and shsip pain we try. .
Tniaa are the outward instruments of sense ;
lliese are the guards, which ev'ry thing niusi pos^
Ere it approadi the mind's intelligence.
Or touch the fantasy, wit's looking-glass.
And yet tfiese porters, which all things admit.
Themselves perceive not, nor discern ttie things:'
One common pow'r doth in the fordiead sit,
Which all their proper farms togetha- brings.
For all those nerves, which spirits of sense do beaif.
And to those outward organs spreading go.
United are, as in a centre, there;
And there this pow'r those sundry foinudoth know,.
Those outward organs present things receive ;
This inward sense doth absent tlungs retain ;
Tet strait transmits all forms she doth perceive
Unto a higher r^ion of the brain.
Wnaas fantasy, near hand-maid to the mind,
Siti, and beholds, and doth discern Ibem all ;
Compounds in one, things diflfVent in their kind ;
Compares the black and white, the great atidamalL
Beside^ those nngb fcmns die doth esteem.
And in her balance doth their values try ;
Where soiue diings good, and somelhlngs ill doM*m>
And neutral som^ in her fitntastic eye.
This busy pow'r is woriiing day and niglit )
For when the outward senses rest do take,
A thousand dreams, {anCasticBl and light.
With flutt'ring wings, do keep her still awak^
Yaratwayt all may not afbre her be ;
Successively she this and that intends ;
llierefare such fonds as At doth cesse to sesi
To Memory's large volume she conunends.
This ledger-botA lies 1b lbs bnin behindf
lik^ Janus' eye, which in Us poll was set:
'Die lumen's tafala«i ^oaiunnm of the mind ;
Which doth remembei much, and much iiKgtfc
Here eeass's apprehen^on end doth ttka'i
As when a stone is into water cast,
One circle doth another circle make,
TiU lbs last did* toucti tba bank M iMt. ■ .
But though the apprehensive pow'r do paiue, -
The motiTe virtue then begins to move ;
Which in the heart below dMh pauions caiu^
Jo;, grief, uid fear, and bops, and hab^ aod love.
These paasioDs have ■ free comnianding might,
And divers actions in our life do breed ;
For all acts done without true reawo's light.
Do from tbe pasw>a of the sense proceed.
But since the brain dotb lodge the pov'is of scDse,
How -nukct it in the heart those passiotn spring ?
"Die mutual lore, the kind intelligence
' 'Twiit heart and brain, this sjmpathj doth bring.
From the kind heat whicb in the beart doth t«ign.
The ipirits of life do their beginning take ;
Thebe spirits of life a&cending to Che brain,
Wben they come ihere,the spirits of sense do make.
These spirits of sense, in fantasy's liigh courts
Judge of the forms of objects, ill or well ;
And so the; send a good or ill report
Down to the heart, where all aSbctioni dwell.
If the report be good, it causeth love,
And longing liopej and well assured joy ;
If it be ill, then doth it hatred more.
And trembling ku', and TeitUg griefs asDof ■
Yet were the«e natural affectiotn good,
(For thej which want them blocks or durils be]
If reason in her first perfection stood,
That she might nature's paasioni rectify.
1 another motive-power doth 'rise
Out of the heart, from whose pun blood do spring
Tbe vital spirits ; whicb, bom in arteries,
Contiaual motion to all parts da bring.
This nukes the pulses beat, and lungs reaiure :
This holds the mnews like a bridle's reins ;
And makes the body to advance, retire.
To turn, or sti^ as she tbem slacks or strauu.
Hus tbe soul tunes the body's inslmmenta.
These haroionia she makes with life and sense ;
The organs Bt are by the body lent.
But th' actions dow fhnu ttie soul's influence.
SacT. XXIV.
But DOW I have a wilt, yet want a wit,
T express Dm working of the wit and will;
Which,- though tbcir root be to the bodjt knit,
Vte not tbe body, wben tbey use tbcir dull.
These pow'rs tbe nature of tbe sdul decUie,
For to man's soul these only proper be :
For on the earth no other wigfaia there are '
Jttit have these beav'niy ftmtn, but ml]: wc
Tn Wit, the pupil of the soid's clear eye,
And in man's world tbe only nhiping itar,
I<ooks in the mirror of tbe fiuitasj.
When ail the gath'rings of the senses ate.
From thence this pow'r the shapes of things abstnuKs,
And them within her passive part receives.
Which are enlight'ned by that pan whicb acta';
And so die forms of single things perceives.
But after, bj discoursing to and fro,
Antidpating, and comparing things.
She doth all univeisal natures know,
And all eObcIs into their causes brings.
When she rates things, and moves from ground to
ground,
The name of Reason she obtains by this :
But wben by reason she tbe truth hMh found.
And staodeth fii'd, she [Understanding is.
When her assent she lightly doth incline
To.nlher part, she is Opinion's light t
But when she doth by principles define
A certain truth, she hath tnie Judgment's sight. -
And ai from senses reason's work doth spring
So many reasons undentanding gain ;
Aod many undraitandings knowle^e bring ;
An4 by much knowledge. Wisdom we obtaio.
En we attain to wisdom's high decree :
80 doth this earth eclipse our reason's light,
Whicihebe (in instants) would like a^geUsc
Yn hath the soid a dowry natural,
. And sparks itf li^t, some common things to see ;'
Not being a blank where naught is writ al wU,
But what the writer will, may written be.
For nature in man's heart her laws doth pen,
Frescrilung truth to wit, and good to will ;
WUch do accuse, or else excuse all m^
For er'ty thought or practice, good or ill :
And yet these sparks grow alitioat inSnile,
Making tbe world, and all tberein, thor food ;
As Gre so qireads, as no place holdetfa it.
Being nouristi'd still with new supplies of wood.
And though these qniks wen almost quench'd with
Yet Uray wheoi that Just One Iwth juHiiyd,
lave them incrcas'd with heav'nly li^it witfajn.
And like the widow's oil, still miiltiply'iL ,
IMMOETALITY OF THE SOUL.
Amd u this wit ahould goodneH tivlj know,
WehkYeBwiil, which that true good iihould choose
Though wilt do oft (when wit fslse roruiii doth shew)
Take ill fin- good, and good for ill refuse.
Wili pDU in practice what the wil deiiseth :
Will ever acts, and wit conlemplatea still :
Aod a* from wit the pow^ of wisdom riwth.
All other rirtues daughters are of will.
Will i» Ibe prince, and wit the counsellor.
Which dotta fbr common good in coundl ait ;
Aod when wit is resolv'd, will lends her pow'r
Vnt ii the mind's chief judge, widcfa doth contioul
or ftncj's court the judgments ftlse and Tsin ;
Will holds the rojal sceptre in the soul,
And on the passious of the heart doth rugn,
WiU U H free ai
Naught can re
No tyrant, aar tio Tonrieni, nam uie powr
To make us will, when we unwilling be.
Sac*. XXVIII.
To these high pow'n a store-house doth pertain.
Where thej all arts and gen'ral reasons lay ;
Wlacfa in the soul, e'en alter death, remain.
And no Lethean flood can wash awaj.
This is the soul, aitd these her virtues be ;
Which, though Ihey have their sundry proper ends.
And ope eiceeds another in degree,
Tel each on other mutuallj' depends.
UisgiVi
But God couLd not be kiu>wn to lu below, [shewi
But by his works, which through the :
And a the wit doth nap thefhiits of u
So doth the quick.'ning pow'r the ar"~
Hius while they do tbur sundry gifts tiafKioB,
" The best the serrice of the least doth need.
Et'd bo the king bis nu^stntes do sCrre ;
Tet commons feed both magiBtiMes and king ;
The commons' peace the uugiBtiBleB presore.
By bcoTow'd pqw'r, which fiom the prince doth
The quick'ning power would be, and so would rest!
The sense would not be only, but be well :
But wit's ambition longeth to Ihs bast.
For it desires in endkss bliss to direlU
And these diree pow^ three sorta of nien' do make;
For some, like plants, their rains do only fill ;
And some, like b^ls, their senses' pleasure take^ .
And some, like angels, do contemplate still,
Hierefore the fables tum'd some men to flow*!*.
And others did with brutish farms inveal.
And did of othen make celestial pow'n,
lika angels, which still mvel, yet still rest.
Yet these three pow'rs are not three souls, but one;
As one and two are both contained in three;
Three being one number by itself alone,
A shadow of die blessed Tiinity.
Oh ! what is man, great Maker of mankind .'
That thou to him so great respect dost heart
That thou adom'st him with so bright a mind,
Mak'st him a king, and e'en an angel's peer !
Oh ! what a lively life, what heai'nly pow'r.
What spreading virtue, whst a sparkling fire I
How great, how plentiful, bow rich a dow>r'
Dost ibou within this dying flesh inspire !
Thau Im'st thy print in other works of thine :
But thy whole image thou in man bast writ J
Tliere cannot be a creature more dliine.
Except (like thee) it should be inSnite.
But it eiceeds man's thought, to think how high
Ood hath rais'd man, since God a ukan became ;
The angels do admire this mystery,
And are aaionisb'd when they view the same.
Nor hath he ^v't
Nor made then
The soul, though made in time, survives for ay ;
And thotigh It hath beginning, sees no end.
Hia only end is never-ending bliss ;
Which is, the eternal face of God to see ;
Who, last of ends, and flnt of causes is ;
And to do this, she must eternal be.
How senseless then, and dead a soul hath he.
Which thinks his soul doth with his body die ;
Or thinks not so, but so would have It be.
That he might sin with more security ? ,
For though these light and vicious peracns say.
Our soul is but a smoke, or airy blast.
Which, during lif^ doth in our nostrib play.
And when we die, dotb turn to wind at last :
Although they say, ■■ Come, let us eat and drink ;
Our lift is but a spark, which quickly dies ; "
Ttiough ifaua tbey say, they know not what to think f
But in their ti^nda ten thousand doubta aiisc.
TbereAire no heretics desire to spread ^
. Their light oinnioDS, like these epicures ;
For so their stagg'iing thou^its am comforted,
AndotbcrnMa'saMent their dQubtawnrcs. •
ytJboiighlheMmBn>grinMarifcon«t<niwM»trlTt^
Tbare bib some (puklea in thair Bint; bnuU,
Wbich oooot be etdact, but itiU reiive; [beua.
That ttaou^ Uwy would, ibaj ESDDOt quite be
But.trhoao makes ■ minw of hii mind.
And doth with patience new himielf tbeldn,
Hia Boui'a etermty iball clearlj And,
Though th' other beauliea be defac'd with tin.
Vraiuifrom Uie Dtiirt of SiumdeJse.
Fitm, in mao'i mind we find an appedte
D learn and know the tnilh of ev>y thing.
Whh this denre, abe hatb a native might
To find out er'r; truth, if ihe had tinw J
Th' Innnmerable effects to sort aright.
And by degreea from cauae to cauw to elimb.
But nnce our life so fast away doth slide.
As doth a hungry eagle through the wind ;
Or at a ship transported with the tide.
Which in their pasaage leave no print bddnd i
Or God (who to rain ends hath nothing dime)
In Tkin this appetite and powY hath giv'n ;
Or tlie our knowledge, which is here b^un.
Hereafter muM i>e petftcted in heav'iu
God never gave ■ pow'r to one whole kind.
But moat part of that Und did use the same:
Moat eyes have perfect Bght, though some be blind ;
•'- MoH leg! can nimbly run, though some be lame.
But in this life no aoul the truth can know
So perfectly, ai it bath pow'r to do :
IT then perfection be not found below.
An higher place must nuke her mount ttureto.
Dmenfiom Iki ItoAm ^Hm BoA
Again, boW can she but immortal be,
Wben with tbe motions of both will and wi^
Ghe ItiU atfuretli to eternity.
And never rests, till she attain to it?
Slw cannot be but aa eleiiutl thing.
" AU moving Ihinga to other thlngi do move.
Of tbe serae kind which thews their nature sue
So earth Alls dosTD, and fire doth mount abovv,
TiU both their pt
And ai the moisture, wUch tbe thbaiy eaitb
Sucks &om the sea, to fill ber «npQr vona t.
From out her womb at last doth take a birtli.
And runs a lymph along tbe grawy plains :
Her floWry banka ni
Yet nature u
A* that her courae dotb make no final stay,
111! she herself unto tbe ocean marry.
Within whose wat'ry boeom first she lay.
E'en so the soul, which in this earthly mould
Tbe spirit of God doth secretly inAue,
Because at first she doth the earth behold,
And oiJy this material worid she viewsi
At first bet motba earth she boldeth ^ar.
And dotb embrace the world, and worldly things ;
She flies close by the ground, uid hoven beie.
And mouDts not up with her celestial wings :
For who did ever yet, tn honour, wealth.
Or pleasure of die sense, contentment find 7
Who ever ceas'd to wish, when he bod h<^tb ?
Or having wisdom, was not vei'd in mind ?
Then as a bee which among weeds doth fall, [g^ :
Which seem sweet Bowers, with lustre frtdi and
She ligb^ on that, and this, and tasteth alt ;
But pleaa'd with none, doth rise and soar awn :
So, when tbe soul finds bare Do true content.
And, like Noah's dove, can no sure footing tak^.
Sbe doth return bom whence she first was sent,
And flies to hun that fii«t her wings did make.
Wit, seeking truth, from cause to Muse Mfendfc
And never rests, dl) it the first attain :
Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends ;
But never' stays, till it the last do gain.
Now God tbe truth, and first of causes b j
God is the last good end, which l«teth still ;
Being Alpha and Omega nam'd fbr this;
Alpha to wit. Omega to the wIlL
Knee then her heavenly kind sbe doth di^I^,
In that to God ^e doth directly move ;
And on no mortal thing can make ber stay.
She cannot be ftom hence, but from above.
And yet this flrat true cause, and teat good end,
She cannot here so well and truly see ;
For this perfection she must yet attend,
Ttll to 1^ Maker sbe espoused be.
As a king's daughter, being in person son^t
Of diven prince^ who do ndghbour near.
On nona of them can fix a conatant thoogfat.
Though sbe to all do lend a gentle ear ;
' nc MUl egagardl l« a rlT«B
IMMORTALITY OFTHE SOUL.
Tet cfen iht lora ■ latdga «captrar.
Whom of gnat worth and pow'r iba bean to be.
If she be woo'd but b; unbuwlar.
Or but his lelten, or bii picturea aes :
Forwell sbe kooin, that when ibe d»U be brought
Into the kingdom where ber (pouM dotb rogn ;
Her eyes shall aec what >hs craieeiv'd ia Ihougbt,
Himself hi> state, bis glor)', and his trvn.
So while the lirrin h
^Pitfa these sometiiiifia ib^ dotb her time b^uQf^
Then do by fits her fantasy possess ;
But she diitastm them all witMn a while.
And ia the sweetest finds a
But if upon tlie world's Almighty King
She once doth fix her humble loring thou^it,
Who by his picture drawn in every thing.
And sacred messages, her lore hath aou^t;
Of him she thinks she cannot think too much ;
This honey tailed still, is ever sweet ;
The pleasure of her raTish'd thought is such.
As iliuoat here she with her bUm dotb meet i
But when in bearen she shall his essense see.
Hue is her soT'ieign good, and perfect bliss ;
Her longing, wishings, hope*, ell finish'd be ;
Her joys are fiiU, her moliiHU rest in this i
There is she crown'd with garlands of content ;
There doth she manna eat, and nectar drink :
TliBt piTsepcc doth such high delights pieeesii^
As nerer tongue cotiU speak, nor heart could
J^nm Cmleti^ of Dtalk in the beOer uH of^imtM.
Fob this, the better >ou1i do oft despise
The body's death, and do it cA desire ;
For when on grounid the bunben'd *"'-"" lies^
The ampty part is lifted up the higher I
But if the body's death the sotil should kill.
Then death must needs against her nature be ;
And were it so, all souls would fly it still.
For nature bstes and shuns her contmy.
For all things else, which Nature makes to be.
Their being to preserre are chiefly taught ;
And though some things desire a change to see.
Yet nenr thing did long to turn to naught.
If then by deadi the soul were quenched quiti^
She could not thus against her natun nm ;
ffince tt'ry senseless thing, by Nature's light,
Dotb preserration seek, destruction shun.
Nor could the worid's best qiirits so much err,
If Death to(A bU, that tbej should all agree.
Before this fife their honour to prefer ;
For wbM Is praise , to thu^ that nothing bt 7
Anda, If by the b6dy^ pn^ she stand ;
If on the body's Ufe, her lift depend.
As Meleager^ on the fktal brand.
The body's good she cmly would intend i
We should not find ber half so brave end bdd.
To lead it to the wars, and to the seas.
To nuke it suffer watchings, hunger, cold.
When it mi^t feed with plenty, rest with ease.
Doubtless, all souls have a surrinng thought,
Therefore of death we think with quiet mind (
But if we think of being tum'd to ikaught,
A trembling horror in our souls we find.
From Uit Ftar efDtath M vkkd fint/l.
Ann as the better s)nrit, when i^ doth bear
A scorn of death, doth shew she cannot die ; ^
So when the wicked soul death's &ce doth fear,
£'en then she proves her own etemi^.
For when Death's fbrm appears, she ftaiMfa not -
An utter quenching or extinguishment ;
She would be glad to meet with such a IM,
That so she might all future ill prevent.
But she doth doubt what after may beftl ;
For nature's law accuseth ber within.
And sailh, " "Us true what is affinn'd by all.
That after death there is a pain far sin."
Hien she who hath been hoodwtnk'd from hertarthj
Doth first herself within Death's mirror see ;
And wben her body doth return to earth,
She first takes cai^ how die alone shall be.
these Irrehgioua men.
With burthen of a sidness week and fUn^
But hears them talking of religion then.
And TowIng of thar souls to t^Tj sunlT
When was there ever cursed atheist brought
Unto the gibbet, but be £d adoie
That blessed pow'r, which he bad set at nought,
Gconi'd and blasphemed all Ida lifii balbie ?
Tlese h'ght vain persoiu still are drunk and msd, .'
With lurfatings and pleasuraa of thdr youth }
But at their death they are fresh, sober, sad i
Then they discern, and then they speak the tnill%
If then all souls, both good and bad, do tewJ^ \
With geo'ral voice, that souls can never die j
'7^ not nun's flattering gloas, but Nature's V«ed^
Which, like Ood's orscles, can never lie.
front tie gaunt Dttirt vf fnmartalUy.
Hmci springs that universal strong desire,
Which all men have of immortally:
Not some few spirits unto this tiiou^t sspire^
Then this desire ot Nature is not vun,
" She covets not impossilHUties ;
Fond tbougbla may &1I into some idle bnln,
But one asMot of all ia e*«r wiM."
From hence tint genVsI care and Mudy fprlngi,
That launching, and progmdon of the nujid,
'Which all men have w much of future things,
That they tui jo]> do in the pre«ut find.
Frraa thl» desire, that main de«re proceed*.
Which all men have lurnving tamt to gain.
By tombd, bj books, by memorable deeds ;
'For she that this dnirei, doth still remain.
Hence, lastly, springs care of posterities.
For things their kind would everlasting make -
Hence is it, that old men do plant young tree*,
Tbe fhiit wher«of another age aha]] t^e^
If we tfaeae rules unto ourselves apply.
And liew tbem by reSection oftbe-mind,
All these true nota of immortality
In. our faaart's tables we ahali written find.
From tie very Davbf and Diipntation ttf TntnutrlaUly,
Ann though some impious wits do questions more.
And doubt if souls immortal be, or no i
That doubt thdr immortality dotb prove,
Because they seem immortal things to know.
For he who reasons on both psrti doth bring.
Doth some things mortal, some immortal call ;
Mow, if himself were but ■ mortal thing,
* He could not judge immortal things at all.
And IS those glasses which material i
Forms of matetial thing* do only take ;
For thoughts or miuda in them we ci
So when we Ood and angels do ct
And think of truth, which is etental (bo ;
Then do our mind* immortal forms receive,
Which if they mortal wet<^ they could not do.
And as if beasts eoncelv'd what reason were.
And that conception should distinctly shew.
They should the name of reasonable baa ;
par without reason, none could reason know :
CiO wlien the soul mounts with so high a wing.
As of eternal things she doubts i-an move.
She prooft of her eternity doth bring,
Ev'n when she strives the contrary to prorc.
For er'n the ihotight of immortality.
Bang an act done without the body's aid.
Shews, that herself alone could mo*e and be.
Although the btNly in the gnve weie laid.
SacT. XXXI.
Aim If herself she can so lively moTe,
And never need a foreign help to lake ;
Then must her motion everlasting prove,
" Because herself she never can forsak*."
But though cormption caniioc fondt (be mind.
By any cause ■ that from itself may spring,
Some outward cause fate hath perhaps deBgn'd,
Which to the soul may utter quenching bring.
Perhapa ber cause may cease ^ and she may die :
Ood is her cause, hi* word her maker was ;
Which shall stand Gi'd for all eternity.
When heav'n and earth shall like a shadow pass.
Perhaps soma thing repugrumt to her kind.
By strong antipathy, the soul may kill ;
But wliat can be eontrai^ to the mind.
Which hold all contraries in concord still 1
The tree of life, which will not let her die.
Tet violence, perhaps, the soul destroys *,
As lightning, or the sun-beams, dim tlie sight ;
Or as a thunder-dap, or cannon's ntrise.
The powY of hearing doth astonish quite :
But high p«TfectioD to the soul it brings,
T encounter things most excellent and high ;
For, when she views the hcst and greatest things.
They do not hurt, hut rather dear the eye.
Besides, as Homer's gods 'gainst armies stand.
Her subtle form can through all dangers slide :
Bodies are captive, minds endure no band :
" And will i* free, and can no force abide."
But, lastly^ time perhaps at last bath pow> s
Doth cherish her, and still augment her might,
Henv'n waieth old, and all the spheres above
Shall one day faint, sad th^ swift motion slay ;
And time itself, in time shall cease to move;
Only the soul survives, and lives for ay.
" Our bodies, et'ry footstep tbat they nakr,
March tomuds death, until at last they die : -
Whkher we work or play, or sleep or wake.
Our lift doth pass, and with Tune's wings doth fly.'
But to the soul, time dotli perfection give,
And adds Frttb lustre to her beauty still ;
And makes her in eternal youth to live,
Like'hei which nectar to the gods doth ML
IMMORTALITY OP THE SOUL.
ra^ ftcdi on truth ;
Sici. XXXIl.
Bdt noir dme Epirara begin to nnile.
And nj> mj doctrine ii more ufe than true;
And tint J fandlr do m^lf brgaile.
While theae recdv'd opinioiu I ensue.
Fo'i wbM, mj thej, doth not the Miul wu old 7
Hoir cotnes it then that aged men da dote ;
And that their braiiu grow sottUb, dull, and cold.
Which wen in youth the onlj qibits of note ?
What? are not touls witbin tbemieWa COTnipted?
How can their idioU then bj nature be?
How ii it that aoiue wit* are interrupted.
That now thej danlcd are, now dearly «ee 7
Tbeae queadoni make ■ uibtil argument
To luch a* think both Benie and reacon one ;
To wbofn nor agent, fiom the initrument,
Nor pow'r of working, from the work {> known.
But (bey that know that wit can ibew no ikili,
' But when ibe things in mmt^t gUia doth view,
Da know, if accident thit glan do fpill.
It Dotbing wo, or aea the bhe for true.
For, if that fegi<Mi of tfae tender brain.
Where th' inward lente of fantasy should ai^
And tfa' outward lenua gatberingi should retain ;
By nature, or by chance, become unfit :
Either at fint uncapable it ia.
And so few things, or none at all receiTes;
Or marr'd by accident which baps amiss i
And so amlaa it ei'ry thing percdres.
Then, aa a cunning prince that uaeth apies,
IF tbay ntum no new*, doth nothing know ;
But if they make adTertisemeot of lies,
Tbc prince'i oouiweli all awry do go;
Ev'n 10 the soul to aui^ a body knit,
Whoae inward tenaes imdisposcd be ;
And U> receiTe the forms of things unfit.
Where nothing i* brought in, can nothing kc.
This makes the idiot, which bath yet a mind.
Able to know the truth, and choose the good ;
If she inch figures in the brain did find.
As might be found, if it in temper Mood.
But if a phrensy do pamtm the brain.
It ao distuitM and blots the Ibrma of things,
As liuitaay iao*« altogether lain.
And to the wit no true rdation.briDgi.
Then doth Hw wit^ adnutttng all iW true.
Build fend oHicluiioD* on thoie idle grotuds :
Then doth it fiy the good, and ill puraue ;
Beliering all that this false spy prtqiounda.
But purge the faumoun, and the rage appeaae,
Which this distemper in the fancy wrouglx g
Then shall the wit, which never hod disease,
IMicaurse, and judge diicreetl;, as it ought.
So, thougfa the clouds eclipse the sun's fair lighl.
Yet from his face they do not take one beam i
So haie out tjea their perfM pow'r of sight,
Et'u when they lotA into a troubled stream.
Then tbete defects in sense's organs be.
Not in the soul, or in her working might ;
She cannot lose her perfect pow'r to see, [ligfab
Though mists and clouds do duke her window
These imperfcctioDS then we must impute.
Not to the agent, but tbe instrument :
We must not blame Apollo, but his lute.
If false accords &oca her false strings be sent. -
Tbe soul in all halb one intelligence ;
lliough too mtuh moisture in an infant's brain.
And too much dryness in an old man's sens^
Cannot the prints of outward things retain :
Then doth the soul want work, and idle ait.
And this we childiafanei* and dotage call i ■
Yet hath she then a quick and active wit.
If she had atuff and tools to work withal :
For, give her drgaos fit, and objects fair ;
Give but the aged man the young man's sense ;
Let but Medea £son's youth repair.
And strut aba ahows her wonted eic^encc
As a good harper stricken far in years.
Into whose cunning hands the gout doth fall.
All his old crotchets in his brain he bears.
But on bis harp pTays ill, or not at alL
But if Apollo takes his gout away.
That be his nimble fingers may apply ;
Apollo^ self will envy at his play.
And all the world applaud his minttrelay.
Then dotage is ao weakneas of the mind,
But of, the sensi ; for if the mind did waste,
In all (^d men we should this wasting find.
When they some certain term of yean had paas'd;
But moat of tbem, e'en to thnr dying hour.
Than when tlieir brains were warm, and limbs
were young.
For, thou^ tlie body wasted be and weak.
And though the leaden form of earth it bean } i
Yet when we hear that tialf dead body speak.
We oft ore rsvish'd to (be bcaT'nIy spheres.
Yet say these men, if all ber organs die,
Tlien hath the soul no pow'r ber pov'n to ine i
Wben unto net she eonnot tbem ndticei .
And If her pow'nbt dad, tKen wtitf U ihaT
far gin»lnimeT'ryl)iiiig*i)inepow'radoipiiiig;
Aai from tboae pow'n, coma acts proceeding be t
Tbep kill bMli pow'r and aot. and kill tha thiog.
Soubtleo, the body'i deatb, when onc« it diea.
The imtnimeats of seiue uid life doth kill;
So that ihe cannot use (hose foculties,
Although their root rest in her substance (till.
But (u the body living) wit and niti
Can judge and choose, vitbout the body's aid j
^nwilgh on >uch objects they are working tllll,
Ai through the body's organs are convey'd i
So, when the bodf lerves her turn no more.
And all her lenses are extinct and gon^
She can discounc of what she lesra'd before,
Jn beaT^nly contemplations, all alone.
So, if one man well on the lute doth play.
And have good horsemanship, and learning's lUll,
Hitiugb both his lute and hone we lake away,
Doth he not keep his former learning still 7
He keeps it, doubtless, and can use it loo;
And doth both th' other akillsin pow'r retain;
And van of both the proper actions do.
If with hii lute or hone he meet again.
So tluagh the iDStrnments (by which We live,
And Tiew the world,} the body's death do kill ;
Tet with the body they shall all reviT^
And all their wonted offices fulfiL
Then what do those poor souls, which nothing get?
Or what do those which get, and cannot keip?
XJke bucklers bottomless, which all out-let ;
Tbos* soul^ tot want of eierdse, must sleep.
See how man's soul agalnat itself doth strive :
Why should we not have other means tp know 7
As children, while within the womb they live,
feed b; the naveli here they fted not so,
Thse diildrai, if they had some uae (tf sense,
And should by cbaDce tbor mother's talking hear.
That in shoit time they shall conM forth flom IbOKe
Would fear tbdr binh, more than OUT death we fiiar.
They would ay out, " If we this place shall lear^
llien shall we break our tender navel atiings :
Bow sh^ we then omr nouritlnDent lecdve.
Since our sweet food no other conduit briiiga 7"
And if a man sboold to these babes reply.
That into this fiur world tbey shall be farougU,
Wbse they shall view the earth, the sea, the sky,
Thegkooua sun, and all that Cad faadi wrought:
That there t«o tbotUaiul dainHc* thft riiaU nwet,"
Which by tbinr mouths they shall with pleaaara
This world they'd think a fable, e'en as wa
Do think the story of the golden age ;
Or as some sensual spirits 'mongst us be.
Which hold the world to come, a feigned stage :
Tet shall these infants after find all true,
Thou^ then thereof they nothing could ooocetvei
As soon as they are bom, the world tbey view.
And with tbnr mouths the nunea' milk recci*«*
So when the soul js born (for death is naught
But the soul's luith, and so we should it call).
Ten thousand ttungs sba sees beyond her thnw^tt ;
Iter, knows than wL
Tlien doth she see by spectacka no man.
She hears not by report ^ double spies ;
Hcfself in instants doth all things explote ;
For each thing's present, and before ber lb
But still this crew with questions.me pumiea:
If souls deceas'd (say they) still Uving be,
Why do they not return, to bring us news [sea?
Of that strange world, where they such wcmdoi
Fond men ! if we believe that man do livs
Under the mdth of both fioten poles.
Though none come thoice^ adveitisemeni to giv«^
Why bear we not the like foith of our souls I
The soul hath here on nrth no more to do.
But as Noah's jngeon, whldi retum'd no morei
Did show, she footing found, for all the flood;
So when good souls, departed thiough DeaA's door>
Come not again, it dtows their dwelling good.
And douhtlea^ snch a lonl as up doth mount.
And doth appear before her Maker's foc^
Holds tUs vile world in soadi ■ base ">""■'■,
As she looks down and soonuthis wt«tclndplac&
But such as are detruded down to hd,
Either for shame, they slill themselves retire ;
Or ty'd in diaitis, they in close prison dwdl.
And cannot come, although they much deiirai
Well, well, say these vain spirits, though vun it is
To think our souls to heav'n or bell do^i
Politic men have thought it not smiss.
To ^read this lie, to make mai liitnoaa aok
Bo you then hink tUs moral virtue good ?
I tUnk you do, cv'n for your piivate gain }
For commonwealths by virtue aver stood.
And compoD good the ^vau doth MBtain
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.
If then thii virtue you do love to well,
HaTC you uo loaaas, ba pnclice to maiouin j
But fou this lie nuut to the people tell.
That good wuIh live in joy, luut iUinpun?
SSiat Tirtue be prtaenei bjr a lie?
Mrtue uid truth do era beat agree ;
By this it Bsenu to be ■ lerity.
Since the eficds to good and rirtuoui be.
For, at the Deril the fither ii of lio,
So rice and ouKhief do hi* tin enmie :
Tbea this good doctrine did not he deiiae ;
But hmcIb thii lie, which saith, it is not true.
For, ho* can that be false, which ev'ry tongue
or er'ry mortal man afflmu for true 7
Which truth bath in all ages been so strong,
At, load-stone like, all hearta it ever draw.
For, not the Christian, or the Jew alone.
The Persian, or the TuA, acknowlo^e thii ;
Hub mystery to the wild Indian known.
And to the cannibal and Tartar is.
ITiis rich Assyrian drug grows eiVy wbtrc ;
As common in the noi^ as in the east :
This doctrine dolta not enter by the ear.
But of itMlf b natiTe in tba braut.
None that acknowledge Ood, or proridotce.
Their soul's eternity did erer doubt ;
For oil religion taheth root tram hence.
Which no poor naked nation lives without.
For dnce the world for man created was,
( For only man the usa thereof doth know)
If man do perish like a wilber'd gmss.
How dodi God's wisdom order things below?
And if that wisdom still wise ends propound.
Why made he nun, of other creatures, king ;
When (if he perish here) there is not found
In all the world so poor and vile a thing?
If death do quench us quite, we have great wrong,
Since for our serrLCe all things else were wrought;
That dawi, and trees, and rocks should last so long.
When we must in an instant pass to naught.
But blesa'd be that Great Puw'r, that both us bless'd
With longer life than heav'n or earth can hBTe ;
Which bath infus'd into our mortal breast
Immortal pow'rs not subject to the graved
For though the soul do seem her grave to bear.
And in tliii world is almost buiy'd quick.
We have no cause the body's death to fnr;
For when the shell is broke, out cornea a chick.
Sect. XXXIIL.
Foa as the soul's essential pow'rs are three ;
The quick'ning po W'r, the pow'r of senieandieeiCMi ;
Tliree kinds of life to ber dengned be,
Which perfect these three pow'rs in tbeir due
IIm Am lift in tba loother's wMnb is spent.
Where she the nursing pow'r doth onlj' use ;
' Where, when she finds defect of nouriahmenl,
8h' eipeb her body, and this world ahe views.
This we call luith ; but if the child could speak.
He death would call it ; and of nature plain,
That she would thrust him out naked and weak.
And in his passage pinch him with such pain.
Yel out he comes, and in this world is plac'd.
Where all his saues in perfection be ;
Where he finds fiow'ra to sneU, and fruits to taste.
And sounds to hear, and sundry forma to see.
When he bath pass'd aorae time upon the stage.
His reason then a liule seems to wake ;
Which though she spring when sense doth fiide with
«ge.
Yet can sbs here no perfect practice make.
Then doth aspiring soul the body leave.
Which we call death ; but were it known to all,
In this third Ule, reason will be so bright,
As that her qurk will like the sun-beams shine.
And shall of God enjoy the real sight,
Being still incrcaa'd by influence dirine.
Sbct, XXXIV,
man ! what dosl thou bnr
Lock'd up within the casket of thy breast ?
What jewds^ and what riches bast thou there 7
What heav'nly treasure In so weak a chest?
Look in thy soul, and thou shalt beauties find.
Like those which drown'd Nardssua in the flood ■
Honour and pleasure both are in thy mind.
And all that in the world is counted good.
Think of ber worth, and think that Cod did mean
ITiis worthy mind should worthy things embrace'
Blot not her beautieB with thy thoughts unclean.
Nor her dishonour with ihy passion base.
Kill not ber quick'ning pow'r with suifdlings ;
Mar not ber sense with seiuualily :
Cast not her wit on idle things :
Make not ber &ee will slave to vanity.
And when thou think'st of her eternity.
Think not that death against ber nature is ■
Tliink it • buth : and when thou go'st to die,'
Sing like a swan, as if tbou went'st to bliss.
And if thou, like a child, didst fear before.
Being in the dark, where thou didst nothing ten-
Now I have brought thee torch-light, fear no more-
Now when tbou dy'st, thou canst not hood-»ink-d
And thou, my soul, which tura'st with curious eyti
To view the beams of thine own form divine,
Inow, that thou canst know nothing perfectly.
While thou art clouded with this fiesh of mine.
Take heed of orenreeniiig, and compare
Th; peacock's ttet with th; ga? peacock's tn
Scudj the best and higtmt tfaings that are,
But of thyself an humble thought retain.
Cast down Ihyulf, and only strive to raise
The glory of thy Maker's sacred name :
U»e all thy pow'n, that blessed powV to praise
Which gives thee pow'r to be, and Use the u
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TO THE PRIHCE.
SlK. whatsoever you are plcas'd to do,
It is your special praise, that you are betit.
And eadty set your princely mind thereto ;
Which makes you in each thing so excellent.
Hence is it, that you came so soon to be
A man at arms, in ev'ry point aright ;
The fairest flow'r of noble chivalry;
And of Saint George's hand, the bravest knight.
And hence It is, that all your youthful (rain
In sotiveDeas, and grace, you do excel.
When 70U do courtly dancings ettlertain,
Tbea daodng's praise may he presented well.
ORCHESTRA;
Wkibc lives the man that never yet did hear
Of chaste Penelope, Ulysses' queen ?
Wlio kept her fsilh unspoiled tirenty fear,
Till he retum'd that far away hod been.
And many men, and many towns hod seen :
Ten year si siege of Troy he ling'ring lay.
And ten year in the midhind sea did stray.
Honer, to whAm the Muses did carouse
A great deep cup with heav'nly nectar lili'd,
The greatest, deepest cup in Jove's great house,
JFor Jove himself had so eipreasly will'd)
He drank off all, nor let one drop be spill'd ;
Since when, his brain that had before been dry,
Became (he well-'^pring of all poetry.
I St John Haniniton hai wrli tn efignm In roiBtiiEnd.
Ulan or thli nmi. Sh Ihr td BoBk, ^rig. ei., aihetadot
. „ ... nd lobe l»oienlKl hj Bit pgHltal wortd,
vETT \nvmirmt ■ poem should be Left unflnlsbed, or,
mnreliiiil;, thki (h« Lmpvrf^t un ihouM be1«t;
jU probability tic cornpl^nl it, being wiillcn in hia
Homer doth tell m his al
llie long labcoious travels of (he man.
And of his lady too be doth rehearae.
How she illudee with all the art she can.
Til' ungrateful love which other lords began :
For of her lord, false fame bad long since sworn.
That Neptune's monsters had his carcass torn.
All this he tells, but one thing be forgot.
One thing most wonhy his eterrtal soug.
But he was old, and blind, and saw it Dot,
Or else he thought he should Ulysses wrong.
To miugle it his tragic acta among :
Tet was there not in all the worid of things,
A sweeter burthen for his Muse's wings.
The courtly lore Antiuous did make,
Antinoui that fresh and jolly knight,
WUdl of the gallants that £d undertake
To win the widow, had most wealth and might.
Wit to persuade, and beauty (o delight.
The courtly love be made unto the queen.
Homer forgot as if it had not been.
Sing then Terpsichore, my light Muse sing
His gentle art, and cunning courtesy t
You, lady, can remember ev'ry thin^
For you are daughter of queen Menuirj ;
But sing a plain and easy melody :
For the soft mean that warbleth but the ground.
To my rude ear doth yield the sweetest sound.
One only night's discourse I can report.
When the great (orch-bearer of heav'o was gone
DowD in a mask unto the Ocean's court.
To revel it with Thetis all alone ;
Antinoui disguised and unknown.
Like to the spring in gaudy orrka;
UiMo the caatle <» the priticeas w
llie •or'reigD castle of the rocky isle,
Whncin Penelope the [mneess lay.
Shone with a thousand lamps, which did eiile
The shadows dark, and tum'd the ni^t to day.
Not Jove's blue tent, what lime the sunny ray
Behind the bulwark of (he earth retires.
Is seen (o sparkle with more twinkling Eita.
That night the queen came forth from far within.
And in the presence of her court was seen ;
For the sweet singer Pbemius did begin
To praise the worthies that at Troy had been ;
Somewhat of her Ulysses she did ween.
In his grave hymn the heav'nly man n-ould sing.
Or of his wan, or of his wandenng.
Follas that hour with her sweet breath divine
Inspir'd immortal Iwauty in her eyea,
ThaX with celestial glory she did shine.
Brighter than Venus when she doth arise
Out of the waters to adorn the skies;
The wooers al] amaied do admire.
And check their own presumptuous desire-
Only AnlinouE, wben at first he vicw'd
Her slor-bnght eyes that with new honour Ain'd,
Was not diunay'd, but therewithal renew'd
Ilie nobleness and splendour of his mind ;
And as he did fit drcumstances find.
Unto the throne he boldly did advance.
And with fair manners woo'd the queen lo damcc.
ORCHESTRA.
■' Goddos of wonun, *itli your bM**iiliiiM9
Hath now voiicbMf*d itnlf to rapment
To OUT dim eja, whtefa tfaouf^ they let tlw li
Tet ue tbty blew'd in thdr artoniahment,
Imitate HoiTen, whow beauties excellent
Are in continual motion daj and night.
And more therebj more wonder and delight.
"Letw
le morer be, ti
Hkmc glodoiu ornaments, that foulh and loTe
Have fii'd in jpou, ei'rj part tbroughaut,
Which if you will in timely mcaiure moie.
Not all those prenous gems in heaven ahavE
Sball yidd a sight more pleasing to behold.
With all their turns and tracings manifold."
With this the modest princess blush'd and smil'd
Uke (o a clear and rosy eventide ;
And softly did return this answer mild ;
" Fair nr, jou needs must fairly be deny'd.
Where your demand cannot be satisfy'd :
My feet which only nature taught to go.
Did never yet the art of footing know.
" But why persuade you me to this new rsga?
(For all disorder and misnile is new)
For such misgoremment in former age
Out old divine forefathers nerer knew ;
Who if they tiv'd, and did the fUlies view
Which their fond nephews m^e (heir diief affiun.
Would hate themtdves that bad begot such liein.''
■> Sole heir of virtue and of beauty both,
Whence comelb it," AntEnous replies,
" l^iat your imperioui virtue is bo loth
To grant your beauty her chief exercise ?
Or from what spring doth jiour opinion rise,
Hut dancing is a fKniy and a rage,
fTrst known and us'd in this new-fangled age ?
" Dancing* (bright lady) then began to be.
When the fint seeds wltet^ot the world did spring.
The fire, ur, earth, and water did agree.
By Love's persuasion, Nature's roi^ity king.
To leave thdr Grat disorder'd comlraling ;
And in a dance such measure to observe,
As all the world their motion should preserve.
" Snce when they still are carried in a rvund.
And changing come one in another's place.
Yet do Ifacy neither mingle nor confound.
But ev'ry one doth keep the bounded space
Wherdn the dance doth bid it turn or trace ;
This wondrous irnracle did Love devise.
For dandng Is Love's proper exercise.
" Like this, he fram'd the gods' eternal bow'r,
And of a shapeless and confused mass.
By his through piercing and digesting pow'r,
liie turning vault of heaven formed was :
Whose starry wheels be hath ao made to pass.
As that their movings do a music fVame,
And they themselves still dance unto the tame.
" Or if this (all) which round about we see,
(As idle Morpheus some uck brains have taught)
- Of un<Uvided motes compacted be.
How was this goodly architecture wrought?
Or by what means were they together brought ?
Tliey err, that say they did concur by chance,
Love made them meet in a well order'd dance.
Dagoi BO swpef a Byivo « Loe vr,
That with her rhetoric mode the stones conspire
The ruin of a city to repair,
(A work of wit and teaaon's wise affUr :) [taught
So Love's smooth tongue, the motes such measure
That they jtan'd hands, and *o the world was vrroughL
" How justly then Es dancing termed new,
Which with the world in point of time begun ;
Yea 'nme itself, (whose birth Jore nevwlnew.
And which indeed is elder than the Sun)
Had not one moment of his age outrun.
When out leap'd Dancing from tlie heap of things.
And lightly rode upon hts nimble wEngs.
" Reason hath both her pictures in her treasure.
Where time (he measure of all moving is ;
And dancing is a moving all En measure ;
Xow if you do resemble that to lliis.
And think both one, I think you think amiss :
But if you judge them twins, together got.
And TinM first born, your judgment crreth not.
" Thus doth it equal age with age enjoy,
And yet in .lusty youth for ever flow'rs.
Like Love his sire, whom painters make a boy.
Yet is he eldest of the heav'nly pow'is ^
Or like his brother lime, whoae winged houn
111 ..n, \M h-,^ M=.
Hub said ; the queen, with her sweet lips, divEne,
Gently began to move the subtle air,
Which gladly yielding, did itself incline
To take a shape between those rubies fair ;
And being formed, soAly did repair
With twenty doublings in the empty way,
Unto Antinous' ears, and thus did say i
" What eye doth Bee the heav'n but doth admire
When it the movings of the beav'ns doth sec 7
Myself, if I to heav'n may once aspire.
If that be dancing, will a dancer be :
But as for this your frautic jollity.
Mow it b^an, or whence you did it learn,
I never could with reason's eye diicem."
Antinous onswer'd : " Jewel of the earth.
Worthy you are that heav'nly dance to lead.;
But for you think our Dancing liose of birth.
And newly bom but of a brain-siGk head,
I will forthwith his antique gentry read j
And, for I love him, vriU his hcnld be.
And blaze bis arms, and draw his pedigree.
" WhenLovehad thap'd this world,this great lUr wight.
That all wights else in this wide womb contains.
And had instructed it lo dance aright^
A thousand measures with a thousand strains.
Which it should practise wjth delightful pains.
Until that Jatal instant should revolve,
When al! to notliing should again resolve.
" Hie comely order and proportion lUr
On ev'ry side, did please his wand'ring eye,
TJl gtaaeing through the thin transparent air,
A rude disorder'd rout he did espy
Of men and women, that most sgutefully
Did one rfnolher throng, and crowd to Eore,
I'bat his kind eye in pity wept thercfiwe.
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" And iwtfter than the lightning dawn b* cwna,
Anothrr Bhapeleii chsoi to digo^
He (rill begin *notb«r world to fhune,
(Tor Lore till all be weU wiU neiei rat)
Then withiucb vordi aa cannot be eipren'd.
He cull the tnmpi, that all aiunder fling.
And ere thef wist, he caati them in a ring.
" Then did he nre^ the element,
And in the centre of the ring appear,
The beams that from hii foreliead spreading went.
Begot an horrour and religious fear
In all the souls tliut round about him were ;
Which in their eon attentiveness pmcurear
While he, with such like sounds, their minds aliares.
" ' Howdoth ConftisioD'a mother, headlong Chance^
Put Reason's noble squadron to the rout ?
Or bow should you tl^ have the governance
Of Nature's children, heav'n and earth throughout.
Prescribe them rules, and live irourselves without ?
Why should your fellowship a trouble be.
Since mtia't chief pleasure is aodt^?
" ' If sense hath not yet taught 70U, ban «f ma
A comely modenitiDn and discreet.
That jour assemblies may well ordei'd be;
When my uniting pow'r shall make you meet.
With heaT'aly tunes it shall be temper'd sweet ;
And be the model of the worlds great frame.
And you Earth's children, Dandng shall it name.
•• • Behold the world how it is whirled round.
And for it is so whirl'd, is named so ;
In whose large Tolume many rules are found
Of this new art, which it do^ fairly show ;
For your quick ^es in wond'ring lo and fro
From east to west, on do one thing can glance.
But if you mark it well, it seems to dance.
" ' Flr« you see fii'd in this huge mirror blue
Of trembling lighK \ a number numberless ;
Fii'd Ihey are nam'd, but with a name untrue.
For they all more, and in a dance eipress
That great long year that doth contain no less
Than tfareeecore hundreds of those yean in all.
Which the sun makes with his course natural.
" ■ What if to you these aparks diaorder'd seem,
As if by dumce they had been scatter'd there?
The gods a solemn measure do it deem.
And see a just proportion ev'ry where,
Andknow the points whence first their movings were ;
To which lint points when all return again.
The aile-lrae of heav'n shall break in twain.
" ' Under that spangled iky, flvewand'ring flamea",
Boides the king of day, and queen of night.
Are wheel'd around, all in their sundry £rameB,
And all in sundry measures do delight
Yet »ltogethcr keep no measure right :
For by itself, each doth itself adranee.
And by itself, each dotfa a galliard dance.
" ' Venus, the mother of that bastard Love,
Which dotb usurp the world's great manhal'a name.
Just with the sun her dainty feet doth mmc.
And unto liim doth all the gestures irame:
Now after, no* afore, the flact'ring dame.
With diTers cunning passages doth err.
Still him respecting t)iat respect not ben
> TtKipeHkatJMM.penuadlagBnitslesndudBc.
~ fBflhJ^idiflTnattenDflbtlUeditan. tOfttMFlMBMa.
"' Pot that brava Sun tbs fitltwr of th* day.
Doth lore this eaith, the mother of tfaa ni^^
And like a reveller in rich array
Doth dance his galUaid in bis lenum's subt ;
Both back, and forth, and sdewByi pMang light.
His princely grace doth so the gods amaie.
That all stand still and at hi* beauty gaae.
" ' But see the Earth, when he qiproacheth near.
How slie for joy doth spring, and iweelly amile ;
But see again her sad and heary cheer
When changing places he retires a while :
But those black cloud* he shortly will eiUe,
And nuke them all before his presence fly.
Asm
m'd before his cheerful eye-
To youi
'■ ' Who doth not see the measures of the Ifocm,
Which thirteen time* the dauceth ev'ry year?
And ends her patin, thirteen times aa soon
As doth her brother, of whose golden hair
She borroweth part and proudly doth it wear :
llien doth she coyly turn her &ce aside.
That half ber cheek i* scarce aometimea descry'd.
* ' Sext bar, the pun, subtle, and rlraniing fire'
Is swiftly carried in a circle even :
Though Vulcan be proaounc'd by many a liar
Hie only halting god that dwells in heai'n 1
But that foul name may be nwre fitly giv'o
false fire, that far from heav'n is &11,
h consume, waste, spoil, disorder all.
" ' And now beludd your tender nurse the air".
And common neighbour that aye ruiu around.
How many pictures and impressons fair
Within her empty regions are there found.
Which 10 your senses dancing do propound :
For what mn breath, speech, echoes, music, wind^
But dancinga of the air in sundry kinds ?
" ' For when you breathe, the air in order movca.
And when you speak, so well she dancing Iwes^
That doubbng oft, and otl redoubling new.
With thousand forms she doth henelf cndite:
For all the words thst from your lips repair.
Are naugbt but tricks and turnings of the air.
" ' Hence i> her prMtling daughter Echo bmi.
That dances to all voices she can hear :
Tbtxt is no sound so harsh that she doth aeons
Nor any time wherein she will forbear
The airy pavement with her feet to wear :
And yet her hearing sense is nothing quick.
For after time she endeth ev'ry tric^.
And thou, sweet Music, dancing's only lift.
The ear's sole happiness, the sir's fa«t qMCCh,
Loadstone of fellowship, charming ml of stiif^
The soft mind's paradise, the nek mind's lrrrh.[rTafk.
With thine own tongue thou trees and stona taa
That when the air doth dance her Auest mca*tn«^
Then art thou bom thegods'and men's swaetplcasu*.
" ' Lastly, where keep the winds thor revelry.
Their violent turnings, and irild whirling hay* I
But in the air's tran^ucent gallery ?
Where she herself ia tum'd a hundred way^
While with those maskers iranlonly she plays;
Yet in this misrule, they such rule embrace^
At two at once encumber not the place.
TortbeOrt •OtOMtfc
ORCHESTRA.
*709
" ' If ttwn firs* aiTt waod'riDg aiid flud Hghta
In ef'Tj pnnince of the imperiBl ikj,
YieJd peifnrt fbrmi of dancing to jour Bighta,
In rain I tetch the en, that *bich the eye
With certain new Hlready doth dncry.
But for jour cjn peraave not all they s^et
In thia I will your udms niaater be.
■"Forbtln Sea« that flnlaahout the lanil,
Aim] like a girdle clips her aolid waiit,
^**''f^ and measure both doth undeiMand ;
For hii great crystal e^e ii alwajra ca*t
Up to the moon, and on her fixed &*t:
And aa she dancclh in her pallid sphere.
So danccth be aJiout the centre here.
<" Sometimei hit pioud green wttet in (»der let.
One after other flow unto the shore.
Which when (bey haTe with many kiHea wet.
They etib away in order as before ;
And to make known hia courtly love the more,
He oft doth lay aside his three-fork'd mace,
And with bii arms tba dm'roua Earth embrace.
** ' Only the Earth doth Hand for eier still,
Her rocka remoie not, nor her mountains meet,
(Although some wits enrich'd with learning's skill
Saybeav'n stands firm, and thst Iheearlh doth fleet.
And swiftly tunielh underneath their feel)
Tet though the earth is cier sledfast seen.
On her br«d breast hath dancing ever been.
'" For thoaeblueveinsthat through her body spread,
Tboie sapphire streams which from great hills do
spring 10,
(The earth's great dugs ; for ev'ry wight is fed
With tweet fresh moisture from them iuuing)
Observe a dance in their wild wandering :
And still their dance begets a raurniur tweet.
And still the murmur with the dance doth meet.
» < Of all their ways I lore Meander^ path.
Which to the tune of dying swans doth dance,
Sudi winding (lights, such turns and cricks he hath.
Such creaks, such wrenches, and such dslliance ;
That whether it be bap or heedless chance.
In this indented course and wriggling play
He seems to dance a perfect cunning hay.
« ' But whereTore do these streams (or ever run 1
To keep themselvea for ever sweet and dear :
For let their everlasting course be done,
They straight corrupt and foul with mud appear.
O ye sweet nymphs that beauty's loss do fear.
Contemn the drugs that phyiic doth deviae.
And learn of Lore this dunty eiercise.
•■ ' See how tboae flow'n that have sweet beauty too,
(Jike only jewels that the Earth doth wear n,
When the young lun in hravery her doth woo)
Ai oft ai Quj the whistling wind do hear.
Do wave thejr tender bodies here and there ;
And though their dance no perfect
Tet oftentimes their u
c makes them kiss.
" ' What makes the vine about the elm to dance.
With tuminge, windings, and embraeemenla round?
What makes the loadstone lo the north adTance
Hla subtle point, as if from thence be found
Bia chief attracting virtue to redound ?
Kind Nature fir«t doth cause all things to love.
Lot* makes them dance and in just order move.
* Ottfaasea, '° Ofiherlnra
" Of other ihlnjt upon the --r'l.
" ■ Hark how the birds do sing, and mark then how
Jump wldi the modulatloii of their lays,
They U^tly leap, and skip fWxn bough lo bou^ :
Tet do the cnnes deserve a greater praise
Which keep such measure in their airy ways.
As when they all in order ranked are,
They make a perfect form triangular. . .
■■ ' In the chief angle flies the watchful guide,
And all the followers their heads do lay
On their foregoer's backs, oa either Bde;
But for the c^>tain hath no rest to stay
Hia head forwearied with the vrindy way,
He back retire^ and then the next behind, -
As his lieutenant leads thesn through the wind.
" ' But why relata I ev'ry dngnlar?
Since all the world's great fortunes and affairs
F<wward and backwuil npp'd and whirled are,
According to the music of the spherea :
And Change herself, her nimble feet upbears
On a round slippery wheel that rolleth ay.
And turns all states vrith her imperious sway.
" ' Learn then to dance, you that are princea boffl.
And lawful lordB of earthly creatures all ;
Imitate them, and therefore take no scorn.
lethei
" Thus Love persuades, and all the crowd of men
Hiat stands around doth make a murmuring i
As when the wind loos'd from his hoUow den.
Among the trees a gentle base doth sing.
Or as a brook through pebbles wandering:
But in their looks they utter'd this plain speech,
' That they would team to dance, if Love would
" Then flrst of all he doth demonstrate plain
Upward and downward, forth, and bock again.
To thia ude, and l« that, and turning round '> ;
Whereof a thousand brawls he doth compound.
Which be doth teach unto the multitude^
And ever with a turn they must conclude.
" As when ■ nymph, arising hoai the land,
Leadeth a dance with her long watery tnin
Down to the sea, she wrycs to every hand.
And every way doth cross the fenife plain :
But when at last she falh Into the main,
Then all her traverses concluded are.
And with the sea, her coune is drcular. '
" Thus when at flnt Love had them marshalled,
Ak enl he did the shapeless mass of things,
He taught them rounds and winding hays to tread,
As the two Bears, whom the first mover flings
With a short turn about heaven's axle-tree.
In a round dance for ever wheeling be.
" But after these, as men mc
Ha did more grave and solen
With such fair order and proportion true.
And correspondence ev'ry wny (he same,
That no fault-finding eye did ever blame.
For ev'ry eye was moved at (he sight
With sober wond'ring, and with sweet delight,
IS BswLoTclaughtnisn lodsnce.
u BoundioicdunirTdancn. >• Mnnuea
civil grew,
710 .. DA
" Not thoK young studealB of the h«av'n1y boofcf
Atlas tile great, Proioeiheui ttie wise,
Wliicli on tlie ttais did all tlicir life-time look.
Could ever find audi meaaurc in tiiu skies,
So full of chonee and rare Tsiietiet ;
Yet all tbe (cet uhereon th»e measures no.
Are only spondees, solenui, grave, and alow.
" But far more diverse and mor^plesaing show,
A swift and waodVing dame '*she did invent.
With passages uncertain to mud fhi.
Yet with a certain answer and consent
To the quick jnusic of the inalrument.
Five was the number of the music's feet,
Which still the dance did with fire paces meet.
*■ A gallant dance, that lively doth bewray
A spirit and a virtue masculine,
Impatient that her house on earth should stay
Since she herself is fiery and divine :
Oft doth she nuke her bod; upward fine ;
With lofty turns and capriol) in the air,
Which with the lusty tunes accordeth fair.
" What rfiall I name those current traverses '«,
Hiot on a triple dactyl foot do run
Close by the ground vrith sliding passages.
Wherein that dancer greatest pruse batii won
Which with best order can all orders ahun :
For ev'ry where he wantardy must range.
And turn, and wind, with unexpected change.
" Yet is there one the most delightful kind,
A lofty jumping, or a leaping round ",
Where arm in arm, two dancers are entwin'd,
A nd whirl themselves with strict embncementa bound.
And still their feet an anapeet do sound :
Whose first two feet are short, and third is long.
" As tlic victorious twins of Leda and Jove,
That taught the Spartans dancing on ihe sands.
Of swift Eurolas, dance in heav'n above.
Knit and united with eternal hands ;
Among tlie slsra their double image Elands,
Where both are carried with an equal pace.
Together jumping in their turning race.
" This is the net wherein the Sun's bright eye
Vunus and Mars entangled did b^old.
For in this dance, their arms tliey so employ.
As each doth seem the other to enfold :
What if lewd wits another tale have told
Of jealous Vulcan, and of iron eliains?
Yet this true sense that forged lie contains.
•■ These various forms of dancing Love tUd frame,
And besides (heij^ a hundred millions more,
And as he did invent, he taught the same.
With goodly gesture, and wi5i comely show.
No* keeping state, now humbly honouring low ;
And ever for the persons and the place
He taught most fit, and best according grace. "
*■ For Love, within his fertile woriiins brain
Did then conceive those gracious virgin 9 three.
Whose civil moderation does maintain
All decent order and convcniency,
And fdr respect, and seemly cnodesly ;
And then he thought it fit they should be bom.
That Itieir sweet presence dandng might adorn.
^' lAyotttth. '* Grace Id dincine.
" Hcnco is It that these Oraen paiDted btb
And with regarding eyes, thM Mill beware
That there be no dii^icc aiDODgsttlieiB round;
With equal foot they beat tbe flow'ry ground.
Laughing, or sin^ng, as their pa<si<Mis will.
Yet nothing that the; do beatoKB thaa ilL
"ThusLore taught men, and iDea thits leam'd of Lon
Sweet music's soimd with ieet to counterftit.
Which was long time before high thund'ring Jove
■Was lifted up to heaven's impi^ul teat ;
For though by birth be were the prince of Crete, [seen
Nor Crete, nor heav'n, should the young prince bave
If dancers with their timbrels had not been.
" Since when tH ceremtHUoiu myatoiea.
All sacred oijpes, and religious rights.
All pomps, and triumphs, and solemnities.
All funOTals, nuptials, and like public rights
All parliaments of peace, and warlike fights.
All learned arts, and every great o&ir
A lively shape of daiuang seems to bear. 'B
" For what did he who with his ten-tongu'd lute
Gave beasts and blocks an understanding ear ?
Or rather into bestial minds and bmU
Shed and infus'd the beams of reason dear 7
Doubtless for men that rude and savage were
A civil fbrm of dancing he devis'd.
Wherewith unto their gods they sadiftc'd.
" So did Musasus, so Amphion did,
And Linus with his sweet enchanting song,
And )ie whose hand the earth of monsters rid.
And bad men's ears fast chained to his tongue :
And Theseus to his wood-bom slaves among,
Us'd dancing as the finest policy
To plant religion and society.
' And therefore now the Thracian Orpbeui" Ij™
And Hercules himself are Blellify'di
And in high heaven, amidst the starry quire.
Dancing their parts continually do slide ;
1 £c zodiac Ganymede doth ride,
so is Hebe with the Muses nine.
For pleasing Jove with dancing, made divine.
" Wberefoie was Proteus said himaelf to change
Into a stream, a Hon, and a tree,
And many other fomis tkntastic strange.
As in his fickle thought he wish'd to be ?
But that he danc'd with such ladiity,
As like a lion be could pace with ptide.
Ply like a plant, and like a river slide.
And how was Cteneus made at first a man.
And then a woman, then a man again,
a dance ? which when he fini bi^an
I man's part in mouiue did sustain s
hen he chong'd into a second strain.
He danc'd the woman's part another space.
And then retinn'd into Us former place.
nandw
By often change of place from side to stda i
!But for the woman eauly did slide.
And smoothly swim with cunning hidden art,
" Hie UM aad (areu oCiluKing In HindiT aain a<aa
" So to > Gsb Veniii benetf did chuge.
And iwunniiiig through the aoft sud yielding mv«
With gentle molioaa did bo smootUy range
Afl none might see whtrs she the water dtsve :
But thia plain truth thU ialwd &ble gaie,
That she did dance with sliding eaainesi,
Pliant and quick in wand'iiog p^ftftngfr
" And roerr; Bact^iu practis'd danring too,
And to the Lydian numben rounds did make :
The like be did in th' Eastern India do,
And tsu|^ them all when Phoebus did avake,
And whan at idght he did hia couch fmuke.
To hooouT heaT'n, and heaven's great rolling eye
With turmng dances, and ffith melody.
"' Thus they whtf first did found a common-weal,
And they who first religion did ordain,
By dancing first the people's hearts did steal,
Of whom we now a thousand tales do feign -.
Yet do we now their perfect rules retain,
Attd UH them still in such derises new.
As in the world long since th^r withering grew.
" For ai^er towns and kingdoms founded were.
Between great states arose well-order'd war ;
Wherein most perfect measure doth appear,
Whether their well-set ranks respected are
In quadrant form or semicircular ;
Or else the march, when all the*troops adiance.
And to the drum in gallant order dance.
" And after wars, when white-wlng'd Victory
Is with a glorious triumph besutify'd,
And er'rj one doth Ju lii cry.
Whilst all in gold the conqueror doth ride ;
The iolenm pomp that fills the city wide
Obaerres sudi rank and measure every where,
Aa if they alugether dancing were.
'* llie like just order mourners do obeerre,
(But with unlike ofiectioo and attire)
When some great man that nobly did desetre.
And whom his &iends impatiently deaiia,
Ib brought with honour to his latest fire :
"nte dead qoifiu too in that sad dance is mor'd.
As if both d^ and living dancing lov'd.
" A diverse cause, but like solemnity
Unto the temple leads the bashful bride.
Which blusheth like the Indian ivory
Which is with dip of Tyrian purple dy'd :
A golden troop doth pass on ei'ry ride
Of flouiiihing young men and virgin) gay.
Which keep Gur measure all the llow'ry way.
'* And not alone the gaieral multitude.
But those chtnce Nestors which in council grave
Of citiM and of IcinBdoms do conclude.
Host comely order in their sessions have :
Wherefore die wise Tfaesaliani ever gave
' Tlienameof leader of tbrir country's dance
To him that bad their country^ governance.
" And thoM great roasters of their liberal arts
In all their tavaral schools do dancing teach.
For hnmUe grammar Brtt doth set the parts
Of congruent and well aecoiding speech :
Which rhetoric, whose stale the clouds doth reach,
And heav'nly poetry do forward lead.
And diverse measure diversely do tread.
" For rhetoric clothing speedi in rich anay,
In looser numben teacheth her to range.
With twenty tropes, and turnings ev'ry way.
And various figures, and licentjous change ;
But poetry with rule and order strange
So curiously doth move each sii^gle pace.
As all is marr'd if she one foot misplace.
" These arts of speech the guides and marshals
But logic leadeth reason in a dance,
Reason the connoisseur and bright load-star,
In this world's sea t' avoid the rock of chance.
For with close following and continuance
One reason doth another so ensue,
As in conclusion still the dance is true.
" So Munc to her oWn sweet tunes doth trip.
With tricks of three, five, eight, fifteen, and mo
So doth the art of numb'ring seem to skip
From even to odd, in her proportion'd score ;
So do those skills, whose quick eyes do eiplort
The juBt dimension both of earth and heaven.
In all their rules observe a measure even.
'■ Lo this is Dancing's true nobility ;
Dancing the child of Music and of Love ;
Dancing itself both love and harmony.
Where all agree, and oil in order move ;
The besv'n's true figure, and th' earth's ornament. "
llie queen, whose dainty ears had borne too long
The tedious pruse of that she did despise.
Adding once more the muuc of the tongue
To the sweet speech of her alluring eyes,
B^an to answer in such winning wise.
As that forthwith Antinous' tongue was ty'd.
His eyes lost Gi'd, his ears were open wide.
" Forsooth," quoth she, " greet glory you have won,
To your trim minion Dancing all this while,
By biasing him Love's first-begotten son ;
Of ev'ry ill the hateful father vile
That doth the world witli sorceries beguile:
Cunningly mad, religiously profane.
Wit's monster, reason's canker, sense's bane.
" Love taught the mother that unkind desire
To wash her hands in her own in&nt's blood j
Love taught the daughter to betray her sire
Into most base and worthy servitude ;
Love taught the brother to prepare such food
To featt his brother, that the all-seeing Sun,
Wrspp'd in a cloud, that wicked sight did shun.
" And ev'n this self same Love hath dandng taught.
An art that sboweth th' idea of his mind
With vaiimess, frenzy, and misorder fraught ;
Sometimes with blood and cruelties unkind :
For in a dance, Tereus' mad wife did find
Fit time and place, by murder of hei ion,
'P avenge the wrong his tndtorous rire had done.
<■ What mean the mermaids, when they dance and
But certain death unto the mariner ? [sing>
What tidings do the dancing dolphins bring,
But that some dangerous storm appraacheth near ?
Then sith both Love and Dancing liveries bear
Of such ill hap, unhappy may I prove.
If sitting free I cither dance or love."
712 DAA
Tet one* iffia AntiiiDu* did r«pl; ; i
" Gteat queeo, coDdemn not Loye^ tbe innoceal.
For thin miicbieToiu liut, which milotiiisl;
Uaurpi his nAme^ And Btuli Iria OTnankent -
For UiM true Lots which dancing did iDTCDt,
Ii lie that tuu'd the world's whole humany.
And iiok'd all men in iweet widety.
" He Gnt eitrscted fiom th' eBrth-mingled mind
That beai'iily fire, or quintesseDce divine.
Which dolh such sympathy in beauty find,
As is between the elm and fruitful vine.
And M to boutjr e>er doth incline :
life's life it is, and cordial to the heart.
And of our better part the better part.
" Tfaia ii true Love, by that true Cupid got.
Which danceth galUards in your un'rou* eyes.
But to your fnuen heart approachetfa not.
Only your heart he dares not enleiprise ;
And yet through every other part ha flies.
And every where be nimbly danceth now.
That in youiself, youraeif perceive not how.
^ For your iweet beauty daintily transfus'd
With due proportion tlirooghout ev'ry part,
What is it but a dance, where Love hath us'd
His finer cunning, and moi« curious art ;
Where all the elements themselves impart.
And turn, and wind, and mingle with rnich measure.
That th' eye that sees il, surfdts with the pleasure ?
" Love in the twinkling of yuur eyelids danceth,
Love danceth in your pulses and your veins.
Love when you sew, your needle's point advanceth.
And maliea it dance a thousand curious strains
Of winding rounds, whereof the form remains:
To show, that your fiur hands can dance the bay,
Which your fine feet would l«m aa well as they.
« And when your ivory fingers touch the ttrings
Of any siller sounding instrument,
Love malieB them dance to those sweet murmuringi,
Witb busy skill, and cunning eicellent ;
O that your feet those tunes would represent
With artiarial motiona to and fro,
lliat Love this art in ev'ry part nught show !
" Yet your (aa soul, wliich came from heaven abore
To rule this house, another hesv'n below.
With divers powers in harmony doth more,
And all the virtiKS that Irom her do flow,
In a round measure hand, in hand do go :
Could I now see, aa I concave thii dance,
Wonder and love would cast me in a trance.
" Tlie (idlest jewel in all the heav'nly treasure
That ever yet unto the earth was shown,
I* perfect concord, the only perfect pleaaiu«
That wretched eaith-bom men have ever known ;
For many bearta it doth compound in one :
That what so one doth will, or npeak, ot do,
With one consent they all agree thereto.
•' Concord's true picture stunetb in this art.
Where divers men and women ranked be.
And every one doth dance a aeteral part.
Yet all as one, in measure do agree.
Observing perfisct uniformity :
All turn together, all together trace,
And all together honour and embrace.
" no* Love Inventor of diDdBg.
« If they whom sacred lova hath Unk'd in MM,
Do, as ibey dance, in all thdr course ct lift ;
Never shall burning giief nor bitl« maan.
Nor &ctioui difference, nor unkind aOriJe.
Arise betwiit the husband and the wifis :
For whether forth, or back, or round he gn^
As the man doth, ao must the woman do.
What if by often interchange of place
SometimB the woman gets the upper liand 7
That is but done for more delightful gracei
For on that part she doth not ever stand :
But, as the measure's law doth '
Into her former place she doth tranacend.
" But not alone this correspondence meet
And uniform consent doth danang praise.
For comeliness the child of order sweet
Enamels it with her eye-ple«iing rays:
Fair comeliness, ten hundred thousand ways.
Through dancing sheds itself, and makes it shine,
With glorious b^uty, and with grace divine.
'* For comeliness is a disposing &ir
Of things and actions in fit time and place ;
Which dolfa in dancing show itself most dear.
When troops confus'd, which here and there do trace
Without distinguishment or bounded space,
By dancing rule into such ranks are brought.
As glads tbu eye, as ravisheth the Ihonght.
*' Then why should reason judge that leasonleas
Which ia wit's ofi^ring, and the work of art.
Image of concord and of comeliness ?
Who sees a clock moving in every port,
A sailing pinnace, or a wheeling cart.
But thinks that reason, ere il came to pass.
The first impuluve cause and mover was?
" Who sees an army all in rank advance.
But deems a wise commander is in place
Which leadetb on that btave victorious dance?
Much more in dancing's art, in danong's gr^ce
'Blindness itself may reason's footsteps trace :
For ifLove'i miat ititt/it eurkv* pM,
And if mon'^ymnHMp Oie Ime-Vroe kmt.
" But if these eyes of youn (load-«tan of love,
Showing the world's grant dance to your ■mud's eye]
Cannot with all their denunsliationa more
Kind apprehensiim in yoor fantasy
Of Dancing's virtue, and nobiUty :
How can my barbarous tongue win you tboMo,
Which heav'n and earth's fair speech could never da
■' O Love, my king ; if all my wit and powa-
Have done you all the serrice that they can,
O be you preaent in this present hour,
And help your servant and your true lie|
End that persuasion which I ent began :
For who in praise of dancing can persuside
With such sweet force as Love, whididancinf
Love beard bis piay*r, and swifter than the wind
Like to a page, in habit, bee, and speech.
He came, and stood Antinous behind ■',
And many secret* to his titoughta did teach :
At last a crystal mirror he did raach
Unto hi* hands, that lie with one rah view.
All forms therein hy Love's revnling ktkew.
■I A|aM>c*IotbeiUKr<p)loD«f(lBiK4D|lB that act.
And homblj bononriDg, g*Te it to the queen
With thia fair (peecb : " See funat queen," quoth
" The Ikimt nglit tbit erer shall be Ken, [he.
And th' <rolj wonder of pcHterity,
^nie richat work in Nature'! trenury j
Wluch she diaddna to ahow od thia Horld'i atage,
Aikd thitika it far too good fbr our nide age.
>' But in aDotfa^ world divided ^,
In the great, fortunate, triangled i^e,
Thtice twelve degree! remov'd from the north atu.
She will thia gloiioua wozknunship compile,
Wluch she hatb been conceiving all thia wiiile
ginxe the world's birth, end vill bring forth at laM,
When ail and twentj hundred jeais are paat."
Feoelope, the queen, when she had view'd
Hie strange eye-daxzling admirable sight,
Ftiu would have praii'd the state and pulchritude.
Bat she was stricken dumb with wonder quite.
Yet her sweet mind retain'd her thinking might :
Her revish'd mind in heav'nly thoughts did dwell,
But what she thought, no mortal tongue can tell.
Tou, itAy Muse, whom Jove the counsellor
Begot of Memorj, Wisdom's treasuress.
To yfmr divining tongue is given a power
Of uttering secrets large and limitless :
You CSD Penelope's strange thoughts eipreas
Which she conceiv'd, and then nouldfain have told.
When she the wondrous crystal did behold.
Her winged thoughts bore up her mind so high.
As that she ween'd she saw the glorious throne
Where the bright Moon doth sit in msgesty,
A thousand sparkling stars shout ber shone ;
But ibt lienelf did sparkle more alone
Than all those ttaonsond beauties would have done
If Ihej had been confounded all in one.
d delight, [snie.
As BDotti'd her mind witn sweet enchanting pleasure.
Although the various change amai'd her sight.
And her weak judgment did entangle quite :
Beaidc, thar moving niade them shine more clear,
Aa diamonda mov'd, mote sparkling do appear.
lUs was the picture of her wondrous thought ;
But who can wonder that ber thought was so,
8ith Vulcan, king of fire, that mirror wrought,
(Who things to come, present, and past, doth know)
As there did represent in livel; show
Set*- ThtnfiBotii thtie ;
With gracious, cheerful, and bmiliar eje
Upon the revels of ber court to amile ;
For so time's joumies she doth oil beguile -.
like oght no mortal eje might elaewbere see
So full of state, art, and variety.
For of her barons brave, and ladies ttir,
( Who had they been elsewhere most fair had been)
Many an incompaiable lovely pair,
With band in hand were interlinked seen.
Making iair honour to their sovereign queen j
Forward they pac'd, and did their pace apply
To a most sweet and solemn melody.
So subtle and so curious was the measure.
With so unlDok'd for change in ev-ry strain ; '
As that Penelope wiapp'd with sweet pleasure.
When she behetd the one proportion plain
Of her own web, waav'd and unweav'd again ;
But that her art waa somewhat less she though!^
And on a mere ignoble subject wrought
For here, like to the dlkwonn's industr}'.
Beauty itwlf out of itself did weave
So rare a work, and of such subtle^,
As did all eyes entangle and decdve.
And in all mind* a strange impressioD leave :
lu tbis sweet Udminth did Cupid stray,
And nercr had the power to pass away.
As when the Indians, naghbours of the morning.
In booour of the cheeifiil rising sun.
With pearl and pnnted plumes theiOMlveaadoniiiig,
A BoUsnn stately measure have begun ;
The god, well pleas'd with that fair honour done.
Sheds forth bis beam*, and doth thnr faces kiss
With that immortal {^orious fiKe of his.
tiGooglc
JOHN DONNE, D.D.
DikdHuch 31. 163t.
DoHifi was of Wclih eitnctiini, but ■ Londoner
by birth ; and related, on the mottaer^ aide, to Hej-
wood tbe £pigr»ininati!it, to RastaL the printer,
and to Sir Thomas More. He wa* bom in 1573,
and when imly eleien yean old, was placed at
Hertford Hall, Oxford. After three jean he
rauoied to Trinity College, Cambridge. He CO(A
no degree at either Upiiersitj, because be bad been
educated as a Fapltt. At the age of (erenteen he
was entered at Ijncoln's Inp, and b^an to study
the law. But shortly aAerwaids his father died,
leaTin); bim three thousand pound* ; upon whidi he
betook himself to better studies, though to a less
prudential course of life.
A serious, diflpamonate, humble, and religious
exBiuiaation of the points of dificrence bctwaen the
Romish and th* English church, termiiuted in his
Bincere and dutilfil conversion to the Protestant
bith. He afterwards accompanied Essex as a 10-
lunteer in the eipedition to Cadii ; ttaTslled in Spain
and Italy ^ and always repented that he had been
deterred, by the representaiiona of others, from pro~
ceeding to the Holy Land. The very interesting
story of his marriage, and of the narrow circum-
staoces to wUcb be was reduced, havias eipended
his patrimony in storing his mind, should be read in
the delightful narradve of Iiaak Walton.
Morton held the beneBce, which fae pn^iosed ta
TBCMe that Donne might be presented to it. Ami
it was not less generously declined^ Donne thought
that the irregularities of his youth, thorougbly aa hi
bad repented of them, and reformed hia course rf
life, might still expose bim to censure, and Ihst
censure, were be to enter into holy onleis, might
bring an undeserved reproach upon the saoed
calling. For this reason, sjid because be stood
in too much need of a certain maintenance not
to be influenced by that need in his indinatioo
aitd desire to accept the offer, be deemed it his dniy
to decline it. The latter motive no longer eiisled,
had set him above all reproach, when some ytars
afterwards he entered into ordors, at Morton's re-
peated exhortations, and by King Jameses cspedsl
desire. ThA.t Idiig loved learning, and knew hov
to appreciate learned men. Donne, as James had
expected, became a distinguished ornament of tbe
English cburchi and died Dean of St. Paul's, onltaa
last day of March, 1631.
Two years after bis death, his poems wm pub-
lished by bis son. He would have shown hhnitif
more worthy of such a lather, if he bad destroyed >
considerable part of them. Bell the booksdiet bit
included them in a General Collection of the Foett;
Chaucer being the only old poet in that coUerlii*,
and Spenser and Donne the only ones at our middk
age.
THE ANNIVERSARY.
All kings, and all their favourites.
All glory of honours, beauties, wits.
The sun itself (which makes times, as they pass)
Is elder by a year now, Chan it was
When thou and I first one another saw ;
All other things to their destnu:tion dnw 1
Only our love hath no decay :
This no to morrow hath, nor yesterday ;
Running it never runs from tis away,
But truly keeps his flrst-last-«verlasting day.
Two graves must hide thine and my corse ;
If one might, death were no divorce,
Alas ! as well as other princes, we,
(Who prince enough in one another be)
^J|y|t leave at last in death these eyes and ears,
* with true oaths, aikd with swe«l salt tcan :
But souls where TMHbitig dwells but love ;
(All other thoughts being inmatn) then shall p
This, or a love increased there above.
When bodies to their graves, souls frcRu tfaeir gn
And then we shall be throughly bless'd;
But now no more than all the rot.
{ere upon earth we' are kings, and none but «i
Can be such kings, nor of such subjects be ;
Who is so safe as we? where none can do
TrcssoD to UB, except one of us two.
me and false feats let us refrain :
ua love nobly, and live, and add again
Yean and yean unto years, till we attain
vrite three scores this is the second of our rti
THE BAIT. — THE WILL. — THE FUNERAL.
THE BAIT.
CoMi. live with me, uid be my loi
lliere will the rirer whiBp'ring run,
Wami'd by thine eyes more than the «in i
And theie th' msmour'd fish will play,
Begging tbemselTev they may beCray.
Wbeo thou wih swim in that live bath,
Each fiah, which eiery channel hath,
Will amorouily to thee swim,
Gladder to catch thee, than thau him.
If thou ta be Meeen art loath
By sun n- moon, than darken'it both ;
And if my self have Ihtb to aee,
I seed not theiT light, having thee.
Let othera tnae with angling reeds.
And cut th«r !•«• with >faelli and weedi.
Or treadierously poor Sth bmet.
With itfaiigliiig inaie, or winding net :
J«t coane bold baoda from ilimy neat
The bedded fiih in benki out-wreM,
Or curioiu tniten aleaTe silk fliea,
Bewitch poor fiahea' wand'ring eyei :
For thee, thou naed'it no such deceit.
For thou thyielf art thine own baitj
That fish, that is not calch'd thereby,
Alas! it wiser far than I.
THi; WILL.
Biroaa 1 ogn my laat gasp, let me breathe,
OreU Ixne, toate le^oea; I beie bequeath
Hineeycalo Aitpis, if mine <yn can see;
irihey be blind, then, Iat^ I giTa them tbee ;
M y liH^pie la Fama; f ambawadore mine ear*
To woman, or tb* sea, my lean ;
Thou, Lote, ban taught me beretolbre
By m^ing roe h>*e her who'd twenty mrae,
Tliat I should girelonoiK, hut such OB had too much
Aly constancy I lo the planets give ;
Hy truth to them who at the court do live;
Mine ingenuity and <^>enness
To Jesuits ; to buffoons my pensiieness ;
llify silence t' any who abroad hare been ;
Hy money to a capuchin.
Thou, Lore, taugfat'st me, by sppointing me
To lore Ihcns, when no love receiv'd can be.
Duly lo giTe to such as have no good c^iacity.
My faith I give to Roman CalhoUci ;
All my good works unto Che schismatics
Of Amsterdam ; my best civility
And courtship to an univeraily :
My modesty I give to soldiers bare.
My patience let gamesters ahare.
Thou, Love, taugbt'st me, by making me
Love her, that hol^ my love diqiaritf.
Only (o give to those that count my gUli indignity.
I give my reputadon to thoae
Wtiich were my friends ; mine industry to foea :
To sdioolmen I bequeath my doubtfulneis ;
My aicknesB to pbyudans, or eicess {
To Nature all that I in rhyme have writ ;
And to my company my wit.
Hou, Love, by making me adore
Her, who begot this love in me befi>re,
Taugbt'st me to make, as though I gave, when I do
To him, for whom the pasaing-bell unt lolls,
I give my physic books ; my wrbtei) rolls
Of moral counsels I to Bedlam give ;
My brazen medals, unto them wbicb live
In vraut of bread ; to them, which pass among
All foreigners, mine English tongue.
Thou, Love, by rosUng me love one.
Who thinks her friendsliip a fit portion
For younger lovers, dost my gifts thus dispropor'
Therefore I'll give no more, but I'll undo
The world by dying ; because Love dies too-
Then all your beauties vrill be no mine wortfa
Than gold In mines, where none doth draw it forth ;
And sll your graces no more use shall have,
lian a sun-dlat in a grave.
Hou, Love, taugbt'st me, by making me
Love her, who doth n^lect berth me and thee,
T* invent aud practise this one way, t' annihilate all
THE FUNERAL.
WaoKvia comes to shroud me, do ttot harm
Nor qtiesdon much
That subtle wreath of hair about mine arm ;
The mystery, the tign, you must not toticb.
For t is my outward soul,
Viceroy to that, which unto heav'n being gone.
Will leave this to control,
And keep these litnbs, lier provincea, tma diaaolu-
For if the sinewy thread my brain lets fall
Through every part,
Can tie thue parts, and make me one of all; [art
llMMe hails, which upward grow, and strength and
Have from a better brain.
Can better do t ; except she meant that I
By this should know my pain.
As prisnnera then are manacl'd, when they 're con-
demn'd to die.
Whale'er she meant by t, bury it iritb me.
For since I am
Love's martyr, it might breed idolatry,
If into other hands these relics came.
Aat was humility
T aSbrd to it all that a soul can do ;
So 'tis some bravery,
lliat, since you would bave none of me, I bury some
jOO^Ic
THE RELIQUE.
Wbui m; grave ii broke up again
Some tecond guest to eomtain,
( For graves bkTe leain'd thai woman-bead.
To bu to more tbaa one a bed)
Aod be tbat digs it, spies
Abrwwletol biiaht hair about the bone.
Will be not let us alone,
And tliinlE that there a loving couple lies.
Who thought that this device might be some way
To moke their Eoult, at the lost busy ds;,
Meet at thii grave, and make a little stay ?
If this fiUl in a time, or land.
Where nuES-devotian doth Mmmatld,
Then he that digs o« up, will bring
Ui to the bishop, or the king,
To moke UI reliques ; then
jRiou shall be a Maij Magdalen, and I
A something else thereby ;
All women shall adore us, and some men ;
And since at such time miracles are sought,
I would have that age by this paper taught
What miracles wa harmless lovers wrought.
Vint wa lov'd well and raithfuUy,
Tet knew not what we lov'd, nor why ;
Diff'rence of sei we never knew,
No more than guardian angels do ;
Coming and going we
Perchance might kiss, but yet between those meals
Our bands ne'er touch'd the seals.
Which Nature, injur'd by late law, set free:
TIksc miroclea we did ; but now, alas !
All measure and all language I should pass.
Should I tell what a miracle she was.
LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN,
Not, that in colour it was like tby hair,
Armletsofthat thou may'st still lei me wear:
Nor, that thy band it oft embroc'd and kisa'd.
For so it bad that good, which ofl I miss'd :
Nor for thol ally old morality.
That OS these links were knit, our loves should be ;
Mourn I, that I thy sevenFold chain have lost;
Nor for the luck's sake ; but the bitter cost.
O 1 shall twelve righteous sjigels, which as yet
No leaven of vile sohler did admit }
Nor yet by any way have stray'd or gone
From the first state of their creation ;
Angels, which Heaven commanded to provide
All tlungs to me, and be my faithful guide ;
To gain new friends, t' appease old enemies ;
To comfort my soul, when Ilie or rise :
tfh.ll these twelve innocents by thy severe
Sentence (dread judge) my sins great burden bear?
Shall they be damn'd, and in the furnace thrown.
And punish'd for offences not their own ?
They save not me, they do not ease my p«ns.
When in thai bell they're burnt and ty'd in chaini :
W«re they but crowns of France, J cved not.
For most of them their natund country rot
le htre to lu,
I think posseesetb, tbey oal
So pale, so lame, so lean, si
And bowsoe'er French kings moU CknUian he,
Tfadr crowns are circumcis'd most Jewiahly ;
Or were they Spanish stamps still travelling.
That an become as catholic as their king.
Those unlick'd bear'Wbdps, unSl 'd pistolel^
That (more than cannon-shot) avails or lelx.
Which, negligently left unrounded, locA
Like many angled figures in the book
Of some dread conjurer, that would enforce
Nature, as these do justice, from her co>ine>
Which, as the soul quickens head, feet, and heart.
As streams like veins run through Ih' earth's ev4y
Viiit all countries, and have sUly made (pwV
Gorgeous France ruin'd ; ragged and deeay'd
Scotland, which knew no state, proud io One day \
And mangled seventeen-headed Belgia:
Or were it such gold OS that, wberewitholl
Almighty cbymica fronk each mineral
Having by subtle fire a soul out-pull'd,
Are dirtily and desperately guU'd :
I would not spit to quench the fire they 're in.
For they are guilty of much heinous sin.
But shidl my harmless angels perish ? Shall
I lose my guard, my ease, my food, my all ?
Much hope, which they should nourish, vrillbedead;
Much of my able youth, and lusty head
Will vanish, if thou, love, let than alone.
For thou wilt love me less, when they are gone ;
And be content, that some lewd squeaking crier.
Well pleos'd with one lean thread-bare groat for Ure,
May like a devil roar through every sbieet.
And gall the finder's conscience, if tbey meet.
Or lot me creep to some dread conjurer.
That with fantastic scenes fills full much p^er ;
Which hath divided heaven in tenements, {mta
And with whores, thieves, and murderers, stuff'd his
So full, that though be pass them all in lin.
He leaves >iiT»m»lf no room to enter in*
But if, when all bis art and time is qient.
He say 'E will ne'er be found, yet be content ;
Receive from him the doom ungrudgingly.
Because he is the mouth of Destiny.
Thou say'st, alas \ the gold doth still remain.
Though it be chsng'd, and put into a chain j
So in the first lall'n angels resteth still
Wisdom and knowledge, but 't is tum'd to ill :
As these should do good wcnks, and should pnmde
Necessities ; but now must nurse thy pride i
And they are still bad angels; mine are none:
For form gives being, end their form is gone:
Pity these angels yet : their dignities
Poas virtues, powers, and principalities.
But thou art resolute ; tby will be done ;
Yet with such anguish, as her only son
The mother in the hungry grave doth lay.
Unto the fire these martyrs 1 betray.
Good souls, (for you give Ufb to every thing)
Gotid angels, (for goixl messages you brin^
Destin'd you might have been to such an one,
A* would have lot'd and worshipp'd you alone t
One that would suffer hunger, nakedness.
Yea death, ere be would nuke your number less.
But I am guilty of your sad decay :
May your few fellows longer with me stay.
But ob, thou wretched finder, whom I bate
So, that I almost pity thy estate,
Gold being the heaviest metal amongst all,
Miy my most heavy curse upon thee MI :
Firtt nuy*it thou be ; then chain *d to helluh paiikB
Or b* with foiagn gold bfib'd to betraj
Tbj couDUy, and Ml both of It and tby pay.
Foiaon, vboae nimble fume rot thj moiat bruD :
Or libels, or tome iattirdjcted thii^.
Which, oegligeDtly kept, thy ruin bring.
Lust-bred diaeaaea rot thee^ and dwell with thee
Itching desire, and no ability.
Hay ^ the evils, that gold tier wrought [
All mjichief, that all deiils erer tfaougbt;
Want after plenty ; poor aod gouty age ;
The plague of tnTaileis, loie aod marriage.
Afflict thee ; and at thy life's last moment
May tfay aWoln siiu themselves to thee preaenL
But 1 forgiie : repent, Ibou honest man :
Gold ii restoratiTe, restore it then :
But if that from it thou be'at loth to part.
Because 't is cordial, would 'twere at thy heart.
TO SIR HENRY GOODYERE.
Who makes the laM ■ pattern for neit year,
Tumsnonewleaf,butstiil the same things reads;
Seen thing* be sees again, heard things do^ hear.
And makes his life but like a pair of beads.
A palace when 't is that which it should be,
LeUTes growing, and stands such, or else decays :
But be which dwells there, is not so ; for be
Strires to urge upward, and his fortune raise
So bad your body her morning, bath her noon.
And (hall not better, her next change is night :
But ber fair larger guest, t' whom son and moon
Are sparks, and short-liv'd. claims another right.
The noble soul by age grows lustier,
Her ^petite and her digestion mend ;
We must not starve, nor hope to pamper her
With woman's milk and pap unto the end.
Provide you manlier diet ; you have seen
Alllibrsries, whirb are schools, camps.and courts;
But ask your gamers, if you have not been
In harvnt too indulgent to your sports-
Would you redeem it ? Then younelf trmaplant
Awhile fium hence. Perchance outlandish ground
Bean no more wit than ours ; but yet more scant
Are thoae diversions there which here abound.
To be ■ stranger hath that benefit.
We can beginnings, but not habits choke.
Go. Whither? Hence. You get, if you forget;
New faults, till they prescribe to us, are smoke.
Our aoul, whose country's heaVn, and God Mr &tber.
Into this world, comiption'i sink, is scot ;
Yet so much in her travail she doth gather.
It pays you well, if it teach you to spare.
And make you atham'd to make your hawk's
praise yours.
Which when herself she leMens in the air.
You then first say, that high enough aba towT*.
Howerai, keep ttw U*ely tasta yon h<
Of God, love him now, but fear hi
I.et faJsehood like a discord anger you.
Else be not froward. But why do I touch
Things, of which none is in your practice new.
And tables and fhiit-trendien leach as much :
Riding I had you, though you still slay'd there,
knd in these thoughts, although you never stir.
You came with me to Hicham, and are here.
COUNTESS OF BEDFORD.
And such, aa they aiv drcumstanc'd, they be^
Two ills can ne'er perplex us, sin t'eicus^
But of two good things we may leave or dwose.
Therefore at court, which is not virtue's clime,
Where a transcendent height (as lownen me)
Makes her not see, or not show ; all my rhyme
Your virtues diallenge, which there rarest be ;
For as dark texts need notes ; some there must bs
To usher virtue, and aay, This is ahe.
So iu the couutr-y's beauty. To this place
You are the season, madam, you the day,
'T is but a grave of spices, till your face
Exhale them, and a thick close bud displey,
Widow'd and reclus'd else, ber sweets ah' eitthrinea ;
As Cliina, when the sun at Brasil dines.
Out from your chariot morning breaks at tugbt.
And falsifies both compulation* so ;
Since a new world doth rise here ttom your light.
We your new creatures by new reck'ning* go.
This shows that you from nature loathly atray.
That suffer not an artificial day.
In this you 've made the court th' antipodes.
And will'd your delegate, the vulgar sun,
To do profane autumnal offices,
Whilst here to you we sacrifices run ;
And whether priests or orgaoi, you w' obey.
We sound your influence, and your dictate* aaj.
Yet to that dcjty which dwells in you.
Your virtuous soul, I now not sacrifice ;
These are petitions, and not hymna ; they me
But that I may aurvey the edifice.
In all religions, as much care hath been
Of temple's frames, and beauty, aa riles within.
A* all which go to Rome, do not thereby
Esteem religions, and hold fast the beat ;
But serve discourse and curiosity
With that, which doth religion but invest.
And shun th' entangling labyrinths of schools.
And make it wit to think the mtet foola -.
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So in thia pilgrimage I would beWd
You u 70U 're Virtue's temple, not as sha ;
What khIIb of tender erytttl her infold,
'What eya, hands, bosom, her pure altars be,
And aiWr this survey oppose to all
Builden of chapels, you, th' Escuiial.
On these [ cast a lay and country eye.
Of past and future stories, which are rare,
I And you all record and prophecy.
Purge but the book of Pale, that it admit
No sad nor guilty legends, you are it.
If good and lovely were not one, of both
You 9fere the timnftcript And ongina],
The elements, the parent, and the growth ;
And every piece of you is worth their all.
80 entire are ail your deeds and you, that you
Huat do the same things still ; you cannot two.
But tbeae (as nicest school ditinily
Serves heresy to further or repress)
Taste of poetic rage, or flattery ;
And need not, where all hearts one truth pnifaM ;
Oft from new prooft and new phrase new doubts
grow.
As Etraoge attire aliens the men we luiow.
Leaving then busy praise, and all ai^)eal
To higher courts, sense's decree is true.
The mine, the magazine, the conumon-weal.
The itory of beauty, in Twicknam is and jwiu.
Who hath seen one, would both ; as who hstt been
In Paradise, would seek tfae chmibin.
TO MR, J. W.
All hail, sweet poet ! and AiU of more strong fire.
Than hath or shall enkindle my dull spirit,
I lov'd what Nature gave thee, but thy merit
Of wit and art I lore not, but admire ;
Who have before or shall write after thee.
Their works, though toughly laboured, will be
Like inikncy or s^ to man's firm atay.
Or early and late twilights to mid-day.
Men say, and truly, that they better be.
Which be envy'd than pity'd : therefore I,
Because I wi^ the beat, do thee enr;r =
O would'st thou by like reason pity me.
But care not for me, I, that ever was
In Nature's and in Fortune's ^fts, alas !
(But for thy grace got in the Muse's school)
A monster and a beggar, am a fool.
Oh, how 1 grieve, that late-bom modesty
Hath got such root in easy waien hearts.
That men may not themsdree their own good
Extol, without suspect of surquedry ;
For, but thyself, no subject can be found
Worthy thy quill, nor any quill resound
Tht wortli but thine : how good it were to see
'■>em in thy ptuse, and writ b; thee 1
Now if this aong be loo harsh for rhyme, jet as
The painter's bed god made a goni devil,
'T will be good prose, although the Terse be evil.
If thou forget the rhyme, as thou doM paaa,
TTien write, that I may follow, and so be
Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy aanee.
I shall be thought (if mine like thine I shape)
All the world's lion, though I be thy ape.
TO HR. B. B.
Is not thy sacred hunger of science
Yet salisly'd ? ii not thy bnin's rich hive
FulfiU'd vrith honey, which thou dost derive
Frum the arts' spirits and their quintessence?
Then wean thyself at last, and thee withdraw
From Cambridge, thy old nurse ; and, as the re
Here tougbly cbew and sHirdily digest
Th'u
t volumi
,nd begin soon, ieat my grief grieve thee too.
Which is that that, which I should have b^un
In my youth's morning, now late mtut be done
Lnd I as giddy travellen must do^
Which stray or sleep all day, and having lost
Light and strength, dark and tir'd muat then ti<
SIR HENRY WOOTTON,
Ama those rcv'rend papers, wboae soul is [name.
Our good and great king's lov'd hand and learM
By which to you he derives much of his.
And (how he may) makes you almost the same,
A taper of his torch, a copy writ
From his original, and a fair beam
Of the same warm and dauling Sun, though it
Must in another sphere his virtue stream ;
After those Iwned papers, which your hand
Hath stor*d with notea of use and pleasure too.
Prom which rich treasury you may command
Pit maljIsT, whether you will write or do ;
After those loving papen, which friends send
With glad grief to your sea-ward steps farewell,
Wliich thicken on you now, as pray'rs accend
To heaven in trtiaps at a good man's peanngbell;
Admit this honest paper, and allow
It such an audience as yourself would aak ;
What you must say at Venice, this means now.
And hath for nature, what you have for tadl'
To swear much lore, not to be chang'd before
Honour alone will to your fortune fit;
Nor shall 1 then honour your fortune more.
Than I have done your noble-wanting wit.
But "t i< an eunet load (tfaough both oppress)
To mnt thui gmtm grMtna* ; fbr ir« itre
In that, our own and only busiitea {
In thii, we must for o^ien' vicea rare.
*T IB theretbre well your spirits now are plac'd
For me, (if there be such a tlung as 1}
Fortune (if there be such a thing as she)
Spies that 1 bear so well her tyiannj.
That she thinks nothing else so fit fbr me.
But though she part us, to hear my oft prayers
For your iucreaae, God is as near me here ;
And to letid you what I shall b^, his stain
In length and ease are alike every where.
TO MRS. M. H.
i/txD paper, stay, and gmdge not here to bum
Witii ail thoee sons, wlumi thy bnin did create ;
At least lie hid with me, till thou return
To rags again, which is thy oatiTe state.
What though thou haTB enough unwortbinesa
To come unto great place as otbeis do.
That 's much, emboldens, pulls, thrusts, 1 couf^ ;
But t is not all, thou ahtMildst be wicked too.
And that thou ctnM not leani, or not of me.
Yet thou wilt go; go, since tbou goest to ber.
Who lacks but bulta to be a prince, for she
Truth, whom they dare not pardon, dares prefer.
But when thou com'st to that perplexing eye.
Which equslly claims love and reference,
^liou wilt not Long dispute it, thou wilt die ;
And having little now, have then no sense.
Yet when her warm redeeming hand (which is
A miracle, and made such to work more)
Doth (ouch thee (s^less leaf) tfaou grow*!! by this
Her creature, glorify'd more than before.
Then as a mother, which delights to bear
Her early child misspeak half utter'd words,
Or, because uuyesty doth never fear
111 or bold speech, she audience aSbrds.
And then, cold speechless wretch, tbou dieet again.
And wiKly ; what <Uscour*e is left for thee ?
From speech of ill and her tbou must abstain?
And is there any good which is not she?
Yet may'st thou praise her servants, though not her ;
And wit and virtue and honour her attend.
And since they 're but her clothes, thou shalt not err.
If thou her shape and beauty and grace commend.
Who knows thy destiny ? when thou hast done.
Perchance her cabinet may harbour thee.
Whither all noble amIntiDUS wits do run ;
A nest almost aa full of good as she
When thou art there, If any, whom we know.
Were sav'd before, uid did that heaven pvtake.
When she revolves his papers, mark what show
Of fevour she, alone, to them dolh make.
Mark if, to get them, she o'er-skip the re<it,
Mark if she read them twice, or kies the name ;
Mark if she do tlie same that they protest ;
Mark if she mark, whither her woman came.
Mark If shght things b' objecied, and o'eiblown,
Mark if her oaths against him be not still
Reserv'd, and that she grieve she's not her own.
And chides the doctrine that denies free-will.
Nor to make myself her familiar ;
lul so much I do love her choice, that I
Would fain love him, that shall be lov'd of her.
ANATOMY OF THE WORLD.
TotheiK
■t of the dead, and lie Bitntomy.
vorld, that vre might live to see
Wkll dy'd the w.
Hiis world of wit
No evil wants his good ; so wilder heirs
Bedew their father's lombs with forced laars,
Whose'state requites Iheirloss: while thus we gain,
Well may we walk in blacks, but not complain.
Yet how can I consent the world is dead.
While this Muse lives? which in his spirit's stead
Seems to inform a world, and bids it be.
In spite of loss or frail mortaUty 7
And thou the subject of this well'bom thought.
Thrice noble maid, couldst not have found nor sou^U
A titter time (0 yield to thy ssid fate,
Than while this spbit lives, that can relata
Thy worth so well to our last nephew's eyne.
That they shall wonder both at his and tlune :
Admired match ! where strives in mutual grace
The cunning pencil snd the comely face ;
A task, which thy fair goodness mode too much
For the bold pride of vulgar pens to touch :
Enough it is to praise them that praise thee.
And say, that but enough those praises be,
WJiich, badst thou hv'd, had hid their fearful head
From Ih' angry checkings of thy modest red :
Oealh bars reward and shame ; when envy's gone.
And gain, 't is safe to give the dead their own.
As then the wise Egyptians wont to lay
More on their lombs than houses; these of cU^,.
But those of brass or marble were : so we
Yet what we give to thee, tbou gav'n to us.
And may'st but thank thyself, for being (bus i
Yet what thou gav'st and wert, O happy maid.
Thy grace profess'd all due, where 't is repaid.
So thfw iu){Ii songs, that lo thee suited bin,
Serve but to sound thy Maker's praise and thine ^
WhU'li thy dear soul as sweetly sings to him
Amid the choir of saints and seraphim.
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As an; angeb' tongoM On ring of thee ;
The subject* diS^r, tbough the «kill agree i
For ■! hj iniuit jean men judge of age,
Thjr early love, thj virtuee did presage
What high port thou bear'st in ihoec best of songs.
)unien
d belon
Kng on, tbau virgin soul, whose loaiful gai
Tfa; love-siclc parents have bewail'd id vain
Never may thy name be in longB fbrgot,
Till we shall ung thy diUy and thy note.
AN ANATOMY OP THE WORLD.
Wain that rich soul, which to ber beav'n is goiw.
Whom alt do celebnte, who know th^ 've on^
iFor who is sure he hath a soul, unices
t see, and judge, and follow worthiness^
And by deeds pnise it ? hd who doth not this.
May lodge an inmate sou], but t is Dot his)
When that queen ended here her proffress lime.
And as t' her standing house to hesT^i did climb ;
When, loath to make the saints attend her long.
She 's now a part both of the cboir and song ;
This world in that great earthquake languiahed ;
For in a common both of tears it bled.
Which drew the ttmngsit rital spirits out :
But luccour'd them with a perplexed doubt.
Whether the world did loee, or gain in this,
(Because nnce now no other way therv is
But goodness, to see her, whom all would see.
All must endeavour to be good as she)
This great consumption to a fever tum'd,
And so the world had fits ; it joy'd, it moum'd ;
And ai men think that agues phyme ore.
And Ih' ague being spent, give over core :
So thou, sick world, mistok'st thyself to be
Well, when, alas ! thou -rt in a letbargj :
Her deaUi did wound and lame Ihee then, and then
Tbou might's! have better spar'd the sun, or man.
Tliat wound was deep ; but t is more miter]'.
That tbou bast lost thy sense and memory.
'T was heavy then to hear thy voice of moan.
But this is worse, that thou art speechless grown.
Thou hast forgot thy name thou hodstj tbou wast
Nothing but ^e, and her thou hast o'erpast.
For as a child kept from the fount, until
A prince, expected long, come to fulfil
The ceremonies, thou unnam'd hadst laid.
Had not her coming thee her palace mode ;
Her name defin'd thee, gave thee form and trome.
And thou forget'st to cdebrate thy name.
Some months she hath been dead, (but being dead,
Measures of time are all determined)
But long sh" hath been away, long, long; yet none
Ofl^ to tell us, who it it that 's gone.
But as in statex doubtful of future heirs,
When sickness without remedy impun
The present prince, tbey 're loath it should be said.
The prince doth languish, or the prince is dead ;
So mankind, feeling now a general thaw,
A strong example gone, equal to law,
The cement, which did fUthTnlly compact
And give all viilues, now tcsolv'd and slack'd,
Thought it some blasphemy to say di' '"'
Or that our weakness
thereftra tpoke iw more^
Than tonguaa, the soul being gmw, the Iob depks*.
But though it be too lat« to succour thee.
Sick iroi^d, yea dead, yea putrifled, since sbe.
Thy intrinsic balm and thy preservatiTe,
Can never be renew'd, thou never live;
I (since no man can make thee lire) irill try
What we ma; gain by thy anatomy.
Her death hath taught us dearly, that tbou art
Corrupt and mortal in thy purest part.
Let no man say, tb« world itself being dead,
'T is Uboui lost to have discovered
The world's infiruitica, since there is none
Alive to atudy thu disirrtinn ;
For there 'a a kind of world remaining ttill ;
Though she, which did inaninute and Gil
The world, be gone, yet in this last long ni^t
Her gbost doth walk, that ii, a glimmering li^i^
A &int weak lore of virtue, aniT of good
Reflects from her On them, which undenlood
Her worth ; and though she have shut in all day.
The twilight of lier memory doth slay ;
Which, from tbe carcati of the old irorld fVee,
Creates a new world, and new creatures be
Produc'd ; die matter and tbe stuff of this
Her virtue, and the form our practice is :
And thouf^ to be thus elemented arm
These creatures from hom^bom intrinsic faaniiB
(For all aamm'd unto this dignity.
_ . tbringitin)
Tet because outwatd storms the strongest break.
And itrength itself by confidence grows weak.
This new world may be safer, bang told
The dangen and diseases of the old :
For with due temper men do then fbrego
Or covet things, when they tbeir true wor& know.
There it no h^th j physicians say that we
At best enjoy but a neutrality.
And can there be worse sickness than to know.
We are bom ruinous : poor mothers aj.
That children come not right nor ordoly.
Except tbey headlong come and &II upon
How witty's ruin, bow importunate
Upon mankind ! it labour'd to frustrata
Even God's purpose ; and made woman, sent
For man's relief, cause of bit languishment ;
Tbey were to good ends, and they are so still.
But accessary, and principal iu ill;
For that first marriage was our funeral :
One woman at one blow then kiU'd ua tO,
And singly one by one they kill us now.
And we delightfully ourselves allow
To that consumption ; and, profusely blind.
We kill ourselves to propagate our kind ;
And yet we do not that ; we are not men :
There it not now that mankind, whicb was then.
When as the sun snd man did teem to tbive,
( Jcsnt-tenants of the world) who should nirvivc ;
When stag and raven, and the long-liv'd tree,
Compared with man, dy'd in minority;
When, if a slow.pac'd star bad ttol'n amy
From the observer'! marking, he might stay
Two or three hundred yean to see 't agun.
And then make up his observaliOTi plain ;
When as the age wot long, the siie was great ;
Man's growth confte'd and recompena'd th« meal ■
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So tpndoiu anil large, tliat eray unil
Did a fiur kingdom and \a,Tge realm control ;
And irhen the ver; sCatiire 5iui erect
Did that soul a good way towards Hwv'n direct ;
Where is tbia mankind now? who liies to age,
fit to be made Methiualem his page ?
Alas ! we scarce li»e long enough to try
Whelbei- a tnie made clock run right or lie.
Old giandsires talk of yeiterday with sorrow:
And fur our children we resprre to morrow.
So ihort is life, that every peasant strives,
In a torn house, or field, to have three lives.
And as in lasting, bo in length, is man.
Contracted to an inch, who was a span ;
For bad a man at first in forests straj'd
Or shipwreck'd in the sea, one would have laid
A wager, that an elephant or whale.
That met him, would not hastily assail
A thing so equal to him : now, alas \
The fairies and the pygmies well n«i]F pass
As credible j mankind decays so soon.
We 're scarce our lalhen' shadows cast at noon :
Only dutb adds t' 01
Inst
en. till w
hold
But this were light, did our less volum
All the old text ; or had we chang'd
Tbeir silver, or dispos'd into teas gla—
SpiriU of virtue, which then scatter'd was ;
But t is not so : we 're not retir'd, but darap'd j
And as our boilies, so our minds are cramp'd :
' T is shrinking, not close weaving, that hath thus
In mind and body both bedwarf«t us.
We seem ambitious God's whole work t' undo;
Of nothing he made us, and we strive too
To bring oursdves to nothing back ; and we
Do what we can, to do 't as soon as be :
With new diseases on ourselves we war.
And with new physic, a worse engine fiir.
This man, this world's vice-empena-, in whom
All faculties, all graces are at home ;
And if in other creatures they appear,
"nw; 're but man's ministers and legats ttiere.
To work on their rebellions, and reduce
Tliem to civility and to man's use :
This man, whom Ood did woo, and, loth t' attend
Till man came up, did down to man descend :
This man so grnt, that all that is, is his.
Oh what a trifle and poor thing he is \
If man were any thing, he 's nuthing now ;
Help, or at least some time to waste allow
T bis other wants, yet when he did depart
With her, whom we lament, he lost his heart.
She, of whom th' andenis seem'd to prophesy.
When they eali'd virtues by the name of she ;
She, in whom virtue was so much refin'd.
That for allay unto so pure a mind
She look the weaker sei : she, that could drive
Tlie poisDDouB dncture and the stain of Eve
Out of ber thoughts and deeds, and purify
All by a true religious alchymy ;
She, she is dead; she's dead^ when thou know'sttlus,
Thou know'st how poor a trifling tlung man is.
And leam'st thus much by our anatomy,
Tlie heart being perish'd, no part can be fVee,
And that eicept thou feed (not banquet) on
The Bupematuial food, religion,
Tliy better growth grows withered and scant ;
Be more than man, or thou 'rt leas ttun an ant
ITien as mankind, so is the worid's whole ftame
Quite out of jpint, alnuiBt created lame:
For before Ood had made up all the rest,
Comiption ent^'d and deprav'd the best :
It seii'd the angels, and then first of all
The world did in her cradle take a fall.
And tum'd her brains, and took a general maim.
Wronging each joint of th' universal frame.
The noblest part, man, felt it first ; and then
Both beasts, and plants, ain'i in the cuise of man ;
So did the world from the first hour decay.
That evening was beginning of the day;
And now the springs and summers, which we see
Like sons of women after fifty be.
And new philosophy calls all in doubt.
The element of fire is quite put out :
sun is lost, and th' earth ; and no man's wit
Can welt direct him where to look for it.
And freely men confess that this world 's spent
When in the planets and the firmament
They seek so many new ; they see that this
umbled out again to his atomies,
all in pieces, all coherence gone,
All just supply, and 'ail relation :
~ ' ce, subject, father, son, are things forgot.
Every man alone thinks he haih got
To be a phenii, and tbat then can be
1 of that kind, of which he is, but he.
is the world's condition now, and now
that should all parts to reunion bow ;
that had all Tnagnetic force alone
To draw and fasten sunder'd parts in one ;
whom wise Nature had invented then.
Ofall fair copies, ■
Steward to Fate ; 1
Gilt the West Indies, and pcriun
eyesai
East,
I'd in tliia world did bestow
Spice on those isles, and bad them still smell so ;
And that rich India, which doth gold inter.
She, to whom Ibis world muBt itself refer.
As suburbs, or the microcosm of her ;
She, she is dead ; she's dead; when thou know'st this
Thou know'st how lame a cripple this world is,
And leam'st thus much by our anatomy,
That this world's general sickness doth not tie
.In any humour, or one certain part ;
yu seest a hectic fever bath got bold
Of the whole substance not to be control'd ;
And that thou host but one way not t' admit
The world's infection, to be none of it.
For the world's aubtl'st immaterial parts
Feel this consuming wound, and age's darts.
For the world's beauty is decay'd 01 gone.
Beauty, tbat 's colour and proportion.
We thittk the Inav'ns enjoy their spherical.
Their round proportion embracing all,
}ut yet tbeir various and perpteied course,
Obserr'd in divers ages, doth enforce
any eccentric parts.
Such divers down-right lines, such overthwarts,
A s disproportion that pure form : it tears
The firmament in eight and forty shares.
And in these canslellations then arise
New staia, and old do vanish from our eyes : [war.
As though beav'n suffered earthquakes, peace or
When new tow'n rise, and old demolish'd are.
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Tbej have inqial'd within ■ zodiac
The Ave-batn bud, and keep twelTe aigna >ink«
To watch bli itsps ; the goat and crab control
And fVight him back, who else to either pole
rDid not these tropics fetter him] might run :
Fur his coune is not round, nor can the sun
Perfect a circle, or maintain bis way
One inch direct, but where he rose tc
Heo
ing line
Steals by that point, and u> is serpentine i
And seeming weary of hia reeling thus.
He means to sleep, being now lUrn nearer us.
So of the stars, which boast that thejr do run
In drcle still, none ends where he begun :
All their proportion's lame, it unks, it swella ;
For of meridlBiiB and parallels,
Man hath weav'd out a net, and this net thrown
Upon the beav'ns ; and now they are his own.
Loth to go up the hill, or labour thus
To go to heav'u, we make hear'n conw to us.
y/e spur, we rein tlie stars, and in thdr race
They 're dJTersly content t' obey our pace.
But keeps the earth her round proportion atill ?
Doth nut a Teoarus or higher hill
Riae BO high like a rock, tlial one might tliink
The floating moon would ahipwreck there and sink i
Seas are so deep, that whales being struck to day.
Perchance to morrow icarce at middle way
Of th«r wiah'd journey's end, the bottom, die :
And men, to sound depths, so much line untie,
As one might justly think, that there would riae
At end thereof one of th' antipodes :
If under all a vault infernal be,
(Which Bure is apadoua, eicept that '
In*e
Millions into a strait hot room be thrust)
Then aolidnesB and roundness have no place :
Are these but warts and pockholes in the ihce
Of th' earth ? think so : hut yet coofeaa, in this
The world's proportion disGgui'd is ;
Tliat those two legs, whereon it doth rely,
Reward and punishment, are bent awry :
And, oh ] it can no more be questioned.
That beauty's best proportion is dead.
Since even grief itself, which now alone
Is left uB, is without proportion.
She, by whose lines proportion should be
Eiamin'd, measure of all symmetry, [made
Whom bad that ancient seen, who thougbt souls
Of harmony, he would at next hare said
TbaE Harmony was she, and thence infer
Tliat Boula wetG but resultsnces from her.
And did from her into our bodies go,
As to our eyes the forms from objects (low .
She, who if those great doctors truly said.
That th' ark to man's proportion was made.
Had been a type for that, as that might be
A type of her in this, that contrary
Both elements and passions liv'd at peace
In her, who caus'd all civil war to cease '.
She, after whom what form soe'er we see,
Is discord and rude incongruity ;
She, she is dead, she's dead 1 when thou know'it this
Thou know'st how ugly a monster this world is ;
And team'st thus much by our anatomy.
That here is notluog to enamour thee :
And that not only faults in inward parti,
CorruplionB in our btaini or in our hearts,
PiHsonlng the fountains, whence our actioos spring.
Endanger ua ; but thit if every thing
lot done fitly an
To aatiafy wise and good looken
e most mcai be such as most think they be,
They 're loathsome too by this defortoity.
For good and well must in our actons meeli
Wicked is not much wtnrse than indiacrost.
But beanty's other aecoBd elenkent
Colour and luab^ now is as near spenL
And had the world his just propcRtioo,
Were it a ting still, yet the atone is gone ;
As a compaaaionate turcoiae, which doth tell.
By looking pale, the wearer is not well :
Aa gold falls sidt beiug stung with mereuiy.
All the world's parts of au^ complexion be.
When Nsture was moat busy, the first week
Swaddling the new-born Earth, God seem'd to likt
That she should sport herwlf sometimes and play,
To mingle and vary colours every day ;
And then, aa though she could not make eaow.
Himself his variaua rainbow did allow.
Sight is the noblest sense of any one.
Tec sight hath only colour Co feed on.
And colour is decay'd i Summer's robe grows
Dusky, and like an oA-dy'd garment shows.
Our blushing red, which us'd in cheeks to ([mal.
Is inward sunk, and only our souls are red.
Perchance the world might hare reco*ered.
If she. whom we lament, had not been dead :
But she, in whom all white, and red, and blue
(Beauty'B ingredients) voluntary grew,
Aa in an unvei'd Paradise, from whom
Did all Ihingal verdure and their lustre come,
Whoso composition was miraculous,
Being all colour, all diapbanous,
( For UT and £re but thick gross bodiefl were,
And liveliest atones but drowsy and. pale tobcr)
She, ahe is dead ; she 'sdcadi when thou kncw'ittUs
Thou know'st how wan a ghost this oar wilrldB;
And learn 'st thus much by our anatomy.
That it should more affright than pleasure thee:
And that, since all fair colour then did sink,
'T is now but wicked vanity to think
To colour vicious deeds with good ptetenrt^
Or with bought colours to illude men's seaae.
Nor in ought more this world's decay Bmiean,
Thau tbat her influence tba brav'n forbears.
Or that the elements do not feet this.
The &ther or the mother barren is.
The clouds conceive nut rain, or do not pour.
In the due birth-time, down the balmy ^w«r;
Th' air doth not motherly ait on the earth,
To hatch her seasons, and give all thinga birth;
Spring-times were common cradles, but are toodii;
And false conceptiwiB All the general wombs;
Not only what they mean, but what tbey be.
Earth such new worms, as would have tniuliled Bi>k
Th' Egyptian magi to have made more audi.
What artist now dares boaat that he can biing
Heav'n hither, or constellate any tluug.
So aa the influence of those stars may be
Imprison'd In a herb, or charm, w tree.
And do by touch all which those stars could do?
The art is lost, and correapondence too ;
For heav'n gives little, and the earth takes lesi,
And man least knows their trade and pnrpoao.
If this commerce twixt heav'n and earth ircre ■«
Embsir'd, and all this traffic quite forgot.
She, for whose loss we have lamented thtis.
Would work more fliUy and pow'rftiUf on i> i ,
A FUNERAL ELEGY.
Slnaa barb* Mid Mota by dyitig low not all.
But Ihsr, w ubM too, "r* med'ciD^
Death could not quench bar viitue Kt, but Omt
It vouM bo (ifjuX ftllov'd) woodn'd M :
And «U tbe worid would be one dying nnn.
To dng her ftiMnl pniw, end renfah (hen.
But ■■ aDme HipeBfa pouon huiteth noli
Except it be trtm tbe Utb HtTpeiit abot ;
So doth her nitae neod bar bae, to fit
Hiat unto iu; (he wofUng more tlwii it,
But aha, in wham to auob matuiitjr
Virtue waa grown peat growth, that it muM die ;
She, from wbeaa (ndiMDce all impreiBOn came.
But br TecaJTer*! Impotences lame ;
Wbo, though Ae eovld not Vanautxtantlata
All itatH ta gold, yet gilded every itate.
So that tome prince* bars KiBie tomperenna ;
Some coiiiuwlJon eome purpoae to advanca
and MHoe |Kop1e bare
« kinn ifaould give, to crave ;
le taatumity,
« gnuiw of duadty.
Sfae, tint did thoa mucb, and much aure could do.
But that our Me was iron, and ruMy too ;
She, ibe is deadf ifae 'i dead ! when tfaou know'st thit,
Thaa know'et bow irj a cinder tliis world ii :
Aod leani'it Ibut laach by our anatomy,
Thet t li in nin to dew or molUTy
It with thy tears, or eweat, or blood : nuthiog
Is word) our tn*ul, grief, or perishing.
But Ihoee rich joys, wbicb did poeaeM her heart.
Of which she 'a now partaker, and a part.
But as JD cutting up a man that "a dead.
The body will not last sot, to have read
On erery part, and tberaft>re men direct
Their speech to parts, tfiat an of moMeftoti
So the world's carcaaa would sot laat, if I
Were punctual in thie aoatomr )
Nor amellf it well to baareta, if one tdl
Tbem their disease, who Ub would tbink Ibvy "re
well.
Here tbwefore be the end j and, blsiaed maid.
Of irtiom it meant whatorar hath been laid.
Or shall be spoken well by any tongue.
Whose name wSnea oearaa liooi, and makes prose
Accept this tStMKe, and Ua Ont year's rant,
Who, (ill his daA shon tier's end be ^ent,
As oft aa thy Aaat aaet Itna widow'd aartb.
Will yeariy eelakaite «fay,«eMnd Urtfa ;
That ii thy death ) dbr though the toul of man
Be got whcD man is made, "t ia bom but than.
When man doth die ; our be^ 's as die womb,
And, as a midwife, Daatfa dizeets it Lome ;
And you her eteatures wbom alie woiks upon.
And have your last and best eoncoelioii
From her eian^ and her virtue, if you
In rersrance to bar do Aink it due,
That no one rtiould bar praises thus rehearse ;
Ab matter fit fbr ehreoiele^ not loae :
Vouchsafe to call to mind that God did make
A last, end laaling'st piece, a song. He spake
To Moses to ddirer unto all
That song, baoaute be knew tfaay would let tall
Tbe law, tbe prophets, and tbe hiatory.
But ka^ the song Mfll in tbelr memory :
Such an opinion, in due measure, made
Me this great office baldly to iuTade :
He fVom tbwi NlfngtaimprisaQ her?.
Whicb when I saw that a strict grave eould do,
I aaw not why vsse might not do so too.
Taree hath a middle nature ; heav'n keepa aonla,
T)ie grave keeps bodies, verse the hme enrolls.
A FUNERAL ELEGY.
'T u leaa to iniat a tomb with tueb a gueat.
Or to confine her m a marble chest,
Alas ! what's marble^ jaat, la porphyry,
Piit'd with t|ie diryaolite of eilbor aye,
Or with diose paarb and nibiea winch die waa?
Join the two IndieainoDe tomb, 't ia glaati
Though eiery inch were ten Escurials ;
Yet she 's demoliah'd : can we keep her than.
In works of hands, or of the wits mT men 7
Can theee mamorials, tags of paper, give
Life to that name, by which name liny muat live?
Sickiy, alasl sbort-Uv'd, abortive be
Those carcass veries, whose soul is not she ;
And can alie, who no longer would be she,
(Being such a tabernacle) stoop to be
in paper wr^i'd i or when she would not lie
In such an house, dwell in an el^y ?
But 't is no matter; we may well allow
Vene to live to long as the world will now.
For ber death wounded it, Tbe worid containa
Princes for arma, and counteUora tot brains j
Lawyers for tongues, drioes for hearts, and more
The Itch for atomacbs, and for badt tbe poor ;
The officers for bands ; merchania for iWit,
By which remote and distant countries meet :
But those flue ^ilrlti, which do tune and let
This organ, va those piecaa, wUcb beget
Wonder and love ; and these were she t and she
Bang spent, the world mutt needs deia«pit lir ;
For sinee death will proceed to triumph ttill.
He can find nothing after her ta kill.
Except the world itadf ; to great was she.
Thus brave and confident may Nature be.
Death cannot give her such another blow,
Because the cannot luch another show.
ly she 's dead ?
But n
That as a sundred clock is .
Not to be lost, but by the maker's hand,
Rcpolish'd, without stout then to stand ;
Or, as the AMc Niger stream enwombs
ItseV into tbs earth, and after comes
(Having flnt made a natunl bridge, to pass
For many leagues) far greater than it was,
May 't not be said, that ber grave shall restore
Her greater, purer, firmer than before?
Heav'n may say tUa, and joy in 't ; btit nut wc,
Who live, and lade lier here, this 'vantage xoe? ■
What is 't to ut, alas ! if there have been
An angel imide a thnNW, or cherubin ?
We lose by 't : and at aged men are glad.
Being tasteless grown, to joy in joy* they bad ;
So now (he uck-ttarv'd world murt feed uptm
This joy, that we had her, nha now is gone.
Rqolce than, Nature and tins world, that you.
Fearing the last fire's hasf oing to sutidue
Your lorce and vigour, ere it were near gone.
Wisely bestow'd and laid it alt in one i
One, whose clear body was so pure and tbin.
Because it need disguise uo thought within ;
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'T vta tiut k throii(cb-Light Ecarf her mind t' enraU ;
Or eihalation liKBth'd out fivm ber soul :
One, whom all men, who durst no more, kdnuT'd ;
And. whom, whoe'er had worth enough, deait'd.
As, when a temple 's built, saints emulate
To whicli of them it shall be consecrate.
But as when heav'n looks on us with new eye^
Those new slara every artist exercise i
What place they should assign to them, the; doubt,
Argue, and agree not, till those ston ga out :
So the world studj'd whose this piece should be,
"nil she can be no body's else, aor she :
But like a lamp of batsamum, desir'd
Rather t' adorn than last, she soon eipir'd,
Clolh'd in her virgin-white integrity;
For jnorriage, tbough it doth not stain, doth die.
To 'scape th' infirmities which wait upon
Woman, she want away before ih' was one j
And the world's busy noise to oiercome.
Took so much death as sen'd for opium ;
For though she could not, nor could choose to die,
Sh' hath yielded to loo long an ecstasy.
He which, not knowing her sad history.
Should come to read the book of Destiny,
How fair and chaste, humble and high, sh' had been,
Much promisM, much perform'd, at not fifteen.
And measuring future things by things before,
Should turn the leaf to read, and read no more.
Would think that either Destiny mistook.
Or Chat some leaves were torn out of the book ;
But t is not so : Fate did but usher her
To years of reason's use, and tlien infer
Her destiny to herself, which liberty
She look, hut for thus much, thus much to die ;
Her modesty not suffering her to be
Fellow.<omniissioner wilh Destiny,
Slie did no more but die ; if after her
Any shall live, which dare true good prefer,
Every such perwm is her delegate,
T" accomplish that which should have been her fate.
They shall make up that book, and shall havetbanka
Of late and her, fo^ filling up their blanks.
For future virtuous deeds are legacies.
Which fiura the gift of her example rise ;
And 't is in heav'n part of spiritual mirth.
To see how well tbe good play bar an earth.
AK ELEGY
Looc on roe, Faith, and look to my fiUth, God ;
For both my centres fee! this period.
Of weight one centre, one of greatness is t
And reaaon is that centre, faith is this ;
For into our reason flow, and there do enil
All, that this natural world doth cwnprehend ;
Quotidian things, and equidistant bence.
Shut in, for man, in one circumlerence :
But for th' enormous greatnesses, which are
So disproponian'd, and so angular.
As is God's essence, place, and proridence.
Where, how, when, what souls do, departed hence ;
These things (eccentric d>e) on faith do strike -.
Yet neither all, nor upon all alike.
For reason, put to her best extension,
Almoat meeta fHth, and makes both centres qnt.
Asc.
that this prince would.
If then least moving of tbe cenlre make
More, thui if whole beU belch'd, the world to ahakc^
What must this do, centres distncted so.
That we see not what to believe or know ?
Was it not well beUev'd tiU now, that b^
Whose reputation was an ecatasy.
On neighbour stala^ which knew not why to w*k^
Till he discover'd what ways he would take ;
For whom, what princes angled, whan they uy'4
Met a torpedo, and were sluiniy'd ;
And other's studies, how he would be bent ;
great father's greatest ii
Andai
if peace unto Christiaiiity ?
Was it not wall believ'd, that he would make
This general peace th' eternal overtake.
And that bis times might have stietch'd out ao bi^
As to touch those of wluch they emblcma are ?
Fw to confirm this just behef, that now
The lost days came we saw heav'n did allovr.
Tint, but/rom his aspect and exercise.
In peaceful times rumours of wan should ariaa.
But now this faith is heresy : wa must
Sdli stay, and vei our great giandmntlier, Z>iist.
Oh, is God prodigal ? bath ha apeat his stora
Of plagues on us ; and only now, when more
Would ease u^much, doth he grudge misery ;
And will not let 's enjoy our curse, to die ?
As for the earth, thrown lowest down of al^
■T wer« an ambition to dewe to bll ;
So God, in our desire to die, doth know
Our plot for ease, in bang wretched so :
Therefore we live, though such a life we hav^
As but so many mandrakes on hia grave.
What had his growth and generation done.
When, what we are, his putrcAction
Sustains in us, earth, which griefs animate ?
Nor Juitfa our world now other seul than that.
And could grief get so high as heav'D, that quin^
Forgetting this their riew joy, would denre
(With grief to see him) he had stay'd below.
To rectify our erroun they foreknow.
Is th' other centre, reason, faster then ?
Where staled we look fitf that, nowwa'icuMMnt]
Of causes, now to ns tfaeqi can be none.
For, as if alt the substances were spent,
'T were madness to inquire of acodant ;
So is 't to look for reason, be being gone.
The only subject reason wrought upon.
If fate have audi a chsin, whose diverv liidEa
Industrious man djscemeth, as he thinki^
When miiacle dodi come, and ao steal in
A new link, man knows not where to bagisi j
At a much deader fault must reason he.
Death having broke off such a link as he.
But now, for us with busy proof to come.
That we 've no reason, would ^rove we had aotne j
So would justlamentalions: therefore ws
May safclier say, that we are dead, than he.
So, if our griefs we do not well dedare.
We 've double excuse ; he 's not dead, we are.
Yet would not I die yet 1 for though I be
Too narrow to think him, as he is be.
(Our souls' best baiting and mid-peiiod.
In bo long jouinay ot andimof God)
OBSEQUIES ON LORD HARRINGTON.
725
T«t (no ffisbonoiiT] I csn ntnh him thu*,
Ai be embnc'd the fires of loTS, with us,
Oh, ma; I (dun I lin) but tee or b«r,
That ■he-intelligence which moi'd this splwn^
I pardon Fite, mj life ; whoe'er thou lie.
Which lust the noble conicdence, thou art she :
I conjure thee bj sU the chums be spoke,
Bj Ih' OBlh*, »tncb only 70U two neier broke,
B7 all the touls ye aigh'd, that if ;au see
These lines, jou wish, I knew jour history.
So much, u yon two mutual beat'ns were here,
I wixe an angel, iiiij|ing what you were.
LOED HARRINGTON, ETC.
X->an learned by tbose laws, wtierein I am little
conTcrwDt, that lie which bestows any cost upon the
dead, obliges him which is dead, but not his heir ; I
da not tharefbre send this paper to your ladyship,
that you should thank me for it, 01 think that I
thank you in it; your favoun snd benefiCi to me
•re lo much above my merits, that they are even
abore my gratitude \ if that were to be judged by
irords, which must express it. But, naadam, since
^onr noble brother's fortune b«ng yours, the eyi-
dencet also concerning it are jroun 1 %o his virtues
being yuan, ibe eridences ronceming that belong
also to yaUf of which by your acceptance this may
be ima piece ; in which quality I humbly present it,
and as a testimony bow entirely your fkmily pos-
your ladyship's
moat bumble and Ihaukful sarrant,
JOHN DONNE.
Fiia loul, wUcfa irast not only as all souls be.
Then when thou wast infused, harmony.
But did'st continue so ; and now dost liear
A part in God's gnat organ, this whole sphere ;
If looking up to God, or dowisto us,
Tbou find tlut any way is pervious
Twiit bsav'n and eaitb, and that men's actions do
Come to your knowledge and affections too,
See, and with joy, me to that good degree
Of goodness grown, that I can study thee;
Aim by these mcdltaliaiu refln'd.
Can nuapparcl anJ enlarge my mind.
And BO can make by this soft ecstasy.
This placeamapof heat'n, myself of thee.
Tbou seeat me here at midnight, now all rest ;
Time's dead-low water, when all minds divest
To morrow's business, ithen the labourers have
Such rest in bed, that their last chuicb-yard grave,
Subject to change, will scarce be a type of this ;
Now when the clien^ whose last hewing is
DtTOw, sleeps ; when the condemned man,
[Who when he opes his eyes must shut them then
Again by death) although sad waich he keep,
Doth practise dying by s little sleep ;
Tbou at this midnight secst me, and as soon
All the frorld grows transparent, and I see
Through all, both church and state, in teeing thee ;
And I discern by favour irf' this light
Myself, the hardest object of the sight.
God is the glass ; aa thou, when thou dost see
Him, who sees all, seesi all concerning thee :
80, yet uugloiified, I comprehend
All in theK mirrors of thy ways and end.
Though God be our true ^ass, through which we see
All, since tbe being of all things is he,
Yet are the trunks, which do to us derive
Things in proportion, fit by perspective.
Deeds of good men : ibr by their being here,
Virtues, indeed remote, seem to be near.
But where can 1 affirni or where arrest
My thoughts on his deeds? which shall I call best?
For fluid virtue cannot be look'd on.
Nor can endure a contemplation.
As bodies change, and as I do not wear
Tbose spirits, humours, blood, I did last year;
And as, if on ■ stream 1 fix mine eye.
That drop, which I look'd on, is presently
Push'd with more waters from my sight, and gone :
So in this sea of virtues, can no one
Be insisted on ; vinua as rivers pass.
Yet still remains that virtuous man there was.
And as, if man feed oi
Part of hii body to another t
Yet at the last two perfect b<
Because God knows where .
So if one knowledge were IT
Who knew bis minutes well, tie migni oispose
His virtues into names and ranks ; but 1
Should ii^ure nature, virtue, and destiny.
Should I divide and discontinue so
Virtue, which did in one endrenesi grow.
For as he that should say, spirits are fram'd
Of all the purest parts that can be nam'd.
Honours not spirits half so much as he
WUeh says they have no parts, but simple be :
So ii 't of virtue ; for a point and one
Are much entirer than a million.
And bad Fate meant t' have had bis virtoes told.
It would have let him live to have been old.
3o then that virtue in season, and then this.
We might have seen, and said, that now he is
Witty, now wise, now temperate, now just :
In good short lives, virtues are fsiu to thrust.
And to be sure betimes to get a pLice,
When tbey would exercise, lack time, and space-
So vras it in this person, fore'd to be.
For lack of time, hi* own e^tome :
80 to exhitrit in few years as much.
As all the long-breath'd chroniclers can touch.
As when on angel down irom heav'n doth fly.
Out quick thought cannot keep him company :
We cannot think, now he is at the sun, [run.
Now through the moon, now through the air doth
Yet when he '« come, we know he did repair
To all tvfiit heav'n and earth, sun, muun, and air ;
And as this angel in an instant knows ;
And yet we know this sudden knowledge grows
By quick amassing several forms of tilings.
Which hi succesavety to order brings j
's flesh, and so
: of all those,
7«6 DOl
When Okj, wbon •low-.pac'd Uma tfami^tt saonot
So fiat M be, think thu he doth not so ; [go
JuBt ■» a perfect reader doth not dwell
On enrj sjllBble, nor Maj to spell.
Yet without doubt be doth dutinctlj lee.
And la; together every A and B )
So in ihan-ltT'd good men ii net underatood
Each seTerel virtue, but the compound good.
For tbey all virtue'! jiathi in that pMe tread,
As angela go, and know, and u men read.
O why should then these men, tbew lumps at balm,
Sent hither the world's tempeat to becalm,
Before bf deeds they are diSiit'd and spread.
And to make u* alive, theroKlvea be dead?
O, *out 1 O, circle? why so quickly be
Thy ends, thy birth, and death clos'd up in ibee ?
Since one foot of thy compaa Mill was plac'd
In Heav'n, the other might secuiely 've pac'd
In the most large extent through eTtry path,
Whicb the whole world, or man, th* abridgment
hMh,
Thou know'sl, that thou^ the tropic cirdei hare
(Yea, and those tmall ones which the pole* •ogmTa)
All the same roundness, eTeuneis, and all
The endleiEness of th' equinocliBl ;
Yet when we come to mewure die
How here, bow there, the nm affected ia ;
When be doth faintly work, and wWl prevail i
Only great circlca tben can be our scale i
So though thy circle to thyself expiCM
AU tending to thy endless happiness;
And we by our good use of it mtj try
Both how to live well (young) and bow to die.
Yet since we must be old, and age endure*
His torrid lone at court, and caUntunt
Of hot ambition, irreligion's ice,
Zeal's agues, and hydn^c aTaricc^
( loGrmitJes, which need the scale of tnitb.
As well as lust and ignorance of youth ;)
Why didst thou not ibi these give medicinea loo,
And by thy doing tell us what to do ?
Though as small pocket-clocks, wboee every wImsI
Doth each mif-motioD and ili-tampT feel ;
Whose bands get ■*— ^''mr palsiea ; and whiwa string
(His linewB) slackens; and wboaa toul, the spring
Expiree or languishes j and wbosa pulse, the Aee,
Either beats not, or beala Dnevenly ;
Whose voices the bell, doth ratdc or grow dumb,
Or idle, as men which to their last hour oome i
If these clocks be not wound, or b* wound etilV
Or be not sat, or set at every will j
So youth is easiest (o destnictiou.
If then we follow alt, or foUow none.
Yet as in great clocks, which in steeples chime,
Plac'd to inform whole towns, t' employ IhaiT dnU)
And errour doth more barm* being general^
When small clock's fkults only on tb* wearer &U:
So woi^ the faults of age, on which the eye
Of children, servants, or the state rely;
Why would'st not thou then, which hadst such a loul,
A clock so true, as might the sun coulnd.
And daily hadst finm him, who gave it thee.
Instructions, such, as it could iwver be
Disorder'd, stay here, as a general
And great sun-dial, to have set ui all 7
Oh, why would^t thou be an instrument
To this unnatural course ? or why consent
To this, not miracle, but prodigy.
That when the ebbs longa than Sowiiiga be,
Virtue, wbosa flood did with tfaj youth b^gia.
Should so much faatar ebb out than flow in 1
Though tier flood were bkrwn in by tby'firw broatK
All is at once sunk in the wbirLpool, death.
Which word I would not nama^ but that I «••
Death, else a desert, grown a court by liwe.
Now 1 unsure that Sm man would have
Good company, his entry ia • grave.
Methinks all dtias now but anI-hUU be.
Where when the several labourers I see
For children, house, provision, taking pain.
They 're all but ants, carrying ^gs, st _
And church-yards are our cities, unto which
The most repair, that are in goodness rich ;
There is the best concoune and confluence.
There are the holy suburbs, and from tbcoca
Begins God's city, new Jemsslem,
Which doth extend her utmost gates to than :
At that gate then, triumphant soul, dost thou
Begin ttay tiiumi^. But since laws allow
That at the triunipk.di7 tba people m^r.
All that they will, 'gainst the triunipher laj,
Ijet roe boe use that ftntdam, and expreaa
My grief, though not Is make thy triumph leaa.
By law to triumph* none admitted be,
"nil they, as magistrates, get victory ;
Though then to thy force all youth's foes did jiilil.
Yet till fit time had brought thee to that field.
To which thy tank in this state destin'd tbee,
lliat there thy counsels might get victory.
And so in that (spadty remove
All jealoutiet 'twizt prince and sul^ect's Icm^
Thou could'st no title to this triumph have.
Thou didst Intrude on death, usurp a grave,
Tlwn (though victoriously) thou hadst fought aa yet
But with tUne own aflections, with the hert
Of youth's desires, and colds of ignorance.
But till thou sbould'st successfully ailvanca
"ndne arms 'gainst foreign enemies, which am
Both envy, and acclamations popular,
(For both these engines equally defeat.
Though by a diverB mine, those which are gneal)
Till then thy war was but a civil war,
Fm" which lo triumph none admitted are ;
lOte are they, who, though with good succca,
In a
Befbrem
ts Nature p:
le battles w
1 triumph, t
ilarg^d, and m
Why sbould'st thou th
Thyself from those str
And to deliver up to iroa tnai siai*^
Of wlarii he gave tbee the viouiate,
(Which is thy soul and body) as entin
As he, who takes indentures, doth reifuiic ;
But didst not st^, t' enlaige his kingdom tai%
By maV'rg others, what thou didst, to da ;
Why sbould'st thou triun^h now, wbaa beavaa
Of one another in posseidon w
But this from Eriumph most disable* tba
Tbmt that place, which ia conquered, mit
Left safe from present war, and likely dr
And hath heleftusso?orcanitbe
This territory was no mora than be 7
No, i^e were all hi* diHgc ; the dioceae
Of every eiemplar man the whole woild i«t
ON LADY MARKHAM.
And he wu joioed in et
With tutular Higal), wot to ertrj me.
But though ttkia ireadom to upbnid and chids
Him wbo triumpb'd, were lawful, it wu ly'd
With this, that it might nerer raference baya
Unto the senate, who this triumph gave ;
Men might at Fompflf JcaC, but the; might not
At that uulhorit;, by which h« got
Leave (o triiuaph, before bj age he nught ;
So though, triumphant (oul, I dan to write
Mov'd with a reverenlial anger, thus
That thou lo early would'it abandun ua ;
Yet I am far from daring lo diipute
WitI) that great (Oiereizaty, whoae abaolute
Prerogative hath tfaua dupeuaed with thee
'Gainal Nature'i law^ which juit impugoen be
Of early triumph ; aod 1 (though with pain)
Iicaaea our leai, to magnify thy gain
Of triumph, when I lay it waa cnore fit
That all men ahould lack thee, than thou lack it
Though then in our times be not Bufier«l
That testimony of love uuto the dead,
To die with them, and in their gravea be hid.
As Saxon wives, and Prmcb aoldarii did ;
And though in no degree I can eipreaa
Grief in great Alexander's graat exceu.
Who al bis iriend'i death made whole towiu diveu
lli^ walla aud hulwarki, wMch iMcame them best :
Do not, fair soul, thii aacrifice refuse.
That in thy grave I do inter my Muse ;
Which by my grief, great as thy worth, being cast
Behind hand, yet hath spoke, and spoke ber last.
THE LADY MARKHAM.
MaK is the worid, and death tha ocean,
To which God gives the lower parta of roan.
Tliis sea enviroos all, and though as yet
God hath set marks aud bounds 'twixt us and it,
Yet doth it roar, and gnaw, and still pretend
To break our bank, whene'er it take* a iriend :
Tliea mir land-waters (tear* of paaaion) vent ;
Our waters then above our Armanent.
(Tears, which our soul doth for our sins let &1I)
Take all a brackish taste, and funeraL
And even those teait, which should wash BU, m sin.
We, after God, new drown our world again.
Nothing but man, of all envenom'd things,
Doth work upon itself with inborn sting*.
Tear* are false spectacles ; we cannot see
IlirDUgh pasaioo'a nrist, what we are, or what she.
In her this sea of death hath made no breach;
But as the tide doth wash the slimy beach.
And leaves embroider'd works upon the sand.
So is her fiesh reOn'd by Death's cold hand.
As men of China, after an age's stay
Do take up porcelain, whsv they buried clay ;
So at this grave, her limbec ^wfaich refines
The diamonds, rubie^ sapphires, pearls, and mine^
Of which this fiesh was) her soul shall inspire
Flesh of such stuff, ai Cod, when his last &re
Annuls this world, lo recompense, it shall
Uake and name them th' eliiir of this all.
They say, the sea, when it gains, losetli too ;
If carnal .Death (the younger brother) do
Usurp the body ; our soul, wbtA subject ta
To th> elder Death by sin, is IVeed by this ;
They perish both, when Aey attempt the just;
For graves our trophies are, and bMh Death's dusL
So, uoobnoxious now, she hath buried both ;
For none to death sins, that to sin is loath.
Nor do they die, which are not loath to die ;
So hath she this and thai virginity.
Grace was in her eitremely diligent.
That kept her fVom sin, yet made her repent.
Of what sTTUill spots pure white complains ( Alas,
How little poison cracks a crystal glaas \
She sinn'd, but just enough to let us see
That God's woiil must be true, off mnert bt.
So much did seal her conscience rarifr.
That extreme truth lack'd Utile of a lie ;
Making omissiDnB acts; laying the touch
Of sin on things, that aometime may be such.
As Muses' cherubins, whose natures do
Surpass all speed, by him are winged too :
So would her soul, already in heav'n, seem then
To climb by teats, the common Slain of men.
How fit she was for God, I am content
To speak, that Death his vain haste may repent :
How iii for ua, bow even and how sweet.
How good in all her titles, and how meet
To have reform'd this forward heresy.
That iromen can no parts of friendship be ;
How moial, how divine, shall not be told.
Lest they, that hear her vbtues, think her old ;
And leal we take Death's part, and make him glad
Of such a prey, and to his triumph add.
ON MISTRESS BOULSTRED.
Da4TH, be not proud ; thy hand gave not this blow.
Sin was her captive, whence thy power doth flow ;
The executioner of wrath thou art.
But to destroy the just is not thy part
Thy coming terrour, anguish, grief dt
Her happy state courage, ease, joy pronounces.
From out the crystal palace of her breast,
The clearer soul was call'd to endless rest,
( Not by the tbund'ring voice, wherewith God threads
But as with crowned sainta in heav'n he treats)
And, waited on by angels, home was brought.
To joy Ihat it through many dangers sought ;
The key of mercy gently did unlock
The door 'twiil heav'n and it, when life did knock.
Nor boast, the fairest frauie was mode thy prey,
Because to mortal eyes it did decay ;
llial though dissolv'd, it yet a space endures ;
No dnun Oiereof shall want or loss sustain.
When her best soul inbatuts it again.
Go then to people curs'd before they were.
Their souls in triumph Co tby conquest bear.
Glory not thou thyself in Ibeae hot lean.
Which our face, not for her, but our hann wears :
The mourning livery giv'n by Grace, not thee.
Which wills our soula in these streams wash 'd should
be;
728 DOl
Bliod were those ajsi, law not how bright did shine
Through fleib'i misty veil those besiDS divioe ;
Deaf were thi:ean,aM cbarm'd with that swoet lound,
Which did i' the spirit's ioatructed voice abound ;
Of flint the consciraoe, did not yicid and mult,
At what in her Ust act it aaw and felt.
We«p not, nor gniilge then, to have lost her ugbt.
Taught thus, our aft«-Ua; 'a hut a short night :
But by all souls, not by corruption choked,
l<et In high nis'd notes that pow'r be inioked ;
Calm the rough seas, by which she saita to rest.
From sorrows here t' a kingdom ever blest.
And teach this hymn of her with joy, and nog.
The grtivt If) conquest geti, Bealh halh no Uing.
ON MISTRESS BOULSTBED.
Death, I tccant, and say, unsaid by me
Wbate'ei hath slipt, that might diminish thee :
Spiritual treason, atheism 'C is, to say,
liiat any can thy summons disobey.
Th' Earth's face is but thy table ; there are set
Plants, cattle, men, dishes for Death to tat.
In a rude htmger now he laillioDs draws
]nla his bloody, or plaguy, or starr'd jaws :
Now lie will seem to spare, and doth more watte,
£Ming the best first, well preserv'd to lost i
Now wantonly he spoils, and eats us not.
But breaks off friends, and lets us pescemeal rot.
Nor will this earth serre him ; he sinks the deep.
Where harmless fish monastic silence keep ;
Who ( were Death dead) the rows of living sand
Might spunge that element, and make it land.
He rounds Che air, and breaks the hymnic notes
In birds', heav'n's choiistcra, organic throats;
Which (if tliey did not die) might seem to be
A tenth rank in the heaveniy hierarchy.
O strong and long-ltv'd Death, how cam'at thou in
And bow without creation didst begin ?
Thou host, and shalt see dead, before Ihou dy'tt.
All the four monsrchiea, and antichrist.
How could I think thee nothing, that see now
In all this all, nothing else is, hut tbou 7
Our births and lives, vices and virtues, be
Wasteful consumptions, and degrees of thee.
For we to live our bellows wear, and breath.
Nor are we mortal, dying, dead, but death.
And though thou beest (O mighty bird of prey)
So much reclaim'd by God, that thou must lay
AU, that thou bill'st, at his feet ; yet doth be
Reserve but few, and leaves the most for thee.
And of those few, now thou hast overthrown
One, whom tby blow makes notoura, nor thine own
To her soul, thou hast oSet'A at her lower rtiom.
Her soul and body was a king and court :
But tbou hast both of captain miss'd and fort.
As houses fall not, though the kings remove ;
Bodies of saints rest for their souls above.
Death gets 'twi>t souls and bodies such a place
As tin inunuates 'twill just men and grace;
Both work a separation
Her soul is
0 usher i
Because in ho- her virtuei did outgo
Her years, would'st thou, O etnulous Death, do to.
And kill her young to thy Iom? must the coat
Of beauty and wit, apt to do barm, be lost 7
What though tbou fbund'st her |voof 'gainst sins o4
youth?
Oh, every age a diveree nn pursu'th.
Thou should'st have stay'd, and taken better bcdd ;
Shortly ambitious ; covetous, when old.
She might have prov'd ; and sudi devatian
Might once have sttsy'd to superstition.
If all her virtues might have grown, yet mi^
Abundant virtue have bred a proud delight.
Had she persever'd just, there would have been
Some that would sin, mis-tidnking she did sin.
Such as would call bier friendihip love, and feigD
Or sin by tempting, or, not daring that,
By wishing, though they never told her irtiat.
Thus might'st thou 've slain more souls, hadst tbou
not cross'd
Thyself, and, to triumph, thine army lost.
Yet though these ways be lost, thou hast left one.
Which is, immoderate grief that she is gone :
But we may 'scape that sin, yet weep as much ;
Our tears are due, because we are not such.
Some lean, that knot of fHends, her death must coa^
Because ttie chain is \ttA» ; though no link loat.
nd death meets me as fast.
And all my pleasures are like yesterday.
I dare not move my dim eyes any way ;
Despair behind, and death before doth cast
Such terrour, and my feeble flesh doth waste
By dn in it, which it t'wards hell doth wngli.
Only ihou art shove, and when t'wards thee
By thy leave 1 can look, I rise again ;
But our old subtle foe so tempteth me.
That not one ItoUT myself I can suMain ;
Thy grace may wing rae to prevent his art.
And thou like adamant draw mine ircm heart.
II.
As due by many titles, 1 resign
Myself to thee, O God. Fint I was nude
By thee and for thee ; and, when I was decay'd,
Thy blood bought that, the which before was tfaiiie;
J am thy son, made with thyself to shine.
Thy serranl, whose pains thou hast still icpay*!^
Thy sheep, thine inuge, and, till 1 betrKy'd
Myself, a temple of thy spirit divine.
Why doth the devil then usurp on me?
Why doth he steal, nay, ravish that's thy right?
Eicept tbou rise, and tar thine own wsk figh^
Oh 1 1 shall soon despair, when I shall sea
That tbou lov'st mankind well, yet wilt not cImxM
And SaUui hates toe, yet is lodi to loaa mc.
IIL
Oh ! nlglit theae ilglu and tean tBtun mgtia
Into my bnnit and eyo, which 1 hiiTfl apenl.
That I migbt in tluB hot; disconteiit
Moam with lome ^it, as I have mourn'd in vain ;
In mine idoLaOy what thow^n of rain
Mine e;n did waato? what griefii mj heart did icac7
That auffieraiice waa my sin I now repent ;
'Cau» I did lu&er, I mu«t luSer pain.
Ill' hydroptic druijuu^ and night-KOUting thief.
The ilch; lecher, and aelf-tickling proud.
Have th* remembrance of past joja. Tor relief
Of coming ilia. To poor me is allow'd
Moeaie; for long, yet Tehemont, griefhaUi been
Th* efTect and cauae, the punishment and am>
IV.
Oa 1 my black soul, now thou art lummoned
By Bckneca, Death'a herald and champion ;
Thou 'rt like a pilgrini, which abroad hath done
TraasOD, and dnnt not turn to whence he ii fled ;
Or like a thicT, which till death'* doom be read,
Wiahetfa himself delivered from prison;
But damn'd and hawrd to execution,
Wislieth that (till he might b' imprisoned :
Yet grace. If thou repent, thou canst not lack ;
But who shall give thee that givce to begin ?
Ob, make thyself with holy mouroing black.
And red with bluabing, as thou art with sin ;
Or wash thee in Christ's blood, which bath this might,
Tliat, beiDg red, it dies red souls to white.
V.
1 AM a little world made cunningly
Of elements and an angelic spright ;
But black sin halb betray'd to endless night
My world's both parts, and, oh ! both parts must die.
You, which beyond that heav'n, which was most high.
Have finind new spheres, and of new land can write.
Four new aeas in mine eyes, that so 1 might
Drown my world with my weeping earnestly ;
Or wash it, if it must be dro«D'd no mom :
But oh it must be burnt ; alas ! the fin
Of lust and envy burnt it heretofore.
And made it fouler ; let their flame* retire.
And bum me, O Lord, witb a fiery seal
Of Ibee and thy house, wtuch doth in eating Iwal.
VI.
This is my play's last scene, here heavens app<^t
Hy pilgrimage's hut mile i and my mce, -
idly yet quickly run, hath Chit last pace.
My span's Ust inch, my minutes latest point ;
And gluttonous Death will instantly ui^nt
My body and soul, and I shall sleep a qiace ; .
But my ever-waking part ahall see that ftce.
Whose bar already sbskea my every joint :
Then as my soul to haav'o, her first eeat, takea flight.
And earth-born body ia the earth shall dwell,
So tall my sins, that all may have their ri^it.
To where tfaey 're bred, and would press me to 1
Impute me righteoiia, thus purg'd of evil ;
For thus I Icare the world, the fleib, tb« deriL
Vlt
At the round earth's imagin'd comers blow
Youi trumpeta, angala, and arise, arise
From death, you numberless infinitie*
Of souls, and to your scattered bodies go.
All, whom th' floiNl did, and firs shall overthrow ;
All, whom war, death, age, ague's tyraiiniea.
Despair, law, chance bath slain ; and you, wboae eyes
Shall behold God, and never taste death's woe.
But let them sleep, lord, and me mourn a space;
For, if above all these my sins abound,
'T u late to ask abundance of thy grace.
When we are tbera. Here oa this holy ground
Teach me how to repent ; for that 'i as good,
Aa if thou had'st saal'd my pardon with thj bloo«L
VIIL
Ir faithful amis be alike glorifl'd
As angels, diea my ftther's soul doth im.
And ^da this ev'n to Aill feUdty,
That valiantly I hell's wide mouth o'entiide:
But if our minds to these souls be desciy'd
By drcumstancea and by sgns, that be
Apparmt in us not immediately.
How shall my mind's white truth by them be tiy'd '
lliey see idoLstrous lovera weep and mourn.
And style blaaphemous conjurers to call
On Jesus' name, and pharisaical
Dissemblers feign devntian. Then turn,
O pensive soul, la God j for he knows beat
Thy grief, for be put it into my breaat.
IX.
It pmsonouj minerals, and if that tree.
Whose fruit threw death on (else immortal) us^
If lecherous goals, if serpents envious,
Cannot be damn'd, alas! why should I be?
Why should intent or reason, born in me,
Make sins, else equal, in me mora btanous?
And mercy being eaay and glorious
To God, in his stem wrath why threatens ha ?
But who am I, that dare dispute with thee 1
0 God, oh ! of thine only worthy blood.
And my tears, make a b^v'uly Lethean flood.
And drawn in it my nn'i blai^ memory :
That thou remember them, some claim aa debt;
1 think it mercy, if thou wilt forget.
Death, be not prood, though some have called tbee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;
For tboae, whom tbou think'at thou dost overthrow.
Die not, poor death ; nor yet mnat thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy picture be.
Much pleasure; tben&omtheemuch more must flow:
And ammcM our best man with thee do go,
Rest of their hoiws, and soul's delivery. [men,
Tbou 'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, inA desperate
And dost with pnson, war, and licknesi dwell.
And poppy or charms can make us sleep aa well.
And better than thy stroke. Whyawell'stthoutheD?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally ;
And d«Mb slwll be no paore, death, thou iball dia
XT.
Brtt In my Ihce, 70U Jem, and p(raiw nrf ^de.
Buffet uid Hcofff tcooTge and crucify id« :
For I tune Binn'd, and unn'd ; and only hc^
Who could do ao iniquity, hMb d;'d :
Bat by my death cannot be ntisfl'd
My UDS, which pau tha Jem' impiety :
liey kill'd once an inglorious man, l>ut I
Crucify him duly, being now glarifl'd.
O let me than h» itnnge lore gtiU admin ;
Kings pardon, but he bore our puniilnneDt j
And Jacob came, cloCh'd in rile hanh attire.
But to aupplant, and with gainful intent :
God clotfa'd hlmMlf in nla maa'a Seab, that so
He might be weak enough to auffar woe.
xir.
Wbv are we by all creatun waited on?
Why do the prodigal eleni«nl> iiqiply
Life and food to me, bong more pun than 1,
Simpler, and furtbac from cormplkin ?
Why hrooh'M thou, ignorant hone, lulgectiixi 7
Why do you, bull and boar, ao aiUily
Dinemble weakness, and by one nwn'a atroke di^
Wliaae whole kind you might awallow and feed up<Mi?
Weaker 1 am, woe'i mel and vone than you;
Tou have not Non'd, nor need be tunonnu.
But wonder at a greater, fbr to ua
Created natura doth these things subdnc j
But their Creator, whom lin, nor uatun ty'd.
For ui, hill cnaluioa, and hii foea, hatll dy^d^
XIII.
WoAT if this present wen the world's last night?
Mark in my iieart. O aoul, when tbou doat dwell,
The picture of Christ cnidB'd, and tell
Whether his countenance can thee affii|htt
Tears in his eyea quench the amsiing hght, [Ml.
Blood fills bis fivwna, which from his piMc'd head
And can that tongue adjudge thee onto beU,
Which' pny'd f^irgiTeoeas for hia fWe fierce spighl 7
No, no ; but as in my ididatry
I Slid to all my pnAne misticaaea.
Beauty of pity, foulness only is
A lign of rigour; so I say to thee;
To ^ticked spirits an honid sliapea aangn'd.
This baauleoui Dxm aasumee a piteous mind.
XIV.
Barm my heart, tfanc^ersou'd God ; fbr you
Ai yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend J
That I may rise and stand, o'ertbrow m', and bend
Your fotce, to break, blow, bunt, and make me new,
I, like an uanip'd town to knother due.
Labour V tdfnit you, but oh, to no end ;
Reason, your Ticeroy in me, we ihoald defend.
But is captiT'd, and pnrrea weak or untrue ;
Yet dearly I lore jou, and would be loT'd fain.
But am betrotb'd unto your enemy 1
Di*om me, untie, or break that knot agun,
Take me to you, imprison me ; for I,
Except yoii anthiall me, neTB shall he free ;
Nor erer cbasl«^ except you ravish me.
iv.
Wilt thou lore Ood, ai he thae7 then d^«al^
My Boul, tbia wboleaotne meditation,
How God the spirit, by angels waited oa
In heav'n, doth nuke his temple in thy br^ut ;
The Father having bwt a Son moat bbss'd.
And Kill begetting, (for be ne'er begun)
Hath deign'd to choose thee by adoption.
Coheir to his glory, and aabbatb's endless resC
And as a robb'd man, which by seaidi dotb find
His stol'n stuff sold, must lose or buy 't again :
The Sub of glory came down, and was stain.
Us, whom h' had made, and Satan stole, t' untntid ;
'T was much, that man was made like God befbrej
But, that God should be made like man, mtich man.
XVI.
FiTBia, part of bis double interest
Unto thy kingdnu thy Sim gives to me ;
His jointun in the luictty Trinity.
He keeps, and gires to me his death's oanquest.
This Lamb, whose death with lifb the hihM hal
blem'd.
Was from the winU's banning slain ; and be
Hath made two wills, wfaicti, with the legacy
Of his and thy kingdom, thy sons inieat :
Yet such are these laws, that men argue yet.
Whether a man thoae statutes CMi fulfil ;
None doth ; but thy all-bealing grace and ifnrit
ReriTS again, what law and letto- kill ;
Thy law's abtidgmant and thy last command
Is all but loye ; O let this last will stand '.
ODE.
u- Omits; but till
m youth a
VmaKaMCI w]ll nt abore oi
She there do sit.
We tf bar not, nor them. IIiub blind, yet still
We lead ber way ; and thus, whilst we do ill.
We sufiar it.
Unhiqipy he, w
Of doing ill
Enongh we labour Dnda age and can j
In niiDd>er th' errours of the last place are
Hie greatest still.
Yet we, that should the HI, we now b^n.
The
But w* know onrselres least ; meN outward dnwi
Our minds eo store.
That our souls, no mcnre than our eyes, disekiae
But tana and colour. Only hci who knows
Himael^ knows mote.
Di^T^m^Goo^lc
A HYMN TO CHRIST.
7S1
A HTMN TO CHRIST.
TbM (hip ibkll be m; emblem of thj aA
WlMt M> Hera- awallow me, that flood
Shall be to me ui emblem of thy blood.
Tbough thou with cloud* of uiger do diiguiae
lliy fkce, yet through that muk I know tbow eyei.
Which, though they turn ■
They neis- will dopiie.
And elli whoTQ I love here, uid who love DM i
'When I hate put thi> flood 'twill them and. me,
Put thou thy blood bctwiit my eiia and th«e,
A* the tree'* np doth seek the root below
In wintB. in my winter now 1 go.
Where none but thee, th'etenial not
Of true lore, I may knmr.
Noi thou, nor thy reUgiuiw do(t control
The amorouanen of an harmonioua eoul ;
But thou would'et hare that lore thysdf : aa Ihon
Art jealoat. Lord, to I am jealoua now.
Thou lov'it not, dli from loring man thou bee
My loul 1 who ever gives, takes lib<T^ :
Oh, if thou car'U not whom 1 lov^
Alai, thou Iot'M not me.
Seal then this bill of my divorce to all.
On whom those fainter beams of love did fall ;
Marry those loves, which in youth scatter'd bo
Od face, wil, hopes (false mistreBWi) to thee.
Churches are beat for prayer, that haTe least light|
To see God only, I go out of sight:
And, to 'scape stormy days, I chooae
t, Google
THOMAS CAREW,
This poet wu of ■ Qloucestenliira fiunltj, but de-
fended from the andent faou» of that nune in
Deronahire. Some pert of hii education be ii
beUeved to hate recraTed at Corpus Chriiti College,
Olibrdi and he found his proper place at court,
when he wag made gentleman of the privy-chamber,
and Sewer in Ordinary to Charles I. His wit and
bii accompliahmenta qualified him for a courtier, and
bit marala would not bare diiqualifled hi'T' eren at
the court ot Chariea the aon. Yet the betta pou
of bii dtaracter were M> good, that ttwf obtuned (or
him the eateem of eminent men ; and Claiendcn
beaia witnen that ■• after fifty jean of lus lift,
apent with leaa Hereri^ and eiactneaa than It ought
to hare been, he died with the greitetl remor»e liar
that licenae, and with the gteateat matufeitatioria of
ChriiMiaQil7 that his heat Mendt could dean."
INGRATEFUL BEAUTY THREATENED.
Know, Cella (dnce thou art aa proud)
'T waa t that gale thee tby renown :
ThoD hadst, in the forgotten crpwd
Of comnvm beauties, Ilt'd unknown.
Had not my vene eihal'd thy name.
And with it impt 1 the winga of Fame,
lliat kiUing power is none of thine,
I gave it to thy voice and eyes :
Thy Kweeta, thy graces, all are mine ;
Thou art my star, shin'it in my aides ;
Then dart not from thy borrowed sphere
lightning ui Um that fii'd thee there.
Ixtfbola thy mystic fi
I '11 know thee in thy mortal state.
"Wiae poets that wrap truth in tales,
Knew her thenH^Teat through all her *eil«.
DISDAIN RETURNED.
H> that loie* a roay cheek.
Or a coral lip adoiira,
Or ftom star-like eyes doth aaek
haleal phraisUbomwedAttta tkkenrr. FbIcdd-
But ■ tnwotfa and ited&at mind
Gentle thoughts and calm dedrea,
Hearta with equal love combin'd,
Kindle never-dying tires.
Where these are not, I deqjise
Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyea.
No tears, Celia, now shall win
My resolv'd heart to return ;
I have search'd thy soul within.
And find naught but pride and icon
J have leam'd thy arts, and now
Can disdain as much as thou.
Some pow'r, in my revenge, convey
That love to her I cast away.
TO SAXHAM.
THonoH tVoat and anow lock'd IVom mine ^
That beauty which without door liea,
He gardens, orchards, walks, that so
I might not all thy pleasures know ;
Yet, Saiham, thou, within thy gate.
Art of thyself so delicate.
So fUll of native sweets, that bloa
Thy roof with inward happiness ;
Aa neither ftnm, run' to thy More,
Winter takes aught, or qning adda mora.
The cold and froien air had starv'd
Much poor, if not by thee preserved ;
Whose prayers have made thy table blest
With plenty, far above the rest.
The season hardly did afford
Cows* CBiea unto thy neighbotu-'s board.
Tettbau ludM daintiai, m tha iky
Mad only been ihj volsry i ;
Or else the bitds, fearing the tnow
Migbt to uiother deluge grov,
The pheaaant, partridge, and the laili.
Flew to thy house, aa to the ark.
Hie willing oi of binuelf came
Uame to the daughter, with the lunb,
Aad erery beaaC did thither bring
Himself to be an oSering.
The fcalj herd more pleasure (o(^
Bath'd in tbj diah, Ilian in the brook.
Water, eanb, air, did all conapire
To pay their tributes, to thy lire;
Whose cherishing llamei tbemielTei dirida
Through every room, where they deride
The night and cold >a>rosd { whilst they.
Like sunt within, keep endlen day.
Those cheerful beanu send forth their light,
-To all that wander in the night.
And seem to beckon from aloof
The weary pilgrim to thy roof;
Where, if rsfreeh'd, he niU away.
He 's fairly welcome ; or, if stay,
Far more, which he shall hearty find,
Both from the master and the hind.
The stranger's welcome each man there
SUmp'd on his cheerful brow doth wear ;
Nor doth this welconie, or his cheer.
Grow less, 'cause he Mays longer here.
There 's none obserres, much less repines.
How often this man sups or dines.
Thou bast no porter at the door
T* eiamine or keep back the pixiT ;
Nor locks nor bolta ; thy galea hare been
Made only to let stisngen in ;
Untaught to shut, they da not fear
To stand side open all. the year ;
Careless who enlen, fbr they know
Thou iierer didst deserve a foe ;
And as for thieres, thy bounty 's such,
Thej cannot steal, thou giv'st so mucb.
OH THK L&DT HART VlLLI£Iia>
Tai lady Mary Villien lies
Under this stone ; with weeping eyes
The parents that firet gave her breath,
And tbdr sad friends, laid her in eertb.
If any of them, reader, werv
Known unto thee, shed a tear:
Or if thyself posaeaa s gem,
As dear to thee as this to them ;
■ AgTestblrd-esge.hivhtcb thaUntt lu>*e mm lo i
• Daii(tatct of Qeerga vomers duke of BueUi«bam.
ON THE LADY a, WIFE TO 8IK W. S.
The haimony of colours, fbaCures, grace.
Resulting airs (the magic of a face)
Of musical sweet tunes, all wbich combin'd
To crown one sovereign beauty, lie conflo'd
To this dark vault : she was a cabinet
Where all the choicnt stones of price were set j
Whose native colours and pure lustre lent
Her eye, cheek, lip, a daiiling ornament ;
Whose rare and hidden vu^ues did express
Her inward beauties and mind's (iurer dresi j
The constant diamond, the wise chrysolite,'^
The devout isppbire, em'rold apt to write
Record! of mem'ry, cheerful agate, grave
And serious onyi, topaz that dotb save
The brain's calm temper, witty amethyst;
This predaui quarry, or what else the list
On Aaron's epbod planted had, she wore :
One only peari was wanting to her store i
Which in her Saviour's book she found eiprest ;
To purchau that, she sold Seatb all the resL
ON THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.)
BiiDEs, when these dumb stones have told
In borrowed speech what guest they bcdd,
Tliou shalt confess the vain pursuit
Of human glory yields no fhiit i
But an uutimely grave. If Fate
Could constant happiness create.
Her ministers. Fortune and Worth,
Had hert that miracle brought forth :
They fii'd this child of honour wbcra
No mom was lefl for hope or ttBi,
Of more or less : so high, so great.
His growth was, yet so safe bii scat j
Safe in the circle of hie friends ;
Sale in bis loyal heart and ends ;
Safe in his native valiant spirit;
By favour safe, and safe by merit ;
Safe by the stamp of Nature, which
Did strength with shape and grace enrich j
nthet
ful cour
Of flawing gestures, speech, and eyes ;
Safe in bis bounties, which were more
Proportian'd to his mind than store :
Yet though for virtue he becomes
Inrolv'd himself in borrow'd sums.
Safe in his care, he leaves betray'd
No friend, engag'd no debt uni«id.
But though the stars eonqiire to ibowV
Upon one hod th' united power
Of all their graces, if their dire
Aspects must other breasts inspire
With vicious thoughts, a murderer'a knife
May cut (aa here) their darling's life :
Who can be happy then, if Nature must.
To make one happy man, make all men juct 7
< This wu OeoTRe VllUen, the Arit dnte of BnAlinhsiB,
rds In the nign dT Cbule* L w^»b>i •"•>>' >>i>l>-
. Hcmsth ' ' '
VPON THE DEATH OF DB. DONItB',
Can ve not force tmai widaw'd Poetry,
Now thou art dead, great Donne, one degf
To crown th; haiae ? Wbj yet did we not cnul.
Though with unkneaded, doughUMk'd proie, tbj
dust;
Sucb (u th' uncUu'd lectVer from Ibe flow'r
Of fading rhethoric, ihoTt-IJT'd u hii hour.
Dry ai the aand that measures it, might lay
Upon the ubei on the funeral day ?
Hare we not tune, nor Toice ? Didst thou diapenge
Through all our language both the wordi and lenH ?
*T is a sad tmlh. The pulpit may her plain
And lober christian precq>Ci Mill retain ;
Doctrines it may, and whulewme luei, frame
Grare homilieii, and lectures ; but the flame
Of thy brave aoul (that shot such heat and light
At burnt our earth, and made our darkneia bright.
Committed holy lapeg upon the will.
Did through the eye the mehing hearts diatil.
And the deep knowledge of da^ truths so twh
As aoue migiit judge what fimcy could not reach)
Must be desu-'d for eier. So the fin
That BUs with apirit and hMt ti» IMpbic quire.
Which, kindled fliat by A* Frometheao b«th,
Glow'd bere a while, lies queneh'd now in thy dei^.
The Main' gardeo, widi pedantie weeds
O'enpnad, was purg'd by thee ; tlie laiy aeeds
Of servile unitadon thrown away.
And fresh invention planted. Thou didst pay
The debts of our pmurjous bankrupt age :
liicentioui theAs, that make poetic rage
A mimic fuiy, when our souta must be
Posseal or wrth Aoacreon's ecstasy
Or Pindal's, not their own ; the subtle cheat
Of sly eichanges, and the jailing fyat
Of two-edg'd swords ; or wfaataoerer wrong
By oura was done tbe Greek or Latin tongue,
Thou bast redaem'd ; and open'd us a mine
Of rich and pvgnant &ncy ; drawn a line
Of masculine expreasian, which had good
Old Orpheus seeu, or all the ancient brood
Our tupsiutitlous tbi^ admire, and hold
Their lad man precious than thy bumiah'd gold.
Thou hadst been their eichequer, and no more
They each in oAer^ dnng had sear^'d for ore.
Tbou Shalt yield no precedence, but of time,
And tbe blind b*e <rf' famguage, whose tun'd chime
More channa the outward sense : yet thou may'st
From to gnat <iiailiai
■Begrei
» the awe of tby imperious wit
Our trmiUeaoioe language bends, made only fit
With her tough thick ribbM buops, to giid about
Tby giant fancy, whM^ had prov'd ti
For their lof^ meUag |il»aa«a Aa In time
They had the start, so lUd they cull the pinae
Budi of invention many a hundred year.
And left the rifled fields, besidea tbe fear
To touch their harvest ; yet from those barn laMib
Of what was only tliinei thy only bonds
( And that their amallesi work) have gleaned inoiv
"~ian all thoaa dma and tongves oould nap befon
But thou art gone, and tby strict laws will be
Too bard tot libwtines in poetij ;
They will recall Oe goodly, eiii'd tidn
Of gods and goddesses, which in thy just reign
Was banish'd noble poems. Now, with tbna^
The nienc'd tdes i' Ih' Hetamorpboaea
Shall Btuirthar lines, and swell the windy pa^;
'nil verse, refin'd by tbee, in this last age
Turn baUad-rfaima, or those <Ad idols be
Ador'd again with new ^uetacy.
Oh pardoi me ! that break with nntun'd Tasae
Tlie reverend silence that ittcnds thy bearae ^
Whose solemn, awftil murmurs ware to tlirf,
Hore than those rude lines, a loud el^y ;
That did proclaim in a dUmb doqucnce
The death of all the srts, whose influence.
Grown feeble, in these panting numbeia Ilea,
Gasping short-winded accents, and so dice :
9a doth the swiftly turning wheel not stand
I' th instant we withdraw tbe moving hand.
But some short time retains a fUnt, weak conia^
By virtue of the Bnt impulnve force {
And so, whilst I cast on thy ftneral pile
Tby crown of bays, oh let it crack a whil^
And spit disdain, till the dennring flasfaes
Suck all the moistun up, then turn to aihea.
I irill not draw tbe envy, to engrosa
All thy perfections, or weep all the loss ;
1^1080 are too nomcsnus for one elegy.
And 't is too great (o be eipress'd 1^ me :
Let others carve the rest ; it shall suffice,
1 on thy grave this epitaph incise-
» Here lies a king that rul'd as be Itaouglit A
Hie univoaal monaicfay of mt g
Here lies twoflamens*, and both those tbe best ;
Apollo's first, at last the true Ood's priest. "
TO MT FRIEXD, O. K.
I laUTux, sweet Ghlbs, the temperate air of WicA,
Where I, no more with raging stormi oppiaat.
Wear the oold nigbts out by tbe banks of Tweed.
On the bleak mountains where fierce tempesta bned.
And evrriaWing wintsr dirells ; where mild
Favonius and the vernal winds, eiil'd,
1^ never spread their winga : but the wild noctfa
Brings sterile fern, thiMles, and btaoiblei fbMh.
Here, steep'd in balmj dew, At pregnant earth
Sends Ihun bcr tann^ vonb « flow'ry birth ;
And, cherish'd with tbe warm ma's qn' * ~
Her porous boaOB doth rich odoun si
Whose perfumes lluini^ the ambieot air difl
Such native aramatics, as we use
No foreign gunis, nor essence fetch 'd From &
No volatile spirits, nor compounds that are
Adulterate^ but at nature's cheap expense.
With fsr more genuine sweets rehesh the aoi
• AUudln; to hit beint tKith s pest sn
A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
7SJ
Such pun aad iiiicompraiid«d batotka Men
lliu manson with an lueAil comeliiiew
DcToid of wrt ,- for here tfM architect
Did nol witli curiam skill ■ {rile eivct
Of carved loartiler toucht or prophecji
But built a bouae for boapitalil;.
No lumptaoui chiimiej-piece of ifainlng Btone
Invites tbe strajiger'i eye to gaze upon,
And cnldl]' entertain hu light i but clear
Aud cheerful Samei dierish and warm him here.
Ho Doric nor Corintbian pillan grace
With imagen (fail Mmcture's naked face,
- Tbe lord and lady of tids place deli^
Rather to be in act, than wem, in light.
Instead of Matue* to adorn their wall,
Tbey throng with IrriuK men their merry hall.
Where, at laige tables fill'd with wbdaonw mealai
The serrant, tenant, and kind neighbour eata :
Some of that rank, spun of a finer thread.
Are with die woawD, atewacd, and chapliiD, hd
With daintier catea ; othem flf better uMi^
Whom weahh, parte, office, at die herald's cf»t
Have aeier'd from Itie common, IVeely «il
At the lord's table, whose spread sides admit
A laige access of friends to 611 those seats
Of his capacious «ickle, fill'd with meats
Of choicest relish, till tiis oaken back
Under the load of piTd-up disiiea crack.
Nor think, because our pyramids and high
Exalted turrets threaten not tbe sky.
That therefore WreM of nasrownen oom[riaios.
Or stntiten'd walls i for she more numeroui baim
Of noble guests daily receives, and those
Can with far m«e conveniency diapoae,
Than prouder piles, where tbe vain fauildm »peDt
More cost in outward gay embdliihiaent
Than real use ; which was tbe sole design
Of our contriver, who made tlui^ not fine.
But fit for
Of plenty ia not in efflgy worn '
Without the gate ; but she within tbe deot
Empties her free and unelhauitcd store.
Kor crown'd with wheatan wTe«
In stone, with a crook'd sickle in her hand :
I^or on a marble tun, bis face iwsnkear'd
With gripes, U curl'd, uDciiar'd Bacchus rear'd.
We offer not, in emblems, to the eyes,
Sut to tbe taste, tiioae useful deities :
We press the juicy god, and quaffhis blood,
And grind the yellow goddess into food,
Yet we decline not all tlie work of art;
But where more bounteous nature beats a pan.
And guides her handmaid, if she but di^iense
Fit matter, she with care and diligence
Employs her skill t for where the neighbour source
Founi forth her waters, sbe direcla her couiae.
And entertains the flowing sireuni in deep
And apadoua channels, where they slowly creep
In snaky windiniis, as the shelving ground
Lead* tbem in cucles, till they twice lurround
This island mansion, which, i' th' centre plac'd,
la with B double crystal heav'n embisc'd ;
In which o - . .
Onrfisbes,
'a was the dawlitv -of HeTlsui. Unr at Qti^A.
d to hsn IM JupHet, wfallt mo InhnC, wH* " -
nduKt with thl> virtue, tlist wfaoever puMMSerl It,
Einy thlDt ibey vUhed fbr. Hence It wss callad
Envy'd by tboaa above, which wish to slake
Tbeir star-burnt limba in our refleshing lake ;
lut they stick fast nail'd to tbe barren sphere.
Whilst our increaae, in fertile wslen here.
Disport, and wander freely where they please
Within the circuit of our narrow seas.
With various trees we R-inge the water's brink.
Whose thirsty roots the sowing moialure drink.
And whoee extended boughs in equal ranks
Yield fruit, and shade, and beanty to tbe banks.
On this side young Vertumnua sita, and courts
His ruddy-cbeek'd Pomona ; Zephyr (porta
On th' other with lot'd Flora, yielding there
Sweets for the smell, iweeta tar the p^ate here.
But did you taste the high and mighty dtink
Which from that luKioui fountain flows, you 'd
ttdnk
The god of wine did his plump dusters bring
And crush tbe Falem * grape into our spring ;
Or else, disguis'd in wafry rcties, did swim
To Ceres' bed, and make her beg of him.
Begetting so himself on her: for know
Our vintage here in Hati^ doth nothing owe
To tbein in autumn ; but onr ttre boOs here
As lusty liquw as tbe sun makes diere.
Hub I enjoy myself, and taste the fruit
Of Ifan blest place ; wMlst, ttal'd in the pursuit
Of bucks and s^gs, th' emblem of war, you strive
To keep tbe memory of our aims alive.
A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
Looi bail, old Janus, and survey
From lime's birth till this new-bom dayJ
All the lucceasfiil seasons bound
With laurel wreaths, and trophies crown'd ;
Turn o'er tbe anmds past, artd, where
Happy auqridous days appear,
Mark'd with the whiter stone tliat cast
On th' dark brow of th' ages past '
A dan'ling Itutra, let them diine
In this succeeding circle's twine.
Till it be round with glory's spread ;
Then with it crown our Charles his head,
Hiat we th' ensuing year may call
One great continu'd festival.
Fresh joys in varied forma apply
To each distinct captivity.
Season his cares by day with nights
Crown'd with all cot^ugal delights.
May the choice beauties that inSune
Hi* royal breast be still the same.
And he still think them such, since more
Thou canst not give from Nature's store :
Then as a father, let him be
'^th numerous issue blest, and see
Tbe lUr and god-like offspring grown
Prom budding stan to suns fhll blown.
Circle with peaceful olive boughs
And oooquaring bays. Ids regal browi ;
I.et his strong virtues overcome.
And bring him bloodlese trophies home :
' "^i^SS iSlLr*'""" ** •^•'•"** "^ ■" aaUqiilty.
■blehtlrevLD the FalemUB ftdteta Ca^vnla
Straw ill the paTamenU where he trsMb
With loyal hearti or rebel*' heoda ;
But, ByfroDt ', open thou no more.
In bis lileat reign, the temple door.
TO THE QUEEN.
Tbod great commandreaa, that doct more
Tliy ic^tre o'er the crown of Lore,
And through hia empire, with the awe
Of thj chaile besma, dost g^ve the law ;
From his pn^ner altaia we
Turn to adore thy deitj.
He only can wild lust proToke ;
Thou those impurer flames canst choke :
And where he scatters looser fires.
Thou turn'st them into chaste dealres :
His kingdom knows no rule but this,
•■ Whatever pleaseth lawful is."
Th; sacred lord shows us the path
Of modest; and constant faith.
Which makes the rude male sadsfj'd
With one fair fenuJe by his side ;
Doth either sex to each unite,
And foTTO love's pure hermaphrodite,
. To this thy faith behold the wild
Satyr already recondrd.
Who tram the influence of thine eye
Hath suck'd the deep divinity.
O free them then, lliat they may teach
The centaur and the honeman ; preach
To beasts and birds, sweetly to rest
Each in his proper lare and nest :
They shall convey it to the flood.
Till there thy law be understood.
So shalt thou, with thy pregnant fir^
Hie water, earth, and air inspire.
10 MT WOKTBV TBIIMD,
MASTER GEORGE SANDSi,
OH HIS TBANSLATIOM OF THE P8AL1I&
I Tans not to the ehnr, nor dare I greet
The holy place irith my unhallow'd feet 1
My unwaiht Muse pollutes not things divine.
Nor mif^let her profaner note* with thine :
Here, humbly waiting at the porch, >be stays.
And iritb glad ears sucks in thy sacred lays.
So, darout penitents of old were wont,
SoToe without door, and some beneath the foot,
To stand and hear the church's liturgic*,
Tel [H>t BSBst the solemn exercise:
Sufficed) ber, that she a lay-place gain.
To trim thy vestments, or but bear tfay train :
Though nor In tune, nor wing, she r^cb thy lark,
Ho' lyric feet may dance before the ark.
SI psIiHi^ with tin Ike
*i m temple buLtt to hk
s ThiA vsi Mr OcDTEe SukU, id
twbiA ns Ibc dUltM si
rsiwonhlpfed
tbt bssi vcnlOer of bis Hi
Who knows, but that her wand'riiig eyea that mn.
Now hunting glow-worms, may adore the auu :
A pure flame may, shot by Almighty pow'r
Into her breast, the earthly flame devour :
My eye* in penitentisi dew may sleep
That biioe, which they for sensual love did weep.
So (though 'gainst Nature's course) fire may be
With Are, and water be with water dmch'd ;
Periiaps my restless soul, tir'd with pursuit
Of mortal beauty, seeking without fruit
Contentment there, which hath not, when eqjoj'd,
Quench'd all ber thirst, nor satisfy'd, though cioj'd ;
Weary of her vain search below, above
In the first fair may find th' immortal lore.
Prompted by thy i^iample, then no more
In moulds of clay wiU I my God adore ;
But tear those idols from my heart, and write
What his blest spirit, not fond love, eliall indhe ;
l^en 1 no more shall court tlie verdant bay.
But the dry leaBeit trunk on Golgotha ;
And rather strive to gain from thence arte thorn,
Tban all the flourishing wnaths by laumis wonu
THE COMPARISON,
DiAXEET, thy tresses are not threads of gold.
Thy eyes of diamonds, nor do I hold
Tby lips for rubies, thy fair cheeks to be
Fiah roses, or thy teeih of ivory :
Thy akin, that doth thy dainty body sheath.
Not alabaster is, nor dost thou hrealh
Arabian odours ; those the earth brings fortb,
Compar'd with which, would but impair thy worllh
Such may be othen' mistresses, but mine
Holds nothing earthly, but is tl\ divine.
Thy tresses are those rays that do arise,
Not from one sun, but two ; such are Otj eye* ;
Tliy lips congealed nectar are, and such
As, but a deity, then: 's none dare touch ;
The perfect crimson that thy cheek doth cloaih
(But only that it far exceeds them both}
Aurora's blush resembles, or that ted
That Iris struts in when ber mantle's spread ;
Thy teeth in white do Leda's swan exceed ;
Thy skin 's a heavenly and immortal weed ;
And when thou breath'st, the winds are ready straight
To filch it from thee ; and do therefore wait
Close at thy lips, and, snatching it tnm theucc.
Bear it to heaven, where 't is Ji ' '
Fair goddess, since thy feature '
Yet be not such for these respects alone j
But as you are divine in outward view,
So be within as fair, as good, as true
SIGHT OF A GENTLEWOMAN'S FACE
To you shall alian reir.
CffiUIM BRITANNICUM.
No wind* but loTan' HlKhitiki* beret
To trouble tbew ^M stnanut
On whicfa no Mar ftom ui;r ipbrae
Did erer dart luch beanu.
To CTTstal then in baste congeal,
L«M you ibould lote jtour bliu ;
And to mf cruel fair reieal.
How cold, bow hard ahe is.
But if the enrioui bfmiiha shall fear
Their beautiea will be Kom'd,
And hire the ruder winds to tew
Iliat &oe which jou adom'd ;
Tien rage and fbam amain, dia( we
Their malice may despise ;
And film your frotb we soon shall se
A second Venus rise.
Ask me no mora where Jore bestows.
When June is past, the fading roae ;
Por in TOUT beautiea, orient deep.
These Sdw'ts, as in their causes, sleep.
Ask me no more, whither do Misy
The golden atomi of the day ;
For, in pure love, heaien did prepare
Those powden to enrich your hair.
Aik me no more, whltber doth haate
Hm nightingale, when May is past ;
For in your iweet diyiding throat
Sbe winters, and keeps warm her note.'
Ask me no more, where those stars light
That downwards fall in dead of night ;
For in your eyes tbey alt, and there
died become, aa in tbeir sphere.
Ask me BO more, if east or west.
The phenii builds her spicy neat;
For unto you at last sbe flies.
And in your fliagrant bosom dies.
Would you know what '» soft, I dare
Not bring you to the down or air j
Nor to stars to show what 's bright,
Nor to sn6w to teach you white.
Nor, if you would music hear.
Call the ortM to take your eu;
Nor, to please your sense, bring fottfa
Bruised nard, or what 's more worth.
re your thoughts placM,
THE PRIMROSE.
Ask me why I send you here
This firMliug of the infant year ;
Ask me why 1 send to you
Tbis primrose all b^iesrl'd with <
I strdght will wUiper io jour «ars,
TUt wwteu of love are wa^'d with (ei
Ask me why this flow'r doth abow
So yelloWf green, and sickly too ;
Ask me why the stalk is weak.
And bending, yet it doth not break ;
1 must tell you, these discover
What doubts and lean are in a lovfr.
THE PROTESTATION.
No more shaU meads be deck'd with Bowers,
Nor sweetness dwell in rosy bowers ;
Nor greenest buds on brsDcbes spring.
Nor warbling birds delight to ting ;
Nor April violets paint the grove ;
If I forsake my Celia's lovb
The fish shall in the ocean bun.
And fountains sweet shall bitter turn ;
The humble oak no flood shall know
When floods shall highest hilts o'er^ow.
Black Lethe shall oblivion leave i
If e'er my Celia I deceive.
Love shall his bow and shaft lay bi
lay by,
iwrfy;
And daj shall then be tum'd to night.
And in thst night no star appear ;
If once I leave my Celia dear.
Love shall no more inhabit earth.
Nor lovers more shall love Sot worth ;
Nor joy above in heaven dwell.
Nor pain torment poor loult in hell ;
Grim death no more shall horrid prove ;
If e'er I leave bright Celia'a love.
C(ELUM BRITANNICUM:
T WHITIHALL, It
B itnu or rassviar, lesi.
in habei <ngisnliiiB ; Caur Hd Jui
Thi first thing that presented itaelf to the tight vrna
a rich ornament that enclosed the scene ; in the
upper part of which were great braochee of foliage
' Hswgue, ThUipeclaotcanpcaitltmwaitniglhettvaii.
'OfthefirLtlih court, Abd even (li«put«l UienoLnd wlih the
KIsr ndnpcsjtlotii of the disiutic Mufe. tJnguldal lijr pity
, "-~..r.ined1)T l^l>l«w^il might winflcrlhtouiS the
x;-;:
i in tb* midit wa pUesd ■ Urge com-
. ;oin[HiiB] of grotetque work, whtrein
were hupiea with wingt and liooi' cUwi, uid thdr
binder pAilB conwited into le«Te« mnd brmnches.
Oier >11 wai ■ brdien frontitpiece, wnnigbt with
■crowls and mssqueJiewli oT children, and within
this, a table adam'd with a lew compaitiment,
with this inicriptioD, Cieluii Bkitamiiicuii. Tbe
two ndea of this omamaHt ware thug orderrd : fint,
from the ground arose a iqusre bawMneal, and on
the plinth^ stood a great Taie of gold.richlf enchased,
md beautiBcd with sculptures of great reiiere *, with
fruitage! hanging from the upper part. At the foot
of this sale two youths naked, in their naturul
cohiurei each of these with one arm supported the
TBie, on the cover of which stood two young women
in draperies, arm in aim ; the one flguring the glory
of princes, and the oCho' mansuctude ' : iheir other
Brms bore up an oval, in which, to the king's ma-
jesty, was this impress, a lion with an imperial crown
on his head ; the words, jfnunvm ntb jtectore Jbrli z
On the other side was the like composition, but the
design of the figures varied ; and in the oial on the
top, being borne up by nobility and fecundity, was
this impress to the queen's majesty, a Illy growing
with branches and leaves, and Uiree lesser lilie*
ipringing out of the stem ; the words, lemper irnjyta
firtvs z all this ornament wss heightened with gold,
and for the invention, and various composition, wai
the newest and maM gracious that hub been done
in this place.
Tbe curtain was watchet * and a pale yellow in
panes, which, flying up on the sudden, discovered
tbe icene, representing old arches, old palaces, de-
cayed walls, parts of temples, theatres, basilicas^ and
thermes ■, irith conftised heaps of brtAen columns,
bases, cornices, and statues, lying as underground,
and altogether FCsembling the ruins of some great
city of the ancient Roman*, or civilii'd Britons.
This strange prospect detained the eyes of the spcc-
a loud r
rcuiy
with gold and silver : upon his ttead a wreath with
small falls of white featheti, a eaduceus in his hand,
and wings at his heels : being come to the ground,
he dismounts, and goes up to the state.
Faoii tbe high senate of tbe gods, to yon.
Bright glorious twins of love and mqesty.
Before whose throne three warlike nationu bend
Their willing knees ; on whose imperial brows
Tbe regal circle prints no awful frowns
To fright your subjects, but whose calmer eyes
Sbed joy and safety on their melting hearts,
That flow with cheerful, loyal reverence ;
Come I, CyUmius, Jove's ambawadnr.
Not, as of old, to wtdspK amorous tales
Of wanton love into the glowing ear
Of some choice beauty in this numcnms train -.
Those days are fled ; the rebel flame is queuch'd
In heavenly breasts j the gods have sworn by 8^
r to tempt yielding mortality
To loose embraces. Your exemplar life
Hath not alone tranafus'd a lealous hest
litalion through your virtuous court,
'hose bright blase your palace is become
The envy'd pattern of this under world ;
But the aspiring fiame hath kindled heaven ■
Th' immortal boioms bum with emuloua fires;
Jove rivals your great virtues, royal air,
And Juno, madam, your attractive graces ;
He his wild lusts, her raging jealousies
She lays ande, and through ih' Olympic ball,
Aa yours duth here, tbe great example apreada.
And though, of old, when youthful blood cDoqaj
With his new empire, prone to heata of lust.
He acted incests, rapes, adulteries.
On earthly b^uitiea, whii^h his raging queen,
Swoln with reveng^l fury, tum'd to beats.
And in despite he transformed to ^ara,
"nil he bad fill'd tbe crowded Bnaamait
With his loose strumpets, and their spurious rvei
Where the eternal records of hit shame
Shine to the world in flaming characters '.
When in the crystal mirror irf your rdgn
He view'd himself, he found Ida loathsome tbdv
And now to expiate tb' infectious giult
Of those detested luiuries, he 'II cbaae
Th' infamous lights from their usurped qiher^
And drown in the Lethaan flood tlidr curt'd
Both names and memories ; in those vaianl rons
First you succeed, and of tbe. wheeling orb,
n receptlan In Ibe bmeroleni tc
BriulD. Tbe iHieti Df qusan eHssbnh'i
lUlaitinc ■(*, wen bImsJ witti the atriTUana
.1.1 — -Id SI tbev ADowed Aifosto •nd hli brctliren
' - lesi r^ FalrrUnd, ther ftillimiiil tli
With daisling beams and spreading tnagnitudt^
Shine the bright pole-star of this bemi^ilHn.
Kelt, by your sidet in a triumphant chair.
And crown'd with Ariadne's diadem,
Kts the fair consort of yotv heart and Ihrsos;
DiSus'd about you, with that shan of light.
As they of virtne have deriv'd froin you.
He'll fix this noble train of either sex.
So to the British stars this lower glotoe
Shall owe its light, and they alone diqwn*
To tb' wiu-ld a pure, refined influence.
Enler Momds atttrrd m a long darUA ttk, d
tmnighi over tali ponianit, lOfatlt, toagm^ Q*^
and etirt ; Ait bewd and hair party-eelvind, sa^
vpon hit head a vmath Uuck wilkfiadKn,«d >
pyrcupme in thefortparl.
Mom. By your leave, mortala. Good «"■• ,
Hermes, your pardon, good my lord ambsiaA*: J
I found tbe tablca of your arms and titfei hi e^ J
inn betirixt this and Otympua, lAere your fiM^ I
CffiLDM BBITANNICUM.
B. I CMBOt roach tin
policy why ymir muter breedi *o &w ""t*-**!! ;
it suit! not with hi* diguity, that in the whole Em-
pjntam then ahould not be ■ god flt to snid on
thMe hODounMe ennnds but yourwlC who are not
yet 10 careAil of liifl liononr or your own, m might
beecane your quality, when you are ilinerant Tlie
h«l8 upon the bigh-way cry out with op«B mottdi
upon you, for mpportitig plafery in yonr train ;
which though, as you are the god of petty laiceny,
you might protect, yet you know it ia directly againiit
the new ordcn, and oppou the refimnatimi in dia-
, Mom, Let it, if it can f in the mean time I will
acquaint it with mj condition. Know, gay people,
tliat though your poets (who enjoy by patent a par-
ticular piinlt^ to draw down any of the deities
from Tweinb-nigbt to SbroTe-Tuesday, at what
botween the two eouita) haTe ae yet never inTitid
me to theae Kdemnities, yet it ihall appear by my
intruBOi tbii night, that I am a thtj conaider^Ie
penon upon these occaaioni, and may moat properly
aaial at lucji anteTtaiunents. My name ii Alomua
■p-Somnui ^v&rebui ap-Chaoa ap-Demogorgon
ap-£teiiiity. My offioa and titles are, tbs nipreme
thBomaMii, hypercritic of manoart, prothoootary of
■buaae, arch informer, dilator geneml, uniierud
calunmiator, etemat ploiotiS^ and perpetual ibrenan
cf the giwid inqueat. My priviUgei are an uUqui-
tary, circinmambulatary, ipeciilalory, intaragatoty,
radargutory immunity ma all tba piiTy lodgiaga ;
behind hanging!, doori, ciiRain* ; thlini^ key-bo^
chiuka, window! ; about all TOMnal lobbies, (Goncea,
or redoubts, though it be to the turprise of apeidud
page or chambermaid; in, and at, all court! of ciTil
■ud oiminal judicature, all councils, coo»ultatioin,
and pariiamantary asaembiiet, where though I am
but a WDol-iack god, and ba*e no vote in the sanc-
tion of new laws, I hare yet a prerogatiTe of wrest-
ing the old to any whalioeier interpretation, whether
it be to the behinf oi pr^udiee irf' Jupiter, hii crown,
and dignity i for, oragaiaM. Ilw riles of either bouie
of patrician or plebdon gods. My natural qualitiei
atK to make Jots frown, Juno pout. Man chafe,
Venui bluth, Vulcan glow, Saturn quake, Cynthia
pate, Fhobus hide his fact, and Mercury here take
his heel!. My recnatiooi are witty mi»rhie&, as
when Satan gelt hi! father; the smith caught hii
wife and her braTo in a nat of cobweb iron ; and
Hebe, through the lubricity of the parement tum-
bling over the balfqHuze, presented tlw emblem of
the forked tree, and discoTcred to the taun'd Ethiope
the snowy cliffi of Calabria, with the grotto c^ Pn-
tcolum. But that you may arrive at the perfect
knowledge of me, 1^ the familiar illnstralion of a
bird of mine own feadier, old Peter Aretine, who
reduc'd all the iceplaa and mibes of that age tribu-
tary to hii wit, was wj parallel, and Frank. Babelait
■uck'd much of my icdlk too: but your modaiu
French hospital of oratory is a mere counterfeit, an
arrant mountebank ; for though, fearing no other
fortunei than hi* sciatica, be diicDUmes of kings and
queens with aa little icreience as of grooms and
' LriDi Ld wait to watch uij thing.
ftUow, who, u
gnca to dance on hi*
tip-toes like a dog in a douWat, than to walk lika
other men on the solea of his feet.
Merc. No more, imperl'nent trifler ; you disturb
The great affair with your rude scurrilous chat.
What doth the knowledge of your abject state
Concern Jove's solenm message ?
Jfsm. Sir, by our favour, though you have a m«a
^lecial comnusiion o£ employment irom Jupiter,
and a larger entertainment from his exchequer ; yet,
as a fVetbom god, I have the liberty to tmvel at
muie own charges, without your pass or couittenanoe
legatine ; and that ii may appear, a sedulous, acuta
observer may know as much as a dull, phl^matie
ambassador, and wean a treble key to unlock tba
mysterious cyphers of your dail secmies, I will
discourse the politic state of heaven to this trim au-
At tliii the Mcau diangOh, and in Ae Heanm i* dit-
cauered a tptere, mih Hart placed in their teteral
imof/ai bme vp bg a huge naied figure (onfy a
piece ^ drapery hanpsf over Mil Mgk)lauiU»g and
boukngfiraardti atyiliegntlweitiufyixgtrtliii
thouUertappreilMmi upan Ut head m trtnen ; bg
all toUcA he might eaiilg be hum to be Albu.
— Tou ahall understand, that Jupiter, upon the
Inspection of I know not what virtuous precedent*
eiuot (as they ray) here in this court, but, is I
more probably guess, out of the coniidetadon of the
decay oT his natural abilitiee, hath, before a frequent
convocation of the superlunary peers, in a solemn
oration recanted, disclaimed, and ntterly renounced,
all the lascivious extravagancies and riotous enor-
mities of his fotepast licentious lift, and taken hia
oath on Juno's breviary, religiously kisring the two-
leav'd book, never to stretch his limbs more becwfit
adulterous sheet! ; and hath with psthedcal remon.
Btrancea eihorted, and under strict penalties enjoined,
a respective confoimity in the several subonlinate
deities I and because tiie libertines of antiquity, the
ribald po«i, to perpetuate the memory and eiample
of their triumphs over chastity, to all Aiture imita-
tion, have in their immortal songs celebrated the
martyrdom of those strumpets under the penecution
of the wives, and devolved to posterity tiie pedigrcca
of their whores, bawds, and bastards : it is therefbra
by the authority aforesaid enacted, that this whole
army of constellations be immediately disbanded and
cashiered, so to remove all imputation of im^iiety
fraia the celestial spirits, and all lustftil influences
upon terrestrial bodies, and consequently that there
be an inquidtion emTled to eipunge in the andent,
and suppress in the modem and succeeding poems
and pamphlets, all past, present, and future mention
of those abjuT'd heresies, and to take partfcular no-
tice of all ensuing incontinencies, and punish them
in their high commission court. Am tiot I in elec-
tion to be a tall stateman, think you, that can repeat
a passage thus punctually ?
iWin-c. I shun in vain the importunity
With which this snarler veieth all the gods ;
Jove cannot 'acape him: well, whatebefVom heaven?
Mom. Heavan ! heaven it no more the place it
was ; a cloyiter of Cartfausans, a monastery of con'
SB 9
740 CAl
Terted godsj'Jafeii grownold «ad fCMful, appra-
henik a gubveruoa of his empii^ Mid doubta hit
Fate should iotroduce a legal nweeiiiou in dia Icgt-
ttioMe bdr, by npasseuuig tlw Tllutiaii Una ; and
bence gprings all .this luoovatjoti. We h*ve bad
vice president of Pamaasus, too Mrict to be obserred
long. Monopolies are called in, sophistication of
vares panisbed, and lates imposed on commoditiea.
Iiyunctioiu are gone out lo the oectar-brewers, for
the purging of the heavenly beverage of a narcotic
weoi, which bath rendered the ideas confused in the
divine intellect*, and reducing it to the compontion
used in Saturn's reign. Edicts are made for the
restoring of decayed house-keeping, prohibiting the
repair of families to the metropolii ; but this did
endanger an Amaionian mutiny, till the females put
on B more masculine resolution of soliciting busi-
^netfet in tfa«r own pcz^ons, and leaving their bus-
bands at home for stallions of hospitality. Bacchus
hath commanded all tavenis to be shut, and no
liquor drewn after ten o'clock at night. Cupid
must go no more so scandalously nijted, but is
enjoined to make him breeches, though of bis
mother's petlicoata. Ganimede is forbidden the
bed-cbamber, and must only minister in public
Tbt goils must keep no pages, nor grooms Ot tbeir
chamber, under the age of twenty-Sve, and those
provided of a competent stock of beard. Fan may
not pipe, nor Proteus juggle, but by especial per-
mission. Vulcan was brought to an oretenus and
Gned, for driiing in a plate of iron into one of the
Sun's chaiiot-wlieels, and frost-nailing his hones
upon tbe fifth of November last, for breach of a pe-
nnl statute, prohibiting work upon holidays, that
being the annual celebnitiooorthegyganiiRaachy.'"
In brief, the whole slate of the hieiarcby suff'en a
total reformation, especially in the point of recipro-
cation of conjugal sSectioo. Venus hath confest all
ber adulteries, and is receiv'd to grace by her bus-
band, who, conscious of the great disparity betwiit
her perfections and his deiormities, allows those
levities as an equal counterpoise ; but it is the pret-
tiest spectacle to see ber stroaking with her ivory
baud bis collied clteeks, and with her snowy fingers
combing his sooty beard. Jupiter loo begins to
learn to lead his own wife ; I left him practising in
tbe milky way ; and there is no doubt of an univer-
sal obedience, w bete tbe lawgiver himself in his own
person observes his decrees so punctually, nbo be-
sides to eUmixe llie memory of that great eiample
of matrimonial union which be derives from bence,
hath on bis bed-chamber door and ceiling, fretted
with btars, in capital letters, engraven tbe inscrip-
tion of Carlo-Maria. This is ss much, I am sure,
as either your knowledge or instructions can direct
which I
ivingi
a blunt
out state, formality, politic inferences, or suspected
rhetorical elegancieii, already delivered, you may now
dexterously proceed to the second part of your charge,
which is the raking of your heavenly sparks up in
the embers, or reducing the etlierial lights to their
piimitive opacity and gross, dark subsutence : tbey
are all unriveted fhtm the spbere, and bang loose in
tbeir socket^ where they but attend the waving of
your caduce, and immedla&ly thj rssmeat (bar
pristine shapes, and appear before yon in their own
natural deformities.
iterc- Momus, thou sbalt prevail ; fbr since iby
Intrusion hath inverted my resolves, [bold
I must obey necesuty, and thus turn
My face to breathe the Thunderer's just decree
'Gainst this adulterate spliere, which first I pmge
Of loalbsome monsters and misshapen forms i
Down from her aiure concave thus I charm
The Lernean Hydra, tbe tough unlick'd Bear;
The watchful Dragon, the storm-boding Whale,
The Centaur, the hom'd goacfish Capricorn,
ITie STuke-head Gorgon, and fierce Sagittar,
Divested of your gorgeous starry robes.
Fall from the circling orb, and ere you sn^
Fresh venom iu, messure this happy Earth ;
Then to the fens, caves, forests, deurts, seas.
Fly and resume your native qualities.
and tbdriellon
Van. Are not these fi:
fellows for tbe deities? Yet tli
have made up all our conversation for some tboo-
sands of years. Do not you, fair ladiea, adiBW-
ledge yourselves deeply engaged now to those poa^
your servants, that in the heig^ of commendsiKa
have raised your beauties to a pataUel with sod)
Fiact propottiiMB, or at least raok'd ymi in that
spruce society ? Hath not the conaideratiao <^
these inhabitants rather fiigbled your dmglM
utterly from the contemplation of the place ? But
now that thew heavenly mansious are to be vtU,
yon that shall hereafter be found unlodged vill
become ineicusable; eqiecially since virtue skns
shall be suflident title, fine, and rent ; yet if Ihtrt
be a lady not competently stock'd that way, dw
shall not on the instant utterly despair, if die cany
a sufficient pawn of handstfneness ; for howerer
the letter of the law runs, Jupiter, notwilUaDdog
his age and present austerity, will never refaie Is
stamp beauty, and make it current, with his on
impresaon : but to such as are dettitute of bc(k
I can afford hut small encouragement. Proceed,
cousin Mercury. What follows?
Merc. Lookup, and mark where the bright uidiM:
Hangs like a belt about the breast of Heavts ;
On the right shoulder, like a flaming jewel.
His shell with nine rich topases adom'd.
Lord of this tropic, siu the scalding Crab :
He, when the Sun gallops in fltll career
His annual race, his ghastly chiws upiear'd, |
Frights at tbe confines of the torrid sooe I
Tbe fiery team, and proudly stops tbeir etune,
Making a solstice ; till the fierce steed* lean
His backward paces, and so rettMradc,
Post down hill to th' opposed C .
Thus I depose him from his lofty th
Drop bom tbe sky into the tniny flood ;
There leach thy motion to the «bbing sea;
But let those fires, that boauti^d (hy shell.
ii danced in rttrograde fiace*,
Mom. This Crab, I confew, did ill becomo tbe
Hnvena i but there is uiotber that more infoti
tbe Euth, and makea such a aolMice in the politer
vrXa and sdmcea, as the; hare not been obsened
for man; ages (o have nude any wnsible adr
Could jau but lead the learned aquadrons, t
maitiiline reaolution, past this point or retrograde-
tion, it were a benefit to mankind, worth; the poi
of a god, and to be paid with altars ; but that i
being the work of this night, you may pursue yt
purposes. What now succeeds ?
Mtrc. Vice, that, unbodied in the appetite
. £rects his thrme, hath yat, in bestial shapes.
Branded by Nature with the character
And distinct stamp of some peculiar ill,
Mounted the sky, and fii'd his trophies there.
A» bwning natlery in the Little Dog ;
I' tb' bigger, churlish Murmur ; Cownrdjce
I' th' timorous Hare ; Ambition in the £agle ;
Rapine and Atarice in th' advent'rous Ship
That aail'd to Colchoa Ibr the golden fleece;
Drunken Distemper id the Goblet Sows;
1' th' Dart and Scorpion, biting Calumny ;
In Hercule« and the JJao, furious Rage ;
Vain Ostentation in Caasiope %
C<ELUM BRITANNICUM. 741
■M th aart an punched, ani the t^iert danbiuif,
Btfiyrt Aa tiUry cftmrg atitimatpie, Uu itartinlhot
JigiTtt in Iht tphert vihich t/ug wirw '
a UM bjf tht end ^ tht at
Alltt
eltc
!iile(
■ place their emblem'd rices summ
Clad in those proper figures bj which best
llieir iucoiporeol nature is eipreiL
thar devitUvmJrf/Tn virtue^
llotn. Prom henceforth it shall be no mare said
In tbe prorerb, when you would express a riotous
aasembly, that Hell, but Heareu, is broke loose.
This was an enmnt gaol-delirery ; alL the piiaoni
of your great dties could not tuve vomilcd more
coiTupt matter. But, cousin Cyllenius, in my
judgment it is not safe, that th«se infectious persons
■hould wander here to the haiard of this island ;
they threatened less danger when tbey were nail'd
to the firmament. I should conceive it a very dis-
creet course, siitce they ore provided of a tall vessel
of their own ready ligg'd, (o embark them all to-
gether in that good ship called the Argo, and send
tbem to the plantation in New-£ngland, which bath
puijed more virulent hiunours from Uw politic body,
than guiacum and all the West-Indian drugs have
firom the natursl bodies of this kingdom. Can you
devise how to dispose of them better ?
Here, Tbey cannot breathe this pure and tem-
Where Virtue Uves, but will with hasty flight,
'Mount fogs and vapors, seek unsound abodes.
Fly atter them fVom your usurped seats,
Tou foul remainders of that viperous brood :
Let not a star of aluiuiious race
With his loose blase stain the sky's cryblal face.
Mom. Here is a total eclipse of the eighth sphere,
which neither Booker, Allestre, nor any of your
prognosticaton, no, nor their great master Tydio,
were aware of; but yet in my opinion there were
some innocent and some generous constellations,
that might have been reserved for noble uses : a>
the scales and sword to adorn tbe statue of Justice,
since she resides here on Earth only in picture and
effigy. The eagle had been a fit present for tbe
Germans, in regard their bird hath mew'd most of
her feathers lately, Tbe dolphin too had been most
welcome to tbe French ; and then had you but clapt
Perseus on his Pegasus, brandishing his sword, the
dragon yawning on his back under the horse's feet,
with Python's dart through his throat, there had
been a divine St. George for this nation : but since
you have improvidently shuffled them all together,
it rests only that we provide an immediate succes-
sion i and to that purpose I will instantly proclaim
a A«e election.
O-yes ! O-yes ! 0-yes !
By the father ofttia gods,
and the king of men.
Whereas we having observed a very commend-
able practice taken into Sequent use by the princes
of these latter ages, of perpetuating tbe memory of
tbdr &mau3 entarprizes, sieges, battles, victories in
picture, sculpture, tapestry, embroideries, and other
manufactures, wherewith they have embellished their
public palaces; and taken into our more distinct
and serious consideration, the particular Christmas-
hanging of tbe guard-chamber of this court, wherein
the naral victory of B8 i^ is, to the eternal glory of
this nation, exactly delineated ; and whereas, we like-
wise, out of a prophetical imilalian of this so laudable
custoiu, did for many thousand years before, adorn
and beautiiy the eighth room t^ our celestial man-
sion, commonly called the star-chamber, with the
military adventures, stratagems, achievements, feata
id defeats, performed in our own person, whilst
t our standard was erected, and we a combatant
tbe amorous warfare; it hath notwithstanding,
after mature delibetatiDn and long debate, held first
a our own inscrutable bosom, and afterwards com-
Dunicaled with our privy-couudl, seemed meet to
lur omnipolency, for causes to ourself best known,
to furnish and disairay our foresaid star-chamber
of all thoae ancient constellations which have for so
iny ages been sufficiently notorious, and to admit
o their vacant places such persons only as shall
qualified with exemplar (irtue and eminent de.
t, th^re to shine in indelible characters of glory
to all posterity ; it Is therefore our divine will and
pleasure, voluntarily, and out of our own Sne and
proper motion, mere grace, and special favour, by
these presents to specify and declare to all our
loving people, that it shall be lawful for any person
whatsoever, that conceiveth him or hra»elf to be
really endued with any beroical virtue or tian.
'• The defeat of Che CuncHU Spaaldi Anuili,i>Meh Phlltp
wot lasinit Enaland, and which wsi complcteTv ruined bv
qiucD^ULHtKth-i Beet, in iX»-
7*S " CAB
i^eDdant'iiaant, worthy lo Ugh » ealliag wod dig- '
DitjT to bring their terenLl pleu uid pret«nc«fl
befin our ri^ tnwtjr and mU-belared coaiiD uid
eoonwUcr, Don Uercur;, uid good Monua, fcc.
our poculiu' delegalcB fir that afiklr, upoit wbom
we hBve tiuiiferr'd an klnoliitc power to conclude
«id delermioe, whbout t^pttl or revocation, accar-
diugljr ■■ to tlirar wUdoQU it ihall in (ud) caaa
appear behoTKful and cipedienl.
Cifen at our palace in Oljmpus, ttaa first daj
or the flnt month, in the fint year of tbe icfono-
PIuMu niters moid maa/iJl a/'iBnuite, a AoU Aaod,
a thin iMU Annf , ^leetaclet on hii now, utU a
hincA'd bad, ami alttrtd di a rtU Bfclaii of gold.
Mert. Wbo '■ thii appean?
3fi>n. Tbia i« a mbterranean fiend, Plulua, in
this dialtct tertn'd riches, or the god of gold ; a
poison liid bf Pruridence in the bottom of the wan
and navel of tbe earth tram maa'« diaooverj, where
if tlM seeds be^n to sprout above ground, the ex-
crescence was carrfuli; guarded bj dragons : jet, at
laat, hj hunmn curioaltj tnougfat to light, to tbtar
own destnicdon ; this bdng the true Pandora's boi
FUa. Tbat I prevent the mcnan of the gods
Thus with mj haste, and not attend tbeir sui
Which ought in Justice call me to ti>e place
I now require or rigbt, it not alone
To shew the just precedence that I bold
Before alt earthly, next tb' immorlal powers.
But to exclude tlie hopes of partial grace
In all pretenders, who, since I deseaid
To equal (rial, must, hj mj example,
Waving your bvour, cUm by aole desert.
If Virtue must inherit, she "s my ^ave ;
I lead her captive in a golden chali^
About the world ; she takes her fbim and being
From mjr creation ; and those barren seeds
That drop flrom heaven, if I not cheriih them
With my diidlHog dews and fotive" beat.
They know no vegetation ; but, expos'd
To blasting winds of freezing povert}',
Or not shoot forth at all, or, budding', wither.
Should I proclaim the daily saciifice
Brought to my temples by the toiling rout,
Not of the fat and gore of abject beasta,
But human sweat and blood pour'd on my allan,
I might provoke the envy of the gods.
Turn but your eye* and mark the busy world
Climbing steep mountains for the spaitHng stones;
f^ercing the centre for the shining ott.
And th' ocean's bosom Co take pearly sands ;
Crosring Ae torrid and the train tones,
'Midst rocks and swallowing guU^ for gainflil trade;
And, through opposing swords, Are, murdering
cannon,
Scaling the walled towns tar prvdous spfnia.
Rant in the passage to your heavenly seats
^ese horrid dangers, and then see -tAxa darei
Advance his desperate fiiol : yet am I soo^t,
And ofl in vain, through these and greater haaarda.
I could discover how your deities
Arc for mj sake stilted, despis'd, abua'd ;
— " Noudthlat.
Tour teiaplM, ihniiA, ^Hm, and ba«M,
Uncover'd^ rified, robb'd, and dis-aR^r'd,
By sacrilegious hands ; yet is this tt««ui«
To th' golden mountain, where I ait ador'd.
With supersiitiouB solemn rights convey'd.
And becomes sacred there ; the sordid invCch
Not daring touch the consecrated ore.
Or with profane hands lessen the bright heq>.
But this might draw your anger down on mortals,
For rend'ring me the homage due to you :
Yet what is said may well express my power.
Too great for eartl^ and only fit for heaven.
Now, for your pastime, view the naked root.
Which, in the dirty earth and base mould drown^
Sends forth this precious plant and golden fhnL
You lusty swains, that to your giaxing Socka
Hpe amorous roundelays ; you toiling hinda,
'Hiat barb the fields, and to your merry team!
Whistle your passiona ; and you ntining wm^J*^
That in the bowels of your mother earth
Dwell, 0w eternal burdion of bar wonb ;
C ease from yoor labours, when Walth bids ywph);
Sing, dance, and keep a cheerAil boUday.
Mtre. Flutui, the gods know and confess yssl
Which feeble Virtue seldom can rent, [pon.
Stronger than towers of brasa or chastity:
Jove knew you irtien ha courted Danait ;
And Cupid wears you on that arrow's beard,
That still prevails. But the gods ke^ thsr thiMt
To install Virtue, not her enemiu : \tH;
They dread thy force, which ev'n tbem^va hsM
Witness Mount Ida, where the martial nuid >*
And frowning Juno did to mortal eyes.
Naked, for gold, their sacred bodies show ;
Therefbre for ever be from heaven baniah'd.
But since with toil from undiscoveT'd worlds
Thou art brought hither,whCTetbouBntdidslbrMA(
The thint of empire into regal breasts.
And ftightedst quiet Peace from her omcL ikr»,
Filling the world with blood, tumnlt, and wn-g
Follow the camps of the conteotioBs rnrtk.
And be Hie conquVor's slave ; but be Ikat ess
Or conquer thee, or give thee vivMous at
Jfon. Nay, stay, and take i
with you, 1 could, being here a
others in my place, now that yow
either nSi at you, or bredi jests n
I rather ebnse to lose a word of go<
intreal you be more careAit in yoar chaita ef (aB> .
pony ; for you are always found dtha with iriMH
that not use you at all, or witi) fools diat knaa sil
bow to use yon well. Be not huiaftu sa is-
served and coy to men of worth and parH; so yM ;
shall gain such credit, as at the neit aeadaos ^ ;
may be heard with better success. But tiO ysa i
are thua rcfonnedi I pnttounce this poMtiss M)- :
your socie^ sfaal
the party, nor y
sence be mattCB' of dispar^cneM
and wboaeever sb^ bold
CCELDM BKITANNICUM.
Pjbhu enleri, a momaH ^ a pait colimr, btrge .
of a hat tifwn Jier head, thnti^ inltcA htr kair
Uarted vp Sie a Fuiy , her nbe wai of a dark e»
lour, fiili 1^ patdiet I otoH/ one i^ kit handtwa,
tiad a cSaia cf tnni, to loMet vaifitteHtd a iM^ipU;
(toRS, whiiA the bort Vp wader iir arm.
Men:. WbM crMtura '■ tfaii ?
it<m. TbaanlipodcatalheotlMr; tlwrmoreUki
two buckMi, or as two nails drirs oDt one wotbiir.
If Ricbee Atfxi, t<natj will outer.
PofT. InothiagdoubtigreMandimmortal power*
But that tbi place your wiidmi hath dany'd
Mj foe, jouT iuades will conAx on me ;
ProTw a itTong pim fin me. I could pretend.
E'en in tlwae nga, a karger innAgntf
Than gaudy Wealth 1b 2l hU pomp can boHt ;
For mark how few they are that shan the wortil :
The Qumenml annie^ and the awaniiing ants
Tbat fight and toil for them, are all my luligecla ;
thtj take ny wage*, wear my liTcry :
iDTendoQ too, and Wit, are both my oaatures.
And the whole race of Virtue is my oApiing :
As many misdiitA isstw from my woab.
And those as mighty m proceed Entoa Gold.
Oft o'er Ui throne I ware my awful tcqitBi
And ia the bowels of his state command,
When, 'midst his heqia of coia and hills of gold,
I pine and starve the STaridous fool.
But I.dedine tboee titles, and lay claim
To heaTen, by nght of divine CoDlempladon ;
She ia my darbng ; I, in my sofit lap.
Free from disturbing cares, ba^ains, accounlSi
Leases, rents, ateward*, and the fear of thieres.
That Tei the licfa, nurse her in calm repose.
And with her all tba virtues speculative.
Which, but with me, find do secure retreat.
For entertainment of this hour, I '11 caU
A race of people to thi* place, that live
At Nature's charge, and not importune Heaven
To cliain tlie winds up, or keep back the storms
To slay tbe thunder, or forbid the hail
To thresh the unreap'd ew; but to all wealhen,
Tbe chilling frost and scalding i
Theg denee IhtJ^ aisttmas^tM i^ggptieM.
Mom. t cannot but wonder Chat your perpetual
conversation with poets and philosophers hath fUr-
lusbcd you with no more logic. Or that you ahould
think to impose upon us so gross an inference, as
because Flutus and you are contrary, therefori!,
whatsoever is denied of the one must be true of liie
ottwr; aa if it should follow of necessity, because
be is not Jupiter, you are. "So, I give you to
know, I am better versed in cavils with the gods,
than to swallow such a fallacy; for though you two
cannot be together in one place, yet there are many
places thai may be without you both ; and such is
heaven, wher« neither of you are Hkely lo arrive.
Tberrf(H« tot HH advise you' to marry yourself to
Content, and beget sage qx^tbegms and goodly
moral sentences in diqiraise of mclies, and contemfrt
of tbe world.
Merc. Thou deat pretonie too much, poor needy
To claim a station In tbe flimamenl.
Because thy humble coRage, or 'irj tub,
Niuves some )aiy or pedantic virtue
Id the cheap sunriiine, or by shady springs.
With roots and pot-beibi^ where thy right hand,
Tearing those human passions firom the mind
Upon whose stocks fair blooming virtues flourish,
Degradeth nature, and benumbeth sense.
And, Gorgon-tike, turns active men (o atone.
We not require the dull society
Of your necessiteted temperance.
Or that unnatural stupidity
That knows nor joy nor soirow ; nor your fbtc'-d
Falsely eialted paasive fortitude
Above the active ; this low, abject brood.
That Bx their seats in mediocrity.
Become your servile mind ; but we advance
Such virtues only as adroit excess.
Brave bounteous acts, r^al magnificence.
All-seeing prudence, magnanimity
That knows no bound, uid that bennc virtno
For which antiquity hath left nb name.
But psttems oiily ; such as Herctiles,
Achilles, Theseus. Back to thy loath'd cell.
And when thou seest the new enlighlen'd spherv.
Study to know but what those worthies were.
Trcni enteri, her head baid bekir^d, and one great
loci before, tiditgs al htr thouldert, ajid in her hand
a wlictl, her upper parli noted, and the iliirl of her
garment vrraughl oB oner uiitA rroant, taptret,
booii, and ttieh other thingi oi apren both her
greatat and matteit gifU.
Mora. See where dame FivtiiDB cosnaa ; job may
know her by her wheel, and that T«i) over her eye^
with which she hopes, like a caeledi' pigeon, lo
mount above the clMids, and perdi in tba ei^th
sphere. Listen ; aho begim.
Fori. I come not here, yon gods, to plead tbe right
By which antiquity aasign'd my didty.
Though no peculiar atatJOB 'mongst tbe stars.
Yet general power to rule their influence.
Or boaat the title of omnipotait,
Ascrib'd ma then, by wliidi I rival'd Jove,
Snce you have camxU'd all thoae oU records :
Bui confident in my good cause and merit.
For since Astnea led to heaven, I sit
Her deputy on earth ; 1 bold her scalea,
igh men's tatea oiut, who have
• blind
Call me inotmstant, 'cause my works surpasa
Tbe shallow fathom of their human reason :
Yet here, like blinded Justice, I diqiense
With my impartial hands their constant lots.
And if desertlesfl, impious men engross
My best reinmis, tbe fault ia yours, ye goda,
Hiat scant your graces to mortality.
And, niggards of your good, scarce spare Ae world
•> Hooded. Term of bkonry.
74* CAl
One Tirtuoiu for ■ thi»iMiid wicked nwn.
It U no erniur to conier a dignltr,
But to bealow it dh ft TidouB man ;
I gave the dignitf, but jou made tin ilea.
Make you men good, and I'll nuke good men happy :
Thai Plutiu id refiu'd, dismajB me not j
He is m; drudge, and tlie eiUmal pomp
In which he decka the world proceeds from ma.
Not him i like hanaony, that not residei
In itringB or notes, but in the hand and Toice.
The revoludooa of empires. Mates,
Scepten, and crowni, are but m; game and tftat ;
Which aa they hang on tbe events of war.
So those depend upon mj turning wheeL
Your vraitike tquadroni, who ia battles join'd.
Dispute the right of kings, which I dedde.
Present tbe model of that martial frame.
By which, when crowns are stak'd, I lule the game.
Men. VhM wnton 's<(hU?
ifina. TbU h the ipHg*>tl]' ^»*T' HedoM^ a
merry gamester ; the pei^ile call her PIobitc
Pita- The reasotu, equal judges, heiv alledig'd
By the dismiss'd pivtenilerB, all concur
To strengthen my just title to the i^ier*^
Honour, or wealth, or the contempt of bi^i.
Have in themsehei no simple nal good.
criminatian against the gods, but your blindness
■hall excuse you. Alas ! what would it adiiuitBge
you, if rirlue were asunifersal as vice is : it would
only follow, that as the world now exclaims upon
you for exalting the vicious, it would then rail as
fast at you for depressing the virtuous j to they
would still keep th^ tun^ though you changed
Merc. The miiu, in which Aiture events u
vrrapp'd.
That oft succeed beside the purposes
Of him that woriu, his dull eyee not discerning
The fltst great cause, offer'd thy clouded shape
To his enquiring search ; so in the dark
The groping worid Gnt found thy ddty,
And gate thee rule over contingencies,
Whii^ to the pierdng eye of Providence,
Being fli'd and certain, where past and to come
Are always present, thou dost disappear,
Losest thy being, and art not at all.
Be thou Uien only a deluding phantom,
At best a blind guide, leading blinder fools ;
Who, would they but survey their mutual wants,
And help each other, there were left no room
For thy Tain aid. Wisdom, wboae strong-built
Leave nought to haxard, mocks thy ftitile power.
Industrious Labour drags thee by the locks.
Bound to his toiling car, and not attending
Til] thou, dispense, reaches his own reward :
Only the Isiy sluggard yawning lies
Before thy threshold, gaping for thy dole,
'And licks the easy hand that feeds his sloth ;
The shallow, rash, and unadvised man
Makes ihec his stale, disburdens all tbe follies
Of his misguided actions on tliy slioulders.
Vanish from hence, and seek those ideoti out
That thy iuitastie godhead hath allow'd.
And rule that giddy superstilioua crowd.
IIlDOHE. Ffeoiure, a young mmun nilA a tmil
face, in a light latcineia haiit, adorned ivilA nJ
anil gM, her lenplet eroaineU aUll a giaiimit vf
mil, and over thai a Tambov: drclmg lier
dticH It ker eiouUeri,
The paths thai lead to my delicious pakce :
They for my sake, I for mine own am prii'd.
Beyond me nothing is. 1 am tbe goal.
The journey's end, to which the sweating wosid.
And wearied nature tends. For this, the beat
And wisest sect of all pbilosopben
Made me the seat of supreme faappinew ;
And though some more austere, upon my mtiia,
Did, to the prejudice of nature, raise
Some petty low-built virtues, 'twas because
They wanted wings to reach my soaring pitch-
Had they been princes bom, themselves bad pmeM
Of all mankind the most luiurioui :
For those delights, which to their low toaiitiaa
Were obrious, they irith greedy appetita
Suck'd and devour'd : from offices of slate.
From cares of family, children, wife, bopCB, fean,
Itetir'd, the churlish cynic, in his tob,
Enjoy'd those pleasures which his tongue de&m'd.
Not am I rank'd 'mongst the superfluous goods :
My necessary offices preserve
Each single man, and propagate the kind.
Then am I univeml as tbe fight,
Or common air we breathe ; and ance I am
The general desire of all mankind.
Civil felicity must rende in me.
Tell me what rate my cbtricest pleaanrea bear.
When, for tbe short delight of a poor drau^it
Of cheap cold water, great Lysimachus
Render'd himself slave to the Scythians.
Should I the curious structun of my seats.
The art and beauty of my several objects.
Rehearse at large, your bounties would waerrt
For every sense a proper-constellation ;
But I , . , ,
Come forth, my subtle organs of delight
With changing figures please the curious ey^
And charm the ear with moving harmony.
3^1^ dunce the eevenlh onlimasjue ^ tile Jut
Mere. Bewitching Syren ! gilded rt
Hiou hast with cunning Ittiflce display'd
Th' enamel'd outside, and the honied verge
Of the fair cup where deadly poison lurks.
Within, a thousand sorrows dance the HHind;
And, like a shell, pain circles thee without.
Grief is the shadow waiting on thy steps.
Which, as thy joys 'gin towards their west decline.
Doth to a giant's spreading form extend
Thy dwarfish stature. Thou thyself art pain.
Greedy intense desire; and the keen edge
Of thy fierce appetite oFt strangles thee.
And cuts thy slender thread ; but still tbe tcnnur.
And apprehension of thy hasty aid
Mingles with gall thy most refined sweets ;
Yel thy Circean chaiins transfbnn tbe wcrid.
Captains that have resisted war and death.
Nations that over Fortune have triumph'd,
Are by thy magic n ■ — ■
CCELUM BRITANNICUM.
7M
Enipini, that knew no Umit* but ttw fdlat, |
Hbte in ihy wantoD Up melted awe; :
Thou wert tbe author of the Snt eiceas
That drew this refonnation on tba god«. [heSTea
Caiut thou then dream, tbuee powen, that from
Baoiah'd lb' eSect, will there enthrone the cauM ?
To thy Toluptuoui den fly, witch, from hence ;
These dwell, for erer drown'd in bmtiBh aenae.
Mom. I concur, and am grown bo weary of the»
tedious pleadings, ai 111 pack up too and be gone.
Besides, I see a crowd of other auitors presang
hither ; 111 atop 'em, lake their petStiana, and
prerer 'em abore i and ta I came in bluntly without
knocking, and nobody bid nie welcome, so I'll
depart as abruptly without taking leave, and bid
nobody forewell.
3ten. Theae, with forc'd reasons, and stnin'd
arguments.
Urge lain preteucea, whilst your actions plead,
At^ with a. alent importumty,
Aw^e the drowsy justice of the gods.
To crown your deeds with immoitality.
The growing dtlea of your ancestors,
Theae nations' glorious sds, join'd to the stock
Of your own royal Tiitues, and tbe clear
RaSei they take fhnn th' imitation
Of your Jiun'd court, make Honour's story full.
And hare to that secure, fix'd state adrauc'd
Both you aiul them, to which the labouring world.
Wading through streama of blood, sweats to aspire.
, Those ancient worthies of these femous isles.
That long have slept in fresh and liiely shapes.
Shall straight i^ipear, where you shall see younelf
Circled with modem heroes, who shall be.
In act, wbateter elder times can boast.
Noble, or great ; as they in prophecy
Were all but what you are. Then aboil you aee
Tbe saci«d hand of bright Eternity
Uould you to stars, and fix you in the sphere.
To you your royal half, to them she 'tl jmn
Such of this traiu, as, with industrious steps.
In the lair prints your virtuous feet have made.
Though with unequal paces, follow you.
Thia is decreed by Jore, which my return
Shall see perform'd ; but first behold the rude
And old abiden here, and in them view
The point from which your full perfecliona grew.
Ton naked, antient, wild inhabitants,
ThM brealh'd this air, and preaa'd this flow'ry earth.
Come from tlwse shades where dwells eternal night.
And see what wondeia lime hath brought to light.
^Iba and tie i|i*n* vanahedi and a Jtmo «"»
appeari of moiinteiiu, vAou eminent *«(gft( <■-
ceedi the dmidi whick paaed beneath themi lie
bwer parti aert teild and wooaly. Out i^ tha
flace comet forth a mart graoe oHtinuaqae if
PitU the naliB-al BthahilaMi of (Am »fc. nnriest
Scotch and XrM, Ihne donee a PyrrhiiA or
mirtial dance.
When thit antimaijue umt poll, there began to orue
Old of Ihe^arih the top of a hiU, which by liula
and titOe grtJo to be a huge numniain that
covered aO the icene. The tinder paH of tkii tuai
XBtld and craggy, and abene KHnevhat more pUa-
tant and gouriAing. -<*ou( the middle pari of
* « Koled the Ihm HaffJoMu of
En^anA Scotland, and trtland ; all rickfy at-
tired in rtgal hMlii appmpriiaed to the lewerat
no/tnu, vilh crowni on their htadi, and each jf
them bearing the ancient ormi of the iingdom*
ttey there pretented. At a diUance, abotie thete,
late a young nun in a vihile embroidered robe,
tAwt hiifair hair an olioe gartandt with wingt at
hit MhouUen, and holding in hit Aond a comii-
copia filed vxih com andfrviu, repreienting the
Geniut oflhea Ungdomi.
Raise from these rocky ens'!! your heads,
BrBTB loua, and aee where Glory apitada
Her glittering wings ; where M^eslj,
Crown'd with aweet smiles, shoots fioni ber eye
DiSiuiTe joy, where Good and Fair,
United sit in Honour's chair.
Call fbrth your aged priests and crystal streams,
TowarmtheirhearteBiulwaTCS in these bright beama.
I. Ftom your conaeerated wooda.
Holy Druids ; S. Silver Floods,
Froin your channels fring'd with flowen,
3. Hither move ; fonake your bowers,
1, Strew'd with hallowed oakm leaves,
Deck'd with flags and sedgy sheavea,
And bebaU ■ wonder. 3. Say,
What do your duller eyea surrey Z
CHOROB OF DKOlOa AKD RIV£IU.
We aee at once in dead of night
A son appear, and yet a bright
Noon-day springing from star-light.
: apailling than those w
Ofm
FBI
3. llieie firm feel, then kindle love
3. From the boaonu they inapir^
These receive a mutual fire ;
3, 3. And where lh«r flames impure re
These can quench aa well as bum.
Herethe — -
Make Worth only Beauty's priie ;
Here tbe baud <rf Virtue Bea
'Bout the heart Love'a amoroas chain,
Captives triumph, vaaeals reign ;
And none live here but the dain.
These areth' Hesperian boWrs, whoaoftiitn
Rich golden froil, and jet no dragon near.
Tlien, from ;out inipric'ning womb,
Vhich is the cndle and tbe lomb
Of British worthies, (fair tout t) send
A troop of heroes, that may lend
Their hands to cue this toaden groT^
And gather the ripe ftuils of lore.
Opsn thy stony entrails wide.
And break old Adu, that tin pride
Of lhre« &ni'd kiogdoms may be ipy'd.
Pace fortht thou mighty Biiliifa Uercalsa,
With thy ch<Moe band! for only tfiou and thoa
May nrel hve in Lore's Heqieride&
M Ihit Ike under part ^ tie rock apeia, andoulffa
cave are seen It come Ihe matfjtert ricify aitiretl
' SJk ancienl keroet .- (An coloure yeOow, etiAroideTed
vilk Klrer ; Ikeir aniijtu kdmeti curunuly vrmught,
and gnat piumei on the lop ,- before them a troop
qfyotmg lordt and ttoUemen't unu, bearing larchtt
of eirgin-viax : titm nms appareOed, i^ttr Ote aid
Brita^ ffokim, m mUte cooU, embroidertd mlh
ntver, girl, and fvS galAered, ml rfm rnffar'fli
and rovnd. aqa on tha- Meadi, utU • wtiU
fialhered umMcn abaat thtm. FirU, llttae datce
vdlh llieir Sghti ss Iheir kaadi ; afUr mkitk, Iht
_ noiqaeri denend into IW mnn, and done* Iktr
Tie daitee hemg poet, Ikere oppmr* m Cite _/vrlAer
jHB* of Ihe Hawtn, earning dmm, apleatant diid,
tnghl and IrarupaniiU, viUch, conUng MofUif doam-
wardi before Ue upper part of Ihe swuniain,
embraceih ihe Genius, but so, oi through U aO hit
badg ii leen ; and then, riiing agabi viitA a gtnUe
motion, bear* v]i Ihe Geniut of da three Ungdomi,
and, being pail Ihe oryregiaHtpierctlk the aeaeem,
andiino More teen. At Hat DUlont Ihe rack with
the three Idngdami on it linlii, and ii hidden in Ihe
earth. Thii Mrange ipniatle gaoe great cause of
admiralim ; but e^iedaibf hov to huge a madoHe,
and of thai great height, could come from under the
Stage, ahicA mw but uxfea high.
THE SEComi SOKD.
I. Here are ihapM ftvm'd fit for bwna ;
S. Tboae move gracefully and area.
3- Ho* the an and pacta m**t
So juat, as ifthc skilfbl fest
Had itnick the viols. 1 . 3. 3. So the ei
Might the tuneful fooliiig bear.
Jove tf UmpMiig pu«r ir«^
And will with brigfattr flan**
These glorkni ligfate. I mnal
And help .the irariL.
But rendVing what It takes aw.
Why afaoold they that hen can
So well, be ever fli'd above?
Jove shall not, to enrich the sky.
Beggar Ibe Earth ; Iheir fame shall fly
Ttora hence alone, snd in the sphere
Kindle new start, whilst they rest hoc.
In heaven and earth to flow,
Above In streama of golden fli^
In nlrer waves bdow 7
. 2. 3. But shall not we, now thou art goo^
Who wert our natural wither?
Or break that triple unioa
Which thy soul held (ogetlm?
In Goacoad's pnr^ anmestal tpritig
I will my forcB nnev.
And a more active virtue hsiag
At my letorn. Adlau 1
KiNSDons. Adieu! CHoaus.
the acne again is varied aUo a imb md fiiamtal
pretpaa, dean di^ring fntm all tila aAkM Ut
narest part shotting ■ deHdous garden ntil aimW
Ittracti ploTUed toith cypress treet; and off Mil
to^lha- oat composed a/ tuth onuutwnit a) MJ^
expreie a princetg vHU.
(XELUM. BBITANNICUM.
THE THIBD SOMO.
Whilat thus the darlings of the gods,
From Hddout's lemple to the shrine
Of Bnutfi tod these sweet abods*
Of Ixive, we guide ; let th; ditiua
Aspects, bright deity, •mlh <air
And halc^QD beuu* bocalm the air.
We briog prince Arthur, or tbe bnf e
St. George hlinseir, great qoeen, to jou ;
You'llaooadkccnihim: aod we ban
A Guy, a Beana, cr some true
Bound-table knight, as ever fought
For lady, to eadi beauty brought.
Plant in tfanr martial handa. War's seat.
Your peaceful pledges of warm snow.
And, if a speaking touch, repeat
In Love's known language tales of woe ;
Say Id soft whi^ieis of the palm,
As eyes sboot duts, so lipi shed balm.
For tbough you seem, like captivea, led
In triumph by the foe awsy,
Yet on dw conqu'ror's neck you tread.
And the fierce rietor proves your prey.
What heart is tbeo accure Irom you.
That can, thotigb Tanquiah'd, yet subdue?
TTu long done thty rtHre, and the mtiqveri Amet
tlie mdi with the ladiei, tehidi continued a great
part oftAc mght.
The nvelM being paM, and tit iing'i fliqjafy tated
under the elaU hg the fiaen i for cottcbtam ta tiit
maijue then appeart coming JMh from one of the
Bdet, ai monng by a gende viind, a great doud,
whiek, arriang at tie middle heaoen, itayethi thu
nai ijfteiieral catourt, and » great, thai it caeered
the whale icene ; out of the further part of the
hemen began to breaifirrth too other clouds, d^tr-
ing in colour and ihape , and behigjully dixovered,
there appeared tilling in one of them, Seligion,
Trulk, and Widom. Beligion wot appardled in
wMte, and part of her/ace iwu amered vrith a light
veil I in one Aond a booh, and in the other afiame
of fire. Truth in n walchtl robe, a tun upon her
fbrehead, and beating in her hand a pidm. Wiidom
m a mantle mrovghl teilh tyet and handh golden
rayi oioiif her head, and Jlpolla'i dthara in her
hand. In the other ctoud tat Concord, Gouemment,
and Sanitation. The habil of Concord wOJ car-
nation, bearing in her hand a Bltle faggot efuicit
bound together, and on the lop of it a heart, and n
garland of com on her head; Gooemment leai
figured in a coat tf armour bearing a thieid, and
on it a Meduta't head, upon her head a plumed
helm, and in her right hand a lance. Reputation,
a young fflon in a purple nbe wrougfit utfA goU,
and wearing a laurel on hit head. Thete being
come down in an equal diitance to the middle pat '
^the air, the great doud began la break o/i«n> ".
of vihich broke beamt 4 Hghl , in the midet, tut-
peruied in tbe iar, lat Eternity on a globe 1 Aifgor*.
meHlwatbt^,efalighlilue,ierotightaUolii
mart of gold, and ie»wg M K> Aand a terpen* bent
into a arde, with Ut Iml in hit mouth. In the
firmament about him vxu a troop i^ fifteen sfar^
apreaing the lUB^ying i/our BrUtA heroat but
one more gnat and eminent than the reil, toAtcA
ui teal of the moil honour^le order
THE FOURTH 80VQ.
DiCAaacDi, SI
Be Bi'd, you rapid orbs, that bear
The changing anaons of the year
On your swift wings, and see &k old
Decrepid spheres grown dark and cold; -
Nor did Jove quench her fires ; these bright
Flames hare eclips'd her sullen li^ht:
This royal pair, for whom Fate will
Hake motion cease, and time stand still :
Snce good is here to psiect, aa no worth
Is left for after-ages to bring forth.
Bl«*« ipliiti, vhote ■d*ent'roiii feet
Have to the mountain'B top wpii'iJ,
Where Ikir Dcaert uid Honour meet :
HerCj fVom the toiling pren rctir'df
Sectira tma *I1 diiturbing ctU,
For erer in mf temple rereL
With wreatbi of Stan drcW ahout
Gild all the apacioui fiimameul.
And antiiing on the panting rout
'niat labour in the ateep ascent.
With yuur reaiatlen inBuence guide
Of human change th' uncertain tide.
But oh, 70U royal turtles, abed.
Where jou from earth remCne,
On the ripe fruita of ^our chaste bet
TbOK sacred seeds of love.
Then ttota jma fruitful race shall flow
Scepters shall bud, and laurels blnr
t, Google
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
DiiD xaovT 1650.
f HiMCAi FLXTCHiKWuelectcd from Eton to sing's
Csllcgc. Sir Heni7 Willougbbj' gsre him the
Uiing of Uilga;, in Norfolk, in I6S1, which he
held lwent;-nine j«rs ; then it is Buppoied lii»t
be died ; ud these brief notice* compiiH all Ihtt ii
kiMnm of hie biMoi;.
The two FletcbenarethebestpoetioflbeKhoal
of Spemer. A Tilluioiu edition of the Purple
Idaitd wu publiibed in 1TS9; in which the text
was modemiMd and mangled upon the luggeition
of Jame* Herre;, author of the Meditatioiu ; ■
liook, not iDOte laudable in ita polpon than ndaui
in ita Myle, and, therefore, one of tbe moit popular
Deserredlf eminent aa the; were in their own
age, neither Browne nor the Fletchen are noticed
in Cibber'a Live* of the Poeti. Their poenu ware
flm included in a general collection bjr Dr. An-
denoD ; to whom, more than to any other penon,
the earlj poeta are indebted for reacuing Ifaem from
neglect; and tbe present generation, for hairing
better modela in aenliment, language, and veisfl-
catioD, Kt before them, than would otfaerwiae hava
been generalljt or eaail; aceeiaiblc.
THE PURPLE ISLAND;
THE 181S OF HAK
T>i warmer Sun the golden Bull outran,
And with tbe Twina made haate to inn and plaf:
Scatt'ring ten tbouMnd floi ~
To paint the world, and |
Cnie world nH>re aged
Ah, wretched man ] thii wicked world punning.
Which still growB wone b; tge, and older by re-
The liMpherd bofi, who with the Miuea dwell.
Met in the plain their Maj-lords new to choose,
(For two they yearly choose) to order well
jHieir rural spotti, and gaa tlut next ensues :
Now were they sat, where by the orchard walla
Hie learned Cbame with Mealing waleix crawls
And lowl; down beibre that royal temple falls.
jAmong the rout they take two gentle swains.
Whose sprouting youth did now but greenly bud:
Well could thejF pipe and sing, hut yet tlieii strains
Were only kiiowu unto the silent wood :
Their nearest blood from self-same fountains
flow,
Now whea the shepherd lads, with common rdce,
IWr Brtt conaeot bad Bimly lati^'d,
A gentle boy thua 'gan to wave their choice :
" ThirsU," said be, " Iho' yet thy Muaa untiyd
Hath onljr leam'd in private shadei to Mgn '
Soft sighs of lor* unto a looacr stiain,
Or thy poor 'nielgou'a wrong in mouraAd Tsrse to
■plain:
" Yet since the shepherd sw^ns do all consent
To make thee lord of tbem, and of tbeir Ht ;
And that choice Ud (to give a full content}
Hathji^'d with thee in office ai in tiMit:
Wake, wake thy long, thy too long ileeiring
And thank tliem with a song, as is tbe use :
Such honour, thus conferr'd, thou may'st not well
" Sing what thou list, be it of Cupid's spite,
(A^ lovely spite, and spiteful lovelineae !)
Or Gemma's grief, if sadder be thy spite :
B^n, thou loved swain, with good mi mien i
" Ah! "said the bashful boy, " such wanton toys,
A better mind and sacred vow deatniys.
Since in a higher love I settled all my joys.
" New light, new love, new love new life hath bred ;
A life that livea by love, and loves by light :
A love to him, to whom all loves am wed j
A light, to whom the Sun la darkest night ;
Eye's light, heart's love, soul's only life he is :
Lite, sou), love, heart, l^ht, eye, and all are hi* r
e eye, light, heart, love, soul j he all my joy and
7B0
PHINEAS n-ETCHER.
■< But If ytrnddgniinrtudM'pipa to hear,
(Rude pipe, umu'd, untun'd, uniroithjr beuing)
TbcM infuitine beginninga gently bear,
Wboae best dewit and hope must be jour bearing.
But jou, O Muien ! by aoA ChamuA utciag.
Your dainty ungs unto bit munnun fitting,
Vhic^ bean tbe undat-aong unto your chaoAil
dittying.
'■ Tell me, ye MuKa. what
HsTc left Bucceeding tima li> play upon :
What now renuiiu unthought on by thoae nge^
Where a ncir Hum may Cry her pinion 7
What lightning heroee, like great Peleui' he
May stir up gentle heat, and nrtue^
"0
" Who ha* DM often read lVay*B tirice auiif bee,
And at the fecoDd liinc twice betternng?
Who haa not beard tb' Arcadian ehepberd'i quires,
Which now bare gladly chang'd tbeir natin
tongue;
And, sitting by slow SCndus, sport their fill.
With sweeter mice and nerer-equall'd skill,
Chanting tbeir ainorou* lay* linto a Rdman quill ?
•* Aad ibou, dioica wit, Lore'i acbular, and Lotc's
. Alt known to all, whara XdTe faiaiself is known :
Wbetber thou did'tt Ulyassa hie him fMter,
Or dostthyfiwlt and distant eiile moan;
1 . Who ha* not seen upon tbe aiouniing stage,
Dire Atraus' feast, and wron^'d Medea's nge
Matching in tragic state, and buskjn'd equipage 7
" Aid «ow of late th' Italian fisher swain ■
Sit* on the sbote, to watch hi* trembling liat^
There teacfaa* »ck* and pnnider scaa lo pUin
: By Nesis Ur, and fhirar Mergiline :
While hi* thin net, upon his oar* twln'd.
With wanton strifo catches tbe Sun and wind ;
Wtdch still do slip away, and still remain behind.
To frame angelic strains, and cansons sing : [art
Too high and deep for arery shallow haait.
Ah, bkased soul ! in tboae eeleatial rays,|>laie,
WUdi gave thee light, these lower works to
Thou sitt'st Impandis'd, ^ chant'st etanal lays.
■■ Tbrice happy wits, which in your spriuoing May,
i (WamM widi the Sun of well dusiaiad Stouts}
Disckne your bods, and your Mr blooma diqilay.
Perfume the air with your rich Aagiant savours !
Nor may,nor*TSraUl, those bonoor'd flow^s
Be sp^rd by summer^ heat, or winter^ show'n,
Bm last, when eatii^ tioa shall gnaw the proudest
" Happy, thrioa b^ipy tunds in akwm •«!
When generous plants advanc'd tbaxioltj cnat;
When Honour stoc^d to be leamM Wisdmn's page ;
When baaer weeds starr'd in tbeir ftmen neat ;
When th' bigbeat flying Huse sUll higbsal
" But wretched we, to whom tfasaa inn day*,
(Hard days !) sffiird nor matter, nor lewaid !
Sags Maro ? Hen deride Hgh IlbTo's lays,
^nwir hearts with lead, with tud thor aenac b
baiT'd:
iing Linus, or bis bther, aa be naca.
Our Midas' ears their wdl tun'd verse refiiaab
What eares an an Ibr art* ? be brays at Bcrcd Mom
" But if food Bavius nnt his dooted soog^
Or Mavius chant hit tltougbts in brotfad diarw ;
Hie witless vulgar, in b num'rous throng,
lake mmmer die* about their dungluU bwkiii :
Tbey sneer, they giin. — ' like to taa like wiD
Teta
Tletth
Tban thu, • Wbo bate* not oi
wiy he Ae odMT loea.'
" Witneaa onr ColinS ; whom though all tbe Oncca
And all the Mus« nura'd; whose well taught
Pamassua' -self and dorian embraces, [*■>■%
And all the leam'd, and all tbe shepherd's thras^ ;
Tetali his hope* were croas'd, all suits deny'd ;
Discoursg'd, scom'd, his writings lilifyM ;
Poorly, poor man, ba lis'd : poorly, poor man, be
died.
■' A nd bad not that great Hart (whose bmaDTed bead.
Ah ! lie* fbill knr) pity'd thy woAil pU^t ;
There bad'st tbou lain unwept, unbuiied,
Unbless'd, nor grac'd witb- any cmnmon rrte :
Yet Shalt thou lire when thy great foe ihall
" O let th' Iambic Muse resenge that wrong.
Which cannot slumber in tbj sheets of lead :
Let thy abused honom- cry as long
As tliere be quiU* to writo, or ayes to read :
On bis rank name let ttdne own Tales be tun'd,
' (tti, may tlut man that hath tbe Muses secn'd,
Alire, nor dead, be erer of a Mnae adnni'd.'
'■ Oft tboribre bare I (Md my ttsidar Muaa;
Oft my chill breast bests off her flutasring wing:
Yet when new ^ring her goMle nys infUaa,
All storm* are lud, again to chirp and ang :
At length soft Ares, dispets'd in every lain.
Yield open passage to the thronging bun,
And swelling numbers' tide rcdl* tike the aepsg
" So where ftir Thames, and eroofced laa* son,
Encounter'd by the tidea, (now rushing aa
With equal f om) of '* way doth doiMAil accm,
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
■ Al bnigth d» All! grown tm moi wstar^ Ung
Chid tha bold wm* witb hollow munauring :
Back Oj tfaa Mnanw to ■hroud tboa ia tbor modKr
■priug.
■' Yet thou, iweet numcrouft Miue, wb; sbould'it
thou droop,
. ThM eiery vulgu ear tfa; niu*ic tcona?
Not GU they riae, nor ttuMi lO low can Uuop
No Med ot Heaf'n Ukm root in mud or thonu.
Vihfa owli or crowa, imping tbeir iaggj wing
With thT stol'D plum«, their nolM through
th' air do fling ; [atnin to lii^.
Oh Hhama ] the; howl and croak, whikt food tbey
•' Enough for thee in Heav'n to build th; not ;
( Far be dull tboughu of winning dunghiU pruse)
Enough, if king* enthrone thee in their braiM,
And crown their golden ciowni with higher baji ;
Enoughthatthosewho wear the crown of kings,
(Grttt laroel'i piiocea) strike thj iweeteat
string*; [beaiWy wing*.
Heaten'i dove, when high'it be 8ie% fliea with Ih;
■■ Let other* trust the *eu, dare death and Hell,
SMTch either lad', Taunt of their scan and
X«( others their dear breath (nay, ulence) sell ,
To fo^M, end (iwol'n, not rich) ttreUb out their
In soft, but slaepleM down 1 in rich, but raMlaM bed.
" O, let them in their gold quafrdrofniat down !
O, let them surfeits feast in nlvur bright t
Vhiln su^ hire* the taste the brain to drown.
Thus plantj, fulness, uckness, ring their knell-
Death weds, and beds them; first in grave, and then
iuHeU.
*' But, ah ! let me, under sonae Kenttsh hill.
Near rolling Medw^, 'mong my shepherd peers.
With fearless merry-make, and [nping still.
Securely pass my fbw and slow-pac'd yean :
While yet the great Augustus of our nation.
Shuts up old Janus in this long cessation,
Strength'ning our pleasing ease, and gfyes us sure
'•Tbarenay I, mastar of a little flodL,
Feed my jnor lambs, and aA«B change their &ie :
My lovely mate shall tend my sparing stock.
And nure* mj little ones with pleasing care ;
Wboee lore, and look, ab^ speak their biher
plain. [gwi;
Haalth be my feast, Hearen bopa, content my
So in my little house my lesser heart shall reign.
" The beech shall yield a cool safe canity.
While down I sit, and chant to th' echoing wood i
Ah, singing nught 1 lire, and singing die !
So by fair Thames, or silrer Midway's flood,
The dying swan, when years bar temple* pierce.
In music's strains breathes out her life and vane,
And chanting her own dirge tides OD her wat'ry
WhattbaUIOinMad
Or beg a fhrowr from a
Td fhnce my song against the nilgar n
What ear* I, if tbay ptaisa my slcndsa song?
Or reck I, if they do ma li^t or wraog ?
A dtspherd'* bliss nor stands, nor falls, to er'iy
" Great Prince of Shepherds, than thy HeaT'os
more high,.
Low as our Esrth, here serring, ruling there ;
Who taughtM our death to Ure, thy Nfe to die ;
Who, when we broke thy bonds, our bonds
would'it bear ;
Who rngned'st In thy Keano, yet felt'st our
Hell;
Who (God) bought'M nun, whom man (though
God) did sell.
Who In eur flesh, our graTea, and worse, our beaitt,
wonld'et dwdl.
" Groa Prince of Shepherds, thou who lata didst
To lodge thyself within this wretched breast,
(Most wretched breast, such guest to entertain.
Yet, oh I mo«t happy lodge in such a gueat!)
Thou Pint and h»*t, inspire thy sscred ASH ;
Guide thou my hand, grace thou my aitlesi
quill :
So ihall I Gist begin, so Isst dull end thy will.
" Hark then, ah, hsA ! you gentle shepherd ciew ;
An isle I &iit would sing, an island fair ;
place too seldom liew'd, jel still in view ;
Near as ourselves, yet farthest &om our care; ,
WMch we by leaving find, by seeking lost;
A fordgn home, a strange, mo' native coast ; ■
UoBt obrious to all, yet most unknovm to most.
" Coeval with the world in her nativity.
Which tl^' it now hMh paae'd thro* asany ages.
And still rstais'd a natural proclivity
To ruin, compass'd with a tbovaaud rages.
Of foe-men's qiile, which still this idand toases,
Yet ever grom more proep'roui by her doiaca,'
By with'ring, sprin^ng fre*h, and rich by often
The earth's vast limits daily more unbind
The aged world, though now it tailing shows.
And hastes to set, yet still in dying grow* :
Whole live* are *pBnt to vrin, what one da^** hour
" How like's the world unto a tragic stage '.
Wbtfe every changing scene the actors change ;
Some, subject, crouch and Awn ; some reign anit
rage : [strange.
And new strsnge plots bring scenes as new aiiu^
1^11 moat are sUn ; the rest their parts have
done ■ [groan,
I So here, some laugh and plav, some weep and
1111 all put off their robei ; anO stage and acton
IBt
.PHINEAS FLETCHER.
•< Tet tUi &lr iila> (dtdl m newlj omt.
Hut from our ddas, noi place, nor tinMS in>r
Tltougb to irounclTM fOimelTH are not more
Yet with straogc carelcssoen you traTel Dcv'r :
T1nMwhile,fourBel(Mwidii>tiTe home fbrget-
ting, [>weating.
You March for distuit worldi, with nKdlesi
You nerer find younelTes j M loae je more b;
getting.
"When that Great Fow'r, that All far more than all,
(When DOW his time fore-wt wai fully come)
Brought into act this indigeiled ball.
Which in himself, till then, had only room ;
He labour'd not, dot lufibr'd pain, or ill ;
But bid each kind tbeir seTeral placei fill :
He bid, and they obsy'd, (heir action wai his wilL
" First Btept the Light, and spread liit cheerful rays
Tbrough'all tli« chaos ; Darkness, headlong fell,
Frighten'd with sudden beams, and new-born days ;
And plung'd her ugly head in dsepest Hetl ;
Not thM he meant to help hit feeble sight
To&ame the rest; he made the day of night:
AU ebe but darkneaa ; be the tru^ the coiIy light.
*■. Fire, water, earth, and air, (that fiercely atrore)
Hia aov'reign hand in atning alliance ty'd,
Binding their deadly hate in constant lore ;
So that Oreat Wiadua teiuer'd all their ^de,
~f< and lore should never
[peace.
{Con
Tlie woi^d might die to Hve, andleaaen to increase.
« litis earth's cold ann, cold water friendly holds,
^ut with Ms dry the other*! wet deSea :
lAnn air, with mutual Iotc, hot fire unfolds.
As moist, hii drought abhors, dry eartb aUiea
With fire, but bests with cdd new wan pre-
pare : [turns air ;
Yet earth drencht water prores, which iMHl'd
Hot air make* fire : condena'd, all change, and
home repair.
" Now when the first week's life was almoet spent ;
And this world built, and richly furnished ;
To store HeaTen's courts, and steer Earth's regi-
Be cast to frame an isle, the heart and iiead
Of all his works, cmnpoa'd with curious art;
Which like an index briefly should impart
The turn of all ; the whole, yet of the whole a part.
•■ That trine-one with himself in council sits,
• And purple dust takes from the new-born eartb ;
Part circular, and part trianglar fits ;
Endows it largely at the unhom birth ;
Deputes his taTourite viceroy ; doth inieit
With aptness thereto, as aeem'd him beat ;
And lot'd it more than til, and more than all it
filesa'd.
" Then plac'd it in the calm pacific seas,
Andbidnor waves, nor troublous winds, offend it }
Then peopled it witb subjects apt to please
So wise a Prince, made able to deftnd il
Against all outward IbrM^ or iawnd aplM;
Hun framing, lEkg hialsclf, all sUning brigbt;
A little liring Sun, boo of tb« lit^ LJ|^
" Nor r^ade he this like other iste* ; bat gave it
Vigour, sense, reason, and a perfect modoa.
To more itself whither itself would have it.
And know what falls within Che verge oTiiotiaB :
No time might change it, but as ages went.
So still return'd ; still spending, never spent :
More rising in thur fUl, mure rich in deoimmu
" SooQce the cradle* of that double light.
Whereof one rules tbe night, the other day,
(1111 sad Latona flying Juno's spite.
Her double burtben there did safely lay)
Not rooted yet, in every soi was roving.
With every wave, and every wiad remoring :
Bntsinee,tod>aseivrtwinshBthIcft her ever Draving.
" Look as a scholar, who doth closely galbeor
Hsny large volumes in a narrow place ;
80 that great Wisdom, all this all together,
Confin'd unto this island's little space ;
And being one, soon into two he fram'd it ;
And now made two, to <me again r«elaim*d il ;
The little Isle of Man, or Purple Island, nam'd it.
" llrice happy was tbe world's first in&ncy ;
Nor knowing yet, nor curious ill to know :
J^ without gnef; love without jealousy :
None felt hard labour, or the sweating plough :
The willing earth brought tribute to her king -.
Bacchus unborn lay hidden in the cling
OF big swol'D grapes ; tbeir drink vras every sUver
spring.
" Of all the winds there was no difierence :
None knew mild Zephyrsfromcold Eurus'mouth;
Nor Orithya'i lover's violence
Distinguish'd (him the ever-dropping south :
But either gentle west winds rvigu'd alone.
Or else no wind, or harmful wind was none :
But one wind was in all, and all the winds in one.
" None knew tbe sea : oh, bleased ignorance !
None nam'd the stars, the north car's constamnocy
Taurus' bright boms, or Pishes' bappy clulnce :
Astrea yet chang'd not her name or place;
Her ev'npoii'd balance Heaven yet nevertry'd:
None sought new coasts nor foreign luds de-
acry'd j [Afi,
But in their own they liv'd, and in tbdr own tbey
" But, ah ! what liveth long in bappinea* 1
Grief, of an heavy nature, steady liea.
And cannot be remov'd for weigbtinas* (
But joy, of lighter presence, easly flies,
And seldom comes, and soon away will go :
Some secret pow'r here all things orders so^
That for a sunshine day follows an ag« of woe.
'< Witness this glorious isle ; which, not content
To be confin'd in bounds of bappines^
Would try whate'er is in the continent ;
And seek out ill, and seardi for wretchedness.
Ah, fond to seek what then was in thy will T
llulneedsnocurious search; 'tis oeil ua still.
'Tis grief to know of grief, and ill to knowof ilL
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
« Thu old ■!; terpeat, (tlj, but (piuftil more]
Vei'd with the g'orj of lJii» 1>>PPT •■'*•
Allans it Hibtlj from tbe paireful shore.
And with fiiir painted lies, uid colour'd guiUi
Drench'd in dead Mas > ; whose ilaA ■treamsi
full of Mght,
Empt; tbeir sulphur waves in endleaa night j
'Wliera tbousuid deaths, and hells, torment the
damned sprite.
" So when * fisher swain bjr chance hath spf 'd
A big-grown pike pursue the lessci try.
He sits a withy labyrinth beside,
And with fuir baits allures his nimble eye ;
Which he invading with outstretched fin.
All suddenly is cooipass'd with tlie gin,
Where there is Da way out, but easy passage in.
■■ That daathrul lake bath these three properties ;
No turning path, or issue Ibence is found :
The captive never dead, yet ever dies ;
It endless sinks, yet never cornea to ground :
Hell's self is pictur'd in thai hrinuitone wave ;
For what retiring from that hellish grave ?
Or vrho can end in death, where deatlis no ending
have?
"For ever hsd this isle in that foul ditch
With cureless grief and endless errour atniy'd,
Bailing in sulphur and hot-bubbling pilch ;
Had not the king, whose laws he (fool !)b3tray'd,
Unsnari'd that chain, then firm that lake se-
Fur which ten thousand torlurea he ^idur'd i
So hard was this lost isle, so hard to be recui'd.
" O thou deep welt of life, wide ftieam of love,
(More deep, more iride, than widest, deepest seas]
Who dying, death to endless death didst prove.
To work this wilful rebel island's ease;
Thy love no time began, no time dctays:
But still increasech with decreasing days:
Where (hen may we begin, where may we end, thy
O depth without a depth ! in humble breast.
With pndtes I admire so wondrous height :
But thou, my sister Muse », may'st well go
high-r.
And end thy flight ; ne'er may thy pinions tire :
Thereto may be his grace and gentle heat aspire.
•' Then let me end my eauer taken story,
And ung this island's new recover'd seat ;
But see, the eye of noon, its brightest glory.
Teaching great men, is ne'er so little great :
Our panting flocks retire Into the ^ade ;
Tbey crouch, and close to th' earth their horni
have laid :
Vhh we our scorched beada In that thick beech's
■I ChiWi VktssT snd IMimph-
Dkuhiko Phcebus, as he larger grows,
(Taxing proud folly) gentler waieth Mill;
Never less fierce, than when he greatest shows :
When Thirsil on a gentle rising hill [view)
gVhere all his flock he round might feeding
ti down, and, circled with a lovely crew
Of nymphs and sh^herd-boys, thus 'gan his song
" Now was this isle puli'd from that horrid main,
Which bears tbe fearful looks and name of Deatli ;
And settled new with blood and dreadful pain
By Him who twice had giv'n (once forfeit) breath :
A baser stale than what was first assign'd ;
Wherein (to curb the too aspiring mind)
Tbe better thii^^ were lost, tbe worBt were left bdund ;
■' That glorious image of himself was rax'd ;
Ah ! scarce the place of that but part we find :
And Chat bright sun-like knowledge much de&c'd i
Only some twinkling stars remain behind :
Then mortal made ; yet as one fainting dies.
Two other in its place succeeding rise ;
Anddrooping stock, with branches fteah immortalise.
" So that lone bird, in fruitful Arable,
When now her strength and waning life decays,
Upon some airy rock, or mountain high,
In spicy bed (fir'd by near Fhnbus' rays)
Herself, and all her crooked age cansumes :
Straight from the aahes, and those rich perfumes,
A new-bom pbcenix flies, and widow'd place resumea.
■' It grounded lies upon a sure foundation ■,
C«npact and hard ; whose matter, cold and dry,
To marble turns in strongeat congelation ;
Fram'd of fat earth, which fires together tie.
Through sll the isle, and every part extent.
To give just form to ev'ry regiment ; [ment.
Imparting to each part due strength and 'stablish*
■■ Whose looser endssre glew'd with brother earth >i
Of naturelike, and of a near relation;
Of ■elC«anie parents both, at self-same birth;
That oft itself Elands for a good foundation':
Both these s tliird ' doth solder fast and bind ;
SoOer than both, yet of Ihe self-same kind ;
All instruments of motion in one league cond^n'd-
" Upon this base > a curious work is rais'd.
Like undivided brick, entire and one,
Though soft, yet lasting, with just balance pais'd ;
Distributed with due proportion :
I "The IbundsHm of the l»df Is thn bans. Bonn sn a
ilmilir urt of the bodr, meat dry or ddM } roade hj Ihr Tlrtue
Ij most carthj and tkt, Ifar the fctsl^luhinNt SDd fl^re of the
I boMtJai a vsrldr uul ufMj In'miitJan.
Ii of a Dstore between frUes and nerrcs, iraned ot a teufti
and daniBv povtieq of the seed, fbc bitting and holdlnf l£a
tansi tanthn. and flttina Iheia Ite motiiin.
•UHnU»boms,asthelBundatlaD,lsbulHthafledi. Flesh
's a iliaUBr part of the bodv, soft, ruddy, mada ef Mood, and
"~ 'r<iHed,oinsndwilhthecr ' -'-"■
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
Aod th*t the rougher fnune might luili uiueen
All &ir is hung with coTwin^ slight and thin
Which pvtij hide it all, fct all is putlf seen i
" As when ■ Tirgin her snow-circled breast
XMsplaying hides, and hiding sweet displsji ;
The greater segments corer'd, end the rest
He rail trantparent vrillingly displays: [light.
Thus takes and giTes, thus lends and borrows
Lest ejea ahould lurftit with too greedy sight,
Transparentlawni with-haldmorcto increase delight.
■■ Nor is there any part !□ all this land.
But is a little isle ; for thotiaand brooki *
In azure diannels glide on nlrer sand ;
Their serpent windings, and deceinng crooka.
Circling about, and wat'ring all the plain,
Empty themselTfs into Ih' all drinking main ;
And cneping forward slide, but nerer turn again.
-*■ lime diff 'rent aCreams from fMintains different.
Neither in nature, nor in sh^ie agreeing,
(Tet each with other fiiendly ever want)
Give to this isle his fmitfuloeas and being ;
lite first in dngle channels'', skyjike blue,
With luke-warm waters dy'd in porpbry hue,
Sprinkle this crimson isle with purple-cokiur'd dew.
-Tbe:
ei|B, though from the ss
e springs
Tet pamtng through another greater fountain,
Doth loae his fbnner name and qualities : {tain -.
Hirougli many a dale it flows, and many a maun-
More fiery light, and needful more than all ;
And tfa«efore ttneei with a double wall : [fall.
All frodu liii yellow streams, with many a sudden
" The last ', ID all things differing from the other.
Fall from an hill, and close together go,
Embsacing as they run ; each with his brother
Guarded with double trenches sure they flow :
Hie coldest spring, yet nature, best they have ;
And like the lacteal Binnes wUch hearen pare.
Slide down to ev'ry part with their thick milky wave.
■ These with a thousand s
through th'
Bring tribute in : the lirst gives nourishment
Next life, last sense, and ariutraiy moving :
For when the prince hath now his mandate sc
The nimble posts qaick down the
And end their journey, though but now begi
But now the mandate came, and now the
!T, imputed Ic contaJn, o
a;r
"An site^Usrmd, long, round, hoJIow, fonn»d /«
the beiit— nb blood ii mthyl^lavUh, niU of ip
(iHraOn ecagpsHsd with a double tunida, that it mithi
> A Dnrs Is a tpenaatlcii] pvt ri^ng from the bnln
IbepUtiortlMbadLJioDt: tfaaoutilds skin, the iiuldcfu
KLta 1 caRTlDf the aolDial Kdrlti (bt keoK and ruotkm,
saArado^ sUaneit « the brain ; oooo of Uion il
Init run lo oouides.
10 'n* Tiitti G«TCT
aiteflsa, lUk Bad hiat Ann ths b«ui: t
BoUtBftoatbabialn: olllooDU; '
kc part eseculw tlw msndalt, til
" Tha whole iate, patted tn three regbneolai'.
By three metropolis's jmntly swmy'd ;
Ord'ring in peace and war their goTermncili,
With loving concord, and with mutual aid 4
The loweat hath the worst, but latest set ;
llie middle less, of greater dij^ty :
The highest least, but bold* the grartest sarWfBQ.
" Deep in a vole doth that tint prarinee lie.
With many a city grac'd, and fiuriy town'd ;
And for a fence Irom foreign enmity, [rem';
With five strong buildSl walla '» e(tcan|iaa'd
Which my rude pencil will iu limning itsJB:
A work, more curious than which poets tip
Neptune and Phcebus built, and pulled down ipis.
" The lint of tiiese, is that round spreading lsKt<'i
Wliich, like a sea. girta th' isle in every part ;
Of fairest building, quick, and nimble sense,
Of caramon matter tnia'd with special ait ;
Of middle temper, outwardeat of alt,
To warn of 0% chance that ixiaj be&U :
The same a faice and q>y ; a watchman and sad.
" His native beauty is a lily white " ;
Which still some other colour'd stream ioketA
Lest, like itself, with divers stainings di^it.
The inward disposition it de(ect«th :
If while, it argues wet; if purple, fire;
If black, a heavy cbeer, and fii'd desiie ;
Youthful and blitb^ if auilad in a rooy lire.
" It cover'd itands with niken flouriihing >S
Which, as it oft decays, renews agaii^
The other's aenae and baauty peiftdug ;
Which else would fed but with uinisval (ail ;
Whose p] „
Soft'ning the wi
Doth ofl the prince himself with witch'iies un
" The second '* rampier of a softer matter.
Cast up by the purple river's overflowing ;
Whose airy wave, and swelling waters, fUur
For irant of heal coogeal'd, and thicker groaitfr
The wand'ring beat >' (which quiet ot'tr ^
itlinctt;
If ami be parted lata tbra re^»"i*
e mhUlB,<)TlnaWi ItMblthot.''^
, 1, tn the i^aio, the hwrlntiw"*
necHiarr. Tlw train oMahis the hifiiett flMe, tadl^ ■ "•
'sit la coBpaiL 10 tbe grestcut In dlfsl^.
■" Tha parts ^tbe loaer r^on, an tl&tr the ualilsrt"
ootalnfaigi the mbuiId1« eUtier ooai^ « mii\ ^
Homon are theiUB, the feshj panicle, sad IbaAl; t^ij*
« an the snuclet or the beUy.pkcc^ or tbe iiUB iU> <<»•
"'tIu tkin <• a membiam of all the nt tb* Biit loftf^
hlch, Ibrawd or the mliture of md and blood i ifci b™*
tUM^UdpSsi ahsttM
..luthj j wbeiephlsBB, It I
reliiu, it i> i«d Mn: iHil In •aDaulnborant
" The skin li eovasad with the niUele. IT Bd„-
kln; ItlilheannortooehtaKwIllinnwliMM _ ,
rittapain. IlKilirik>tlitbeikln.whicfamaiiytlw>»<^^ J
jid ;*• II la with Bukla] put oB^ and a new nd »■* ■■''' i
T^e W (WBwlh ftoBi the atry portkai of fte Hocdi ,jg '
b.ilFluu account and all coMlgnnnlbkkasddM . h
!> The bi iDereHMta Inward hwi, br ii«iiln» M *•"■
rard puts 1 and ddMdi tha parts H^ect 10 HSw hnna
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
755
" Hie thlid toon invard >*, finner than the betf,
Umj nem Bt Gnt but thinl j built, tad ilight ;
But yet of roore defncc than all the rcM ;
Of thick and stubborn substance stranglf dight.
Tliese three (three common fcncra round im-
This regiment, and all the other isle ; [pile)
And (BYing invaid friends, their outward foes be-
guile.
" Bii&de tbeae three, two '9 more appropiiate guards,
Tbe BrM eight companies in sevenl wards,
(To each hii station in this regiment)
On each nde four continual watch observe,
And under one great captain jointly serve ;
Two fore-right stand, two Cross, and four obliquelir
'■ The other <» frain'd of common matter, all
This lower region girts with strong defence ;
Mot* long than round, with douhle-builded mil.
Though single often seema lo slighter letue ;
With many gates, whose strangest properties
Protect this coast from all conspiracies ;
Admitting welcome ftiends, excluding enemies.
*' Between this fence's double-walled sides ",
Four slender brooks run creeping o'er the lea ;
The Arst is call'd the nune, and rising slides
I<Vom this low region's ntetropoUe :
Two fV»m th' heart-city bend their ulent pace ;
The last fhnn urine lake with waten base.
In tba allantoid sea emptieB bis flowing race.
•' Down in a rale *>, where these two parted walls
Difler from each with wide distending space,
Into a lake the urine-river falls,
Which at tbe nephros hill begins his race :
Crooking his banks he often runs astisy.
Lest bisiUstreamstnightbackwardflnda way ;
Thereto some aay, was bum a curious framed bay.
" Tbe urine lake^ drinking his colour'd brook.
By hitle swells and (ills his stretdilng sides : .
But when the stream the brink 'gins overlook,
A sturdy groom empties the swelling tides j
^hinctei some call ; who if he loosed be.
Or stiff with cold, out flows tbe senseless sea.
And, rushing unawares, coven llie drowned lea.
i^lTis flefhr panicle,
IT panicle, u a id
' aSMtn
thatxil;
>mtaius Terr thick, siDewr,
Cbt* lower region, are Ivo^
,p4eQF, wbLcfa arc ^ght| tour
stde^ni. two riftt, HI
sthfT HsWil TSMSti laiflu hne paassca both in and i
" The doable tiudele of tba rim, U plalnlf psite. ..
large ipace, [hst with s double wall It lai^l fcnce the blsd.
dm, where At vsiidi o( tba DaTil are eontalnKL Thm sn
(hit: Brrt, tbe nune, whidi It s(tlnnourlitiln> thttnlkiitla
tbewsubi ■Hniiil.lnn irtnilri. Imrhirhthr Inftnt liiislhri.
Huschoa, ■ ^pe when
B urine It csrnad into 1
" fVom tbenw wiA Minder pawge^ (Aring name)
Tbeae ntusome streams a secret pipe conveys ;
Which though we lenn tbe hidden pails of shain^
Yet for tbe skill desire no better praise
llan they, to wliich we honour'd names Im-
O, powerful Wisdom 1 with what woDdVouaart
Mad'at thou tbe beat, who thus hast fram'd the vilest
part.
" Six goodly dties <', built with suburbs round.
Do fair adom this lower region ;
The first Koilia*", whose eitremest bound
On this side's border'd by the Splenion,
On tbu by sovereign Hepar's large o —
The merry Diasome ibove it studs,
To both these join'd in league, and nei
Fram'd to the most capadous figure's guise ;
For tis the island's gimwr ; here its store
Lies treasur'd up, which well prepar'd, it sends
By secret path, thai to tbe arch-city bends ;
Which, making it more fit, to all tbe isle distends.
'■ Bui hence at foot of rocky Cepbal's hills.
This city's steward'" dwells in vaulted st(»wi
And twice a day Koilia's storehouse fiU*
With certain rent and due provision :
Aloft he filly dwells In arched cave.
Which to describe I better time shall have.
When that lair mount I sing, and his white curdy
At that cave's mouth, twice uileen potters stand >^,
Receivers of the customary rent ;
On each aide four fthe foremost of tbe band)
Whose ofiice to divide what in is sent ;
Straight other four break it in pieces small ;
And at each hand twice five, which grinding all.
Fit it for convoy, and this city's anenal.
" From thence a groom M of wondrous volubility
Delivers all unto near officers,
Of nature like himsdr, and like agility ;
At each side four, that are the governors
To see the victuals shipp'd at fittest tide :
Which straight fVom thence with proap'rous
channel slide.
And in Koilia's port with nimble oara glide.
le li vottttjtd tbrougb the ordlaarr pss-
r while Juice »l
» QufljUL tbe Laile. it the utorer, or Blewmrd
ladi, which bts Its i^sce in Cepbsl, that II (he h
•• In dther chap, ir tlitRm Iceili, Rnir cuRer
■thjorb— -■■ ■-'—
756
PHINEAS
" The hiiveii ' i ftnai'd with wond'rous h
Opens itseirto ill that entnnce well .
Tet if ought lack would turn, and Ihence depart.
With thouBand wrinkles shuts the ready creek i
But when tbe rent i> slack, it ngKs rife.
And laut'nieB in itself with civil strife:
Thereto a tittle gnxna Ti tgga it with sharpest knife.
■■ Below dwells » in this city's nisrket.place,
Tbe ishuid's common cook, concoction ;
Comfuon to all, tlierefure in middle space
Is quailer'd lil in just proportion ;
Wlience nerer from his labour he retires,
No rest he asks, or better change requires :
Both night and day he works, ne',.'r Blee)>s, nor sleep
■' Hiat heat>4, which in his fumace e>er fiimeth,
la nothing lite to our hot parching 6re ;
Which all consuming, self at length consumeth ;
But moist'ning flames, a gentle heat inspire ;
Which siire some inborn neighbour to him
lendeth;
And oft the bord'ring coast fit fuel sendeth.
And oft tbe rising fume, which down again dc-
■cendeth :
" like to a pot, where under hoTering
IKvided flames, the iron udes entwining.
Above is Mopp'd with close laid covering,
Exhaling fumes to narrow straighls confimng :
80 doubling heat, bis duly doubly specdeth ;
Such is the lire concoction's veaset needeth,
Who daily all the isle with fit provision feedeth.
" lliere many a groom, the busy cook attend
In under offices, and •ereral place ;
This gathers up the scum, and thence it sends
To be cast out ; another, hquor's base ;
Another garbage, which the kitchen cloys:
And divers lilth, whose scent the place annoys.
By divers secret ways in under nnks ccHivoys.
■' Therefore a second port ^ is udelong fram'd.
To let out what unsavory there remains ;
There sits a needf\il groom, the porter nam'd.
Which soon the full grown kitchen cleanly drains,
By divers pipes with hundred turnings ^ring.
Lest that the food loo speedily retiring, [ing :
Shou'd wet the appetite, still cloy'd, and Miil deair-
■■'80 Erisiclhon, once flr'd I'as men say)
With hungry rage, fed never, ever feeding ;
Ten thousand dishes scver'd in ev'ry day.
Yet in ten thousand thousand dishis needing )
enlar ilrings. to ihul In Iht mail, and keep It from Tetnni Ing.
choli liiuiiBur,'ihalpens tli« appeUlr.
» In Ihcbatunn ortbsitorauh (Khlch li placed In the mid.
Ain oTibetMUy) li concoction periVcted.
t IhB veij ligtc . . .
or porter) at ■cndliw out the t
"ralli, which uaEqUty and luuin >i>wiii«>,ia
•uddentr psHina thnufli Ilw body, •taould m
ieet to afVMI* and fnedlDaia
In vain hia daug^hter hundted shapea aia I'll
A whole camp's meat he in his gorge inhum'd:
And all consum'd, his hunger yet was nnanuiim'd.
" Such would the stale of this whole ialand be.
If those piiie^ vrindings (passage quick delayi^
Should not refrain loo much edaatv,
With longer stay fierce appetite allaying.
These pipes =* are seven-fold longo- than tbe lib.
Yet all are folded in a little pile, [vilt
Whereof tliree noble arc, and thin ; three thick, aul
" Tbe lint >' b narron'st, and down-rigbt dolh look.
X<cst that hia charge discharg'd, might back rctii*;
And by the way takes in a bitter brook.
That when the channel's stopt with ati^ng mire,
Through th' idle pipe, with piercinf; wbIbi
soaking;
His lendersideawith sharpest stream prvtckiBf,
Thrusts out tbe muddy parts, and rids the miry
choaking.
" The second's ]„,„ and lank, still pil'd, and hvricd
By mighty bord'rers oft his bams invuliiig:
Away his food, and new inn'd store is carried ^
Therefore an angiy colour, never fading
Purples his cheek ; the third <> for length o-
Anddown his stream in hundred tuminga leai^:
Theae three most noble are, odonied witli silka
« The foremost *(• of the base liatf blind mppean ;
And where liii broad way in an islfamui cods.
There he examines all his passengers.
And ihose who ought not 'scape, he backwaid
sends : jjag.
The second I' JEWs court, where tempetts tag-
Shut close within a cave the winds 1
With earthquakes sliakes the lab
presaging.
Soou as tbe gale opes by the king's as^^,
Empties itself, far thence the filth out-(lirowing :
This gate endow'd with iBcny properties.
Yet for his office, sight, and naming, tia :
Tlierefbre between two Mlla in darkest vallej Ivi.
.-- Uxi (DC Binding) ftwB UsH
toMUMMiru LunUnrt. !■ of ail the LonfCvt
'<> The Bimt, sf the iHKr iv^ll <»Ub1 lillnd.Uwt».i
<i Tfie'iecond ii toloti (or the ton
Klhd tlierr •Uiini. ind teilna Ibe bodv.
^' Thr hut, catted Bcctun (or Hfaitbt) h
■hort, itjfrt towudi the eniL that the txa
eailly be electad, and relahiea also apm osci
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
** To tbat arcb^tjr *' of tliis gorenimeDt,
The three fini pipes the ready feaat codto; ;
M.'tie other three in baier office spent,
Fling out the dregs, which else the kitchm cloj.
In every one** the Hepar keeps his spies,
Who if ought good, witii eril blended lies;
l^ence briog it ba^ again to Hepar's treasuries.
•■ Two sereral coTers fence these twice three pipes ;
The first from over swimming •> talLes his name,
Kvike cobweb-lawn worm with hundred stripes :
'liie second ^^ itrengtlieli'd with • double frame,
From foreign enmity the pipes maintains -.
Close by the Pancreas-" stands, who ne'ei
fhough press'd by all his neighbours^ he tbeJi statt
*> Next Hepar, chief of oil these lower parts.
One of the three, yet of the three the least.
But see the Sun, lite to undaunted hearts,
Enlarges in his fall his ample breast.
Now hie we home; the pearled Jew ere long
Will wet the mothers and their tender young.
To morrow with the day ne may renew our song."
CiNIO III.
Tai morning fresh, dappling her horse with roses,
( Veit at the ling'riog shades that long had left her.
Id Tlthon't freeiiug arms) the light discloses ;
And chasing night, of rule and heav'n bereft her:
The Sun with gentle beams his rage disguises.
And like aspiring tyrants, temporises ;
Merer to be endur'd, but when be falls, or rises.
,Thir™l from withy prison, as he uses.
Lets out his Sock, and on an hill stood heeding.
Which bites the grass, and whicb Ms meat refuses )
So his glad eyes, fed with their greedy feeding.
Straight Sock a shoal of Dymphs, and shqiherd.
swains, [plains;
While all their lambs rang'd on the flow'ty
ThcD thus the boy began, crown'd with their circling
*' Ton gentle shepherds, and you snowy ^res.
That ut around, my tugged rhymes attending ;
How may I hope to quit your strong desires,
in Terse uiwom'd, such wonders comprehending ?
Too well I know my rudeness, all unfit
To fiame this curious isle, whose framing yet
VfuM never throughly known to any human wit.
*• Thou shepherd-god, who only koow'st it right,
And hid'st that art from all the world beside ;
Shed in ray misty breast thy sparkling light,
Aiid in this fog, my erring footsteps guide :
•I TVt mn ill iprlnlilsil with numbsrlws 1
no psrt of Ihs cbjls might ciuape, tiU ill Iw lirai
•3 Epiploon [orDTcr.>wimll;«) dnnuli ticlai
■jconds sbdvr the Mgtiett entraili ; of lUnn
Thou who first mad'st, and never wilt forsake it.
Else bow sfaall my weak hand dare undertake it.
When thou thyself ask'st counsel of thyself to make it.
" Next to Koilia, on the right ude stands.
Fairly disprend in large dominion.
The arch-city Hepar ' stretching her commands.
To all within this lower region ;
Fenc'd with sure bars, and strongot utuatiDn ;
So never fearing foreigners' invasion i
Hence are the walls^, slight, thin ; built but for sight
and Gubion.
" To th' heart, and to th' head laty surely lied >
■With firmest league, and mutual reference ;
His Legers there, theirs ever here abide.
To take up strife and casual difference t
Built all alike *, seeming like ri^ies sfaeen.
Of some peculiar matter ; such 1 ween.
As over all the world, may no where else be seen.
" Much like a mount ' it easily ascendeth ;
Tlie upper parts all smooth as slipp'ry glass :
But on the lower many a crag dependeth ;
Like to the hangings of some nwky mass :
Here first the purple fountain i making vent.
By thousand rivers through the.isle dispent.
Gives every part fit growth, and daily nourishment.
" In this fair (own? the isle's great steward dwells;
Hisporphry bouse glitters in purple dye.
In purple clad himself; from hence he deals
His store, to all the isle's necesraty :
And though the rent he daily, duly pay.
Yet doth his Sowing substance ne'er decay ;
All day he rent receives, returns it all the day.
" And like that golden star, which cuts his way
Through Saturn's ice, and Mars his fiery ball ;
Temp'ring their strife with his more kindly ray :
So 'tween the Splenion's frost, and th' angry gsll.
The jovial Hepar sits ; with great expence
Cheerins the isle by his sweet influence ;
So slakes their envious rage, and endless diflerence.
■■ Within, some say, Loie^ hath his habitation,
Not Cupid's self, but Cupid's better brother;
For Cupid's self dwells with a lower nation.
But this, more sure, much chostetdian the other;
Bv whose command, we either love our kind,
Or with most perfect love affect the mind ;
With such a diamond knot, he often souls can bind.
T region, the Urfmt, Di
> The liver it tied to Ihi> hnrL by nrlerin, la the head by
< Th'e liter unulitioTnDiinlilluyllnb, butofakbldpKlfa
^ llie llver'B utiper part riict, sut iwelU fentlv ; is verr
xnoolb and enn7%e ^iciwor Id Uie suUJde like to an boUm
■ock, rugged siiil Haggy.
• FroiintilKsIlttacipiingearUDOdwhlchniDslntheTelnL
> The itewsrd oT the whole isle, li here HtiT placed, bccsuea
IS all (that Is brouglit In) U here (IUhI slul dlepoMd, to Hum
' Here FtstodlipMcJlhc Kit of lore. Andcertilnlf though
ui( (which tme pervcrtcly call lore) be otherwhcie huIciI,
ret th*tsmsllonwherebjwewiib,iUHldowFll to othen, tnar
icem to be better BUedIn the liver, Itasn in (hebeiR, [where
aoU do place it) because this moderate heat ippeus inote apt
'(a thli sracUon i and Itrcs ofthe heart where (as asatamauderj
3 C 3
756
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
" Two purple ■tnuniO, here i mm thdrbotlhig head*;
Tbe tint,Bndlean,fn tb'hoUowcaTOD brrading.
Hit waves on diver* neighbotir grounda diqireada :
The neit fair mer all the rest exceeding,
Topping Ihe hill, break* forth in fierce cvaaion ;
And aheda abroad hi* Nile-like fntindMion ;
So p'et to &U the Isle tbcir (bod and T^ctadon ;
•■ Tet tbcK from otb«r itreain* moeh dilftrait;
For other*, a* they longer, broader grow ;
TheM ■* they nin in nairow banks impent ;
Are then at least, when in the main they flow :
Much like a tree, which all his roots so guides.
That all the trunk in hi* full body hide*;
Which atnighl, his *lem (o thonaand branches nib-
diTJde*.
" Yet te*t these streams 'O might hap to be infected.
With other liquors in the well abounding ;
Before their flowing channels are detected,
SoDie lesser delt^ the fountains bottom sounding.
Suck out the baser Btrcamf, the (pring* annoy-
ing.
An hundred pipes unto that end employing ;
Thence run to fitter place, their nraiome load con-
voying,
*< Such is fair HeparH, which with great dluensioD
Of all the rest pleads most antiquity ;
But yet th' heart-dty with no less contention.
And juslest challenge, claim* priority ;
But sure the Hcpar was the elder bore ;
For that smalt river, calt'd the nurse, of yore,
I,aid bath** foundalioD, yet Hepar built afore.
" Tliree pws'nous liquor* from this purple well
Kise with tbe luUive xreams " ; the flrst tike fire
AU flaming hot, red, furious, and felt ;
The Hpring of dire debate, and civil ire ; [tion.
Which, wer't not surely held h ilh strong leten-
IVould idr domeitic atrife, and fierce contention.
And waste the weary isle with never ceaa'd dissendoD.
" Hierefbre close by, a little condnit stands,
Choledochus », thai drag* this poison hence.
And safety locks it up in prison hands ;
Tlience gently draina it through a narrow fence :
A needful fence, attended with a guard.
That watches in the straits, all closely barr'd.
Lest some might back escape, and break the prison
* Hence rile Ih* two giwt rivn-i at blood, oT kIi
■filKn^ guts, and the etJptooix Tbe mond It Csv
I" Tb* chyle, or Juice of »«■*, concerted Id Ibi
could not all » lumcd into iw«t btnud, bj to
diven trindiof huToounlnlt; tberefbrc there ar? i
ofexctcmentalllquoTt luckt jtwsjtiTlKlbvascli,!
to^drappolntcdidacesi one Im ligbl and flctr ; i
oanht, and beavy ; ■ ihird iiberlib and wUny.
" F«niolu !• Ihe eaoOo'tnt between Ihe pcrlp
phnldanai one bcUlne Ihe hnrt,t]ie dher Iho
im. T1iaithel[>criiantlnUtne,uidmiklni, li
bKiuK Ihe nunc (tbi vein that Itoedi the loAiit
womy mpUM lIKlf upon the lliei.
Ji The flrtt eKcrement drawn rmn Ihe liver to
.•IwdBVb'. HHrr. Illln Ahuw IU cnlOUri which, WCFT
pUce, would nil all tbe bod
he,iU.i.
onjrlunlel
!l itrnain i* the' wboksonie fbont ct-
« The neil 01 t
Alt dreary, black, and frlgfatftil, heiKe convey^
By divers drain*, unto the Splenion tendii^.
The ^lerdon o'er against the Hcpar taid,
Buih long, ar^ square ; aome say that lu^^
Keeps residence ; but laughter fita not tben^
Where darkness ever dwell*, and mdancbidy fiar.
The cloudy iale vrith helliah dreariment, fmoui*:
Would soon be lill'd, and tbouand feajfiil la-
Fear hide* him here, lock'd deep in emr^IJ cdl:
Dark, doleful, deadly-dull, a Utile bell ;
Where with him fright, despair, and thousand bv-
roura dwell.
TIk Hepar daily, and whole isle di
Uke ghastly shade, or ashie ghost appearing :
But when it pine*,, tb' isle thrivea ; ita emv,
his bleinng;
3d when a tyrant rave*!^, lii* sobjetrta pnMi^
His gaining la ttieir loss, his tn ->■■■-
" Hie third bad water 'B, bubbling froiD dn* ibiak
Is wheyiah cold, which with good liquor* m«i^
Is drawn into the double Nethro's mountain ;
Which suck the best ibr growth and nourisliuHal;
The worst aa through a little psp '" diatilliag
To diver* pipes, the pale cold humour swilliB^
Run* down to th' urine lake. In* banks tlniee daily
filling.
" These mountains » diSW but in tttuatioii.
In form and matter like ; Ihe left i* highs'.
Lest even height might stai^ their operatioD ;
Both like the Moon (whidi now vranta h^ ha
fire)
Yet into two obluier angle* bended.
Both strongly with a double wall
And both have wall* of mud before tti
tended.
" The Hith and last town in thi* region,
With l«rge*t stretcli'd precincta, and co
Is that, where Venus and her wanton si
(Her wanton Cupid) will in youth n
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
For tbougb hb urows, md bb goMm bow,
On other Mils he frankly does bntaw, [glon
Yet b«« he hides the firc^ will) which each heut dot
« For that great Providence, their course
Too easily led into the sea of d«lh ;
After this first, gave Ihem a Mcond Iwing,
Which in their offspring nev.ly flourisheth ;
He, thererun:, made the fire of generntioii.
To bum in Venui' courts withnul ceaution ;
Out of whoae ashe* comei another island nation.
•■ For frotn the first a fellow isle be fram'd,
( For what alone c*n live, or frailM be ?)
Amn the first, the lecond Th«lu nam'd i
Weaker the last, yet fairer much to see :
Alike in all the rest, here disagreeing,
Where Venus and her wanton have their being!
For nothing i> produc'd of two, in all agreeing.
•■ But though some few in tbeae hid parts would see
Their Maker's glory, and their justeal sbaroe ;
Yet for the most would turn to luxury, [game :
And what they should lament would make their
Fly then those parts, which best are undescry'd ;
Forbear, my maiden song, to blazon wide.
What lb" isle and nature's self, doth eier strive to
bide.
" These two fair isles distinct in their creation.
Yet one extracted from the other side,
Jiie oft made one by love's firm combination;
And from this unity are mnldply'd :
Strange it may seem, such tbeir condition.
That they are more dispread by union i
And two an twenty made, by being made in one.
" For from these two in love's delight agreeing,
Another little isle is soon proceeding ;
At first of unlike frame and matter being.
In Venus' temple takes its form and breeding ;
1^1 at full time the tedious prison flying
It breaks all lets, its ready way denying ;
And shakea the liembling isle with often painful
" So by the Bospboras' straits, in Euiine seal.
Not far tJTMn old Bynuitum, closely stand
Two neighbour islands, rall'il Symplegades,
Which sometime seem but one combined land :
For often meeting on the wal'ry plain.
And parting otU tost by the boisfious raMO,
They now are jmn'd in one, end now di^oin'd again.
•< Here oft, not lust, but sweeter chastity,
Coupled sometimes, and sometimes single, dwells;
Now bnk'd wi«b love, to quench lust's tyranny.
Now Fhcenii like, alone in narrow cells ;
Sudi Phrenii one, but one at once may be;
In Albion's hills, thee», Bwulissa, thee.
Such only have I seen, such shall I never see.
" Whot nymph was this; said fUrest Rosaleen,
Whom tliou admirest thus above so many?
She, while she was. ah ! vras the shepherd's queen ;
Sure such a shepherd's nueen, was never any ;
But, ah ! no joy her dying heart contented.
Since she a dear Deer^i side unwilling rented ;
AVhow death she ell loo lale, too much repented.
Ah, royal a
why should'rt thoa thus
Thy little fiiult, was but too much believing :
is too mnch, so much thou should'st repent (bee ;
His joyous soul at rest deserves no grieving.
These words (vain words !) fond comfbrtera did
lend her ; [hei
But, ah ! no words, no prayers, might ever bnid
To give an end to grief; till endless grirfdid end bcr.
B, shel
It May,
w'red in Albioi
Pew eyes fall'n lights adore : yet fame shall
Her name awake, when others silent sleep ;
'hilc men liaie cars to hear, eyes to look back, and
And though the curs (which whelpt and nura'd In-
Si^n,
Learn of fell Geryon to anarl and brawl)
Have vow'd and strove her \-irgin tomb to slain ;
And grin, and foam, and rage, and yelp, and bawl :
Yet shall our CyntluB's high triluuphing light
Deride tbdr bowling throats, and toothless spite:
And sail through Heav'n, whilst they sink down in
endless night
" So is this islands lower rogion :
Yet ah ! much better is it sure than s(^
But, my poor reeds, like my condition,
(Low ii tbe shepbetd's stale, my song as low)
Mar what they make. — But now in yonder
C*HM IV.
Thi sbepherda In the ihade their hunger Ifeaated,
With ample ntes, such as the country yidds;
And while fWim scorching beanu seenre tbtj rested. '
The nymphs, dispen'd along tbe woody fidds,
Puil'd from their stalks the blushing straw-
berries, [eyesr
Which lurk cloae shrouded ftom bigb-looking
She wing that avreetnesa, oft both low, and hidden lies.
But when the day bad bis meridian run
Between bis highest throne and low declining:
Thirsil again bis forced task b^un.
His wonted audience his sides entwining.
Leagu'd to tbe nraghbour towns with sure and
•■ Such as that star, which sets his glorious chair
In midst of Heaven, and to dead datkneaa, here
Giva light, and life ; such ia this city fair :
Their ends, place, office, state, so nearly near.
Thai those wise andcnts, from their nature's
sight, [aright.
And likeness, tum'd tbdr names, and call'd
» Queen EUateth,
760
FHINEAS FLETCHER.
" This middle coast ', U> bIL ttu iila dlipeoda
All heat, and life ; hence it another guanl
(B^de these common to the first) defends :
Built whole of musy Mone, cold, dry, ud hard*
Which Btretduog round about bis circliiig urns,
VamDts these parts from nil exterior bamu ;
Kepelling angry force, securiog all aUmu.
■' But in ths fhtnt > two fair twin-bulwaikt rise ;
In th' Arren built for strength nnd ornament i
In llelu of more use, and larger azs ;
For heuce the young isle draws hid nourishmtnt :
Here lurking Cupid hides his bended bow ;
Hen "' ■ — ' -.^— -=— .
" For when the lesser island (stUt
In Venus' temple) to some greatness swells 3,
Now larger rooms, and bigger spaces seizing.
It stops the Hepar rivers : backward reels
The stream, and to these hills besui up his flight,
And in these founts (by some straoge hidden
IMea hi* fair rosy wares into a lily white, [might)
" So where fair Medway down the Kentish doles,
To many towns her plenteous waters dealing,
iLading her banks into wide Thamis foils ;
The big-grown main with foamy billows swdling.
Stops there the sudden stream : her steddy race
Staggers a while, at length flows back qncej
And to the parent fount returns its fearful pace.
'■ These two fiiir mounta* are like two hemjapheres,
Endow'd with goodly gills and qualities ;
Whose tops two little purple hillocks revs.
Much like the poles in HeaTen'suteltrees:
And round about two circling alion gire
In blurfiing red, the rest in snowy tire.
Like Thimdan Hfemos looks, which ne'er feels
FhiEbus' fire.
" That mighty band,
(Where more* ou
Tlie pattern bnothlesa, but the picture breathes;
His highest hea*'n is dead, our low boir'n lives
Hot scorns that lofly One, this low to dwell :
Here his best stars he sets, and glorious cell ;
And ails with saintly spirits, so turns to Heau'D
fromHelL
" About this r^on rouitd in compasa stands
A guard, both fbr defence, and respiration.
Of siity-four', parto] in sereral bands ;
Half (O let out the smoky exhalation ;
Ibe othe* iMlf to daw in fredteris^isda:
Beside both tbne, a third of both Ibeir Unda,
That lets both ou^ and inj which u
" This third the merry Disiome' we call,
A border-.dty these two coasts removing :
Which like a balk with Ins cross-builifed wmll.
Disparts the terms of anger, and of loring i
Keeps from ih' beart^ty fuming kitcfacn bcs,
And to his nei^ibour's gentle winds iosypim ;
Loose? when be sucks in air, contract when he «s-
" The DiasoDM* ofsei'rsl matters liram'd :
The first, moist, soft, harder the next, mnA Mitt:
His fashion like tiw fish a raia nam'd j
Fenc'd with two walla, one low, the other hi^ct ;
By eight streams water'd; two froni HepK
And from th' hesirt-town ax many higher go ;
But two twice told, down flam the Cephal mcms-
tainflow.
" Here sportful" laughter dwells, herr, e*er aittiag,
Defies all lumpish griefs, and wrinkled care ;
And twenty merry-mates mirth causes fitting.
And smiles, which laughter's sons, yet infuilaai*^
But if this town be fir'd with burnings nigh.
With self-Bme flames high Cephal's towoi
fry;
Such is their leeLng lore, and loTing sympsdhy.
" TluB coast stands girt with a peculiar m whII,
The whole precinct, and erery part dafimdiiic i
The cbiei^t > > d^, and imperial.
Is fair Kerdia, far his bounds eitcndiiigi
m>ich full to know, were knowledge i
How then should my rude pen tlus iiiwlii
write, [aright?
Which thou, who only mad'st it, unlj know'a
" In middle of this middle rt
Kerdia seated lies, the centre deem'd
Of this whide isle, and of this gorcmmciit :
ir not the chiefest this, yet ueediiill'at aeoD^
Therefore obtain'd an eirual distant scat.
More fitly hence to shed his life and btmt.
And with his yellow streams the fruitful island wet
Flank'd >■ with two several walls (for more defnice) ;
Betwixt them ever (lows • wheyish moat.
In some soft waves and circling proSuenc%
This city, like an isle might safely float.
irimuctiur; ItMt
■ ■ Budatas it '""* JMrW"
' Wll^i&^FIeurs or ikln, whkh doUieth the ifls an UN
'-, compMts IhU middle tvglm.
liEcblerutputiirUitimUUcretlonls Die heart, steid
miiit ottbii tmrlaet, ijtd at On tt^iit bogy: iijmm
■Ldst rfjll, M bdiit of sB the moB awdftlL
■uuHi II ^uiniu: recetrlDR hit name^, sihI a peni&ar *™**'^.
a with »n humour, like whey « uiiM ] « weU u nst Ife*
u IB llfhtea the borir-
'SS
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
I flit, not Toring)
76t
In moti<m ilill (• mod.
Host like to Hmt'h,
numngi
Hcue* nxMt hue plut the iwt of nm «id actiie
" Built of a Bubstancc like snoolh porpbjry ;
Hu mattar hid ", and, like ioelf unknown :
TworiTenofhiaown; aaother bj,
TbU fnim the Hcpu iikb, like > eiDim,
Infolds the nurow part ; for tiiat great All
That hit worki glory made pytamical,
llieii crawn'd with triple wreath, and cloth'd Id
(carletpall.
" Hie city's self. in two i* paititioaa reft,
TlMl on the right, this on the other tide :
The right 1' (made tr^utaiy to the left)
Brings in his pension at his certain tide,
A pensiDa of liquon strangely wrought ;
Which flnt by Hepar's streams ore hither
hrought.
And here dialili'd with art, beyond or words, or
thought.
" The grosser >* waTca of these life-atreams (which
With much, yet much len labour is prepar'd)
A doubtful channel doth to Pneumon bear :
But to the ld\ tfaoM laboui'd eitiacts shar'd
Asthroughi^a wall, vilh hidden passage slide ;
Where many secret gates (gates hardly ipy'dj
With nfe couvoj, give paaeage to the other side.
" At each hand of the left, two streets i> stand by.
Of sCTeral stuff, and idreral working fVun'd,
With hundred crooks, and deep wrought can^ :
Both like the ean in fom, and so are oam'd,
I'tfa' right-handstrsetilbe tribute liquor sHelb:
The left, forc'd air into his concaTe gettsth ;
Which subtle wrought, and thin, fbr future work-
men Stteth.
■• The city's left ^ ride (by some hid direction)
Of this thin air, and of that right side's rent,
( Compound togetfaer) makes a strange confection j
And in one vecael both together m^t.
Stills them with equal, nerer quenched fliing :
Then in small streams (through all the isle
Sends it to every part, both heat and life inspiring,
>3 The *Hti
hough llie hBi
xtltlaiij, th« rij
bodr.yctltlit.
iweats through « Beshj parti
vmi A^^but If It be weU t
tbc gnat Biteij Into the whole bodjr.
" In this heart-city, four mmn strearos appear^) ;
One from the Ilepor, where the tribute landeth.
Largely pours out his purple river here ;
At whose wide mouth, a band of Tritons slandeth,
(Three Tritons stand) who with their three-
fork'd mace.
Drive on, and speed the river's flowing race;
But strongly stop the wave, if once it back repass.
" 'Rte second^i is that doubtful channel, lending
Some of this tribute to the Pocumon nigh;
Whose springs by careful guards are watoh'd, that
Froui thence the waters, all regress deny.
The third » unlike to this, Avm PDeumon
And is due sir — tribute here beatowing.
Is kept by gates, and ban, which stop all badcward
gcung.
" The last «3 full sprii^ out of this left ude rises.
Where three fair nymphs, like Cynthia's self
appearing.
Draw down the stream which all the ble suffices;
But stop backways, some ill revolture fearing.
This river still itself to less dividing,
At length with thousand little brooks runs
sli^g
His fellow course along with Hepar channels guiding.
" Within this dty is the palace >* ftam'd;
Where life, and life's companion, heat, abideth ;
And thnr attendants, passions untam'd :
(Oft very Hell, in this straight room resideth)
And did not neigfabouiing hills, cold ain in.
spiring.
Allay their rage and mutjoous conspiring.
Heat, all (itself and all) would bum with quencb-
Iess filing.
" Yet that great Light by whom all Heaven shines
With borrow'd beam^ oft leaves his lofty skies.
And to this lowly seal himself confines.
Fall then, again, proud heart, now fijl to rise :
Cease Earth, ah ! cease, proud Babel Earth, to
swell; [cell J
Heav'n blasts high tow'rs, stoops to a low roof d
First Heav'n must dwell in man, then man in
Heav'n shall dwell.
'< Close to Kenlia, Pneumon i> takes his seat.
Built of a lighter frame and spongy mould :
Hence rise IVesb airs, to fan Kerdia's heat, [cold :
Temp'ring tliose burning fumes wilt —-■'
ie heert ire /bur gmt voaeli ; the Ant
bringlni [n b
liltlefcJdl™
vel It odJcd the srteir vdb t which riiLn;
he great alter;: thlihslh sIh ■ KoorLnte-
li Hihl and Ipangr, ind TErr U
brcalhlng uiif >p«king, dliidi
t>HINEAS FLETCHER.
In darera streets, and outways multipbr^ :
Tet to one Eorpantion all are jointly tj'd.
" Fid; til clolh'd widi lungings>< ttiin and light.
Lent too much weight might hinder motion :
Hi* chiefeit use to frame the v<nce aright ;
(Tbe voice which pnblishei each hidden notJon)
And for that end a long pipem down deacends
(Which here it»eif in many lesser spcntls)
Until, ban at the foot of Cephal mount it ends.
" This pipe was built for th' air's mte purveyance.
To fit each wveral raice with perfect sound :
Therefore of diveti matter the conveyance
Is finely fram'd ^ the first in circles round.
In hundred circle* bended, hard and dry,
( For watry soitnesi j« sound's enemy)
Not altogether close, yet meeting very nigh.
" The second's drith and hardness somewhat lesa,
But smooth, and pliable, made for extending,
Fills up the distant circle's emptiness ;
All in one body jointly comprehending i
The lasto mon soft, which where the circle's
Not Ailly met, supplies what they have wanted;
Nothurting underpatts, wliicb neit to this are painted.
" Upon the top there stands the pipe's safe^ co-
Made (or the T<^ce's better modulation i
Above it fonrteen careful warders hov'ring.
Which shut and open it at all occasion :
Tile cov'r iu four parts itself dividing,
Of substance hard, fit for the voice's guiding;
One itil] unmov'd (in Tbelu double oft) redding.
" Cloae ^ by this pipe, runs tiiat great channel down,
Which from high Cephal's mount, twice every day
BrJngi to Kralia due provision : [^ay
Straighl at whose mouth >> ■ flood-gate Hops the
Made like an ivy leaf, broad, angle fasliioa ;
" Bnt see, the smoke mounting in village nigh,
With folded wreaths, steals through the quiet air ;
And mii'd with dusky shades, in eastern sky.
Begins the nigfat, and warns us home repair:
Bright Vesper now hUh cfaang'd his name, and
And twinkles In the Heavn with doubtftil foce i
Home then, my full fed lambs ; the night conKs,
rss-s
■ light, snd ver
■nmai i«rtlv ol
iTdooih things (th«ecartllAgeisre«napuied uiem riiifj ani
partly ofikin, whteli Oe the grlstlM tomtlMT.
» ADdbaauKlhe rln^ ■? the iriuta da not wbotlr aiat,
thLiapsaUiDsdeuatnranuele«,(liatsolhfiiiHat'fd|icsdj(riD-
Ing, mlgbt lu* be lallid or hurt.
BTtac larrni, or covering of the wind.plpe. Is a niiUr
■ulxluiu, pulsd Intaflnu (ri^eai ofwhkch tbearstbern'
" AdtolBlnii lo It, li (he wnphigui, or meat-plpc, convrj-
prlnc^nal Innrument oT tuning, and nvting the voice i snd'
thcrcAn nMl), ihut It nlghi Hsner hit wtuo we •wiUos,
Ci»TO V.
Br thii the old night's head (grown boary gray)
Foretold that her approaching end was ttcar ;
And gladsome birth of young succeeding day
Lent a new gloiy to our hemiqdwre ;
The early swains salute the inbnt ray,
Then dinve the danu to foed, the laidis la
play:
" The highest region in this little itJe,
Is both the island's, and Creator's glory :
Ah ! then, my cie^ng muse, and n^ged atyl^
How dare you pencil nut tide wbnd'rous stny?
Oh Thou ! that mad'M this goodly r^inNBt
So beav'nly ftir, of basest element.
Make this inglorious voae tby glory's instaunMnL
* So shall my flagging Muse to Heav'n aipin,
Where with thyielt^ thy f^ow..*hepheRl sils ;
And warm her pinions at that heav'niy fire ;
But, ah ! such height no earthly sfa^berd Gu :
Content we here low in this humble v«k^
On slender reeds to sing a slender tale i
A litde boat will need h litde sail and gale.
" The third precinct, the beat and chief of all.
Though least in compaas, and of narrow tpaa,
Was tbwefi»e liam'd like Heav'n spboical,
Of largest figure, and of lovelieat grace ;
Though ih^'d at fint, tbe least I of all ttu
three;
Yet hi^teat aet in place, as in degree ;
And over lU tbe not bote rule and sovereignly.
Yet strongCT far, a
Where victory, and learned arta nnded;
And by the Greek and Roman monarchy
Sway'd both the rest, now prest by slavery
Of Moscow, and tbe big-.ewolo Tuikidi tjnanj.
" Here all the senseaB dweU, and all tbe aits;
Here learned Muses by thidr ailver spring;
The city ' sever'd in two divers parts,
Within the wells, and suburbs neigfabouring :
Hie suburb* girt but with the comnHn fam,
Founded with wondrous skill, and gnat ti-
Aod therefore beauty here, keeps her durf tea-
" And sure for ornament, and buildings ran.
Lovely aspect, and ravishing delight,
Not all the isle or world, with this can pair;
But m the Thelu is the fairer sight :
These suburbs many call the island's 'face ;
Whose charming beauty, and bewitching gum,
OAimes the prince himself inthralls in fetters base.
R raigna is tbe teari, but imlilal
le loHesvfli, n wtii In lit^ IiX
1> divided )nU) the city and «i
■U oTUw ikull, and the bee will
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
" For M tut 111* [9 a ifaon
Of all tliM in thii il) is ihds drnptead ;
So tfa' isluid'* &ee is the ide'a epitomo,
Where ei'n the pilnce'ii Ihoughn are oAeu read:
For when that all had Gniih'd erery kind,
A nd ill bJB works would in )«■■ ralume bind.
Fair on the ttet he wrote the index of the mind.
" Fair ara the aubuilH ; ;et to dearer right,
The dty't wif vaon fair and excelleat 1
A thick-grown wood. Dot pierc'd with any ligh^
Yields it some fence, but greater ornament :
The diTen coloui'd trees and fresh array
Hucfa grace the town, but nKMtthe T^logay:
Yet all in winter turn to snow, and soon decay.
■■ Uke to tome ttatdy work, wboae quaint derkea.
And glitfring turrets with brare cunning dight.
The gazer's eye still nHve and more entice^
Of th> inner rooms'to get a ftiUer sight i
Whoae beauty mud) more wins fab mndi'd
" Four ■er'ial * walk, beside the commoo guard.
For more defence the dty round embrace :
The Brst thick, soft : the second, dry and hard ;
As when soft earth befbie hard stone we place :
The second all that dty round enlaces.
And, like a ro^ with thicker sides, embtaca ;
For here the prince, his court, and standing palace
" Tbeotber^ two, of matter thin and light;
And yet the first much harder than the other ;
Both choi^ all the dtf : Iberefote right,
Tbey call that th' hard, and this the tender mo-
ther, [wries,
The first* with diTets cnxdis, and turnings
Cutting the town in four quatemilieti
But both jam to resist ioTadiug enemies.
» Nalttbase, the bnildiDgs yield tbemsdTes to sigbt i
Hu outirard T soft, and pale, like adiea look (
The inward parte more hard, and curdy white :
Tbeir matter both, from th' isle's first matter took;
Nor cold, nor hot : heats, needful sleeps infest.
Colds numbs the workmen j middle tempers
best ; [timely rest
When kindly warmth speeds work, and cool gives
" Within tbe centre > (as a market place)
Two caTems stand, made like the Hoon halfspent;
Of tpecial use, for in their hollow space
All odours to their judge tfaemselresprcaent:
Here first are bom the qurits animal.
Whose matter, almost immaterial,
Besembles Heaven's matter quintesaentiaL
peTKTsn&um, or lUn, a
Wo Lnwud ikliu.
he hairnuHnitOf
■■ rtieuB, reniilii
9 of the whole bndT, the bnln
of Hie tkull ! HixinillY, with Ihe
( the ikuU ; mi IbiiMj, wtih
** Hard by an bnndied ^ nimbla w
These noble spirits readily preparing ;
Lob'ting to make them thin, and fit to hand.
With nerer ended wot4i, and sleepless caring :
Hervby two little biUocks jointly riae.
Where sit two judges clad in seemly guise,
Hiat rite all odours here, 1 ' ' '
' Next these a wall >i>, buill all of si^ipMres, shining
As fair, more predous; hence it takes his name;
ly which tbe third" cave lies, his sides combimng
To th' other two, and from them hath bis &ame ;
. meeting of those former cavities]
Andn
" By this third ^ cave, the humid dty drains
Base noisome streams, the milky streets anncning ;
And through a wide muuth'd tunnel duly strainH,
Unto a Ubbing substance down convoying ;
Which these foul dropjung humours largely
swiUs,
Till all his swelling sponge he groedy fills.
And then through other siniks, by little, soft distils.
" Between 1-* this and the tburth cave lies a vale,
(Tbe fourth; tbe first in worth, in rank the last]
Where two round hills shut in this pleasing dale.
Through which the spirits tbithar safe arc past :
Those here refin'd, their full perfection have.
And therefore dole by this fourth I ^ wondrous
Risaa that silver wall, scatt'iing his milky wave.
*■ Kot that bright spring, wbaie fair Hermaphrodite
Grew into one with wanton Salroasis ;
Nor that wbere Biblis dropt, too foi^y light.
Her tears and leV, mt^ dare compare with this ;
Whidi here banning >*, down a lake descends,
Tillittbepredoui wave through all the isle dispends.
" Many fitir rivers " lake their heads from dUier,
(Both from tbe lake, and from the milky well)
Which still in loving channels run together.
Bach to his mate, a uei^bour parallel :
Thus widely spicad with friendly combination.
They fling about their wondrous operation.
And give to every part both motion and sensation.
:b tbe uiliBs] ^iiitli itE ODDODCUd, thbincd, and HtteJ Ibr
tee i mat cl«e by, sre two UUIe buDchei, lUu tcmlm, Ihe
DT brlthl wsH, Hvertns
t^ tbe tbtrd earttr are twe
PJUJMSJ"
and dlfUUIiif Ihso lata thcps
TlcMi I aAwayfccfbe ipliHi
pertated. Bf II
"'« ThU pllh, 01
m tbebrsiiiiUdiwUr
764 PHINEAS FLETCHER.
■■ lUa ailTer lake >■, flnt &x>m ili' hod-dc^ ipriag-
To Hat bright fbunt four little cfauuielB tends ;
Through which it thither plenteous water hrioging,
Straight all again to every place diepends ;
Such is th' bead city, aucb the prince's hall ;
Such, and much luore, which stnngely liberal,
Though tease it nerer bad, 7et gives all sciue to all.
X Of other ■lufi' the suburia have their fivming ;
May seem toft maihle, spotted red and white :
}i^r>t>^ Btandii an arch, pale Cynthia's brightness
Whence hate and love ikiimiah with equal
pow'ra.
When Bttuling gladneoi ibines, and sudden sorrow
" Here'" sits retir'd tlw silent reverence;
And when the prince, incens'd with anger's fire,
Thunders aloud, he darts bis lightning hence ;
Here duakj reddish clotidi fortel his ire;
Of DOtfaing can this isle more boast aright :
A twin-bom sun, a double^eebig Kg ht j
With mvch delight tliey tee; are seen with much
ddight.
■< That Thradan shepherd*' call'd them natore'sglacs g
Yet than a glass, in thia much worthier btang :
Blind glisses represent some near set face.
But this ■ living glass, both seen and sedag :
Like Ueav'n''' in moving, like in heav'nly fir-
ing: [ing:
, Sweet heat and Ught, no burning flanw inqdr.
Te^ ah 1 too oft we finjd, they scorch with hot dndr-
ing.
" TTiey, monnted high, ut on a lofty bill ;
(For they the prince's best intelligence.
And quickly warn of future good, or ill)
Ha« stands the palace of the uohlest sense :
Here Vims" keeps, whose court, than crystal
smoother.
And clearo' seems; he, though a younger
Yet &r more ngble is, far &irer than the other.
" Six bands'* are set to stir the moving tow'r;
lite first the proud band call'd, that lifts it higfa'r ;
The neit the humble band, that shoves it low'r;
The bibhing third, draws it together nigli'r ;
The fourth disdainful, oft away is moving:
"ITic other two, helping the compass roving.
Are call'd the circling trains and wanton bands of
■prinjinir
'•The tint psrtoftha Ikcg Is Ibe (
*' Orphiui. GsUed tbe InAlngalaii of nature.
Ji thr^itit, II Uir m«t no
" Above, two compass groves >^ (lore's beaded bMrs)
Whichfencethe Isw'rsfrom floods of higher place:
Before, a wall ^, deluding rushing foes.
That shuts and opens in a mouienl's space :
The low port fii'd, Che higher quick descending;
Upon whose topi, spearmen tbeir pikes intend-
" IliTee divers lakes ^ vrithin these bulwarks lie.
The noblest psrts, and instruments of si^it :
11w first, receiving forms of bodies nif^
Conveys them to the next, and breaks the li^it,
DauntiDg his rash, and forcible invasion ;
And with a clear and whitish inundation,
Restraiiu the nimble spirits from their loo quid
" In midst of both is plac'd the crystal <• pond ;
Whose living water thick, and hrightly nhiniii^,
Ijke sapphires, or the sparkhng diamond.
His inward beams with outward light comhiiung,
Alfring itself to every shape's aspect ;
The divers forms doth further still direct.
Till by the nimbie post they're brought to th' intel-
lect
" The third V, like molten glass, all clear and vrlul^
Both round embrace the noble crystalline.
Six inward walls » fence in this tow'r of sight ;
The first, most thick, doth all the flame enshrin^
And girts the castle with a close embrace.
Save in the midst is left a circle's space,
Wbere light, and hundred sbapes, fiock out and in
apace.
" The second " not so massy as the othV,
Yet thicker than the rest, and tougher Oam'A,
Takes his beginning from that harder mothV ;
The outward port like horn, and thence ia nam'd ;
Through whose translucent sides much light is
Into the low'r, and much kept out by th' boni ;
Makes it a pleasant light, much like the ruddy mora.
" The third » of softer mold, is like a grape.
Which sll entwines with his encircling nde :
In midst, a window lets in every iliape ;
Which with a thought is narrow inade, or wide :
His inmost side more black than starless nigkt ;
But outward part (how like au hypocrite !)
As painted Iris looks, with various coloun dlght.
>Abat< the rye-bnTwi, ksfiiliig off the not, ttut UlkB
" The eycIkU ihuttlng the ers iie two ; the lom env
"""TTiere^-"-— '■--"- .-.^-*— . "'- ._!^u-^_ —
'°»5'hc us
nl light, mil tlopplDg the iidjMs ttt
ctrstsUne. ind most noble, icaud tml
" ^'7 two, ant bdiu ■IteiHl bribe
» The thl^trom the UkentM, Is tailed the „
called the coitJuDctlve, Hlld,thlck,CDiDputlog the
but Dnl; tbt Hsck vln' —
H The third ii utps. «* eiapr, msde of the tender motbR,
thin and pctvloutb^smtlesral round wlndowi It iiilinneli
coloured wiibout. but eacccdlnflT black within.
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
" The fourth M ofllnest work, more slight snd ttun.
Than, or Arachne (which [n »lken twine
With VMaa BtroTe) or Pullu' Bclf could ipin:
Thi« round enwraps the fountain crystalline.
Tha neit" i» made out of that milky spring,
That from the Cephal roounl hi* wave* doth
fling.
" Hi* autwtBQce a> the head-spring perfect wlute ;
Here thousand nimble apiei are round dispread i
The forms caught in this net, are brought to sight.
And to his eye are lively pourtr3.yed.
The last » the glassy wall tliat round encasing
The most of glau, is nam'd from that ealadng.
The white and glassy wella parts with bis strict cm-
bracing.
'■ Thus then is fram'd the noble Visus' bow'rt
Th' outward light by the first wall's circle sending
His beams and hundred forms into the tow'r.
The wall of horn, and tliat black gate transcend-
la HgZifned by the brightest crystalline, [ing.
And fully vieWd in that white nelty shine
From thence with speedy haste is posted to the mind.
" Much as an one-eyed room, hung all with night,
( Only that side, which adterve to his eye
Gives but one narrow passage to the light,
Is spread with some white shining Ispestry]
Ad hundred shapes that through flit ayera stray.
Shove boldly in, crowding that narrow way,
Aodonthatbrigbt-fec'dwall obscurely dancing play.
" Two pair ^ of rivers IVom the bead-spring flow.
To these two tow^ the first in their mid-race
(The spies conveying) twisted jointly go,
3trength'ning each other with a firm embrace.
The other pair", these walking towVs are moT-
'■ Auditus'', second of the pentarchj.
Is next, not all so noble as his brother ;
Yet of more need, and more conuoodity :
His seat is placed somewhat below the other :
Of each side of the tnount a double cave ;
Both which a goodly portal doth embrave.
And winding entrance, like Meander's erring wave.
" Tiu) portal >< hard aikd dry, all bung around
With silken, thin, carnation Upestry |
Whose open gale di^;s in escfa voice and sound.
That through the shaken air passes by :
" Hie (Ouith It mora thh
The enbance winding, lest some violence
Might fright the judige with sudden iafluen<
sune unwelcome guest might vei the busy sec
" This cave's *° first part, ftara'd with asteep ascent
(For in four part, 'tis fitly severed)
Makes th' entrance hard, but easy the descent :
Where stands a braced drum, whose sounding head
(Obliquely plac'd) struck by the circling air.
Gives instant warning of each sound's repair,
Wliich soon is thence convey'd into the judgment
chair,
'■ llie drum *' is made of substance hard and thin :
Which if some falling moisture chance to wet.
The loudest sound is hardly lieard within :
But if it once grows thick, with stubborn let.
It bars b|] pasbBge lo the inoer room ;
No sounding voice unto Ills seat may come !
Thelaxysensestill sleeps, unsummon'dwith bis drum.
" This drum *> divides tlie first and SMond part.
Three instrument* compact by wondrous art.
With slender string knit to th' drum's innerside;
Their native temper being hard and dry.
Fitting the sound with their firm quality.
Continue still the same in age and infancy.
" Tbe first an hammer *> call'd, whose out-grown
Lie on the drum ; but with his swelling end,
Fix'd in the hollow stithe, there fast ^des :
The Btithe's short foot, doth on the drum depend.
His longer in the stirrup surely plac'd :
Hiestitrup's sharp side by the stithe emhruM;
But bis broad base ty'd to a little window ftst
" Two little windows*' ever open lie.
The sound unto the cave's third part conveying ;
And sleikder [Npe, whose narrow cavity
Dolh purge the inborn air, that idle staying.
Would else comipt, snd still supplies tbe spend-
The cave's third part in twenty by-ways bend-
ing.
It call'd the labyrinth, in hundred crooks ascending.
u Such whilooie was that eye-deceiving ftame.
Which crafty Diedal vritb a cunning hand
Built to empound tbe Cretan prince's shame ;
Such was that Woodstock cave, where Rosunond,
Fair Rosamond, fled jealous EUenore,
Whom late a shephenl taught to if eep so sore.
That iroods and hardest rocks her harder fiUa de~
4° The Inward «r oaulrtt of fbw paitiacs t tbs lint is
•Itrn, iMt mi Uilna iti~'" "-— '-
"' CfUwdrBBiiKwM ,
hearioi) but Iflt (nws tUA, we tn,
*i Tteitnuii lartMh Itaa flnt lad •■
>irin(d thne lt& bones, the IntmiiDi ,
narergroir, or danasu^ la chUdhood « sfe ) Owj ai
^ The flntaTtbese bonee li called the hsunuv. Dm
thetUII»,theIlilnltlKttlrTup: alltiklu tt '
Uwlr likeness atl tied la tbe^mm, ^Tittle
"TbawuetwoimaU psiiaiet.id-'*" —
766 PHINEAS ]
» TtM ddfd put with hli ii«miir rocky rtndu [tug;
Fwfcca the sound, and glvea more aharp accent-
TTirai sendi it to the fourth <i; where r«dy irain
A nimble post, who ne'er hii hMle relenting,
Wings to the judgment acat with speed j flight ;
There the equal judge attending day and night,
Rec^Tea the ent'ting sounds, and dooms each voice
•I Aa when a stone troubling the quiet wUen,
Prints in the angry Mream a wnnkle round,
Which soon another and another scatters,
nil all the lake with drdes now ia crown'd-.
All so the air, struck with some violence nigh,
B^ets a world of orcles id th« sky ;
All which infected more irilh sounding quality.
<• Tbeae at Audilua' palac« mod airivinit
Enter tb« gate, and stnke the waming drum ;
To those, three inslnmwnla lit moticD giving.
Which cveiy voice disecni i then that third room
Sharpeiu each sound, and quick conveys it
■• THit sense is mode the master of request,
Prdin petitions to the prince's ew j
Admits what beat be likea, ^uta out the test ;
And sometimes cannot, sometimes will not hi
Oft times he lets in anger-stirring lies,
Oft melts the prince with oily flatteries,
111 mought he thrive, that loves his master's enett
« 'Twiit Visus' double court a tower stands,
Plac'd in tbe suburbs' centre ; whose high top,
And lofty r»»ed ridge the re«t commands :
Low at his foot a double door atanda ope.
Admitting passage to tbe air's ascending ;
And divers odoun to the dty sending,
Herivea the heavy town, hislib'ral sweetadispending.
« This vaulted tower'a half huilt of massy atone.
The other half of stuff less haxd and dry,
Rt for distending, or compnswion.
The outwaid wJl may seem all potphery.
01fcctua*« dwella within his lofty fort;
But in the dty b his chief resort, [court.
Wbere 'twixt two little bills he keeps his judging
" By these two great cavea are plac'd these littJe
hills ",
Moat like the nipples of a virgin's breast ;
By whkh the air thM th' hollow t«w«r Gila,
Into the dty passeth : with the real
The odours pressing in, are here all stay'd ;
Till by the sense impai^ly weigh'd,
Unto the common judge they are with qieed con-
« At each side of that low'r, stand two fair plains.
More fair than that which in rich Tliessaly
Was once f^uented by the Muse's trains :
Hen ever sits sweet blushing ntodesty ;
Hera Id two ooloui* beatiu ddoiiig bright.
Drrnsing her white with rea, ha red with white
With pleasing chain enthiala, and biiula looae Hao-
d'ring sight.
low a cave, roofd with an heiT'ii-likc plaster,
id under slrew'd with purple tapestry.
Where Gustua 4* dwella, tbe isle's and prince's tntcr,
"oilia'a steward, one of the pentarchy ;
Whom Tactua*> (so arnne say) got of faia
Tactus to die last, but yet the eldest brother i
(Wboae office meanest yet of all the race
The first and last, more needful than tbe olfaer)
Hath his abode in none, yet every place :
Through all the isle distended ia hia dwdling.
He rules the streami that from the Cephal
swelling.
Run all along the isle, both sense and motion deal-
ing.
" With Gustus, Lingua dwells, his prattling wiA^
Endow'd with stiwige and advene qualities :
The Durse of hate and late, of peace and strife ;
Mother of fairest truth, and foulest lies ;
Or best, or wont ; no mean ; made all of fire.
Which sometimes hell, and souietimea beav'na
By whom oft truth self speaks, oft that Ent mur-
" The idle sun stood still at her command.
Breathing hii fiery steeds in Gibeon ;
And pal»iJ*ac'd CynUiii at her word made staod.
Resting ber couch in vales of Ajalon.
Her voice oft open breaks the stubborn skies,
And holds th' Almi^Q's bands with luppliaiit
Herv.
e tears open bell irith horrid blaaphemiea
Therefore that great Creator, well fonaeaiDg
To what a moDstev she would soon be changing,
(Tlunigb lovely once, perfect and gltnious being)
Curb'd with ber iron bit ", and held fhm rug-
iugi
And with stroag bonda ber looaer atepa «d-
Biidled her course, too many words reAaining.
And doubled all bis guards bold liberty RsUaimng.
" For close within be sets twice »»
Whose harden'd temper could not soon be loav'd :
Without the gate he plac'd two other warders
To shut and ope the door, aa it behov'd :
But such strange force hath her enchanting art.
That she hath made ber keepen of ber part.
And they to all her Sights all furtherance impart.
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
rw
" Thm (with Ibdr help) by ber the •aetal Muki
Rrfreih the prince, duird with mucb busiiieM j
Bjr ber the prince, unto his prince oft uaes,
In heiT'nly throne, from hell to find accna.
She beav'n to earth in muaic often hrings,
And earth to beav'n : ^-but, oh ] bow «weet
she ringa, [itrings.
'Wbcn, in rich Grace't key, »ho tuna poor Nature'i
" Thus Orpbeui won his lost Euridice t
Whom lome deaf analce, that cou'd no mudc bear.
Or wnne blind newt, that could no beauty we,
lliiiikiiiK to kiss, kill'd with hia forked ■pear :
He, when hit 'plainte on Earth wen Tainly
Down to Avemus' river boldly went, [ipent.
And cliarm'd the meagre gboMi —'*•' —— ft.i
h mournful
" There what his mother, fur Caltiopa,
He lai^'d out, and with his potent apell
Bent all tbe rig*roua pow*n of itubbom bell :
He flrM broogbt tuty down with rigid ghoota to dwell.
" Th' amaied ahsdea came flocking round about.
Nor car'd tfaey now to pass tbe Stygian ford )
All bdl came ruimiDg there (an hideous rout]
And dropp'd a silent tou* for ei'ry word :
Tbe aged feny man aboVd out hia boat ;
But that without his help did thither float.
And having la'cn him in, came dandng on the moat.
The fruit hung liM'ning on tbe wond'ring bough.
Forgetting Hell'a command i but he (ah, fool !)
Forgot bia atarred taste, bis ears to III :
Iilon's turning wheel unraor'd atood still :
But be waa rapt as much withpow*r<ul music's' skill.
<■ Hr'd Sisyphus sat on his rerting stone.
And bop'd at length his labour done for erer j
TTie Yulture fading on his pleasing moan,
Glutted with music, acorn'd grown Tltjus' liTer.
The Furies flung their anaky whips away,
And melt in tean at his enetianting lay ;
Uto shrieks now were heard ; all Hell kept holiday.
" That treble dog, whose voice ne'er quiet feara
All that in endless nigfat'a sad kingdom dwell.
Stood pricking up bii thrice two Ust'ning ean.
With greedy joy drinking tbe sacred spell ;
And softly whining pity'd much his wrongs ;
And DOW first silent at those dainty songs,
Ofkwiah'd himself more ears, and fewer mouths and
" At length retum'd with bia Euridice ;
But with this law, not to return his eyes.
Till he was past the laws of Tartary :
(Alas! who gives love laws in miseries ?
Love b love's Uw ; love but to love is ty'd)
Now when the dawns of neighbour day he apy'd,
Ah, wretch! — Euridice be saw, — and lost, — and
died.
" All so wbo BtHTea trom gme of helUsh night,
To bring his dead soul to the Joyflil sky ;
If whm be cornea in view of hiav'ply ligh^
He turns again to Hell his yielding eye.
And looga to see what he had left ; his eorv
Grows deap'iat^ deeper, deadlier than afore.
His helps and bopea much less, his crime and ju^-
" But why do I enlarge my tedious anng,
And tire my flag^ng Muse with weary flight?
Ah ! much 1 fear, 1 hold you much too long.
The outward parts be plain to every siriit :
But to describe tbe pe<^le of this isl^
And that great prince, these reedi an all too vile.
Some higbo- verse may St, and some more lofty style,
" See, I^legon, dreitehed In tbe hissing maio.
Allays bia thirst, and cools tbe flaming car ;
Vesper fitir Cynthia tubers, and lier train :
See, tb' apidi Earth hath lighted many a star.
Sparkling in dewv globea — all home invite;
Home, Ih«n, my flocki, bmne, afaepberda, home,
'tis night:
IVTy song irith day is daoe ; my Muse is set with
light-
By this the gentle boys had fVamed well
A myrtle garland mii'd with conq'ring bay.
From whose fit march issu'd a pleadng smell.
And all eiuunell'd it with roses gay;
With which, they crown'd thtor bonour'd lliir-
sU'shead;
Ctrra VI.
Tni Hours had now tmlod'd tbe gate of day,
When bir Aurora leaves her frosty bed.
Hasting with youthful Cephalus to play,
Unnusk'd her &ce> and rosy beauties spread ;
TithoDua' alver age waa much despis'd.
Ah ! trba in love that cruel Uw devis'd.
That old love's little worth, and new too highly pria'd.
The gentle ahepberds on an hillock plac'd,
CWhoae abady hewl a beechy garland crown'd)
iew'd all tbeit flocks that on tbe pastures gras'd ;
Then down tbey sit, while Thenot 'gan the round;
Thenot ! was never fairer boy among
Tbe gentle lads, that in the Muses' throng
y Camus' yellow streams, leain tune their pipe and
See, Thirsit, see the shepherd's eipectations ;
Why then, ah ! why sitt'at thou so ulent there ?
We long to know that island's happy nation ;
Oh, do not leave thy isle unpeopled here.
Tell ua wbo brought, and whence these coloniea ;
Who is their king, what foea, and what altiea ;
What laws maintain their peace ; what wan, and
Thenot, my dear ! that umple Aiher-swmn,
Whose little boat in some small river ilnyii^
Yet fondly lanches in the swelling main.
Soon, yM too lata, repents his foolish plays :
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
How cUi« I Chen ibrwke my well-nt bounds.
Whose new-cue pipe as yet but hanhljr Mmndsi
A narrow conqno best mj ungrown Muse empouiuli.
'^ Two ahepfaerds moflt 1 lore, with juat adoring,
ThMMsntuaniwain,whochang'd his slender reed,
To Iruiopet's nuulial Toice, and war's loud roaring,
From Corjdon to Turaus' daring deed ;
And neit our horae-bied Colin sweetest flring ;
Their steps not following close, but far admir-
ing i
To lacker one of these, is all jay pride's asjilring.
■f Then jou, my peers, whose quiet eipeclntion
Seometh my baclLward tale would fain invite ;
Deign gently, hear this Purple Island's nadon,
A people never seen, yet stilt in sight ;
Our daily guests and natives, yet unknown ;
Our friends, and enemies; aliens, — yet still our own.
" Not like those heroes, who in better times
This happy island lirat inhabited
In joy and peace; — ■ when no rebellious crimes
That godlike nation yet dispeopled :
Those clsitu'd their birth from that eternal ligbt.
Held th' isle, and rut'd it in their father's right ;
And in their ftca bore tbeir parent's image bright.
" For when the isle that main would fond forsake,
In which at first it found a happy place.
And deep was plung'din that dead hellish lake;
Back to tbeir father flew this heaVnly race.
And left the i^e forlorn and desolate ;
That now with fear, and wishes all too late,
Sought in that blackest ware to hide his blacker fate.
" How shall a worm, od dust that crawls and feeds,
CUmh to th' empyreal court, where these statea
reign.
And there take view of what Heav'n's self exceeds ?
The sun-lesa stars, these lighta the Sun distoin :
Their beams divine, and beauties do eicel
What here on Earth, in air, or Heav'a do dwell:
Such never eye yet saw, such never tongue can telL
<■ Soon aa these saints the treach'roui isle forsook,
Ruab'd in a (else, foul, Gend-like company,
And every fort, and every castle took,
All to this rabble yield the sov'reignty :
Tbe goodly temples which those heroas plac'd.
By this fbul rout were utterly debc'd,
And all their fences strong, and all tbeir bulwaiia
« So wbtre the neatest badger most abides,
Dtep in the earth she frames her pretty cell.
And into halls and closulets divides :
But when the stinking fox with toathsome smell
Infects her pleasant cave, the cleanly beast
So bata hei iimute and rank smelling guest.
That ftr away she Bica, and leaves her lo^lied nest
« But when thoK graces (at their father's throne)
Arriv'd in Heav'n's high court to justice plain'd.
How they were wrong'd and forced frnni tbeir own.
And ^wt foul people in their dwelling* reign'd ;
How th' Earth much w
n ill, much w>bU
" Forth Btepp'd the just Diciea full of rage
(The first bom daughter of th' Abnigfaty King;}
Ah, sacred maid 1 thy kindled ire assuage ;
Who dare abide tliy dreadful thundering?
Soon as her vwce, but father only, spak^
Tbe faultless Heav'ns, like loaves in Butom,
shake ; [quake :
And all that glorious throng, with horrid palsies
' Heard you n
; late >, with what loud ti
Tbe heav'iily armies fiam'd. Earth sboc^ Ueat^
frown'd, [fire!
And Heav'n's dread king caird for his thr«e-foTk'd
Hark ! how the pow'rful words strike throng
the car:
The fnghlen'd sense shoots up tbe staring hair.
And shakes tbe trembling soul with fright and shud-
d'ring iear.
" So have I seen the earth, strong winds detaining
In prison close ; tliey scorning to be undo-
Her dull subjection, and her pow'r disdaining.
With horrid strugglingstcartheirbonda in sunder.
Meanwhile the wounded earth, that forc'd tbeir
stay.
With terrour reels, tbe hills run fiir away;
And flighted world fears Hell breaks out uptMi tbe
" But see, bow 'toixt her sister and hst nn.
Soft hearted Mercy sweetly intaposing.
Settles her panting breast against his fire.
Pleading for grace, and chains of death unlooHBg:
Hark ! from her tips the melting hortey flows i
The striking Thunderer recals bis blowa.
And every armed soldier down his weiqioii thnnn.
" So when the day, wrapp'd in a dnudy tiigtil.
Puts out the Sun, anon the rattling bail
On Earth poura down bis shot with fell deqiiie ;
Hia powder spent, the Sun puis off his vail.
And fair bis Qaming beauties now iinstiTps ;
Tlie ploughman from bis bushes gladly peeps;
And hidden traveller out of his covert ereepa.
'■ Ah, fairest maid 1 best esuiKe of thy fuher,
Equal unto thy never-equall'd sire ;
How in low verse shall thy poor shepherd gadiCT,
What all the world can ne'er enough admire?
When thy sweet eyes sparkle in cheerful li^
Tbe brightest day grows pale as leaden nigfal.
And Heav'n's tnigbt burning eye loses his btmded
" Who tbsn those sagamd strwns cs
Which catm'd thy fatber, and our desp'rata ftan;
And charm'd the nimble light'ning in his haod.
That alt tmawares it dropt in melting tear*?
' Sm tlist twcM paen, enUtnlad Chilst^ VMay sad 1M.
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
Then tfaou dear iwaia>, tbj heatW; lo«d niK
fraught;
For she herself hath thee her speeches taught,
near her Heav'n they he, to fai fniin bumai
« But let m; lighter akiff return again
Unto that little isle which late it left.
Nor dare to enter in that boundless main.
Or tell the nation from this isluul reft ;
But aiug that civil strife and home disienaioa
'Twiit two BtTODg factioiu with like fierce c
Where nerer peace
s heard nor ei
■■ For that foul rout, which from the Stygian brook
(Where first they dwelt in midst of death and
By FwM the left and empty island took, [night)
Claim hence full conquest, and possession's right:
But that fur band which Mercy sent anew.
The ashes of that first heroic crew, [due.
FKud their forefsthers claim their right, and itknd's
" In thrir fair look their parenta' grace appears.
Yet their renowned su-es were much more glorious,
For what decays not with decaying yean ?
Alt night and all the day, with toil laborious,
(In loss and conquest angry} fresh they Qght :
Nor can the other cease or day or night,
While th' isle is doubly rent with endless war and
fright.
*■ As when the Britain, and Iberian fleet.
With resolute and fearless eipectotion,
On trembling seas with equal futy meet.
The shore resounds with diverse acclamation ;
Tlllnowatlength Spain's fiery Dons'gin shrink;
Down with their ships, hope, life, and courage
sink : [drink.
Courage, lifc^ hope, uid ships, the gaping surge*
'■ But who, alas ! shall teach my ruder breast
ITie names and deeds of these heroic kings ;
Or downy Muse, which now but left the nest.
Mount from her bush to Heav'ii with new bom
Tlau ntcred maid I which from fair Palestine,
Through all the world bast spread thy bright-
est shine, [een.
Kindle thy shepherd- swain with thy light A'-^ipg
•' Sacred Theq>io ! which in Knai's grare
First look'at thy being and immortal breath.
And TBunt'st thy DfTspring from the highest Jove,
Yet deign'sl to dwell with mortals here beneath.
With vilest earth, and men more vile residing ;
•' And thou, dread spirit ! which at first didst spread
On those dark waters thy all-opening light ;
Thou who of late [of thy great bounty h^ul;
This nest of hellish fogs, and Stygian night.
With thy bright orient Sun hast fair renew'd.
And with unwanted day hast it enduM ;
Wliich hite, both day, and thee, and most itself es-
lIuM Orlit-s Victssy mi Triuoiph, tc
" Dread spirit I do tboa those sei'ral banda unfold ;
Both which thou sent'st, a needful supplement
To this lost isle, and which, with courage bold
Hourly assail thy rightful regiment;
And with strong hand oppress and keep them
Raise now my humble vein to lofty thunder.
That Heav'nand ffsrtb may sound, resound thy praise
with wonder.
" The i!daQd's prince, of frame more than celestial.
Is rightly call'd tb' all-seeing Intellect;
All glorious bright, such nothing is terrestrial;'
Whose sun-like face, and most divine aspect ;
No human ught may ever hope descry ;
For when himself on's self reflects bis eye,
Dull and amai'd be stands at so bright majesty.
■* Look as the Sun, whose ray and searching light
Here, there, and every where itself displays,
No nook or comer flies his pierdng sight;
Yet on himself when he reflects his rays.
Soon back he flings the too bold renl'ring gleam ;
Down to the Earth the flames all broken stream ;
Such is this famous prince, such his unpierced beam.
It bodily.
Nor filling ; though within his compass high,
AU Heav'n and Earth, and all in both are helc
Yet thousand thousand Heavens he could cc
mptya
at fint rranain :
t, readiest to take ai
^ Though travelling all places, changing none !
Bid him soar up to Hcav'n, and thence dowii
throwing.
The centre search, and Dis' dark realm ; he's gone.
Returns, arrives, befbre thou saw'tt him going :
And while his weary kingdom safely sleeps.
All restless night he watch and warding keeps :
Never his careful Iiead on resting pillow steeps.
" In ev'ry quarter of this blessed isle
Himself both present is, and preudent ;
Nor once retires, (ah, happy realm the while.
That by no officer's lewd lavishment.
With greedy lust and wrong, consumed ait !)
He all in all, and all in ev'ry part.
Doth share to each his due, and equal dole impart.
" He knows nor death, nor years, nor feeble age ;
But as his time, his strength and vigour grows :
And when his kingdom, by intestine rsge.
Lies broke and wasted, open to bis foes ;
And batter'd sconce now flat and even lies ;
Sooner than though t to that great Judge he files,
Who weighs him just reward of good, or injuries.
" For he the Judge's viceroy here is pisc'd ;
Where, if he live, as knowing he may die.
He never dies, but vrilh fresh pleasures grac'd.
Bathes his ciown'd hntd in soft eternity :
Where thousand joys and pleasures ever new,
And blessings thicker than the morning dew.
With end less sweets rain down on that immortal crew.
no
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
" There goUen »taE» «et in the dyiua «now j
There dainty joy* laugh at while-headed eaiing,
There da; no night, delight no end «b*U know ;
Svieeta without tuifeit, fiilneH without ipuing ;
And by its ipending, growing happinev :
There Cod himself in glory's laiithnew
Dtffui-d in all, to all, ii all fuU V
" But ifhe hero neglect his Master's law,
And with those traitors 'gainst liis Lord rebels,
Down to the deeps ten thousand fiends him draw ;
Deeps where night, death, despur, and bomnir,
dwells,
And in worst ills, still woiw expecting. Tears :
Where fell despite for spite his bowels tents :
And still increasing grief and turmcDt neTer wears.
" Pray'rs there are idle, death is woo'd in Tain ;
In midst of death, poor wretches long to die :
Night without day, or rest, still doubling pain ;
Woes spending still, yet still their end less nigh ;
The soul there restless, helpless, hopeleas lies.
The body frying roan, and roaring (Hes ;
There's life that never liies, there's death that nevei
" Hence, while unsettled here he fighting reigns,
Shut ip a low'i where thousand enemies
Assault the fort ; with wary care and pains.
He guards all entrance, and by divers spies
Seaicbeth into his foes' and friends' designs :
For most be fears his subjects' wavering minds :
This lower then only falls, when treason undennines,
■■ Therefore while yet he lurks in earthly tent,
Disguis'd in worthless robes and poor at^re,
Try we to view his glory's wonderment,
Andget asight-of what we so admire!
For when away tivni thii sad place he flieo.
And in the skies abides, more bright than skies
Too glorious is his sight for our dim mortal eyes.
« So curl'd-bead Thetis, water's feared queen.
But -bound in cauls of sand, yields not to sight;
And planets' gtmioui king may best be seen.
When tome thin cloud dims his too pierdng Lght,
And natfaer none, nor all his face disdosea
For when his bright eye full our eye opposi
None gains his glorious tighl, but his own eight be
■* Within the casile nt eight couiuellors,
That help him in this tent to govern well ;
Each in his room a sev'ra] office bean :
lliree of his inmost private <.-ouucil deal
In great aHain : five of less disnity
Have outward courta, and in aU actions pr^.
But still refer the doom to courts m(«e fit and high.
" Those Ere Fair brethren which I sung of late.
For their just number call'd the pentarchy';
The other three, three pillars of the state :
The first * in midst of that high tow'r doth lie,
( The cliieTett mansion of this glorious king)
The judge and arbiter of every thing,
Whidi those five brethren's post into his office bring.
< Tkeoc
Of middle yean, and seemly petsotiage.
Father of laws, the rule of wrong and right ;
Fountain ofjudgment, therefore wondrous sage.
Discreet, and wise, of quick and nimble aigirt :
Not those sev'n sagea might hirn parallel ;
Nor he whom Pythian nuid did whiloioe tell
To be the wiwst nun, diat then on EaiA did dwelL
" As Neptune's cistern suck* in tribute tides,
Yet never full, which every channel brings.
And thirsty drinks, and drinking, thirty bides ;
For, by some hidden way, back to the sprii^s
It tend) the streams in erring conduits spread.
Which, widi a circling duly, still are led;
So ever feetUng Ihem, is by tbent ever fed :
" £v'n HO the fint of these three cotinsellorm
Gives to the five the pow'r of all descrying ;
Which back to him with mutual'duty bears
AU dinr infurmingi, and the causes trying :
For thro' stroightways die nimble post ascends
Unto bis hall ; there up bis menage sends.
Which to the ncit, well scann'd, he stiaghtwa; re-
commends.
" Tbe neit that in the ostle's ft™t is plac'd.
Phantasies ^ hight j his years are &esh and giuto ;
His visage old, bis fiice too much defnc'd
With ashes pale ; his eyes deep sunken been
With often thougbli, and never tlack'd idMb-
■' But in his private tboughu and busy brwn
Thousand thin forms and Idle fkndes flit ;
The three-shap'd Spbini, and direful Harpy's Inio,
Which in the wwld had never being yet ;
Oft dreamt of fire, and water, loole delight
And ofL arrested by some ghastly ipnghl.
Nor can be think, nor speak, nor move, for great i
afifnght. I
" Vbtntaatti from Ae Srst all shapes deriving.
In new babiUmentt can quickly dight;
Of all material and gross parts depriving,
fits them unto the noUe prince's right) [ejn '
Which, soon as he hath view'd with seardiii^ |
He straight commits them to his treasury.
Which old EumncKes keeps, btlier of taaaerj. |
" Eumnesles old, who !n his living screen
(Hit mJTtdAil breast) the rolls and recordi bear*
Of all the deeds, and men, which be hath seen.
And keeps lock'd up in futhfiil registns :
Well be recalls Nimrod's first tyranny.
And Babel's pride, daring the lofty sky ;
Well be- recalls tbe Earth's twice growing inftoey.
" Therefore his body weak, his eyes half blind.
But mind more flesh and strong ; (A, better tktl]
And as his carcase, so his house dccHn'd ;
Yet were the walls of firm and ^le state-.
Only on him a nimble page atteniis.
Who, when fbr ought the aged grandsiie seadi,
With swift, yet backward steps, his helpins lidarr*
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77i
- Bat tet ni7 sMg put fhtm titetb wMth; ugn
Unto all tbe uknd's Inghest lOTereigD B ;
And tbnae bard wui which tU tbe yeai he ngca :
For tb«M three lit« • gentle ibeiAenl iitmii
Mom iwcctt; Mug, w ha beton had aeea
In Alme'i bouse : hk memory, jet green,
Utei in liii well tun'd longi j wboae le*TC8 immortal
been.
" Nor on I gueu, vbetber his Muie dinoe.
Or gires to those, or takes from them hi* grace
Therefore Eunmestes in hi* Issting shrine
Hath justlf him enroll'd in second place ;
Neit U> our Mantuan poet doth he rest ;
There shall our Colin lire for ever blest,
^te of those thousand spites, irbich liTing him op-
" Tbe prince his time in double oSce spends :
For first those forms and faociea he admila,
IVliich to his court busy Phsnlasles send^
And Tor the eauer discerning fits :
For shedding round about his sparkling light.
He dears their dusky diades and cloudy night,
Producing, like himseif, (heir shapes all sfaining
*■ Aa when the Sun restores the glilfring dajp,
The world. late cloth'd in night's black lirery,
Dotb DOW a thousand colours tair display.
And paints itself in choice variety ;
Wbicb late oi;e colour bid, the eye decdiing,
Alt so this prince those shapes obscure recHving,
WhicI] his saS!UKd light m^kes ready to coDcdfing.
" This firal^ ii call'd the actiTe ftculty,
Which lo an higher pow'r the olyect leares :
Tliat takes it in itself, and cunningly,
CbangiDg itself, tbe object soon perceives i
For straight itself in self-same ^lape adorning.
Becomes tbe same with qui<^ and strange
transforming ;
So is all iMngs itself, to all itself conforming,
■* Thus when the eye through Visus' jetty ports
Lets in the wand'ring shapes, the crystal strange
Quickly itself to ei'ry sort consorts.
Thrice bappy then, *ben on that mlrroui 1
He ever fiutens his unmoved sight, [bright
So ii what there he views, divine, full, glorious light.
" Soon as the prince these forms hath clearly seen.
Farting (he false fVom true, the wrong from right.
He stiaight presents them to bis beauteous queen.
Whose courts are lower, yet of equal might i
VolettaS fair, who with him lives and reigns.
Whom neither man, nor fiend, nor God con-
OA good, oft ill, oft both, yet ever fkee remains.
*■ Not that great sovereign of the Ciiry land,
Whom late our Colin had etcmiied;
(Though Graces decking her with plenteous hand.
Themselves of grace bave all unfurnished ;
Tho' in her breast she virtue's temple bare.
The fairest temple of a guest so fair)
Not Ibat great GloriaD'a self with this might e'er
compare.
* Hie imdeistanliDf, ' 2 Car iil IS. ■ Tbe >UL
" Her radiant beauty, dazxling mortal eye.
Strikes blind the daring sense ; her sparkling face
Her husband's self now cannot well descry ;
With such stTBnge brightness, such iTnmortal grace.
Hath that great parent in her cmdle made.
That Cynthia's silver cheek would quickly Gide,
And light itKlf, to ho-, would seem a painted shade.
" But, all I entic'd by her own worth and peidi^
She staiu'd ber beauty with moal loathsome spot;
Her lord's fixt law and spouse's light deny'd*
So fill'd her spouse and self with leprous blot :
And now all dark is their first morning ny :
What verse might then their fonner light di*-
p'«y. [^?
When yet tbdr darkest night oucshines tlie brighteM
" On her a royal damsel Mill attends.
And futbful counsellor, Synteretis 9 1
For though VoleltB ever good intends.
Yet by bur ills she oft decraved is.
By ills so fairly diesi'd with cunning slight.
That virtue's self they well may seem to fight,
Bui that bright virtue's self oft seems not half so
bright
" Therefore Syntereiis, of nimble ught.
Oft helps her doubtful hand and erring eye ;
Else mought the ever, stumbling in this night.
Fall down as deep as deepest Tartary.
Nay, thence a sad fair moid. Repentance, reaia,
And in ber arms her fainting lady bears.
Washing her often stains with evei^falling testis
" Thereto she adds a water soverngn.
Of vrondrouB force, and skilful composition :
For fir¥t she pricks tbe heart in tender vein ;
Then from those predous drops, and deep eon>
With lips' confession, and with jnckled die*,
Stitl'd hi a broken spirit, sad vapours rise,
GihaI'd by saeied Gies, and drop through melting
eye*
" These cordial drops, tfaese s^urit-bealing balnu.
Cure all h^ anfbl bruises, clear her eyea ;
Unlock bar ears ; recover fainting qualms : [rise.
And now grown fresh and strong, she makes ber
And glus of unmask'd sin she bright displays.
Whereby she sees, loalba, nwnda IwT former
ways; [rays.
So soon repair! her light, trdiling ber new-bom
" But, ah ! why do we (simple as we been) '
Widi curious labour, dim and vailed sigbt.
Pry in the nature of this king and queen.
Craping in darkness for so elesi a light 7 [told,
A light, which once could not be thought or
But now with blackest clouds is thick enroll'd,
Freaa'd down in captive chains, and pent in caithlj
" Rather lament we this their wretched fat«^
(Ab, wretched fate, and fatal wretchedness!)
Unlike those former days, and first estate.
When he espous'd, nlth melting happiness.
To fair Voletla, both their lights conspiring
He saw whate'cr was fit for her requiring.
And she to hiiclearsighlnould temper ber desiring.
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PHINEAS FLETCHER.
'■ When both, rcplenlBh'd with celestial light.
All croning evils could foresee and «y ;
When boih, with clearest eye, and perfect sight.
Could eieT7 nature's difTerence descry :
Whose pictures now they scarcely see with pa!
Obscure uid dark, like to those shadoirs vain.
Which thin and empty glide along Avemus' plain.
" The flow'rs that, frighten'd with sharp winter'!
Retire into their mother Tellus' n'omb,
Yet in the spring, in tri>op<! Dew mustered.
Peep out again from their unfrozen tomb :
The early violet will fresh arise.
And spreading his flcw'r'd purple to the skies.
Boldly the linle elf the winter's spile defies.
'■ Hie hedge, green satin pink'd and cut, arrays i
The heliolrope unto cloth of gold aspires ;
Id hundred colaur'd silks the tulip plays ;
Th' imperial flow'r his neck with pearl attires;
The lily high her silver grogrsm rears ;
TTie pansy her wrought velvet garment bears
Tbe red rose, scarlet, and the provence, danuuk
" How falls it, then, that such an heav'nly light.
As this gTEat king% should nnk so wondrouii low,
That scarce he can suspect his former height?
Can one eclipse so dark Ids shining brow.
And steal away his beauty gtiltering fair ?
One only hlot, so great a light lo impair,
TUit never could he hope his waning lo repair?
" Ah ! never could be hope once to repair
So great a wane, should not that new-born Sun
Adopt him both his brother and his heir ;
Who through bote life, and death, aod Hell,
To seat him in his lost now surer cell.
That he may mount to Heav'n, he sunk to
Hell; [fell?
That he might live, he died ; that he might rise, he
iT father of bis mortal mother; [one;
Earth, HeaT'n,-fleBh, spirit, man, God, arc ir '
Hta younger brother's child, his children's bn
Elsniity, who yet was bom, and died ;
Hiaown creator, Earth'sscom, lieav'n's pride;
WIm th' Ddty, iuflesht, and man's flesh deified.
" TTiou uncreated Sun, Heav'i.'s glory bright !
Whom we with hearts and knees, low bent, odon
At rising, perfect, and now falling light ;
Ah, what reward, what thanks, sboll we restore
Tliou wretched wast, tlist we might happy he :
O, atl the good we hope, and all we see I
That we thee know and love, comes from thy lov
" Receive, which we can only back return,
(Yet that we may return, thou first must give)
A heart, which fain would smoke, which fain would
In praise ; for thee, to thee, would only live
And thou (who aalt'at in night lo give us i
Ltglit and enfiame us with thy glorious raj.
That wc may back reflect, and borrow'd light repay.
'■ So we beholding, with Inunortal eye.
The glorious picture of thy heav'nly tmee.
In hia Gnt beauty and true majoty.
May shake from our duU souls theae fetten Imh :
And mounting up to that bright cryatal ^ibere.
Whence thou strik'st all tbe world with diud-
d'ring fear, [dear.
May not be held by Eaitb, nor hold rile Earth «o
" Then should thy shepherd (poorest shepberd) aii^
A thousand cantos in thy heav'nly praise.
And rouse his flagging Muse, and nutt'rin^ wii^.
To chant thy wanders in immortal laya;
(Which once thou wrought'st, when NDn*'
Or Jordan's hanks, thy mighty band adore)
Thy judgments and thy merdes: but thy nwroa
" But see. the steaUng night with softly pace.
To fly fhe western Sun. creeps up the east ;
Cold Ileapar 'gins unmask his evening tnce.
And calls tlie winking stars from drowsy ml :
Home, then, my lambs ; the falling drop! ea-
Tomorrowshall ye feast in pastures new, [dwt
And with tbe rising Sun banquet on pearled dew.~
The rising Mom lif^ up his orient head.
And spangled Heav'ns in golden robes invests;
Tliirsil upstarting fiom his fearless bed.
Where useless nights he safe and quiet nsta,
Unhous'd bis bleating flock, and quickly thence
Hasting to his expecting audience, [ceitae.
Thus with sad verse began thrir grieved minds in-
" Fond man, t
And bere lo
For all our goof we hold from Heav'n by leMe,
With many forfeits and conditions bound ;
Nor con we pay the fine and rentage due -,
The' now but writ, aod Beal'd,aiid giv'nanew,
Yet daily we it break, then daily must renew.
" Why should'st (hou here look for perpetual good)
ylo*
t Hea
Thi
0 but behold where gloric
With gilded lops and silver turrets shining;
There now the hart, fearless of greybonaA
And loving pelican in safety breeds ; [feeds
-e screeching satyrs fill the people's emp^ steidi.
'• Wliere is th' Assyrian lion's gulden hide.
That bU the east once grasp'd in lordly paw?
Where thai great Persian bear, whose swelling ytiit
The lion's self tore out with rav'nous jaw ?
Or he which, 'twixl a lion and a pard.
Thro' all tbe world with nimble |nntons fiu'd.
And tu bis greedy whelps hia conqiNT'd tiitpLj»
" Hardly the place of such antiquity.
Or note of tliese great monarcbiea we fiikl :
Only a fading verbal memory,
And empty name in writ, it left behind :
But when this second life and glory fades.
And sinks at length in time's criMcurer shaJ^
A second fall succeeds, and double death invades.
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« That mcnutroui bcut, which, nuis'd in Ilber'affen,
Did d1 the world with hideous shape sBn; ;
Thai fiird with cosllj spoil his gaping den.
And trade down all the rot to dust and ctay :
Hi> batfring horns pull'd out by civil hands,
And iron teeth, lie scatter'd on the unds;
Back'd, bridled by ■ monk, with Ki'n beadi yoked
•■ Andthatblack vulture 1, which wiLhdeathful wing
O'cTsbadowi half the Eanh, whose dismal sigbl
Frighlen'd the Musm from thnr natiie spring,
Already stoops, and flags with weary flight :
Who then shall look fur happinem beneath ?
Where each new day prodamis chance, change,
and death ;
And life itself's as Hit lu is the air we breathe.
** Ne mought this prince escape, though he as far
All these excels in worth and heuv'nly grace,
Afl brightest I'buelius doea the dimmest blar:
The deepest falls are from the hij^hi-st place.
There lies he now, briiis'd with so sore a Tall,
To his base bonds, and loathmoie prison tlirall,
Whom thousand foes besiege, fene'd with a frail
yielding wait
« Ten me, oh, t*U me then, thou holy Muse 1
Sacred Tbespio '. wbst the cause may be
Of such despite; so many foemtn use
To persecute unpitied misery !
Or if these cankcr'd foes, as mDst men say.
So mighty be, thai gird thia wall of clay:
What makes it hold so long, and threaten'd ruin
" When that great Lord his
.uild,
Ending er
"nie outward waits with genu and glorioui lights.
But inward rooms with nobler courtiers filt'd ;
Pure, Uring flames, swift, mighty, blessed sprighta :
But some his royal sertice (fools !] disdain j
Sodownweredung — (oft bliss is double pain}:
la Heav'n tfaeyKoni'dto>er*e,soi>ow in Hell Ibey
reign.
" There ti
0 serpents, swol'n ■
Their prince a dragon fell, who burst with qnte,
ro see this kingis and queen's yet happy state.
Tempts them to lust and pride; prevails Iiy slight;
To make them wise, and gods, he undertakes.
Thus while the snake Ihcy hear, tliey turn to
HI gods I
! boasts, but beasts and devils
" Fut that great Lion % who in Judali's plains
The awful lytasls holds down in due subjection ;
The dragon's craft and base-got spoil disdains.
And folds this captive priuce in liis protection ;
Breaks ope the jail, end briugs the pria'ners
thence 3 :
Yet plac'd them in this castle's weak defence.
* KcvelalioDi, T. 5.
' So DOW spread round about this liltle hold,
With armies infinite, encamped lie
rh' enraged dragon, and his serpents bold :
And knowing well his time grows short and nigb.
" Witli him goes Caro>, curbed dam of sin,
Foul, filthy dam, of fouler progeny;
Yet seems (skin^cep) roost dr by witching gin
To wenker ught ; but to a purged eye
Loukslike [nay.wurse than) Heirainfcmal hags;
Her empty breasts bang like lank hollow ba^ :
And Iris' ulcer'd skin is [latch'd with leprous rags.
" Therefore her loathsome shape in steel array'd ;
All rutt within, the outside polish'd bright;
And on her shield a mermaid sung and plAy'd,
Whose human beauties lure tlie wand'ring ught;
But slimy scales hid in iheir waters lie :
She chants, she smiles, so draws the ear, the eye.
And whom she wins, she kills: — the word, ' Hear,
gaze, and die.*
" And after march her fruitful serpent ^7,
Whom she of divers lechen divem bore ;
Marshall'd in sev'ral ranks their colours Sy :
Four to Anagnus*, four tbta painted whore
To loathsome Ascbie brought forth to light ;
Twice four got Adieus, a hateful wight :
But swol'n Aerates two, bom in one bed and night
'■ Mivcfaus' theflnt, of blushleas bold aspect;
Yet with him Doubt and Fear still trembling go :
Oft look'd he back, an if he did suspect
Th* approarh ot some unwish'd, unwelcome foe :
Behind, fell Jealousy his step! obsert/d,
Andsu
fllevenge,with
Ten thousand griefs and plagues be felt, but tc
" His armour black as Hell, or starleaa night,
And in his shield be lively porlray'd bare
Alars, fast impound in arms of Venua' light,
And ty'd as fut in Vulcan's subtil snare :
Shefeigo'dtoblushfo " .. . .
But his red a
Sweet are atol'n
i lo simrkle liate :
und about the marge
" Fomeiua ' neit him pac'd, a meagre wight ;
Whose leaden eyes sunk deep in swimming head.
And joyless look, like some pale ashy spriRht,
Seem'd as be now were dying, or now dead :
/nd with him Wastefulness, that all eipi-nded.
And WBnt,tlial still in theft and prison ended,
A hundred foul diseases close at's back attended.
" His «hiTiing helm might seem a sparkling flame,
Yet aooth, nought waa it but a fooiish fire ;
And all his arms were of that burning frame,
That fleab and bones were gnawn with liot deaire,
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
About Im wrist luabladng >]ueld did fiy.
With iwelt'ring heu1> in liineB of luinij ;
Hii word, ' In Are 1 IWe, in fire 1 l>un), and die.'
" Wilhhira Ac»th«nu9, in TuKMU dress;
A thing that neitlier man will own, nor beast ;
Upon A boy be leaned jn wanton wiwe,
0a who«e &ir limbs his eyes still greedy feast ;
He sports, he toys, kisses bis shining face :
Behind, reproach and thousand devils pace :
Befbte, bold impudence, that cannot change her
■< His Bimour seem'd to laugh with idle boys.
Which all about their wanton sportings play'd;
All would himself keep out tlieir childith toys.
And like a boy lend them unmanly aid :
Jn his broad targe the bird her wings dispread.
Which tnisBng wafts the Trojan Ganymede :
And round wu writ, ' Like with his like is coupled.'
•< Asetgei 10 follow'd next, tfae boldest boy
That erer play'd in Vsnus" wanton court :
He little cans who notes his lavish joy;
Broad were his jest*, wild his uncivil sport ;
His fasfaion too, too fond, and loosely light :
A lung love-lock on his left iboulder plighl ;
Like to ■ woman's hair, well shew'd a woman's
sprigbt.
In fancy's school hia breeding first receiv'd :
So tin* brave spark to wilder flame arises ;
And DOW to court prefbir'd, higb bloods he
tns, [des-
Tbera blows up pride, vain mirth, and
And beav'nlj souls (ob grief!) with hellish flame
inspires.
« There oft to rivals lends the gentle Dor,
Oft takes (his mistress by) the bitter bob : [Or,
There Itains her each day's change of Gules, Verd,
(Hia sampler) ; if she pouts, her slave must sob ;
Her face bis sphere, her hair his drcling sky ;
Her love his Heav'n, her sight eteniily :
Of her ha diauiia,with her he lives, for her hell die.
•' Upon his snn a tinsel scarf he wore.
Forsooth his madam's favour, spangled fair :
Light as himself, a fan his helmet bore, [hair :
With ribbons dresa'd, begg'd from his mistresa'
On's shield a winged boy all naked shin'd ;
His folded eyes, willing and wUAil blind :
The word was wrought with gold, ' Such is a lover's
" These fbar, Anagnus and foul Caro'a sons.
Who led a diff'renl and dJsorder'd rout ;
Fancy, a tad that att in feathers wons,
And loose Desire, and Danger link'd with Doubt;
And thousand wanton Ihniigbts still budding
But laiy Base usher'd the idle crew ; [new :
And lame Disease shuts up their troopa with tor-
" Next band, b; AseUe waa boldly lad,
And Us fbnr sons b^ot in Stygian nigfit i
First Idololatroa n, whose monstrous hod
Was like an ugly fiend, his flaming dgtat
Like blaring stars ; the rest all diSnmt :
For to bis shape some part e*cb creatore lent ;
But to the great Creator all adversely bent.
" Upon bis breast a bloody cross he acor'd.
Which oft be wonhipp'd ; but the Christ that died
Thereon, be seldom but in paint adorU;
Yet wood, stone, beasts, weaMi, lusts, fiends.
He makes mere pageania of the aaving rock ",
Puppet-like trimming his almighty stock i
Which then, hia god, or he, which ia the vais
block?
■> Of giant shape, and strength thereto agteaag,
Wherewitb be whilome all the world oppieaa'di
And yet the greater part (hia vassals being)
Slumb'ring in ignorance, securely rest :
A golden calf (himself more bemst) be bote,
Wliich brutes with dandnga, gifla, and aongi
' Idola are laymen's books' be roundall wrote in ore.
Mdue.
l.«tST. Lev.iix.IJiM.
>, of gashly, wild aspect ;
Whom Hell with seeming fear, and fiends obey :
Full eas'ly would be know each past effect.
And things to come with double guesa foreny.
By slain beasts' entrails, and fowls' mwtod
flight ;
Thereto he tempesta rais'd by man; a spiighl.
And charm'd the sun and moon, and chang'd Ac
dsqr and nigbt.
" So rfhen tfae south (dipping his sableat wings
In humid ocean) sweeps with's dropping bnrd
Th' air, earth, and seai ; his lips' loud thanderiBgi
And flashing eyes mAe all the world sfcnrd t
Ijght with daric clouds, waters with Bns an
The Sun but now is rising, now is set j [nKl :
And finds w - • ■ " - ' ■ ■
" By birth and hand, he juggling fortunes telta ;
Ofl brings from shades his grandure's damned
ghost;
Of Btolen goods forces out by wicked spells :
His frightfiil shield with thousand Sends einbost.
Which aecm'd without a drcle't ring to play :
In midst himself dampens the smiling iij.
And prints md chaiacten, which none may wrbck
" The Ihird HsretiCTis '*, a wrangling carl.
Who in the way to Heav'n would wilful err;
And oft convicted, still would snatch and losrl : '
Hia ctamhe oft repeats ; — all tongue, no ear;
Him Obstinacy, Pride, and scorn attended:
On's shield, with Truth Etroui disguia'd ooa-
H is motto tins ; ' Rather thus err, than be amcodid.'
wonhlp, ss Dy 1&
»Wlt«lKraft,«ilcu
w bve Gal^t^*
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775
■' Last marcfa'd ^jpoaisj,Qiie tana nf grace,
"nut TaunU the ahow of all, bu truth of aoDe i
A rotten heart be masks witb painlsd i*c« ;
AiDODg the boaata, a mule, 'moag bees, * drone,
'JUoDgst Stan, a meteor : —all Ihe world neg-
Heav*!!, DOT Earth,
Nvr good,
■ficcta him
The Earth Tor glaring forms, for ba^ forms HeaT'a
rtjicta him.
" His wanton beart be veils with dewy e^ea,
S» oft the world, and oft himself dectNTes:
His tongue hji heart, lus hands hu limgue beliei
In'a iHth (as snail*) slheT,
It abroad, at hooie a fiend ; and vi
atll :
So Sodom apples please the lavish'd eye,
But sulphur taste proclaim the roots ia Hell,
So airy flames to heav'nly seem ally'd.
But when tlreir oil is spent, they swiflly glide.
And into gelly'd mire melt all their gilded pride.
■■ So nubea grtea, smooth, full, are (pnngy light ;
So thair ragg'd stofiea in velvet peacbaa growu ;
So rotten atidis aeem slat* in cheating night ;
So quagmires Edae,tbdr mire with em'raldacrawn:
Such is Hypocrisy's deceitful fnme ;
A stinking ligh^ a aulpbnr Jrliit, false flama;
'Smooth rash, hard peach, sere wood, false mire, a
•■ Such were his arms, false gold, true alehyiny ;
Glitl'ring with ghuisy atones, and fine decdt ; -
His sword a flatt'ring steel, which gull'd the eye,
And pierc'd the heart with pride and self-conceit ;
On's shield a tomb, where death had dreaa'd his
bed
With CI
IB art, and crown'd his
scorning ;
Bom deaf and blind, fitter to lead the dance
To such a rout ; her silver heads sdoming,
(Her dotage index) much site bragg'd, yet
For by false tallies many years she gain'd.
Wise youth is honour'd ago; — fond age's with
dotage Btain'd.
" Her foiling l^s with erring footsteps reei'd ;
(I^me guide to bliss !] her daughters on each side
Much pain'dthemsvlvea,heritumblingfeet to wield;
Both like their mother, dull, and beetle ey'd i
The fint was Errour false, who multiplies
Her num'mus race in endless progenies :
For but one truth thaic is, ten ihouaand thousand
" Her bmod o'enpicad her rouiul witb tin and btood.
With envy, malice, mischiefs infinite ;
Which she la see herself anuied stood.
So often got wiih child and big with spite :
Her offspring fiy about, and spread their seed ;
Btraight hate, pride, schism, wars, and seditions
breed. [weed.
Gel up, grow ripe. — How soon proq>en the vicious
" Tiie other owl-eyed Superstition,
Deform'd, distorted, blind in shining light ;
Yet styles berwlf holy Devolion,
And £0 is coll'd, and seemH in shady night :
Fearful as is the hare, or hunted bind ;
Her face, and breast, she oft with crosses sign'd :
No custom would she break, or change her settled
" If hare, or snake, her way, herself she crosses,
And stops her mazed steps ; sod fears offiight her
When falling salt points out some jatal losses,
Till Bacchus'grapes with holy sprinkle quite her;
Her only Bible is an Erra Pater ;
Her antidoR are baUow'd wai and water :
I' th' dark, all lights are sp'i t^ all noises, chains
that clatter.
" With them march'd sunk (in deep aecnrity)
Frofaneneis, lo be feat'd, for never fearing j
And by him, new oalhs coining. Blasphemy,
Who names not Cod, but in a curse, or swearing ;
And thousand other Bends in diverse bahiou,
Dispoa'd in servral word, and certain station :
Under, Hell widely yawn'd; and over, fiew Dam-
" Next Adieus his sons ; — first Ecthroa sly 'S
Whose prick'd up ears kept open house for liea ;
And sleeting eyes still watch, and wait to spy
When to return sUll-Uving injuries :
Fair weather sniil'd upon lua painted face.
And eyes spoke peace, till he had time and
Then pours down show'rs of rage, and streama of
So when a sable cloud, with iwelling sail
Comes swimming through calm skies, the silent air
(Willie fierce win£ sleep in JEoVa rocky jail).
With spangled beams embniider'd, glitters fair;
But soon 'gins low'r ; straight clatt'ring bail ia
bred, [Ixxli
Bcatt'ring cold shot ; light hides hia goldesi
[id with untimely winter, ewlh's o'er-silvered.
His arms well suit bis mind, where smiling skies
Br«ed thund'ring tempests i on his lofty crest
Arieep the spotted panther couching lies.
And by sweet scents, and skin so quaintly drest.
Draws on her prey : upon his shield he bears
The draadful monster which great Nilus fcan ;
(The weeping crocodile) his word, ' 1 kill witb tears. '
^^th him IMnemblance went, his paramour.
Whose painted foce mi^t hardly be detected ;
Arfns of offence he seld' or never wore,
Lett thence his dose designs might be suspected ;
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
But cluping close him Yoe, us lotb to part, |
He iteals hia di^er witli ttliK nniling art,
Jiod ihcitbi the tnut'rous aleel in hia own miller's j
*■ Two Jewiafa captains, close themselves enladng
In love's iwect twines, his target broad dJspUj'd ;
One th' other's betkid with bis left hand embradng,
But in his light a shining sword he sway'dr
With unawares through the other's lihi be
Their lay the wretch without all burial rite* i
His word, * He deepest wounds, that in bis iawning
Htes.'
" Eris >9, the next of sea unfit for war :
Her BTDU were bitter words from flaming tongue,
Vbicb nerer quiet, wrangle, fight, and jar ;
Ne would she wei^ report with right, or wrong :
What once she held, that would she erer hdi.
And (non-obetanlcs) force with courage bold,
Thelastword must sbehaie, or never leave to scold.
" She IS the trumpet to this angry train.
And whets their fury with loud railing spite :
But when no open foes did more remain.
Against themselves, themselves she would incite.
Her clacking mill, driv'n by ber flowing gall,
Could never stand, but elude, rail, hark, and
Uwl : [them alt.
Her shield no word could find, her tongue engros'd
" Zelos >7 the third, whose spiteful emulation
Could not endure a fellow in excelling ;
Tet slow in any virtue's imitaliDn,
At easy rate that fair possession selling ;
Still as he went he hidden sparkles blew,
7^11 to s miglity flame they sudden grew, [drew.
And like fierce lightning all in quick destruction
" Upon his shield lay that Urinthian swain,
SweJt'Kug fn flery gore, and pras'nous flame,
His wife's sad gift venom'd with bloody stain :
Well could he bulla, snakes. Hell, all monsters
Well could he Heav'n support, and prop olont
But by fell jealousy soon overthrown.
Without a foe, or sword : his motto, ' First, or none
Wrath in his heart, bale, rage, and fury r«gn '.
Fierce was his look, when clad in sparkling ti:
But when dead paleness in bis cheek b
•■ tjiok, as when waten, wall'd with hraien wreath,
Are sieg'd with cntckling flames, ther common Ibe;
The angry seas 'gin foam and hotly breathe,
Then swell, rise, rave, and still more furious grow;
Nor can be held ; but forc'd with flres bMow,
Tossing their waves, break out, and all o'er-
So boil'd his ri«ng blood, and daab'd bis angry brow.
For in his fhce, red heat, and aahy cold.
Strove which shotdd paint revenge in proper
That, like consuming fire, most dreadful niU'd ;
Tliis, liker death, threatens all deadly doloun;
His trembling hand a dagger still cmbiac'dr
Whicb in bis friend he rashly oft encaa'd i
His shield's device, freah blood with foulest alan
" Neat him Erithius ^, most unquiet swain.
That all in law, and fond contention spent ;
With whom in any thing be would caraatait i
His will his law, he weigh'd not wrong or li^ ;
Much scom'd to bear, much mote fonive a
spite; [hi^
Patience, he, th' asses' load, and coward's vutnc
" His weapons all were fram'd of shining gold.
Wherewith he lubtly fought dose under hand :
Thus would he right tVom right by fbree witfihoM,
Nor suits, nor friends, nor laws his slights with-
n thought, nor ever can be rid) I
" Upon his belt (fasten'd with leather lacea)
Blad boxes hung, sheaths of hb ffa iwoida,
FUl'd up with writs, subpmiast tfial-eaaeB ;
TUs tmpaaa'd him in cattle, that in words :
Fit his device, aixd well his shidd became,
A salamander drawn in lirelj IVame :
His word was this, < I live, I breathe,! feed on flame.'
" Next after him mareh'd proud Dichostass »,
That wont but in the fiutioui court to dwell ;
But now to shepherd-svraiua dose linked is;
And taught them (firali!] to change their biDDliie
ceU,
And lowly weed, for courts, and purple gay.
To sit aloA, and states, and princes away :
A book, DO sceptre needs our erring sheep to st^.
" A mitre trebly crown'd th' impostor wore ;
For Heav'n, Earth, Hell, he claims with lofkifpride:
Not in his lips, but hands, two keys he bone,
Heav'o's doors and Hell's to shut, aod (^en wide :
But late his keys bib mair'd, or broken quite :
For Hell he cannot shut, but opens light;
Nor Heav'n can ope, but shut ; nor buys, but sdls
by slight.
•■ Two heads, oft three, he in one body had.
Nor with the body, nor themselves agreeing ;
What this commanded, th' other soon forbad ;
As different in rule, as nature being :
The body to them both, and neither piooe.
Was like a double-hearted dealer grown ;
Endeavouring to please both parties, plcaaiiig naBfr
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
777
And
Mean time tha (haklog venel doubtful plaji,
And on tbe stagg'ring liiltaw trembling staje,
' ' obe; them both, and none of botli obeja.
" A subtle ovftsnua frani'd liim K-omly rnrms,;
Furg'd in tbe ghop of wrangling Sophistry ;
And wrought with curious urts, and migbC; clurnu,
Temper'd with lies, and fil>e philoBoph; :
Hillioiu of beedlcM touls thug had he ilain.
Hi* Ki'a-fbld targe a field of gules did Main ;
Id which two sword* be bore : hi* won), ' IMvlde
" EiiTjr the neit, Envj' with iquinted ejes ;
Sick of a (trange disease, hi* neighbour's health :
Best lireg he then, when any better dies ;
I* never foot, but in anolher'B wealth ;
On best men's harms and griefs he feed* his Gil ;
Else his own maw doth eat with spiteful will :
HI must the teaiper be, where diet is so ill.
« Each eye through diiers optic* slily leen,
Which both his sight, and object's self bel;;
So grcMeat virtue as • moat appears.
And molehill ftult* to mountains multiply.
When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises ;
Somewhat tbe deed, much more the means he
So nuneth what he makea, and proisiag most, dis-
■■ Upon his shield that cruel berd-groom play'd.
Fit instniment of Juno's jealous Bpite ;
His hundred eyes stood fixed on the maid ;
Ha pip'd, she sigh'd : his wind, ■ Her day, my
His misdie weapon was a lying tongue.
Which he far off like swiftest lightning flung :
That all the world with noise, and fbuL bUipbeming
ning,
Iisst of this Tout the sange IHionosOi went.
Whom his dire mother nurs'd with human blood ;
And when more age and atmigtli mora fierceness
She tkught him in a dark and desert wood
With force and guile poor passengers to slay.
And on their fleidi bis barking stomach stay,
And with their wretched blood his fiery thirst allay.
" So when the never settled Scythian
Removes hi* dwelling in an empty wain :
When now the Sun hath half bis journey lU,
His horse he bloods, and pricks a trembling vdn.
So from the wound quenches his thinly heat ;
Yet vrone, tfaj* fiend mak.es bis own flesh his
Uonster! tbe m
I* bear bis kind will nev
" Ten thousand furies on his steps awaited :
Some sear'd his harden'dsoul with Stygian brand;
Some with black terrors his faint conscieoce baited.
That wide he star'd, and starched hair did stand :
The first bom man still in his mind he bore.
Foully array'd in guiltless brother's gore.
Which for revenge to He8T*n, fhim Earth did loudly
" His arms otftosive all, to spill, not spare ;
Swords, pistols, pcHsons, instruments of Hell :
A shield he wore (not that lb* wretch did care
To save lus fiesh, oft he himself would quell)
For show, not use : on it a viper swilling
Tbe dam's spilt gore ; bis empty boWels filling
With flesLi that gave him life : his word, • I live Iiy
killing.'
" And last his brutish sons, Aerates sent.
Whom Caro bore both in one birth and bed,
Metbos ^ the first, whose paunch his feet outwent.
As if it usher'd his unsettled head i
His soul quite souced lay in giapy blood.
Id all his parts the idle dropsy stood ; (flood.
Which though already drown'd, still thirsted for tbe
"This thing,nor man, nor beast, turns all his wealth
In drink ; his dayi, his years, in liquor drenching;
So quaffs he ackness down, by quaffing health ;
Firing hi* cheeks with quenching ; strangely
quenching
His eyes with firing ; dull and faint they roU'd ;
But nimble lips known thing* and liid unfold ;
Belching*, ofl sips, large spits pinnt tbe long (ale he
told.
" His armour green might seem a fruitful vine ;
The cluster* prison'd in the close let leaves.
Yet ofl between tbe bloody grape did shine ;
And peeping forth, his jailor's spite deceives :
Among the bough* did swilling Bacchus ride>
Whom wild grown Mtenads bore, and ev'rr
stride, [ciy'a.
' Baccbe, Id Bacche', loud with madding voice they
" On*! shield, the goatish satyrs dance around,
(Their head* much lighter than their nimble heela)
Silenus old, in wine (as ever) drown'd, [reels :
Clos'd with the ring, in midst (though sitting)
Under his arm a bag-pipe swGl'n he held,
(Yet wine-swol'n cheeks tiie windy bag ou^
sweli'd) ^ield.'
So loudly pipe* : his word, ' But full, ua mirth t
" Insatiate sink, how with so general stain
Iliy spu'd out puddlea, court, town. Gelds entice !
Ay me ! the shepherds selves thee entertain.
And to thy Curtian gulf do sacrifice :
All drink to spew, and spew Bgun to drink.
Sour iwill-tub sin, of all the rest the sink.
How canst thou thus bewitch vri th thy abhorred stink.?
II wrong st
1 spewing streams
The ear with belching ; touch thou drown'st in
The taste tbou surfeit'sl ; smell wi
Thou woundest : foh ! thou
twine ; [sUkest ;
Still thou increasest thirst, when thirst thou
The mind and will thou (wit's bane) captive
takest ; [makett.
thy hoggish filth, and sense thou senselen
" Thy fellow nns, and nil the rest of vices.
With seeming good are fairly cloth'd to dgbtj
Tlieir feigned sweet the blear-ey'd will entice^
Coi'ning tbe datiled sense with boirow'd light :
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
Thee, neither true, nor jiet fidwj_
: IVofit, nor pleaauFe on thj stept attends i
Foil; begins thj sin, whidi stilt with madneH ends
" With Meliioe, Gluttony, hi* guttling broth'r.
Twin jknllels, dnirn from the selCuoM line ;
So foully tike wis either to the oth'r.
And both dkhI like s monstrous puinched swine
His life was eilher a continued feast.
Whose surfdta upon surfeits him oppressed ;
Or heSTy sleep, that helps so great a lowl digest.
" Mean titne his sotil, weigh'd down with muddj
Can ndther work, nor mors in captive bands !
But dull'd in vap'nHiB fogs, *J1 careless reigns,
Or rather serves strong appetite's commands ;
That when be now »a* goig'd with cnmm'd
« His cisne-like neck was Long uittac'd ; his breast,
HJ! gouty limbs, like to a circle, round,
As broiiid as long; and for bis spear in rest
Oft with his staff he beats the yicldhig ground ;
Wherewith his hands did help his feet to bear,
Else would they ill so huge a burden steer ;
His clothes were all of leaves, no armour contd he
■■ Only a target tight, upon hia arm,
He careless bore, on which old GttII was drawn,
Tiansfotm'd into a bog with ciinning charm ;
In bead and paunch, and soul itxdf a brawn.
Half dniwn'd within; without, yel still did hunt
In tiis deep trough for swill, as be mis wont j
I Cu'd all in loathsome tnire : no word ; Gryll could
but gnint.
' « Hira aerv'd sweet seeming lusts, self pleasing lies.
But bitter death flow'd from those sweets of sin ;
And at Ibe rear of these in secret guise
Crept Thievery and Detraction, near akin :
No twins more like ; they seem'd almost the
" Tber boon companions in thrar jovial feasting
Were new-shap'd oaths, and damning peijuries j
Their cate*, fit for their taste, profaoest jesting ;
Sauc'd with the salt of Hell, dire blasphemies.
But till th" ambitious Sun, yet still aspijing.
Allays his flaming gold vritb gentler firing.
Well rest our weai^ aong, in lliat tliick grove
Tbk Sud began to slack his bended boir.
And more obliquely dart bis milder ray ;
When cotdet ur» gently 'gsn to blow,
j^jjd fan the fields, parch'd with the scorching
Tlie shejjieids to thdr wonted seats repair ;
Tbirsil, refreah'd with tUs soil breathing air.
Thus 'gan renew hi* tad^ and bn^en song repair.
" What watchAd care must lenoe that weary rtirie,
Wliich deadly foes be^rt with cruel aiegc ;
And irailest wall of glass, and trait'rous gate
Strive wtkicb sliould Rrst yield up their woeful
liege?
By enemies ataail'd, tiy frimds betny'd;
When olfaers hurt, hinwelf reAues ud %
~ self his Btrcngtb is foil'd and ovesky'd.
" How comea it flien, that in so near dea
We deadly sleep in deep aecHrity,
When every hour is ready to t>etr>]r
Our lives to that still watching enemy!
Wake then, thy sou], that£idly alus
' Cam the vaagoard with the Dragon led.
Cosmos ' the battle guides, with load alaima ;
I the Dragon r«d,
' ' d glittering anna ;
ig and gentle knigb^
As e'er was clad in steel and armour btigl*;
But WS9 a recreant base, a fool, &lae iiliialit
spri^it.
Bright burnish'd gold, indeed ttacc alcliymy.
Dim beetle eyea, and greedy worldUnga bleanag ;
His shield was drses'd in night's s«d lirery ;
Where man-like apes a glow.wOTiD compasi
round.
Glad that in wntry nigbt they iie had feynd :
Busy they puff and blow : tbe wml, ' Iff in«| h Ac
" Mist^e ptdnta all his darts; his nnn shjnre llright,
( Miatafcen) li^it appears, sad U^tning prove :
Hii clouds (mistook) aeem li^ttning*, t«inM tn
, sweet lurfeiti, woo'd
" His lib'isl favours, ciHoplimental arti ;
His high advaucemeno, Alpine sUppery straits;
His smiluig glanees, death's most pleasini; duts i
And (what be vaunts) his gifts are gilded baits :
Indeed be nothing is, yet all appewi.
Hapless earth's bappy fools, that know no teus.
' Who bathes in worldly joys, swims in a world ef
•■ Pure Essence ! who hast made a stone descry
'Tvriii natures bid, and check that metal's pride
That dares aspire to gold's high sovereignty ;
Ah, leave some touchstone erring eyes to guide,
And judge dissemblance 1 see by what devices
Sin with bir gloss our tnole-ey'd idght oitices.
That vices virtues seem to moot ; and virtues vic^
" Strip diou their meretricious seemliness,
And linlbld gUtt'iing. bare M nv'ry sight,
Tbat we may Irath tbair inward ugliness ;
Or else uncloud tbe soul, whose shady light,
' Tbe ntld, at Mimmon.
THE PUKPLE ISLAND.
in
Adds a fidr luMre la false eutbly blin :
Thine uid their beuit; differs but ui this;
Itutn wbM it ia not, seems j thine Hems not wbM
*< Neit to the captain, cmrard DeiloeS far'd,
Ilim r^bt before lie u bis shield prC(feclsil,
And following troops to back him as his guard ;
Yet both hii shield and guard (bint heart) sus-
And sending often back bii doubtliil eye,
Bf fearing, taught uothougfat of treacberf ;
So mode him enemies, by fearing enmitj.
^ Sdll did-be \o6k tor some wisuing crou.
Fearing such hap as nerer man Lxfel :
No mean be knows, but dreads each little loss
(With tjnsuy of fear dtanwbt) as HelL '
Hii sense he dare not titut (nor eyes, nor ears} ;
And when no other cause of fright appears.
Himself he much suspects, and fears hia causideas
'" Hamesa'd with massy steel, for fence, not sigbt ;
His aword unseemly long he ready dren :
At sudden shine of bis own armour bright.
He started oft, and star'd with ghaatly hue i
He Bbrieks at ev'ry danger that appears.
Shaming tbe knightly amni he goodly bean i
-Hb word, ' Safer, that all, than be that nathing
"With him went Doubt, itagg'ring with steps onsure;
That every way, and neither way inclin'd ;
And fond Distrust, wham nothing could secure i
Suspicion lean, as if he never din'd :
He keeps intelligence by thousand ignea ;
Argus to him bequealb'd his hundred eyes ;
So waking, still he ile^n, and sleeping, wakeful lies.
" Fond Ddlos all ; Tolmetes ' nothing fears ;
Just frights he laughs, all terrours counteth base :
And when of danger or sad news he hears,
He meets the thund'ring fortune fece to face :
Yet oft in words he spends his buist'rous threat :
That his hot blood driv-n f^om the native seat.
IjtKtea Us fUnt * coward heart empty of lively beat.
" Himself (wetik help i) was all his confidence ;
He scorns Ion ebbs, but swims in highest rises :
His limbs with arms or shield he would not fence,
Such coward fashion (fool !) he much despises.
Ev'n for fail single sword the world seems scant ;
For hundred worlds bis conqu'iing arm oould
Much would he boldly do ; but much more boldly
■■ With him went nif-admiring AnDgmce;
And Bngi his deeds without an helper fMnisiog ;
Blind Carelesaness before would lead tbe dance ;
Fear stole behind, those vaunts in balance payiing,
Wliich fsr their deeds outweigh'd; their
violence,
'Fore danger spent with lavish difflueoce.
Was none, or weak, in time of greateM eiigeaoe.
" As wboi a fiery courser ready bent.
Puts forth himself at first with swiftest pace ;
mi with too sudden flash bis spirils spent,
Already fails now in the middle race :
Hia hanging crest far from his wonted pride.
No longer now obeys his angry guide ;
Rivers of sweat and blood flow from his gt^ed side.
" Thus ran the rash Tolmetes, never viewing
The feaHul liends that duly bim attended (
Destruction close bis steps in post pursuing ;
And certain ruin's heavy weights dependcal
Over bis cursed bead ; and smootfa-foc'd Ouile,
That with him irft would loosely play and smile ;
1111 in his snare he lock'd bis ftat with treach'rous
" Next nurch'd Aaotus ^, careless spending swain ;
Who with a fork went sprvding all around.
Which his old sire with sweating toil and pain.
Long time was r^ng frota his racked ground ;
In giving be observ'd dot form nor matter.
But best reward be got ', that bast could flatter.
Tlius what he thought U> give, be did not gin^ bat
" Before orray'd in sumptuous bravery,
Deck'd court-like in tbe eboioa, and newest guise ;
But all bdnnd like drudging slavery.
With ragged patches, rent, and bored Ifaigha,
His siumeful potts, that shun the hated light,
Were naked left; (ah, foul unhoDest sight!)
Yet neitbei oould he see. nor feel his wretched pli^it.
" His shield presents to life, death's lotest rites,
A sad black hearse borne up with sable swoina ;
Which many idle grooms with hundred lights
(Tapen, lamps, torches) usher through the plains
To endless daricness ; while the Sun's bright
With fiery beams, quenctaei thdr smoking tow.
And vrasles their idle cost i the word, ' Not need,
but show.'
" A vagrant rout (a shool of tattling daws)
Strew him with vain spent pray'n and idle lays ;
And Flott'ry to hia sin close curtains draws.
Clawing his itching ear with tickling praise.
Behind fond Pity much bis fall luuented.
And Misery that former waste repented :
The usurer for bis goods, jail for bis bones indented.
" His steward was his kinnDan, vain expence.
Who proudly strove in matters light, to show
Heroic mind in braggart affluence ;
So lost hia treasure getting nought in lieu
But ostentation of a foolish pride.
While women fond. and boys stood gajungirtde;
But wise men all his waste, and needless cost deride.
" Next Pleonectes T went, his gold admiring.
His servant's drudge, slave to bis bmeat ftlave ;
Never enough, uid still too much dealing i
His gold his god, yet in on iron grave
Himself protects his god finm noisome ivsting ;
Much (barslo keep, much more to lose his lust-
ing;
Himself and golden god, and evwy get taiatrmtlng.
> rrsdIgaUlr. • AtliL Eth. 4.
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
" A|:^ on liis hura the winter inow bad spread ;
Tliat silver luulge hts near end plninljr proves i
Yet aa to earth 9 ho nearer bows his head,
So loves it more ; for ' Like his lilie «iill lovea.'
Deep from the ground bi? digs hisaweotest gain.
And deep into tlie c.-irth digs boclc with pain ;
From IIcl< his gold he brings, and hoards ia HeU
And when he eats, his food is worse than bsting;
Tims starves in aiore, thus doth in plenty pinej
Thus wallowing oil his god, his heap of mine.
He feeds tiis famish'd soul with that deceiving ahine.
Yet through our inother'E entrails cutting way.
We drag tliy buried conie from hellish tomb ;
The mtrchanC from his wife and home departs,
Nor at the swelling ocean ever starts ;
While death and life a wall of thin pboka on]y paita.
" Who was it fitw, that from Ihy deepest cell.
With BO much coally toil and painful sweat.
Durst rob thy palace hord'ring neat to Hell ?
Well mayst thou come from that inlemal seat.
Thou all the world with hell-black deepsdosl fill.
Fond men, tbal with such pain do woo your ill !
NeedJeaa to send for grief, for he is neat ui ilill.
" Hit arms were light and cheap, as made to save
His puiae. Hot limbs; the money, not the man ;
. Hather be dies, than spends i his helmet brave.
An old brass pot ; breasUplate, a dripping-pan :
His spear a spit, a pol-lid broad his shield,
Whose smoky plain a chalked imprese Ul'd ;
A bag sure seal'd; his word, ■ Much better sav'd
than spiU'd.'
" Bj Pleonectes, shameleas Spariog went,
Wbo whines and weeps to beg a longer day ;
Yet with a tfannd'ring voice claims lardy rent ;
Quick to receive, but hard and slow to pay :
Hia cares to lessen cost with cunning base ;
But when he's forc'd beyond his bounded space,
Jxnid would be cry, and howl, while othen laugh
" Xioag after went FumIIus^, weakest heart;
Able CO serve, and able to command.
But thought himself unfit fur either part ;
And now full loth, amidst the warlike band.
Was hither drawn by force from quiet cell :
LoneneashisHeav'n.andbus'ucsswasliis HelL
'jl heart is virtue's aguish spell.'
" Hii goodly arms, eaten with shameful rust,
Bewijy'd their master's ease, and want oT using ;
Stub was bii mind, tainted with idle must ;
His goodly giAs with little use abudng :
Upon hi* shield wa* drawn that noble awain.
That loth to change his love and quiet reign,
For glorious warlike dwds, did crafty tnadness feign.
MWEth.
' Fttbk-nlBdwIi
" Finely the workman fram'd the laOaoiae plough
Drawn with an ox and ass, unequal pair^
While he with busy hand his aalt did sow.
And at the furrow's end, his dearest heir
Did helpless lie; and Creek lordtwalrbing. still
Obscrv'd his hand, guided with csreful will :
About was wrote, • Who nothing doth, dotfa Dothiif
ill.'
" By him went Idleness, his loved friend.
And Shame with both ; with all, ragg'd Povarty :
Behind sure Punishment did close attend.
Waiting a while fit opportunity ;
And taking count of hours mispent in vain.
And graces lentwitbout retuniing gun, [pain.
Pour'd on tiis guilty corse, late grief. Mid helpl^
" This dull cold earth with standing water fnsc;
At ease he lies to ciiin pretence for ease ;
His soul like Ahoi' dial, while it goes
Not farward, posteth backward ten degneea:
' " :oueh he's pliant wai for ' '
Hei
ia lied, o:
He'd ralher steal than work, and b^ than strive to-
■teal.
" All opposite, though he his brolhar were.
Was Chaunusio, that too high himself eateem'd:
All things he undertook, nor could he fear
His power too weak, or boasted strength nna-
Wilh his own praise, like windy bladds-blown:
His eyes too little, or too much bis own i
For known to all men weak >>, was to himself hd-
" Fondly himself with piai^ng he dispraia'd.
Vaunting his deeds and worth witli idle breath;
So rax'd himself, what he himself had rais'd :
Oa's shield a boy threatens high Fhsbus' dnth.
Aiming his arrow at his purest light ; {bright.
But soon the thin reed, fit'dwith Ugfatmnx
Fell idly on the strand : hia wcrd, ' Yet high, aad
right.'
** Neat brave Fhilotimus ^^ in post did ride :
like rising ladders was his climbing miad ;
His high-flown thoughts had wings of courtly prid^
Which by foul rise to greatest height inclin'd ;
His heart aspiring Bwell'd until it burst :
But when be gain'd the top, with spite accnrs^
Down would he fling the steps by which he clam-
bet'd first. ,
■■ His head's a shop famish'd with looms of state :
His brain the weaver, thoughts m shuttlo light.
With which, in spite of Heav'n, he weavea bis fate;
Honour his web : thus works he day and night.
Till Fates cut aS his thread ; so he^wih *in^
And plagues, noronceenjoyt the place be winsj
But where his old race ends, there bis new race begiBt.
■■ Ab, silly man, who dreamtt that honour stands
In ruling others, not thyself! — tfay slaves
Serve thee, and thou thy slaves : — in iron bands
Thy servile spirit prest with wild passions rai^
Wnuldrt thou live bonou
• Thrice noble U
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
A, clip unbitioT
" Upoa his shield wu fiam'd thst Tcnt'nnu Ud,
Thtt durst unj the Sun'a bright flamiixg leun;
SpEte of bit feeble hands the boran mad
Fling down on burning Eutb the scorching beun ;
So made the flune in which himself wu fir'd;
The world the bouflre wu, where ha eipir'd :
His motto writteo thus ; ' Yet bad what he deiir'd.'
■' But Atimus u, a careless, idle iwain.
Though Glory ofTer'd him her sweet imbiace.
And fair Occasion, with little pain,
Beadi'd him her ivory hand ; yet (loiel base I)
Rather his way, and her fair self declin'd ;
Well did he thence prove his di^en'rous mind :
Base were his realy thoughts ; base was his dung-
hill kind.
" And now by force dragged from the monkish ceilt
Where teeth he only us'd, nor handn, nor brains.
Hell;
His work to eat, drink, sleep, and purge his reini.
He left his heart behind him with his feast:
His target with a flying dart was dresb'd.
Posting unto his mark ; the word, ' I move to rest. '
" Neit Colax i*, all his words with sugar spices ;
His serrile tongue, base slave to greatness' name.
Runs nimble desrant on the plainest vices ;
He lets his tonj;ue to sin, takes rent of shame ;
He, lemp'ring lies, porter (o th' ear resides ;
Like Indian apple, which with painted sides,
More dangerous within his lurking poison hides.
" So Echo, to the roice ber TOJce conforming.
Prom hollow breast for one will two repay ;
80 like the rock it holds, itsdf tnuuforming,
TIM subtil lish hunts fat her hesdlets prey :
So crafty fowlen with their fair deceits
Allure the hungry bird ; so llsber waits
To bait himself with fish, his hook and fish with baits.
•Hisarti
but to h
de.n.
Dt heala
SOT«I
To noun
angle con
Todnintt
e rich, h
dry pita
to Store,
To spoil
the preci
ul, to pie
sseviles
A cart
on-CFOw
be is.
a gaping grave.
Then
ch coat's
moth
the court
« bane.
Sin's and Hell's winning bawd, the Devil's facl'iing
" A milt he casts before his patron's sight.
That blackest vice* never once appear ;
But greater than it is seenu virtue's light ;
His lord's displeasure is his only fear ;
His clawing lies, tickling the senses frail
To death, make open way where force would fiul,
' I.esa hurts the lion's paw, than foxes' softest tail.'
*' His arms with hundred tongues were powder'd gay,
(The mint of lies) gilt, fil'd, the sense to please ;
His sword, which in his mouth close sheathed lay,
Shaiper than death, and fiam'd to kill with ease.
Ah, cursed wMpon, life with pleasure spilling <
The Saidoin herb, with many Iminches filling
His shield, was his device : the word, ' I please in
kilUog.-
! slave I how crawl'st
la from thy dunghill
Where thou wast hatch'd by shame and beggary.
And perchest in the leam'd and noble breast?
Nobles of thee their courtship learn ; of thee
Arts learn new art their learning to adorn ;
(Ab, wretdied minds !) he is not nobly bom.
Nor leam'd, that dotb not thy ignoble learning scotn.
" Close to him Pleasing went, with pointed ftcc.
And Honour, by some hidden cunning made ;
Not Honour's self, but Honour's semblance base.
For soon it vanish'd like an empty shade !
Behind, his parents duly him attend ;
With them he forced is hia b^ to spend :
Shame his beginning was, and shame must be his
u Next foUow'd Dyscolus '>, a fVoward wight I
His lips all Bwol'n, and eye brows ever lient j
With sof.ty locks, swart looks, and scauling sight;
His face a tell-tale to his foul intent :
He nothing lik'd, or prais'd ; but reprehended
What every one beside himself commended.
Humours of tongues imposthum'd, purg'd with
shame, are mended.
" His mouth a pois'nous quiver, where he hides
Sharp tenom'd arrows, which his bitter tongue.
With squibs, carps, jests, unto their object guides j
Nor fean he gods on Earth, or Heav'n to wrong;
Upon his shield was fairly drawn to sight,
A raging dew, foaming out wiath and spite ;
The word to his device, < Impartial all I bite.'
" Geloios 1^ next ensu'd, a merry Greek,
Whose life was laughter vain, uid mirth miaplac'd ;
His speeches broad, to shame the modest cheek ;
Ne car'd he whom, or when, or how disgrac'd;
Salt, round about he flung upon the sand :
If in his way his friend or father stand.
His father and his ftiend he spreads with carcleas
His armour crackling thorns all flaming stain
With golden fires (emblem of foppish gladness) 1
Upon his shield two laughing fools you see,
(In number he the third, first in degree)
At which himself would laugh, and fleer ; his word,
• We three.'
■■ And after Agrioa ", a sullen svraln ;
All mirth that in himself and others hated ;
Dull, dead, and leaden, was his cheerless von;
His weary sense he never recreated ;
And now he march'd as if he somewhat dnam'di
All honest joy, but madness he esteem'd;
Refreshing's idleness; but sport, he folly de^'d.
PHINEAS rLETCHEH.
*■ In'i anas, his mind the woi^jnan fit expreas'd,
Which >ll with quenched Umps, but imoking yet
And foull; stioking, were full quaintly dieu'd
To blind, nol Ught the eyes. In cbske. dot beat;
Upon Ilia abield an heap of fennj mire,
Id Bogn and tuib (with (una yet never dciar)
Did imoth'iing lie, not bum : his woid, ' Smoke
without Gie.'
" Last Impudence, whoie never changing face
Knew but one colour ; with Mime bms-brow'd lie.
And laughing loud ahe drowns hei jnit diagiace :
About her all the flendi in armies fiy :
Her feathei'd beaver sidelong cock'd, in guise
Of roaring boja i set look, with Gied eyes
Out-toaks all sbame-Iac'd forms, all roodcsly defies.
« And u her thoughts, so arms all black SB Hell,
Her braien shield two sable dogs adorn,
Who each. at other slare, and snarl, and swell :
Beneath the word waa set, ' All change I scorn.'
But if I all this rout in foul amy
Should muster up, and place in battle ray.
Too loog yourselves and flocks my tedious song
would sUy.
■■ The aged day grows dim, and homeward calls :
The parting Sun (man's state descrilnng well)
Falls when he rises, rise* when he falls :
ao we by faUiug rose, by rinng feU.
The shady cloud of night 'gina softly creep.
And all our world with saMe tincture steep :
Home DOW ye shepherd swains; home now my
loved ebeep."
Thc brid«grMMn Sun, who late the Earth bad
Leaves his star-diainlier ; early in the east
Ha ibook his sparkling locks, heid lively roui'd.
While Mom his couch with blushing roses drest ;
j Hia shines the Earth soon laUht to ^d her
I flow'ra: pww'n,
: Phoapbor his goldrfleec'd drove folds in their
WUeh all the night lu>d gnu'd about th' Olympic
I Tlw cheerful lark, mounting Avm early bed,
With sweet salutes awake* tbe drowsy light j
The Earth she left, and up to Heav'u is fled j
There chants bar Maker's pause* out of ngbt.
£anh seams a molehill, men but ants to be ;
Teaching proud men, that soar to high degree.
The further up they climb, the lass (hey leem and se&
tbe shepherds met, and Thomalin began ;
Toung Thomalin, whose notes and silver string
Silence the risiog lark, and falling swan :
" Come Thiisil, end Uiy lay, and cheerly sing ;
Hear'it how the larks give welcome to the day,
Temp'riog their sweetest notes unto thy lay ;
Up theoi thou loved swain ; why doet thou longer
stay?"
•• Well aett'st thou, friend, the lark before mine eyes.
Much easier to hear than imitate ;
Her wings lift up lier notes to loAy nkies ;
Dut me a leaden steep, and earthly slate.
Down to the centre ties with oqitiTe vtrinK ;
Well might I follow here her note aod wing;
Singing she lofty re ' ' ....
" Ob, thou dieadking of that ber^ band !
Which by thy pow'r beats back these h^iah svrito^
Rescuing this state from death and blie coBunaial :
Tell me, dread king! w:bat are thcM waiOc
What Kxce? n
Hist though so few in number, i
To keep tids sliced ti
" Tie first commanders in this holy trsin.
Leaders to all tlie rest, an ancient pair ;
Long unce sure link'd in wedlock's sweotcat dnin ;
His name Spirilo, she Urama 1 fair :
Fair had she been, and full of heav'nly gcte.
And he in youth a mighty warrior wa%
Both now more fkir, and iCrong, which pmv'd tbcir
" His aims, with flaming tongues all spsuUcd bright
Bright fioming tongues, in divers lectiotis parted ;
His pierdng sword, edg'd with their fiery Ugfjt,
'Twiit bones and mnmiw, soul and spirit diqiarted.
Upon his shield was drawn a glariauH iore,
'Gainst whom the proudest «a^ dare* nsil
move ; [and Ime,'
Glitt'ring in beams : his word, ■ Conqu'iiiig bj peace
" But she, Amaion-like, in snire amu,
Silver'd with stars, and gilt with sutuif raya;
Her mighty spouse in sight, aad fierce alarms
Attends, and equals in these bloody ftays i
And on her shield an heav'nly globe (displaying
The coDslel lotions, lower bodies awaying,
Sway'd by tbe higher) she bore : her word, ' I nik
obeying.'
" About them sirana'd their ftuitful progeny ;
An haav'nty oUpring of an heav'nly bed ;
Well mougbt you in their looks his (toutoesa se^
With ba sweet gmoea lovely tempered.
Fit youths they seem'd to play in prince's hall,
(But ah ! long since they thence were banish'd
all}, [doth calL
Or shine ip glitl'riiig arms, when need fiscc war
" The first in order (nor in worth the last}
la Knowledge, drawn from peace, aud Hose's
spring.
When shaded in Mi Sinai's groves, his taste
He feasts with words, and iroib of heav'nly king;
But now to Moody field is fully bent :
Yet still be seem'd to study as he went;
His arms cut all in hovka ; firopg shidd ali^t jw-
" Hia gliu'ring accoour sbin'd like burning day,
Oaiiush'd with golden suns, aod radiant flow'n;
.Which turn their bending heads to Phmbus' ray.
And when be falls, shut up their leafy bow'rs;
Upon lus shield tbe silver Moon did bend
Her homed bow, and round her airows spend;
His w«td in silver wrote, ' I bomw wlut I Und.'
1 HnvcB.
THE PUKPLE tSLAND.
785
" All thM be aaw, all tbU h« beu^ were booki.
In which be read, and learr'd his Maker's will ;
Afost on hk word, but mudi on Uear'n he looks,
And tlwnce admires with pnise the workman'!
" And Care, who neTer from his sides would part,
Of Knowledge ofl the wajpi and means inquiring,
To practise what he learn 'd from holy art ;
And oft with tears, and oft wtth sighs denring
Aid from that sorereign guide, whole ways so
steep, [keepl
Though fiun he would, yet weak, he could not
But when he could not go, yet forward would he
« Next Tapings •, whose nnet, though lowly grace.
All Mfaer higher than hiniieir estaem'd ;
He in bimeelf prii'd things ■■ mean and base.
Which y«t in others great and gloriou* tecn'd ;
All lU due debt, ^Dod undewrv^ be thought ;
His beait a low rooTd boose, but sweetly
wrought, (bought.
Where God himself would dwell, though be it dearly
" Honour be shuns, yet is the way unto him ;
As Hell, he hates advancement won with bribes ;
But public place, and charge are forc'd to woo him ;
He good to grace, ill to desert ascribes i
Him (as his Lord; contents a lowly room.
Whose first house was the bleated TJrgin's womb.
The next a cratch, the Ibird a cross, the fourth a
" 60 cboioest drugs in meanest shrubs are fbtind;
So predoua gold in deepeM centre dwells ;
80 sweetest Ti'lets bail on lowly ground ;
So richest pearls lie clos'd in rilesl shells :
So lowest dales we let at highest rates ;
80 creeping strawberries yield daintiest cates.
The Highest highly knes the low, tbe lofty hale*.
•' Upon hii shield was drawn that shepherd lad,
Who with a sling threw down Mnt Israel's fears ;
And in bis hand Ids spoils, and trophies glad,
Tha monster's swwd and bead, be bravely beara ;
Plain in bia lorely fece you might behold
A blushing meekness met with courage bold :
< litde, not titik wortii,' wia fairly wrote in gold.
" With him his kins
n birth and name,
e, taught by many bitter show'rs
And low submit unto lite fairer pow*!* :
But yet no aerrile yoke his forehead brands ;
For tfi in such an holy aerrice bands,
In this Obedience rulei, and eerring thus commands.
" By them went Fido 9, manhal of the field ;
Weak was his nrather *rf>en slie ga*e him day ;
And be at first a sick and weakly child.
As e'er with teon welcom'd the sunny tay ;
Yet when more yean afford more growth and
■night,
A champion stout he was, and puissant knight,
As ever came in field, or shone ia armour l»ight
" So may we see a Htth Uonet,
When newly whelpt, a weak and leader tMng,
Despis'd by ev'ry beast 1 but wsien great, [bring;
When fuller times, fiilt ttrength and courage
The beasts all crouching low, thor king adore.
And dare not see what they contemn'd before i
t quakea at hia affrighting roar.
■■ Mountains ha flings in seas with mighty hand ;
Slops and turns back the Sun's impetuous course i
Nature breaks Nature's laws at his couunand ;
No force of Hell or Heav's withstands his foivei
Erents to come yet many ages hence.
He present make^ by wondrous prescicaec ;
Proving the senses blind, by being blind to sense.
" His sky-like arms, dy'd all in blue and white.
And set with golden stars that flamed wide ;
His shield invisible to mortal sight.
Yet be upon it easily deacry'd
The lively semblance of his dying Lord,
Whose bleeding side with wicked steel was
gor'd ; [aflbrd.
Which to his tainting spirits new courage would
" Strange was the force of that enchanted shield.
Which highest pow'n to it fnjm Heav'n impart ;
For who could bear it well, and rightly wield ;
It BSi'd from sword, and spear, and poison'd dart :
Well might he slip, but yet not wholly fitll ;
No final loss his courage might apptJ ; [tall.
Growing more sound by wounds, and rising by bia
" So some have feigu'd thai Tellus' giant son.
Drew manynew-bom lives from bis daadmotbar;
Another rose as soon as one was done.
And twenty lost, yet still remain'd another;
For when he fell, and kiss'd tbe barren heath.
His parent Mraight inapir'd sucoesdve breath ;
And though beraclf ms dead, yet ransom'd him
" With him his nurse, went careful'Acoe*;
Whose hands fint from his mother's womb did
lake him.
And ever since have foster'd tenderly ;
She never might, she never would forsake him ;
And he her lov'd a^n with mutual band ;
For by her needful help he oft did stand.
When else he soon would fail, and U1 in foemen'e
" With both, Bwect MediUtion ever pac'd,
His nurse's daughter, nod his foster lister;
Dear as his soul, he in his soul her plac'd.
And oft embrac'd, and oft by stealth he kiss'd her ;
For she had taught him by faer silent talk
To tread ttie ss^e, and dangVous ways to balk ;
And brought his God with him, him with his God
to walk.
■* Behindhim Penitence did sadly go.
Whose cloudy dropping eyes were ever rainil^.
Her swelling tears, which, e*en in ebbisg'flow.
Furrow her cheek, the sinful puddles draining :
Much seem'd she in her pensive thought mo-
letted j [letted;
And much tbe mocking world her soul iii^
More slie the hateful world, and most herself detested,
" Hearing.
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
Yet smiling Hear'n delights to kju her fice.
And with hi> blood God bathes her punful fmarti:
A Slictioa's iron flail her soul bad Ihradi'd ;
Sharp drcumdsian-s knife her bean had alatb-di
Tet was it angeb' wine, which in her e;e< wu masb'd.
, " With her a troop of mournfu! gnxnns abiding
Help with tbdrsulW blacks their nustress' woe;
Amendment still (but his own faults] chiding,
And Penance arm'd with smarting whips did go :
Then sad Remorse came sighing all the way ;
Last Satisfaction, giving all away i
Much surely did be owe, much more he would repay.
" Next went Etpinus ^, dad in sky-like blue ;
And through bis arms few stars did seem to peep,
Which Ibere tlie workman's hand to finely drew,
That rock'd in clouds they soiUy seem to Miccp:
His rugged shield was like a rocky mould.
On which an anchor bit with surest hold,
' I hold by being held,' was written round in gold.
« Nothing so cheerful whs his thoughtful face.
As was his brother Fido's ; — fear seem'd dwell
dose by Ills heart; liis colour chang'd space.
And went, and came, that sure all was not well :
Therefore a comely maid did olt sustain
His fainting steps, and fleeting life maintain :
PoUidta B she higlit, which ne'er could lie or feign.
" Neit to ElptDiu morch'd his brother LoTe ;
Not that oauT lote which cloth'd bis GodJiead
With rags of flesh, and now again above
Hath dreis'd his flesh in Heav'n's eternal lisht ;
Much less the brat of that talse Cyprian dame.
Begot by froth, and Are, in bed of shame,
And now burns idle hearts swelt'ring in lustful flame.
" But this from Ileav'n brings his immortal race,
And nurs'd by Gratitude, whose careful arms
Long held, and bold him still in kind jmbrace :
But train'd to daily wars, and lierce alonns,
He grew to wond'rous strength and beauty rare :
Next that God Love, &om whom hie oSspriogs
are. [compare.
No match in Earth or HeaT'n may with this Love
" His page, who from bis side might never more,
Itemembnutce, on bim wails ; in books reciting
The famous passions of that highest love.
Hie burning leal to greater flames eidling ;
Deep would he sigh, and seem empassion'd sore.
And oft with tears bia backward heart deplore,
"nuit loving all he could, be lov'd (hat love no more.
" Yet sure he truly lov'd, and honour'd dear
That glorious Name ; for when, or where be spy'd
Wrong'd, or in hellish speech blasphem'd did hear.
Boldly the rash blasphemer he defy'd,
And forc'd him eat the words he foully spake :
But if for him, be grief or death did take.
That grief be counted joy, and death, life for his sake.
' His glitt'ring arms, dress'd all with £eiy bei
Seem'd burn in cba^tti desire, and Ikky'iiIj fla
Ind on his sfaield kind Jonathan impoina
To his soul's friend* his robes, and princely n
And kingly throne, which tnortols sa adon
And round about waa writ in golden ore.
" Tbcse led the vanguard ; and an hundred mac
Fill'd up the empty ranks with order'd train :
But first in middleward did justly go
In goodly arms a fresh and lovely swain.
Vaunting himself lave's twin, but joager
Well mought it be, for e'en thdr very mothe-.
With pleasing errour oft mistook the one for tk'
other.
" As when fair Potts gave that golden ball,
A thousand doubts ran in his stagg'ring brcaat:
All lik'd him well, fain would he give it all ;
Bach better seems, and sUU the last seems beatt
Doubts ever new bis reaching hand ddWd;
'iliemorehe looks,the more his judgment enU:
So she first tliis, then that, then none, tben both
preferr'd.
" Like them, their armour seem'd full uearttfkin:
Jn this they only difler ; th' elds' bent
His higher soul to Ileav'n ; the yoimger twin
'Mong mortals here his love and kindness sptot ;
Tcacliing (strange alchymy) to get a liring
By selling land, sod to grow rich by giving ;
By emptying, filling bogs, so HcKi'n by Earth al-
chieving.
" About him troop the poor with numVoua traiBs,
Whom he with tender core and large eTpenoe,
With kindest words, and succour entertains ;
Ne looks for thanks, or thinlfs of recompeocc :
His wardrobe serves to clothe the naked ude.
And shameful parts of bared bodies hide ;
If otber clothes he lack'd, his own he would divide.
" To rogues, bis gate was shut ; but i^wn lay
Kindly the weary traveller inviting :
Oft tbereiore angels hid in mortal clay,
And God himself in bis free roofs delisting,
Lowly to visit him would not diadaio.
And In bis narrow cabin oft nunain ;
Whom Heav'n, and Earth, and all the world camiM
" His table still was fill'd with wholesome meat.
Not to provoke, but quiet appetite ;
And round about the hungry freely eat.
With plenteous catea cheering their feeble sprite :
Thdr earnest vows open Hnv'n's wide door j
That not in vain sweet plenty evemiare
With gracious eye looks down upon his blencd store.
" Behind attend him Jn an uncouth vriasj
A troop with little caps, and shaved head ;
Such whilome was enfranchis'd bondmen's gnis^
New freed from cruel maslen' servile drtwl :
These had be lately bought from captive choia ;
Hence they his triumph sing with joyful ■tndo,
And on his head due praise, and thousand Uew-
ingsroin.
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
« H« mi • fttbei to tha titbaiett.
To widow* he supplj'd u hiub&ml's care ;
Nw would be hup up woe to Ibeir distreu.
Or bf ■ guBrdun'B name their Rate impair ;
But rescue ttwm from strong oppi«aaor'« migbt i
Nor doth he weigh the great man's heaT; qiite.
■ Who fean the higlieM Judge, needi li»t no mortal
wight.'
" Onco CT'ry week he on his progresa went,
The nek to tIuI, and those meagre awains,
'WUch all their wear; life in darkneaa spent,
Clogg'd with cold iron, prees'd with heavy chains :
He boards not wealth Ibr his loose heir to
But with a willing band doth well expend it.
■ Good then ii onlygood when to our God we lend It.'
'* And when the dead bj cruel tyrant's spile,
Lie out to rav'Dous birds and beasts eipoa'd,
Hii yeamflil heart [utying that wretched sight.
In seemly graves their weary flesh enclos'di,
And Btrew'd with dainty flow'ra the lowly
Then aU alo'n
Bidding til
" So once that royal majd 7 fierce Thebes begaii'd,
Tbou^ wiUViI Creon proudly did forbid her;
Met brother fhnn his home and tomb eiil'd,
(Wlnle willing night in darkness tafely hid her)
She lowly laid in Earth's all covering shade ;
Her dainty handi (not ui'd to such a trade]
She with a mattock toils, and with a weary spade.
" Yet feels she neither sweat, nor irksome pain.
Till now his grave was fully finished ;
Then on his wounds her cloudy ayes 'gin rain,
To wash the guilt painted in blotidy red ;
And fUling down upon Ms gored side,
With hundred varied 'plaints the often cry'd,
' Ob, had I died for (hee, or with thee might have
dledC
Or in my breast so just eoinplBining smother ?
To thy sad chance what on be added mors ?
Exile thy home, thy bona a tomb thee gave :
Oh, no ', such little room thou must not hare.
But for thy banish'd botu% I (wretdi) mast steal i
giBie.'
" But whither, woful midd, haTe thy complaints
With fellaw.pasiion drawn my feeling moan 7
But thus this Love deals with those murder'd saints
Weeps with the sad, and sighs with those tha
groan.
But now in that beech grove we'll safely play.
And in those shadows mock the boiling ny;
Which yet increases more wiUi the decreasing day."
Camo %.
Th« ihepberds to the woody mount withdrew.
Where hillock seats, shades yield a canopy ;
Whose tops with violets dy'd aU m blue.
Might seem to make a Ultle arure sky ;
' Aotlrns, dufhtm of <B*(M, centDrr to tbs •«*> s
Ci*m,lMita Fatrnlcci.
And that round hiU, which their weak Iwads
A lesser Atlas seem'd. whose neck sustain'd
le weight of all the Heai'm, which sore hi*
shoulders pain'd.
iweet primrose scattered.
Some other wink'd, as yet but half awake :
Fit were they plac'd, and set in order due i
Nature seem'd work by art, so lively true
A little Heav'u on Earth in narrow space she drew.
Upon this earthly Heav'n the shepherds play,
The time beguiling, and the parching light ;
Till the declining Sun, and elder day,
Abate their flaming heat, and youthful might ;
The sheep hod left the shades, to mjnd thdr
Then all returning to their former seal, [meat ;
Thinil again began hii weary song repeat.
" Great pow'r of Love ! with what commanding fire
Doet thou inflame the world's wide regiment.
And kindly tieat in every heart inspire !
Nothing Is ftee fkim thy sweet government ;
Fish bum in seas ; beaste, birds thy weapons
Wbich void of sense itself, yet are not void of love.
" But those twin Loves, which from thy seas of light.
To us on Earth derive their lesser streams.
Though in their force they shew tby woud'nnis
might.
On thee reflecting back thdr glorious beams^
Yet here encounter'd with so mighty foe.
Had need both arm'd and surely guarded go :
But most thy help they need ; do not thy help
for^ow.
" Next to the younger Love, Trenus ' went,
Whose frosty bead proclaim'd his winter age :
His spring In nuuiy battles had hs spent ;
But now all weapons cbnng'd for counsel sage.
His heavy sword (the witness of his might)
Upon A loped tree he idly pight ;
There hid in quiet sheath, sleeps it in endless night.
" Patience his shield bad lent to ward his breast.
Whose golden plain three oUve branches dreaa .-
The word in letters large was Ur exprvss'd,
' Thrice happy author of a happy peace.'
Rich pUmty yields him pow'r, pow'r stores his
wiU, [fill :
Will ends in works, good works his treasures
Earth's slave*, Heav'ns hdr he is — as God, pays
good for Ul.
" By him Andreos 3 pac'd, of middle age.
His mind as far from rashness, as from fears ;
Haling base tbotighls, as much as deap'rate rage :
The world's loud thund'rings he unshaken hears ;
786
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
" Want wu bU civil nor, where deadly Tougbt
He with liimseir, till p>3«aa yields or dies:
All head and huid, no tongue ; not grim, but stout :
His flume h&d counsel in't ; his fury, eyes ;
His rage wcU-tempcr'd is ; no fear can daunt
His reasoD ; but cold blood is VHtiant;
Well may be stfengtb io death ; but never courage
" But like B mighty rock, whose unmoT'd ddes
The hostile tea assaults with furious wave.
And 'gainst hii head the boisfrous north wind rides^
Boih fight, and slonii, and iwell, and roar, and
Hoarse surges drum, loud blasM their Irumpeli
Th' heroic clifT laughs at their fhistrale pain ;
IVavea scattered, drop in tears, winds broken,
whining plain.
" Such was this knight's undaunted constancy ;
No mischief wakens his resolred mind ;
None fiercer to a atubbom enemy ;
But to the yielding none more sweetly kind.
Hi> shield an even ballast ship embrave*.
Which dances light, while Neptune wildlyraveai
His word was this, ' I feai but Heav'n, nor winds.
" And neit Macrotbumus \ whose quiet &ce.
No cloud of passion ever shadow'd i
Nor could hot anger reason's rule displace,
Purplicg the scarlet cheek with fiery rcdi
Nor could revenge, dad in a deadly white.
With hidden malice eat his vexed sprite ;
For ill, he good repay'd, and love eichang'd Tor spite.
" Was nerer yet a more undaunted spirit ;
Yet mobt turn deem'd a base and Cim'roua swain j
But he well weighing bis own strength and merit.
The greatest wrong could wisely entertain.
Nothing resisted his commanding spear :
Yielding itself U> him a winning were :
And though he dy'd, yet dead, he rose a conqueror.
" Hii nat'ral force beyond all nature stretched ;
Most Mrong he is, because he will be weak ;
And hqipy most, because be can be wretched-
Then whole and sound, when be himself dotli
break;
Bejoidng most when most be is tormented i
In greatest discontents lie rests contented :
By conquaing bimselfj all conquests he prevented.
*' Hia rocky arms of massy adamant,
Safely could back t«hut the hardest blade ;
His skin itself could any weapon daunt.
Of such strange mould and temper wa* he made :
Upon his shield a palm-tree still increas'd,
Thongh many weights his rising arms de-
presa'd : [oppress'd. '
His word was, ' Risng most^ by bang moat
« Next him Androphilus >, whose sweetest mind
'Twiit mitdncss tetnper'd, and low courleay.
Could leave as soon to be, as not be kind :
Churlibli despite ne'er look'd from his calm eye.
Much leas commanded in hia gentle bcMt :
To baser men fair looks be would tmput ;
Nor could he cloak ill thoughts in complimental st,
" His enemies knew not haw to discomnieixl his ;
All others dearly lov'd ; fell ranc'mus S|Htr,
And vile Detraction fain would reprdmid him ;
And oft in vain his name they closely bile.
As popular, and flatterer accuaijig :
But he such slavish oSice much refusng.
Can eas'ly quit his name irom their faJse tongacs
abusing.
" His arms were fram'd into a glitt'iing night.
Whose sable gown with stan all spangled *rid&
Affords the weary traveller cheerful light.
And to his home Ids erring footsteps guide;
CJpon his ancient dueld the workmen fine
Had drawn the Sun, whose eye did ne'er itfiat
To look on good and ill : his won], ■ To alt I tbint.'
While In thy place is &tept disdaining vile.
And flattery, base son of need and shame ;
And with them surly scorn, and baccAll ptids ;
Whose artificial face false colour* dj'd.
Winch more display her shame, than lootlaoant
foulness hide.
■■ Late, there thou livedst with a gentle swain,
(As gentle swain as ever hved there)
Who todg'd thee in his heart and all thy train.
Where hundred other graces quartered wei^ :
But he, alas ! untimely dead and gone.
Leaves us to rue bis death, and thee to moan,
Tliat few were ever such, and now those few are oooe.
" By him the stout Encrstes ^ baldly woi^
Assailed oft by mighty enemies.
Which all on him alone their spite mispoit ;
For he wliole armies single bold defies ;
With him normight,n(M'cuiining slights pactail;
All force on him they try, all Ibrces fiiil ;
Yet still asuil him iVesfa, yet vunly still aaail.
■< His body full of vigour, fVill of healtii ;
His table feeds not lust, but strength asd need :
Full itor'd with plenty, not by heapia^ wealth.
But topping rank desires, which 'vain exceed :
On 's shield an hand from Heav'D an orchard
dressing, [inf;
Pruning superfluous houghs the trees opprea-
So adding fruit : his word, ' By le ' '
" His settled mind was written in his &ce :
For on bis forehead cheerful gravity
False Joys and apish vanities doth chase ;
And watchful care did wake in either eye.
His herilance be would not lavish aell.
Nor yet his treasure lude by neighbouring Ildl;
But well he ever spent, what he bad gotteo well
" A lovely pair of twins clos'd cither ode:
Not those in Heav'n, the flow'iy Geminics,
Are half fo lovely bright ; the one hie bride,
AgneiaT chaste, was join'd in Hymen^ tie*,
> CbuOtj \a th( manieiL
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
Aod kxte, ■■ pun ai Hmv'd'b conjunction :
Tfaiu ihe WIS bis, tad he ber flah and bone :
So were thejr two in aighl ; in truth entiTcly one.
" Upon hpr arched bmw, unarmed Lore
TViunnphing sal in peaceful riclory ;
And in her eyes thousand chaste gncia tnofe.
Checking vain thoughts with awful Digest; :
Ten thoiuand moe her fairer breast containai
Wlici
' eYci7_
And humbly lubject ipirit by willing •ervice rei
" Her sky-like atmi glitter'd in golden beams.
And brightly Beem'd to flame with burning hei
^ne Kalding ray with hia reflected streami
Fire to tbeir flams, but bear'nly fire imparti
Upon her shield a pair of turtles shone ;
A loving pair, sdll coupled, ne'er alone ;
Her word, ' Though mie when two, yet either two.
" With ber, her sister went, a warlike maid,
PartheniaS, all in steel, and gilded arms ;
In needle's atewl, a mighty spear she sway'il.
With which in bloody Belds, and fierce alanns,
The boldest ctuunpion she down would bear.
And like a thunderbolt wide passage tear,
'Ringing all to the earth with her enchanted spear.
" Her goodly amtour aeem'd a garden green.
Where thouand spotless lilies fireshly blew ;
And on bet shield thn 'lone bird might be seen,
Th' Aidiian bird, ihintBg in colours new :
Itself unto itself was only isate j
Ever the same, but new in newer date :
And undaueath was writ, ' Such is chaste single
They timely wumth, tbenueWea not warm,in
These kindle thousand hearts with hot deure,
Ind burning all they sea, feel in tbemaeliea no fire.
' Te matchless stan (yet each the other's match)
Hear'n's richest diainonds. set in amel white.
From whose bright spheres all grace the graces catch.
And will not moic but by your loadatan bright;
How ha^ you Btol'ti, and slor'd your armoury
With Lore's and Death's strong shafts, and
from your eky [annies fly?
Pour down thick ihow'i* of datta to force whole
" Abore those Suns, two rainbows high aspire,
Not in light shews, but sadder hverie* dnst;
Fair Iiis seem'd to mourn in sable "tire j
Tet thus more sweet the greedy eye they feast :
And but that wond'rous &ce it well allow'd.
Wondrous it secsn'd, that two fair rainbows
show'd [cloud*
Abore their sporiiliog Suns, without or rain or
" A bed of lilies flow'r upon her cheek,
Aod in the midst was set a circling rose ;
Whose sweet aspect would Totcc Narcissus seek
[ew liTerita, and (naher colours choose
To deck his beauteous head in snowy 'tire ;
But bU in Tain : for who can hope t' aspire
To such a fair,. which none attain, but all adjnire?
" Her ruby lips lock up fVom gosing sight
A troop of pearls, which march in goodly row :
But when she deigns those precious bones undight.
Soon heaf'nly notes from those divisions How,
And srith rare munc charm the rarish'd ears,
Datiating bold thoughts, but cheering modest
" Hius hid in arms, sbe nem'd a goodly knight.
And fit for any warlike eicrdse ;
But when she list lay down her armour bright.
And bock resume her peaceful maiden's guise :
The Gureat maid ahe was, that erer yet
Prison'd her locks within a golden net.
Or tet them waring bong, with roses fair beaet.
'■ Chnce nymph ! the crown of chaste Diana's train.
Thou beaut's lily, set in hear'nly earth ;
Thy fair's unpattem'd, all perlbctioa stain :
Sore Heav'n with curious pencil at Iby birth
In thy rars htx her own full picture drew j
It is a strong Terse here to write, but true,
Hyperboleain o^ers, are but half thy due.
•< Upon her forehead Love hi* trophies fits,
A thousand spoils in silver arch displaying;
And in the midst himself all proudly sits,
Himself in avrful majesty arraying :
Upon her brows lies his bent ebon bow.
And ready shafts : deadly those weapons show :
TM sweet that death appeor'd, lovely that deadly
blow.
•< And at the fix>t of this celestial trtme.
Two radiant itan, than stars yet better being,
Eadu'd with living fire, and seeing flame ;
Yet with Hcav'n's stan in this loo near agredng :
• ClMuU^ la the ilDfls.
The spherea so only sing, so only cl
' Her dainty breasts, like to on April rose
From green dlk fillets yet not all unbound,
Began their lillls rising heads disclose.
And fairly spread their silver circlela round :
From those two bulwarks lovedoth safely lighl;
Which swelling easily, may seem to sight
To be enwombed both of pleasure and delight.
Tet all these stsn which deck this beaut'ous sky.
By force of lb' inward sun both shine and move :
Thron'd in her heart sits love's high m^esty ;
In highest mqeaty the highest love.
As when a taper shines in glassy frame,
The sparkling crystal bums In glitt'riog flame.
So does that brightest love brighten this lovely dame.
Thus, and much fairer, fair Farthenia,
Glist'ring in anus, herself presents to dgbt ;
As when th' Amazon queen, Hippolyta,
With Theseus enter'd lists In single fight,
With equal arms her mighty foe opposing ;
Till now her bared head her ftce duclosing,
Conquer'd the conqueror, and won the fight by
' A thousand knights woo'd her vritb busy pain.
To thousands she her virgin-grant deny'd;
Although her dear sought love to entertain.
They ell Ibrir wit, and ill their strength a^ply'd i
3 B 8
phimeaS fletchee.
Where ihs ■ nuiden wife might lire, and wifel;
' Upon her Mepi ■ virgin page Bttoided,
Pair Erjthre *> vhoae often blmhing iace
SwcMljr bet in^nnn ■faame.&c'd tbougbU com-
mended; F8T*™>
Tbe ftce^ change pnx'd tb' health unchanged
Which abe • ahrine to puritj' devotes :
So wh^i clear ivory, vennril fltl^ blots.
By Maiai it fairer growt, and lovclkr by its qiols-
" Her golden hair, her aHver forehead high.
Her teeth of solid, eyea of liquid pearl ;
But neck and breut no man might bare descry,
So iweetlj modest was thia bashful giil :
But that sweet paradiH, ah '. could we see.
On these white mountleta daintier apples be,
Than ttune we bought so deer on Eden's tempting
" These noble kni^its this threaten'd fort ddtsid;
These, and a thousand moe heroic iwaini.
Thai to tins 'itmsed sMte their lenice lend,
To free from fores, and save from captive chaini
CillTO XI.
TBI early m
Lt the peeping day,
w'd his paths with golden marigolds :
The Moon growl wan, and (tars fly all away,
Whom Lndfer locks up in wonted folds
1111 light is quench'd, and Heav'n in seaa hath
flung [throng,
The headlong day i — to th' hill the shepherds
And Tbirsil now began to end his task and song.
'■ Who now, aUs ! shalt teach my bumble vein.
That never yet durtl peep from covert glade.
But soiUy learnt for fear to ugh and plain.
And vent her griefs to silent myrtle's shade ?
Who now shall teach ta change my oaten quill
For trumpet 'larms, or humble verses All
With graceM m^eity, and lofty rising ikUl?
•• All, thou dre«l ^iiit '. shed thy holy fire,
Hiy holy flame, into my froien heart ;
Teach thou my creeping measures to aspire.
And swell in bigger notes, and higher art ;
Teach my low Muse thy fierce alarms to ring,
And raise my soft strain to high thundering :
Tune thou my lofty song i thy battles must I sing.
" Such as thou wert within the sacred breast
Of that thrice famous poet, shepherd, king ;
And taught'st his heart to frame his cantos best
Of all that e'er thy glorious works did ting ;
Or as those holy fishers, once amongs
Thou flamedst blight with qiarkling parted
tongue* ; Fconqu'ring songs.
And brought'st down Heav'n to Earth in thoi "
" These mighty heroes, fiU'd with juslest rage
To be in narrow walls so closely pent,
GUtt'ring in arms and goodly equipage.
Stood at the castle's gate, now ready bent
To sally out, and meet the enemy :
A hot ^''Hi'" ^srUed in every eye,
Bieathiug out hatefU war, and deadly enmity.
•■ Thither repairs the careful Intellect
With fail fair spouse Voletta, heav'nly Mr :
With both, their daughter ; whose divine aspect,
Tttough now tad <kmps of sorrow much impair,
Tet through those clouds did shine so glatioas
bright,
That eveiy eye did homage to the sight.
Yielding their captive hearts to tiiat commanding
light.
" But who may hope to punt such majesty.
Or shadow well such beauty, such a fiue ;
Such beauteous lace, unseen to mortal eye ?
Whose pow'rful looks, and more than mortal
grace, [throne.
Love's self hath lov'd, leaving his heav*nly
With amorous sighs, and many a lovely moan,
(Whom all the world would woo) woo'd her his
only one.
" Far be that boldness from thy humble swain,
Fattest Ectecta, to describe Oiy beauty,
And with unable skill thy glory stain,
Whkh ever he admires with humble doty :
But who to view such blaze of beauty longs.
Go he to Sinai, th' holy groves amonga;
Where that wise shepbod chula her in his song of
songs.
ith grave speech, and
self7 his state, his
His lovely duld, that by Mm pensve s
He last delivers to their valiant hands
And her to thank the knights, her
" The godlike mud awhile all silent stood.
And down to th' earth let fall her bumble eyes ;
While modest thoughts shot up the flaming blood.
Which flr'd her scarlet cheek with rosy dyes ;
But soon to quench the beat, that lordly nsgna,
From her &ir eye a show'r of crystal rasas.
Which vritb his diver streams o'er-rmu the bcan-
■■ As when the Sun, in midst of summer's beat.
Draws up thin vapours with his patent ray.
Forcing dull waters iiom tlior native seat ;
At length dim douda shadow the burning day:
Tilt coldest air, soon melted into sbow'n.
Upon the EaiA his welcome angs- poun.
And Heav'n's clear forehead now wipes off bo-
(bimer low^
" At length, a little lifting up her eyes,
A renting sigh way for her sorrow brake.
Which from her heart gan inher &ceto rise;
And firat in th' eye, then in the lip, thus qnkc:
THE PURPLE ISLAND,
769
' Ah, ^tle knights, how nun; ■ umplemudi
With juateM grief, aod wrong so ill appay'd,
Oite due reward tor luch your paitn, and Baeaiij
" ' But if my princely sptyiae do not delay
Hii dniely praence in my grSHtest aetA,
He wilt for me your friendly lore repay,
And well requite thii your ta gentle deed j
Then let no few your mighty hearts amil ;
Rii word's hinnelf; hinaelf be cannot bit
Long may he stay, yet stire he crano, and mutt pTa~
tbU.-
" By thii the long-shut gate w open laid ;
Soon out they ru^ in order well anaug'd :
And fast'aing in their eyes that licaT'nly maid,
How oft for fear her &ireit colour chang'd \
Her looks, her wotth, ber goodly grace, aod
■• Long at the gate the tliougbtiul Intellect
Stay'd with his fearful queen, and daughter fur ;
But when the knighta were past their dim aspect,
Tliey follow them with towi and many a pivy'r.
At last they climb up to the castle's height;
Prom which Ibey riew'd the deeds irf' er'iy
knight.
And maik'd the doubtful end of this iuleUiDe fight.
•■ A* when a youth, bound for the Belgic war.
Takes leave of Aiends upon the Kentish shore ;
Now are tbey paned, and be tail'd so far
Yet &r aS viewing the white trembhng sails.
The tender motber soon plucks off her vails.
And stoki^ than aloft, unto her bod she haila.
\B these champloi
n fitai
nil both the armies now were come in sight :
Awhile each other boldly viewing stay.
With Amti delayn whetting fierce rage aod spile.
Sound now, ye trumpets, sound alarums loud ;
Hark, bow their clamoun wbet Ibeir anger
See, yonder are tbey met in midst of dusty cloud !
" Bo oft the South with dvil enmity
Musters his wal'ry farces 'gnin^i the West ;
The rolling clouds come lumbJing up the sky,
In dark Mi^ wrapping up their angry guest!
At length the flame breaks from tb' impris'ning
cold
With bonid luaae, tearing the limber mold :
While down in liquid leaia tbe broken vapoun
roli'd.
" First did that warlike maid herself advance;
And riding &om amidst her company.
About her helmet wat'd her mighty lance.
Daring to fight the proudest enemy :
Fomeius soon his ready spear addreat.
And kicking with bis tnel his hasty beast.
Bent hii shaiiklwaded lance againct her dain^
•Inn
lh( brokcD (taffsOu^ entrance there.
Where Love himself oft entrance sought in vain :
But much unlike tbe martial virgin's spear,
Which low dismounla her foe on dusty plain.
Broaching with bloody point his brtast before ;
Doim frmn the wound trickled the bubUing
gore.
And bid pale Death come En at that red gamng door*
" That lies be covar'd now in lawly duac.
And foully wallowing in clutter'd bloo^
Breathing together out hi* life and luat, [flood :
Which fhxn hia breast swam in the aleaming
In maida big joy, now by a sudd dely'd.
His life be lost, and all his fom^ ^idei
With women would he Uve, now by a woman dl«d.
" Aselget, struck with such a heavy nghl.
Greedy to "venge his brother's sad droiy,
Spurr'd forth his flying steed with fell despigfat.
And met the virgin in tba middle way ;
His spear against her head he fiercely threw.
Which W -'^- - . . ' . '
Kissing her hi
" The wantrai boy had dreamy that lateal nigh^
That he had learnt the liquid air dispart, ■
And swim along the Ilear'ns with piniotu light :
Now that fair maid taught bim this nimble ait;
For &om bis saddle far away she acsit.
Plying along the empty element, [bent.
That hardly yet he knew whitlwr his eoune was
" The rest, that saw wiA fear tbe ill success
Of single light, durst not like fortune Irf ;
But round beset her with their num'rous pren:
Before, beside, behind, they on ber fly.
And every part with coward odds assail ;
But she, redoubling strokes as thick aa hail.
Drove far thnr flying troops, and thrcah'd with
" As when a gentle greyhound set around
With little curs, which dare his way moletf.
Sniping behind ; soon as the angry hound.
Turning his course, hath caught the busiest,
And shaking in his fangs Iwth well nigh sIhd ;
Tbe rest, feu-'d with his crying, run amain,
And standing alt aloof, whine, howl, aod bark in
" The subtil Dragon, that fhnn far did view
The waste and spoil made by this maidra knight.
Fell to bis wonted guile ; for well he knew
All force was vain against such wondrous might ;
A crafty swain, well taught to cunning harms,
Call'd False Deh'^ he cfaangVI with hellish
charms, [aod arms.
That IVue Delight he leein'd, tha lelf-same sbapa
" The woldifUirst si^t no difliasnce could dcKry ;
The same his fkce, his voice, his gait tbe same ;
Thereto bis words he feign'd ; and coming nigh
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PHINEAS FLETCHER.
" You pow'rfyil Heav'm 1 and ihou, Iheir OoTernar !
With what Bja can you tteit thii doleful sight?
How can ^u nee jrour fairest conqueror
So nigh her end by so unmanly flight?
The dreadful weapon through (he air doth glide ;
But Bun you tum'd the humful edge amde,
£Ue must she there have fiUl'n, and by that tnitor
" Vet in her lide deep was the wound impigbt )
Her flowing life the ihiaiag armour staina ;
From thai wide apring long riven took (heir flight,
With purple Mrcanui drowning the nWer plaina ;
Her cheerfVil colour now grows wan and pale.
Which otl she strives with courage to recal.
And rouse her fainting head, which down aa oft
would &1L
• They cssiiiig ronnd about tbaron^t; eye.
The wounded virgin aliDoM iinking spy'd;
They piick (hor ilMda, which ttraif^t like lifbt-
ning fly :
Their brother Continence mns by their side i
Fair Continence, that truly lon^ beTor*,
As his heart's liege, this lady did adore :
And DOW his faithful lava kindled hia hate the moR.
Encrates and hia spouse with flashing award
Aaaail the acatter'd troops, that headlong fly ;
While Continence ■ precious liquor pour'd
Into the wound, and suppled tenderly :
Then binding up the gaping orifice,
Reviv'd the spirits, thai now she 'gan to rise.
And with new life confront her heartlesa enemiea.
«A11k
I lily p!
to the brinks :
Which Gils her cup with ahow'n
Hie weary stalk im longer can sustam
The head, but low beneath the burden linka :
Or as a tii^Lo roee bei leaves displays.
Whom loo hot scorching beams quite disarrays ;
Down Sags her double ruff, and all hn- sweet decayl
" Th' undaunted maid, feeling her feet deny
'Aieir wonted duty, to a tree njtir'd ;
Whom all the rout pursue with deadly cry.
Aft when a hunted stag, now well nigh llr'd.
Shared by an oak, 'ginA with hia head to play
Hie fhuful hounds dare not his horns assay.
But, running round aliout, with yelping voices bay.
'* And DOW, pereeJTing alt her aCtength waa q>ent.
Lifting to listening Heaven her bembling eyes ;
Tlus whiip'ring soft, her soul to Heaven she sent :
' Thou ehasteat Idve ! that rul'st the wand'ring
More pure than purest Havena by thee mo
If thine own love in me thou sure hast prov'd.
If ever thou, myself, my vowa, my love haat lov'd,
" ■ Let not this tanple of thy apotless love
Be with foul hand, and beastly rage, defiled i
But when my spirit shall his camp remove.
And to his home return, too long exil'd ;
Do Ihou protect it froat the rav'nous spoil
Of ranc'rous enemies, that hourly toil
Illy bumble votary with loalhsome sport to foil.*
" With this few drops Jell fhnn her fainting eyes.
To dew the fading roses of her cheek ;
That much high Love aeem'd passion'd with those
cries 1 [break :
3if uch more those streams hia heart and patience
Straight he the charge gives to a iringed swain.
Quickly to step down to that bloody plain,
And aid her weary arms, and rightful cause main-
_ A welcome sbowY,
Begins again her hvely beauties spresid.
And with new pride her silken leaves display ;
And while the Sun doth now more gently play,
I^y out her swelling bosom to the smiUng day_
" Now rush they all into the flying trains.
Blood fires ilieirblood,aadslBughler kindles fi^:
The wretched vulgar on the purple plains
Fall down as thick, as when a rustic wight
From laden oaks the plenteous acoms pours ;
Or when the bitibb'ring air that sadly lowers,
Lnd melts bis sullen brow, and weeps sweet April
The greedy Dragon that aloof did apj
So ill success of this renewed fray ;
if ore vei'd wilh loss of certain victory.
Deprived of so assur'd and wished prey.
Gnashed his iron teeth for grief and spite :
The burning sparka leap fkim his flanking sghl,
ind forth his smoking jawa atreama out a mmul-
d'ring night.
' Strai^l thitlur sends be in a fiesfa supply.
The swelhng band that drunkcai Metlioa led;
And all the rout his brother Gluttony
Commands, in lawless bands disorder'd :
So now they bold restore tbeir broken fight,
And fiercely turn again from shamefid flight:
While both with former loss sharpen tbeir raging
spite.
" Freshly these knigbts assault these fredwr band^
And with new b^e all th«r strength renew;
Down fell Gelcnos by Encrates' bands ;
Agneia, Mcscbus and Anagnus slew ;
And spying Methos fenc'd in 'a iron vine,
Pierc'd his swoln paundi : — ' there lies tbc
•• Soon stoops the speedy herald through the air.
Where duMe Agneia and Encrates fought :
' See, aee ! ' he cries, ■ where your Farthenia fair,
The flow'r of all your army, hemm'd about
With tbousand enemies, now fainting stands.
Ready to fall into thssr murd'ring hands :
-J«a ve, oh, faie ye fast t the highest Love ctjm-
As when a greedy lion, long unfed.
Breaks in at length into the harmleaa folds;
(So hungry rage cammands] with feufiil dread
He dra^ tlK oily beasts : nothing coMrouls
The victory proud; he spoils, devoun, and tan;
In vain the keeper calls hia ahepberd peers ;
Mean while the simple flock gaie on with aQcnt lean
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
" Sudi was tbe ilaitgfater dme tliree champions I
But mon Encrates, whose unconquer'd hands
Sent thousand toet down to ih' infernal ihade,
With useless limbs strairing tbe bloody sands :
Oft were the;- succourM fresh with new su]
" Soon to their aid the CyjKian band he sent.
For easy Bkiimiib clad in armour light :
Thvir Rolden bawa in band stood readj bentv
And painted quiveni, fumish'd well Tdt fight,
Stuck full of shafts, whose heads foul poison
" Thereto of substance strange, so thin, and slight,
And wrought b; subtil hand so cunningly,
Tlut hardly were (liscem'd by weaker sight ;
Sooner the heart did feel, than eye could see :
Far off ihey stood, and flung their darts around,
Baining whole clouds oT airaws on the ground ;
So sofuly others hurt, and nevur wounded wound.
" Much were the knights encumber'd with these foes ;
For well tbey saw, and felt their enemies :
But when they l>ack would turn the borrow'd blows,
Tbe light-foot troop away more swiftly eies
Than do their winged arrows thro' the wind :
And in their course oft would they turn behind.
And with their glancing darts the hot pursuers
'■ As wbcn by Russian Volgha's troien banks,
Tbe false-back Tartan, fear with cunning feign,
And pasting fast away in flying ranks, [rain
Ofi backward turn, and from their bows down
W^le storms of darts; so do they flying light j
And what by force they lose, they win by
flight:
Conquer'd by standing out, and cooQuerors by
flight
" Such was the craft of this fWse Cyprian crew ;
Yet oft they seem'd to slack their fearful pace,
And yield themselres to foes that fast pursue !
So would they deeper wound in nearer space :
In such • figbt, he wins that fastest flies.
, Fly, fly, chaste knights, such sublil enemies :
tbe Tanquish'd cannot live, and conqu'rts surely
« The knights, oppress'd with wounds and travel
past,
Began retire, and now were near to fainting :
With (hat a winged post him speeded fast.
Hie general with these heary news acquainting :
He soon refresh'd their hearts that 'gsn to tire,
But, let our weary Muse awhile rehire i
Shade we our scorched heads from Fbtebus' parch-
ClSTO XII.
The shepherds, guarded frDin the sparkling heat
Ofblaung air, upon the flow'ry banks
(Where various flow'rs damask the fragrant scat.
And all the grove perfume) in wonted ranks
Securely ait them down, and sweetly play :
At length, thus Thirsil ends his broken lay, ,
Lest that the stealing night hia later song might stay.
" Thrice, oh, thrice happy shepherd's life and state!
Wlien courts arc happiness, unhappy pawns !
His cottage low, and safely humble gate, [fawns:
Shuts out proud Fortune with her scori.s and
No feared treason breaks his quiet sleeji :
Singing all day, his flocks he learns to keep ;
Himsdf as innocent as are his simple sheep.
" No Serian worms he knows, that with thdr thread
Draw out their silken lives: — nor silken pride !
His lamlis' warm fleece well fits his little need.
Not in that proud Sidonian tincture dy'd :
No empty hopes, no courtly feats him fright ;
Nor begging wants his middle fortune bite ;
But sweet content eiiles both misery and spite.
" Instead of music, and base flattering tonguca^
Which wait to first salute my lord's uprise ;
Tbe cheerful lark wakes him witb early songs.
And birds' sweet whistling notes unlock his eyes.
In country plays is all the strife he uses ;
Or aing, or dance, unto the rural Muses ;
And but in music's sports, all difference refuses.
" His certain life, that nerer can deceive him,.
Is full of thousand sireets, and rich content :
The smootb-ieav'd beeches in the Geld receive bim
Witb coolest shades, till noon-tide's rage is spent:
His life is neither tost in boist'ious seas
Of troublous world, nor lost in slothful ease ;
Pleas'd and full blest he lives, when he his God can.
pi««.
" His bed of wool yields safe and quiet sleeps.
Whik' by his side his faithful spouse hath place :
His little son into his bosom creeps.
The lively picture of his father's face :
Nefer his humble house or state torment him ;
Less be could like, if Ina his God hod sent him:
And when he dies, gieeu tur^ witb grassy tomb,
content him.
The world's great light tua lowly state bath bless'd.
And left his Heav'n to be a shepherd base :
Thousand sweet songs he to his pipe oddress'd :
Swift rivers stooil, beasts, trees, stones, ran apace.
And serpents Hew, to bear his scdtest strains :
He fed his flock, where rolling Jordan reigns ;
There took our rags, gave us bis robes, and bore our
Then thou, high Light ! whom sJwpherds low adore.
Teach me, oh ! do thou leach thy humble swain
'o raise my creeping song fVom eartlily Door '.
Fill thou my empty breast with lofty strain ;
That singing of thy wars and dreadful light,
My notes may thunder out thy conqu'ring
might ; [flight-
And 'twiit tbe golden start cut out her tow'rim
792
FHINEAS H.ETCHER.
'* Th^ migbty GeEMToIt morvd with tb« Dew*
Of Ihote four funoiu knigtUn to D«u decay,
With huty ipeed the conqu'ring foe punuea ;
At last he iffltii where they were led amfi
Fore'd to obey the victor'i proud commndi :
Soon did he nub into Out middle baod^
AnJ cut tiie alaTi«h cords fToiu thoT cBplived bandi.
'* And for the Lnighti were faint, he quickly WDt
To Penitence, whom Plxdius taught his irt ; -
miich ahe had eak'd with long eiperiment ;
I^ she restor'd, and brought to life again :
The broken qiirit, with grief aad homrar riain.
That oft raiiv'd, yet died as oft with Hnartiag pain.
lir^^on
n the drowned
The first of 1 . , „
And cur'd the de^ieit wound, by wounding de^
Then would she make another strange confection,
And mil it with nepenthe meccign ;
Wherewith shequicklyewag'dchenuikling pain;
Thus ahe the knight* ncur'd, and waih'd from sin-
" Mean time the fight now fiercer grows than erer:
(For all his troops the Dragon hither drew)
The two Twin-Loiea whom no place mougbt dis-
And Knowledge with his tndn begins anew
To strike fresh summona up, and bot alanna :
In midst great Fldo, dad in aun-like arms,
With Ma uamMebed force repaita all former harm*.
•• So when the Sun shiuea in bright Taurus' head.
Returning tempests all with winter fill ;
And still succesure storms fresh mustered.
The timely year in his first springings kill :
And oft it breathes a while, then straight again
Doubly pouts out his spite *
The country's Yows and hopes s»
" The lovely twins ride 'gainst the Cyprian bands.
Chasing tbeir troops, now with do feigned flight :
Their broken shafts lie scatler-d on the sands.
Themselves for fear quite vaniah'd out of sight :
Against these conquerors Hypocrisy,
And Cosmo's hated bands, with Ecthroe sly.
And all that rout do march, and bold the twiiu
defy.
ElpiniiB, mighty eneinie<i sasail ;
But Doubt of all the other most infected;
That oft his fainting courage 'gan to fUl,
Morv by hii craft than odds of force molested :
For oft Ihe treachour chang'd his weapon light.
And sudden alter'd his fim kind of fight ;
And oft himself and shape tranaform'd with cunning
slight.
*' So that great rrret, with Alddes striving
In (Eneus' court for the £lolian maid.
To diven shapes hia fluent limbs contriving,
From manly form in serpent's frame he stay'd.
Sweeping with speckled breast the dusty land
Then like a bull with horns did aimed stand :
iiiafcinging dewlap tiail'd along the golden iMtd.
That oft he ataggcr'd with unwanted frigltt ;
And but hi* brotlier Kdo oA did nd Inn;
There tiad be fell in unaeqwdnted fi^it :
But be would still hia wavering sUHIgIb mni.
fin, [pl-i«l
And chace that moniMr thnmgh iIm aandy
Which from him fled ifiace, but eA retim'd again.
" Yet him motv stnmg and cunning foaa witbaMnd,
Whom he iritb greater skill ai>d atnogtb tlnfy'd ;
Foul Ignorance, with all bca' owl-cy'd band ;
Oft starling Fear, Diitnnt Ik's Htiaiyd,
And food Suspect, and Iboaaand ottM' lam.
Whom far he drives irith hi* unequal blow* ;
*"ll»^'*r hi* *l*»"<"g "WoH thMrfrJnfingamiyn^**.
*■ As when blood-guilty Earth for
(If greatest things with less we may compare)
Iw mighty Thunderer through the air flita.
While aiialcliing wbiriwindi opai wi^* prepare:
Dark doudt qiread out tbcit table cuitaim oVr
And angdi <m tbeir flaming wing* up bm
Mean time the guilty Heav'na for fear fly fktt bcAn
" lltere while be on the wind's pnMid piniooa ridaii
Down with hi* fire aome lofty monnt be tfamwii
And Alls the bw vale wilb Ida miiMd aidea ;
Or on some duuch his three fbrk'd dart beaUiaa;
(Which yet his sactcd wonhip fool mistakat)
Down fidla the ipire, the body fearful quaka;
Nor aure to fall, or aland, with doubtfULtrembliu
ahakes.
" With Fido, Knowledge went, wbo order'd right
Hi* mighty bands ; *o now hi* acatto'd troop*
Make head again, filling tbeir broken fight :
While with new change the Dragon's army dcooiia.
And from the fallowing viclor'* beadioog ma :
Yet ilill the Dragon fruatntaa what is (bxw ;
And eaily make* them loae what they *D hardly woh
" Out of hi* gorge a hellirii smoke ha drew
That all the field with foggy mist enwr^ia :
Aa when Tipfaau* frma hi* paunch doth spew
Black amothering flames, roU'd in loud thuodtr
The pitchy vapours choke the -'■■-iyg fay.
And bring dull n' '
The wavering ftna tb
" Yet could hia bat-ey'd legions easly ae*
In thig dark chaoa : they the *eed of nigbl :
But these not ao, who night and darknesB Bee;
- '■ '' I of day, and joy in U^ !
So open'd Udo'a ahield, and gi
" Of one pure diamond, celestial fair,
That heav'niy shield by cimning hand wsa midrj
Whose li^t divine, spread through the mbty air.
To brightest mom would turn the wfestem dm^
And lighlaome day beget before his time ;
Pram'd in Heaven, without all earthly crime,
Dipp'd in the fiery Sun, which burnt Um In
THE PURPLE ISLAND.
With li
a damp the bright momiiig'i
At length the piercing Sun his team unBhrouds,
And with hia ■rrom the idle fog doth cfana :
Hie broken mitt lies mefted all in tean :
So Ma bright shield the stinking darknesi tnn.
And giving back the day, (BuolTea their Tonner la*n.
■■ Which when afar the fierj Dragon spies
His digbt* deluded with so little pain ;
To hia last refuge now at length he flies ;
Long time his pois'nous gorge he secm'd to strttD ;
At length, with loathl; sight, he up doth spew
From slinldng paunch a most deTormed crew ;
That HeaTen icwlf did fly from their most ugly view,
" The fint that crept from his detested maw,
Ww HsmartiB ' Toul defonned wight ;
Hare foul, drform'd, the Bun yet never taw ;
Therefore she halas the all-betraying light :
A woman seem'd she in faer upper part :
To which she rould such lying gloss impart.
That thouaands she had slain with her deceiving art.
" The rest (though hid) in serpent's form array'd,
With iron scales, like to ■ plaited mail :
Over her back her knotty tail display'd.
Along the empty air <Ud iottj sail i
The end was painted with a double sting,
Which with such dreaded might she wont to
fling,
That nought could help the wound, but blood of
beav'nly King.
" Of tbM flnt woman, her the Dngon got,
(The foulest bastard of so fair a mother)
Whom when she saw so fill'd with monstrous spot,
She cast her hidden shame and birth to smother;
But she well nigh ba mother's self had slain ;
And all that dare her kindly entertain :
So some parts of her dam, more of her sire remain.
" Her viperous locks hung loose about her ears :
Yet with a monstrous snake she them restrains.
Which like a border on her bead she wears :
About her neck hang down long adder chains.
In thousand knots, and wreathsinfolded round,
Which in her anger lightly she unbound,
And darting tai away would sure and deadly wound.
■' Yet fair and lovely seems to fools' dim eyes ;
But Hell more lovely, Pluto's self more fiiir
Appears, when her true form true light descries :
Mer loathsome face, bloncbt skin, and snaky hair :
Her shapeless shape, dead life, her carrion smell:
The devil's dung, the child, and dam of Hell ;
la chafler fit for fools, th^ precious souls to sell.
» The secoitd in this rank was black Despair,
Bred in the dark womb of eternal Night :
His looks fast nail'd to So ; long sooty hair
FUl'd up his lank cheeks with wide staring fright:
His leaden eyea, retir'd into his bead ;
Light, Heav'n, and Earth, himself, and all
things fled : Mead.
A breathing corpse he seem'd, wrapt up in living
» Hia body all waa fratn'd of eaithly pMto, {him :
And he«vy mould; yet Earth could not content
Heav'n bat be flies, and Heav'n fled him as twMt ;
Tlkough kin to Hell, yet Hell did much torment
His very soul was nought but ghastly fri^t ;
With hun went many a fiend, and u^y sprite,
Armed with ropea and knive^ all instnunenta of spite.
" Instead of teathcn on hia dangling cmt
A luckless raven spread her blackest wings;
And to her croaking throM gave never rest.
But deathful verses and sad dii^es sings ;
His hellish arms were all with (Lends embosl^
Wiio damned souls with endless torments roast.
And thousand ways devise to vex the tortur'd ghost.
" Two weapons, sharp as death he ever bore,
Strict Judgment, which from far he deadlydarts;
Bin at his side, a two-edg'd sword he wore.
With which be soon appals the sCouleit beaita ;
Upon his shield Alecto with a wreath
Of snaky whips the damn'd souls tortureth :
And round about was wrote, ' Reward of sin is
" The last two brethren were fkr different.
Only in common name of death agreeing ;
The first arm'd with a scythe still mowing went ;
¥et whom, and when be murder'd, never seeing ;
Bom deaf, and blind; nothing might stop Us
wayi [stay.
No pray'rs, no vows bit keenest scythe could
Nor beauty's self, hia spite, nor virtue's self allay.
*■ No stale, no age, no sei may hope to move him ;
Down falls the young, ai>d old, the boy and mud i
Nor b^gar can entreat, nor king reprove him ;
All are his slaves in's cloth of flesh array'd :
The bride be snatches from the bridegroam^
And horroui
" A dead man's skull supplied his brimet's place,
A bone his club, his armour sheets of lead :
Some more, some less, fcar his all frighliug face i
But most, who sleep in downy pleasure's bed :
But who in life have daily leam'd to die.
And dead to this, lire to a life more high ;
Sweetly in death they sleep, and slumb'ring quiet lie.
" The second far more foul In every part,
Bumtwiihblueflre, and bubbling Eulphurttreamt;
Which creeping round about him lili'd with smart
His cursed limbs, that direly be blasphemes ;
Moat strange it seems, that burning
No r
[se.
for
Yet death in thousand deaths without death dieth
" Soon at these hellish monsters came in sight.
The Sun his eye in jetty vs^urs drown'd,
Scar'd at such hell-hounds' view j Heaven's 'i
light.
Seta in an early evening; Earth astound,
T94
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
Didi dog;* with howls gire wunipg: at which
The fearful air Uarti, wa* break their bound,
And fcighled fled awey ; no wndi might them im-
" The piJaied troop flrat like up* ahaken &re,
Till now their heart congeal'd in icy blood,
Candied the gbsatly face : — locki stand and atare :
Thiia cbarm'd, in ranks of stone they marahall'd
Tb«'r tueleaa swords Ml idl; on tha plain,
And DOW Itie tnutnph sounds in lofty strain :
So conquering Dragon blada the knights with dav-
" As when proud Fhineus in lus brother's feast
Fill'd aU wilh (umult and intestine broil j
Wisa Perseus with tuch multitudes oppreas'd.
Before him bore the inakj Gorgon's spoil :
The vulgar rude stood all in marbie chang'J.
And in vain ranks, in rocky order rang"d j
Were now mors quiet guests, from former rage es-
" The fair Ecleeta, who with grief had stood.
Viewing th'oll changes of this doubtful Hght,
Saw now the field swim in her champion *3 blooil.
And from her heart, rent with deep passion, sigh'd ;
Limning true sorrow id sad sUenl art.
Light grief floats on the tongue; but hear;
Sinks down, and deeply lies in centre of the heart.
" What DeediJ art such griefs can truly shew.
Broke heart, deep ugbs, thick soba, and burning
Baptising every Umh in weeping dew ?
Whose Bwoln eyes, pickled up in briny t«ars,
Crystalline rocks; coral, the lid appears;
Conipass'd about wilh tides of grief and tian :
Where grief stores fear with ughi, and fear stores
" At length sad sorrow, mounted on the wings
Of loud bi«ath'd sighs, his leaden weight appeal
And vents itself in softest whisperings.
Till failh, experience, hope, assistance lent
To shut both flood-gates up witli patience strong :
The streams well ebb'd, new hopes some com -
From firmest truth ; then glimps'd Clic bopefiil
So spring Mnne davms of joy, so sets the night of
" ' Ah dearest Lord ! my heart's sole Sovereign,
Who ^tt'st bigh mounted on thy burning throne.
Hark IVom th; Heav'ns, wlicre thou dost safely reign,
Clotb'd with the gulden Sun, and nlver Moon :
Cast down awhile thy sweet and gracioua eye.
And low avail lliat flaming msjestj,
Ddgning thy gentle sight on our sad misery.
" ' To thee, dear Lord \ I lift tliis wat'r; eye.
This eye which thou so oft in love ■ hast prais'd ;
TUs eye with which thou ^ wounded oft wouldst die;
To tfaee, dew Lord '. these suppliant bands an
These to be lilies Ihou hast often told me ;
Which if but once again may ever hold thee,
Will nerer let thee loose, will never more unfold
" ' Scest how tfay foes despiteful, trophies rear.
Too confident in thy prolong'd delays ;
Come then, oh quickly come, my dearest dear !
When shall 1 see thee crown'd with conqu'riDg
And all thy foes trod down and spread as rlay?
When sliall I see thy &ce, and glory's ray ?
Toolong thoustay'stmy loje; come love, no longer
stay.
" ' Ilaat thou forgot thy former word and love.
Or lock'd thy sweetness up in fierce disdain ?
In vain didst thou those thousand mischief prove?
Arc all tliose griefs, thy birth, life, death, in vain?
Oh ! no, — of ill thou only dost repent thee,
And in thy dainty mercies most content thee :
llien why^ with stay so long, so long dost tbou tor-
■' < Reviving cordial of my dying sprite.
The best elixir for souVe drooping pain ;
Ah ! now unsliade thy lace, uncloud thy ught ;
See, ev'ry way's a trap, each path's a tnin :
Hell's troops my soul beleaguer; bow thine
ears ; [and fears :
And hear my cries pierce through my gnians
Sweet Spouse ! see not my sins, but through my
pbints and (ears.
"■ Let frailly, favour; twrow, succour nunc ;
Anchor my life in thy calm streams of blood:
Be thou my rock, though 1 poor changeling row.
Tost up and down in waves of worldly flood:
Whilst I in vale of tan at anchor ride.
Where winds of earthly thoughts my sails mi*.
guide;
Harbour my fleshly bark safe in thy wounded side.
" ' Take, take my contrite heart, thy sacrifice,
Wasb'd in her eyes that swims and sinks in won:
See, see, as seas with winds high working rise,
So stonu, so rage, so gape thy boasting foes !
Dear Spouse! unless thvHgbt band even stcos;
Oh! if thou anchor not' these [hrcafningf^rst
Thy ark will sail as deep in blocd, as now in tears.'
" With that a thund'ring noise seem'd sliake tlie skyi
Ai when with iron wheels through stony plain
A thousand chariots to the battle fly;
Or when with boist'rous rage the swelling maiii,
Puft up by mi^ty winib, does hoarsely nor ;
And beating with his waves the trembling sbon.
His sandy girdle scorns, and breaks Earth's rampui
> CoDbLU. > Canto it. 9.
THE PUBW^ ISLAND.
" And Mni^ ■» ■ngd * fiiU of baaT'alr night,
(Tbrec ««'Tml crowni drded faU roj«l h«d)
Fnm Dortbnn cool banng hii bUnng li^
■nuiHigb all tbe Euth hii glorioiii beum
And open l«y« tha B««t"« Mid Oregon's stanie;
For lo this end, tit' AlmiBhtj did him frmme,
1 Hipplauliia^ g*Te his oounoui
And broaki dieiT Vth *^ cntkt theb tru-
tor awordi) :
I Upon whose mzita and tliigh in golden words
dii- Wm ftirlj writ, ' The King of kingi, and Lord of
" A nlier trumpet oft be loudly blew.
Frighting tbe guilty Etitti with thuod'iing knell ;
And oR pFDckiin'd, u through the world be ftew,
' Bibei, gnst B«bel lies >a low u Hell :
Let B»ery angel loud his trumpet sound,
Her Hcst'd eialted tow'nin durt »ie drown'd;
Bd>d, pnmd Baliel's &ll'n, w>d liee as lowuground.-
« The broken Heav'ns dispwt with fe«&l
And ftmn the breiMrh outshoots a sudden _
Stnight ibrilliug trumpets with loud sounding TOice
Gi« echoing summons to new bloody flght ;
Well knew the Dragon that all-quelling blast.
And soon perwiv'd that day must be his iMt ;
Which itrook his &ighten'd heart, and all bis troops
" Yet full of malice, and of stubborn pride,
Though oft had BlroTe, and had been fbii'd as oft.
Boldly his dmth and ceitwn fate defy'd :
And mounted on his flaggy sails aloft.
With boundless qiite he long'd to try again
A second loss, and new death ; —glad and fain
To shew his pcoB'nous bate, though ever shaw'd in
•' So up he arose upon his stretched sails
FeaHess npccting Us approaching death;
80 up he arose, that th' sir slaitt and fails.
And orer-ptessed, anks lu* load beneath :
So iu> b< arose, as dotfa a thundercloud,
Which all the Earth with ahadows black doth
So up be arose, and through the weuy air be row'd.
"Now his Ahnighty Foe &r off he spies 1
Whoee nio-like arms dai'd the ecUpsed day.
Confounding with their beams less glitt'ring skica,
Kriog the air with more than heaT'nly ray ; _
Like thousand lunsio one ;— such is their llgh^
A subject only for immotlal sprite
Which never can be s«
■■ His snow-white steed was bom of heat'nly kind.
Begot by Boreas cm the Thracian hills ;
Aloie strong and speedy than his parent wind :
And (which his fbea with fear and borrour fills)
Out from his mouth a two-edg'd sword be
Whose sharpest steel tbe bone and marrow
parts.
And with hiikeenest pcunt unbreaM the naked hearts.
" The Dragon wounded with his flaming bland
They take, and in strong bonds and fetlen tie :
Shwt was the fight, nor could he long withstand
Him, wboae appearance is his victory.
So now he's bound in adamantine chain 1
Hill
It is broke, tlw fowl go free, the fowler u'en.
■sled
1, but by i
imortal nght.
« His threat'ning eyes shine like that dreadful flame,
With which the Thunderer arms his angry hand ;
Hinwelf had fairly wrote his wondrous name.
Which neither Earth nor Heav'n eould under.
When all his Lmbs, and troops, with gold are nch.
» Hia armour all was dy'd in purple blood ;
( In purple blood of thousand rebel kings)
In TBu their stubborn poWia his arm withstood ;
Thdr proud necks cbun'd, be now in triumph
" Thence by a migtaty swain
Unto a thousand thousand torturings :
His tail, whose folds were wont the stars to shed.
Now stretch'd at length, cloee to his belly clings :
Soon as tbe pit he sees, he bark retires.
And battle new, but all in vain, respires J
So there he deeply lies, flaming in icy flres.
" As when Alddea from forc'd Hell had dnvm
The three-head dog, and maatei'd all hU pride ;
Basely the fiend did on his victor fawn,
With serpent tail clapping his hollow ude :
At length arriv'd upon the brink of light.
He shuts the day out of his dullard sight.
And swelling all in vain, renews unhappy Bgb».
" Soon at this ngfat the knights revive again.
As fresh as when tfie flow'ra from winter tomb
(When now the Sun brings back his nearer wain)
Peep out again tVom their fresh mother's womb :
Tbe primrose lighted new, her flame displays,
Audftights the neighbour hedge mth fiery imys !
And all the world renew their mirth and sportive
plays.
" TTie prince, who saw his long imprisonment
Now end in nevor-^nding liber^ :
To meet tbe rictor from his castle went.
And falling down, clasping bis royal knee.
Pours out deserved thanks in grateful praise :
■ But him the beav'nl; Sariour soon doth raise.
And bids him spend in joy his ncver.spending days.
" The fair Electa, that with widow'd brow
Hei absent Lord long moum'd in sad array.
Now silken clotb'd > like fnuen snow.
Whose silver spanglets spaitle 'gainst the day :
This shiningrebe her Lordhimself had wrought.
While he her love mth bundled presents sought.
And it vrilh many a wound, and many a torment
bought i
796
PHINEAS FLETCHER.
K ^d (liiu amf*!], her bMf'nly bouities ihiii'd
(Druring thai beuns from this moM gloriou
hce}
Idke U a predous juper *, pure refin'd,
Wliich with a ci7M«l mjit, much menda his gnn
The golden stan a garland fair did frame
To crown her locks, tbe Sun la; hid for abame,
And yielded all hia beama to her more gloiioua flame.
"Ah! who that Oame can MJI ? Ah! whocanaee?
£nongh is me with silence to admire ;
While bolder joy, and humble majeaty
Id rather cheek bad kindled graceftil fire :
Long lilent atood she, wMle her fanner fsan
And grief* ran all away in iliding teara ;
That like a watry aun her gladsome face appears.
" At length when joys bad 1«A her cloan heart.
To seat themaelTea upon her thankful tongue :
flnt in her eyes they sudden fladtea dart.
Then forth i' Ih' miuic of her voice they throng:
' My hope, mj love, my joy, my life, ray blisa,
(Whom to enjoy {a Heav'n, but HeU to miss)
What an the world's blse joys, what Heaven's true
■•' Ah, dearest Lord ! does my rapt soul bebald thee?
Am 1 awake ? and auie I do not dream ?
Do these thrice blessed aims ^ain infold thee 7
Too much delight makes true things feigned seem
Tbee, Ibee I see ; thou, thou thus foldad art :
For deep thy stamp is printed on my heart.
And thousand ne'er felt joys stream in each melting
part.'
" Thus with glad sorrow did she sweetly plain ber
Upoa hia neck a welcome load depending ;
While he, with equal joy did entertwn her.
Herself, her cbsiapions, highly all commending ;
So all in triumph lo his palace went ;
Whose work in narrow worda may not be pent :
For bouodlesa thought is less than is that glorious
*• There sweet delimits, which know n<M- end nor
measure ;
No chance ia there, nor eating times succeeding ;
No wasteful spending can impair thdr treasure;
Pleasure full grown, yet ev'r freshly breeding:
Fulness of sweets excludes not more receiving :
Tbe toul still big of joy, yet stilt conceiving :
Beyond slow tongue's report, beyond quick thought's
percriving.
■■ There are they gonei there will they ever Mde ;
Swimminginwaveaof joys, and beav'niy loving ;
Ha still a bridegroom, she a gladsome bride ;
Their hearts in lore, like spheres still constant
No change, no grief, no age can them be&il :
Their bridal bed is in that heavenly hall.
Where all days are but one, and only one is alL
" And aa in state they thus in triumph ride,
Tbe boys and damsels their just praises chant ;
The boys the brid^room sing, the maida the bride.
While all the hills glad Hymen* loudly vaunt :
Heav'n's winged shoala, ^ni»<in|j flns ^osiaai
^ring.
Attune their high^ notes, and HjioeBa ang :
Each thought to pass, and each did pasa tlmagbfi
loftiest wing.
" Upon his lightning brow Love prondly shtidg
Flames out in pow'r, shines out in mqeety ;
There all his lofty spoils and trophies fitting ;
Displays tbe marks of highest Deity !
'nierefull erf strength in lordly anna be alandii
'■ Upon her forehead thousand cheerful Graca,
Seated on thrones of spotless ivory ;
There gentle Love bis srmed hand unbraces ;
His bow unbent dischdma all tyranny;
There by bis play a thousand souls b^oilc^
Fersuading more by simple modest imhea.
Than ever be could force by arms, or cral^ wiles.
" Upon her ched doth Beauty's self implant
The freshest garden of her choicait flow^s ;
On which, if Envy might but glance ascent.
Her ^es would swell, and bursty and melt in
Thrice Gurei both than ever bircst e7'd ;
Heav'n never such a brid^^room yet descryM;
Nor ever Earth so fkir, so undefll'd a bride.
" Full of his Father shines his gloiious fac^
As far the Sun surpassing in his light.
As doth the Sun the Earth, with flaming
Sweet influence " ' ' ' ' "
ce streams from his quick'ning Bgbb
from nought did all Ibis all dupuj ;
And when to lees than nought they fell aw^,
He soon reatur'd again by his new orient ray*
"All Heav'n shines forth in her sweet &ce^ frame ;
Her sedng stars (which we miscal tnight eyes)
More bright than is the moming's brightest BiOMt
More fruitful than the May-time Geminies :
These, back restore the timely summer's Bn;
Those, springing thoughts in winter hearts in-
spire.
Inspiriting dead souls, and quick'ning warm deara.
" lliese two fair Suns in beav'niy qiberee arepladd.
Where in the centre, joy triumphing sits ;
Thus in all high perfections fully grac'd.
Her mid-day bliss no future oigtit admits :
Her fairest self she dresses ; there where lie*
lU sweets, a glorious beauty to empaxadise.
His l9cks like raven's plumes, or -fining jet,
Fall down in curls along bis ivOTy neck ;
Within their circlets hundred Graces set.
And with love-knots their comely hangings ixA:
His mighty sboulden, like that giant swain.
All Heav'n and Earth, and all in both suMaiai
Yet knows no weariness, nor
> Her amber hair like to iM^sunny tsy.
With gold enamels &ir the silver wUte;
There buv'nly Loves tbctr jvetty spcniings play,
Uringlh^ darts in that wide flaming u^t:
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197
Her dainty oeck, ipiead with that ailver taold, :
Where double bwuty doth itself unfold,
In th'ownbirsilTetahiDcs, and &irei'boiTaw'd gold.
" His breut ■ roct of pure«t sUbutor,
Where Iotcs Mlf-asiling alupwreck'd often dtteth,
Her'a ■ twin-rock, unknown, but to th' ship-muter ;
Which hsrbouis him alone, all other splitleth.
Where better could her lore than here have
lunted ? [feuled ?
Or he big thoughts than here more sweetly
Tben both tbeir lore and thoughts in each are ever
" Run now, you shepherd swains : oh 1 run you thi
Where this fair bridegroom leadu the blessed way
And haste, you lately maids, haste you tc^ether
With this sweet biide, while jet the surufaine day
Guides your blind steps ; while yet loud
The sounding ndu back the mudc flung.
While heav'nly spheres unto the vmcea play'd.
lut see ! the day is ended with my song,
And sporting bathes with that fair ocean maid :
Stoop now thy wing, roy Muse, now stoop thee
Hence may'st thou freely play, and rest thee
While here I huig my pipe upon the willow bough. ' '
So up they rose, while all the shepherds throng
With their loud pipes a country triumph blew.
And led their Thirsil home with joyful song :
Mean time the lorely nymphs with garlands new.
His locks in bay and bonour'd palm-tree bound.
With lilies set, and hjacmths around ;
And lord of all die year and theii May sporting*
byGoo^k-
WILLIAM DRUMMOND.
Died Dicembek 4. 1649.
DiuuMOKD, the fiiM Snitch poet who wrote well
in Engliiih, was bom December ISth, 1585. at
Hawtbuniden. Sir John DnimmoQil, his falber,
was gentleman ualier to James VI., his mother,
the daughter oi* Sit William Fowler, Queen Anne
of Denmark's secrelaiy. He waa bred U Edin-
burgh, and studied the civil law at Bourges) but
on his father's death wiiel; forraali that pursuit,
and retired to his delightful patriman; at Haw.
thoraden, there to eiyo; the contentment of a liletarj
life. But that life was embittered by private grieft
and public calamities. He had irooed and won an
accomplished lad;, who, when the mairiage da;
WBB Gied, was carried off by a rapid fever. Eight
years he travelled, to distract his mind &oin the deep
sorrow which this loss occasiDned j and in the fbrtj-
fitUi year of hit age he mamed Eliisbeth Logan, who
had gained his aflectiont by her strung resemblance
to bis first love. He then lived after his heart's
de«re, at bomei repaired his family bame, tai
placed thii insrriptiou on it, >' Z>iDDiD miuwre Gafirf-
miu Drunarutuita, a6 HavdiortiAn, Joamus E^iOk
auratiJIMus, ut Jkotudo a
on : he vias harassed as a maiignaot. Hod conprited
by the ruling party to Aimish his quota of 'mbi
•gainst (he king, whom he lored ; and when tfaM
king was put to death by a triumphant bction, hti
spirit, and his heart, were broken, and his grcj bain
were brought down with hhtdw to the gn-n.
It is to be regretted that modern editors have not
rejected a few reprehendhle, and thoroughly worth-
less pieces, which disgrace this author's wot^ ; (r)t
Dnimmoud deserves the hi^ reputntiOD whicfa he
has obtained. It has not been obserred that he
ftvquently borrows and sometimea tranilatei fran
the IlaUan and Spsnisfa poet*.
SONNETS. — Pam I.
M. EVow that all beneath the Moon decays.
And what by mortals in this world is brought
In time's great periods shall return to nought ;
That fairest states have fatal nights and days.
I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays,
With toil of sprite, which ore so dearly bought,
As idle sounds, of few, or none are sought ;
That there is nolhine lighter than vain praise.
I know frail beauty 's like the purple flow'r.
To which one mom oft birtli and death sflbrdst
That love a jarring is of mind's accords.
Where sense and will bring uiuler reason's power :
Know what I list, this all cannot me move.
But that, alas, I both must irrite and love.
Slcct, silence' child, sweet fatlier of suft rest.
Prince wboae approach peace to all mortals brings,
Indifferent host to sheplierds and to kings.
Sole comforter of minds which are oppress'd ;
Lo, by thy charming rod, all breathing things
Lie slumb'ring, with forgetfulnesa possess'd.
And yet o'er me to spread thy drowsy vringi
TTiou spar's^ alaa! who cannot be thy guest.
e I am thine, O come, but with that fare
To inward light, which thou art wunt to abow.
With feigned solace ease a true felt woe ;
Or if, deaf gud, thou do deny that grace.
Come as thou wilt, and what ibau wilt bequeath,
I long to kiss the image of my death.
DiAK chorister, who from those shadows sends,
Ere that the blushing mom dare tbow her light.
Such sad lamenting strains, that night attends
(Become all ear), stars stay to hear thy plight ;
If one whose grief even reach of thou^t tranweads.
Who ne'er (not in a dream) did taste delight,
May thee importune who like case pretends,
And seems to joy in woe, in woe'a despite;
Tell me [so may thou fortune milder try.
And long long sing !)for what thou thus comt^ains,
Since winter 's gone, and Sun in dapple dtj
mour'd smiles on woods and flow'rj plains?
The lurd, as if my questions did her move.
With trembling wings sigh'd fwth, " I lore, I Ion."
Alius, here she stsy'd, among tliese pines.
Sweet hermiiresB, she ^d all alone repair ;
Here did she spread (be treasure of her hair,
Hore rich than that brou^ from tlie Colchiao HI
SONNETS.
Here sate slie by thoe muskeil egluilinca ;
The happy flow'™ Beem yet the print to bfi ;
Ilcr voice did sweeten hera.1117 sugar'd linm,
To which winds, tre«, beasts, birds, did lend an n
She here me first perceii'J, Mid here fl morn
or bright conutions did o'enprcsd her face ;
Here did she sigh, hi?re first my hopes were born,
Here fint I got * pledge of promia'd grace ;
Bat ah ! what serres 1 1' hare been made happy w
5ith (laawid pleasure) double hut new woe ?
- FLOWERS OF SION.
URANIA.
my plea:
And happy daya, with thee come not again ;
Hie sad memorials only of my pain
Do with thee come, which turn my sweets to sour
Thou art the same which stilt thou wert before
Delicious, lusty, amiable, fair;
But sbe whose iireath embaim'd thy wholesome ai
Ne^ected virtue, seasons go and come,
When (hiue forgot lie closed in a tomb.
What doth it serve to see the Sun's bright face.
And skies enamell'd with tbe Indiaji gold ?
Ot the Moon in a fierce chariot roll'd.
And all the glory of that starry place ?
What doth it serve Earth's beauty to behold.
The mountain's pride, tbe meadow's Sow'ry grace.
The stately comeliness of forests old,
Tbe sport of floods which would themselves embrace?
What doth it serve to hear the sylvans' songs,
Tbe cheerful thm«h, the nightingale's sad Btraiai,
Which in dark shades seems Co deplore my wrongs ?
For what doth serve all that this world contains.
Since sbe, for whom those once to me wei« dear.
Can have do part of them now with roe here ?
That in the east lliou show'st thy golden faci
O ; it is not to me thou leav'st that aca.
And in those aiure lists beginn'st thy race.
Thou shin'sl not 10 the dead in any place ;
And I dead from this world am past away,
Or if I seem (a shadow) yet to sUy,
It is a while but to bewail my case.
My mirth la lost, my cornforta are dismay'd.
And unto sad mishaps thdr place do yield ;
My knowledge represents a bloody field.
Where I my hopes and helps se« prostrate la
So plaintful is life's course which I have run
That I do wish it never had begun.
Too long I followed have my t
And too long panted on the 00
Too long refreshment sought ai
sejoys
hichk
I did admire.
And seen of life's delights tbe last eitremes,
I found all but a rose bedg'd with a. brier,
A nought, a thought, a masquerade of dreams
Henceforth on thee, my only good, I 'II think
For only thou canst grant what I do crave :
Thy nail my pen shall be ; thy blood mine inl
Thy winding-sheet my paper j study, grave :
And till my soul forth of this body See,
No hope 1 '11 hare, but only only thee.
Vh*t hapless hap had 1 for to be bom
n these unhappy times, and dying days
doting world, when good decays,
Love
Itinct, ai
's held a
When such are only prii'd by wretched ways
Who with a golden Seece them can adorn '.
When avarice and lust are counted praise.
And bravest minds live, orphan-like, fortoni !
Why was not I bom in that golden age.
When gold yet was not known? and those black arts
By which base irorldlings vilely play their parts.
With horrid acts staining Earth's stately stage ?
To have been then, O Heaven [ 't bad been my bliss,
But bless me now, and take me soon from tlu&
FLOWERS OF SION:
SPIRITUAL FOEHa
A beauty fading like the April show'rs,
A sweet with floods of gall that runs comUo'd,
A pleasure passing ere in thought made oui^
A lionour that more fickle is than wind,
A glory at opinion's frown that low'rs,
A treasury which bankrupt time devours,
A knowledge tlian gimve ignorance more blind,
A vain delight our equals to command,
A style of greatness, in effect a dream,
A swelling thought of holding sea and laud,
A servile lot, deck'd with a pompous aamei
Arv the sbange enda we toil for here below,
lill wiseat dcMh make iii our erroun know.
I.00E at the flow'r, which lii^'ringly doth lUe,
The morning's darling late, the summer's queen,
Spinl'd of that juice which kept it fresh and green,
A* high as it did raise, bows low the head ;
Just so tbe pleasures of my life being dead.
Or in theii' eoDtraries but only seen.
With awiflCr speed declines than ent it spread.
And, blasted, scarce now sbowi what it Itath been.
soo
DRVMMOND.
Tbnefitre, h doth tbe piigrim, whom the night
Hulei darkly to imprison on bis rrnj,
Thinlt on thy home, my soul, Hnd think aright
Of whBt'9 yet left thee of life's wudng day :
Thy sun poeta trestHuil, passed is thy mam.
And twice it is not givm thee to be bora.
An howling tempest, harbour to mttaio ;
Nor sbepberd hastes, when frays of wolva arise,
So fast to fold, lo save his bleating tnun.
As 1 fwing^d with contempt and just disdain)
Now fly tbe world, and what it toast doth priie,
From wounds of abject times, and enry's eyes :
To me this world did once seem sweet and fair,
While sense's light mind's perspective kept blind ;
Now like imagio'd landscape in the air.
And weeping rainbows, her best joys I 6nd :
Or if aught here is had tliat praise diould liaTe,
It is an obscure life and ulent grave.
Thkicb happy he who by some sbsdy grore.
Far fknu ttie clamorous world, doth live hii oini.
Though solitaiy, who is not alone.
But £nb convene with that etanial love.
Or the hoarse sobbings of the widow'd dove.
Than Ihoae smooth whitp'tings near a prince's tiinne.
Which good make doubtful, do tbe evil approve !
O ! bow mtnc sweet it lephyn' wholesome breath.
And sighs embalm'd, which new-bom flow'rs unfold.
Than that applause vain honour doth bequeath !
How sweet are itteanu to poison dtank in gold !
The world is full of horrours, troubles, slights i
Woods' baimiees riiades have only true delights.
SwRKT lurd, that sing'st away the early hours
Of winters past, or coming, void of care.
Well pleased with delights which present are.
Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flow'rs:
To rocks, lo springs, to rills, from leafy bow*!*
Hiou thy Creator's goodneu dost declare.
And what dear gifb on thee he did not spcre,
A stain to human sense in sin that low'ia.
What soul can be ao sick, which by thy songs
(Attir'd in sweetness) sweetly is not driven
Quite to forget Earth's turmoils, spites, and wrongs.
And liA a rev«imd eye and Ibought to Heaven ?
Sweet, artless songster, thou my mind doat raise
To ain of spbetes, yes, and (o angels' lays.
Ir in lb* east when yoti do there bdiold
^iTth trtna bis cryiiaJ bed tbe Sun to rise.
With rosy robes and cniwn of flaming gold ;
Vgaiing on that empreaa of the akiea
That take* so many fbtms, and those fidr brands
Which blaie in Heaven's high vault, mgbt's vrotch-
IfaetiBcliowl
OfbeDowJng
ing billawt have their coune onGn'd ;
now unsuslaki'd the Earth still BiuUiist Maadsi
Poor mortal wighla, you e'er found in your miud
A thought, that aome great king did sit abcrre.
Who had such laws and ritea to them assign'd ;
A Hng who Ai'd tbe poles, made spheres to mosei
All wisdom, pureness, excellency, might,
reatness, justice, beauty, love ; —
ider hither turn your sight.
Bemoan Ibis cruel deatfa and FUthful case.
If ever plaints just woe coald aHtavale :
From lin and Hell to save us homan race.
See this great king nail'd to an abject tieei
An olgecl of reprwh and sod disgraaa.
O unheard pity ! love in strange degree !
He bis own life doth give, his bUmd dotfa dKd,
For wormlings base luch worthiness to ace.
Poor wights ! behold his risage pole M lead.
His head bow'd to his breast, locks aadly reit.
Like a cTopp'd rose, that languishing doth fada.
Weak nature, weep ! astoniah'd world, lameBI !
Itucot, you winds ! you Heaven, that all con-
Of this great all, and kept from mutual wan
The elements, bare rent for tfaee their vesiu :
Iliose feet, which once must tread on golden stars,
For thee with nails would be pierc'd throu^ and
torn; [ban;
For thee Heaven's king fmm Heaven hamsdr^
lUs great heart-quaking dolour wul and nravm,
Ye that long since him saw by im'gbt of faith,
Te now that are, and ye yet lo be bom.
Not lo behold his great Creator's death,
Tbe Sun from mnful eyes hath v^'d his Ijgli^
And faintly journies up Heaven's lapphinpalfa;
And cutting from her prows her tresaet bright
The Moon doth keep her Lord's sad iihamjuhi.
Impearling with her tears her robe of nighl ;
All staggering and loiy lour the skie* ;
The earth and elemental stages qnake ;
Tbe long-since dead from bunted grave* arne.
And can things, wanting sense, yet somnr lake.
And bear a part with him who all them wimgtit,
And man (though boin with cries) shall pity
Think what bad been your slate, had he not hrou^
To these sharp pangs himself, and pris'd so high
Your souls, that with bis life tfiem lUehebougla'
What woes do you attend, if still ye lie
Plung'd in your wonted ordures ! Wretched brood!
Shall for your sake again God ever die 7
O lotve deluding shows, embrace true good,
He on you calls, forego idn's shameful trade;
With prayers now seek Heaven, and not widi
1 you crav'd by this great king
Ai vu ucune : a puTC heoTt inceuse is.
What gift, bIm ! eon ire him meaner Inii^?
FLOWERS OF SION.
SCI
Hute, iin-sick soula ! this xuaa do not miBs,
Now- wbile reinor»elM»iini8 doth grant jouspice,
And Gad inrite* you to your only blis) ;
Hb who you colls will not deny you grace,
But low-deep bury faults, so ye repent ;
Hii ann^ lo ! stretched are, you to embrace.
Whan days are done, and life's small iparV in spent.
So you accept what fV«ely here is giren,
Like brood of angels deaihlen, all-content.
Ye shall for erer live with him ia Heaven.
Rise flvm those frsgnnt climes, thee now embrace ;
Unto this world of ours, O hula tby race.
Fair Sun, and though contnry ways all year
Thou hold thy course, now with (he highest share,
J<nn thy blue wheals lo hasten time that low'n.
And laiy minutes turn to perfect hours ;
The Di^ and death too long a league baTe madt^
To stow the world in borrour'i ugly shade.
Shake fhm thy locks « day with nHron rsyi
So fair, that it outahine all other day* ;
And yet do not presume, gmt eye of light.
To be that irhich this day must make ao bright.
See an eternal Sun hastes to arise ;
Not from the eastern blushing seu or skies,
Or any stranger worlds HeoTcn's concaves han,
But fit>m tlie darkness of an hollow glare.
And this is that all-powerful Sun above [more.
That crown'd thy brows with rays, fltst made thee
light's trumpeten, ye need not from your bow'n
Proclaim this day ; this the angelic iiow'ts
Hare done for you : but now an opal hue
Bepaints Heaven's crystal to the longing tiew ;
Earth's late-hid colours shine, light doth adorn
The world, and, weeping joy, forth conies the mom ;
And with bar, aa from a lethargic trance
The breath retum'd, that bodies doth adTanee,
Which two sad nigfata in rack lay coffin'd dead,
And with an iron guard ennmned :
Ufa out of death, tight out af darkness springs,
Vrom a baae jail fnrth comes the King of kii^ ;
What late was mintal, thrall'd to enry woe
That lackeys lift, or upon sense doth grow,
Tninu>rtal is, of an eternal stamp.
Far blighter beaming than the morning lamp.
So from a black eclipse out-peers the Sun :
Such (when her course of days baie on her run,
In a for forest in the pearly east,
And she benelf hath burnt, and spicy nest,)
The lovely bird with youthful pens and comb, .
Doth soar from out her cradle and her tomb ;
So a small seed that in the earth lieu hid.
And diet, revlying bursts her cloddy side,
Adom'd with yellow locks anew is bom.
And dolh become a mother great with com ;
Of grains brings hundreds with it, which when^old
Enrich the furrowsr which do float with gold.
Hail, holy victor ! greatest Tictor, hail '.
That Hell doth ransack, agunst Death prevaiL
- O ! bow thou long'd for com'st ! With joyful erica,
The dl-triumphing palalinei of skies
Salute thy rising ; Earth would joys no mn«
Bear, if tliou rising didst them not restore.
A silly tomb should not his flesh enclose.
Who did Heaven's trembling lerraases dispose ;
No moDumant should such a jewel hold.
No rocki though ruby, duunofid, and gcjd.
Tbau didil lament and pity human race.
Bestowing on us of thy free-given grace
More than we forfeited and losed Brst,
In Eden rebels when we were accurst.
Then Earth our portion was. Earth's joys but given.
Earth, and &artli's bliss, thou hast eichang'd with
O < what a height of good upon us streams
From the great splendour of thy bounty') beams !
When we deserv'd shame, horrour, Sames of wrath,
Thoubled'stourwoundN and suffer didst our death :
But Father's justice pleas'd, Hell, Death, o'cRMme,
In triumph now thou lisest from thy tomb,
With ghraies, which past sorrows countervail ;
Hail, holy victor ! greatest victor, hail !
Hence, humble sense, and hence ye guides of
We now reach Heaven ; your weak intelligence
And searching pow'rs were in a flash made dim.
To !e«m from all eternity, that him
The Father bred, then that he here did come
<His bearer'* parent) in a virgin's womb :
But then when sold, betny'd, crown'd, scourg'd with
Nsil'd to a tree, all breatlilesa, bloodless, torn,
Confbundsyaurcunning,tums,likemoIes, you blind.
Death, thou that heretofore sdll barren wast,
Nay, didst each other birth eat up and waste,
Imperious, hateful, pitiless, unjust,
Unpartial equallcr of all with dust.
Stem eieculioncr of heavenly doom,
Made fruitful, now lift's mother art become ;
A sweet relief of cores the soul molest ;
An harbinger to glory, peace, and rest i
Put off thy mourning weeds, yield sU thy gall
To daily sinning life, proud of Ihy fall i
Assemble all lliy captives, haste lo rise.
And every corse, in earthquakes where it lieSt
Sound fh>ai each dowry grave and rocky jail :
Hail, boty victor, greatest victor, bail l
The world, ttiat wanning late and faint did liey
Apphiuding lo our joys, thy victory,
To a young prime essays to turn again.
And OS ere soil'd with sin yet to remain ;
Her chilling ^ues she begins to inisa ;
All bliss returning with the Lord of bliss.
With greater light. Heaven's templesopenedsluDc;
Moms smiling rise, evens bluUung do decline.
Clouds dappled glister, btdst'rous winds are calm.
Soft lephyrs do the fields with sighs embalm,
In silent calnu the sea hath hush'd his roars,
And with cnsmour'd curls dotb kisa the shores ;
All-bearing Earth, like a nev-morried queen.
Her beauiiea heigbt«iB, in a gown of green
Perfumes theajtihermeads are wrought with flow'rs;
In colours various, figures, smelling, pow'n ;
Trees wanton in the groves with leafy locks.
Here hills enameli'd stand, the vales, tlie rocks.
Ring peals of joy, here floods and prattling brook*,
(Stars' liquid mirrors) with serpenCing crooks.
And whispering murmurs, sound uhta the main.
The golden age returned i* again.
The honey people leave their gohien bow'rs.
And innocently prey on budding flow'rs;
In gloomy shades, perch'd on the tender sprays.
The painted singers Gil the air with lay* :
Seaa, floods, eaitii, air, all diversely do sound.
Yet all their diverse notes bath but one ground,
3F
Re-echo'd here dutm from Hutbd's wura nil i I
H«il, holy Tictor ! gre>l«t rtctor, hull !
O day. on nhich De&th'i sdaRUintine chsia
Tbe Lord did break, did raiuidc Sotan'i reign,
And in triumphing pomp his trophies resr'd,
B» thou bleit ever, henceforth itiU cndai'd
With name of his own day, the law to gnce.
Type* to their HibitaDce yield, to thee giTS place
The old Qew.inoons, with all featiial dayi ;
And, what aboire the rest deserreth praiae,
Tiie rererend sahbatb : what could elae they be
Than golden heralds, telling what b; tbee
We ibould eojoy? Shades past, now shine thou
And benceforlh be thou empreas of tlw year, [dear.
This glory of tJiy sister's aei to win.
From work on thee, u other daya from no.
That mankind Ehall forbear, in every place
TTie prince of planets wanneth in his laoe.
And tkx beyond his paths ia tnaea climea ;
And may thou be so blest to out-date times.
That when Heaten's choir shall blaie in accents loud
llie many mercies of their aoverdgn good.
How he on tbee did Sin, Dntb, Hell destroy.
It may be alill the burthen of th^ joy.
SONNET.
Cabins cbanning sleep, ion of the sable night,
Brother to deMb, in silent darkness boni,
Destroy my languish ere the day be light,
ynth dtrk forgetting of my care's return ;
And let the day be long enough to mourn
Tbe shipwreck of my ill-adventur'd youth ;
Let wat'rj eyes suffice to wail tbeir scorn.
Without the troubles of tbe night's untruth.
Cease, dreams, fond image of my fond desires !
To model forth the panioni of to-inorrow ;
Let never rising Sun approve your tears.
To add more grief to aggravate my son-ow :
StiJI let me sleep, embracing clouds in vain.
And never wake to feel the day's disdaiii.
TO SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER.
Thodoh I have twice been at the doora of Death,
And twice found sliut those gates which ever mourn,
TUs but a ligtatning is, truce ta'en to breathe.
For late-bom sorrows aagur fleet retain.
Amidst thy sacred cares, and courtly toib,
Alexis, wboi tboa sbalt hear wand'rinB l^me
Tell, Dealli hath triumph'd o'er my mortal spoils,
And that on Earth I am but a sad name ;
If thou e'er held me dear, by all our lore.
By all that bliss, thoae joys Heaven here us gave,
I coiijure Ibee, and by tiie maida of Jove,
To grave this short remembrance on my grs*e :
SONO.
Fair Ericinc began bright to appear.
Night westward did her gemmy world decline,
Aod hide her lights, tbat greater ligbt might ahine:
The crcAted Inrd had given alamzn twice
To laiy mortals to unlock their eyes.
The owl had left to "plain, and fVom each tiiora
The wjng'd musicians did salute the mom.
Who [while she dress'd her locks inGangea' stnaGH)
Set open wide the crystal port of dreami ;
When I, whose eyes no droway mght could dooe.
In sleep's soft arro!i did quietly reiioaa,
And, for that Heavena to die did me deny,
Duath's image kiised, and aa dead did lie.
1 lay as dead, but acarce cbann'd were my cam.
And slaked scarce my sigha, sorce dried my tmrt,
Sleep scarce the ugly figures of the day
Had with his sable pencil put away.
And left me in a still and calmy mood.
When by my bed methought a virgin stood,
A virgin iu the bloi»uiDg of ber prim^
If such rans beauty mcasur'd be by time.
Her head a garland wore of i^iali bright.
About her flow'd a gown like purest light ;
Pure amber lot^s gave umbrage to her be^
Where modesty high omjaCf did grace;
Her eyes such beams sent forth, that but witfa pain
My weaker sight their qiarUings could auitairu
No fdgniJ ddty which humta the woods
Is like to her, nor syren of tbe floods :
Such is the golden planet of the year.
When blushing in tbe east be doth appear-
Her grace did beauty, voice yet grace did pass.
Which thus through pearls and rubies brtAen was.
" How hmg wilt tbou," said she, " iisliaii^'il fnai
Faint shadows to thyself of false annoy ; [joy,
How long thy mind with horrid shapes affiigln,
* ' ' ims^nary evils ddigbt ;
that loss which (well when view'd} is gn.
Or if a losi, yet not a late to plain?
O leave thy phuntful soul more to molest.
And think that woe when sboruat then la best.
If she for whom tbou thus dost deaf tbe aky
Be dead, what then? was she not bora to die?
Was she not mortal bora? If thou doM grieve
That tiuKB should be in which *be should itotlifii
Ere e'er she was weep that day^ wheel wai ralTd,
Weep that she liv'd not in the age r£ gold.
For that ahe was not then tboa may'st deplore
As well as that she now can be no more.
If only she bad died, tbou sure hadst cause
To blame the Fatea, and tbeir too iron laws.
But look how many milliooa her advance.
What numbers with her eater in this dance, [slq,
With those which are to cmne : shall Heavena dial
And th' universe diaaolve thee to obey ?
As birth, death, which so much thee doth appal,
A piece is of the lifit of diia gnat all.
Strong cities die, die do high paimy reigns,
Aod fondling thou thus to be us'd complains !
" Ifsbebedead, thenabeofloathaooMdays
Hath paas'd tbe line wboa^ length but loss bcwr^
Then she hath left this filthy stage at care.
Where pteaaure seldom, woe doth still repnr.
For all the pleasures which it dolh contain
Not countervail the amallaM miaute'a pain.
And t^ tBB, thoQ who duM to mudi adinire
This little vapour, this poar ipark of fire,
Wbich life If eall'il, wbal doth it thae bequeaUh
But Mmtfew jeanwhicbbiith draws out (a death?
Which if thou parallel with liutm run.
Or thow whoK ca>unes are but now Ix^n,
lo dajs' great numben they (hall lew appear.
Than with the Bea when matched i* a tear.
But wh;- ihould'it thou here longer wiih lo be?
One ^eai doth aene ail Nature'i pomp to lee.
Naj, ereu one day, and night ; tliii Moon, that Sun,
TboBC ttaacr Bra about thia round which tun.
Be but the aaine which under Satum'i reign
Did the aerpenting •eaMm* interchain.
How oft doth life grow leu b; liiing long ?
And what eiccUeth but what dieth young ?
For age, which all abbor, yet would embiacet
Doth make the mind aa wrinkled aa the face.
Then leare lamenti, and think thou didal not Utc
I.BWI to tbat fliM atomal Cause to giTe ;
But to obey thoae law* which be hath giTcn,
And bow UDto the juat decrees of Heareo,
Which cannot ef;,j(haleTer foggy miita
Do btiod men in thsK auMunary lists.
But what if i1k for whom thou apread'st those groans.
And wastes thy life's dear torch in nithhjl moans.
She for whoae sake tbou hal'st the joyful light.
Courts solitary shades, and irksome nigbt, [space
Doth live? Ah! (if thou canst) through tsars, a
Lift thy dimm'd lights, and look upon this face (
Ijook if those eyes which, foot ! thou didst ador^,
ShitM not more bright than they were wont before.
Ixiok if those roses death could augbt impair,
Tlioee roses which thou once saidst were so fair ;
And if these locks have lost aught of that gold.
Which once they had when thou them didst behold.
I live, and happy lire, but thou art dead,
And still shall be till thou be like me made.
Alas ! while we are wrapt in govni of eailh.
And, blind, here suck the air of woe beneath;
£ach thing in sense's balances we weigh.
And but with tml and pain the truth descry.
" Above this vast and admirable frame.
This temple nsibte, which world we name,
Within whose walls so many lamps do bum.
So many arches with croaa iDotioD* turn.
Where th' elemental biollieiB nuns their strife.
And by intestine wan maintain their life ;
iWe is a world, a world of perfect bliss.
Pure, immatetial, aa brighter br from this.
As that high circle which the rest enspheres
Is from thia dull, ignoble vale of tears :
A world where allli found, that here is found.
But further discrepant than Heaven aod ground :
It hath an earth, aa hath this world of yours.
With craatures peopled, and adwo'd with flow'rs :
It hath s sea. like ss4>pbire girdle cast.
Which decks of the harmonious shores the waste ;
It hi
■e fire, it
h dclid
on, Sun, and stars, Ilearens wonderfully fair-.
Flow'rs never there do &de, tree* grow not old,
No creatun: dieth there through heat or cold :
Sea there not tossed is, nor air made black.
Fire doth not greedy feed on others' wrack :
There Heavens be not conitraiu'd about to range,
For this world hath no need of any change :
Minutes mount not to hours, nor hours to days.
Day* make do months, but ever-blooming Mays.
" Here I remain, and hitherward do lend
All who their span of days in virtue ^cnd :
NG. 803
Whatever pleannt this low place contains,
li hut a glance of what above remaias.
Iliose who (petcfaance) think there can nothing be
Beyond this wide expansion which they see.
And that nought else mounts Mara' drcumfereace.
For that nought else is subject to their sense.
Feel such a caae, as one whom some abiame
In the deep ocean kept had all his time :
Who, bora and nourish'd there, cannot believe
That elsewhere aught without those waves can live :
Cannot believe that there be temples, tow'n.
Which go beyond his caves and dampish bow'n :
Or there be other people, nuDUera, laws.
Than what he finds within the churlish wavea :
That sweeter fiow'n do spring than grow on rocks.
Or beasts thae are excel the scaly flocks i
That other elements are to be found.
Than is the water and this ball i^ ground.
But think that man from thia abisme being brought.
Did see what curious Nature here hath wrought.
Did view the meadi, the tall and ibady woods.
And mail'd the hill% and the clear rolling floods ;
And all the beast* which Nature ftmh doth bijog,
Theftather'd tnx^ that fly and sweetly atng:
Obaerv'd the palaces, and dties tair.
Men's fashion of life, the Are, the air,
Tbe brightneta of the Sun that dims his sight.
The Moon, and splendours of the painted night :
What sudden rapture would his mind surprise !
How would he his late-dear resort despise I
How would he muse bow foolish he had been.
To think all nothing but what there was seen f
Why do we get tfiis high and vast desire.
Unto immortal things still to aspire ?
Why doth our mind extend it beyond time,
And la that higheit happiness even climb 7
And more than dust us worldUngi do esteem ;
We be not made for Earth though here we come.
More than the embryo for the mother's womb :
It weeps to be made free, and we complain
To leave this loathsome gaol of care and pain.
" But thou, who vulgar footsteps dost not trace.
Learn to rouse up thy mind to view this place.
And what earth-cre^iing mortals most affecf.
If not at all to scorn, yet to neglect :
Seek not vain shadows, which when once (Atain'd
Are better lost thsn with such travel gain'd.
Think that on Earth what worldlings greatoo* call.
Is but a glisious title to live thrall :
That sceptres, diadems, and chairs of state.
Not in themselves, but to Bmsll minds are great :
That those who loftiest mount do liardest light.
And deepest falls be from the highest height :
That fame an echo is, and all renown
Like to a blasted rose, ere night FaiXi down ;
And though it something were, think bow this round
Is but a little point which doth it bound.
O leave that love which reacheth but to dutt.
And in that love eternal only Crust,
And beauty, which when once it is possest
Can only fill the soul, and make it blest.
Pale envy, jealous emulation*, fears.
Sighs, plainta.remorse, here have no place, nor tean ;
False joys, vain hopes, here be not, hate nor wrath.
What ends all love here most augments it, death.
If such force liad the dim glance of an eye.
Which but some few days afterwards did die.
That it could make thee leave all otiier things,
And like a taper- fly there burn thy wings i
3F S ^
8M DBUA
And if k TtHoe, of late which could but wail.
Such power had, ai through ears thy khiI to steal ;
If once thou on that poorly fsir couldst gaze.
What flames of iove would this within thee raise?
In what a musing maze would it tliee bring,
To hau- but once that choir celestial sing ?
The fairesit shapes on which (hy love did seize,
Which erst did breed delight, then would displease ;
But discords hoBise were Earth's eatidng sounds,
All music but a oinse, which sense confounds.
This great and burning glass wliich clears all eyes,
And musters with such glory in Che skies ;
That siWer star, which with her purer light
Makes day oft envy the eye-pleasing night ;
Those golden letters which so brightly shine
In Heaven's great vaiume gorgeously diriae;
All wonders in the sea, the earth, the air,
Be but daHt pictures of that sor'rsign fair.
And tongues, which still thus cry into your ear
(Could ye amidst world's cataracts them bear : )
' From fiwliag tilings, fond men, lift your desin.
And in our beauty, his us made admire ;
If we seem fair, O think how tair is be.
Of whose great fairness, shadows, steps we be.
No shadow can compare unto the face,
No step with that d^ foot which did it tnce;
Your aouli tromoital are, then place them hence.
And do not drown them in the midst of sense ;
Da not, O do not by false pleasure's might
Deprive them of that true and sole delight.
That happiness ye seek is not below,
Esrlh's sweetest joy is but disguised woe.'"
Here did she pause, and with a mild aapect
Did towards me those lamping twins direct.
The wonted rays I knew, and tliriee essay'd
To answer make, thrice fault'ring tongue it stay'd.
And. while upon that face I fed my sight,
Methought she vaniah'd up to Titan's light;
Who gilding with his rays each hill and plain,
Seem'd to haie brought the golden world again.
AN ELEGY
LiiE a cold fatal sweat which ushaa death.
My thoughts hang on me i and by labouring breath,
Stopl up with sighs, my fency big with woes
Feels two twin mountains struggle in her tlirows,
Ofboundiesssorrowth'one.th" oilier of sin;
For less let no man call it, to begin
Where honour ends in great Guslavus' flame.
That still burnt out and wasted to a name,
Does barely live with us; and when the stuff
Which fcd It fiuls, the taper turns to snuflT:
With this poor snuff, this airy diadow, we
Of fame and honour must contented be,
Since from (he vain grasp of our wishes fled
Thdr glorious suhstuices, now he Is dead.
Speak it again, and louder, louder yet,
Else whil^ we hear the sound, we shall forget
What it delivers ; let hoarse Rumour cry
Till she so many echoes muldply.
That may like numerous witnesses conftite
Our unbelieriag muII) Uiat would dispute
And doubt this truth for ner, tUs one waj
left our incpedulity to sway,
awaken our deaf sense, and nulte our eara
That we may feel the blow, and Ceeling grieve
At what we would not fain, but must belien^
n that horrid faitb behold tlw world
her proud lidght of eipectadon burl'd ;
Stooping with him, as if she strove to hare
No lower centre now, than Swedrai's giavB.
O ! could not all the purchas'd victories
Liks to thy lame tliy flesh imnortaliic ?
Were not thy virtue nor thy valour cfaamH
To guard lliy body from thine outwartt bann*
Which could not reach thy soul? Could not iby
Lend something which thy frailty could inbarit.
From thy diviner part, that death nor heat.
Nor envy's bullets ere could penetrate?
Could not thy early trophies in stem fight
Turn from tlie I'ole, the Dane, the Muscovite?
Which were thy triumplis, seeds as pledges sown.
That, when thy Jionour's harve*kt was ripe grown.
With full plum'd wing thou Mcon-like coiUd By,
And cuff the eagle in the Germany sky.
Forcing his iron beak, and feathers feel
They were not proof 'gainst Ifay victoriona ateeL
Could Dot all tliese protect tbee, or prevail
To fright that ci'ward Death, who oft grew pale
To look tlice and thy battles in the bee?
Alas ! they could not ; Destiny gives place
To none : nor ii it seen that princes' Uvea
Can saved be by their prerogatives :
No more was ttiine ; wlio, clos'd in thy cold lead,
Dnst ftnm thyself a monmful lecture read
Of man's sliort-dated glory. Leam, you kings.
You arc, like him, but penetralile tilings;
^ougb you from demi.gods derive your birtb.
You are at best but honourable earth -.
And howe'er silled from that coaraer bran
Which doth compOLmd,and knead the common mai^
Nothing immoral, or ftom earth refln'd
About you, but your office and your mind.
Hear then, break your false glasses, which |H«MDt
You greater than your Maker ever nNBnt.
Make truth your miimr now, since you find all
That flatter you, confuted by his Ml.
Yet since it was decreed thy life's bright sun
Must be eclips'd ere thy full course iras run,
De proud thou didst in thy black obsequies
With greater glory set than othen rise :
For in thy death, as life, thou boldest one
Most just and regular proportion.
Look bow the circles drawn by compass meet
Tndivisibly, joined head to feet ;
And by continued points which them unite
Grow at once circular, and inflnite :
So did thy fate and honour both contend
To match thy brave beginning with llune end-
Therefore thou hadst, instead of passng-bells.
The drums and cannons' thunder for Ay kndls;
And in the field tbnu didst triumphing die.
Closing thy eyelids with a victory ;
That so by thousands that there lost their brtath.
King-like thou migbl'st be wwud on in death.
Liv'd Plutanh now, and woukl of Cmar HM,
He could make none but thee his parallel.
Whose tide of glory, swelling to the brim.
Needs barrow no addition from him :
TEARS ON THE DEATH OF MCEUADES.
805
Whea did great JuUus in aaj cUtna
Aciueve «o much, and in u ihort ■ lime ?
Or if be did, yet shalt thoo in that land
Single for him, and uneiampled itand.
When o'er the Geniuuu tint hia ngle towVd,
What mw the legimu which on them he pgiu'd,
Sut maasj bodies made their Avinda to tiy,
Subjecti, not fur his fight, but BlaTery 7
In tliat ut TBst aipanded piece of ground
(Now Sweden's theatre and Bconi) he found
Nothing worth Cmar's valour, or hia fear,
No conqu'ring anny, nor a Tilly there,
Whose strcDgth, nor wiles, nor practice in the war
Might the fierce Iwrent of his triumphs bar ;
But thai thy winged sword twice nude him yield.
Both from his trenches beat, and from the Held.
Beddci, [he Roman thought he had done much.
Did be the banks of Rhenus only toucli:
But though bis march waa iMunded by the Rliiue,
Not Oder nor the Danube thee confine.
And but thy frailty did thy fame preTcnt,
Thou hadst thy conquen stretch'd to auch eitent
Thou might'at Vienna reach, atui after Spain ;
From Mulda to the Baltic ocean.
But l>ealh hatb spann'd thee, nor must we diriue
What here thou hadst to finish thy design ;
Or who shall thee tucceed aa champion
For liberty, and for religion.
T^y talk is done ^ aa in a watch the spring,
Wound to the height, reluea with the string ;
So thy tteel nerrei of conqueit, from their ateep
Ascent declin'd, lie slackl in thy last sleep.
Best then, triumphant soul, for cTer real.
And, like the phenii in her apicy nest,
Kmbalm'd -oitb thine own merit, upward fly.
Borne in a cloud of perfume to the sky ;
Wbilat, as in deathlesB urns, each noble mind
Tmaures thine aahea which are left behind.
And if perliaps no Ca-^aiopeian apark
(Which in the north did thy first rising mark)
Shine o'er thy bearse, (hti breath of our just praise
Shall to the firmament tby virtues niae ;
There fii and kindle them into a alar,
Whose influence may crown thy glorious war.
THE DEATH OF HtELlAD£&'
O najkYEHB ! then is it true that thou ait gone,
And left this woful iale her loss to moan (
Moeliades, bright day-star of the west,
A comet blazing terroitr to the east ;
And neither that thy spirit so heavenly wise.
Nor body (though of earth, more pure than skies,
Nor royal item, dot thy sweet tender age.
Of cruel destinies could quench the rage ?
WDrthT Df fluch a knl^t u ..< ..— , - — ..
VDitby of fucb a world, UOa i.tiia.
O &diiig hope* I O short-while lasting Joy
Of earth-born man, that one hour can deatroy '■
Then even of Virtue's spoils Death trophic* rvat.
As if he gloried most in many tears.
Forc'd by hard fatea, do Heavens neglect our criea ?
Are atars set only to act tmgedies ?
Then let them do their worst, since thou ut gone,
! whom thou list to thronea, enthron'd detlinnw )
Stain princely bow'rs with blood, and even to Gange,
^ press aad, slad Hymen's torches change. '
thou hast left to live ; and in the time
When acarce thou blosiom'dat in thy pleasant prime :
' Us by northern blaal a virgin rose,
tir that doth her bashful bosom close j
So a sweet flower languishing decaya,
That late did bluah when kiss'd by Phcebus' rayi ;
So' Pbabua mounting the meriilian'a height,
Chok'd by pale Fhi^be, faints unto our aight ;
Astonisb'd Nature sullen stands to see
The life of all this alt so chang'd to bo ;
In gloomy gowns the stars this loss deplore.
The sea with murmuring mounluns beat* the sboi«.
Block darkness reels o'er all, in thousand show'rs
he weejung air on earth bcr sorrow poun,
hat, in a palsy, quakes to see so mim
ler lover set, and nigbt burst forth ere noon.
If Heaven, alasl ordaiu'd thee joung to die.
Why was't not where Ibou might'at thy valour try;
And to the waad'riDg world at leaat set forth
Some tittle apark of thy expected worth ?
Mteliades, O that by later'a streams,
' Mong sounding trumpets, fiery twinkling gleanu
Of warm vemulion swords, and cannons' roar,
Balls thick as rain pour'd on the Caspian shtnv,
' Mongst broken spears, 'mongit ringing helm* and
Huge faeaps of aiau^ler'd bodies 'long the fields.
In Turkish blood made red like Mars's star.
Thou ended*! had thy life, and Christian war j
Or aa brave Bourbon, thou hadat made old Roine>
Queen of the world, thy triumph, and thy tonA 1
So Heaven'a fair face, to tb' unborn world, which
A book hod been of thy illustrious deeds : [reada.
So to their nepheWB, aged aires had told
The high eiploita performed by thee of old i
Towns ras'd, andrais'd, victorious, vanquish'd bands,
Fierce tyrants flying, foil'd, kill'd by tby hands :
And in rich arras vir^ns f*ir had wrought
The bays and trophies to thy country brought ;
While some new Homer, imping winga to fame.
Deaf Nilua' dwellen had made hear thy name.
That thou didst not attain these honour'a spberea.
Through want of worth it was not, but of yeara.
A youth mors brave, pale Troy with trembling walls
Did never see, nor she whose luune appals
Both Titan's golden bow'rs, in bloody fights,
Hust'ringon Mara hia field, auch Mars like knighta.
The Heavens hsd brought thee to the highest height
Of wit and courage, showing all their might
When they thee fram'd. Ah me ! (hat what is biave
On Karlh, they aa their own so aoon ahould crave !
Moaliades sweet courtly nympha deplore.
From Thule to Hydaspes' pearly shore. rp*»
When Forth, thy nurse, Forth where thou fint didsl
Thy tender days, (who amil'd ofl on her glass.
To see ihee gau) meaud'ring with her streams.
Heard thou hadst left this round, from Fhsbus'
She sought to fly, but forced to return |be«jn*
By neighbouring brocks, slie set herself to mourn :
DEUMMOND.
And aa altc nidi'd ber CjrcUdM among, [wrong.
1^ Kem'd to plain tlwE Heaven had done lin
With • lioane plains Clyde down her iteepjr nicka,
And Tweed through her gnen mountaina cUd with
flocks.
Did wound the ocean munnuiiiig thy death ;
The ocean it roar'd about the earth,
And to the Mauritanian Allu told, [rtdl'd
Who shrunk through grief, aaddown hia white bain
Huge Btreams of tean, which changed wereta flooda,
Wberewitb he droim'd tbe neighbour plains and
The Icmer brooks, aa thej did bubbling go, [wooda.
Did keep a coniort to the public woe.
The Uiepherda left thdr flocks with downcait eTca,
'Sdaiiiing to look up to the angr; akies :
Some brake their pipe*> and lome in iweet-aad lays
Made senselen thing* amaied at thy jiiaiae.
His reed Alexia hung upon a tree.
And with big teara made Doren great to be.
Maliadea aweet courtly nymphs deplore.
From Tliule to Hydaapes' pearly ahorc.
Chaste msida, which haunt Cur Agaiuppe'a well.
And you, in Teiope's sacred ahade who dwelt.
Let fall your haipa, cease (unea of joy U> ring,
IKalievcllcd nuke all Parnassus ring
With anthema sad ; lliy muaic Pbobua turn
To doleful plaints, whilst joy itwlf doth mourn.
Dead ia ttij darling who adom'd thy bays.
Who oft waa wont to cberiah thy sweet laya,
And to a trumpet raise thy amorous style,
That floating Deloa enry might thia iale.
Ydu> Acidalian archer*, break your bowa.
Tour torches quench, with tear* blot beauty'a anowa.
And bid your weeping mother yet ^ain
A second Adon'a death, nay Mars his plain.
His eyes once were your dartsj nay, e*en hia name,
Wherercr heard, did erery heart inflame.
TagUB did court hit lo*e with golden streams,
Rhine with hia towns, fair Seine with all she claima,
But ah ! (poor lovers) death did them betray.
And, not Buspected, made their hopea his prey !
Tagua bewails hia loaa in golden Htreama,
Rhine with his towns, iaii Seine with all she claims.
Atsliadea sweet courtly nympbs deplore,
From Thule to Hydaapes' pearly shore. [brings
Eye-pleauog meads, whose painted plain forth
While, golden, aiure flow'ra, which once were kings,
To DiDuming black tbeir stdning colour* dye,
Itow down their beads, while ughing lephyrs fly.
Queen of the fields, whose bluafa makes bluah the
Sweet rose, a prince's death in pnrple mourn ;
O hyadntha, for aye your AI keep still.
Nay, with more maiksoTwoe your leaves now 611 :
And you, O flow'r, of Helen's tears that '* bran.
Into these liquid pearls again you turn :
Your green locks, forests, cut ; (o weeping myrrha,
To deadly cypress, and ink-dropping flra.
Your palms and myrtles change; from shadows daA,
Wing'd syrens, wail, and you, aad ecboes, mark
'Hie lamentalile accents of (heir moan.
And plain that brave Moaliadea ia gone.
Stay, sky, thy turning course, and now become
A stately arcli, unto the earth his tomb ;
And over it still wal-ry Iris keep,
And aad Electra's sisters, who aeill weep :
MfBliades sweet courtly nymphs dcplcnv,
From Thulc to Hydaapes' pearly shore.
Dear ghost, forgive these our untimely tears,
"•- nbich our loving mind, tboush ucsk, appear? i
Our loBS, not thina [when we complain) we weep,
For thee the gUsUiing walla of Heaven do keep,
Beyond the planet'a wboels, liove higheat suiroe
Of spheres, that Ciuna the lower in hia coutae :
Where Sun dotb never *et, not ugly Night
Ever appears in mourning garments dight :
Where Boreaa' atormy trumpet dodi not aonnd.
Nor clouds in lightnings bunting, minds aatouad.
From cares, cold climates far, and hot de*iTe,
Where Time's eijl'd, and ages ne'er expire i
'Mong purest apirita environed with beams,
Thou think'at all tbinga below t' have been but
And joy'at to look down to the aiur'd bars
Of Heaven, powder'dwith troops of streaming ctan;
And in their turning temples to behold.
In silver robe the Moon, the Sun in gold ;
Like young eye-apeaking loveta in a dance.
With majesty by turns retire, advance :
Thou wonder'st Earth to see hang like a ball,
Clos'd in the mighty cloister of tbia all ;
And that poor men should prove so madly fond.
To toss themselves for a amoll spot of ground :
Nay, that they ev'n dare brave the powers above.
From this base atage of change that canniA move.
All worldly pomp and pride thou eeesi ar»e
Like amoke, that's scatter'd in the empty skiea.
Other high hills and forests, other tow'n,
Amoz'd thou flnd'at eicelling onr poor bow'rs ;
Courts void of flattery, of malice minds,
Pleaanre which laata, not auch aa reaaon blinda.
Thau sveeter songs dost hear, and caroUings,
Whilst Heavens do dance, and cboin of aagda
sings.
Than muddy mind* could fagn ; even our aniMiy
(If it approach that place) ia changed to joy.
Rest, blessed aoul, rest satiate witb the aigbt
Of him whose beams (though dauling) dodet^rtj
Life of all live*, cause of each other cauae;
The sphere and centre where the mind dotfa pouae ;
Narcissus of himself, himself the well.
Lover, and beauty that doth all excel.
Rest, happy aoul, and wonder in. that glaso,
Where seen is all that shall be, is, or woo.
While ahall be, is, or was, do pass away.
And nothing be, but an eternal day.
For ever rest i thy praise Ikme will enrol
In golden annals, while about the pole
The slow Bootes turns, or Sun doth rise
With scarlet scaif to cheer the mourning skiea.
The virgins on thy tomb will garlands bear
Of llow-ra, and wtlh each flower let lUI a tear.
Moliades sweet courtly nymphs deplore.
From Thule to Hyda^ea' pearly shore.
OFjet,
Or porphry.
Or that white stotte
Paroe affords alone.
Or these, in oiure dye.
Which seem to acorn tbe sky ;
Here Memphis' wondera do not set.
Nor Artemisia's huge frame,
That keeps so long her lover's name.
Moke no ereet marble Atlas stoop with gold.
To please the vulgar eye shall it behohl.
The Muses, Fhicbus, Love, have raised of their toon
A crystal tomb to him, through which hia worth
GILES FLETCHER.
No lingle frnmily Itu erer, in one gencrUian,
prvduceU tbm luch poets u Gila uid Pliinew
Fletchrr, ■nd Uidr cousin rbe dninatist.
The brodieta wit* »onj of Dr. GiPcs Fletcher,
whom Eliisbi'ih employeil » commiwoncr in Scot-
land, Gcrniunj, and ihe Low Countries, and u
amba?aador to RUBeia*
It ii prubable th«t Giles wu educated, like bia
Ikttier and liiother, at Eton: but notliing mora i>
knovn of his lif^ than that he was of Trinitj Col*
lege, Cambridge, where lie graduated as Baclielorof
Dinnit; j that he is wid to have been ■' equally be-
loved of the Hiues and of the Graces) " and that
he died, in the prime of life, at Alderton, in SuSblk,
•There he vaa beneficed. Hie single poem which
he bu left, will preserre hii name while there a
CHRISTS VICTORTIN HEAVEN.
The argument propounded in geoeiaL Our i»-
dcmplion by Christ, *er. 1, S. The author'a in-
vocsdoa for the better handling of it, Tcr. 3, 4.
Han't redemption, Trom Ihe cause. Uerer dwell-
ing in Heaven, and pleading for nun now guilty,
with Justice described by her qualities, tct. £—10.
Her retinue, TCr. IS. Her subject, ler. 1 S. Ha
accusation of man's sin, tct. 17. And 1^ of
Adam's first sin, Ter. 1ft, 19. Then of hia pos-
terity's, in all kind of idolatry, ver, SO— S4. How
hopeful any patronage of it, ver. 25—27. All
the creatures having disleagued dtemsclTca with
him for his extreme untbankfulnesa, ver. SS — 33.
So that being destitute of all hope and remedy, he
can look for nothing but s fearfiil sentence, ver.
35 — 40. The effect of Justice her speech: the
inSammalion of the heavenly powers appeased by
Mercy, who is described by her cheerAilness to
defoid man, ver. 40 — 42. Our inability to de-
acribe her, ver. 43 — 44. Her beauty, resembled
by the CTMAues, which are all &ail shadows of
ber essential perfection, ver. 45, 46. Her attend-
ants, »er. 46, 47. Her persuauve power, xer.
48—50. Her kind offices to man, icr. 51, 59.
Her gannenu wrought by her own hands, where-
with sb* clothes herself, composed of all the oea-
Uitet, ver. 53. The earth, ver. 54, Sea, ver,
55,56. Air, ver. 57, 58. The celestial bodies,
*er. 59, 60. The tlurd Heaven, ver. 61, 62.
Her objects, vo-. 63. Repentauoe, ver. 64—66.
Faith, ver. 67 — 69. Her deprecative speech for
nan: in which she translatta the principal (suit
unto the devil g and repeating Justice her aggra-
vatioa of men's sin, mitigates it j ] st, l)y a con-
trary inference ; Sd, By inleneaaiug hendf in Ibe
cause, and Christ, ver. 70— 75. lliat ia as suffi-
cient to utisfr, » msn was impotent, ver. 76, 77.
Whom she celebiates from the time of his nativity,
ver. T6. From the effects of it in himself, ver.
79, SO. £gypl, ver. 61. The angels and nienj.
ver, B3, BS. The effect of Mercy's speech, ver.
I Chriat's second victory.
Tax binh of Him that no beginning knew.
Yet gives beginning to all that are bora.
And how the Infinite far greater grew.
By growing less, and how the ri^ng mcMn,
That shot from Heav'n, and bock lo Heav'n return,
The obsequies of him that could not die.
And death of life, end of eternity.
How worthily he died, that died unworthily i
How God and man did both embrace each other.
Met in oue person. Heaven ai;d Earth did kiss.
And how a virgin did become a mother.
And bare thaT Son. who the world's Father is,
And maker of bis mother, and how bliss
Descended from the bosom of the High,
To clothe himself in naked misery,
a«iKng at length to Heav'n, in Earth, triumphantly,
la the first flame, wherewith my whiter Muse
Doth bum in heavenly love, such love to tell.
O thou that didst this holy fire infuse.
And taught'it this breast, but late the grate of HeU,
Knowledge, bow to begin,
Tbe love, t^t never was, run
3 K 4
GILES FLETCHEB.
Ye ncnd writings, in irhow antique leara
Tbe memories of HoTen mtrouur'd lie,
Smy, wb>t might be tbe cbuk that Mcrcj heaTca
The diut of on above th' indtistnouB ik j,
And let* it not to duit and ashes fl; ?
Could Juatice be of sin so oyer-woo'd.
Or M> great ill be caute of lo great good,
Tbtt blMMlv nun to nve, man's Sanour shed bi*
blood?
Or £d the lipi of Merc; drop soft speech
For tnil'rous nun, when al Ih' Elernal's throne
Incensed Nemeiis did HesT'n beseech
With tbund'ring Toice, thtt justice might be shown
Aguast the rebels that from God were Aown ?
<> ay, say how could Mercf plead for those
That, icarcely made, against their hlaker rose ?
Wilt any slajr his tViend, that be may spare bis foes?
Thete is a place beyond that flaming hill
Prom whence tlie stars their thin appearance ihed,
A place, beyond all place, where never ill.
Nor impure thought was ever haiboured ;
But SMntly heroes are for ever su'd
To keep an everlasting Sabbatli's rest ;
Slill wishing that, of what th' are still possert ;
Enjoying but one joy, but one of ail joys best
Here, when the ruin of that beauteous iVame,
Whose golden building shin'd with every star
Of eiceltence, defonn'd vrith age became :
Mercy, rememb'ring peace in midst of war.
Lift up the music oif her vihcc, to bar
' Etental fkle ; lest it should quite erase
' Tint fimn tbe worid, which was tbe first world's
grace.
And all again into their (nothing) chjKH chase.
For what bad all this alt, which man in one
INd not unite? the eertb, air, water, fire,
life, sense, and spirit, nay, the pow'rful throne
Of the divinest essence did retire.
And his own image into clay inspire :
So that this creature well might called be
Of tbe great world the small epitomy,
or the dead world tbe live and quick anatomy.
But Justice had no sooner Mercy seen
Smoothing tbe wrinkles of her fsther'a brow,
But up sbe starts, and throws herself between ;
As when a vapour from a moory slough,
Meeting with fmh Eoiis, that but now
Open'd the world which all in daHuiess'tBy,
Doth Hot'd's bright face of his rays disarray.
And cads the imiling orient of the springing day.
She was a virgin of auUere regard ',
Not aa the world esteems her, deaf and blind ;
But as the eagle, that haih oft compar'd
Her eye with Heav'n's, so, and moic brightly ihin'd
Her lamping sight : for she the same could wind
Into the soLd heart, and with her ear*,
The silence of the thought loud speaking hears,
^nd in one hand a pair of ercn scales sbe wean.
No riot of affection revel kept
Within her breast, but a still apathy
Possessed all her soul, which softly slept.
Securely, vrithout tempest; no sad cry
Awake* ber pity, but wrong'd poverty.
The wiDgad li^rtning is her Mercury,
And round about her mighty thunders touod :
Impatient of bimaelf lies pining by
Pale sickness, with her kercfaer'd bead up wonnd,
' nd thousand noisome plaguea attend btt njond.
But if her cloudy brow but oaix grow foul.
The flints do melt, and rocks to water roll.
And airy mauntaios shake, and ftigfatcd itaadows
howl.
Famine, and bloodless Care, and bloody War,
Want, and the want of knowledge how to use
Abundance, Age, and Fear, that runs a&r
Before his fellow Grief, tliat aye pursues
His winged steps ; for who would not refuse
GrieTs company, a dull, and raw-bon'd aprigiit.
That Unks the cbe^s, and pales tbe freshest sight,
Unboioming the clieerful bruast of ^ delight?
Before this cuned throng goes Ignorance,
Thai needs will lead the way he cannot see :
And, after all, Death doth his flag advance.
And in the midst. Strife still would roguing be.
Whose ragged flesh and clothes did vreli agi«e :
And round about, amazed Hormur flies.
And over all. Shame veils his guilty eyea, [lies.
And underneath. Hell's hungry throat ttUl yawning
Upon two stony tablea, spread before ber,
She lean'd her bosom, more than stony bard.
There slept th' impartial judge, and strict restors-
Of wrong, or right, with pain, or with rewatil.
There bung the score of all our debts, tbe card
Where good, and had, and life, and death, wn
Was never heart of mortal so untainted, [painted :
But when that scroll was read, with ttuxniaiMl ttt-
rouTs fkinted.
Witness the thunder that mount Sinai beard.
When all tbe hill with fiery clouds did flame.
And wand'ring Israel, with the sight afear'd.
Blinded with seeing, durst not touch tbe tant^
But like a wood of shaking leaves became.
On this dead Justice, atw, the liting law.
Bowing herself with ■ iniyestic awe.
All Hesv'n,tobcar her ipeedi, did into siloios draw.
" Oread Ijord of ^iifts, well thou didst derise
To fling tbe world's rude dunghill, and the dnw
Of the old chaos, luithest ftom tbe skiea.
And thine own seat, that here the child oC loas.
Of all tbe lower beav'n, tbe curse, and cross.
That wretch, beast, captive, monster roan, mi^
spend,
( Proud of the mire, in which his soul is pen'd]
Clodded in liunps of clay, his weary life to ctkL
" His body dust : where grew such cause at |Bidr ?
His soul, thy image : what could he envy ?]
Himself most happy, if be so would bide ;
Now grovm most wretched, who can remedy ?
He slew bimielf, himself the enemy.
That his own soul wmild her own murder wrask,
If I were nlent, Heav'n and Earth would tpak;
And if all faii'd, these Monci would into damonn
CHHISTS VICTORY AND TRIUMPH.
■■ How man; dut* modu furrowi in hk Me,
Wben she, that out of bis own ude was mode,
Gvi» featheis to their fligbl ? where wai the pride
or their new koaw ledge ? whither did it fade ?
Wheiii Tuoning from tbjr voice into the shade,
He fled thy ligbt, himiclf of light bcreai'd ;
And for Ills ahield ■ hcsTf vmour weav'd.
With whkh, vain man, be thought God's e;e» to'
have decciv'd ?
if iea
Dnable i
But those that from this stuck their lite did draw,
Soon miule their &tber godly, and hy law
Prochumed trees almighty : gods of wood.
Of stocks, and stoDO, with crownH of laurel stood,
Templed, aod fed by blhtrs with (heir children's
blood.
" The spaiUing txatM, that burn in beaten gold,
And, like the stan of Heav'n in midst of night.
Black Egypt, u bei miirors, doth behold.
Are but the dens where Idol-snakes delight
Again to cover 3aEan from their ught :
Yet these ire all their gods, to whom they *ie
Hie crocodile, the cock, the rat, the fly.
Fit gods, indeed, for such men to be served by.
" The are, the wind, the sea, the Sun, and Moon,
The Sittii^ air, and the awift-winged hours.
And all the watchmen, that so nimbly run,*
And sentinel about the walled towers.
Of the world's city, iu their huveoly bowers.
And, lest thrar pleasant gods sbould want deligh^
Neptune spues out the lady Aphrodite, {tight.
And but in Uear'n proud Juno's peacocks sco
■' The tenseless earth, the serpent, dog, and ci
And worse than all these, man, and wont of □
Usurping Jore, and swelling Bacchus &t.
And drunk witfi the vine's purple blood, and then
The fiend himself they coiijute from bis den,
Because he only yet remain'd to be
Worse than tbe worst of men, they flee from thee.
And wear his altar-stones out with thnr pliant knee.
<• All that he speaks (and all he speaks are lies)
Are oncles ; 'tis be (that wounded all)
Cures all their wounds; he (that put out their eyes^
That gltes them light; he (that death {list did call
Into the world] that with his orisal,
Inspirits earth : he Hesv'n's all-seeing eye.
He Earth's great prophet, he, whom rest doth €y.
That on salt billows doth, as pillows, sleeping fie.
" But let him in his cabin restless rest.
The dungeon of dark flames, and freeiing fire.
Justice in Heav'ii against man makes request
To Cod, and of his angels doth require
Sin's punishment : if what I did desire.
Or who, or against whom, or why, or where.
Of, or before whom ignorant I were, [tains rear.
Then should my speech their eaods of sins to mouo-
He against whom, wicki
Then might he sinful hi
Or trial mi^t escape,
trial
3'ust, impora ;
die secure,
night endure.
The judge might partial be, and over-pray'd.
The place appeal'd from, in whose courts be sues.
The fault excus'd, or punishment delay'd.
The parties self-accus'd, that did accuse.
Angels for pardon might their prayers use :
But now no star can shine, no hope be got.
Most wretched ata
" What should I tell how barren Earth has grown,
AH for to starve bet children? didst not thou
Water with beav'niy diow'rs her womb unsown.
And drop down clods of flow'rs? didst not thou
Thine easy car unto the ploughman's vow ? [bow
Long might he look, and look, and long in vain
Might lutid bis harvest in an empty wain.
And beat the woods, to find tbe poor oak's hungry
grain.
" Tbe swelling sea seethes in his angry waves.
And smites the earth that dares the traitors nourish ;
Yet oft his thunder their light cork outbraves,
Mowing the mountains, on whose temples flourish
Whole woods of garlands ; and, their pride to
cherish, [display
Plough through the sea's green fields, and nela
To c^ch the flying winds, and steal away,
Coa'ning the greedy sea, pris'ning thdr nimble prey.
" Wen
leHea
The judge, to whom I sue, just to requite b
Tbe cause for idn, tlie punishment most due
Justice herself, the plaintiff to endite him.
The angels holy, li^bru whom I cite bim.
talsti
' How afteo hi
elM
1 tbe w
ingpiM^
1, knock his head
At Heav'n's too patient gates, and witb salt biioe
Quench tbe Moon's bunuog boms ; and safely fled
From Heaven's revenge, her passengers, all dead
With Bliffastonishment, tumble to Hell?
How oft tbe sea all earth would overswell.
Did not thy sandy girdle bind tbe mighty well ?
" Would not the air he flU'd with streams of death.
To pmson the quick rivers of their blood?
Did not thy winds fan, with their panting breath,
Tlie flitting region ? would not th' hasty flood
Empty itself into the sea's wide wood :
Didst not thou lead it wand'ring from bis w^.
To give men drink, and make his waters str^.
To fresh the flow'ry meadows, through whose fiidds
they play?
" Who makes the sources of the silver fbuntains
From tbe flint's mouth, and rocky vallies slide,
Thick'ning the airy bonis of the mountains ?
Who hath the wild herds of the forest ty'd
In their cold dens, making them hungry tade
TiU man to rest be laid? can beaslTy he.
That sbould have most sense, only senseless be.
And all things else, beside himself^ so awfiil see ?
" Were be not wilder than the Avage beast.
Prouder than haughty hills, harder than rocks.
Colder than fountaiua from th^ springs releast.
Lighter than air, blinder tlian senseless stocks.
More changing than the river's curling locks :
If reason would not, sense would soon reprove him.
And unto shame, if not to sorrow move him.
To see cold floods, wild beasts, doll stocky hard
stones out-love Mm. .a
810
GILES FLETCHER.
" Un^Ertfaawei^iofsin tbeentfadidfkll.
And awmllow'd Dathmn, and the regiuc irind,
And ■tormy aea, ud gaping «h>le, did all
For Jdiibb : ■■»! the air did bulleU find.
And shot from Hear'n > stony show'r to grind :
Tbe Htc proud kingi, that [ix thai idols fought,
The Sun iaelf stood Uill K> 6glit it out,
And fire from Hcbt'd fl«w down, irbcn dn to Hcst'ii
did bbout.
" Should any to Mmself for lafety fly ?
The way to Hve hiniBelf, if any (rerc.
Were lo fly ftom himself: should be rely
Upon tbe promise of his wife ? but there
What can be we, but that he moit may fear,
A Siren, >wcct lo death P upon his ftienda ?
'Who that he needs, or that he hath not lends ?
Or wanting aid himself aid to another sends ?
"HissCrength? but dull: his pleasuiePcauseof paini
His iMpe ? false courtier: youth or beaulyP brittle :
Entreaty? fond: repentance? late and rain :
Just recompence ? the world wera all too littla :
Thy lo*e? be hath no title lo a title:
Hell's force? in Tain herfuriea Hell shall gatbet :
His servants, kinsmen, or his children rather?
His child, if good, shall judge ; if bad, itull cutm
" His life ? that brings him to Us end, and lonei
Hia end ? that leaves him to begin his ho : [him :
Hisgoods? wbstgoodintbat, thatsodeceiveshim?
His gods of wood ? their feet, alas ! are ilofr
To go to help, thM roust b« lielp'd to go :
Honour, great worth? afa! little worth Ibcy be
Unto their owners : wit? that makes him see
He wanted wit, that thought he had it, wanting
thee.
" Ttie sea to diink liim quick ? that casts Ms dead :
Angels to spare? they punish i night to hide?
The world shall burn in light : the Heav'ns to spread
Their wings to save him ? Heai'u itself shall slide.
And roll away like melting stars tbat glide
Along their oily threads; hia mind pursues bim :
His house to shroud, or hills to fidl, and bruise
As seijeonts both attach, and
" What need I urge what they must needs confess ?
Sentence on them, condenui'd by their own lust ;
I cravB no more, and thou can's! give no less.
Than death to dead men, justice to unjust ;
Shame to most shameful, and most sbuncleas duM :
But if thy mercy needs will spare iier friends.
Let mercy there begin, where justice ends.
'Tis cruel mercy, tliat the wrong from right
defends."
She ended, snd the farat'nly hierarchies,
Burning in seal, thickly imbrandcd wtrcj
Like lo an army that alorum erica.
And every one sbakea his ydreaded spear.
And <Ih Almighty's self, as he would tear
The Earth, and ber firm basis quite in sunder,
Flam'd all in just revenge, and mighty thunder :
Ilcav'n stole itself Itom Eai th by douda that moist-
cn'd under.
As when the cheoful Sun, t—
Glads 1^1 the woHd wflfa hi* upimug tmy.
And wooa the widow'd Earth aftesfa to piitk^
And paints Ikt boaom with the flow*ry Afl^t
His siieiit sister steals him quite away.
Wrapt in a able cloud, from mortal eyea^
The basty stars at noon b^n to rise.
And headlong to his early roost die sparrow flics :
But soon as he again disbadowed is.
Restoring the blind world his blemisfa'd a^it,
As though another day were newly Ids,
The cox'ned birds busily take tbeir flight.
And wonder at tiie shortneai of the night :
So Mercy once again herself dtt^laya
Out &om her sister's cloud, sad open lays
lliose stmahine looks, whose beams mndd dint a
thousand day*.
How may a worm, that crawls sleog tb* dust.
And fttch from tbanee thy fair idea just.
That in dM>se sunny courts dotb htddm U^
Cloth'd with such Ugb^ la blinda tbe angela' eye?
How may weak mortal ever hope to fill
Hia unsmooth tongue, and his deproatrate atjle?
O, raise thou ftran lua oone tin now entonib'd
eiUel
One touch would rotiae me Irom my sluggish bene.
One word would call me to mj wi^ed home.
One look would polish my afflicted verse, [kaa^
One thought would steal my u>ul from ber thick
And force it wand'ring up to Heav'n to come.
There to importune, and to beg apace
One h^py &vour of thy sacred grace, [&ee.
To see (what though it lose her eyes ?) to see thy
If any s^ why roses please the tight?
Because their leaves upon thy dinks do bowV;
If any ask why lilies are so wliile?
Because their blossoms in thy band do SowV:
Or why sweet plants so grateful odours showV?
It is because their breath so like they be :
Or why the orient Sun so bri^Nt wc see? [tfaa?
What re
■K give, b
le eyes, SI
Ros'd all in lively crimson are thy dieeks.
Where i>eauties indeflourishing abide.
And, as to pass his ftllow either t«eks.
Seems both to blush at one another's pride :
And on thioe eyelids, waiting tliee l>eside.
Ten thousand Graces sit, and when Ibey more
To Earth tbeir amorous belgards Irom above.
They fly irom Heav'n, and on their wing! coDvey
And of discolour'd plumes- their wings are made.
And with BO wondrous art the quills are wraugll^
Iliat whensoever they cut the aiiy glad^
The wind into tbeir bollowpTpei is caught :
■ems, tbe spherea with them dicy down Ian
Like to the smen-fbld reed of Arcady, [brought:
Which Pan of Syrins made, when sbe did fly
To Ladon sands, and at his sighs cung metrily.
As melting honey dropping from tbe comb.
So still tlie words, lliat spring between diy lipsi
Thy lips, where smiling sweetnesa keeps btr bomi^
And heav'nly eloquence pure manna sips.
He llial his pen hut in that (bunlain dips.
CHlllsrS VICTORY AND TRIUMPH.
811
How liimbly will th* golden phniut fif.
And ihed forth itreami of cboicnt rhetorr,
WoUing celestul tOTrenu out of poMj?
Liks M the thintr land, iii ninuncr's heat,
Calla Id the cloudi, and gapes at tTery ibowV,
A> though her hungry cUA all beaten would eat ;
Which if high God unto ber boaoro pour,
Though much refroh'd, yet more rfw could derour :
So hang the greedy ears of angeli aweet,
And erery brealh a thouund Cupids meet.
Some flying in, aome out, and aU about liei fleet.
Upon her breait Delight doth lofUy aieep.
And of Etemal Joy ia brought abed j
Tlioae anowy mouutleti, thorough which do creep
The milky riiera, that are inlj bred
In lilver eulema, and thanuelreB do ahed
To weary traTellen, in heat of day,
To qumch their fiery tbint, and to allay
With dropping nectar flooda, tha ftury of their way.
Tf any wu»der, Ibou dmt call bim back :
If any be not forward, thou incit'it him :
Tbou dost expect, if any abould grow ilack :
If any teem but willing, thou invit'at him ;
Or if he do offend thee, thou acqulu'M him :
Tbou flnd'at the loit, and follow'it him that flies,
Healiug th« uck, and quick'ning him that dies :
Tbou art (be lame man'i friendly ataCT, the blind
So fiur thou art, that all would thee behold i
But notie can thee behold, tbou art ao fair :
FardoD, O pardon then (fay vaaial bold.
That with poor shadows striTea thee to compare.
And match the things which he knows "*'"''''"' are.
O thou Tile mirrour of celestial grace.
How can fiail colours pourtray out thy thee.
Or paint in flesh thy beauty, in such ■emblance base?
Her upper garment was a nlken lawn,
With needle-work richly embroidered ;
Which she herself with her own hand bad drawn.
And all the world therein had pourtrayed.
With threads so trah and lively coloured.
That seem'd the world ahe new created there ;
And the mistaken eye would niihly swear
Uniilken trees did grow, and (he beasts living were.
Low at her feet the Earth wai cait alone
(Aa though to kiss ber foot it did aspir^
And gave itself fee ber to tread upon}
With so unlike and different attire,
That every one that aaw it, ^A admire
What it might be, was at ao various hue ;
For to itaelf it oft so diverse grew, [ne
That still it seem'd the aame, and atill it seem'd
So cnrlouily tba underwork did craep.
And curling drcleta so well thadowi^ lay.
That afiu- off the waters seem'd to sleep ;
those that near the margin pearl did play.
Hoarsely enwsved were with hasty sway.
As though they meant to rock the gentle car.
And hush the farmer that enslumber'd woe :
And here a dangarous rock the flying ahipa did foar.
High in the airy element Lbete hung
Another cloudy sea, that did disdain
fAs though bis purer wavea from Heaven sprung)
To crawl on Ewth, as doth the sluggish main :
But it the Earth Would water with his nin.
That dib'd, and flow'd, aa wind, and uason would.
And oft the Sun would cleave the limber mould
To alabaster rocks, that in the liquid roU'd.
Beneath those sunny banks, a darker cloud.
Dropping with thicker dew, did melt apace.
And bent itself into a hollow ibroud :
On which, if Mercy did but cast her &ce,
A thousand ctdours did the bow encbaee.
That wonder waa to see the silk distain'd
With the rcaplendence from her beauty gain'd,
And Iris paint IwT locks with beams, so lively
About ber bead a cjprsas beav'n she wore.
Spread like a veil, upheld trith silver wire,
In which the Mars so burnt in golden or^
Aa seem'd tbe aiure web wasu on fire:
And her« and (here fow mea she scattered,
CTliat in their thought the world esteem bui
And themselves great) but she with one Sne thread
So short, and small, and slender wove them all.
That like a sort of busy ants that crawl
About aome mole-hill, so they wandered ;
And round about the waving sea were shed :
Butrortfacsilvcraands, small pearls were sprinkled.
Yet strange it waa, ao many stars to see
Without a sun, to give their tapers light;
Yet strange it was not that it so should be :
For, where tbe Sun centres himself by right.
Her hce, and locks iVd flame, that at the nght,
The heav>n]y veil, that else should nimbly move.
Forgot bis flight, and all inccsis'd widi lov^
With wonder, and ■raisement, did her beaut; prove.
Over her bnng ■ canopy of state.
Not of rich tissue, nor of spangled gold.
But of a substance, though not animate.
Yet of a heav'nly and spiritual mould.
That only eyes of spirits might behold :
Such light aa from main lodu of diamond.
Shooting their sparks at Pb<diua, would rebound:
And little angels, holding hanib, tbnc'd all around.
Seemed those little sp'rits, through nimbles bM,
The stately canopy bore on their wings ;
But them itself, as pendanta did uphold.
Besides the crowns of many ftmoua icings :
Among the rest, there David ever sings ; [lays
And now, with yean grown young, renews his
Unto his golden harp, and ditties plays,
{^aiming aloud in well-tun'd songs hisMakcr'ipiaiae.
Thou aclf-idea of all joys to come.
Whose love is such, would make the rudest speak.
Whose love is such, would make the wisest dumb ;
O when wilt thou thy too long silence break.
And OTCTCome tbe strong (o save the weak '.
GILES FLETCHER.
If tbou no iraaponi hut, thine tjet will wound
Tb' Almightr'B Kir, tlut now Mick on the ground.
As tbough KiniB blened abject there did tbem
impound.
Ah, miwnible object of diignce,
What happiness is in thy auaerj '.
I both must pity, uid envj thy cB*a ;
For she, that ia the glory of the sky.
Leans Heaien blind to fti on tbee ber eye :
Yet her (though Meti7'i lelf eMeenu not imaU)
The world deapia'd, they her Repentance call.
And ibe betsclf despisea, and the wotid, aud alL
Deeply, ata* ! empasaioned ihe stood.
To »e a flaming brand toia'd up fhrni Hell,
Btnl[ag her heart in her own lustful blood.
That oft for torment she would loudly yell,
Now she would sighing dl, and now she fell
Crouching upon the ground, in sackclotb Ifust :
Early and late she pray'd ; and fast she must ;
And all ber hair bung Aill td' ashes, and of Uusc
Of all most hated, yet bated moM of all
Of ber own self she was^ disconsolate
(As though her Sesb did but infuneral
Her buried ghost) the in an haibour lat
Of ibomy briar, weeping her cuned state :
And her before a basty riTer fled,
Wiiich her blind eyes with faithful penance fed,
And all about, the grass with tears hung down bis
head.
Her eyes, though blind abroad, at home kept liM,
Inwards they tum'd, and look'd into her bead.
At which slie often Mafted, at aghast.
To see so fearful spectacles of dread ;
And with one band her breast she martyred.
Wounding ber heart, the same to mortify,
The other a iair damsel held her by :
Which if but once let go, she sunk i
But Faith was quick, and nimble as the HeaT'n,
As if of love and life she all had been :
Aud though of present eight ber sense were reav'n.
Yet she could see the things could not be seen.
Beyond the stare, a* nothing were between.
She fii'd ber sight, disdaining things below :
Into Ibe sea she could a mountain throw, [flow.
And make the Stm to Mand, and waien backwards
Such when as Mercy her beheld from high,
In a dark Tallcy, drown'd with her own tears.
One of ber Graces she sent hastily.
Smiling Eyrenc, that a garland wears
Of guilded olJTe on her fairer hairs,
Tu crown the Gunting soul's true sacrifice ;
Whom when as sad Itepentanca coming spim.
The holy desperado wip'd ber swollen eyea.
But Mercy felt a kind remorse (u run
Through her soft veins, and ther^ore hying fast
To give an end to nilence, thus begun :
" Aye honour'd father, if no joy tbou hast
But to reward desert, revrard U last
The devil's voice, spoke with a serpent's tongue.
Fit to hiss out the words so deadly stung.
And let him die, death's bitter charms so sweetly
" He was tbe &ll>er of that bapdtm tiaaiMi.
That, lo serve other gods, forgot their own.
They would have other gods, nifaer than nosH^
A beastly serpent, or a senseless stone ;
Aud these, as Justice hate*, to I deplosv.
But the up.plougbed heart, all rat and loe^
Though wounded hj itaelf, 1 gladly would reitoic.
" Hewasbutdust; why fear'dhenotto&ll?
And being fairn, how can be hope Co live ?
Cannot the band destroy bim, that made all ?
Should man deprave, and should not God depimf
Was it not all the world's deceiving spirit
(That, bladdcr'd up with pride of bis own nviii.
Fell in hit rise) that him of Heav'n did distobciil?
" He was but dust : bow could hestandbeAnhni!
And bdng fatl'n, why should he fear to die?
Canml the hand that made him first reatore faitn ?
Depnv'd of sin, sliould he deprived lie
Of grace ? can he not find infirmity.
That gave him strength ? unwmthy tbe fmakii^
He is, who ever weighs, irithout mistaluog.
Or maker of the man, oi manner of hit making.
" Who shall thy temple incense any miwe;
Or to thy alur crown the sacrifice ;
Or strew with idle flow'n tbe hallowM floor?
Or what should prayer deck with herbs, and sjdc^
Her vials, breathing orisons of price ?
If all must pay that which all cannot pay,
O first begin with me, and Mercy slay, [Mray.
And thy thiice honour'd Son, that now beneath dodi
" But if or he, or I may live, and up ink.
And Heav'n can joy to see a sinner weep j
Oh ! let not Justice' iron sceptre bmk
A heart already brt^e, that low doth cnep,
Andvrith prone humblesB ber feet's dust doth sweep.
Must all go by desert? is nothing free ?
Ah ! if but those that only vrorthy be.
None should thee ever sec, none should tbeae*ersia.
" What bath man done, that man shall luit undo,
Since God to him is grown so near a-kin ?
Did his foe slay bim ? he shall sliy his foe :
Hath be lost all ? be all again shall win ;
Is uu his master? he shall master sin ;
Too hardy soul, vrith sin the field lo try :
Tbe only way to conquer, was to By ; [shall die.
But thus long death hath liv'd, aud now death's sdf
" He is a path, if any be misled ;
He is a rtJie, if any naked be ;
If any chance to hunger, be is bread ;
If any be a bondman, be is free ;
If any be but week, bow strong it he 7
To dead men life be ia, to nek men healib :
To blind men sjgbl, and to tbe needy wealth;
A pleasure without lost, a treasure without staltk
" Who can forget, never to be forgot,
Tbe time, that all tbe world in slumber liea :
When, like the slais, the singing angels tbot
To Earth, and Heav'n awaked all bit ayes.
To see another Sun at midnight rise
On Earth ? was never sight of peril tame :
For Cod before, man like himself did frame.
But Ood himself tt«w like ■mortal roan baeame.
CHRIST'S TRIUMPH ON EARTH.
SIS
" A cbild he wu, ukI had not Icarn'd to speak.
That with hia woid the woi4d befare did rnalce :
His mother's arms him bore, he was so weak.
That with one hand the laulis of Hcbt'ii could shake.
See how small room mf infant Lord doth take,
Wbom all the world n not enough to bold.
Wbo of bis years, or of his age luth told ?
If em nich ^e *o young, neier a cluld so old.
" And yet but newly be was inbnted.
And yet already be was sought to die ;
Xet Karcely bom* already baoished ;
Not able }ret to go, and fare'd to fly :
But scarcely fled away, when by and by.
The tyrant's sword with bloud is all defll'd.
And Racbel, forlierKins with fury wild.
Cries, 'O thou cruel king, and O my sweetest child!'
" Egypt his nuna became, where Nilus spiingi,
Wbo Unigbt, to enterlain tlie rising Sun,
The hasty hanCKt in his bosom brings i
But now tt/r drought tbe fields were all undone.
And now with vatera all is oveiTun .
So fast the Cynlhianmountajiit pour'd their snow.
When once they felt tbe Sun su near them glow,
That Nilui Egypt lost, and to a sea did grow,'
■■ The angels caioll'd loud tbeii song of peace.
The nireed oracles were strucken dumb.
To see thrar Shepherd, the poor shepherde press.
To see their King, the kingly sophiei come.
And them to guide unto his Master's home,
A star comes dancing up the orient.
That Bpriags for joy over the atrawy tent, [sent.
Where gold, to make their prince aero wo, they allpre-
*' Young John, glad child, before he could be bom.
Leapt in the womb, his joy to prophesy :
Old Anna, though with age a1) spent and worn,
Prodain* bar Saviour to poateri^ :
And Simeon &M hi* dyii^ notes dotb ply.
Ob, how the bUned Kml* about hhn tiace!
It I* the flr* of HeaT'n thou doM embrace -.
Bing SimMn, nng, sing Simeon, ung apace."
With that the mighty thunder dropt away
Ftom. God's unirary ann, now milder grown,
And melted into tears ) a* if to pray
For pardon, and for (Hty, it bad known.
That should have been for sacred vengeance thrown :
There too the armies angelic defow'd
■ ITieir former rage, and all to mercy bow'd,
Their broken weapons at her feet they gladly strow'd.
" Bring, bring, ye Graces, all your wlver flaskets,
Fainted with every choicest flow'r that grows.
That r may soon unflow'r your fragrant baskets.
To strow the Gelda with odours when: he goes.
Let whatsoe'er he treads on be a rose."
So down she let her eyriids fall, to shine
Upon the rivers of bright Palestine. [wine.
Whose woods drop honey, and her rivers skip with
CHRIST'S TEIUMPH ON EARTH.
ver. 1. Described by his proper attribute, tbe
mercy of God, ver. S. 3. ; whom the creatures
cannot but adore, ver. 4, 5. By his unity with
the Godhead, ver. 6. His props- place, ver. T.
Tbe beauty of bis body, Cant. v. 1 1 . Piai. ilv.
a. Gen. ilii. IS. Cant. v. 10. and I«ai. liii. 3.
ver. B — 13. By preparing himself to the com-
bat with his advenary, that seemed what he
was not, ver. 14, 15. Some devout essence,
ver. 18, 19. (Closely tempting him to despair
of God's providence, and provide for himself;
ver. SO. But was what he sccmeth not, Satan,
and would fain have led him, 1st, To despe-
ration ; charactered by his place, countenance,
apparel, boirible apparitions, Ac. >er. 21—30.
9d, To presumptioa ; charactered by her place,
attendant*, &c. ver. 31—36. ; and by her
temptation, 37. ; to vain glory, ver. 38. ; poeti-
cally denrribed from the place where her court
stood ; a garden, ver. 3(k — 4 9 ; from her court,
and courtiers, ver. SO, ; pleasure in drinking,
ver. jl ; iu luxury, ver. S9. Sd, Avarice, ver.
53 — 55. 3d, Ambitioui honour, ver. S6. :
from her throne, and from her temptation, ver.
97^9. Tbe effect of this victory in Satan,
ver. eO. i tbe 'angela, ver. 61. ; the creatures.
Tnai, all alone, she ^y'd, alas, the while '.
In riiady darkness, a poor desolate,
lliat now had measur'd many a weary mile.
Through a waste desert, whither heav'nty bte,
And his own will, him brought . be praying sat.
And him to prey, as lie to pray began.
The dtiiens of the wild fbrat ru.
And all vrith open throat would swallow whole the
Soon did the lady to her Graces cry.
And on their wings howlf did nimbly strow.
After her coach a thousand Loves did fly.
So down into tbe wilderness they throw :
Where she, and all her train, that with her flow
Thorough the airy wave, vrith sails so gay.
Sinking into bis breast that weary ley.
Made shipwreck of themselves, and vanish'd quil
Seemed that man had them devoured all.
Whom to devour the beasts did make pretence ;
But him their salvage thirst did nought appal.
Though weapons none he bad for his defence :
Wliat arms for innocence, but irmocence?
For when they saw their Lord's bright cogniiani
Shine in his bee, soon did they dindvance.
And some onto bim kneel, and some about h
Down fell the lordly lion's angry mood.
And he himself fell down in congies low;
Bidding him welcome to his wasteful wood.
Sometime he kist the graes where he did go.
Sometime he kist the graes where he did go.
And, as to wash his feet he well did know.
With fawning tongue he lickt away the dust,
And every one would nearest to hiin thrust,
t hit fonner lust.
And every one, with
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GILES FLETCHEK.
UnniindAil of hiiiu«lf> tO mind bu Lord,
The lamb Mood guing by the tygs-'a side, ,
Ai thna^li between ibsm the; 'bad mule seeord,
And on the lion's back the goat did ride.
Forgetful of the roughness of the hide.
If he ilood Btill, their tjet upon him iMiiuid,
Ifwalkt, they all in order od him wailed.
And vheo he ilept, the; m his watch tbenuelvei
conceited.
Wonder dalh call me up to we : O no,
J cannot see, and therefore sink in wonder.
The man that shine* as bright as God. not ao,
Fur God he in himself, that clou lie) under
That man, so close, that no lime can diB.iuadeT
That band ; jeC not so close, but from him brak
Such iwams. a* mortal ej«* an all loo weak
Such sight to aee, oi it, if tbejr should ko, to spaak.
Upon ■ grassy hillock he waa laid,
Witb wood; primnHH befieckled ;
Over his bead the wanton shadows played
Of a wild oliie, that ber boughs so ipitad,
A* with her lesvea she s«eni'd to ciown bis head.
And her green anna t' embrace the Prince of Peace :
The sun so near, needs must the winter ceaae,
The Sua so near, anotbti spring seem'd to incraaae.
HU hair waa black, and in small curls did twine.
As though it were the shsdow of some light.
And undemealb his face, as day, did shine ;
But sore the day shined not half M bright.
Nor the Sun's shadow mode so dark a night.
Under his loiely locks her head to shroud.
Did make Huioility hcnelf grow proud : [crowd.
Hither, to light their lamps, did all the Graces
One of ten thousand soule I am, and moto,
That of hia eyei, and their sweet wonnda, complain i
Sweet are the wounds of Lore, never so sore.
Ah, might he often slay me so again !
He nerer ]ija, that thus is oarer ilain.
What boou it watch ? Thoae eyes, for all my art.
Mine own eyes looking on, have atoie my heart i
In tbem leve benda his bow, and dips Ms burning
dart.
Ai when the Sun, caught in an adverse cloud,
Fliea cross the world, and there anew begets
The iratry picture of bis beauty proud,
Throws all abroad his sparkeling ipangleU,
And the whole world in dire amaiement sets,
To see two days abraad at once, and all
Doubt whether now he rise, or now will fall :
So flmn'dtbe godly flesh, proud of his beav'nlytbralL
His cheeks, as uwwy apple* sopt in wine,
H^ their red roaea quenched with litiea while.
And like to garden atrawberries did shine,
Washl in a bowl of milk, or roae-bud* bright,
Unbocoming thor breast* against the light, [made
Hoe lore-sick souls did eat, there drank, and
Sweet smelling posiea, that could never fade.
But worldly eyea him thought more like some living
For laugfater never look'd upon his brow,
Though in his (ace all smiling joys djd bide :
No silken bannen did about him flow,
Fools made their feUcni enugns of their pride :
He was best doth'd when naked was bis side.
A Lamb ha wM, and woollea fleece be bor^
Wove with one thread, his feet low sandala woe ;
But bared were hi* legs, ao went the time* of yinc
As two while marble pillars that upliold
Cod's holy place where he in gloiy act^
And rise with goodly grace and courage bold.
To bear his temple on their ample Jeta,
Vein-d every where with aiuie rivulets,
Whom all the people, on lome holy mom.
With boughs and flowry garlands to adorn :
Of such, though &rer ^, tins temple waa u|iliuiBik
Twice bad Diana bent her golden bow.
And sbot from Ileav'n her silier shafts, to rouse
The sluggish salvages, that den below.
And all the day In lazy corert drouse.
Since bim the silent wihienic** did booae :
Tbe Ueav'n his roof, and arbour baibour wa^
Tbe ground hi* bed, and his mcust fullow pmm :
But fhiit there none did grow, nor river* nooe did
At length an aged sir* far off he aaw
Come slowly footing, every at^ be guest
One of his feet he from the grave did draw.
Three legs he had, the wooden was dw beat.
And all the way be went, ha ever bleat
With benedieilieB, and piayen store.
And all his bead with enow of»ge w
And no
Snce to his beads he bad himself belakeo^
Where all bis former sins be might awaken.
Aod them might wash away with dropping briw^
And alms, and fiats, and church's ducipliae;
And dead, might red hi* bones undo- the holy
But when he nearer cune, he lowted low
With prone ob^isancB, and with curtaey kind.
That at his feet his bead he aeeni'd to throw -.
What needs him now another aaint to find 7
Affeciions are the sails, and faith tbe wind.
That to this Saint a thousand soul* convey
Each hour ; O happy pilgrim*, thitbo- *tny !
What caren they for beasts, or (br the wCniy way?
Soon the old palmer his devotions sung,
Like pleasing anthems modelled in time ;
For well that aged sire could tip his tongue
With golden foil of eloquence, aod lime.
And lick bis rugged speech with phrasei {irnne.
" Ay me," quoth he, " bow many yean have
Since these old eyes the Sun t^ Hcav-n have sa !
Certes the Son of Heav'n they Dow behold, I ween.
■■ Ah ! mote my humble cell so blesaed be
A* Heav'n to wdcome in his lowly roof.
And be tlte temple for thy deity i
Lo, bow my cottage wordiips thee aloof^
That under ground bath hid his head, in proitf
It dotb adore tbee witb the deling low.
Here honey, milk, and cbesnuts, wild do gmr.
The boughs a bed of leave* upon thee ahnll beau*.
CHRIST'S TRIUMPH ON EARTH.
" But oh I " he aaii, md tharairith (igh'd full doep,
" The Hea»'ns aiaa'. too enrioui ve grown,
BecmuBe our Geldi tliy preunce from Ibem keep ;
For stones do grow where com was Utelf sown :"
( So stooping down, he gather'd up a stone)
>' But tbouwithcorncaa'atmakc this stonetoeer.
What needen we the angrf Heav'os to fear ?
I>et them eavj lu still, so we enjoy thee here."
tbaa on the; wandred ; but these holy weeds
A monstrous serpeiil, and no maa, did cover.
So under greenest herbs the adder feeds ;
And round about that stinking corps did horer
The dismal prince of gioomy night, and orer
His eTer-damned head the shiidows err'd
Of thousand peccant ghosts, unseen, unheard.
And all the tyrant fears, and all tlie tyrant feai'd.
He was the son of blacltest Acheron,
Where many froien souls do chatt'ring lie.
And rurd the burning waves of Phlegethon,
Where many more in flaming sulphur fry.
At once compelled to tite, and forc'd to die,
Where nothing can be heard for the loud cry
Of " Oh ! " and "Ah ! " and " Out, alas ! that I
Or once again might live, or once at length might
die!"
Era loDg they came near to a baleful bower.
Much like the mouth of that infernal cave,
That gaping stood all comers to devour,
Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave.
That itjil for carrion carcases doth crave.
The ground no herbs, but venomous, did bear.
Nor ragged trees did leave ; but every where
I>ead bonea and skulU were cait, and bodiea hanged
Upon the roof the bird of sorrow sat,
Elonging joyful day with her sad note.
And through the shady air the fluttering hat
Did wave her leatbet sails, and blitidly float.
While with her wings the fanl screech owl smote
111' unblessed house : there on a craggy stone
Celeno bimg, and made his direfbl moan.
And all about the murdered ghosts did shriek and
groan.
Such was the light in which Despaii
But be himself with night for darkness strove.
His black uncombed locks dishevell'd fell
About his face ; through which, as brands of Hell,
Sunk in his skull, bis stating eyes did glow,
'niatmade him dadly look, dinr glimpse did show
Uke cockatrice's eyes, that sparks of poison throw.
His dothea were ragged clouts, with thorns pinn'd
And as he musing lay, to stony Inglit [fwt)
A thousand wild chimeras would bim cast :
As wben a fearful dream in midst of night,
Skips to the brain, and phanaies to the idght
Some winged fury, straight the hasty foo^
Eager to 6y, cannot pluck up hia root ;
The voice dies in the tongue, and mouth gapes
vrithoutboot.
Now be would dream that be from Heaven fell.
And then would snatch the air, aftaid to lUl ;
And now he thought he sinking was to Hell,
And Ilien would grasp the earth, and now his stall
Him seeined Hell, atid then be out would craul :
And ever, ■■ be crept, would squint aade,
Lest him, perhaps, some fury had espied.
And Chen, alas '. he sJiould in chains for eve
bide.
Therefore be soMy shrunk, and stole away.
He ever durst to draw liis breath for fear.
Till to the door he came, and tlicre be lay
Panting for breath, u tliough lie dying were ;
And sUll he thought be fult their ci-apies tear
Him by the heels back to bis ugly den :
Out fain he would have leapt abroad, but (hen
The Heav'n, as Hell, he ftar'd, tliat punish guilty
Within the gloomy hole of this pale wiglit
The serpent woo'd hira with his charms to inn,
There he might bait the day, and rest the night :
But under that same bait a fearful grin
Was ready to entangle him in sin.
But he upon ambrosia daily fed.
That grew in £den, thus he answered ;
So both away were caught, and to the temple fled.
Well knew our Saviour this the serpent wns.
And the old serpent knew our Savioiur well ;
Never did any thu in falsehood pass.
Never did any him in truth eTull':
With him we fly (o Heav'n, tram Heav'n we fell
With him : but now they both together met
Upon tlie sacred pinnacles, that threat.
With tbcJT airing lops, Astriea's starry seat.
Here did Presumption her pavilion spread
Over the temple, the bright stars among,
(Ah, that her foot should trample on tlie head
Ofthat most reverend plucel) and a lewd throng ^
Of wanton boys sung her a pleasant song
Of love, long life, of mercy, and of grace,
And every one her dearly did embrace.
And she herself eoanwui'd was of her own bee.
A painted fiue, belied with vemwyl store,
. Which light Euelpis every day did trim.
That in one band a gilded anclKiT wor^
Not fixed on the rock, but on the brim
Of the wide air, she let it loosely svriml
Her other hand a sprinkle carrieB,
And ever when her lady wavered,
Court holy-water all upon her s| ' "
Poor fool ! she thoiigbt herself in wondrous price
With God, as if in Paradise she were :
But, were she not in a fool's paradise.
She might have sfen more reason to despair :
But bim she, like some ghastly fiend, did fear.
And therefore as that wretch hew'd out bis cell
Under the bowels, in the heart of Hell ;
So she above the Moon, amid the stua, would
dwell.
Her tent with sunny clouds was del'd aloft.
And ao exceeding ^ne with a blae light.
That Heav'n itself to her it seemed oft,
Heav'n without clouds to her deluded sight;
But clouds withouten Heav'n it waa aright :
And as her house was built, so did her brain
Build CBstles in the ur, with idle p*in.
But heart she never had in all her body vain. '
816
GILES FLETCHER.
Like n ■ ship, la which no balance liei,
Without ■ JHlot on the aleeping wbts,
Fairlj along with irind aod water flies,
And painted masts with silken sail* etnbrttres.
That Neptune's self the bragging reasel sares,
To laugh ■ while at her so pnnid array ;
Her waving Btreamera loosely she leu play,
Aitd flagging cohniTs ihine as briglit aa smiling day :
But all BO BOOD as HesT'a his brows doth bend.
She veils her bannen, and pulls in ber beams,
Tbie empty bark the raging biJIom send
Up ta t^' Olympic waves, sod Argua sarins
Again to ride upon our lower streams :
Bight so Presumption did herself behare.
Tooied about with ever; slonny wave, [brave.
And in white lawn she went, most like an angel
Gently our Saviour she be^n to Bhtire,
Wtwtber he were the Son of God, or no ;
For any other she disdained to wife ;
And if he were, she bid him fearleu throw
Himself to ground ; and therewithal did show
A flight of little angels, that did wait
Upon their glittering wings, to Utch him stiaiefat ;
And lunged on tbeii backs to feel his glorioui
weight.
But when she saw her speech prevailed nought.
Herself Ehe tunibled headlong to the floori
But him the angels on tbelr feathers caught.
And to an airy mountain nimbly bote.
Whose snowy Bhoulders, like some chalky shore.
Restless Olympus seem'd to rest upon
With all his swimming globes : so both are gone,
Hie Dragon with the l^mb. Ah, unmeet paragon !
All suddent]' the bill his snow deroura,
In lieu whereof a goodly garden grew,
As if the snow had melted into flow'n,
Which their sweet breath in subtle vapours threw :
ThM oU about perfumed spirits flew.
For whatsoever might aggrate the sense.
In all the world, or please the appetence,
Hera it was poured out bi lavish ^uence.
Not lovely Ida might with tlu's compare,
Tliough many streams his banks besilvcred.
Though Xaiithus with his golden sands he bare :
Nor Hybla, though his thyme depastured.
As ^t again with honey blussoined :
No Rhodope, no Tempe's flow'ry plain :
Adonis' garden was to this but Tain,
Hough Flato on hii beds a flood of praise did rain.
For in all these some one thing most did grow.
But in this one grew all things else beside ;
For sweet Variety herself did throw
To every bonk, here all the ground she dide
In lily white, there pinks eblaied white,
And damask all the earth ; and here she shed
Blue violets, and there came roaes red i
And every sight the yielding sense » captive led.
The garden like a lady iiur was cut.
Hat lay aa if she tlumber'd in delight.
And to the open skies her eyes did shuti
The aiure Belds of Heav'n were 'sembled right
In a large round, set with tbe flow'n of light i
Hie flow'rs-de-luce, and the round sparks at dew.
That hung upon their anire leaves, did show
Like twinkling stars, that sparkle in tbe mscng
blue.
Upon a hilly bank her head she cast.
On which the bower o! Voin-dclight was built.
Wliite and red roeei for her face vrere pUc%
And for her tresses marigolds wen spilt :
Hem broadly she displayed, like flaming gjltr
Till in the ocean the glad day were drown'd:
Then up again her yellow locks she wound.
And with green fillets in their pretty cauls then
What should T here depaint her lily hand.
Her vdns of violets, her emune breast.
Which then in orient colouim living stand :
Or how her gown with silken leaves is drest.
Or bow her watchman, aim'd with boughy om,
A w^l of prim hid in his bushea bears.
Shaking at ever; wind their Icavy spears.
While she supinely tlecpB ne to be waked few* ?
Over tbe hedge depends the graping elm.
Whose greener Iwad, empurpuled in wine.
Seemed to wonder at his bloody helm.
And half suspect the bunches of tbe vine.
Lest they, perhaps, his wit should undermiD^
For well be knew such fhjit be never bore :
But her weak arms embraced him tbe more.
And her vrith ruby grapes laugh'd at her pamnciuT.
Under the shadow of these drunken elms
A fountain nne, where Pangloretta usei
(When ber some Bood of fancy overwbelma.
And one of all her favourites she chooses)
To bathe herself, whom slw in lust abusa.
And from his wanton body sucks his sool.
Which, divwn'd in pleasure in that shallow bowl.
And Bwimming in delight, doth amorousl; mil.
He font of nlver waa, and so his showers
In silver fell, only the gilded bowls
(Like to a furnace, that tbe min'ial poim)
Seem'd to have mol't it in thor shining bolea :
And on the water, like to burning co^
On liquid silver leaves of roses Uj:
But when Panglor; bete did list to plaj.
Rose-water then it ran, and milk it rain'd, the; say.
The roof thick clouds did paint, from whid tbee
Hree gaping mennaids with their evrers did Ind,
Whose breasts let fall the streams, with sleepy Boat,
To lions' mouths, from whence it leapt with ipiid.
And in tbe rosy laver seem'd to bleed,
The naked boys unlo the water's bll.
Heir stony nightingales had taught to call.
When Zephyr breath'd into their irat't; inlciail.
And all about, embayed in aofi sleep,
A herd of charmed beasts a-ground were qiread.
Which tbe fair witch in golden chaina did ke*t^
And them in willing bondage fettered ;
Once men they liv'd, but now the men ware dead.
And tum'd to beasia, so &bled Homer old.
That Circe with her potion, cbarm'd in gold^
Us'd manly souls in beastly bodies to inuDovld.
CHRISrS TRIUMPH ON EARTH.
Tbrougb llui falu £dei>, to hia leouo'i bow'r,
fWhom UiotiBuiii louls devoutly idolizej
Our fir>t destroyer led our S»Tiour ;
There in the lower room, in iiolemii wise.
They danc'd a round, and poui'd their ««crifico
To plump LyBus, and among the rest.
The jolly priest, in ivy garlands drest,
Cbanted wild orgials, in honour of the feaaL
Others within their aiixiurs swilling sat,
( For all the room about waa atiMjuied)
With laughing Bacchus, that was grown so fal.
That stand he could Rot, but was carried,
And every ereniog freshly watered.
To quench his fieiy cheeks, and all about [out
Small cocks broke through the wall, and sallied
Flaggons of wine, to set on fire that spuing rout
This their inhumed souls esteem'd their wealths.
To crown the bDunng can from day to night.
And sick to drink themselves with drinking healths,
Some vomiting, ail drunken with delist.
Heuw to a loft, carv'd all in ivory white,
Tbey came, where whiter ladies naked went.
Melted in pleflsure and soft languishment,
And sunk in beds of nwea, amonnu glances sent.
Fly, fly, thou holy Child, that wanton room.
And thou, my chaster Muse, those harlots shun.
And with him to a higher M017 come,
Where mounts of gold and floods of silver run,
The while the owners, with their wealth undone,
Starve in their elore, and in thdr plenty pine.
Tumbling themselves upon their heapfl of mine,
Glutting their &miih'd s
1 the deceitful
Ah ! who was he such precioui berils found ?
How strongly Nature did her treaaures hide,
And lluew upon Ihem mountains of thick ground.
To dark their ory lustre ! but quaint Pride
Hath taught her soob to wound their mother's side,
And gage the depth, to search for flaring shells,
In whose bright bosom apum/ Bacchus swells.
That ndtber Hoavcn nor Earth henceforth in safety
dwells.
O sacred hunger of the greedy eye,
Whose need hath end, but no end cavetise.
Empty in fulness, rich in poverty,
llat having all things, nothing can aufllce.
How thou befancivst the men moat wise ■
The poor man would Lw rich, the rich nuin j;reat,
The great man king, the king in God's own scat
Epthron'd, with mortal arm daris flames, and thun-
His court with elilterant pcail was alt inwall'd,
lairs of sUte,
• splendour, were inalall'd
A hundred kings, whole temples were impaird
' In golden diadems, set here and there
With diamonds, and gemmed every where.
And of tbdr golden vir^es none disceptred were-
High over all, Panglary's blazing throne,
In her bright turret, all of crystal wrought.
Like Phcebua' lamp, in midst of Heaven, thone :
Whose stony top, with pride infernal fmughl,
8elC«rching columns to uphold were taught :
In which her image still reflected waa
By the smooth cr^tal, that, most tike her glus.
In beau^ and in frailty did all otheii pass.
A silver wand the sorceress did sway,
And, for a crown of gold, her hair she wore;
Only a garland of rose-buds did play
About her locks, and in her hand she bOTe
A hollow globe of glass, that long before
She full of emptiness had bladder^
And all the vrorld therein depictured :
Whose colours, like the rainbow, ever vanished.
Such watery orbicles young boyi do blow
Out from ttieir.Boapy shells, and much admire
The swimming world, which tenderly they row
With easy breath till JI be waved higher:
But if they chance hut roughly ooce aspire,
The painted bubble instantly doth fall.
Here when she came, she 'gan for mudc call.
And sung this wooing song, to welcome him withal 1
" Love is the blossom where there blows
Every thing that lives or growa :
Love doth make the Heav'ns to move,
And the Sun doth bum in love :
Love the strong and weak doth yoke,
And makea the ivy climb the oak ;
Under whose shadows lions wild,
Soften'd by love, grow tame and mild :
Love no med'dne can ^pease.
He bums the flsbes in the seas ;
Not aU the skill his wounds can stench.
Not all the sea his fire can quendi :
Love did make the bloody spear
Once ■ leavy coat to wear.
White in his leaves there ahrouded lay
Sweet birds, for love, that sing and play 1
And of all love's joyful flame,
I the bud and blossom am.
Only bend thy knee to me.
Thy wooing shall thy winning be.
" See, scf the flowers that below,
Now as tttsh ai morning blow,
A nd of all, the virgin rose.
That as bright Aurora shows ;
How they all unleaved die.
Losing their virginity ;
But now bom, and now they fade.
Every thing dolli pass sway,
There is danger in delay ;
Come, come, gather then die rose.
Gather it, or it you lose.
All the sand of Tagus' slioie
Into my bosom casta his ore :
Ail the valleys' swimming com
To my house is yearly .home ;
Every grape of every vine
Is gladly bruis'd to make me wine {
While ten thousand kings, as proud,
To carry up my train liave bow'd.
And a world of ladies send ma
In my chambers to altcnil me.
All the stars in Heav'ii thai shine.
And ten thousand more, ai« mine ■
Only bend thy Incc to me.
Thy wooing shall thy wihnJAg be."
818
GILES FLETCHER.
Thus lougbt the dire encbantms ift his mind
Her giiild\il bait to hare embosomed :
But he her chsnns dispersed tato wind.
And her ofiDaolence admonished,
And atl her optic glasses shattered.
So with her sire to Hell she took her flight,
(The starting air flew from the damned ^ghtl
Where deeply both oggriei'd, plunged tfaemselies in
But to their Lord, now musiag in his thought,
A heavenly viJIey of light angels flew.
And rram his Father him a banquet brought.
Through the fine element ; for well the; knew.
After his Lenten fiut, he hungry grew :
ABd aa he fed, the holy quires combine
To dng a hymn of the cdestial Trine ;
All thought to pass, and eftch was past all thought
"Diat hesv'nly Tcjee I tnore delight to hew.
Than gentle airs to breathe, or swelling wmTea
Against the sounding rocks thdr bosonu tesr,
Or whistling reeds, that rutty Jordan lares.
And with their lerdure his white head eiiib™»««
To chide the winds, or hiving bee^ tlwt fly
The birds' sweet notes, to sonnet out their joys,
AttempeHd to the lays angelical ;
And to the birds the winds attune their noise ;
And to the winds the waters hoarsely call.
And echo back again rcToiced all ;
That the whole valley rung with victory.
But now our Lord to rest doth homewards fly :
See how the night comes stealing from the moun-
CHRISTS TRIUMPH OVER DEATH.
Christ's triumph orer death on the cross, expressed,
Iflt, In general by his joy to undergo it ; singing
heTore be went to the garden, ver. 1 , 3, 3. Mat.
26. 30. ; by his grief in the undergoing it, ver.
4 — 6. i by the ob«cure Abies of the Gentiles typ-
ing it, ver. T, 8. i by the cause of it in him, his
love, ver. 9. ; by Iba eflect it should have In us,
TCT. ) 0 — IS.; by the instrument, the cursed
ttee,Ter.I3. Sd, Eipressed in particular j 1st,
by his fore-pasaion in the garden, ver. 14 — 25. ;
by his passion icself, amplified, Ist, From the ge-
neral causes, ver. S6, ST. ; parts, and effects of
it, ver. 98, 89. Sid, From the particular causes,
vo-. 90, Si. i parts, and effects of it in Heavei
Ter. 33 — 96.; in the heavenly spirits, ver. 37.
in the creatures subcelestial, ver. S8. ; in tt
wicked Jews, ver. 39. ; in Judas, ver. 40 — 51.
(p the blessed sdots, Joseph, he. ver. 5S— 67.
So down the silver streams of Eridan,
On either nde banlct with a lily wall.
Whiter than both, Hdes tite triumphant swan.
And sings his dirge, and prophecies his fall.
Diving into his wnt'ry funeral !
But Eridan to Cedron must submit
_^ His flowery shore ; nor can he envy it,
■vben Apollo sings, his swans do nlent siL
And yet how can I hear thee singing go,
When men, incens'd with hate, thy death fbnact?
Or else, why do I hear thee sighing so,
When thou, inflam'd with love, their life doat get !
That love and hate, and sighs and songs mnaitJ ■
But thus, and only thus, thy love did crave.
To send thee singing for us to thy grave.
While we sought thee to kill, and thou songfai^M
us to save.
I I remember Christ our burden bean,
I Jook for glory, but find misery ;
I look for joy, but find a sea of tears ;
I look that we should live, and find him die;
' look Ibr angels' songs, and hear htm cry :
Thus what I look, I cannot find so well ;
Or ntlier, what I find I cannot tdl, [amfi.
These banks so narrow are, those streams so bigUj
Christ suffim, end in tUs his tean b^in,
iuSers for us, and our joy springs in tlua ;
Suffen to death, here is tus maobood sc«n ;
Suffers to rise, and here his Godhead is :
or mao, that could not by himself have vise.
Out of the grave doth 1^ the Godhead rise.
And God, that could not die, in manbood di(^
That we in both mi^t live by that sweet sacrifice
Go, giddy brains, whose wjta are tbou^ so fnah.
Pluck all the floWn that Nature forth dotii dirvw;
tick them on the cheeks of wanton Besh :
Poor idol (forc'd at once to fall and grow)
Of Aiding roses, and of melting snow t
Your songs exceed your matter, this of mine^
The matter which it sings shall make divine;
As stars dull puddles gild, in which tbor bBauties
Who doth not see drown'd in Deuealioo's ooitie
(When eauth his men, and sea had lost his abore)
Old Noah ? and in Nisus' lark the ftme
Of Samson yet alive ? and long before
In Phaethon's, mine own iUl I deplete;
But he that conquer'd Hell, to fetc^ agvn
His virgin widow, by a serpent slain.
Another Orpheus was then dreaming poets ftign.
That taught the stones to melt for paSBOn,
And dormant sea, to hear him, silent lie;
And at his voice, the wat'ry nation
To flock, as if they deem'd it che^ to
With their own deaths his sa ~ '
The while the waves stood still to bor'his so^
And steady shore wav'd with the reeling thimg
Of thirsty souls, that hung upon bis fluait taKigus.
What better friendship, than to cover shame ?
What greater love, than for a friend to die 7
this is better to asaetf die blame,
And this is greater for an enemy ;
" ' more than this, to die not suddmly.
CHRIST'S TRIUMPH OVER DEATH.
819
But ilovlj, and with tonuenti to be ilain :
O depth iritbout a diptb, fkr bnler wen thwi uy'al
And jet the San is humbled for the bIbtb,
And ^et the tlavt is proud before the Son :
Yet the Creator for his creature g«ve
Himself, and ;ret the creature haites to run
Prom his Creator, and self-^good doth shim :
And yet the JIVince, and God himseif dotfa C17
To man, his tiaitaur, ponlon not to fly ;
Yet ouui his God, and traitour doth hia PriDcede^.
"Who is it sees not that he nothing is,
Bot he that nothing sees? nhat weaker breait.
Since Adam's armour fail'd, dares warrant his?
That made by God of all hia creatures best.
Straight made himself Che wont of all the reM.
" If any strength we haTe, it is to ill.
But all tbe good is God's, both pow'r and will;"
Tbe dead man cannot rise, though be himself nay
kill.
But let the thorny school tbese punctnali
Of wilU, aJI good, or bad, or neuter din ;
Sudi joy ire gained by our parenlals.
That gm>d, or bad, whether I cannot Villi,
To eaU it a mishap, or bappy misa.
That feU from Eden, and to Hear'n did rise :
Albe tbe mitred card'nal more did price
His part in Paris, than his part in Paradise.
A tree wag flr«t the instrument of strife.
Where Etc to sin her soul did prostitute ;
A tree is now tbe instrument of Ufe,
Though all that trunk, and this fair body suit :
Ah, cursed tree '. and yet O blessed fruit 1
That d»th to him, this life to us doth ^ve :
Strange is the curt, when things past eure rerire.
And tbe Phyddan dies, to make his patient IItb.
Sweet Eden was (he arbour of delight.
Yet in his hooey flow'rs our pcnson blew ;
Sad Gethaemau the bow'r of baleful night.
Where Christ a health o^pcdsou for us drew,
Yet all our hooey in that pobon grew :
So we from sweetest fiov'n could suck our bane,
Aod Christ finm bitter venom could again
Eltiaet life out of death, and pleasure out of pain.
A man was Sm the antbor of our fall,
A man is now the author of our rise 1
A garden was tbe place we perish'd all,
A garden ia tbe place be pays our price :
And the old serpent with a new device.
Hath found a way bimselfe for to b^piile :
So be that all men tangled in his wile,
la oow by one man caught, beguil'd with his own
Yet had he been alone of God fonakoii
Or had his body been embroil'd alone
In fierce assault ; be might, perfasfis, have taken
Some joy in soul, when all joy else was gone,
^ut that with God, and Cod to Ueav'n is flown ;
And Hell ilselfoutfrom her glare doth ris^
Black as the stariess night, and with them flies.
Yet blacker than they both, the son of blasphemies.
As when the planets, with unkind aspect.
Calls fiun h^ caVe tbb meagre pestilence : '
The sacred Tapoar, eager to infect,
Obeys tbe roice of the sad influence.
And Tontits up a thousand noisome sceuls,
'Die well of life, flaming his golden flood
With the sick air, ferers tbe bcriling blood,
And poisons all tbe body with contagious tood.
The bold phyndan, too incaotelous,
By those be cures himself is murdered :
Kindness infects, pity is dangerous.
And the poor inbnt, yet not fully bred.
There where be should be bam lies buried :
So the dark prince, from his infernal cell.
Casts up his grisly torturers of Hell,
And whets them to revenge with this insulting
iqwU.
" See how the world smiles in eternal peace.
While we, the harmless brats, and rusty tfamng
Of night, our snakes in curls do prank and dresi :
Wliy sleep our drowsy scorpions so long ?
Where is our wonted virtue to da wrong?
Are we ourselves 7 or are we graces grown 7
The sons of Hell, or Heav'n ? was never known
Our whips soorer'mon'd, and brands so deadly
ng-^edred, never bop'd-for hour.
When our tormentor shall our tormenta feel!
Arm, arm yourselves, sad direa of my pow'r,
And make our judge fbr pardon to us kneel 1
Slice, lancb, dig, tear him with your wbips of
guile.
Tbe dewy night had with her frosty shade
Inunantled all the world, and the stiff gronnd
Sparkled in ice, only the Lord, that made
All for himself, himself dissolved found.
Sweat without heat, and bled without a wound ;
Of Heav'n, and Earth, and God, and masi (brln^
Thrice b^ging bdp of tboae, whose dm ha bore,
And thrice denied of those, luM to deny bad swore.
Of hasty bi
who thrar own fathers sa
h that a flood of poison, black ss Hell,
Out from fail filthy gorge tlie beast did spu^
That all about his blessed body fell.
And thousand flaming serpents hissing flew
About hia soul, ttoia hellish sulphur threw.
And every one brandish'd his fiery tongue.
And vrorming all about his soul they clung ;
But be tbeii' stings tore out, and to the groi
I have ) seen a rock's hvoic breast,
Against proud Neptune, that bis ruin threats.
When all his waves he hath to bailie prest.
And with a thousand swelling billon-a beats
The atnbbom stone, and foams, and cfaaffk ai
To btmrt him from his root, unmoved stand ;
And more in heaps tbe barking surges band,
Tbe more in pieces beat, fly weeping to the sti — ■
GILES FLETCHER.
So may we (^ a Tent'roui father see.
To please his wMiton «oii, his only joy,
Coast all about, to catch Ihe roring bee.
And stung hiiDMlf, his busy bands employ
To wve the honey for the gamesome boy :
Or from the snake her ranc'rous teeth erne.
Making his child the toothless serpeot chaee.
Or with his little hands her lim'rouB go^e em
Thus Christ IJmself to watch end sorrow gives,
While dew'd in easy deep, dead Peter lies :
Thus man in his own grave securely lives,
While Christ alive, with thousand horrours dies.
Yet more for thrirs, than his own pardon cries ;
No sins he had, yet all our sins he bare,
So much doth God for others' evils care.
And yet so careless men for their own btIIb are.
See drowsy Peter, see where Judas wakes.
Where Judas kisMs faim whom Peter flies :
O kiss more deadly than the sling of snakes!
False love more hurtful than true injuries !
Aye me ! how dearly God his servant buys?
For God his man at his own blood doth hold.
And man his God for thirty-pence had sold.
So tin fbr silver goes, and dungbill-drosi for gold.
Tet was it not enough for Sin to choose
A servant, to betray his Lord to thenk ;
But that a subject must his king accuse.
But that ■ Pagan must his God comlemn.
But that a Father must his Son contemn.
But that the Son must his own death deure,
That prince, and people, servant, and the arc.
Gentile, and Jew, aud he against himself con-
Was this the oil, to make thy saints adore thee.
The frothy spule of the rascal throng?
Are these the virges, that are borne before thee.
Base whips of cw^ and knotted all along?
Is this thy golden sceptre, against wrong,
A reedy cane ? is that tlie crown adorns
Thy shining locks, a crown of spiny thorns?
Are these the angels' hymns, the priests' blasphe-
Who ever saw honour before aihsm'd ;
Afflicted majesty, debased height.
Innocence guilty, honesty defam'd;
Liberty bound, health sick, the Sun in night?
But since such wrong was offer'd unto right.
Our night is day, our sickness health is growi
Our shame is veii'd : this now remains alone
For us, since he was ours, that we be not
i Frail multitnde '. whose' giddy law is list,'
And best applause is windy Oatlaing,
Most like die breath of which it doth conast,
No sooner blown, but as soon vanishing.
As much desir'd, as little profiting.
That makes the men that have it oft as light
As those that give it, which the proud invite.
And fear ; the bad man's friend, the good aiaii^
hypocrite-
It was but now their sounding clamoure sung.
" Blessed is he that comes from the Host High!*
And all the mountains with " Hosannah " rung j
now, " Away with him, away '. " they c»y.
And notldng can be heard but " Crucify ! '
't was but now, the crown itself they save,
knd golden name of king unto him gave;
And now, no king, but only Ciesar, they will havb
u but now they gathered blooming May,
And of hii aims disrob'd the branching tree,
trow vrith bouglis and bloeaoms all thy way ;
And now the branchless trunk a cross for thee.
And May, dismay'd, thy coronet must be :
It was but now they were so kind to throw
Their own beat garments, where thy Teet ibaaU
See where the Author of all life is dying :
O fearful day! he dead, what hope t^ living?
See where the hopes of all our lives are buying .
O cheerful day ! they bought, what fear €ifgriet>
Lo, bow Ins arms are stretcb'd a
thee,
. as they open stand, call to embnkce thee :
Why Bluy'st thou then, roy soul ! O fly, fly, thillia'
'adious head with shameful thorns tbey tear
His lender back with bloody whips they rent.
His side and heart they furrow nilh a spear.
His hands and feet with riving nails they tuit,
nd, OS to disentnu! his soul they meant.
They jolly at Ids grief, and make their game.
His naked body to ejipose to shame.
That all niigbt come to see, and all might see tl
Night was ordained for rest, and not for pain ;
But tbey, to pain their Lord, their rest conten .
Good laws to save, what bad men would have
slain.
And not bad judges, with one breath, by them
The innocent to pardon, and condemn :
Death for revenge of murderers, not decay
Of guiltless blo^ but now all headlong sway
" ■ nurderer to save, man's Saviour to slay.
Whereat the Heav'n put out his guilty eye
That durst behold so execrable sight,
bled all in black the shady sky,
le pale stan, struck with unwonted fH^t.
Quenched their everlasting lamps in night ;
And at his birth, as all the stars Heav'n bad
Were not enow, but a new star was made ;
8a now, both new, and old, and ail-away did bde.
The mazed angels shook Ibetr fiery wings.
Ready to lighten vengeance from God's thnne;
One down his eyes upon the DMnhood flings.
Another gazes on the Oodhoid, none
But surely thought hia wits were not his owib
Some flew to look if it were very he ;
But when God's aim tuiarmed they did se^
Albe they saw it was, they vow'd it could not he.
CHRISra TRIUMPH OVER DEATH.
'nts'tadded ur hung >11 in cheerless black,
ThiDUgh which Iha gentla windi soft dgfaing flev,
And Jordui into m^ huge kiitow bnke,
(As if bis hoi; stream no measure knew)
That all bis ubitow banks he oTeithrcw ;
.The trembling earth with hoirour jnl; shook.
And stubborn stones such grief unused to brook,
Did bunt, and gluati awaking from their graves 'gui
ITie wise philodopher cried, all agbut,
" The Cod of nature surel; languished ) "
The sad Centurion cried out as fail,
" The Son of Cod, the Son of God was dead ; "
The headlong Jew bung down bis pendve head.
And homewards far^d ; and erer, as he went.
He smote his breast, half desperately bent (
The Teiy woods and beaats did seem his death la-
Tbv grareleas traitour round about did look,
(He look'd not long, the devil quickly met faim)
To find a halter, wliicb he found, and took,
Only a gibbet now he needs must get him ;
So on a witber'd tree be fairiy set him ;
And help'd him fit the tope, and in bis thought
A thousand Airies. with thar whips, be brought ;
So there he stands, ready to Hell to make Us vault.
For him a waking bloodhound, yelling loud.
That in his bosom long had sleeping laid,
A^ guilty conscience, barking afler ijiood,
Porsued eagerly, nay, nerer stay'd.
Till (be betrayer's self il had betray'd.
Oft chang'd he place, in hope away to wind ;
But change of place could never change hia
Himself he flies to lose, and follows for to find.
Then is but two ways for this soul to have,
Wlwn patting from the body, forth it purges;
To flte to Heav'n, or fall into the grave.
Where whips of scorpions, with the stinging
Feedoi
urges.
in the howling gbosta, and fiery surges
ui orimstone roll about the cave of night.
Where flames do bum, and yet no spark of light.
And Bre both fries, and fVeues the blispheming
■pright.
There lies (be captive soul, aje-sighing sore,
Reck'ning a thousand years since her flnt bands ;
Yet slays not there, but adds a thousand more,
And at another thousand never stands.
But tells to [hem the stars, and heaps the sands :
And now the stars are told, and sands arc run,
And all those thousand thousand myriads done.
And yet but now, ^aa ! but now all is begun.
With that a flaming brand a fury calcb'il.
And shook, and toss'd it round in his wild thought:
So from his heart all joy, all comfort snatch>d,
Wi^ every star of hope ; and as he souglit
(With present fear, and future grief distraught)
To fly from his own heart, and ud implure
Of him, the more he gives, that hath the more,
Whose sturebouie is the Ibav'ns, too little for his
■■ SUy wretch on Earth," cried Satan, " restUaa
Know'st thou not justice lives in Heav'n? -or can
The worst of creatures live among the best ;
Among the blessed angels cursed man ?
Will Judas now become a Christian ? [mind ?
Whither will hope's long wings transport thy
Or canst thou not thyself a sinner Rnd?
Or cruel to thyself, wouldst Ifaou have mercy
He lent thee wealth, to feed thy avarice ;
He call'd thee friend ; what^ that thou shouldst
betray him 7
He kisB'd thee, though he knew his life the price j
He wash'd thy feet ; should'st thou hia sacriRce?
He gave thee bread, and wine, his body, blood,
And at thy heart to enter in he stood ;
But then I Bnler'd in, and all my snaky brood."
As when wild Fentheus, grown mad with fear.
Whole troops of hellish hags about him spies.
Two bloody suns stalking tbe dusky sphere,
And twofold 'Iliebes runs rolling in his eyes :
Or through the scene staring Orestes flies.
With eyes Hung back upon his mother's ghost.
That, with infernal serpents all emboss'd,
And torcbea quench'd in blood, doth her stem sod
Such horrid gorgons, and misformed forms
Of damned fiends, flen' dancing in his heart,
That now, unable to endure Ihdi storms,
" Fly, fly," he cries, " thyself, whate'er thou art,.
Hell, Hell already bums in every part."
So down into his torturers' arms he fell.
That ready stood his funerals to yell.
And in a cloud of night to waft him quick to Hell,
Yet oft he inatcb'd, and started as he hung :
So when the senses half enslumbet'd lie,
Ihe headlong body, ready to he flung
By the delu£ng fancy from some high
And craggy rock, recovers greedily.
And clasps the yielding pillow, half asleep.
And, as IVora Heav'n it tumbled to the Oevp,
Feels a cold sweat through every trembling member
There let him hang embowelled in blood.
Where never any gentle shepherd fred
His blessed flocks, nor ever heaVnly flood
Fall on the cursed ground, nor wholeaome seed,
That may the least delight or pleasure breed :
But nettles, kix, and all tbe weedy nation.
With empty elders grow, sad ugnsxif desolation-
There let the dragon keep his habitance.
And stinking carcnsea be thrown avaunt.
Fauns, sylvans, and deformed satyrs dance.
Wild cats, wolves, toads, and 5Creecb..owls dircly
There ever let some restless spirit haunt.
With hollow sound, and clashing chains to scar
The passenger, and eyes like to the ^tar,
Tlial sparkler in (he crest of angry Mars afar.
3 G 3 .
GILES FLETCHER,
But let tbe blcMcd dews for ever ihow'r
Upon tbM ground, in wboie £ur fields I ipjr
The blooay endgn of our SsTiour,
Strange conquCBt whete the conqneror must die.
And be is slain, that wini the Tictor; i
But be, that liTJn);, had na bouse to owe it,
Non' hod no graTe, but Joseph most beatow it :
O run ye HiaU apace, and with sweet Soweia bi
And ye glad spirits, that now sainted sit
On your celestial thrones. In beauty drest,
lliough I your tears recount, O let it not
With aiter sorrow wound your lender breast.
Or with new grief unquiet your soft rest !
Enough is me your plaints to sound again.
That nerer could eiuiugh myself compuin.
Sing then, O sing aloiul, thou ArimatbeaD twain !
But long be stood, in his fkint arms upholding
The fairest spoil Heav'n erer forfeited.
With such a aleat posuon grief unfolding,
7*hBt, had the sheet but on hiivMu^lf been spread.
He far the corse might hare been buried :
And with him stood the liappy thief that stole
By night his own salvation, and a shoal
Of Maries drowned, round about him, sat in dole.
At length, ^kissing his lips before he spake,
As.ir from thence he felch'd again bis ghost)
To Mary thus with tears hii slletice bnke i
" Ah, woful soul ! what Joy in all our coast.
When him we bold, we have already lost ?
Once didst thou lose thy son, but fouudit again
How flnd'st thy son, but find'st him lost and slain
Ah me [ though he could death, how canst thai
life sustain ?
" Where'er, dear Lord ! thy shadow hoTereth,
Blessing the place, wherein it deigns abide ;
Look how the Earth dark horrour cOTCreth,
Clothing in mournful black her naked ude.
Willing her shadow up to Heai'n to glide.
To see, and if it nicvt thee wand'ring there.
That BO, and if herself must miss thee here.
At least her shadow may her duly to thee bear.
•• See bow the Sun in day-time clouds bis fiice.
is m'ghtly n
t's top, dotb
, sleeping on bright (Eta's top, doth dream
The world a chaos U, no joyful beam
IiO(^ fivm Us starry bower, the Hear'na
" And you, sweet fiow'rs, that in this gtrden grow.
Whose happy states a thousand souls envy.
Did you your own felicities but know.
Yourselves uppluck'd would to bis funeral hie.
You neter could in better season die :
O that I might into your places slide !
"Hie gates of Heav'n stand gaping in his side.
There iii my soul should steal, and all her faults
should hide.
tn-d?
What blast both thus bis Bowen <^bellisbed7
Are these the feet, that on the wat'ry l^td
Of the unfaithful ocean pasMige foand ?
Why go they now so lowly under gronnd,
Wash'd with our worthleaa tears, and tlsr owa
precious wotuid?
" One hem but of the garments that be wore.
Could medicine whole countries of their pun ;
One touch of this pale hand could life restore ;
One word of these cold lips revive the slain :
Well the blind man thy Godhead might m.inirif.,
What though the sullen Pharisees repin'd?
He that should both compare, at length would
The blind man only saw, the teen aU were bHnd.
■■ Why should they think thee worthy to be slain?
Was it because thou gav'st their blind men eyea ?
Or that thou mad'sl ^eir lame to walk again ?
Or for thou heal'dst their sick men's maladies ?
Or mad'st their dumb to speak, and dewl to rise !
O could oil these but any grace have won.
What would they not to save thy life have dooel
The dumb man would have spoke, and lame man
would bare run.
" Let me, O let me near some fountain lie.
That through the rock heaves up his sandy bead ;
Or let me dwell upon some mountain high.
Whose hollow root and baser parti are spread
On deeting waters, in his bowels bred.
That I their streams, and they my tean may feed :
Or clothed in some hermit's ragged weed.
Spend all my days in weeping for this cuiaed deed \
" The lifb, the which I once did love, I lean ;
The love, in which I once did live, I lotbe ;
I hate the light, that did my light bereave ;
But love, and life, I do desjiiscyou both.
O that one grave might both our ashes clothe !
A love, a lift, a light I now obtain,
Able to make my age grow young aig^n,
Able to save the sick, and to revive the olaiii.
" Thus spend we tears that nevi
On him, that sorrow now no Di(
Thus send we sighs; that never can be sent.
To him (hat died to live, and would not be^
To be there where be would ; here bury we
This heav'nly earth ; hoe let it softly sleep.
The faitvtt Shepherd of the foiiest sheep."
So all the body kiss'd, a ' '
So home tlicJr bodies went to seek repose ;
But at the grave they left their souls behind :
O who the force of love celestial knows !
That can the chains of Nature's self unbind.
Seodiog the body borne without die mind.
Ah, blessed Virgin ! what high angel's an
Can ever count thy tears, or sitig thy smart.
When every noil, that pierc'd his hand, did pate
CHHISrS TRIUMPH AFTER DEATH.
So Rulqmd, penft'd m an iqien iprig.
Weeps all tfaa ni^t ber loM virginity.
And Bngi her wd tale to Ibe merry twig,
That dances Ht auch joj&l misery,
Ne ever leti awtct KVt invade ber eje :
But leaninit on a tliam ber dainlj cheat.
For fear scrft sleep should steal into ber breast,
'n Imt Hmg grief not to be eipress'd.
So when the lark (poor bird !) afar espj'lh
Her jet unfbsther'd children (whom to save
She strives in vain) slain by Ifao faUl scythe,
Wbicb fl'om the meadow her green locks doth
■have,
That their warm nest is now become their grave ;
1^ woe^t mother up to Heaven springs,
■ And all sboat ber plalntiTe notes sba flings.
And their untitnely fate moat pitifully lings.
CHHlSrS TRIUMPH AFTER DEATH.
Christ'* triumph after death, IM, |In his rour-
rectlon, maniiested by its effects in the crea-
tures, ver. 1—7.; In himself, ver. 8—13. Sd,
In bis ascension into Heaven, whose joys are
described, ver. 13—16.; [St, By the access of
all good, the blessed society of the saints, angels,
&C. ver. IT — 19. Tbe sweet quiet and peace
enjoyed under Goil, ver. 80. ) shadowed by tlie
peace we enjoy under pur soieiejgn, — ver. SI
36. The beauty of the place, ver. 27. ; the
carity (as the school calls it) of the saints'
bodhs, Ter. S8— ai.; the impletion of the
appetite, ver, 32, 33. ; the joy of tlie senses,
&c. ver. 34. 9d, By the amotion of all evil,
ver. 35, 36. ; by the access of all good again,
ver. 37. ; in the glory of the holy city, ver. 36.;
in tbe beatifical visitation of God, ver. 39.
Bin now the aecond morning from her bow'r
B<^;an to ghster in ber beams, and now
Tbe roses of the day began to flow'r
In Cb' eastern garden ; for Heav'n'g smiling brow
Half insolent for joy begun to show ;
The early Sun came Uvcly dancing out.
And the brag lambs ran wantoning about.
That Heav'n and EUrth might seem in triumph
botb to shout '
TV engladden'd spring, forgetful now to weep.
Began t' emblaion from her leavy bed :
The waking swallow broke her half-year's sleep,
And every busb lay deeply purpured
With violets, the wood's late wintry head
Wide flaming primroses set all on fire.
And his bald trees put on their green attire.
Among whoae infant leaves the joyous birds con-
Aud now the taller sons [whom TiOa wamu)
Of unshorn mountains, blown with easy winds.
Dandled the morning's childhood in their arms.
And, if they chaoc'd to alip the prouder pines,
Tbe under corylets did catch the shines.
To gild their leaves ; saw never happy year
Such joyful triumph and triumphant cheer.
As tbou^ tbe ^ed world mkw crtsued neK.
Say, EarA, why hast thou got thee new attire.
And stick'st thy habit full of daisies red 7
Seems that thou dost to some high thought aipire.
And some new-found-out bridegroom mean'st to-
Tell me, ye trees, so fresh apparelled.
So never IM the sfuterui canker waste you.
So never let the HesVos-witb li^rtning blast you.
Why go you now so trimly drest, or whither haste
Aiuwerme, Jordan, why thy crooked tide
So oftan windeia trma bis nearest way.
As though some other way thy straam would ilid^
And (kin salute the place where something lay ?
Lnd you, sweet birds, that, shaded from the my.
Sit caroling, and piping grief away.
The while the lambs to bear you dance and plavr
Tell m^ sweet birds, what is it you so bin wouM
lnd thou, fair spouse of Earth, that every year
!ett'[<t;stich a numerous issue of thy bride,
How chance thou hotter shin'st, and diaw'tt mwa
thou somewhere some worthy sight bast ■py'd.
That in one place for joy thou canst not hide i
And you, dead swallows, that so lively now
Through tbe fleet air your winged passage row.
How could new life into your froien ashes flow ?
Ye primroses, and purple violeta.
Tell me, why blaae ye from your leavy bed.
And woo men's hands to rent you fVom your sets,
As though you would somewhere he cairied.
With fr»b perfumes, and velvets gamisbed ?
But ah I I need not ask, 'lis iniely so.
You all would to your Saviour's triumphs go :
There would ye all await, and humble homage
Th»« should the Garth henelf with garlandi new
And lovely flow'n embellished adore :
Such roses never in .her garland grew,
huch lilies never hi her breast she wore.
Like beauty never yrt did shine before :
There should the Sun another Sun behold.
From whence hitnself borrows his locks of gold.
That kindle Heav'n and Earth with beauties mani-
fdd.
There might the violet, and primrose sweet,
~ sms of more lively and more lovely grace,
iaing from their beds of incense, meet ;
ere should llie swallow sec new life embrace
Dead ashes, and tbe grave unheal his face.
To let the living from his bowels creep.
Unable longer his own dead to keep :
There Heav'u and earth should«ee their Lo4 awake
trma sleep.
3G 4
GILES FLETCHER.
Tbeir iMtA, before by otben judged u> £e,
Now judge of all himself; before foruken
Of all the world, that from Ms aid did %,
Noir b; the saints into tb«r umies taken ;
Before for on unworthy miui mistaken,
I^ow worthy Eo be God canfesa^d ; before
With blasphemies by all the basest lore,
Now wonhipped by angels, that bim low adore.
V^bow garment waa before iodipt in blood.
But now imbrighteu'd into hcav'niy flame.
The Sun itself outglitters, though he should
Climb to the top of the celestial frame,
And force the Man to hide themselves for sfaame :
Before, that under earth was buried,
But now above the Heav'nB is carried,
And there for eter by tbe angels beried.
So fairest Phosphor, the bright morning star.
But newly waah'd in the green elemeut.
Before the drowsy night is half aware,
Sliootiag bii flaming locks with dew besprent,
Springs lively up into the orient.
And (he bright drove, fleec'd all in gold, he
So long be wandered In our lower sphere,
That Ueav'D began his cloudy stars despise.
Half envious, to »ee on £arth qipear
A greater light than llam'd in hia own ikie* :
At length it buTM for qrice, and out there Siea
A globe of winged angels, swift as thonght.
That on tbeir spotud feathen livdy cau^t
The apaiUii^ euth, and to ttmr aiure fields it
brou^it.
Tbe rest, tbat yet amaied' stood below.
With eyes cast up, a* greedy to be fed.
And hands upheld, thenuelves to ground did
8a when the Trojan boy was ravished,
As through tb' Idalion woods they say he fled,
His aged guardian stood all dismay'd.
Some lest he should have fallen hw k olraid.
And some their hasty vows, and timely prayers
'* Toss up your heads, ya everlasting gates.
And let the Prince of Glory enter in ;
At whoae brave volley of sidereal states,
The Sun to blush, and stars grow psie werv se
When, leaping flrvt from Earth, be did begin
To climb hia angels' wings, then open hang
Your crystal doors ; " so all the chorus sang
Of beav'nly birda, as to the stars tfaey nimbly
sprang.
Hark how the floods clap tbeir applauding hands.
The pleasant valleys singing for delight.
And wanton mountains dance about the lands,
Tbe while the Gelds, struck with the heav'niy light.
Set all their flow'rs a smiling at the sight ;
The trees laugh with their blossoms, mi tbe
sound
Of llic triumiriiant shout of praise, that crown'd
The flaming lamb, breaking through Heav'n hath
_ passage found.
And w
Of olive-leaves tl .
That was before with thorns degloried -.
After them flew the prophets, brightly ttiA'i
In shining lawn, and wimpled manifold.
Striking their ivory barpt, strung all in cords of
gold.
To which the saints victraious carols SDiIg,
Ten thousand saints at once, that with the ■mud
The hollow vaults of Heav'n for triumph mog;
The cherubims their clamours did confound
With all tbe rest, and clapt (heir wings anuDd :
Down from tbeir thrones the dominalioDi flow.
And at his feet their crowns and sceptres dm*.
And all tbe princely souls fell on ihar fkces low.
Nor can the martyrs' wounds tbem stay behind.
But out they nub among tbe heav'niy crowd,
Seeking thrar Heav'n out of their HeaT'n to find.
Sounding th«r silver trumpeta out ao loud.
That the shrill noise broke through the itanry ckwd,
And all the virgin souls in pure array
Came dancing forth and making joyous play ;
So him they led along into the ctnirta of day.
So him they led into tbe courts of day.
Where never war, nor wounds ^de lum mor^
But in that house eternal peace doth play,
Acquieting the souls that new besore
Their way to Heav'n through tbeir own blood did
But now, estranged from all misery.
As far as Heav'n and Elarth discoBted 1i^
Swelter in quiet waves of immortality.
And if great things 1^ smaDet may be gnes^
So, in the midst of Neptune's angry tide.
Our Britain island, like the weedy nest
Of true bslcyon, on tbe waves doth ride.
And Kitlj toiling, scorns tbe water's pride :
While all the rest, drown'd on the continent,
And tost in bloody waves, their wounds lament,
And stand, to see our peace, ai struck with woo-
The ship of France religious waves do toea.
And Greece itself is now grown barbarous ;
Spain's children hardly dare tbe ocean croas.
And Beige's Held lies waste, and ruinous ;
Tbat unto those, the heav'ns are envious.
And unto them, themselves are strangers gnrm.
And unto these the seas are faithless known.
And unto her, aloa ! her own is not ber own.
Here only shut we Janus' iron gates.
And call the welcome Muses to our springs.
And are put jnlgrims from our heav'niy states,
Tbe while the trusty Earth sure plenty brings,
I And ships through Neptune safely qiread thor
i wings.
j Go blessed island, wander where thou pleaaih
Unto thy God, or men, Heav'n, landi^ or seal:
j Thou canst not lose thy way, thy king with all Iialli
CHRISrS TRIUMPH AFTER DEATH.
Bmt prince, ihj nibjects' jo;, hope of tbdr heln,
Pictura of Peace, or breathing image ratber,
Tb* certain argument of all our prajen,
Tbf Harriei, and th; countrj'i lovely fatter.
Let peace in eodleas joys for eTGF batbe her
Within thy lacred hreast, that at my birth
Biought'Bt her with thee from Heay'n, to dwell
OD Earth,
Miking our Eaitfa a Heai'n, and poradiM of mirth.
Let not my lieg* diadaia these humble layi.
As LcX't with soft and supple blandishment.
Or Bpt^en to disparagon hi« praise ;
For though pale Cynthia, near her brother's tent,
SooB disappears in the white firmament,
And gives him back Ibe beams, before were hii ;
Tet when he verge*, or is bardly rig.
She the vive image (^her absent biolber ia.
Not let the Prince of Peace his beadsman blame.
That with the steward dares his Lord compare
And heavenly peace with earthly quiet shame :
So pines to lowly plants compared are.
And lightning Pbcebua to a little star :
And well I wot, my rhyme, albe unsmooth,
Ne says but what it means, ne means but sooth,
Ne barms the good, ne good to harmful peiaon
Gaie but upon the houie where man embow'ra:
With flow'n and rushes paved is his way.
Where all the creatures an his servitoun.
The winds do sweep Iiis chamber* eveiy day.
And clouds do wa^ his nxnns, the d^ng gay.
Starred aloft, the gilded knob* embnve :
If such a bouse God to another gave.
How ibine those glittering courts, he foi himself
will have?
And if a sullen cloud, as sad as nigbt,.
In which the Sun may seem embodied
Sepur'd of all his dro«*, we see so white.
Burning in melted gold his watery head.
Or round with ivory edges silvered j
What lustre super-eicellent will he
Lighten on those that shall his aunshiae see
In that alUglorioua court, in which all glot
be?
If but one sun wilh bis diOusive Sre* [light.
Can paint the Stan, and the whole world with
And joy and life into each heart insiures.
And every saint shidl sfaine in Heav'n, as bright
A* doth the sun in his transcendent might,
(As faith may well believe what truth once
says)
' What shall so many iuni' united rays.
But daiile all the eye*, that now in Heav'n w
Here let my Lord hang up hi* conquering lance.
And bloody armour with late slaughter warm.
And looking down on bis weak militants.
Behold his saints, mid'st of their hot alarm.
Hang all their golden hope* upon his arm.
And in this lower field dispacing iride.
Through windy thoughts, that would their saili
Here may the band, that now in triumph shines.
And that (before Ibey were invested thus)
In earthly bodies carried heav'nly minds,
Pitcht round about in order glorious.
Their sunny tents, and houses luminous.
All their eternal day in songs employing,
Joying tlieir end, without end of their joying.
While their Almighty Prince destruction is de-
stroying.
Full, yet without satiety, of that
Which whets and quiet* greedy appedle,
Where never sun ^d rise, nor ever sat.
But one eternal day, and endless light
Gives time to those, whose time is inHnite,
Speaking with thought, obtaining without fee.
Beholding him, whom rt^er eye could see.
And magnifying him, that caimot greater be.
How can such joy as this want words to speak ?
And yet what words can speak such joy as this ?
Far from the world, that might their quiet break.
Here the glad souls the face of beauty kiss,
Pour'd out in pleasure on their beds of b1i<i*.
And drunk with nectar torrents, ever hold
Tlieir eyes on him, whose graces maoifold
The more they do behold, the more they would
heboid.
Their sight drinks lovely fire* in at their eyes,
llieir brain *weet incense with fine breath accloys.
That on God's swealing altar burning lies ;
Their hungry ears feed on the heav'nly noise,
That angels sing, to tell their untold joys ;
Their understanding naked truth, their wills
The all, and self-sufficient goodness fills,
That nothing here is wanting, but the want of ills.
No sorrow now hangs clouding on their brow.
No bloodless malady empales their face.
No age drop* ou their hain his silver snow.
No nakedoess thdr bodies doth embase.
No poverty themselves and theirs disgrace.
No few of death the joy of life devours,
No unchaste sleep thdr precious time deflowers.
No loss, rio grief, rio change, wait on their winged
The infant wooden bow be came to old.
And old man bow he csme so young again ;
Still resting, though from sleep they still restnio.
Where ^1 are rich, and yet no gold Ibey owe;
And all are kings, and yet no subjects know ;
All full, and yet no lima on food tliey do bestow. .
For thing* that pass are past, and in this field
The indefident spring no winter fean ;
The trees together fruit and blossom yield,
Th' unfsding lily leaves of silver bears.
And crimson rose a scarlet garment wears :
And all of these on the saints' bodies grow.
Not, as tfaey wont, on baser earth below :
Three riven here of milk, and wine, and hoBCJ
About the IkiIj tin itdli a oooa
Of molten chiyitat, like ■ Ma of glwa,
Oa whicli weak atresm a strong fbundatlon itood.
Of living diatnonds the buililing ma.
That all thing! elte, baidea itself, did pan:
Her streets, inatead of stones, the stars did pate,
And little pearls, for dust, it aeepi'd to' hare,
On which soft-itreamiDg numnt^ like pure Hunr,
did ware.
In mid'it of this citf oeleeliBl, '
Where the eternal temple should banc rose,
Light'ned th' idea beatifical :
End, and beginning of each thing that grows.
Whose self no end, nor yet beginning Lnows,
That hath no eyes to see, nor eaia Id hear ;
Vet sees, and hears, and is all ejre, all ear,
That nowhere is contain'd, and yet is every where.
Changer of all thioga, yet immutable ;
Beibre, and after all, the Rnit, and last :
That moving all is yet immoveable ;
Great witliout quantity, in whose forecast
Things past are present, things to come are paaC ;
Smft without malioD, to whose open eye
The hearts of wieked men unbreasted lie ;
At once absent, and present to them, tti, and nigh.
It ia no flaming lustre, made of light;
No Bweet consent ; or well-dm'd harmony ;
Ambrosia, for to feast the appetite i
Or flow'iy odotu, mint with spicery ;
No tott embrace, or pleasure bodily :
And yet it is a kind of inward feast ;
A harmony, that sounds within the breaat ;
An odour, light, embrace in which the soul doth
GILES FLETCHER.
A heav'nty feos
t no hunaer cs
ji consume -
A light unseen
yet shine- in
BvVy place;'
A lound no time can steal ; a
sweet perfume
No winds can
iCBlter ; an ent
That no satiely
can e-er unleo
Ingrac'd into
so high a favc
ur, there
The saints, with their beai,
-peers, whole worlds
And things un.
«A do aee, and thinga unheard do
Ye blessed souls, grown richer by your spoil.
Whose loss, though, greatj is cause of greater gains :
Here may your weary spirits rest from toil.
Spending your endl« evening that remains
Amongst those white Bocks and celestial trains
That feed Qpon their Shepherd's eyea; and
Had I a vMCe of «eel to tune my song j
Were every verse as amootfa as smoothest glass ;
And every member turned to a tongue;
And every tongue were made of sounding brass ;
Yet all that skill, and all this strength, alaa !
Sbcmld it presume t' adorn (were miaadvia'd)
The place, where DsTid hod new aongs devis'd,
A* in his burning throne he sila emparodis'd.
Mort happy piinoa, wbcaa^w iImm *tar» hUtM, "
Tresdiiig our* tioder teet, now majst thou pour
That overflowing skill, wherewith of old
Thou iront'al to smooth rough speech j aow mtj*
thou show'r
Freob streams of praise upon that holy bow'r.
Which well we Hcav'n call, not that it rolls.
Ah, foolish shepherds I who were wont t* esteem
Your God all rough, and shaggy-hair'd to be !
And yet far wiser sliepherds than ye deem.
For who so poor (though who so rich] as he.
When sojourning with u9 in low degree.
He wash'd his flocks in Jordan's spotless tide ;
And that his dear remembrance might atnde.
Did to us come, and with us lived, and for us died.
But now such lively cotout? did embom
His sparkling forehead ; and such sUnii^ raya
Kindled his flaming la<^ that down did stnam
In curls along his neck, whoe sweetly pUjs
(Singing hiawounds of love in sacred laya)
His dearest Spouae, Spouse of tbe ili iiii si Lover,
Knitting a thoiuand knots over and over.
And dying still lOT love, but they her liill rectntr.
Fairest of Fain, that at his eyes doth dress
Her glorious face ; those eyes, fhim whence are shed
Attractions iirfinita; where to express
His love. High God ! all Heav-n as c^itive hadi,
And all the banners of his grace dispreada.
And in those windows doth his anna englaie.
And on those eyes the angels all do gaie.
And from those ^ea the light* of Heav*!! obtain
their blaze.
But let the Kentish lad', that lately taught
His oaten reed the trumpet's nlver totmd.
Young Thyrsilis;andforhis music 1>roiight
The willing spheres from Heav'n, to lead arOuad
Tbe dancing nymphs and swains, that sung, and
Edecta's Hymen with ten thousand flow'rs
Of choicest praise ; and hung her heaT'nly lM>v*n
With saffhio garlands, dreaa'd for nuptial parwnour^
Let his shrill trumpet, with her silver blast
Of fkir Eclecta, and her apousot bed,
Be the sweet pipe, and smooth encomiast .-
But my green Muse, hiding her younger bead
Under old Camus' flaggy banlts, that spread
Their willow locks abroad, and all tlie day
With their own wal'ry shsdowa wanton play.
Darea not those high amours and love-siii WMgs
Impotent words, weak lines, that strive in Tain :
In vain, alas, to tell so heav'niy sight !
To heav'niy sight, as none can greater fbign.
Feign wliat he con, (hat seems of greatest mlghti
Could any yet compsre with Infinite?
Infinite sure those joyaj my words but light;
light is the palace where she dwella O tbeo, boiw
bright I
sulho' sf lh« Put|de la
GEORGE WITHER.
Duo uooT IG7T.
Lo, tbii [s he whoM Infiuit muu begui
To tame the worid before jeam slylEd him man !
Though praise be alight, aod Konu to make bia
Beg bvoun or opinion of the times.
Yet few bjr good men have been more approred,
None ao unseen, so generally toTed.
Tbisi Tenes are enured under a portrait of the
poet, bearing this circumscription: " G. W. An°
^tatiS8U«2l. 1611. I grow and witherboth to-
gether. " This rery rare print has been re-engraTed
for the British Bibliographer, in which work more
formation baa been collected concerning George
Wither and his numerous publications than has any
where else been brought together. The print re-
presents him as a youth not less ambitious in hii
attire than in his poetical aspiratione ; but the course
of his perturbed life, howeier unfaToursble it may
haTe been in some nspects to bis moral and intel-
lectual nature, soon weaned him from Ibe pompa
and Tanities of the world.
George Wither was botn at Bentwortfa, near
Alton, in Hampshire, June 11. 1588. His father,
George Wither, of Bentworth, was the first son by
a second maniage of Wither of Manydowne, al
which seattherepresenlatiTeof the facnily still resides.
His first education be received under John Gresrea
of Colemore, a schoolmaster celebrated in his day.
About 1604, he was sent to Magdalen Coll^
Oxford i but almost as soon as be bad begun to
profit by the studies of the place, some low-minded
advisers persuaded hii fiilher to put him to a
mechanic tiade, because, they pretended, nothing
was to be got by learning. His spirit rose sg
this deaCination ; there appeared some hope th
might moke his way 4t court ; to London, there-
fore, be went, entered himself at Lincoln's Inn, ani'
soon became known as a poet. In 1613, he pub
lished some satirea, entitled " Abuses Stript am
Wbiptj" and though the satire was general (fa
there is not a personal allusion throughout], and the
poenu contain not a libellous line, nor an unseemly
expression, nor an immoral thought, general satire
waa then so little tolerated, that be was conunitted
to the Marshalses for the publication. There be
wrote '■ The Shepbeards Hunting," which i:
moat poetical of bis writings ; and from theni
was released through the interference of the Fri
Elixabetb, soon afterwards (to her misfortune) ii
of Bohemia. From this time be led a most perturbed
and restless life. Notwithstanding the best inl
tions, and the most disinterested conduct, he was
gaidcd ai a troublesome and dangerous pemn
most obstinate and fearless one be certainly waii
Lilbnme himself was not more intrepid or uniract-
able. He was often in prison, and always in
trouble. During the plague of 1627 he remained
-_ 1 — J — ._ objjrre and record its progress, ex-
r to infection, in the confident per-
...»—..» ».... .t was bis appointed duty to be at hia
post, and from thence worn the nation as a bithfut
watchman. At this time be wrote " Britain's Re-
membrancer," the longest and most Taluable of all
his writings ; and as he could not obtain a license
to print it (though the poem is in all moral and poli-
tical points unexceptionable), be printed it with hia
When the civil w
with the purchase-n
the parltunent, and
cause to be in some danger of being hanged when
he waa taken prisoner. The rebellion did cot leave
him ao uncorrupt as it had found him : fbr be waa
justice of peace in quorum under the long parlia-
ment for the three counties of Hampshire, Surrey,
and Eiaei, and was Oliver's migor-general fiv
Surrey ; in which offices, like his fellow-padiols, he
look care to remunerate bimselL Then; exists a
pamphlet of bis, which was presented to Che mem-
bers of the bouse of Emmons at their door, wherein
be calls " for the aequesliiuion of the property of alt
delinquents, towards the raising of supplies for dis*
abling our enemies, and for the ease and encourage-
ment of our Mends," — oursel tea also b^ng mentally
included, and more than tainted at, in this proposal.
Tinder the parliamant be was aomeliBies in difii-
cuttiea and in confinement, Jitlle regarding any laws
but what seemed good in bis own eyes ; and de-
claring that he Was neither for not against the
Presbyterians, Scots, English, king, parliament,
members, or people, more or lesa, than according aa
he in his judgment and conacience thought it might
conduce to the wrong m right way, trom or toward
the truth of God, and the peace of the kjngdmn.
He appears to have been moiv pmaparous and
less of ■ malcontent tmder the protectorate than in
any other part ctf his life : and in a poem whidi he
addressed to Cromwell, there is honest advice
enough to exculpate him from any charge of sduli^
tion. From the imputation of becoming a Cme-
server at lost, he cannot be so fairly cleared ; for in
publication he advised Monck to take upon
selftfa
■ govei
enublic.
congratulated Charles upon hii restoration.
If he hod not dealt in church-Lands, and in delin-
quenta' estates, this readiness to acquiesce in any
revolulioa mi^t justly be ascribed to that desire of
rett whieb tge bring* with It. and to that hopeless-
neu of any other good from any change wfaicb revo-
lutianisli usually learn at last, and which prepares
[HHDt his OKD lenea explain his views : —
My chief well-bdng totally consista
With that wind which blows when and where it lists:
And "twill not mar my prime contantmenl, whether
We shall have parliaments, kings, both, or neither :
W)iether or no the old lords, or the new.
All the secluded members, none or few,
^loll to this parliament admitted be ;
Or to the next, and all men then be free
To choose or to be chose : whether this sect
Or that, the supreme power will beat respect.
So justice henceforth over us may reign.
And truth may her due freedom still ret^n,
I shall be pleued, and my endeavour bend
To suffer what I know not how w mend.
Notwithstanding this acquiescent mood, Wither
cmitinued to write at boldly, and in the same tone
of reprehension, under an aiowed persuasion that he
was appointed to be the national monitor ; and that
though there was in all his works "somewhat BBTour-
ing of a natural spirit," there was also "somewhat
dictated by a better spirit than his own." He
complained loudly of the injustice done him in dis-
possessing him of delinquents' lands, wliicli he bad
purchased to the amount of 300f. a year, and of pre-
lates' lands, iriiich were nearly twiretbat Taint !■
tliese complaints there appears a strong sense if
general right, an application of it to his own ptiA-
culor case, and an apparent foiTjetfulneaa of it wlta
dEliiujuents and prelates were to be benefited bj iL
One of these papers-was voted a libel by the bousr
of commons ; and he was committed fint to Htw-
galp, afterwards to the Tower, where, man tuo, b
continued to write, and to defy the world. This
praise is due to him, that no man eier bsre mar
bravely or more philosophically the zniafbrtUDCS
which he brought upon himself.
It does not appear when he was released ; but in
16S5 he was residing in Ins house in the &Toy,aDd
about I6TT be diedin peace, leaving, of six duliln*,
only one daughter to survive him. The year of tak
marriage is not known ; but the lady whom he
married was Elizabeth Emerson, of South Lambeth,
an accomplished and eicellent person, to whose
worth he bears frequent and affectionate tesli.
Wither's works will never be collected, becaott
they are exceedingly numerous, and contain a very
large proportion of what is comparatively worthless.
But the better porti ore numerous, and well desenc
to be brought together in a much more copiom
selection than has yet been
well at
lit to be found in
THE SHEPHEARDS HUNTING.
THE FIB9T EGLOGUE,
WiLLv Uauei his flocke awhile.
Visits Rogetineiile;
Where though prison'd he doto Glide,
Hee's still free that's free in mindc :
And in trouble no defence
Ii BO finne as innocence.
Willy, thou now full iolly tun'st thy reedes,
M^ng the Nimphs enamor'd on thy straines ;
And whilst thy haraielesse flocke vnscared feeds.
Host thy contentment, of liils, groues, and plaines
Trust me 1 ioy thou and thy Muse so speedes
In such an age, where so much mischief raignes ;
And to my core it some redresse will be,
Fottune hath so much grace to smile on thee.
To smile on me 7 I nere yet knew her smile,
Vnlesse 'twere when she purpoa'd to deceiue me ;
Many a trayne, and many a painted wile
She castes, in hope of rreedome to bercaue roe :
Yet now, because she sees I scome her guile
TolVwneonfooles,shcformy Musedolhleaueme
And here of late her wonted spile dolli lend.
To worke me care, by tVownifig on my fritnd.
Why then I see her copper-coyne'a no Btarliog,
'Twill not be currant still, for all the guilding ;
A knaue, or foole, must euer be her darling.
For they haue mindes to all occasions yeelding :
If we get any thing by all our parling.
It seemes an apple, but it proues a weilding :
But let that passe ; sweet shepheard tiJl me thj
For what beloued friend thy sorrow ia ?
Wrong me not, Roget : do'st thou suffer hcere.
And uk me for what friend it is I grieue?
Can I soppose thy loue to me is deere.
Or this thy ioy for my content bclieue.
When thou think'st thy cares touch not tnee :
Or that I pinne thy lorrowes at my aleeue ?
Roget, my fayth in thee hath hod such trust,
I neuer tbou^t to &nde thee so miust.
Why Willy ? Willy : Prithee do not take mc whr.
Doth it diminish any of thy care,
Tliat I in freedome maken melody.
And think'st I cannot as well somewljat spore
From my delight, to mone thy raiaerie?
Tia time our loucs should these suspects forbeare:
Thou art that friend, which thou Uimaio'd sliuld'it
And not hauc drawn my lone in qucMion so.
n
THE SHEPHEARDS HUNTING.
torpue me, utd lie pardon th; miftak^
Ijtd H> «hsll this thy gentle-anger ceue,
I newer of thy loue will queslion make)
VhiUt that the oumber of our dayea encreue;
;fet to my «eUe 1 much migbt aeeme to take,
nd (omething neere Toto presumtion preaie :
To thinke me worthy loue from such a >piri^
But that I know thy kindneue past my merit.
Bendea ; me thought thou ipak'sC now of a friend,
That aenn'd more grieuoui disconlenta to beare;
Some things I Gnde that doe in shew otfend.
Which to roy palicoce little trouble are,
And they e"™ long I hope will haue an end.
Or though they haue not, much I doe not rare ;
So thii it wai made me that question mouc.
And not auapert of honest Wilhes loue.
Alai ! diou art exiled from tby flocke,
And quite beyond the dewrta here confin'd,
Hast nothing to OMiuerse with but a rocke,
Ot at le«l out-Uwes in their caues halTe pin'd.
And do'it thon at thy owne misfortune mocke.
Making tby selfe to ; to thy aelfe mkiode?
When heretofore we talk't we did embrace :
But now I scarce can come to «ee thy Ihce.
Tet all that, Willy, ii not worth thy torrow.
For I haue miith, here tbou would'st not beleeu^
From deepest cares the hi^Hst ioy«» I borrow :
If ought chance out this day may make roe grietie,
I'U learoe to mend, or scome it by to morrow ;
This banen place yeels somewhat to relieue :
For I haue found sufficient to content me.
And more true bline then ener freedom lent me.
na then growne places of delight 7
True, I did euer set it at a rate,
Too deare fw any mortal's worth to buy ;
Us not our greatcat shepheard'e whole estate,
Shall purchase from me my least libertic :
But I am subiect to the powers of fate,
And to obey Ihem is no shuierie :
They may do much, but when they haue done all,
Onely *ny body they may bring in thralL
And 'tis not that (my Willy} lis my minde.
My mind's more pretious fireedome ! so weigh,
A thousand waycs they may my body bbde,
In thousand thralls, but ne're my minde betray ;
And thence it is that I contentment Gnde,
And beare with patience this my loade away :
I'me still myselfe, and that Ide rather bee.
Then to be lord of all Ibeae downe* in fee.
Tiaaa the
ITieTeryj
AU outward
Audit
Abhorred
Num'n-col
Nobly reaolu'd, and
FortJs the---"- '
I ana i ooe loy hi hear't,
ideofman indeed that's all;
of the prisoner is :
L are able to aflH^it
n, tliat knows his deedes amitae;
pleasures are exiled quite,
ithing [of it selfe) but Ltus :
, loanenesseidarkenesse, sadnesse, paines,
lid, sharpJiunger, scorching thint, &
And Iheae are wnhiDg ?
Onely roy friends restnint is all my paine.
And since I tnieiy finde my conscience free
From that my loaneneae to, 1 reape some gaine.
But grant in this do diaconlentmeBt be.
It doth tby wished libertie nstrainei
And to thy soul* I thinks iber's nothing nearer,
For I could neuer heare thee prixe ou^ dearer.
rOr OH we miUUB Ul man IIIUQCU H4» n «-! ,
There's nought so hard but a braue heart will bear^
And guiltlesae men count great afflictions small ;
Tbey'le looke on death and torment, yet not feart.
Because they know 'tis rising to to f^ :
Tyrants may boast they to much power are born,
Yat he hath more that tyranies can scome.
Wliat «^ Ihou'lt call'), thou may'st, but I am nue,
Many more pine that much less payned are ;
lly look me thinks doth say thy meaning's pur^
And by this past I finde what thou do'st dare!
But I could neuer yet the reason know.
Why thou ait lodged in this house of wo.
Nor 1 by Pan, nor neuer hope to doe.
But thus it pleases some ; and I doe getse
Partly a cause that mooues them thereimto.
Which ndther will auaile me to exprease.
Nor thee to heare, and therefore let it goe ;
We must not say, they doe so that oppresse -.
Tet I shall ne're to sooth them or the times,
Iniuie roy selfe by bearing others crimes.
Then now thou may'st speake freely, iber's Dooe
But be, whom I doe hope thou do'st not doubt.
True ; but if doores and walle* haue gotten eares.
And closet- whisperings may be spread about :
Doe not blame him that in such causes feaiea
What in his passion he may blunder out :
In such a place, and such strict tiroes as these.
Where what we speake is looke as otben pleasa.
But yet to morrow if thou come thia way,
I1e tell thee all my etory to the end :
Tie long, and now I feare thou canst not stay.
Because thy flock must watred be and pend.
And night b^ns lo muffle rp the day,
Which to informc thee how idone I spend,
I'le onely sing a sorrie prisonen lay, [llclded,
1 fram'd this mome, which though it suits not
la such as fits me, and sad thraledome yedda.
Now tbM m; bod; deod-Bliue,
Bemu'd of comrort lies in thnJI,
Doe thou my soul begin to thriue,
And. Tnla honie ttime tbii gall :
So Bbil we both through outwird wo
The my to inwird eomfort know.
For u that foode m; fledi I giue.
Doth kcepe in me this mortall breath :
So wutea on meditatioiu liue.
And afaunne thereby immortall doth :
Then when tbou find
lopprei
Vint Ibinke my soule ; if I h>ue foes
T»kc a pleasure in my care,
And to procure these outward woe»
Haue thus enlrapt me vnaware :
■ Thou should'si by much more tsrefull bee.
Since greater foes lay waite for thee.
Then when mew'd rp in grates of Steele,
Minding those ioyea mine eyes doe misse.
Thou find'st no torment tliou do'at fecle.
So grieuous as priuation i* :
, Moae how the danin'd in flames thM glow,
JSue in the loiae of bliase tbey koow.
Thou teeat them's giuen so great might
To some that are but clay aa I,
Their ^ery anger can affright ;
Which if in any thou eapie
Thus thinke, if mortals finwnes strike tarn,
How dreadful! will God's wrath appeaie !
By my late hopes that now ire croM,
Consider those that firmer bee.
And make the fl^edome I haue lost
A meanes that may rememlier thee :
lUd Christ not thy Redeemer bin.
What horrid thrall thou had'at beene in.
These iron cbainas, the bolt's of Steele,
Which other poore offenders griende.
The wants and cares which they doe feele.
May bring some greater thing to minde :
For by their griefe thou shalt doe well.
To thinke tpon the painea of helL
Or when tlirough mee tbou seest a man
Condemn'd vnto a mortall death.
How sad he lookes, how pate, bow wan,
Drawing with few his panting breath :
TlinEe if in that such griefe thou see,
How aad will, Goe ytt cvned bee I
Againe, when he that fear'd to dye
( Ast hope) doth see his pardon brought,
RcBde but the ioy that's in his eye.
And then conuay it to thy thought :
There thinke betwixt ray heart and thee,
~" "ow sweet wfll, Omt ut hlct»i, htt I
Thusif tbou doe, thougb tinted here,
My bondage 1 shall deeme the leaae,
I neither shall hsue cause to feare.
Nor yet bewaile my sad distiesse :
For whether liue, or pine, or dye.
We shall haue blisse elenully.
Trust roe I see the cage doth some Inrds good.
And if they doe not suffer too much wrong.
Will teach Ihero sweeter descants then the wood :
Beleeue't, I like the subject of thy song ;
It ahewes thou art in no distempred mood ;
But cause to heere the residue I long.
My sheepe to morrow 1 will neeter bring.
And spend the day to hcnre thee talk and aing.
Yet e're we part, Rogel to me areed, [these,
Of wbom thou leamd'st to make such aougs sa
I neuer yet heard any sbepheardi reede
Tune in miihap, a straine that more could pleaae;
Surely thou do'st inuoke at this thy need
Some power, that we neglect in other layea :
For beer's a name, & words, that but few swains
Haue mentioned at their meeting on the pUiocs.
tndeede 'tis true, and they are sore to blame.
They doe so much neglect it in their sooga ;
For, tbence proceedeth such a worthy func^
As is not subiect rata enuies wrongs;
That is tbe most to be respected name
Of our true Pan, whose wonb rits on all tongues:
And the most ancient shepheards vae to prayse
sung on holy-dayei.
Hee that fint taught bis musicke such a tttain^
Was that sweete shephcard, who (vntil a king)
Kept sheepe Tpon the bony milkie plaine.
That is inridit by lordans watering ;
Hee in his troubles eas'd the bodyvs painea.
By measures rais'd Co tbe soules rauiihiug :
And his sweete numbers anely most diuinty
Gaua tbe first being to Ibis song of mine.
; but would now it pleased thee to play :
'tis Ule, thy weather rings his bell,
lines to fold, or homeward driue away.
And yon goes Cnddy, therefore fare thou w<
I'k make bis sheepe for me a little sUy,
And if thou thinke it fit I'le bring him to.
Next morning hither.
Frclbee, WiUy.dao.
sic
THE SHEPHEABDS HUNTING.
THE SECOND EGLOGDE.
Cti>i>t tella bow all the swainn
Pittie Roget OD the pbiim i
Who TcquHted dotb relate
The true cause of hiiertalc;
WUch broke ofT, became twaa k
Thejr begin a Uiree-manB <ong.
Boget, tbj old friend Ctdd; hen, and I,
Are come to vShI thee io Iheae Ihj bonds,
Whil'st bolb our flockes io an inclosure hf
Do picke tbe thin grasse from the fallo*'d landa.
He tells me thy restraint of liberty,
Each one tfannighout the country mderstands :
And there is not ■ gentle.oatur'd Lad,
On all tboe dowoea, but for tby sake is nd.
Not thy acquaintance and thy friends aJone
Pitty (hy close restraint, as fiiends should doe :
But s«ne that baue but aeene thee for thee moane
Tea, many that did neuer see thee to.
Some deeme thee in a fiuilt, and most in noone ;
So diuers wayes doe diuen rumours goe :
And at all meetings where our thepheards bee.
Now the maine uewei that's ellant, is of thee.
Why, Ibis is somewhat yet : had I but kept
Sheepe on tbe mountainei, till the day of dooroe.
My name should in obscuritie haue slept.
In brakes, in briarv shrubbed fune and broonie.
Into the worlds wide care il had not crept.
Nor in so many mens thoughts found a roome :
But what cause of niy sufieringa do they know ?
Good Cuddy, tell me bow doth rumour goe?
Fayth, 'liB raceitaine ; some speake this, some that
-Some dare say nought, yet seeme to tbinke a cauu
And many a one prating he knowea not what.
Comes out with proueibes and old aundent sawes,
As if bee thought thee guiltlesse, and yet not;
Then iotb he speake haJf senleneet, then pawae :
That wbat the moat would say, we may suppose
Bat what la say, the rumour is, none knowes.
Nor eaie I greatly, for it skilla not much
Wbat tbe Tniteady common-people deeaias ;
Hit comcienee doth not alwayea feele least louch
That blameleate in the sight of othen seemes :
My cause is honest, and because 'tis such
J hold it SD, and not for mens esteemes :
If they speake iustly well of mee, I'meglad;
If fUiely eutll, it ne'ere makes nte sad.
I like that minde ; but, Itoget, you are quite
BesiJle the matter that I long to heare :
Rememlwr what you promis'd ycster-night,
Youi'd put V. off with other talke, 1 fcare ;
Thou know^st that honest Cuddies heart's upright.
And none but be, eicept my selfe, is necre :
Come therefore, and betwiit ts two relate.
The true occason of thy present state.
My friends, I will ; you know I am a swajne,
Tiat keepe a poor flocke here vpon this plaine :
Who, though it seemes I could doe nothing lease,
Can make a song, and woe a ihepeardesse ;
And not alone the fayrest where 1 liue
Haue heard me sing, and fauours daign'd to give;
But though I lay't, the noblest Niffiph of ThaBMs
Hath grac'd my verse toto my greater fame.
Yet being young, and not much seeking pnys^
I was not noted out for ibepheards lajes :
Nor feeding flockea, as you know others be :
For the delight that most possessed me
Was bunting foxes, wolues, and beastes of pray ;
That spoile our foulds, and beare our lambs away^
For this, as also tor tbe loue I beare
Vnto my country, 1 lay'd by all care
Of gaine, or of preferment, with desire
Onely to keepe that state I had entire.
And lik a true-growtie hunts-man sought to speed.
My selfe with hounds of rare and choyscat breeds
Whose names and natures ere I further goe,
w you are my friends, I 'le let you know,
Hy first esteemed dogge that 1 did find.
Was by descent of old Acteonskindi
A bradie, which if I do not ayme amisat^
For aU tbe world is iust Uke one of his :
She's narncd Loue^ and scarce yet knowaa ba dutyi
Ho- damme's my ladies pretty beagle Beauty.
I bred her vp my selFe with wondrous cbaige,
Vntill she grew to be exceeding large.
And wait so wanton that I did shhorre it,
t amongst my neighbours for it.
Tbe next is Lust, a hound tbala kept abroad,
oioe acquaintance, but a toad
■ome : tis a curre will range
Eitreamely, and is euer full of mange ;
' ' le it ia infectious, she's not wuni
: among the rest, brt when Ibey hunt.
Hate ia the third, a hound both deqie and loug.
His sire is -true or else supposed wrong.
He'le haue a snap at all that passe him by.
And yet pursues bis game most eagerly.
With, him goes Enuie coupled, a leane curre.
And she'le hold out hunt we ne're so tarre :
8be {Hueth much,: and feedeth little to.
Yet stands aod snarleth at the rest that doe.
Then there's Benenge, a wondrous deepe-mouth'd
So fleet, I'me bine to hunt him with a clog, [dog.
Yet many times he'le much out-strip his twund^
And hunts not closely with tbe other bounds :
He^e'
a lion i
Curst Choller was his damme, and Wrong hia air«i
This Choller is a brache, that's Tet; old.
And spends her mouth too much to haue it bold i
She's rery leaaty, an tnpleailng curt^
That bites the very atones, if they but tturre :
Or when that ought but her displeasure moueit
' Shele bite and map at any one she loues :
eat wn
Bntmj quii^e ictatedftt dog is Idokuif,
The trust of thii breede'i in Ttalie :
The Tlf""- of caine would birdlj fill ■ g1ou%
It wu ■ bdiea littlr dogge, call'd Loue .
The >irc, ■ poor deformed cum, nun'd Fein ;
As ihagged utd u rough u u a lieare :
And yet ibe whelpe lum'd after neither kind.
For he ii Tery targe, and ne'r^hand blind.
At the Grat sight he hath a pretty cuUer,
But doth not leeme >o. when you view him fuller ;
A Tile suapitious be&at, hii lookes >re bftd.
And I doe feare in time, he will grow mad.
To '■''" I couple Auarice, Mill poore ;
Tet she deuoures aa mudi as twenty more :
A tbouiand hone she !□ her paunch can put.
Yet whine as if she bad on emptie gut :
And bsuing gurg'd what might a land haue found,
Sbe'le cHUh for more, and hide it in the ground.
Ambition is a hound ta greedy full ;
But hee for all the daintiest bit* do^ cull :
Hec (conu to licke *p crums beneotli the table,
He'le fetcfa't from boards and sbelues, if he be able :
Nay, be can climbe if need be ; and for that.
With him I hunt the martitte and the cat :
Aid yet soinetiraei in mounting bel *o quiekc,
He fetches Mies, are like to breake his necke.
Feare it wel-mouth'd, but subiect to distrust ;
A (tianger cannot make him take a crust :
A little thing will Boone his courage ^uaile.
And 'twiit his leggea he euer elapi Ini (aile ;
Wilb him Despaire now often coupled goes,
Wtndi by his roring mouth each bunta^nan koowa.
None bath a better minde vnto the game.
But he giues ofi*, and alwsyea leemeth lame.
My bloud-bound Cnielly, as iwift as wind,
Hunts to the death, and neuer comes bdlinde ;
Who but she's strapt, and musled to wilhall.
Would eate her feUowea, and the pray and all ;
And yet she cares not much for any fiwd,
Vnlesae it be the purest haimnlewe blood.
All these are kept abroad al charge of menny.
They doe not cost me in a yeare a penny.
But there's two couple of a midling siie,
"ITkat seldome passe the sight of my own eye*.
Hope, on who«! bead I'ue led my Ufe to pawne ;
Compassion, that on euery one will fawne.
This would when 'twas ■ welpe with rabeta play
Or lambes, and let them goe vnhurt away :
Nay, now she is of grouth, sbe'le now and tfaen
Thet^
Can m
e agree, I
' ne're bide fttrre a sunder.
loy's euer wanton, and no order knowea :
Sbe'le run at larkes, or stand and barke at erowea.
Sorrow goes by her, and ne're moues his eye ;
Yet both doe serue to helpe make Tp the cry.
Then comes behinde all these to beare the base.
Two couple more of a far larger race, [good
Such wide-mouth'd trollops, that 'twould do you
To heare their loud loud ectxies teare the wood.
There's Vanitr, who, by her gaudy hide,
May fcr away'from all the rest be spide, [there ;
Though huge, yet quick, for she's now here, now
May, looke about you, and she's euery wbcte ;
Yet euer with the rest, and still in chase.
■ High! so, Inconslande fills euery place ;
And yet so strange a fickle netur'd hound,
Jdoke for her, and she's no where to be found.
.WTedcnesBe is no faire dogge vnto the eye,
she hath her proper gualilie :
But tbeic'i Presunqitioii, when be beat latli got.
He drownes the thunder, and the canom-shol -.
And when at start, bee his full roaring makes.
The Earth doth tremble, and the Hancn riiakM,
T^wse were my dogges,. ten couple Lust in all.
Whom by the name of Satyre* I doe call :
Mad cura they be, aod 1 can Dc're come mgh tbein.
Bat I'me in dai^er to be bitten by tbsiL
Much paines I tuoke, and spent days not a few.
To nuke them keepe togenther, and bunt tme :
Which yet I do suppose bad neuer bin.
But that I had a scourge to keepe them in.
Now when that I tlua kennell Gret bad got.
Out of my own demeanca 1 hunted not,
Soue on these downes, or among yonder rockes.
After those beasts that qioyl'd our parish BoAa i
Nor during that time, was I euer wont.
With all my kennell, in one day to hunt :
Nor bad done yet, but that this other yeCTc,
Some beasts of pray, thai haunt the desaita beere.
Did not alone for many nights togeatba-
Deuoure, sometime a lamb, Hrnietime a wi«ther.
And ao ditquiet many a poore man's heard.
But that of loosing all, they were afesrd :
Yea, I among the rest did fare as bad.
Or rather worse, for the best ' ewes I bad
(Whose breed should be my means of lifre and gainr)
Were in one euening by these monsten slaine:
Which mischiefe 1 resolued to repay.
Or else grow desp'rate, and hunt all away;
For in a fury (such as you shall see
Hunts-men in missing of their sport will bee)
1 Tow'd a monster should not lurke about.
Id all this piouince, but I'de fiude him out.
And tbere-vpon, without respect or care.
How lame, how full, or how infit they wet«.
In hast nikennell'd all my roaring crew.
Who were as, mad as if my minde tbey knew.
And e're tbey trail'd a flight-shot, the fiene eon
Had rous'd a hart, and throi^tb btake* and finm
Folluw'd at gaie so close, that Loue and Fear*
Got in togeather, so hod surely there
Quite ouerthrowne him, but thai Hope thrust in
'Twiitboth, and sau'd the pinching of his akin.
Whereby he scap'I, till coulsng ouerthwait,
Despoire came iu, and grip't him to the hart :
I hallowed in the resdue to the tall.
And for an entrance, there I fleshi tfaem all :
Which hauing done, I dip'd my slafie in blood.
And onward Ted my thunder to the wood ;
Where what they did, I'le tell you out anon.
My keeper calles me, and I must be gon.
Goe if you plcaae a while, attend your flocks
And when the Sunne is ouer yonder rocks.
Come to this caue againe, where I will be.
If that my guardian so much fauour me.
Yet if you please, let vs three sing a stiatne.
Before you tume your sheepe into the plaine.
Then Will, begin, and wele the reM aupply.
THE SHEPHEARDS HUNTING.
No, II* mike this narraw seapt.
Sines raj- fate dotti ki importune
Meanei vnto a wider hope-
Not for both jmiT flocko, I twtmrt,
And the gain* tfaar jeM jaa yetnij.
Would 1 lo much witKig m; dore.
Yet to am, nor to ilu* place,
Would lihe now be long ■ straoBcr ;
Slie would hold it in no dugraee,
ir ihe fear'd not more nj danger)
Wbne I am to ahew ber fkca.
Wiih mee tboi mthiu bar
And that with will ne'rc n
If Toiu- wiihea mi^t pn
Be thy prospect ber Tajre bee.
For each looke a lii»e bequeathing.
And appoiat thj at\h the place.
Nay praj, hold there, for I ihould ■eantl; then ;
CcRna meete jdu beere thii aftemoooe agen :
But fare you well, unce wiahea bane no power,
l>et Ti depart, and keepe tbe pbjnted hoiue.
THE THIRD EOLOGUE.
RoorT let witb his three friends,
Heere hii hunting >torj enda ;
Kind Aleiii with mui^ ruth,
Wajlei the banith'd ibepbeanh youth :
More then mir promtie ii, we ^ji aflbrd.
We come our aeluea, and bring another to :
Alexia wbotn thou know'at well ii do foe.
Who louea thee much ; and I doe know that be
Would tune a heater at thy hunting bee.
Alexia jDu are welcome, for f ou know
You cannot be but welcome where I am.
You euer were a friend of mine in ibow :
And I baue found jou are indeed the aam^
Vpon aij Arat restraint you hither came.
And proffered me more lokeni of your loue.
Then it were St m; inud dcHita iliould pioue.
Tit still your ne to vnderpriae joui merits
Be not ao coy to take my proffered loue ;
Twill nether mbesceme your wiwth nor ipijll.
To o&er curt'ue doth thy (Kend behoue :
And which are >o, tliii ii a place to pitiue.
Then once agiine I lay, if cause there be,
Fint miike a tryall, if thou please, of me.
Iltaukea good Alexia ; sit downe bj me heere,
I bane a taake, tbete bhepbcands know, to doc ;
A tale already told tM* niome well neere.
With which I very ftyne would forward go.
And am as willing thou sbouldst beaie it lo :
But tbou camt net
Till I haoe also tol
Rc^et It shall not need, for I presum'd,
Totir loues to each wci-e finne, and was to bold,
That 90 much on my selfe I baue asaum'd.
To make him know what is already told :
If I haue done amisse, then you may scolde.
Bui in Diy telling I preuised this,
He knowes not wiiose, nor to what end it is;
Well now he may, for heere my tale goes on.
My eager dogges and 1 to wood are gon.
Where beating through the couerts, euery bound
A seuernll gaoie bad in a moment found :
I rated them but they pursu'd their pray.
And aa it M\ (by hapi tooke all one way.
Then I benn wi|h quicker speed to follow.
And teai'dtliem on with a more chesrefol hsUow,
That soone we passed msny weary miles.
Tracing the subtile game through all these wiles.
These doubl'd, they redoubled on the scent.
Still keeping in full chase where ere they went :
All
83* WIT
Vp hib, down elWes, through bogs, anil tyati plaioes,
StTetching (bdr musickt! to the highest stialiia.
That when some thicket hid them from mine fje.
My care was niuish'd with their melody.
Nor crost we onel; ditches, hedges, Airrowea,
But hamlets, titbinga, pariabea, and borrowea :
Tfaey followed where so eu'r the game did goe,
Tbrough kitchin, parler, hall, and chamber too.
And aa they pass'd the ctty and the court.
My prince look'd out, and daign'd to lew my iport
Which then (although I lufler for it now)
(If Borne lay true) hee liking did allow;
And so much (had I had but wit to stay)
I might my aelfe (perhaps) haue heard him lay.
But I that time, as much aa any daring,
More for my pleasure then my safetie caring ;
Seeing fresh game from euery loope-hole rise,
Crossing by thousands Mill before their eyes.
After I rush'd, and following close my hound*.
Some beasts I found lye dead, some ful of wounds
Among the willows, scarce with strength to mone.
One I found here, another there, whom Loue
Had grip'd to death : and in the selfe-same etate
Lay one deuour'd by Enuy, one by Hate,
Lust had bit some, but I soone past betide them,
Their festrM wounds so stunck, none could abide
ChoIIer hurt diuers, but Renenge kilde more
Peare frighted all behind him and before !
Despaire droue on a huge and mightie beape.
Forcing some downe from rocks and hits Co leap :
Some into water, some into the fire.
Soon themselues be made them wreake his ire :
But I remember as I paau'd that way.
Where tbe great king and prince of shephcardy lay.
About the wals were hid some once more known,
'lliot my fell ciure Ambition had othrown.
Many I beard pursu'd by Pitty cry.
And oR I saw my bloud-hound Crudtie,
Eating ber passage euen to the hatt.
Whither once gotten, shee is loath to part.
All pti'd it well, and made so loudc a plea,
T'wBs beard through Britan, and beyond the eea ;
Somerated them, some itorm'd, some likt tbe game,
Some thought me worthy praise, some worthy blame.
But I not fearing th' one, misteeming t'other.
Both, in sbril hallows and loud yeminga smoother ;
Yea, the sb^ng mettled and my long-breathed crew.
Seeing tbe game increasing in their view.
Grew tbe more frolicke, and the courts length
Gaue better breath, and added to their strength ;
Which loue perceiuing, for laue heard their cryes
Rumbling amongst the spbeares concauitiea;
He mark'd their courM and courages encrease.
Saying, I'werc pItty such a chase should cease ;
Andtberewilh sworelheirmouthsshouldneuer waM
But hunt as long's mortalitie did last
Soone did they feele the power of his great gift,
And I began to finde their pace more swift ;
I fbllow'd, and I rated but in vaine,
Striu'd to o'ntake, or take ttwm vp agalne ;
They neuer (tay'd since, neither nights or dayes.
But too and fro stilt runue a thousand waycs :
Yea often to this place where now I lye.
They'll wheel about to checre me with their cry ;
And one day in good time will Tengeance take
On some oAnders, for tbetr masters sake :
Par know, my friends, my Freedome in this sort
_ For tbem 1 losi^, and making my selfe sport.
Why Roget, was there any banoe in this?
No, Willy, and I hope yet none there is.
How comes this then ?
Note, and lie tell thee bow.
Tbou know'st that Trueth and InnocKide now.
If plac'd with Meanesse, iu4^ more despigbt
Then Villainiea, accompan'ed with might :
But thus it fell, white thu my bound puT«i'd
Their noysome pray, and euoy field lay atrvw'd
"''' monsters, hurt and alainmong'sl many a beast,
: Tiler, and more subtile tfaci the rest.
On whom the bitch cal'd Enay, faap't to l^bl :
And as her wont is, did so surely bite.
That though she left behind small outward smarts
The wounds were deepe, and wiankled to Ihor
Then ioyning to (ome Mher that of late, [taaiti^
Were Tery eagerly pursu'd by Hate ;
To fit tbeir purpose hauing taken Icaaure,
Did thus conspire to worke me a ditpleaima.
For imitation fhrre surpassing ^kes.
They layd aside thrar fttte, and woluiah shapes.
And sbrowdcd in'the ikinnes of harmlesae iihi UK
Into by-waies, and open patbet did creeps
Where they (as hardly drawing breath) did ly,
dewing their wounds to euery paser by ;
To make them think that they were sbecp to foil^
And by my dc^ge* in thar lUe huntiug spoyl'd.
Beude some other that enuy'd my game.
As you doe know there's many for their pleasnie
Keepe foica, bearea, and wolues, as some gtat
Tea, many get their lining by tbem to, [treasure :
And so did store of these, I speake of do.
Who seeing that my kennell bad affrighted.
Or hurt tcaee icrmine wherdn th^ deU^ted,
And finding their own pow^ by much to weake
Their malice on my innocence to wreake,
Swolne with the, deepest rancour of despight.
Some of our greatest shqiheards folds by night
They closely entred ; and tbere hauing stain'd
Their bands in villany, of me they pbun'd.
Affirming, without shame or honesty,
I and my dogges had done it purposely ;
Whereat they storm'd and cali'd me to a tryall.
Where innocence preuails not, nor denyall :
But for-that muse heere in this place I ly.
Where none so merry as my dogges and I,
And Roget shall be tbonght on with deli^i^
For this hereafter many a winters nighty
For of this spurt atiotber age will ring :
Yes, nymphes vnbome now of tbe same aha! tii^
When not a beauty on our greenea shall play.
That hath not beard of Roget's hunting day.
THE SHEFHEARDS HUNTING.
It may be so, for if that gentle awainc.
Who wonnea by T»uy, on the westcme plane.
Would make tbe song, such Mfe his terw can ^ue,
Then I doe kaoir my name might euer iiue.
But tell me; *n our plaines and nymjiliei forgot,
And canit tfaou frolicke in ibj trouble be ?
Oh, but thy youth's yet greene, and Jong blood hot,
And libertie mu<t needn bee sweet to thee,
But noir moat sweet wliil'st eueiy bushy vale.
And groue and hill, rings of the nightingale.
Me (hioks when thou i
;tlain
"Which thou wol'sl lead thy shepheardet
Each euening foorth among the leauy spraies,
Tlie thoght of that shold make thy freedom dear ;
For now whil'st euery nymph on holydayea
Sports with lome iolly lad, and maketh cheere.
Thine aighee for thee, and meui'd yp from resort
Will neither play her selfe, nor see their sport.
There's ah^hearda that were many a morning wool
VdIo their boyea to leauc the lender heard,
And beare thee company when thou didst liunt.
Cannot their longa tbou hast so gladly hoard.
Not thy miat pleasure make thee thinkc vpont ;
But seems all Toine, now that was once indcard.
It nnnot be, for I could make relation.
How for lesae csuae lltou hast beene deepe ii
Us true ; my lender heart was euer yet.
Too capable of such conceits as thcK ;
The pasuons of my loue I could encrease
Tboae things which moue not other men a whit,
1 can and doe make vse of, if 1 please :
When I am sad, to sadnesse I apply.
Each bird, and tree, and flower that I paise by.
So when I will be merry, I as well
Something for mirth from euery thing can draw,
From misery, frmn prisons, nay from hell :
And as when to my minde, griefe giuea a flaw.
Best comforts doe but make my woea more fell,
So when I'me bent to mirth, from mischicfes paw
f Unugh ceas'd vpon me) I would something cuJ
That spight of care, should make my loycs mon
fuU.
I feele those wanta Alexis ihou doeat name,
Which Bpight of youth's affections I sustaine ;
Or else for what iat 1 haue gotten fame,
And am more known then many an elder swaine?
If such deaire« I bad not learn'd to tame.
Since many pipe much better on tliis plaine :
But tune your reedcs, and I will in a song
Eipresse my care, and hon I take liiis wrong.
I that ere'sbwhile Iba world*! aweet syre did draw,
(Grac'd by the Jkynat euer mortall saw;)
Now closely pent, with wialli itf rutb-lease atone,
Conaume my dayea and nights, aiid all alone.
When I was wont to aing of abepbeaida louea.
My walkea were fields, and downn, and hilla, and
But now (alas) to atriet is my hard doome, [grouea :
Fields, downes, hils, grouea, and al'a but one pooiv
Each mome ai soone aa day-light did appears, [eare,
With natures muaicke birdea would charms mine
Which now (instead) of their melodious atraines,
Heare railing shackles, gyuea, and buults, and
But though that all the world's delight forsake i
I haue a Muse, and she shall musicke make ni<
Whose ayrie notes in apight of closest cages.
Nor doe I pasae for all this outward ill,
My hearta the same, and vndeiected itill ;
And which is more then some in freedome wtnne,
I haue true rest, and peace, and loy within.
And then my minde that spight of prison'a IVee,
When er'e riie pleases, any where can bee ;
Shee's in an houre in France, Rome, Turky, Spaine,
In Earth, in Hell, tn Hcauen, and'heere againe.
Tet there's an other comfort in my woe.
My cause is spmd, and all the world doth know,
My hull's no more bul speaking truth and reaaon.
Nor debt, nor theft, nor murther, rape, or Ireaaon.
Nor shall my foes witli all Iheir might and power.
Wipe out their shame, nor yet Ihis fame of our :
Whicli whea they Hade, they shall my fate enuy.
Till they gfwr leane, and «ckc, and mad, and dye.
Then though my body here in prison rot.
And my poore Satyr's sccmc ■ while forgot :
Yet when both fame and life haue lell thaw men.
My reiw and I'le reuiue and Iiue agen.
So thus enclos'd, I beare afllictiona load.
But with more true content tlicn some abroad ;
For whilst their thoughts doe feele my scourges s^ng.
In bands lie leape, and dauncc, »nd Inugli, and sing.
Why now 1 see tliou droup'st not with thy care.
Neither eiclsim'at thou on thy hunting day ;
But dost with vnchang'd resolution bcare.
The heauie burthen of eiile away.
All that did tniely know thee, did conceaue.
Thy actions with lliy spirit still agrce'd ;
llieir good conceit thou doest no "hit beresuc.
But shewest timt (liou art slili thy svlfu indeed.
If that thy minde to basenesse nbw descends,
Thou'lt iniure Vertue, and deceaue Ihy friends. .
Ateiii, bee will iniure Vcrtu« much.
But more hit Mcndi, mnd man of mil, himwlft.
If on UuA comnHni Y>*m bb tninde bnt toudi.
It wncke* his ftme vpaa Di^nca ihelle :
Yet Roget, if thou >ttn but OD (be coune,
ThU in thy iust Bduentore ia b^une ;
No thwaitiug tide, nor uiuerse blul >h>ll force
Tbj buk without (he cbuineli bounds to iwrne ;
Thou art the tame thou wot for ought I lee.
When thou didit freely on tlie mounUunea bunt.
In nothing changed yet, «nleue it be
More merrily dispoa'd then thou west wont.
Still keepe tbee thus, so other men iball know,
Vertue cm giue content in midM of woe.
And be thogb migbtiae* with Anwiu doth threkt.
To be yet innocent is to be great.
Tbriue and ferewelL
In this thy trouiile ftorish.
While tboM that wish thee i1, frat, pine, sod pmih.
THE FOURTH EOLOOUH
H. WILLIAM BKOWNE; OF THE tMNEH TEHPLB.
RoOR heeie on Willy calls.
To nog otit his pastonli :
WamnU Fame shall grace his rim<
Bptght of Envy and the time* (
And shewn bow in care he Tseo,
To take comfbrt from his Muses.
Predwe Willy tell me this,
Whit new accident there is.
That thou (once the blythest lad)
Art become to wondrous sad?
And so cartleise of thy quill.
As if thon had'st lost thy akill.
Thou wort wont to channe thy flock^
And among these rudest rockei
Hast so cheer'd me with thy song,
Tlat I hiue forgot my wrong.
Something bath thee surely crost.
That thy old wont thou hast lost ;
Tell me, baue I ought miksaid
Tlut hath made thee ill^paid ;
Hath some cburle done thee a sfught 7
Dost thou misae ■ lambe to night?
Frownes thy faireat ihepheards lane ?
Or bow comes this ill to passe?
Is there any discontent
^ Worse Iben this my banishment?
Why, dotb that so euill scone
That thou nothing worse doeat dcemc?
Sheplieard, there &11 many bee.
That will chang contena with thee,
nraae that (^oose their walkas at will.
On the nlley or the hilL
Or those pleasiues boast of can,
GiDues or fieldes may yeeld to man :
Keuer come to know the rest
Whercwitball thy minde is blest.
Many a one that oft resorts
To make Tp the troope at sports.
And in company some while.
Happens to stiuue footth a smile :
Feelea more waut, more outwatd smart.
And more inward griefb of bait,
llien this place can bring to tbce.
While Ifa; minde remayneth free.
Thou condemD*st my want of mirth.
But what flnd'it thou in tbis earth.
Wherein ou^l may be beleeu'd.
Worth to make me ioy'd, or griened;
And yet feele I (naithelease)
Part of both I must caitfesse,
Sometinie 1 of mirth doe borrow,
Otberwhile as much of sorrow,
But my present state is such,
I'm not ioy'd, nor gijeued much.
Why hath Willi then so long
Thus forborne bis wonted Mmg ?
Wbei«fi>re doth he now let Edl,
His well- tuned pastorall ?
And my cans that muaicke bame.
Which 1 more long after brr^
Then the Ubeitie I want.
That were very much to grant ;
But doth this hold alway, lad.
Those that sing not, must based?
Did'st thou euer that bird heat*
aing well, that dngs all the yeere ?
Tom the lupc dom not play
Till he weares his pipe away ;
There's a time to alacke the string.
And a time to leaue la i
ing.
Yes, but no man now is still.
That can dng, or tune a quill.
Now to rhant it, were but reason.
Song and muncke are in season ;
Now in this sweet iolly tide,
Ii the earth in all her pride.
The faire lady of the May
TVim'd Tp in her best array
Hath inuited all the swaines.
With the lasses of the plainea
To attend rpon ber sport
At the places itf resort
Conidon (with bis bould roul}
Hath already been about
For the elder shepbearda dole, n | (j'
And ictcfa'd in the aumnurfiota^
Whilest the rest baue built a bowov
To defend them fh>m a Bbower,
THE SHEPHEARDS HUNTING.
8a]'d M> clow with bou^ all p«coe,
Tjtan cuuMN pry bitwMBe.
Now IIm Cbr^ wcaehM dtcBDB
And each doth ber tdtt aduHiice
To bt ukco in U> dino :
£iicTj one Aat knowta to Bug,
Fit! lum for bif oraUing;
8d doe tbOK thM hope for nwcdt,
£ithcr b; tbe ppe or r«de :
And Iboiigh I am kept sira;,
1 doc bean ^thii raj day)
J liinwl Roomca dgs wrad,
g"**". to contend,
Wbich B ajmpb tfaat bight Dcuit,
( IjODg 1 nnaga in thU put)
Witb bei- owue (kire huid hKh wimghl
A rare worite (tbe; n; j put (bougbt,
Ai appeaicth bj tbt naoM,
For *b* ciUm tbam wraUha of ftow.
Sb* hath nt in tbor dna place
iMctmiit k vith liubeuer.
plicae ara to ba •bai''d anraog
TbOK that d«e excel! for nng :
Or their panipw can nbcane,
Tben for thoe* among tbe real,
Tbal can pin and pipe the beat,
Tber*'* a kiuing wilb tbe ^^■^"■^— j
A tat weMbtr and a bnibc-
And for tboae that b^Mn &n«
Wr««l^ nuiM, Bod throw the bairc^
Thoc^ appojDied giwrdmia U> ;
Hti
It bMt the Snt can doe
^ U tot bia nward be payd^
mifa a ■h«epc-ba«ke, hire ii»-iayd
With Sne bonc^ rfa Mrange bent,
Tliat men bring fiom out Ibe weM.
For the nrati a Krip of red,
Taaal'd with Bne cdoof'd tbred.
Thac'B pi«pand (br Oar need,
Tlat in rmiring nwte moat tgttdi,
Or tbe canning maaiiuea footed
Cupa «f tuned mple-rootc,
Wbaranpon tba aUlfliU man
Hath ingnw'd the louv ^ Pan;
And tbe laK batb for hi> due,
A ina napUn wnMigbl with btaw,
Tben mj Willy why art thon
Caiclcae of thy merit now?
What doM ben with ■ wigbt
That it liiut fp from delight,
In a aolilfry den,
Aa not lit to liue with men ?
Cue m; Willy mt (bee gcme,.
Leaue me in exile alone.
Hye tbee to that merry throngt
And amue tbeni whb thy wng :.
Tbou an young, yet lucb a lay
N^uer grac'd Uie inonlb of May,
Ai (if they prvuoke tby tkill)
Thou caast lit vnto Ihy quillj
I widi wooda' b«a*d thee nng,
At our lad yana naelHng.
Tliea I wilb the reat waa IVea,
When niknowne I noted tlwe :
And percdu'd the nider iwaioei,
Enuy tby fane tweeter ikninea.
Yea, I Bw the laHE* dii^
Round about tbe* in a ring:
At if each one iraloua went.
Any but bei lelfe ihouM heare.
And I kn»w they yat doe long
For tbe rat'due of thy Mag-.
Haate thee then to ting it AxKtb,
Tdce tbe Iwnefile of woortb.
And deaert arill mdc be^Mtb
Famea fair gaHand for thy Wieatb-.
Hye thee Willy, bye anv
Noogbt aucb ia my ikill 1 wti,
Ab in deed tbou deein'«t it ia.
Bnt what are it be, 1 muit
Be content, and (lull I tniifa
For a «ong I dw not paiae,
Mong'tt aiy ftianda, but what (da^
Should I baue to doe with (bam
That my muicke doa conteBwe ?-
Some thavB are, at well I \n»,
lliat the aaae yat bacur not >
Tet I cannot well aiMW,
They my carrol* diiallow :
Bat Mich malice I baue a^
Hi ai much at if they did.
Some are wortby-wdl etteem'd.
Some witbont worth arc ao deem'd.
Otboi «f ■> ba« a virit.
They haue nor eatacmc. Dormant.
Whafitbewrang?
A ilight oIKnct^ ,
Wbarewithall I can dltpenca;
But hereafter for their take.
To my Klfe I'le muscke make. ,
Ilooeat Bo«et ndvttaod me,
Tboae that loti* me may eummand mt
But Aou knowe'it 1 am but yonng.
And tbe paalrall I sung,
Ii by acme iipfot'd to be, ,
( lly a ttrahN) too high fbr ih^lc
So they kinddy let me gaine,'-'
Xul my labour for my peine.
TnM mc, I doe woniler wby
Tliey should me my owne deny-
Though I'me yong, I worne to Bit
On the wing* of borrowed uriL
I'le make my owne ieathera reare i
Whither others cuinol beue niee.
Tct rU kcepe my skill in store.
Till I'ue scene some winlen more,
1 my selfe doc Tndargoe :
Then some will doe at fourarore.
Cheere Uko (hoactt Willy) tfaeu.
And begin thy Hjn^ ag^nf
Ulen thou art not wise, I trow
Better dull aduise thee Pan,
For thou dost not rightly than
Thats the ready way to hlot
Alt the credit thou hast got.
Rather ir "
Getai
: of timi
And malie tlione that so fond bee,
(Spight of their owne dulneue) ■
lliat the ucred Muses can
Make t, chilli in ycares, a man.
For it is not long agoe.
When that Cuddy, tliou, and I,
Each the others skill to try.
It Dunstanes charmed
(Asi
dl.
ntelt)
Song vpon a sodainc
Sitting by the ctimsaD streame ;
Where, iftbou did^t well or no.
Yet remaine* the soiig to show.
Much eipericMo more I'ue bad
Of Ihy skill (thou h^py lad)
And would make the world to know it ;
But that time will further show it:
Eouy makes their tongues now ninnc
More then doubt of what ii done;
For that needs must be tby owne,
Or to be some others knowne :
But how then wilt suit into
What thou Shalt bereaAer do?
Or I wonder where is hee.
Would with that song part to thee ;
Nay, were there >o nuul a swuDe,
Cuuld such glory sell for guoe ;
Phtebus would not haue combin'd,
Hiat gift with so luae a minde.
Ncuer did the Nine Impart
The sweet secrets of their art
Vnto any tliat did scome,
We ^ould flCe their fauours wome-
Therefore Tnto those that say.
Where they pleax'd to siiw a lay.
They could doo't, and will |iol tbo ;
nU I speske, for this I know ;
None ere drunke the Thespian spring.
And knew how, but he did sing.
For thai once infus'd in man,
Makes him shew't, doe what lie can :
Nay those that doe onely sip
Or but eu^cn their iingeia dip
In that sacred fount (poor etues)
Of that brood will shew themselucs;
Yea, in hope to gel them fame,
They will speake though to thetr shame ;
Let those then at thee repine,
Necils those songs must be thine owne.
And Hint one ilaj will be kuowne.
Fune I would, but I doe feere
When Bgaine my lines Ibey bcare,
If they yeeld they are my rimes.
They will faine some other crimes ;
And 'tis no safe rentring by.
Where we see detraciioa ly.
For doe what I can, I doubt,
Shee will picke some quarrell out;
And I oft bauc heart! defended,
XJttle sayd, and soone amended.
See'st tbou not in deareM dayes.
Oft tliick fi^ges could bmuena rayse ?
And the vapours that doe breath
From the earths groaae wombe beneath,
Seeme they not with their blad
To pollute the sunnes bright b<
And yet Taolih into ayre,
Leauing it (inblemisfat) faire ?
So (my Willy) shall it bee
With detractions breath and the&
It shall neuer rise so hie.
As to staine thy poeaie.
As that sunne doth oft eibala
Vapours fhjm each rotten Tale;
Poesic so sometime drainea,
Groaae conceits from muddy braiiwa ;
Mists of enuie, fogs of spight,
Twikt mens iudgements and her li^t :
But so much her power may doo.
That she can di^solue them too.
If thy lene do brauely tower,
As she makes wing, she gets power :
Yet the higher she doth sore.
Sheets affronted still the more:
Till she to the high'st bath psiat.
Then she restes with Fame at list.
Let nought therefbre thee aflHght,
But make forward in thy flight :
For if I could match tby rime.
To the very starres I'de clime.
There begin againe, and flye,
Till I niach'd letemity.
But (alas) my Muse is alow ;
For thy page she flaggea too low ■.
Yes, the more's her haplene fate.
Her short wings were dipt of iMe.
And poore I, her fortune ruing,
Am my selfe put Tp a muing.
But if I my cage can rid,
lie flye where I neuer did.
And ^ougb fbr her sake I'me croat,
Tlwugb my best hopes I haue lost.
And knew ibe would make my trouble
Ten times more then ten times double :
I would loue and keepe ber to,
Spight of all the world could doe.
THE SHEFHEABDS HUNTING.
Sbe doth for ID7 comfbrt Maj,
And keeps mail)' on* »,itt,y.
Though I miue the fiowfx 6rldt,
With tb«e aweeli the ipHng-tyde Jeelds,
Though I may nut lee tboae grouei.
Where the ifaepbeanU chauDt their loues.
And the laaei man eicell.
Thou the iweet Toyc'd Philomel,
Though of all tlwK plnuures past,
Nothing noiT remainea al last,
But ramembnnce (poor reliefej
Tlwt more makes, Iheo mends mjp griefe :
She's my mind's compuiioa still,
Maugre Enuies euill wilL
(Whence she shotUd be driuen to,
Wer't in moitals power to do.)
She doth teU me when to borrow
Com^nl in the mid'st of sorrow ;
To ber preeence be ■ grace :
And the blackest disconteDta
Id my rormer day** of blisse.
His diuine skill Uught me this,
That from ruery thing I saw,
I could sonic iDuentioD draw :
And raise pleasure to her height.
By the iQuimuiv of a spring.
Or the least boughs rusteling.
By a daxie whow leaue* spred,
Shut when Tytan goes to bed ;
Or a shady bush ur trve,
Sbee could more infuse ID mee.
Then all natures bouities can,
By her helpe I also now.
Make this chuHisfa place allow
Somthinge ibax may sweeten gladncs
In the laj gall of eulnes,
The dtiU loaneneas, the blacke shade,
HiBt thcne hanging nulte baue made
The strange muncke of the waues.
Beating on theM hollow caues.
This blacke den which rocks embosse,
Ouer-growne with eldest moue.
The Tilde portals that giue light,
Hore to terrour then delight.
This my dtamber of neglect,
Wal'd about with disrespect,
From all these, and this dull ayre.
might.
A fit obiect for despairc
Sbee hath taught me by
To draw comfort and delight.
Ilierefore thou best earthly hlisK,
I will cherish thee for this.
Poede, tbou sweetest content
That ero Heau'n to mortals lent :
Though they «s a trifle leaue tliee.
Whose dull (houghia can not coaceiui
Though thou be to them a scortie.
That to nought but earth are borne :
■ Dgerbee,
le with thee.
Ibaugh our wise ones call it madnes,
Let me neuer tasU of sadnes,
If I loue not thy nud'st fits
Aboue all thrar greatest wits.
And though some too teeming holy.
Doe account thy raptures folly :
Thou dosl leach me to contemne
What makes knaues and fooles of thei
Oh high power, that oil doth coixy
Good Roget tany :
I doe feace ibou wilt be goo
Quite aboue my reach anon j
liie kind Bamei of poeue
Haue now home thy thonghta M high
That they (p in beuien bee.
And haue quite forgotten mee.
Call thy eelfa to minde againc^
Are these raptuns fin- a swajne.
That attends on lowly sbeepe.
And with limple beanla diMh keepe I
Thankes my Willy ; I had rimne
Till that time had ladg'd the sunne.
If thou had'it not made me stay ;
But thy pardon heere I pray.
Lou'd Apolo's sacred 6re
Hu rais'd vp my spirits higher
Through the loue of poesy.
Then in deed they ne to flye.
But as I sayd, I say still,
Iflhat Ihad WilFsskill,
Enuie nor Detractions tongue
Should ere make me leaue my song :
But I'de sing it euery day
"nil they pin'd tbemselues away ;
Be thou then aduis'd in this,
Which both iust and fitting is :
Rnish what tbou hast begun.
Or at least still forward ruiuie :
Ilaile and thunder ill hee'l beare
That a blast of winde doth feare :
And if words will thus afiay thee,
Frethte bow will deeds dismay thee ?
Doe not thinke so rathe a song
Can passe through the Tulgar throng.
And escape without a touch.
Or that they can hurt it much :
Frosts we see doe nip that thing
Which is forward's in the spring :
Yet at last for all such lets
Somewhat of the rert it gets :
And I'mc sure that so maist tbou,
Therefore my kinde Willy now ;
Since thy fokling lime drawea on
And 1 see thou must be gon,
"niee I earnestly beseech
To remember this my speech
And some little counsel) take.
For thy poore ftiend Ri^eti nke ;
And I more of this will say.
If Ihou come next holy-d^. ) g 1 1-
3 II 4
WILLIAM BROWNE.
WiLuiM Bsown WM bom U Tnistock of ■ sand
funily, tad from the ichool ia th&t towa wai r-
mond to EiMCT College, Oxford. He mftemrdi
entered stiha InnerTemplv; butdeligbtingmoreiu
poetn and in luch sodel]' u that *ge (»nd thai only )
aff<nileit,Iliuimtliclaw, retamedtoOirord, in mid-
dle life,Mtulortotbe Earl of CaenurToo. After he
had diacharged thia office, the £w] of Pembroke
tookhiminltibiafBniilj; and oothiiig mate it known
of bitiit except that he " got wealth and purcliaaed
anertate," and that (here is muoD to think the latter
part of hii life wai pait at Otteiy St. Maiy'a, in his
Hi* poema wen long ondeacrredlf n^lected,
and had become extremelj rare, when T. Davies, the
bookwller, performed a good lerrice to English
literature in reptinliDg (hoo. For Browne is a poet
wbo produced no alight eilect upon his contem-
poraicK George Wither, iu
has learnt the nuoner of his friend ; aud Bfilliui may
be traced to him. And in our dajs hn peculiarities
hare been caught, aitd hit bcaatict imitated, b; mtn
who will ihemselTei And admirer* and imilalai
He it taid b> bare nodertaken and neailj ohb-
pleted a series of lires of the English poets, b^io-
ning with Joseph of Exeter, and coming down to Ib
own times. The loss of this work it the gjnttn
which oni poetical biography hai suMaiactL 8bdi
of his unprinted poems were in the unliafipj tcL-
leclio.i of Mr. Waiburton the herald, and poanlily
may yet be recovered, as they dis^ipeaird not in
that procnt of lighting the fire which bat nndBcd
that gentleman ai>d his serrant so unfartunatelj iMao-
rious, but in the dispersion of his library after las
BRITANNIA'S PASTOHALS.
Marina's lore, ycleep'd the Cure,
Celatid'i diadaine, aud her despaiie.
Are the fl/st wiogt my Muse puts on
I THAI whileare, neere Tavie'
Uitto my sMly sheepe did ute i
Tsvlc it ■ rifpr, harlni hb hesd In DaTtnwfv, tn Dtrim,
w lew mlln from MirTe-TsTr, uid (kU> laulliwird Inla
jT.cilkdTauiwI .
btcauK lo Uw prlBlHl H
M. I4& 7«B nade, Bt tn _ .-
}nits Tau Burling qiml TaTM«k n
MendlLSeMen.
And plai'd to pleaae myaelfe, on nutii^ ne^
Nor sought for baye, (the leuned ibepbcauda h
But ai a Bwayne unkent fed on the plainea.
And made the Eccho umpire of my BtraiDea:
And diawne bf time laltbo' the weak'st c( moiy}
To sing those layes as yet unmng of any.
What neede I tune the swainea of Tbeandy?
Or, bootelesse, adde to them of Arcadie 7
No : faire Aicadia cannot be complealo'.
My prsy« may lesson, but not m^e tbea greatn.
My Muse for lof^y pitches sliall not rome.
But homely pipen of her native home ;
And lo the swaynes, lore rural minatralaie.
Thus, dcare Bntannia, will J ting of tbcc
High on the plaiaes of that lemwned lie.
Which all men Beautie't Garden-plot ens^l^
A shcpheard dwelt, whom fortune had made ridi
With all the giRa that usely men bewitch.
Neere him a nhephcardme, for beautie't state
UnpGnillerd of any age before.
Within ihote bmta her face a flame did move.
Which nCTDi knew before what'twaa to lore,
Daieling each abepheard'a sight that liew'd ber eyei
And, at the Persisiu, did idolalrite
Unto the Sui
Might well b , ,
And at when many to the goale doe nmne.
The priie it given never but lo one :
So firtt, and onely Celandine was led.
Of dettinivi and llearen much litvouivc^
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841
To gaiiw this bonitie, which I bore do ofier
To memorie : hi! payoes (who would not praff^
Vfoet forinch plenum?) wen dM great dot mudi,
But tint hit labour'i raximpeaca w«a luch
Ai couDterrayled all : for (ha whoae painra,
(And paaiion oft ie love) whose incUaaCion
Bent all her coune to hun-wards, let him know
He waa the elme whereby her Tine did gmw :
Yea, told him, when hii tongue began thi« taike,
She knew not to den; when he would aike,
FindiDE liii suite as quickly got as mor'd,
Celaodine, in his thoughts, not well approT'd
What none could disallow, hii love grew fiined.
And what he once aBected, now disdained.
But bire Marina (for so was she call'd)
Having in Celandine her love instalt'd,
AflWted so this raithlene shepheard'i boj.
That she was rapt bejond degree of ja;.
Briefely, she could not live one faoure wiJiaut him,
And thought no jo; like theirs that LvM about him.
This variable sbepbeard for a while
Did Natuie's Jewell, ^ hisaaft, beguile;
And Mill the pmftctcr her love ^d grow.
Hi* did appeare more counterfeit in show.
Whidi she perceiving that his flame did slake.
And lov'd lier onel; for hia tropbie'a sake :
'■ For he that's stuflU with a faithleise tumour,
Lovet onely for his lust and for his humour : "
And that be often, in hit mory fit,
Wouhi say, hii good came, ere he hop'd for it :
His tboughla for otber subject* being prest.
Esteeming that as nought, which be poiaeat :
" For, wbt is gotten but with little peine,
Ai little griefe we take to lose againe:"
Well-minded Marine, grieving, thought it strange.
That heringiatefiill swaine did leeke far cbange.
Still by degrees her cares grew to the full,
Joye* to the wane : heart-rending griefe did pull
Her fnim henelfc, and she abendoa'd all
To cryes end team, fruits of a fumtall :
Running, the mountaiuea, fields, hy wat'ry springs,
filling esch cave with woiTuU ecclioingi (
Making in thousand placet her compkint,
And uttering to the trees what ber tean meant.
" For griefei conceal'd (proceeding from desire)
Consume the more, as doth a close-pent fire."
Whilst that the daye's sole eye doth guide the seas.
In his daye't jouniey to th' Antipixles ;
And sll tile time the jetty chaiiotere
Hurlet her black mantle through our hemisphere,
Under the covert of a sprouding pyne
She sits and grieves for blthlessa Celandine.
Beginning thus : " Alas ! and must it be
That love, which thus imrneatt and trouble me
In settling it, to small advice hath lent
To make me captive, where enfianchisement
Cannot be gotten J Nor where, like a slai^
The office due to faJthAiU pritonera, have?
Oh I cruel Celandine ! why shouldst ttnu hate
Her, who to love tbse was ordain'd by Fate '.
Should I not follow thee, and sacrifice
My wretched life to thy betraying eyes ?
Aye me i of all, my moat unhappy lot.
What othen would, thou mai'sl, and yet wilt not
Have I rejected those that me ador'd.
To he of bim, whom I adore, ahhorr'd 7
And paaa'd by others' teares, to make election
Of one, that should so past hy my auction ?
I have: and see, the besv'oly powers intend
' To punish sinnen in what they oBend ! '
Hay be he takes delighl to see in me
The huming rage of hellish jealoude ;
Tries if in fury any love af^ieares ;
And batbea his joy within my floud of tearea.
But if he lov'd (a soile my qpotlesse soule,
And me amongst deceived niudes enroule,
To publish to the world my open shame :
Then, heart, take freedome ; hence accursed flame !
And, as queene regent, in my heart shall move
* Disdaine, that onely over-ruleth love:'
By this infrandiii'd sure my thoughts shall be,
And in the tame sort love, as thou lov'et me.
But what ! or can I cancell or unbinde
That which my heart hath leal'd and love bath tign'd?
Ho, no ! griefe dolh deceive me more each boure j
' For, whosD truely loves, hath not that power.'
I wrong to say so, since of all 'tis knownc,
' Who yeelds to love doth leave to be her owne.''
But what availe* my living thua apart ?
Con I forget him 7 or out of my heart
Con tears npulse his image ? Study do.
' We well may flye the place, hut not the woe :
Love's fire is of a nature which by tumes
And knowing this, aye me ! unhappy wight [
What meanes is left to heipe me in this plight?
And frtm that peerish, shooting, hood-wiack't dfe,
To reposaetse my love, my heart, myeelfe ?
Onely this beipe 1 flnde, which I elect,
SiDce what my life, nor can nor will ofiect.
My ruine shall : and hy it, I iliall flnde, [minde.'
' Death cures (when all hdps faile) the grieved
And welcome here, (than love, a better guest,)
That of all labour* art the onely rest:
Whilst thus I live, all things discomfort give.
The lift !s sure a death wharein I live:
Save life and death do differ in this one.
That life hath ever cann, and death hath none.
But if that he (disdiurifull iwaine) should know
That for his love 1 wrought my oreithrow;
Will he not glory in't ? snd from my death
Draw more delights, and give now joyet their breath?
Admit be doe, yet better 'tit that I
Render mytelfe to death than misery.
I coonot live, thui haired from his sight,
Nor yet endure, in pretence, any wight
Should love him hut mytelfe. O reason's eye.
How art thou blinded with wilde jealoude !
And is it thus? Then which shall have my blood.
Or certaine mine, a uncertaine good ?
Why do I doubt ? Are we not Mill advis'd,
' That certaiotie in all things best is pris'd ? '
Then, if a certaine end can heIpe my mone,
■ Know death hath certaiotie, hut li& hath none.'
" Here is a mount, whose toppe secmes to despise
The ttrre inferiour vale that under lie* :
Who, like a great man rais'd alofk by Fate,
Measures his height hy others' meane estate :
Necre to whoae fbote tbcre'glides a silver flood.
Failing from hance, I'll climbe unto my good :
And by it flniali lore and reason's strife.
And end my misery as well aa ti&.
But *■ ■ coward,'* bartener ill warre.
The stirring drumm^ keep* lesser noyse from (arrc,
So seeme the murmuring waves tell in mine care,
That guilllesie bloud was never spilled there.
Then atay awhilei the beasts that haunt tbaae
Of whom I heaie the feaiefull bellowing*, {springs,
May doe that deede, (as moved by my cry)
Whereby my toule, si apotlvsse ivory, ^
and rends her on tbe nx^ei :
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Ma^tunM
Be unpolluted atthu foule offence, (Imcev
But whj protract I tune ? Death is no ttnuger,
' And geoartna Bpirtti never feare for danger :
Death » > thing most naturall to us,
And feare doth ODvlj make it odious.' "
As when to seelce her foode abniad doth rove
Tbe DUDcius of peue, the wetAj dore.
Two aharpe tet bawkes doe bet on each nde bam.
And she knowes not which wbj to Bye frooi them :
Or like a slupiie, that loased to and ho
With windeand tjia, the winde dotli stemelf Uow,
And drives ber to tbe maine, the tjrde oonMS eore
And hurlea her backe ^aine towards tbe sbotc ;
And since her balast and ber aaites 6a laeke.
One brings her out, the other beates her backe ;
Till one o- " ....
Hurles ber to sbore,
80 stood she long, 't
Untill despaire (who, where it comes, rule* roost,)
Woone her to throw benelfe, to meele with death,
From off the rocke into the floud beneath.
Tbe wares that were abore, when s< sfae fell.
For feare flew backe sgalne into their well ;
Doubting emuing timts on them would frowne.
That they so rare a beauty faelp'd to drowne.
Her lall, in griefc, did make the streame so rore.
That sullen murmuiings filled all the shore.
A shepbeard (neere this floud that fed his shecpe.
Who at this chance left grazing, and did weepe,}
HiTuig 10 sad an object for bis eye*.
Left pipe and fiocke, and in the water flyes.
To sare a Jewell, which was nerer sent
To be poasest by one sole element :
But inch a worke Nature dispos'd and gare,
Wbere all the elements concotdonce haTe.
He tooke her in bis armes, for pittie cnde.
And brought ber to tbe river'* further aide :
Yea, and he sought by all bis arte and paine,
Tn bring her likewise to hetsetfe againe :
While she that by her fall was senselesK left.
And almoat in the waves bad life bereft,
I^y long, as if her sweet immoitalt spirit
We* fled, some other palace to inberit.
But as cleere Phirlius, when some foffiy cloud
His brightnesae from the world awhile dotbshrowd.
Doth by degrees beginne to shew his light
Unto the view ; or, a* the queene of night.
In her incteaaing homea, doth rounder grow,
'nil fiJl and perfect she appeare in show :
Such Older in this majde the shepbeard spyes.
When she beganne to shew tbe world bar eyes.
Who (thinking now that she had patt death's
Occasion'd by ber &I1 into the streame.
And that Hell's ferriman did then deUver
Her to the other side th' infemall river,)
Said to the swaine : " O Charon ! I am bound
More to thy kindnesse, than all else, that round
Come thronging to thy boate : thou hast past over
The woful'st maide that ere these shades did cover ;
But prithee, ferriman direct my sprigbt
Wbere that blacke river runnes that Lethe hight,
That I of it (a* other ghosts) may dHnke,
And never of tbe world, or lore, more thinke."
The iwaiiie perceiving by her words ill sorted.
That she was wholy from herselfe transported ;
And fearing lest those oRen idle flts
Might ckane expel her uncollected wits :
■■ Faire nymph," add be, " the powera above Aeaf'
So &ire a b^uitie diould so quickly dy :
The Heavra* unto tbe worid have made a lomet
And must for you have inteie
Call backe your thoogfata, (
night;
Do 70U not see the day, die beanos, the light ?
Do you not know, in Pluto's i' '
Tbe li^t of Heaven did »
Do not jour pulses beat, y* ai
Your sens* is rapt with feare, but not w
I am not Chamn, nor of Pluto's biwt;
tita i> there flesh and blood found in a ^loat :
Wbo, though my meere revenues be tbe traine
or milk-white iheepe, yet un I joy'd a« nucfa
In saving you, (O, who would not save auA !)
As ever was the wand'ring youA of Greece^,
That brougbt from Colcbos borne the golden fleen."
Tlie never-too-mucb-praised &ire Marine,
Hearing those words, bvleev'd her eares and cyne;
And knew how she escaped had the flood
By meanes of this young swaine that neere her
Whereat, for griefe^ she gan againe to fiunl.
Redoubling thus her cryea and sad complaiiit :
" Alas ! and is that likewise batr'd fram me.
Which for all persons else lies ever free 7
Will life, nor death, nor aught abridge my ^itw ?
But live still dying, dye to live againe?
The most unhappy I [ which finde most sure.
The wound t^ love, neglected, is past cure.
Most cruell god of love < (if such Ihete be)
That still to my desires art cimtiary !
Why should I not in reason this obtainc.
That aa I love, I may be lov'd againe?
Alas ! with thee, too, Nature ptayes ber parts.
That fram'd so great a discord 'twrene two hwta :
One flyes, and atwaies doth in hate peisetm ;
The other followes, and in love growe* ever.
Why doBt thou not eitinguish cleane ibis flanie.
And plac'I on him that best deserTes the same?
Why had not I affected some kinde youth.
Whose everie word bad bene the word of tnitb ?
Who might have had to love, and lov'd to have
So true a heart as I to Celand gave.
For Psyche's love I > if beautie gave thee birth.
Or if thou bast attractive power on Earth,
Dame Venus' sweetest ehihle, requite tUs love;
Or Fate yeeld meanes my tonle may bence re-
Once seeing in a spring ber drowned eyes,
" O cruell beautie, cause of this ! " she crycs ;
" Mother of love, (my joye's most fatall knife)
That work'M her death, by whom tfayselfe ban
life!- [»int
The youthfull swaine, that heard this loving
So of^ntimes to poure forth such complaint,
Within Ms heart such true affection prais'd.
And did perceive kinde love and pittie rais'd
His minde to sighes ; yea, beautie forced Ihia,
That all her griefe he thought was likewise his.
And having brougbt her what his lodge affords.
Sometime he wept with her, sometime with word)
Would sc^e to comfort ; when, alas, poor dfe !
He needed then a comfuter himselfe.
> Sc*ApilehH'OoUenAis,Wli,lJtb,ai<«bv.
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843
Daily wlxde troupe* <^ grieie unto him cami^
For ber trhii laciguiih'd of Munfaer flame.
If CbM she dgh'd, be thought him loi'd of lier.
When 'twas uiother uile ber winde did uirie ;
But had Imt ngbes and team bBene for this hoy.
Her aoiTDw had beene leue, and mora her joy.
Ixmg time in griefe he hid hii love-maide painee,
Aod did attend ber waUieB in woodi and plainei ;
Bearing • fuel], which her mn-like eyes
InBam'd, and nude hii heart the aacnfice.
Yet be> nd iwainei to ^v it did not dare;
And abe, least he should loie, nye dy'd for feaie.
She, erer-waUing, blam'd the powers above.
That night nor daj give anj rest to lore.
He prais'd the Heavens in eilence, oft was mute.
And thought with teua and sighs to winne Id* sute
Onoe in Cbe shade, when she by sleepe repoa'd,
And her cleare eye* 'twixl her &ire lidi entlos'd ;
llie sfaepheard swaine beganne to bate and curse
That day unfortunate, wliicfa was the nurse
Of a]] his BOrrowes. He bad given breath
And life to her, which was bis cause of death.
O ^si^'9 loake, that thinteat for bis bloud,
Frtna whom tbyselfe receiv'd'st a certayne good.
Thus oftentimes uDlo faimselfe alone
Would he recount liis griefe, utter his mone ;
And after much debating did resolve
Rather his grandame Earth should cleane involve
His pining body, ere be would make knowne
To her. what tares love in his breast had sawn&
Yea, be would say, when griefe for speech hath cride ;
" 'Tis better never aske than be denlde."
But as the queens of ritera, fairest Thames,
lliat for her buildings other flouds inSames
With greatest envie ; or the nympb * of Kent,
That statelyest ship* to sea huh ever sent ;
Some baser groome, for lucre's hellish course.
Her channell having stopt, kept back her sourci
(Flll'd with disdaine} doth swell abore hei mou
And Dverfloweth all the neighb'ring grounds.
Angry she teorea up all that stops her way,
And with more violence runncs to the sea :
So the kind shepbeard's griefe (which, long uppent.
Grew more In powre, and longer in extent,)
Forth of his heart more violently thrust.
And all bis vow'd intentions quickly hunt.
lUaHna bearing siglies, to him drew neere,
And did entreate his cause of griefe to beore :
But had she knowne ber beauty was the sting.
That caowd all that instant sorrowing ;
Silence in bands her tongue Iwd stronger kept.
And sh'sd not ask'd for what die shepheard wept
The swaine first, of all times, this best did thinke.
To show hia love, whilst on the river's brinke
Tbey sate alone, then thought, he next waul
move her
With nghes and teores (true tokens of a lover) :
And since sheknewwhatbelpe from him she fount
When in the river she liad else heene drown'd.
He thinketh sure she cannot but giant this.
To give reliefe to him, by whom she is :
By this incited, said : " Whom I adore.
Sole mistresse of my heart, 1 thee implore.
Doe not in bondage hold my freedome long;
And nnce I life or death hold from your tongue.
Suffer my heart to love, yea, dare to hope
To get that good of love's intended scope.
Grant I may praise that tight in you I see.
And dying to myselfe, may live in thee.
Faire oyoipb, surcease this death-alluring languisfa.
So rare a beautie was not borne for anguish.
Why shouldst Ihou care for btm that cares oat for
thee?
Tea, most unworthy wight, seemea to abliorre thee:
Aod if lie be OS you doe bete paint foith him.
He thlnkes you, beat of beauties, are not worth him ;
That all the joyes of love will not quit cos*
For all lov'd freedome which by it Is lost.
Within bis heart such selfe-opinion dwels.
That his conceit in this he Ihinkes excels ;
Accounting women beaude's sugred baites.
That never catch, but fooles, with their deceits i
' Who of himself harbours so vaioe a thought,
lYuely to love could never yet be brought.'
Then love that bean, where lies no fai^lesse seed.
That never wore dissimulation's weed :
Who doth account all beauties of the spring,
Tliat jocund summer-doies ore ushering,
As fwles to yours. But if this cannot move
Your minde to pittie, nor your heart to love ;
Yet, sweetest, grant me lure to quench that flame.
Which bumes you now. Expel his worthless*
Cleane roote him out by me, and in his place [name.
Let him inhabit, that will runne a race
More true in love. It may be for your rest.
And when he sees her, who did love him best.
Possessed by another, be will tale
The much of good be lost, when 'tis too late :
' For what is in our powers, we little itecme.
And things pooseal by others best esteeme.'
If sll this gaine you not a shepheard s wife.
Yet give not death to bim which gave you life."
Marine the faire, hearing his woing tale,
Perceived well what trail his thoughts did scale.
And answer'd thus : " I pray, sir swaine, what
Is it to me to plucke up by the roote [boole
My former love, and in bis place to sow
As ill a seede, for any thing 1 know ?
Rather 'gainst thee I inortall bate retaiue.
That seck'st to plant in me new cores, near poine :
Alas ! th' hast kept my soule from death's sweet
To give me over to a tyrant's hands; [band%
Who on bis racks will torture by his powre.
This weakned, harmlesse body, every Aowre.
Be you the judge, and see if reason's lawes
You from the streames of death brought life on
shore;
Releas'd one paine, to give me ten times more.
For lore's sake let my thoughts in this he Ave ;
Ofiject no more your haplesse saving me !
That obligation which you thinke should binder
Doth (till encrease more hatred in my minde ;
Yea, I doe think, more tliankes to him were due
IliBt would bereave my llfb, than unto you."
The thunder-etroken swaine leen'd to a tree.
As voyd of sense as weeping Niobe :
Making his teare* the itiBtruments to wooe ber.
The sea wherein his love should swimme unto ber;
And could there flow from his two-headed fount.
As great a floud as is the Hellespont,
Within that deepe he woidd as willing wander.
To meet his Hero, as did ere Leander.s
I and OvUt ^litlca ; likewise the Tcttyad, a
iki, begun by rhrLtlfyher Marlow, and finish-
844 BRO
Ham while the n;inpb withdrew bendft uiiU,
And to > gniie at band her atep* appUde.
With thM ad tight (01 bad be nner Mcne,
Hii bean in iMtter case bad ever brcne),
Againat hii heart, gainst the xtrcame lie went.
With thi> rewlva, ntd with ■ liiil intent,
When of that streame he had diacovered
The rount, the well apring, or the bubfaliag head,
He then nould nt, *nd with Cbe well-dnip *ie.
That it before hii ejea would first ninne diie :
But then he thought the god * that baiKiti that
lake.
The apof ling of hii apring would not wdl take.
And th^rfore lecTlng noon the cbriitall flood.
Did take hia waj unto the neereat wood :
Sealing himsetfe within a darketome cave,
(Such pUcea heavy SMumiat* doe crare)
Where yet the gladsome day was nercr seeoc.
Nor PbiEbus' piercing beams had ever beene,
Fit for the syaode bouse oT those fell legioni.
That waike the mountains, and Silvanus' regiooa,
Where Tcagedie might hate her full scope given,
From men's aspects, and from the view to Heaven.
Within the same some craimiea did dehver
Into the midu thereof a pretty river;
Hie nymph wliereof came by out of the venyei
Of OUT lin,t mother, having late tane pninet
In scouring of her channel! all the way.
From whm it firit beganne to leave the sen.
And in her labour thus faire now had gone.
When coniniing thro' the care, sbe heard tliat one
Spake thus : " If I doe in my death pereever,
Pittie may that effect, which lore could never."
By this she can co.ijectuie 'twaa some awaia^
Who, overladen by a maide'a diadaine.
Had here (as Gtteu) chosen out a place,
Wbera he might give a period to the race
Of hii loath'd life ; which slie (tor pitde'a aake>
Minding to hinder, div'd into her lake.
And bast'ned when the ever-teemiDg tsrth
Unto her current gives a wished birth ;
And by her new-delivered river's aide.
Upon a banke of flow'rs, had aoone ea[»de
Remond, jroung Remond, that full well could aiDg.
And tune his pipe at Pan's biith carolling :
Who for his nimble leaping, sweetest layea,
A lawrell garland Hore on bolidaycs ;
In framing of whoae bend dame Naluic swore
There nerer vraa bis like, nor should be more :
Whoae locks (insnaring nets) were Ulte the rayea,
WherewiJ] the Sunnc doth diaper the seu :
Which if they had beene cut, and hung upon
The snow-white cliScs of fertile Albion,
Would have allured nxH^ to be their winner.
Than ill the diamonds^ that are hidden in her.
Him aha accosted tbus : " Swaine of tbe wreathe.
Thou art not placed, only here to breathe ;
But Nature, in thy fhuning, abowea to me.
Doe good ; and surely I m^dfe perswade,
lliou never wert for evill action made.
In Heaven's coniistoiy 'twas decreed,
That choisest fhiit should come from cboiieit seede ;
eodeuia prwllcere trie Alptwum, T^berlnuni
M (tau aitoa dives Irgliiiiiil hiud )U)clIuiii
iBsren, ipe HaTgailtinim. Brttannliiii — "
vartuea have emveotiaa r
' Fort gives most lustre unto Vertue'i feature.
When she appearea dotb'd in a goodly cr«Btui«.*'
Halte way the hill, neere to those aged treea.
Whose inxidea an as hives for lah'ring bees,
(As who should aay, beAm their nratea vroc damA,
For good wothe's sake aod rlmfs. they haifcoaiiad
TViae whom nought else did cover but tbe Aies : )
A path (untiodden but of beaati) thei* Ilea,
Directing to- a cave in yonder glade.
Where all this forest's dtiiens, for shade.
At noorasJime come, aod are the Brat, I thinke.
That (running thro' that cave) my wuera driuke:
Within this mcke there sits a woAtU wight.
As voide of comfort as that cave of light;
And as L wot, occaaioo'd by the firownaa
Of some ooy abepbeardsasa that bsunta tbsae dowiMa.
This 1 doe know, (whos'evcr vrrought hia caiv)
He ia • man nye treading ta despaue.
Then hie thee thither, since 'da charitic
To save a man ; leave here thy Bocke with me :
For whilst thou aar'kt him fium the Siygian bay,
rie keepe thy lambkins from all beaata of prey."
The neemesse of the danger, (in hia thought)
As it doth ever, mere compaanon wrought :
So that, with reverence to tlie nymph, he went
With winged speed, and bast'ned to prevent
Th' untimely adsure of tbe greedy grava :
B -eathlesse, at last, he came inUi the cav»;
Where by a sign directed to tbe man.
To comfort him he in this sort began :
" Sbepbeard, allbaile; what mean these plainis?
This cave
(Tb' image of death, true portrait of the gravej
Why dgat freijuent? and waile thee under gmund.
From whence there never yet was pittie found ?
Come forth and show thyaelfe unio the light.
Thy griefo to me. If there be ought that nU^H
Give any ease unto thy troubled minde.
We joy aa much to give, as thou lo findfc"
Tbe love^aicke awainc replide : ■■ Remmid, tbou *n
The man alooe to whom 1 would impart
My weea, more williug than to any swainc,
Tbat lives and feeds hia sheepe upon the plaine*
But vaine it ia, and 'twould increase my woea
Ey their relation, or to thee or Ihoae
'Jiiat cannot remedie. Let it sulBse,
No fond distrust of thee mak^s me pr?die
To show my gri:rfe. Leave me then, and forgo
Thia cave more sad, since I have made it bol"
Heie lea'cs broke fo'-th. And Bemondgan anew:
With aucb iutreaties eameM lo pursue
His former auite, that he (though hardly^ waa
The ahepheatd to diacloM ; and thus b^^ :
" Know briefly, Remond, then, a heavenly face.
Nature's idea, and perfection's grace.
Within my br«8t hath kindled such a fiie.
That doth consume all things, except destic ;
Which daily doth ineresee, iho' alwaies bumiag,
' For he whom Love under bis colours diawca.
May oftcD want tb' efl'ect, hut ne'n tbe cause.' '
Quoth th' other, " Have litj slarres malignc bene
That their predominatJMis away ao nucfa [such.
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Over tbc rert, thmt with ■ mild* upect
The IJTM uid lorn of abepheard's doe afl^7
Then doe I Chinke there ia loine greater band.
Which thy endeaTOim still doth countenniuid :
Wherefore I with tbee quench the flame thiu
■ And nerer lore, eic^t thou be belov'd :
For luch an humour eieiy weinan Mueth,
Sbe lores not him that plaineth, but that pleaaelh.
^Vhcn much thou loTest, moat disdoiiM cotnea on
thee, [thee j
And (rhen thou thinkst to hold her, sbe flfea from
She follow'd, Bjtt ; Bhe fled Trom, followes ;iost,
And loTeth best where she is bated moat
"Ta ever noli>d, both in maides and wireii,
Their hearu and tongues are never relattvea.
Hearts Tull of holes, (so elder shepheard's laine)
Whose crafts and wiles did I intend to show.
This dajwould not permit me time, I know;
The da3re'a swift bones would their coune have run,
And div'd themselves within the ocean,
£re I should hare performed halfe mj taske.
Striving their craitie suhliltieB t' unmaske.
And gentle swaine some counsell take of me ;
Jjove not still where thou mai'sl; lore, wbo lotea
Draw to the courteous, flye thy love's abbwrer,
• And if she be not for thee, be not for her.'
If that ifae still be waveriug, will away,
Wh; should'at tfaou itrive to hold what will not stay ?
This maiime, reason never can confute,
' Better to live by losse, than dye by lutc.'
If to some other love sbe is inclmde, [minde.
Hme will at length cleane roole that from ber
Time will extinct love's flames, bis hell-like flashes,
And like a burning brand ronsum't to ashes.
Yet mai'st thou stilt attend, but not importune :
' Wbo seekes oft missetb, sleepers light on fortuoe,'
Yea, and on woman too. ■ Thus doltish sots
Have fate and fairest women for their lots.
Favour and pittie waite on patience : '
And hatred oft attendeth violence.
If thou wilt get desire, whence love bstfa pswn'd it,
Believe me, take thy time, but ne'r demaund it.
Women, as well ai men, retaine desire ;
But can diMcmble, mote than men, their fire.
Be never caught with lookes, not selA-wnnight
Nor by a quaint disguise nor singing humour.
Those out^nde sbowes are tayes, whicb outwards
But virtue lodg'd within, is ooely faire. [snare :
If thou hast seeue the beauty of our nation,
AndGnd'st her have no lore, have thou no passion :
But seeke thou further : other placet sure
May yeeld a face as faire, a love more pure :
Leave, (O, then leave,) fond swaine, this idle course.
For Lore's a god no mortall weight can force."
Thus Remand said, and saw the faire Marine
Flac'd neere a spring, whose waters cliristaline
Did in their murmurings bear a pan, and plained
That one so true, so fairs, should be disdained :
Whilst in her cryes, that fil'd the vale along,
Still Celand was tbe burtben of her song.
The itranger shepbeard lefl the other swaine,
To g^ve attendance to bis fleecy traine ;
Wbo in departing from liim, let him know.
That yonder was his freedome's over.throw.
Who sate bewailing (as be late had done)
That lore by true aflection was not wonnc.
This ftilly known : Remoad came t« the mayde
And after some few words (her tears allay'd)
Began to blame ber rigour, called her cniell.
To fallow hate, and flya lore's chiefeat Jewell.
" Faiie, doe not blame him that be thus ia moved ;
For women sure were made to be beloved.
If beautie wanting lorers long should stay.
It like an house undwelt in would decaji
When in the heart if it Ittve taken place,
Hme cannot blot, nor crooked age deEsce.
The adamant and beautie we diseorer
To be alike; for beautie drawes a lover.
The adamant is iron. Doe not bUme
His loving tfaen, but thst which caused the same.
Who so i> lov'd, doth glory so to be i
Tlie more your lovers, more your rictorie.
Know, if you stand on faith, most women's loathing,
'Til but a word, a character of nothing-
Admit it somewhat, if what' we call Constance,
Within a heart bath no long time reaidaicc,
And in a woman, ibe becomes alone
Faire to herselfe, hut foule to every one.
If in a man it once have taken place.
He is a fbole, or doates, or wants a &ce
To winne a woman, and I thinke it be
No vertue, but a meere necessitie." [" have don^
" Heaven's powers deny it iwiine" (quoth she)
Strive not to bring tiiat in d^uon.
Which whosoe'er detracts in setting forth.
Doth truly derogate fnan his owne worth.
It is a thing which Heaven to all bath lent
To be thar vertue's cluefest ornament :
Which whoso wants, is well compar'd to these
False tables, wrought by Aldhiades ; B
Whicb noted well of all, were found I' bare bin
Most faire without, but most deform'd within.
Then shepbeard know that I intend to be
"To one?" (quoth be] "why so? Ataideaplea.
sure take
To see a thousand languish for their sake :
Women desire for lovers of each sort.
And why not you ? Th' amorous swaine for sport j
The lad that drives the greatest flocke to field.
Will buskins, gloves, and other fancies yeeld ;
The gallant swaine will save you from the jawes
Of ravenous bean, and from the lyon's pawes.
Beleere what I propound ( doe many chuse,
' The leasthearbe in thefleld serves for some use.'"
Nothing perawaded, nor aiswig'd by this.
Was fairest Marine, or ber beavinesse:
But prais'd tbe shepbeard as he ere did hope.
His silly sheepe should fearelesse liare the scope
Of all the shadowea that tbe trees do lend,
From Rayuani's stealth, when lltan doth ascend.
And runne his mid.ivay course ; to leave ber there.
And to his bleating charge againe repairc.
He condescended i left ^ by tbe broiAe,
And to tbe swaine end's she^ himselCs betooke.
He gone: sbe with herselfe thus gan to saine;
" Alas ! poore Marine, think'st thou to attains
His love by ntting here ? or can the fire
Be quencht with wood? can we aUay deare
Bj wanting what's denred? O that breath,
lite cause of life, should be the cause of death !
That who is shipwrackt on love's hidden sbelft.
Doth live to others, dye* unto bsneUb,
■ They rtpTMentfd s (od or (Dddess without, ud a SUoms
ordefiHiMiJ ptpRwlUiln, Fr Ms I illmilil
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846 BRC
Wbj miglit t not atteoipl bj death M yet
To g*ine ttiBt rreedom, which I could not gM,
Being hind'Ted heretoTore ? ft tune H free,
A place as Gc offen itwife to mc,
Whine seed of ill ia growne to sucb s hngfat.
That nukei the^ earth groam to ■upport his wdgbt.
Who BO is luli'd ulecpc oith Midas' tieamiru.
And onely fearei hj death to low life's pieuuTca ;
Let tbem feare death ; but since my fkult is such,
And onelj fault, that I have lov'd too much,
On joyes of life why should I stand ? fbr tlune
Which I neere had, I sorely cannot lose.
Admit a while 1 to tbas« thoughts consented,
' Death can be but deferred, not presented.'"
Hen raging with delay, her teans that fbll
Usher'd her way, and she into a well
Stmight waycs leapt after : • O ! bow desperalioil
Attends upon the mindc enthral'd to pasnoii ! '
The fall of her did make the god below,
Starting, to wonder whence that noyse should grow.
Whether tome ruder clowne in spite did fling
A lambe, untimely ttlne, into his spring ;
And If it were, he solemnely then ^wore
His spring ahould flow some other way : no mora
Should it in wanton manner ere be scene
To writhe in knots, or gire a gowne of greene
Unto their meadowea, nor be iieene to play,
Nor drive the rushy-mills, that in bis way
The shepheards made : but rather for their lot.
Send them red waters that their sbeepe should rot.
And with such moorish springs embrace th^r Held,
That it should nought but mosse and rushes yeeld.
Upon each hillocke, where the merry boy
Situ piping in the shades his notes of joy.
He'd sliew his anger, by some floud at hand.
And tume the same into a running sand.
Upon the oake, the plumb- tree and the holme,
The stock-dove and the blackbird should not come.
Whose muling on those trees does make to grow
Rots curing hyphear*, and the misseltoe. [failes.
Nor shall this heipe tbeir abeep, whose atomackes
By tying knots of wooll neere to their twis ;
But as the place next to the knot doth dye.
So shall it all the body moitifie.
TluB spake the god ! but when as in the water
Hie corps came inking downe, he spide the matter,
And catching softly in bis arms the maidc.
He brought her op, and baring gendy laid
Her on his banke, did preaently command
Those waters in her, to come forth : at hand
They straight rame gushing out, and did contest
Which chiefly should obey their god's behest.
Tbit done, her then pale lipi he straight held ope.
And from his silver haire let fiUI a drop
Into her mouth, of sucb an excellence, [thence.
That cali'd backe life, which grier'd to part tnym
Being for troth assur'd, that, than this one.
She ne'er posaest a fairer mansion-
Then did the god her body forwards Meepe,
And caat her for a while into a sleepe ;
Siting stUI by her did his full Tiew lake
Of Nature's master.piece. Here for her sake.
My pipe in silence as of right sliall moume,
Tul from the wat'ring we againe returne.
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Oblivion's spring, and Dory's lore.
With faire Marina's rape, firat move
Hine oaten pipe, which after angs
The birth ot two renowned apringa.
Xow till the Sunne shall leave us to our >«st.
And Cinthia have her brother's place poasest,
I shall goe on : and first in dilTring stripe.
The floud-god's ^eech thus tune on oaten pipe.
" Ot mortall, or a power above,
luiag'd by fury, or by lo^e.
Or both, I know not, such a deede.
Thou would'st effected, that I blode.
To thinke thereon : alas '. poors elfe,
What, growne a Iraitour to thyselfe?
This face, this haire, this hand so pure
Were not ordain'd for nothing tui«.
Nor was it meant so sweet a breath
Should be eipos'd by such a death ;
But rather in some lover's brest
Be given up, the place that best
Befits a lover yeeld bis soule.
Nor should thoK mortals ere conlroule
The gods, that in their wisdome sag-
Appointed have what pilgrimage
Each one should runne ; and why should meo
Abridge the journey set by them?
But much I wonder any wight
If he did tume his outn-ard sight
Into his inward, dar'd to act
Her death, who body is compact
Of all the beauties ever Nature
Laid up in store for earthly creature.
No savage beast can be so cruell
To rob the Earth of sucb a Jewell.
Rather the stately unicome
Would in bis brest enraged scome,
That maides committed to his charge
By any beast in forrest large
Should so be wrong'd. Satyrcs rude
Durst not attempt, or ere intrude
With such a minde the fion-ry balkcs
Where harmelesse vii^nci have their walkes.
Would she be wonne with me to stay.
My waters should bring fVom the sea
The corrall red, as tribute due.
And roundest pcartes of orient hue :
Or in the richer veines of ground
Should secke for her the diamond.
And whereas now unto my spring
They nothing else but gravell bring.
They should within a mine of gold
In piercing marmer long lime bold,
And having it to dust well wrought.
By them it hither should be brought ;
With which ile pave and over-spread
My bottome, where her foote shall tread.
The best of fishes in my flood
Shall give themselves to be ber food.
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The trout, tb« dace, the jnke, the breamc.
The eele. ttut Ioth ibe troubled ibaune.
The miller'a tfaumbe, the hiding loaeb.
The perch, the enr nibling RMch,
The shoales with whom ii Tane flrkugbt.
The fooluh gudgeon quicUjr cau^t.
And lait the little minnow-fidi,
Whow chief delight in grsTcll i>.
" In right *ba canoot me deapisa
BeCKuae lo low mine empire lyet.
For I could tell bow Natun*! atore
Of tn^eal; appeareth more
In waters, tlwn in all the rat
Of element*. It aeem'd her beat
To give the waTes moat strength and powre:
For the; doe iwsllow and deroure
The earth ; the waters quence and kill
The flamea of fire : and mounting Mill
Up in the aire, are seene to be.
At challenging a aeignore
Within the Hearatu, and to be one
That should have like dominion.
Tbe7 be a seeling and a floore
• Of clouds, caus'd bji the vapours ative
Arising IVom them, ritall spirit
B; which all things th«T life inherit
From tbem is stopped, kept aiunder.
And what's the reason else of thunder.
Of lightning's flashes oil about.
That with such violence break out.
Causing such troubles and such jarrea.
As with itaelft the world had warm ?
And can there any thing appeare
Mora wonderful!, than in the aire
Congealed waters oft to spie
Continuing pendant In the skie?
Till falling doirne in haiU or snow,
Thay make those mortall wights below
To runne, and ever help* desire.
From his foe element the fire, '
Which fearing then to come abroad
Within doores maketh hia aboade.
Or ftlliog downe oft time in raine.
Doth give greene liveries to the plainer
Mike thepheard's lamba fit for the dish,
And I
reth nut
Which nouriafaeth all Ihjnga of worth '
The earth producetb and brings forth :
And therefwe well coiuidering
IV nature of it in each tUng :
As when the teeming eaitb doth grow
So hard, that none can plow nor sow,
Her brat it doth so molliHes
That it not onetr cornea to be
Hare easie for the share and oxe.
But that in harvest times the shocks
Of Ceres' banging eared come
Doth fill the hovell and the bame.
To trees and plants 1 comfort give.
By me they fruclifie and lire :
For flist ascending from beneath
into tbe akie, with lively breath,
1 thence am ftimish'd, ud bestow
Tbe uuno on hearbes, that are below.
So that by this each one may see
I ouse them spring and multiply.
Who seeth this, can doe no lease,
, Than of hia owne accord confeae,
Tbtl notwithstanding all tbe strength
The earth enjoyea in breadth and length.
She is behdding to each atreame.
And hath received all from them.
Her lore to him she then must give
By whom henelfe doth chiefly live."
Thia being spoken by this water's god.
He sbaight-way in his liand did take his rod.
And stroke it on his banke, wherewith the flood
luch a roaring make irithin the wood, [shore.
That atraight the nymph ' who then sale on her
Knew there was somewhat to be done in store :
And therefore basting to her brolhei's spring
She spied what caus'd the water's echoing.
Saw where fiure Marine fast aaleepe did lie.
Whilst that tbe god still viewing her sate by i
Who when he saw his sister nymphe draw neare.
He thus gan tune his voycB unto her eare :
•' Fairest sister (for we come
Both from tbe swelling Thetis' wombe}
The reason why of late I strooke
My ruling wand upon my brooke
Wai for this purpose : Late this maide
Which on mj bank asleepe is laide.
Was by herselfe, or other w;gh^
Cast in my spring, and did ^Kght,
With her late &II, the fish thai take
Their chieftet pleasure in my lake :
Of all the fry within my deepe.
None dunt out of their dwellings peepe.
Tbe trout within the weeds did scud.
The eele him hid within the mud.
Yea, from this feare I was not free ;
For aa I musing sate to see
How that the pretty pibbles round
Came with my spring from under ground.
And how the waters issuing
Did make them dance about my spring ;
The noyie thereof did me appall ;
That starting upward therewithal!,
I in mj arms her body cau^t.
And both to light and life her brought:
Then cast ber in a sleepe you see."
" But brother, to the cause," quoth she,
" Why by youi" raging waters wilde
Am I here called?"-^" Thetis' childe,"
Replide the god, " for thee I sent,
That when her time of sleepe is spent,
1 may commit ber lo thy gage.
Since women best know women's rage.
Mean while, faire nymph, accompany
My spring with thy sweet harmony ;
And we will mate her soule to take
Some pleasure, which is tad to wake,
Although the body hath bis rest."
She gave consent : and each of them addreat
Unto their part. Tbe walry nymph did sing
tanner ofapretty questioning:
The god made answer to what she propounded.
While from tbe spring a pleasant musicke sounded,
(Making each shrub in silence to adore them,)
Taking their subject from what lay before tbein. ■
What's that, compact of earth, infus'd with ayre,
Acertaine, rnade (iill with uncertaiDtiea ;
Sway'd by the motion of each severall spheare ;
Who's fed irith nougbl but infeUcitiea ;
' Tbe wstrr nyntih that ipoka to RVMiid.
Whit'a he, borne to be ^cke, » mlwmyes djing,
lliU'i guided by ineriCsble fitt ;
Th«l comes in weeping, and that gqa out crying ;
Whcne kalender of vroei i> (till in d«te i
WboK liTe'i a bubble, ud in length t. ipu ;
A consort ftUll iu dieconU?
ooD. 'Tin > man.
What'* he, whose thoughts are ilill quell'd in tb'
Though ne'er so lawrul, hj an opposite, [event.
Had) all things Seeling, nothing permanent :
And at his earei weares still a para^te ;
Hath friends in wealth, or wealthy fViends, Trim
In want proie mere illiiuoni? [can
What's be, that what he it not, strives to teeme,
That doth support an Atlas-weight of care:
That of an outward good doth best esteeme.
And looketh not wilbin bow solid the; are:
ITiat doth not vettuoiu, but the rictieat scan ;
Learning and worth bj wealth ?
What's that possessor, which of good makes bad ;
And what it worat makes choice still for the best ;
That giveth most to thinks of what he had,
Aitd of bk chiefest losse acxountelfa least.
But what is it, wherein dame Nature* wrought
The best irf workoa, the onetj frame of Heaien ;
And having long to finde a present sought.
Wherein the world's whole lieautie might be gim,
She did resolve in it all arta to summon,
Tojoyoe ivith Nature's fmnlng ?
If beautie be a thing to be admired ;
And if admiring draw to it affection ;
And what we do affect, is most desired ;
What wight is he to love denye* subjectioD ?
And can his thoughts within Mmselfe confine?
Marine that waking lay, said ; <■ Celandine.
He is the man that hates, which some admire ;
He is the wight that loathea whom most deaire :
R niiiMd al the ommi
"Us onely ha to lore deniea suli^ectiiig.
And but himselfe, thiukes none is worth aflecting.
Unbapp; me the while : accurst my tmte,
Tlat Nature gives no love where tlw gave hate."
The watry niiers then perceived plaine.
Nipt with the winter of tove't frost, divlaine ;
This noD-pareil of beautie had been led
To doe an act which envy pitt^ed :
'nwrefore in pitty did confem together.
What phyiicke ben might cure tbu burning finer.
At last found out that in a grove below.
Where shadowing sicamourB past number grow,
A fountaine takes his joamey to tbe maine.
Whose liquor's nature was so aareraigiie,
(Like to die wond'rous welt and faioaua spring
Which in BoetiaS hath his issuing,)
That who so of it doth but onely taste.
All former memory from him doth waste.
Not changing any other worke of Nature,
But doth endowe the drinker with a feature
More lovely. Fair Medea tooke from botce
Some of this water ; by whose quinteaence,
^•on* from age came backe to youth. This
Tbe god thus spoke: [knovac,
" Nym|>b be thine owne.
And afler mine. This goddesse here
(For she's DO lease} will bring thee where
Thou Shalt acknowledge springs have done
As much for thee as any one.
Which ended, and tliou gotten free.
If thou wilt come and live with mc^
No sbepheard's daughter, nor his wife.
Shall boast tl>em of a beUer life,
Meane while 1 leave thy tbougbta at laig^
Iliy body to my sister's charge ;
Whilst I into my spring do dive,
Te see that they do not deprive
The meadows ueare, which much do tfairM,
Thus heated by tbe Suime."— " May fii»f
( Quoth Marine) " swaines give lamln to thee i
And may thy flouds have sognorie
Of all flouds else ; and to thy fame
Meete greater springs, yet keep thy nairiTi
May never euet, nor the toade.
Within thy banks make their aboile !
Taking thy journey trxaa the sea,
Maist thou ne'er h^ipen in thy wvj
On nitre or on brimstone myne.
To spoyle thy taste [ this sprir^ of thine
Let it of nothing taste but eattb.
And salt conceived, in th«r birth
Be ever fresh ! Let no man dare
To spoil thy Ssh, make lode or warc^
But on thy margent sdll let dwell
IlHMe flowers which have the sweetest aindL
And let the dust upon thy strand
Become like Tagus' golden sand.
Let as much good betide to thee.
As thou hast favour sbew'd to me."
Thus said ; in gentle paces they remor^
And hasfned onward to the shady grove ;
Where both atriv'd ) and baring found tbe mck^
Saw how this predoua water it did locke.
As he whom avaaiee nnsscsse ~
Drewne by a
- - - 3 PUnk wrltcf of two ntlDtt dsbu la Boetia, IW ft
BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.
Doth imp bj ptece-meale downe Ug prisoo'd gold.
ADdM
llDwilliDJ
□ let
goe
hii hold.
m atrong rocke the
And by degree* Ids it fkll downe in drop*.
Ijke boonliiig biuwives that doe mold their Tood,
And keep from othen, whmt doth them no good.
The dn^ within a cMeme fell of stone
Which fiwn'd b; NiUuiv, art hid nc*er one
Halfe part to curioui. Huij spctt then unng,
The wmter't njmph tvixt Maiine'a lipa infuong
Put of thifl tvvteTi ahe might straight perceive
How MNMM her troubled thoughts began to leaie
Her lOTe-swolne breast ; and that her inward flame
Was cleane aaswaged, and the Teiy nanM
Of Celandine fbrgotlen ; did scarce know
If there were such a thing as love or no.
And sighing, therewithall threw in theayra
AH former love, all sorrow, all dmpaira ;
And all the fbnner causes of her mone
Did therewith burj in oblivion.
El^ng up '
eliere her
She had as qui^ly _ _ _
As men doe monarcba chat in earth lie rotten.
A> one new bonie she aeem'd, lo all desceming :
■■ Tbough things loi^ learned are the loogst >uv-
Tlien w^k'd they to a grove but neare at hand,
Where flery lltaii had but small command,
Because the leaTci conspiring kept bit beamea,
The iinder-floweia, which did enrich the ground
With sweeter smla than in Arabia found, [exhale)
The earth doth yeeld (which they through porea
£aTtb'( liest of odmin, th' aromaticall :
Uke to that smell, wbicfa oft our sense descries
Within a field which long unplowed lyes,
SoaM-what before tbe setting of the 3unne ;
And where the rainebow in the horiion
Doth pitch her tips : or as when ia the prime,
Tlie earth being troubled with a drought long time,
Tlie hand of Heaven his spungy clouds doth stnine.
And throwea into ber lap a >howte of nine ;
Sbe sendeth up (conceived from tbe Sunne)
A aweete perfume and eibalatioa.
Not all the nntments btnught from Delo* isle ;
Not from the confines of seaven-headad Nyle :
Nor that brought whence Phonicians have abodes ;
Nor Cyprus' wilde vine.flowers; nor thatof Rhodes;
Nor roseSMiyle from Naples, Capua,
Saffron omfected in Cilida ;
Nor that of quinces, nor of marionm,
TbMt ever from the isle of Cobs came.
"Hot these, nor any else, though ne'relo rare.
Could with this place for sweetest smels compare,
Tbere stood the elme ^, whose shade so mildly dym
I>oth nourish all that groweth under him.
Cipresse that like piramides runne topping.
And hurt the least of any by their dropping.
Ibe alder, whose fat shadow nourisheth,
Each plant set neere to him long flowridieth.
The beavie-beaded plane-tree, by whose shade
The graMe growes thickest, men are fresher nude.
The oake, that best enduses the lliunder shocks:
Xbe everlasting ebcoe, cedar, boic.
Tbe olive that in wainscot never cleaves:
The amorous vine which in tbe clme still weaves.
"• Fslrie (
lt.^a
TTie lotus. Juniper, where wonues ne'er enter :
Tbe pyne, with whom men through tbe occsn venter.
The warlike yewgh, by which (more than the lance)
The strong-arm'd English ^irid conquer'd France.
Amongst Che rest the tamariske there stood.
For huswive'i besomcs onely knowne most good.
T^e cold*plsce.loving birch, and scrvis tree :
The walnut loving viUes, and mulbury.
The maple, sshe, that doe delight in fountainea.
Which have their currents by the sides of moun-
The laurellj mirtle, ivy, date, which hold [tiincs.
Their leaves all winter, be it ne'er so cold.
The firre, that oftentimes doth rosin drop :
Tbe beach that scales the welkin with Us top :
All tliese, and thousand more witliin this grove.
By all the industry of nature strove
To fVame an arbour that might kecpe within It
The best of beauties that tbe world hath in it.
Here entVing, at the entrance of which shroud,
The Sunne half angry hid him in a cloud.
As raging that a grove ehould from his sight
Locke up a beauty whence himselfe had light.
The iloweni pull'd in their heads as being sham'd
Their beauties by the others were defun'd.
Neare to this wood there lay a pleasant meade.
Where fairies often did their measures treade.
Which in the meiiluw made such circles greene,
As if with garlands It had crowned beene.
Or like the circle where the signes we tracke.
And learned sbepheanls csll't the zodiacke:
Within one of these rounds was to be aeene
A hillock rise, where oft the fairie gueenc
At twy.light sale, and did command her elves.
To pinch those maids that had not swept thrar
And further if by maidens' over-sight, [shelves :
Within doores water were not brought at night :
Or if they spread do talile, set no bread,
Hicy should have nips from toe unto the bead ;
And for the maid that had perform'd each thine.
She in the water.pale bad leave a ring.
Upon this hill there sate a lovely swaine.
As if that Nature thought it great disdaiue
Tliat he should (so through her his genius told Mm)
Take equall plai^ with swaines, since she did bold
Her ehiefest worke, and Iberefbre thotight it St,
That with inferioun he should never aiL
Kardssus' change sure Ovid cleane mislookei
He dy'd^ not looking in a christoll brooke.
But (as those which in emulation gase)
He pinde to death by lodcing on tills face.
When he stood fishing by some river's brim.
The fish wou'd leape, more for a sight of him
Than for the flie. The eagle highest bred.
Was taking him once up for Gsnimed.
Tbe shag-hair'd satyrcs, and the tripping &wnes ;
Witli all the troope that frolicke on the Uwues,
Would come and gase on him, as who should say
They had not seen his like this many a day.
Yea Venus knew no dilTereiice 'twist these twainc* '
Save AdonO was a hunter, this a swaine.
The wood's sweet quirislers &om spray to *pfVf
Would hop them nearest him, and then there stay :
Each joying greatly from his little hart.
That they with bin sweet reed might beare a part.
This was the boy, (the poets did mistake)
To whom bright Cynthia so much tore did make ;
* BacShikeipar'tVenuisiid AdonlL
8J0 BRO'
And pnnnis'il for bis love no iconifuU ey«
3bould ever see ber more in hwned guixe :
But ifae M tax command vould u of dutie
Become u full oflightu he of beautie.
LuciDB at fail birth for midwiie Knclie :
And Citbemt num'd and g»»e him sucke.
Who to that end. once dare-drawn fVom the kb.
Her full papi dropt, whence ™me the mjllue-way.
And u when Plata did i' th' cnulle thrive,
Ben to Ub lips brought honey from tluir hive :
So to thii bo; tbej came, I know not whether
liey brought, ar ihnn his lips did banef gather.
Tlie wood-njmphs ofteutimei would iraiied be.
And pluck for Mm the blushing sCnwberie :
Makuig of them a Inacelet on a bent,
' Which for a faiour ts this swaioe tfaey sent.
Sitting in shades, the Sunne would oft by skips
Steale tfarougb the bougbes, and sdie upon his lipt.
The cfaiefest catue tbe Sunne did condiscend
To Phiietan's requeM', w*t to this end,
TbM whilst the other did his bones rcyne, [swaine ;
He might slide from his ipbeare, and court thia
Whooe sparkling eyea vi'd lustre with the starrea,
Thetruest center of all circulan.
In -btiefe, if any man in nkill were able
To finish up AJwllea' balfe-done tabled.
This boy (the man left out) were Attest sure
To be the pattenie of (hat portnlEure.
Piping he sate, as merry as his looke.
And by him lay hia bottle and his hooke,
Hii buskins (e^'d wiib ulver) were of silke,
Which held a l^ge more white llian morning's milko.
Tbose'buskins he bad got and brought away
For dancing belt upon the rerell day.
His oaten reede did yeeld forth sucb aweet notes,
Joyned in consort with the bird) abrill throtes.
That equal ii'd the bannoay qiheara,
A muajcke that would ravish chotsest cares.
'Long look'd they un (who would not long look* on.
That such an object had to looke upon ?)
Till at the last the nymph djit Marine send.
To Bske the neerast way, wherry to wend
To those taire walkes where sprung Marina's ill
Whilst die would Hay : Marine o^'d her vrill.
And hast'ned towards him (who would not doe so.
That such a pretty journey had to goe ?)
Sweetly she came and wj^ a modest blush.
Cave him the day, and then accosted thus ;
" Fairest of men, that (whilst thy ttocke doth
feed)
Kt'st sweetly piping on thine oaten reed
Upon this little beny (some yoleep
A hillocke) voids of care, ai are thy sheepe
Devoid of spots, and sure on all this greene
A fairer flocke as yet were ikever scene :
Doe me this favour (men should favour maidea]
That whatsoever path directly leadea.
Aim! voide of danger, thou to me doe show,
That by it to the Marish I might goe."
" Mamage '. ' (quoth he) mistaking what die said,
" Nature's perfiiCtion, thou most fairest maid,
(If any fairer than the fairest may be)
Come sit thee downe by me ; know, lovely ladle.
Love is the teadieM way ; if nne aright
You may altaine thereto full long era uight."
1. h.3. J
Offliits, Ml I. e^sL SL ^tatadFuiU,'
The maiden thinking he of Marish Spoke,
And not of marriage, strai^t-way itid inrokx
And praid the shephord's god might alwuirea keefc
Him from all dangtr, and fWim vcolvva his dsBCy^
Wishing with all that in the prime of qning
Each sheep he had, two lambes rai^t yeantly l>™§i
'^ But yet *' (quoth she) " ande good gentle awani^
If in the dale below, or on yond plaine ;
Or is the village scituate in a grove.
Through which my way lyes, and ydeeped Tjott-'
" Nor on yond plaine, nor in this neighboiiiing wosd;
Nor in the dale where glides the nlver OoolL
But like a beacon on a hill so hie.
That every one may see't winch pa—eBi by,
li Love yplac'd : there's nothing can it hide.
Although of you as yet 'tis uikeqiide." {tme?'
" But on which bill " (quoth she) *■ pray tell at
Why here " (quoth he) " it sita and taUei to yon.'
And are you Love ? " quoth she) ■* fbsid awaiae,
Tou guide me wrong, my way lies not hy jnn.*
" Though not your way, yet may you 1 je by n>e :
Nymph, with a shepheaid thou as mctiil j
Maist love and liv^ as with (be greatest lord,
' Creatncsae doth never most content aflbtd.'
I love thee onely, not a&ct world's pelA^
' She is not lov'd, that's lov'd not foe berwlfe.-
How many shepheard'a daughters who in duti^
To griping fathers, have inthral'd thdr bemuti^
To waite upon the gout, to walke when picaaea
Olde January hault. O that diseaaea
Should linke witb youth \ She hath such a mate
two twinnes borne both incorporate ;
' living, the other dead : the living twinnr
Must needs be slaine through noysomnesae of biia
He cairieth wifli liim : such are theii estates.
Who merely mairy weslth and not tfasr mates."
As eMung waters fVeely slide away.
To pay their tribute to the raging sea ;
When meeting with the floud they jostle stout.
Whether the one shall in, or th' other out -.
Till the strong floud new power of wavea doth briog.
And drives the river hack into his spring ;
So Marine's words oET'ring to take their course.
By love then ent'iing, were kept backc, aod fhtee
To it, his sweet bee, eyes, and tongue asaigii'd.
And threw them backe againe into her minde.
" How hard it is to leave and not to do
That whicb by nature we are prone unto?
We hardly can (alas! why not?) discuiae.
When nature hath decreed it must be thus.
It is a maiime.held of all, knowne plaine.
Thrust nature off with forkes, she'll turn againe,'
Blithe Doridon (so men thia ahepheard (right)
Seeing liis goddesse in a silent plight,
(" Love ofien makes the speeche's orgaoa mule,')
Began againe thus to raiue his sute :
" If by my words your silence hatti bean suc^
Faith I am lorrf I have sp<^e so inudi.
Barre I thoae lips? fit to be th' utfrera, what
The Heavens would pariy with the clueTe of men.
Til to direct (a tongue all heaia coDviocec)
Whenbest of soibea writes to the beat of princes,
Were mine like yours of choicest irocds iiiiinih^ia.
' Ide show bow griefs a thing aiiglun dowDc ihs
greatest, i
The best of fonus (who knows not ?) griefe dslt
- Clesra,i.3, da The skilfull'st psndll oever yet could paint it.'
BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.
And tCMon good, lioce no man jret could fiode
Vrhat &gure repiEHDti ■ giiend mjode.
SAc tlunkos a troubled thought u thui eipreM,
To be ■ chaos rude and iudigest :
"Where all doe rule, and yet Dane heares chiefe
amy;
Cbeckt ouel; by s power that's more than they.
Xhia do I speake, since to this eveiy Lorer
rrhal thui doth lore, is thus still giTan over.
If that you say you will not, csnoot love ;
OhHeavens[ for what came then do you here mon?
Are you not fiaui'd of that eiperlest molde,
For whom all in this round concordance bolde ?
Or are you fiamed of some other fashion,
And bare ■ foime and heart, but not a passion ?
It cannot be : for then unto what end
X)id the best worke-man this great worke intend?
Not that by minde's comuierce, and joynt estate,
Tha world's continuers still should propagate?
"Yea, if that reason (regent of the senaea)
Hare but a part amongl your eicelleocei.
She'll tell you what you call nrgiaitie,
la fitly lik'ned to a bairen tree ;
Which when the gardner on it paines beatowo.
To giaffand impe thereon, in lime it growes
To such perfection, that it yeerely htings
A* goodly fruit as any tree that spiuifs.
" Alas, poor boyl" quoth Marine, "hate the
FatH
Exempted no d^reea? Are no estate*
Free from lore's rage ? Be rul'd ; unhappy swaine.
Call backe thy siurits, and cecollect againe
Thy Tagrant wiu. I tall thee for a truth,
* Lore is a syren that doth afaipwncke youth.'
Be well adns'd, thou entettain'it a gueat
That is-tbe haibioger of all unrest :
Which like ^e viper's young, that licke the earth.
Bate out the breeder's wombe to get a birth."
•' Faith," quoth the boy, " I know there cannot be
Danger in loring or in enjoying thee.
For what cauie were things made and called good.
But to be lored? If you underatood
The birds that prattle here, you would know then,
As birds wooe birds, niaides should be woo'd of
Is fled, and lye as vaasals at your shrine :
And rince what's mine is yours, let that same mote.
Although in me you see nought wortliy love."
Marine about to ipeaka, forth of a sliiig
(Fortune to all misfortune's plyea her wing
Mote qiucke and speedy} came a sharp'ned flint.
Which in the faire boye's neck made such a dint,
Tlat crimson bloud came streaming from the wound.
And he fell downe into a deadly swound.
The bloud raune all along where it did (ail.
And could not finde a place of buiiall:
But when it came, it diere congealed stood.
At if the earth loath'd to drinke guiltlease blood.
Oald-lHUT'd Apollo, Muses' sacred king,
Wboie praise in Delphos' ile doth ever ring !
Physicke's But founder, wboec art's excellence
Eilrscted nature's chiefest quintessence,
Unwilling that a thing of such a worth
Should so be lost ; straight sent a dragon forth
To fetch his bloud, and be peilbrm'd tba nine :
And now apothecaries give it name, |
Prom him that fetch'd it : (docton know it good
In pbyslcke's use) and call it dragon's blood.^
Some of the blood by chance did down-ward fall.
And by a veine got to a minenll.
Whence cama a red, decayed dames infuse it
With Venice ceruse, and fur painting use it.
Marine, aitonisht, (most unbappy maido)
0'fT'<!orae with feare, and at tiie view afraid.
Fell downe into a trance, cyei lost their si^t.
Which being open made all darknease light.
Her bloud ranne to her heart, or life to feed,
Or loathing to behold so vilde a deed.
And as when wint^ doth the earth array
In silver sute, and when the night and day
Are in dissension, night lockes up the ground,
Wiiid] by the helpe of day is oft unboimd ;
A shepbeard's boy, with bow and shafts addreet.
Ranging the fields, having once pierc'd the brut
Of some poore fowle, doth with the blow straight
To catch the bird lies panting in the bush i [rush
So rush* the striker in, up Marine tookc.
And hast'ned with her to a neare-hand hrooke,
Olde shepbeards soine (oldo shepbeards sooth hate
Twori
«e)
together, and each bent his race.
Which of them both duuld first heboid the face
Of radiant Pbabus -, ono of tbera in gliding
Ctunc'd on a veina where niter hod aliiding ;
The other, loathing that her purer wave
Should be defil'd with that the uiter gave.
Fled fast away ; the oilier foUon'd fast,
Till both beene in a rocke ymet al lost.
As seemed best, to rocke did fint deUver
Out of his hollow sides the purer river :
(As if it taught those men in honour dad.
To helpe the vertuous and suppresae the bad ;)
Which gotten loose, did softly glide away.
As nun fnta earth, to earth ; aoiu sea, to sea
So rivera runiM : and that from whence both come
Take* what she gave : waves, earth : but leaves a
As waters have their course, and iu thrar place
Succeeding streame* well out, so is man's racei
The name doth still survive, and cannot die,
Untill the channels stop, or spring grow dry.
As I have seen upon a bridall-.day
Pull many maidea clad in their best array.
In honour of the bride come with theu' Baskets
Fill'd fu)I with fiowres : olhcn in wicker-baekete
Bring from the marish rushes, to o'er-spread
The ground, wheieon to chuich Che lovers tread ;
Whilst that the quaintest youth of all the ploine
Usher* their way with many a piping stisine :
So, as in joy, al this faire river's birth,
Triton came up a cbannell with his mirth.
And call'd the neighb'ring nymphea, each in her
To pouro their pretty rivilets from thnr ume j
To waite upon this new-delivered spring.
Some, running through the mesdows, with them
Cowslip and mint : and 'tis another'* lot [bring
To light upon some gardener's curious knot.
Whence she upon her brest (love's sweete repose)
Doth bring the qucene of flowers, the Eogli^ rose.
H) Dfr, Iher m;
nlbriituta
3 I S
nlik* ■ draoan.
Some Atnn tb* fen bring reeds, wilde-thTins Aom
Sane frsm ■ grmt the ba; that poeli cnnma ;
Some from *a (ged rocke the nuKse batb tome,
And lares him naked unto winter's stonne :
AnothH ftom her bonkcs (in meere good-will]
Bring) Dutriment for &sh, the camomilL
Thus all bring somewhat, and doe over-B;Hsad
The way the spring unto the tea doth tread.
This while the Houd, which yet the rocke up pent.
And BUifered not with jocund merrimeut
To tread rounds in his spring ; came rushing forth.
As uigry that his waves (he thought) of worth
Sluuld not hare libeitie, nor belpe the prime.
And as some ruder swoine eompomi^ rhjme.
Spends many ■ gray goose quill unto the handle.
Buries within his socket man; a candle j
Bloli paper by the quire, and dryes up incke.
As Xenes' wmie did whole rivers drmke,
Hoping thereby his name his worke should raise.
That it should lire unlill the last of dayea :
Which finished, he boldly doth addrease
Him and bis wurkes to undcr-goe the presae ;
When loe (O fate !) his worke not aewning fit
To walke in equipage with better wit.
Is kept from light, there gnawn by moatbes and
At which he frets : right so this rirer stonnos :
Bat broken tbrth, an Tary creepes upon
The westeme rales" of fertile Albion,
Here dashes roughly on an aged rocke.
That his Extended passage doth up locka ;
There intricately "mongst tlie woods doth wander.
Losing himielf in many a wry meander i
Here, amorously bent, clips some faire meade ;
And then disperst in ritis, doth measures treade
Upon her bosom 'mongst her flow'ry rankcs ;
There in another place beares downe the bankes_
Of some day.lsbouring wretch: heere meets a rill.
And with thdr forces joynde cut out a mill
Into an ilaqd, then in jocund guise
Surrayes bis conquest, lauds bis enterprise :
Here digs a care at some high mountaine'B fbote ;
There undermines an oak, tears up hia roote ;
Thence rushing to some country tkrme at hand,
Breakes o'er the yeoman's mound*, sweepes from
Hisbarrest hope of wbeale, of rye, or pease:
And makes that channell which was sbepheard's
Here, as our wicked age doth sacriledge, [lease :
Hetpes downe an abbey, then a naturall bridge.
By creeping under ground he frameth out.
As who should say ho eytber went about
To right the wrong be did, or hid his fac^
For having done a deed so vild and base :
So nnne this river on, and did besdrre
Himselfe, to finde his fellow-traveller.
But th' other fearing least her noyse might show
What path she tooke, which v»ay her atreames did
As some rray-taring man strsyes through a wood.
Where beasts of prey, Ihinting for humane bloud,
Lurke in their dens, he softly li«'ning goes.
Not trusting to his heeles, trisdes on his toes :
Dreads every noyse he eares, thiukes each small
To be a beast, that would upon him rush : [bush
Fesreth to dye, and yet his windc doth smother ;
Novr leaves this path, takes that, then to another :
Su^ was her coune. This feared (o be toaai.
The other not to finde, swels o'er each mcHind,
lloares, rages, foames, agains'
Yet findes not what be seeks in all bla way.
Why one floud ranne so f^C, lb' other so M
Both tmm one head. Unto the rougfao- a)
(Crown'dby thatmeadowi' " ■ - ■
Where Dondon lay hurt,) the cniell awaine
Hurries the shepheardesse, where having lajae
Her in a boatc like the cannowes of Inde 19,
Some leely trough of wood, or sonie tree'a rinde ;
Puts from the ahoare, and leaves the weeping stnml
Intends an act by water, which the land
Abhorr'd to boulsler ; yea, the guiltlesse earth
Loatb'd to be mid-wife to no vilde a birth :
Which to relate, I am infore'd to wrong
The modest blushes of my maiden-song.
Then each faire nymph, whom Nature doth endn
With beaulie's cheeke, crown'd with a ahamAit
Whose well-tun'd eares, chast-object-loving eynis
Ne'er beard nor saw the workea of Aretine u i
Who ne'er came on the Gthereao shelfe.
But is as true as ehastitie itselfe.
Where bated impudence ne'er set beTRede ;
When lust lies not vail'd in a virgin's wcede :
Let her with-draw, Let each young shepheardJiag
Walke by, or slop his eare, the whilst 1 aag.
But yee, whose bloud, like kids upon a pliiiiic.
Doth skip, and daunce lavoltoea in each veine ;
Whose breats an swolne with the Venereaa guat.
And warme yourselves at lust's alluring fiame;
Who dare to act aa much ■> men dare thinks.
And walloiring lie within a sensuall sinke ;
Whose fained gestures doe enOap our youth
With an apparaocie of simple truth ;
Insatiate gulphs, in your defective part
By art heipe nature, and by nature, art :
Lend me your tares, and I will touch a Mring
Shall lull your sense ssleepe the while 1 si ng.
But stay : me thinkes I beare something In me
That bids me keepe the bounds of modestie ;
Saycs, " £acb man's vnce to that is quickly moved ,
Which of himselfe is best of all beloved ;
By utt'ring what thou know'st lesae glory's gM,
liian by concealing what thou knowcst nos."
If so, 1 yeeld to it, and set my rest
Rather to loose the bad, than wrong the faert.
My maiden Muse Hies the lasrivioua amines.
And scomes to soylo her lines with lustful) strainer
Will not dilate (nor on her fore-head beare
Immodestie's abhorred character)
His shamelesse pryings. Lis undecent dotoga;
His curious searches, his respertlesse woaiugB :
How that he saw. But what? I dan not brukel^
You safer may concdve than I dan speake it.
Yet verily, had he not thought her dead,
Sb'ad lost, ne'er to be found, ho maiden-head.
The rougher streame, loathing a thing compacted
Of so great shame, should on his fioud be acted,
(Acconling to our times nnt well allow'd
In others, what he in himselfe avow'd)
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BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.
Bent htli bli fore-head, fiurow'd up his face.
And dinger led the way the boete did trace.
And u within ■ luidt^ip that doth ataod
Wniu^l by tbe pencill of some curious hand.
We nuy descry, here meadow, there a wood i
Here ftanding ponds, and there a running doud :
Her« an utnE mount a bouse of pleasure vanted,
'Where once the roaring cannon had been planted :
There on a hill a awaine pipes out the day.
Out-braving all the quirieten of May.
A huntiman here followeB his cry of hounds,
luring tbe hare along tbe fallow gronnds ;
"Wbiliit one at liand seeming the sport t' allow,
Followeg the hounds, and carelesse leavea the plow.
'There in another place some higli-raia'd land,
In pride beares out tier breastB unto the strand.
Here Knnds a bridge, and there a conduit-head :
Here round a May^pole some tbe measures tread :
There boyes the truant play and leave their booke :
Here stands an angler with a hay ted liooke.
There for a stigge one turies within a bough :
Here sits a maiden milking of her cow.
TTiere on a goodly plaine (by time ttirowne downe)
Lies buried in his dual some luncienl towne;
Who DOW invillaged, there's onely seene
Id his ra![te mines what his Mate has beene :
And all of these in shadowes so erprest.
Make the Iteholder'a eyes to take no rest.
So for the iwaine tbe floud did meane to hini
To (bow in nature (not by art to Itmbe)
A tempest's rage, bis furious waters threate,
Some on this shoare, some on the other, beate.
Here stands a mountajne, where was once a dale;
rbere, where a mountaine stood, ia now a rde.
Here Sowes a billow, there another raeetes :
£ach, on each side the skiffe, unkindely greetes.
nie waters underneath gan upward move,
IVoiid*ring what strategnns were wrought above :
Sillowes that mist the tnwte, Mil] onwvd thrust,
4nd on tbe cliffbs, as swoln with anger, burst.
tfade the beholder's thoughts to take no rest,
lorrour in triumph rid upon the waves;
Vnd all the Furies from their gloomy caTe*
^me hovering o'er Che boate, summon'd each aence
lefore tbe fearefull baiTc of Conscience ;
Vhere guilty all, and all condemned were
?o under-goe tlieir horrours which despaire.
What Muse 7 what powre ? or what thrice sacred
iTiat liTes immortall in a wel tun'd veree, [berse,
Tan lend me such a sight, that I might see
I guilty conscience' (rue anatomie;
'hat well-kept register, wherein is writ,
lII ile men doc, all goodnesae they omit ?
lis pallid fcares, his sorrowes, his attrightings j
lis late wisht had-I-wists, remorcefull bitings ;
lis many tortures, his heart-renting poine;
low were his griefes composed in one ebaine,
>nd he by it let downe into the seas,
ti through the centre to the antipodes ?
[e might change climates, or be barr'd Heaven's
'et llnde no solve, nor ever change his case,
earea, aorTOwe*, tortures, sad affrights, nor any,
ike to tbe conscieoce sting, tbo' thrice as msjiy ;
et all IheM torments by tbe swaine were borne,
''hilst Heath's grimme visage lay upon tbe storme.
But a* when some kinde nune doth longe time
er pretty babe at sucke, whom, (alnc asleepe,
She layei downe in his cradle, atinti hii cry
With many a sweet and pleavng lullaby ;
Whilst the sweet ebilde, not troubled with
'eetly slumbeik, as his nurse doth ri
Sola
weepmg,
And death in her was dispoiae
The roaring voyce of wind), the Inllowea' raves.
Nor all the mutt'ring of the sullen waves,
Could once disquiet, or bo' slumber Mirre:
But luU'd her more osleepe than wakened her.
Such are theirstates, whose soules, from foul offence.
Enthroned sit in spotlesse innocence.
Where rest my Muse; till (jolly BhepheaTd*s
swaines) [pjaines,
Neit mome with peorles of dew bedecka our
We'll fold our flockes, then in fit time go on
To tune mine oaten pipe for Doridon.
BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.
The sbepheard's swaine, here ^ging on,
Tels of tbe cure of Doridon:
And then unto the water's fala
Chanteth the rusticke pastorals.
Now bad the Sunne, in golden chariot hurl'd,
Twice bid good-morrow to the nether worid ;
And Cynthia, in her ori>e and perfect round,
Twice view'd the ahodowes of the upper ground.
Twice had the day-starre uaber'd forth tbe light;
And twice the evening-starreproclaim'd the night;
Ere once the sweet-fac'd boy (now all forlome)
Come with hia pipe to re-salute tbe mome.
When grac'd by time, (unh^ipy time tbe while)
The cmell swaine (who ere knew swaine so vile?)
Had nroke tbe lad, in came the wat'ry nymph.
To raise from sound poore Doridon, (the impe.
Whom Nature seem'd to bare selected forth
To be ingraSed on some stocke of worth;]
And tbe maidesbelpe, but since " to domes of fiOe
Succour, tho' ne'er so soone, comM still too late."
She rais'd the youth, then with her arme* inrings
And BO
him,
Staid with the i
rords of hope she home-wards brings
At doore expecting him his mother sate,
Wond'ting her boy would stay from her so late ;
Framing for him unto herselfe excuses :
.^nd with such thoughts gladly herselfe abuses :
Sonne, since day grew olde and weake,
to runne at bartibreake :
,iBTke with females fraught,
Which would not ranne except they miglit be
Or in the thickets lay'd some wily more, [caught.
To take the rabbet or the pourblinde hare.
Or Uught his dogge to catch the climbing kid :
Thus shepheaids doe ; and thus she thought he did.
" In things expected meeting with delay,
Tlio' (here be none, we frame some cause of xtav.
854 BRO'
And M did abe, (a» ihe wbo dolh not lo)
CoDJecture 'Hme unwing'd, he cune ao alow.
But Doridon drew n«ere, to did her griefe :
" Tit lucke, far speede, of all things ebe ii chiefe. "
For M Uie blinde-mmn ' auog, " Time sopravides.
That joy goea Hill on footc, and sorrow rides. "
No* when she saw {• wofull nghl I) her lonne.
Her bopes then (ail'd her, and bvT ayes begun
To utter sudi * plaint, that scarce another,
Lika this, en dune Avm any loTo-ucke mother,
" If man hath done this, HeaTca, why mad'iit
Not b> deface theo in thy children ; [tbou men ?
But by the worke tlie woikc-msn to adore ;
Fnuoing that aometliing, wliicii was nought before.
Aye me, unhappy wretch ! if thnt in things
Wtich are u we, (save title) men feaic lung^
That be their postures to the life Umb'd on
Some wood ai firaile u they, or cut in atona,
* 'Tis dentil to atab : why then should earthly
things,'
Dare to deface hii forme who formed kings ?
When the world wu hut in his infancy.
Revenge, deairea unjust, vilde jealousie.
Hate, envy, murther, all these siie then ralgned,
When but thdr halfe of men tfae world contained.
Yet but in part of these, ihoac ruled then.
When now as many vices live as men.
Live they? Yes, live. I feare, to kill my sooue,
With whom my joyea, my love, my hopes, are
" Cease," quoth the water's nymph, that led the
" Tbo' tis each mother's cause thus to complaine :
YeC ' abstinence in things we must profbsse.
Which Nature fram'd for neede, not for cicesse.' "
" Snce the least bloud, drawne from the leaser
Of any childe, comes from the mother's hart.
We cannot choose but griere, eicopt that we
Should be more senslease than the scnsiesse tree,"
tteply'd hii motiier. " Doe but cut the limbe
Of any treo, the trunke will wsopc for him:
Send the cold sicamore't ' thin burke in two.
His name andteares would say, ■ Sulorc should do.'
' That mother is oil flint (iIibd beasts Icsse good)
Which drops no water when her cbilde •ti'enioas
blood.- -
At this the wounded boy fell on his knee,
« Mother, kind mother," (said) " weepe not for me,
Why, I am well ! indeed I am. If you
Cease not to ivoepe, my wound will bleed anew.
When I waa promist first the light's fiuidon.
You oft have told me, 'twaa on this condition,
lliat I should bold it with like rent and paine
As othos doe, and one time leave t againe.
Then, deereet mother, leave, oh ! leave to wayle,
■ Time will effect wliere teares can nought avaUe. ' "
Herewith Marinda, taking up her Sonne,
Her hope, her love, lier joy, her Doridon,
She thank'd the nymph, for her kind succour lent,
Wbo straits tripl to her wat'ry regiment
Downs in a dell (where in that month' whose
Growea greater by the man who gave it name.
Standi many a well-pil'd eocke of short swoet bay.
That feeds the husband's neate each wints's day)
A moimtaine bad hii fbote, and 'gan to tfa> ~
In stately beigbt to parlae with the efciaa.
And yet as blaming hiaowne lofty gata,
Woighing tbe fickle profis in things of atM^
His beadb^anto droape,anddowD-wBnlabaidii^
Knockt on that brest which gave it birl^ and — **li*i|f -
And lyes so with an hollow hanging vau^
As when some boy, trying the somemut.
Stands on his bead, and feete, as he did lis
To kicke against earth's spangled canopia ;
When^aeeing that his heeles wi^ of such wei^fatt
That he cannot obtains their purpoe'd Iteigbt,
Leaves any mote to strive ; and thus doth aay :
" What now I cannot do, another day
May well effect : it cannot be denyde
I tbbw'd a will to act, because I trid&"
The Scomfull-hill men call'd him, who did aom
So to be call'd, by reason he had bonte
No bate to greataeste, but a mind to be
The slave of grealnesse through bumilitie :
For liad lui mothei Nature thought it mcete.
He, meekely boning, would have kist ber teete.
Under the hollow hanging of this bill
There was a cave, cut out by Nature's skiU :
Or else it w«m'd the mount did open's bmt.
That all might see whnt thoughts he there poocM.
Whose gloomy inlrunco was enyiron'd round.
With shrubs that cloy ill husbands' meadow-grtmad:
Tbe thicke-growne haw-thome and tbe bindiBg
bryer,
The holly that oul-dares cold winter's in :
Who all iotwindc, each limbe with Umbe did d^
That tcatse a glympsc of light could inward sMak.
An uncouth place, fit for an uncouth miode,
Hiat is as heavy as ttiat cave is blinda ;
Her« liv'd a man his hoary hoins ealTd ^de^
Upon whose front time many yeares had toUa.
Who, since dame Nature in him feeble grass.
And he un^it to give the world aught new.
Hie secret powei of faeaibes, that grow oai iiMllde,
Sought aught, to cherish and relieve the oldc.
Hithei' Uaiinda all in baste cami
And with her tears dcsir'd the olde
When this good man (as goodnessc tdll
At alt usays, to helpc a wight distrest)
glad and willing was to case her sonn^
.< slie would eve
joy to
And giving her a salve in leaves up bound.
And she directed how to cure the wound.
With thankea, made bonic-wai ds, (longing itiU ten
Th' effect of this good hermit's su^eiie)
There can^ully, her Sonne laid on a bed,
(Enriched wiUi the bloud he on it shed)
She wBslxes, di-esses, binds Ma wound, (yet seta)
lliat giiev'd, it could weepe bloud for him as
Now had tlie glorious Sunne tane up hii inaii.
And all the lunps of Heav'n inlight'ocd biD,
Within tlic gloomy shades of tome ducke spring
Sad Pliilumei 'gan on the haw-)horae nag
(Whilst every beast at rest was lowly laid;
The outrage done upon a seely maide.
All things were liusht, eachbinl slept on his boogk;
And night gave i-est to Iiim, day tii^ at plough :
Each beast, each bird, and each day-toyUi^ vi^
Receiv'd the comfort of the silent night .
Free from tlie gripes of sorrow every ono.
Except poore Philomel and Doaidoo ;
Sheoi
BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.
WhoU in-pmt tbou^bU him long lime hiving
He d^ng wept, uid weeping tfaiu complained.
" Sweet PUIomeU !" (then be heud her ling]
" I do not enTj thy sweet cmroUing,
But doe admire thee, that each even and nunTDW,
Canal carelealy thus *ing away thj Borrow.
Would I could doe ao too ! and erer be
In all mjr woea •till imitating thee :
But I nuiy not attainc to that ; for then
Such most unhappy, miserable men,
Would (dive with HeaTen, and imitate the Suniie,
Whoae golden bfamen in exhalation,
Tho' dnwne from fens, or other grounds impure,
Tume all to Iructifjing nouriture.
Whan wa draw no thing by our aun-hka eyea.
That e*er tumea to mirth, but miseries :
Would I had nerer seere, except that site
Who made me wish ao, lore to [ooke on me.
Had Colin Clout* yet lir'd, (but he is gone)
That beat on Earth could tune a lover's mone.
Whose sadder tones inforc'd the rockes to waepe,
And laid the greateat griefea in quiet sleepe :
Who, when be sung (as I would do to mine)
His truest lores to his laire Ronline,
Entic'd each ■hepheard's care to beare him play,
And, rapt with wonder, Ihua admiring say ;
■ Thrice happy plaiuea, (if plaines thrice happy
maybe)
Where such a sbepbttDd pipes to tueh a ladie !
Who made the lasses long to ait downe neere him.
And woa'd the titers from their sprii^ to beare
him.
HesTen rest thy soule, [if so a swaine may pimy)
And aa thy workes live here, live there for aye.
Heane while (unhappy) I shall still coinplaine
I«ve'B cruell wounding of a seely awaine."
Two nighu thus past : the lilly-handed mome
Saw FhtelHu steaiing dewe firom Cerea' come.
The mounting larite (dale's berauld) got on wing.
Bidding each bird chooae out his bow and nog.
s The lofty mblc sung the little wren ;
Robin the meane, that beat of all loves men ;
The nightingale the tenor : and the thrush
The counter-tenor sweetiy in a Inish :
And that the musit^e might be fiill in parts.
Birds from the groves flew with right mlling harts :
But (aa it aeem'd) they thought (as do the swaiues,
Which tune their fripea on lack'd Hil>eniia's plaines)
There should some dnianingpartbe, tfaerefbre will'd
Some bird to flie into a naghb*iing fleld.
In embaisie unto the king of bees.
To aide his pailuen on the flowres and treca :
Who condiscending glsdly fle* along
To beare the base to his well tuned song.
The crow was willing they should be beholding
For his deep voyce, but bang hoarse with skolding.
He thus lends aide ; upon an oake doth climbe.
And nodding with his head, so keqieth time.
O true deSght '. enbarfaoring the brcats
Of those sweet creatures with the plumy crests.
Had Nature unto man such sjmpl'ease giren.
He would, like birds, be farre more neere to Heaven.
But Doridon well knew (who knowes no lane?)
" Msn's compounds liave o'ertbrowne his simple-
nesse." [yeeld,
No»e.tiik tba UMinm had woo'd, and she gan
When Doridon (made ready for the field)
Bduund teemer.
Ooea Hdly ftwth, (a woAiU ibepheard'a lad)
Drowned in tearea, his minde with gricfk ychd.
To ope his fbid, and let bis lamkins out,
(Full jolly flocke they aeem'd, awellfleee'd rout)
Which gently walk'd befora, be sadly pvang.
Both guides and ibiloires than towards tbeir gtaiiiig.
When ftom a grove the wood-nympha. held tiM
Two heavenly voycea did intreat hts eare, [dean
And <Vd compell liis longing eyes to sco
What happy wight eqjoy'd such barmonie.
Wbidi joyned mth five man, and so made start n.
Would parallel in mirth tfae spbwres of Heaven.
To have a nght at first be would not prease.
For tttje to interrupt such happinesae ;
But kept aloofe the thicke growne shrubs amongr
Yet ao aa ha might beare tliis wooing songi
F. Frx, sfaeplieani'tiwune, nAysit'ktthonBllaloDCt
Wlulst other lada are sporting on the leyes 7
a. Joy may have company, but griefc hath none ;
Wliere pleasure never came, sports caimot please
r. Yet may you please to grace oar lUa daye't spmt,
Though not an artor, yet a looker on.
a. A lo^er on indeed, so swainea of sort,
Cast low, take joy to looke whence Ibey are throwne.
r. Se^e joy and flnde it.
a. Griefe doth not minde it.
. Sad swaine, areade, ^ that a maide may aake ?)
What cause so great efiects of griefe hath wrought?'
. Alas ! love U not hid, it weu^ no maske ;
To view 'tis by the face conciav'd and brought.
: The cause I gnnt : tiie causer is not learned :
Tour speech I doe entreat about this taske.
. If that my heart were scene, 'twould be dis>
And I^da's name found gravoi on tlta caake.
r. Hath love young R^mond moved ?
a. "lis Fida that is loved.
•' Although 'tis said that iwm
Wdl with their hearts.
Or goad's chiefe paita.
Trust either seas or women.'
■doflov
. How
eicelleth t
Since fsldiood late in every
u When protestations ftile, time may approve
Where true affection lives, whereMshooddwelleth.
'. The truest cause elects a judge as true:
Re, how my sighing my much loving telletb !
1. Your love is fin in one, whose heart to you
3hall be as constancy, which ne'er rebelleth.
p. None other shall have grace,
a. None else in my heart place.
" Go, shephcard swaine, and w
For love and kings
Are two like things.
Admitting no ccnivall."
856 BRO
Ao when mwds maJe&etor Judg'd to die
For his oSeace, his eiecutton nje,
Cutcth his ught on itatea unlike to hii,
And w^gbs his ill b; other's hsppinesse :
So Doridon thought eveijr state to be
Further from him, more neere felicitie.
■' O bleaied <ight[ vhere such concordance
Where truth irith truth, and love with liking greetes.
Had," quoth the swsine, " the Fates given me some
Of true dcligtit's inestimable treaaure, [meanire
I had bene fortunate : but now so vrmJce,
My bankrupt heart will be inforc'd to brvake.
Sweet Io»e, that drawes on Earth a joate so eren ;
Sweet life, that iuiilatea the blisse of UeaTcn ;
Sweet death they nccdi must have, who so unite
That two distinct make one Hennnplirodite = :
Sweet lore, tweet Ufe, sweet deatJi, lliat so do meet
On Earth ! in death, in Heaien, be OTer tweet !
Let all good wtihca ever waite upon you.
And hnppinecsc as band*niaid tending on you.
Your lorea within one centre meeting have !
One houre your deaths, your coips poasesse one
grave 1 [plore)
Your name's still greene, (tin" doth a swaine im-
Till time and memory shall be no more [ "
Herewit!) the couple hand in hand arose.
And tookc the way which to (he sheep-walke goes.
And whilst tlint Doridon their gate look'd on.
Hie dc^gc discloi'd htm, rusliin^ forth upon
A well fed decie, (hat (rips it o'er ilie meade,
As nimbly as the wench did wliilome tread
On Ceres' dangling eares, or stiafl let goe
By some fiure nymph that lieares Diana's bowe.
When turning head, he not a foote would stum,
Scorning the barking of a ghepheard'a curre:
So should all swsines u little weigh their spite.
Who at thar songs do banle, but dare not bite.
Remond, that by the dogge the master knew.
Came backe, and angry bad him to punue :
" Dory " (quoth he) ■' if your ill-tuter'd dogge
Hare naught of awe, tben let bim have a clogge.
So you not know this aeely timerous deere,
(As uiual! to his kinde) hunted whileare,
The Sunne not ten degrees got in the signes.
Since to our maides, here gathering columbines.
She weeping came, and with her head low laid
In Clda's lap, did Iiumbly bcgge for aide.
Whereat unto the hounds they ga*e a cliecke.
And saving her, might spie ^M>ut her necks
A collar lianging, ancl (as yet is seene)
Theiewards ingold wrought onagrouJid of greene:
■ Maidens ; since 'tis decreed a moid shall have me,
Kecpe me till he shall kiU me that must tare me.'
But whence she came, or who the words conceme,
We ndcher know, nor can of any leame.
Upon a patlst she dodi lie at night,
Neere Fida's bed, nor will she from her sight :
Upon her walkes she all thej}ay attends.
And by her side she trips where ere she wends-"
'* Remond, " (repiide the iwaine) " if I have
Fida in ought which unto her belong'd, [wrong'd
I sormw tor't, and truely doe protest,
As yet I nerer heard speech of this beast :
Nor was it with my will ; or if it were.
Is it not lawfull we should chase the deere.
That, breaking our inclosuret every moine,
Aie found at feede upon our crop of come J
eflL
». Oui
Yet had I known this deere, I had not vrreatg'i
Fida in ought which unto h^ belong'd."
" I thinkc no lease," quoth Remond ; " but I piay
Whither walkes Doridon this holy-day?
Come, drive your sheepe to their appmnted fmmtlmt*^
And make you one at this our merry meetiiig.
Full many s shepbeard, with his lovely iasae.
Sit telling tales upon the clover grasse :
'niere is the merry ahepheard of the bole ^
Tbenol, Piers, Nilkin, Duddy, Uobbintill,
Aleiis, Silvan. Teddy of the glen,
Rowly, and Perigot here by the fea.
With many more. I cannot nckon all.
That meet to
"Is
jtthwrr
" Yet had there beene of ttatis not any OD«
Appointed or comnumded, you will s*y,
' Wliere there's content 'tis ever boly-dny.* "
" Ledve further talke," quoth RoDODdl, '■kt'tbc
gone;
lie helpe you with your sheepe, the time drKvrcs no.
Fida wilt call the binde, and come with lu." |
Thus went they on, and Remond did d
of meeting, till tJiey woune witli p
The
n for the i
indell seated on a plaine.
That stood as sentinell unto the maine,
Environ'd round with trees and many an aiLuur,
Wherein melodious birds did nightly harbour:
And on a bough, within the quick'ning spring.
Would be a teaching of tbeir young to sng;
Whose pleasing noates the tyted swaiite ban siBde
To Steele a nappe at noone.tide in the shade.
Nature herselfe did there in triumph ride.
And made that place the ground of all ber pside.
Whose various Sowres deceiv'd the rasher ej*
In taking them for curious tapistrie.
A silver spring forth of a rocke did fall,
Thnt in a drought did serve to water alL
Upon the edges of a grassie bancke,
A tuft of trees grew circling in a rancke.
As if they seem'd tbeir sports to gaie upon.
Or stood as guard against the winde and Sunne:
So faire, so fresh, so greene, so sweet a groofid.
The pferdng eyes of Heaven yet never found.
Here Doridon all ready met dolb see
(O who would not at such a meeting be?)
Where he might doubt, who gave to other giv^
Whether the place the maides, or maidea the place.
Here gan the recde and merry bag-pipe play,
Slirill as a thrush upon n mome of May,
(A runll musicke for an heavenly ttaine)
And every shephenrdesse danc'd with her swaine.
As when some gale of winde dotb nimbly take
A fnire white locke of wooli, and with it luke
Some pretty driving ; here it sweeps the plaine :
There stales, here ht^is, there mounts, and tumes
again:
Yet all so quicke, that none so sotme can say
Ttiat now it stops, or leapes, or turtles away :
So was th«r dandug, none look'd thereupon.
But thought their eeverall motions to be one.
A rrocjted measure was their first election.
Because all crooked tends to best perfoctioo.
And as I weene this often bowing measure.
Was chiefly framed for the iromen's pleuinv-
Tho', like the libbe, they croocked are and bendiB^
Yet to the best of fonnes tliey aime thdr ending ;
Neit in an (I) their measure made a rest,
■dewing when love it plainest, it is best.
fi&ITANNlA'S
Then in ■ (Y), which thus iloth love commeiu],
Making of two at fini, one in tiie end.
And lutly clodng in a round do enter:
Piodog the lusty shepheards in the center :
About the KTnines the; daUncing aeeoi'd to rou)e.
As other planets round the heav'nly pole.
Who by their swe« aapect or cliiding frowne.
Could raise a shepbeard up, or cast Mm downs.
Thus were they circled till a swaine came nsere,
The note and *oyce oo sveet, that for nich mirth,
The gods would leave the Heavens, and dwell on
Earth.
*' HArpr are you bo inclosed.
May, the maides be still disposed.
In their gestures and their dances.
So to grace you with iiiiwining.
That Envy wish in Euch combining,
Fortuoe's smile with happy chancea.
" Here it senns as if iho Grace*
Measur'd out the plaine in traces,
Jn a abepbeardeaae disgui^ng.
Are the spheares so nimbty turning,
Wand'ring latnpes in Heaven burning.
To the eye ao much intiting ?
And odde one joy to see both dance together.
" Gentle nymphes, be not refusing,
Love's neglect is time's abusing :
They and beauty, are but lent you ;
Take die one and keepe the other :
Love keepes fresh what age doth Hnother,
. Beauty gon^ you will repent yon.
" 'Twill be said when ye have proved,
Never swaines more truely loved ;
O then By all nice behaviour !
Pitty faine would (as her dutie)
Be attending still on Beautie,
Let her not be out of favour.
The measure and the song here being ended,
£acb swuoe his thoughts thus to bis lave com
mended.
The Gm presents hia Docoe, with these:
Whim I my Aocke ncere you doe keepe,
And bid my dogge goe take a sheepe.
He deane mistakes what I bid doe,
And bends his pace sd!l towards you.
Poore wretch ! he ktiowes more care 1 keepo
To get you, than a seely sheepe.
The second, his Fira, with these :
Bid me to sing, (faire luaide) my song shall prove
There ne'er was truer pipe sung truer love.
The tlurd, a paire of Gloves, thus i
TaisE will keepe your bands from bondng.
Whilst the Sunne is swifUy turning ;
But who can any veile devise
To shield my hnrt from your faire eyes ?
PASTORALS.
The fourth, an AHxaaaM.
Maiuihs should be ayding men.
And for love give love agen :
Learne this lesson from your mother
" One good wish requires another-"
They deserve their name* best, when
Maides most willingly ayd meu.
The Bit, a Riho, witt
The sill, a Nosuat oF Rosu, with a Nbttle in
The seventh, a Glan
The eight, a Hurt.
YoD have the substance, and I live
But by the shadow which you give :
Substance and shadow, bodi are due
And given of me to none but you.
Then whence is life but from that part
Which is possessor of the heart ?
Then.
Thete
Sniruian's Hoori.
I, a Combe.
L ovELY maiden, best of any,
O f our plaines though thrice as many :
V aile to love, and leave denying,
E ndless knota let Fates be tying.
S uch a face, so fine a feature.
N e
0 then let my plaints be moving !
T rust a shepherd, though the meanest,
T ruth is b»it when she is plainest
1 love not with vowes contesting:
F aith is faitli without protesting.
T ime, that oil things doth inherit,
a enders each desert his merit.
I f that faile in me, as no man,
D oubtlcM time nere won a woman.
M aidens still should be relenting,
A nd once flinty, still repenting.
Y outh with youth is best combined,
E ach one with his like is twined.
B eauty should have beauteous meaning
E ver that hope easeth playning.
U nto you, whom Nature dresses,
N eeds no combe to smooth your Irene*.
T his way it may doe hit dutie,
I n your locks to shade your beauti*. ,
D oe so, and to love be turning, * Q I C
E Ise each heart it vrill be bunting;
The dBTenlb, > Knai.
[Id the old editions, the roUowiog linea >re mclowd
in the figure of a knot.]
This is loie and worth commeading,
Still be^piming, neTer ending ;
Like a wilie net ensnaring,
In ■ round sbub up all squaiing.
In and out whole erery angle
Mor« and more doth still entangle ;
Keeps a roeastue still in moiing,
And ii ne»cr light but loiing.
Twining arms, eichanRin|{ kiares,
Each partaking other's bluaes ;
Laughing, weeping, still together,
. Bli» iD one is mirth in other.
Never breaking, ever bending :
This ii loTe^ and worth commeiHUDg.
The twdiUt, Cunn.
WbUst ever; one was off'ring at the shrine
Of such rare beauties, might be slil'd divine,
TWi lamentable voyee towards them flyea ;
" O H«*TeQ, «end aid, or else a maiden dyes !"
Herewidi some ranne the way the voyce them led ;
Some with the maidens staid which shooke Tm dread :
What waa the cause time serves not now to telL
Hearke I for my jolly weather rings bis bell.
And almost all our flockes have left to graie ;
Shepheardi, 'tis almost night, hie home apace ;
When neit we meet, (as we shall meet ere long)
lie tell the rest in some ensuing song.
BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.
Then Aletiiaa, and old Time :
And hutly, from this song I goe.
Having deacrib'd the Vale of Woe.
Hattt, ye dayes of olde, when every waste
Was like a lanctuarie to the chaste :
When inceats, rapes, adulteries, were not knowne ;
All pure aa blotaomea, which are newly blomie.
Haidc* were aa free from spots, and ii^es within.
As most unblemiiht in the outward skinne.
Men every plaine and cottage did afford.
As smooth in deedes, as they were faire of word.
Maidens wjth men, as sisters with tbdr brotbera ;
And men and maides conven'd as wilb thd
mothers;
PVee from lua^tioD, or (ba niga of blond.
Strife only raign'd, for all Btriv'd to be good.
lut then, aa little wrens but newly Oedgc^
It, by their nest* hop up and dowme the hedge;
Then one fhnn bough to bou^ gets up m. tive :
His fellow, noting Us a^liiie,
Thinkes he as wdl may venter aa the other.
So flushing from one spray unto aootber.
Gets to the lop, and then enbolden'd dyes,
an height past ken of humane eyea =
me brought worse, men first deiir'd to talkc;
Then came suspect ; and then a private walke ;
Hien by consent appointed times of meetiiig.
Where most securely each might kisac his Bireeciiig ;
lastly, with lusts their panting breats so •vrell.
They came to — but to what I blush to telL
Anil ent'red thus, rapes used were of all.
Incest, adultery, held ss veikiall :
The certaintie in doubtfHiU ballanoe reMa,
If beast* did leame of men, or men of be— ta.
Had they not leam'd of man, who waa tbcsr ku^
So to insult upon an underling.
They civilly had spent their lives' g
As meeke and milde as in their fiiat a
Nor had th' infections of infected mindea
So alter'd nature, and diaorder'd kindee,
Fida had beene lease wretched, I more ^*d.
That so true love so true a frograae had.
Wheo Ramond left her, (Remond then unkindc]
Fida went downe the dale to seeke the hinde;
And found her taking sojle within a floud :
Whom when she caU'd, straight follow'd ta tb> l
w;iod.
Fida, then wearied, sought the cooling shadt^
And found an arbour, by the tbepbeaida nude
To frolidce in, (when Sol did hotea shine)
With cstea whi^ were Sure clonlier thaa fine.
For in those dayes men never us'd to feede
So much (or pleasure as they did for necde.
Enriching then the arbour, downe she sate her ;
Where many a buse bee came flying at her :
'Hiinking, when abe for ayre her breasl
That there had grrjwne some tuft of d)
And that her azure veynei, which then did awdl.
Were conduit-pipes brought from a living irdl.
Whose liijuor might the world enjoy for money.
Bees would be bankerupt, none would cmn tm
The Mndc lay stiU without, (poor silly cnM«n%
How like a woman art than fiam'd by Natmc >
llmerous, apt to teares, wilie in runniiv.
Caught best when force is entenniit wii
Lying thus distant, different chances me
And with a feartfull object Fate doth gi
Something i appear'd, which seero'd, J
In stature, habit, gate, proportion :
But when the eyes their object's i
By all his properties one well might g
Than of a man be sure had nothing lesae.
For verily since olde Deucalion's ■ flood
Earth's sUme did ne'er produce a viler brood.
Upon the various earth's embrodered gowne
There is a weed, upon whoae head growea dowM
Sow-thistle 'tis jdeep'd, whose downy wreath.
If any one can blow oS* at a breath,
We deems bcr for a nuide : auch waa hia hnnt
Ready to shed at any stirring aire.
■OvU^H
BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.
Hts MNs wera Kriuien deaft «fa«n ha catoe tl><^
To bMT the vidawc't or tba oipliui't crie.
Hii ejta cndrcled with t, bloadjr cfcune.
With poaiing in the blovd of bodin daiae.
Hii mouth ucacdiiig wide, tnm wbenca did Sia
VoUiai of execrable Uaapbamie ;
Banning die HoTeni, and be that lidetli on dieBi,
Dar'd rengeuice to the teetli to &1I upon him :
Like ScTthian wolies, or men > of wit beieaTen,
Which howie and ihoote againM the ligbta of
Hia h
HeaTB
[»
■ (if hands the; were) like __. .
With dig^ng up hii buried anccaton ;
Making hii Auher'i tombe and Hcred ■hrine
The trau^ wherein the hog-heard fed hia awine.
And ai that beast bath lega, (which ibepfacards few^
Yeleep'd a badger, whiefa oar Iambs doth teaie,)
One long, the other abort. Chat when lie ruimei
Upon the plaines, he haita ; but when he wonnea
On craggy rocks, or ateep; hills, wa ace
None runnes more swift, nor eaaier, than ho :
Such 1^ the monster had, one sinew shrunk,
That in the plaines he reel'd, as being drunk ;
And halted in the paths to Tirtue tending ;
And therefore neTei durst be (hat way bending :
But when he came on carved monuments.
Spiring eoloiaes, and bigb raised renta,
He pass'd them o'er, quick, aa the eaaterne winde
Sweepei through a meadow ; or a nimble binde ;
Or satyre on a lawne ; or skipping roe ;
Or well-wing'd sbaA forth of a Parthian howe.
His body made (sdli in consumptioni rife)
A miserable prison tot a life.
Riot he hight ; whom some curs'd flend did ndae
When like a chaiM were the nights and dayes ;
Got and brou^ up in the Cimtnerian clime,
Wbere sunn* nor moone, nor daiea nor nights do
Aa who should aay, they scom'd to show their fiKes
To such a finid, ritould seeke to spoil the gnce*.
At sight whereof, Fida nigh dniwn'd in fean^
Was cleane dismaide when he approached neare ;
Nor durst she call the deerc, nor whistUng winde tier.
Fearing her noise might make the monster findc her ;
Wbo ^tie came, fbr he had cunning leam'd him.
And seii'd upon the hinde, ere she discem'd him.
Oh bow she strir'd and strugled ; every nerre
itaUa.
a life t
in we lone, what we might langer keeps
Were not prsTention commonly a sleepe.
Maides, of this monster's brood be feadVUI all,
What to the hinde may hap to you befall.
Who with her hete held up instead of bands.
And tears which pittie IVom the rocks command*.
She ngiiMi and shrikes, and weepes, and lodts upon
him;
Alas I she sobs, and many a groan tbnnrea on him ;
With plaints which might abate a tyrant's knife,
She begges fbr pardon, and entrcntet for life;
The hollow cnea reaoand her ntoainags neere It ;
That heart wai flint which did not griere to heare It ;
The high (opt firrei which on that mountain keepe,
Hare ever since that time been scene to weepe.
The owle till then, tis thought, full well could sing.
And tune her roice to every bubling spring :
But when she heard those plaints, then forth she
Out of the covert of an ivy rod.
And hollowing tor aide, ao strain'd her throate.
That since she cleane forgot her former uoale.
A little rcAnn sitting on a tree.
In doleful noates bewail'd her tngedie. [semble.
An aspc, who thought turn stout, could not dia-
But show'd his feare, and yet is seene to tremble.
Yet cmelty was deafe, and had no ught
In ought whidi might gaine-aaye the ^ipelite :
But with bia teeth reading her throat asunder,
Beapiinckel'd with her blood the green grasse under,
And gurmundisjng on her flesh and bloud.
He Toiniting returned to the wood.
Biot but newly gone, as strange a vision
nuugfa fer more hemvenly, came in apparition.
As that Arabian bird * (whom all admire)
Her exequies preparM, and funerall fire,
Burnt in a flame conceived fnta the Sunne,
And nouriabed with slips of eyaamon.
Out of her ashes hath a second birth.
And Aiea ahmad, a wonderment on Earth :
So fivm the ruines of this mangled creature >
Arose so Aire and so divine a feature,
That £nvy for her heart would doat upon her ;
Heaven could not chuse but be enamour'd on her :
Were I a stane, and she a second apheare,
Ida leave the other, and be filed thereL
Had faire Arachne wrought this maiden's haire.
When she with Pallas « £d for ^11 compare,
Minerva's worke bad never been esteem'd.
But this had been more tare and highly deem'd.
Yet gladly now she would reverse her doome.
Weaving this haire within a spider's loome.
Upon her fore-head, as in glory sat*,
Mercy and m^^ealy, for wond'ring at.
As pure and simple as Albania's anow, [of Po i
Or milke-white swannes which stem the streamea
Like to some goodly fbre-land bearing ou^
Her haire, the tufts which fring'd the shoare about.
And least the man which sought those coaats might
sUp, ^
Her eyes like starres, did aerve to guide the ship.
Upon her JVont (Heaven's feirest promontory)
Delineated wu th' anthentique story
Of those elect, whose sheepe at first b^an
To nibble by the springs of Canaan :
Out of whose sacred loynes, (brought by the stem
Of that sweet singer of Jerusalem)
Came the best shepheard ever flocbes did keep^
Who yielded up his life to save his sheepe.
O ttiou Eteme I by whom all beings move.
Giving the springs beneath, and springs above :
Wboee finger di& this universe sustajne.
Bringing the former and the letter laine :
Who dost irith plen^ meades and pastures Sll,
By drops distil'd like dew on Hermon bi'TT :
Pardon a silly swaine, who (£srre unable
In that which is so rare, so admirable)
Dares on an oaten-pipe, thua meanely sing
Her praise immense, worthy a silver string.
And thou which through the desart and the deep<^
Didst lead thy choaen like a flocke of sheepe :
Which fed upon the plainea of Bethelem ;
So by thy sacred spirit direct my quill.
When I shall sing ought of thy holy hill.
That times to come, when they my rimes rehearse.
May wonder at me, and admire my verse :
For nho but one n^t in cccleMikll flre.
Can b]r ^ Muse to auch ■ pilch upire?
Hiat fVom aloft he might behold uui tell
Her worth, whereon an iron pen might dwell.
When ibe wa» borne, Nature in sport began,
Ti) leame the cuaDing of an artiun.
And did Termilion mth a white compose.
To mocke herselfe, and paint ■ damaske rose.
But scorning Nature unto art should seeke.
>n thiol
dden-s t
Her mouth the gate fr
Of power to give the deul a living name. [came,
Her words embalmed in so sweet a breath,
That made them triumph both on Time aod Death,
Whose fragirmt sweets, since the eamel 
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